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7082224 Statistic calculating method using a template and corresponding sub-image to determine similarity based on sum of squares thresholding  
An apparatus for calculating a normalized correlation coefficient used as a similarity evaluation measure by using image data values of pixels in a template image and image data values of pixels in...
7016539 Method for fast, robust, multi-dimensional pattern recognition  
Disclosed is a method for determining the absence or presence of one or more instances of a predetermined pattern in an image, and for determining the location of each found instance within a...
6959112 Method for finding a pattern which may fall partially outside an image  
A method is provided for finding a whole pattern in an image, where at least a portion of the whole pattern falls outside the boundary of the image. The method includes, for each candidate pose of...
6898318 Statistic calculating method using a template and corresponding sub-image to determine similarity based on sum of squares thresholding  
An image processing apparatus obtains a sum A of image data values of pixels in a template image, a sum B of squares of image data values of pixels in a template image, a sum C of image data values...
6885771 Image recognition method and apparatus utilizing edge detection based on magnitudes of color vectors expressing color attributes of respective pixels of color image  
An image recognition apparatus operates on data of a color image to obtain an edge image expressing the shapes of objects appearing in the color image, the apparatus including a section for...
6826292 Method and apparatus for tracking moving objects in a sequence of two-dimensional images using a dynamic layered representation  
A system that tracks one or more moving objects in a sequence of video images employs a dynamic layer representation to represent the objects that are being tracked. The system concurrently...
6788816 Contour extraction method and apparatus  
A contour extraction method and apparatus is disclosed by which a contour can be extracted automatically at a high speed with a high degree of accuracy without the necessity to set a threshold...
6714679 Boundary analyzer  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for analyzing a boundary of an object. An embodiment for determining defects of a boundary to sub-pixel precision and an embodiment for fast correlation scoring...
6694064 Digital aerial image mosaic method and apparatus  
A computer-implemented method and system for use in alignment of multiple digital images to form a mosaic image involves selecting multiple search site points (SSPs) in an overlapping area of a...
6665439 Image recognition method and apparatus utilizing edge detection based on magnitudes of color vectors expressing color attributes of respective pixels of color image  
An image recognition apparatus operates on data of a color image to obtain an edge image expressing the shapes of objects appearing in the color image, the apparatus including a section for...
6647148 Boundary line detecting method  
In detecting a boundary line between areas different in light reflectance, it has so far been impossible to specify the boundary line at a distance shorter than the arrangement pitch of...
6640002 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus, including an image taking device which takes an image of an object, an image-data memory in which image data representing the taken image of the object is stored, a...
6249608 Template matching image processor utilizing sub image pixel sums and sum of squares thresholding  
An image processing apparatus obtains a sum A of image data values of pixels in a template image, a sum B of squares of image data values of pixels in a template image, a sum C of image data values...
6154567 Pattern similarity metric for image search, registration, and comparison  
The present invention provides a method for the calculation of a pattern similarity metric that is locally normalized with respect to illumination intensity, and is invariant with respect to rigid...
EP1043688A2 Image recognition method and apparatus utilizing edge detection based on magnitudes of color vectors expressing color attributes of respective pixels of color image  
An image recognition apparatus operates on data of a color image to obtain an edge image expressing the shapes of objects appearing in the color image, the apparatus including a section (21) for...
6078701 Method and apparatus for performing local to global multiframe alignment to construct mosaic images  
A method and apparatus that determines the topology of a sequence of images and then globally aligns the images with respect to each image's neighboring images. The apparatus includes a topology...
6005978 Robust search for image features across image sequences exhibiting non-uniform changes in brightness  
An apparatus and method for two-dimensional search for a model image within atest image that exploits edge-based matching of edge maps, followed by area-based matching of at least coarse resolution...
EP0734909A2 Automotive occupant sensing device  
The vehicle sensor system for sensing the presence of an object in the interior of a vehicle and classifying an image of the object, where the object is associated with reflected light energy, has...
5550933 Quadrature shape detection using the flow integration transform  
A transform, the Flow Integration Transform (FIT), is applied for determining the presence of a preconceived shape in a gray scale image. The FIT represents a form of Quadrature Shape Detection....
5408541 Method and system for recognizing targets at long ranges  
An improved method and system (30) for recognizing targets (16) at long-ranges permits target recognition at or near the ranges at which the targets are initially detected. The method includes the...
5386480 Amplitude ratio discrimination for MTI processors  
A system for detecting an object in a scene. The invention (10) includes memory (12) for storing a first frame of image data represented by a plurality of input signals I o . A spatial filter (16)...
5351311 Neural network for detection and correction of local boundary misalignments between images  
A network is provided for the detection and correction of local boundary misalignments in a two-dimensional pixel space between a reference and transformed image. An input layer has input layer...
4380670 Process for producing 1,3,5-triaminobenzene  
An aminobenzene is produced by reacting a chlorobenzene with ammonia in the presence of a copper type catalyst, namely by reacting ammonia with 3,5-diaminochlorobenzene to produce...
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