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20080199084 | Category Classification Apparatus and Category Classification Method - A category classification apparatus includes: a first classifier that classifies whether an image belongs to a certain category, based on a probability information indicating a probability that the image belongs to the certain category; and a second classifier that classifies whether the image belongs to the certain category, and that does not perform classification of the image, when the probability indicated by the probability information is within a probability range, specified by a probability threshold, for which it can be decided that the image does not belong to the certain category. | 08-21-2008 |
20080199085 | Category Classification Apparatus, Category Classification Method, and Storage Medium Storing a Program - A category classification apparatus includes: a partial characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a plurality of partial characteristic amounts indicating characteristics of portions that are respectively represented by each of a plurality of partial image data, based on each of the plurality of partial image data obtained by dividing image data representing an image; an overall characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains an overall characteristic amount indicating an overall characteristic of the image, based on the plurality of partial characteristic amounts; and a category classifier that classifies a category to which the image belongs, based on at least one of the partial characteristic amounts and the overall characteristic amount. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205771 | CLASSIFYING COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE DATE-TIME INFORMATION - A method for automatically classifying images into a final set of events including receiving a first plurality of images having date-time and a second plurality of images with incomplete date-time information; determining one or more time differences of the first plurality of images based on date-time clustering of the images and classify the first plurality of images into a first set of possible events; analyzing the second plurality of images using scene content and metadata cues and selecting images which correspond to different events in the first set of possible events and combining them into their corresponding possible events to thereby produce a second set of possible events; and using image scene content to verify the second set of possible events and to change the classification of images which correspond to different possible events to thereby provide the final set of events. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212881 | Image Display Apparatus - To reduce a display time of an image for which an observation is less required, and to effectively perform an observation of a series of images, the image display apparatus ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080219563 | CONFIGURATION OF A PLURALITY OF IMAGES FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY - Configuration of a plurality of images for multi-dimensional display includes taking a multi-dimensional layout of the images, and analyzing different sets of locations in the layout. The analysis of each set includes determining whether swapping images at the set of locations would increase local similarity in the set. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219564 | Automatic selection of a visual image or images from a collection of visual images, based on an evaluation of the quality of the visual images - The invention automatically evaluates the quality of the visual images in a collection of visual images and selects one or more visual image(s) from the collection based on the evaluation of the quality of the visual images. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219565 | TRAINING DEVICE AND PATTERN RECOGNIZING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a training device for a classifier including weak classifiers, the training device including: a storing unit that stores sample images; a first calculator that acquires a local information for each of the sample images; and a training unit that trains one of the weak classifiers based on the local information, the training unit including: an second calculator that acquires an arrangement information for each of the sample images, a selector that selects one of combined informations being generated by combining the local information and the arrangement information, and a third calculator that acquires an identifying parameter for the one of the weak classifiers based on the selected combined informations. | 09-11-2008 |
20080232694 | FAST IMAGING DATA CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Image data is acquired, and a comparator circuit or similar structure determines the status of a value of at least one value type of the image data with respect to at least one predetermined range of valid values for the value type. Then, the image data is defined as a function of the status of the image data with respect to the at least one predetermined range of valid values. The image data that falls within the predetermined range(s) of valid values may then be passed for further processing to contribute to a displayed image. Image data that is defined as invalid is typically then removed from the image rendering process to conserve processing and memory resources. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232695 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND PROGRAMS FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO PERFORM THE METHODS - An information processing apparatus includes a content storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of content; a background-image storage unit storing a background image corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content stored in the content storage unit; an attribute-information storage unit storing attribute information for each of the plurality of pieces of content in association with the plurality of pieces of content, the attribute information including a corresponding position in the background image; a classification unit classifying the plurality of pieces of content into one or more clusters on the basis of the attribute information; and a rendering unit rendering images indicating the classified pieces of content in a predetermined order on a cluster-by-cluster basis and rendering an area of the background image, the area including the corresponding position included in the attribute information of content corresponding to at least one of the images rendered. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232696 | Scene Classification Apparatus and Scene Classification Method - A scene classification apparatus includes: a characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of a partial image that is a portion of a classification-target image; a partial classification section that classifies, based on the partial characteristic amount, whether or not the partial image belongs to a predetermined scene; a detection section that detects the number of the partial images classified as belonging to the predetermined scene; and a decision section that decides, according to the number of the partial images detected by the detection section, whether or not the classification-target image belongs to the predetermined scene. | 09-25-2008 |
20080240579 | VIDEO DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND VIDEO DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS - A video discrimination apparatus executes learning processing by acquiring a plurality of sample video pictures and information indicating a category of each sample video picture, classifying sample video pictures of each category into subcategories, determining a subcategory with a closest relation to each sample video picture for each combination of subcategories, which are selected one each from the respective categories, and calculating, for each combination of subcategories, a video discrimination parameter based on the frequency of occurrence of matches between a category to which the subcategory determined to have the closest relation to each sample video picture belongs and a category of that sample video picture. The video discrimination apparatus executes video discrimination processing for classifying video pictures into categories based on the integration result of a plurality of video discrimination parameters obtained by the learning processing. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240580 | VIDEO CLASSIFYING DEVICE - A video analyzing unit | 10-02-2008 |
20080240581 | Functional Dissipation Classification of Retinal Images - Retinal images can be classified by selecting a classifier and a figure of merit for quantifying classification quality; selecting a transform to generate features from input data; using a recursive process of functional dissipation to generate dissipative features from the features generated according to the transform; computing the figure of merit for all of the dissipative features generated; searching for at least one of the dissipative features that maximize the figure of merit on a training set; and classifying a test set with the classifier by using the “at least one of the dissipative features.” | 10-02-2008 |
20080247652 | Q-METRIC BASED SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE - A Support Vector Machine ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080279460 | Scene Classification Apparatus and Scene Classification Method - The present invention is provided with: a scene classification apparatus, that includes: a first partial classifier that determines that a classification target image pertains to a first scene, according to an evaluation result indicating that a partial image pertains to the first scene, by carrying out an evaluation as to whether or not the partial image pertains to the first scene, based on a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of the partial image that constitutes a part of the classification target image; and a second partial classifier that determines that the classification target image pertains to a second scene having a characteristic different from that of the first scene, based on the partial characteristic amount, in the case where it is not determined that the classification target image pertains to the first scene with the first partial classifier; wherein the first partial classifier determines that, in the case where it is not determined that the classification target image pertains to the first scene, according to an evaluation result indicating that the partial image pertains to the first scene, the classification target image does not pertain to the second scene. | 11-13-2008 |
20080285859 | Method and System for Processing Video Data - In an intelligent video surveillance system, video processing software performs a number of operations on video data received from a camera, including foreground extraction, shadow removal and object tracking. The foreground extraction stage classifies each pixel of a received frame as representing either foreground or background. Since shadow regions can be wrongly classified as foreground, a two-branch shadow removal operation is employed, comprising weak shadow removal ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080285860 | STUDYING AESTHETICS IN PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES USING A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH - The aesthetic quality of a picture is automatically inferred using visual content as a machine learning problem using, for example, a peer-rated, on-line photo sharing Website as data source. Certain visual features of images are extracted based on the intuition that they can discriminate between aesthetically pleasing and displeasing images. A one-dimensional support vector machine is used to identify features that have noticeable correlation with the community-based aesthetics ratings. Automated classifiers are constructed using the support vector machines and classification trees, with a simple feature selection heuristic being applied to eliminate irrelevant features. Linear regression on polynomial terms of the features is also applied to infer numerical aesthetics ratings. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285861 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Processing data which belong to different classes and label data indicating the classes to which the processing data belong are input (S | 11-20-2008 |
20080292195 | Data Processing System And Method - A method of organizing data, comprising receiving an image from an input device; recognising content in the image; and selecting, based on the content, a destination for at least one of the image and the content. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298689 | Storing Information for Access Using a Captured Image - An electronic device associates first information and at least a first portion of a first image, and uses a second image that includes a portion corresponding to at least the first portion of the first image to access the associated first information. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298690 | Digital Photo Content Processing System and Method and Apparatus for Transmitting/Receiving Digital Photo Contents Thereof - A system for processing digital photo contents in a digital camera is disclosed. The system includes a content transmitting unit, and a content receiving unit. The content transmitting unit creates an image by photographing objects in a photographing area, requests supplementary information to at least one of persons in the photographing area, receives personal IDs from at least one of target persons, composes digital photo contents using the created image and the personal ID and stores the composed digital photo contents, and transmits after classifying the stored digital photo content by the received personal ID. The content receiving unit transmits an own personal ID when a request for supplementary information to identify a target person from a content transmitting unit of a photographer, receives digital photo contents composed using an image captured from the content transmitting unit and the personal ID, and displays the received digital photo contents. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETED MARKETING BY LEVERAGING VIDEO-BASED DEMOGRAPHIC INSIGHTS - Demographic and transaction data are presented in a report usable for marketing-related purposes and other applications using a camera apparatus to capture customer image data at a point-of-sale location and sends the image data to a customer image database where the image data is stored. Demographic data (such as gender, age group, height) are extracted from the customer image data and sent to the customer image database. Point-of-sale transaction data is collected and sent to a transaction database where the transaction data is stored. A computer processes customer image data, transaction data, and attributes relating to the customer image data and transaction data, to correlate extracted demographic data to transaction data. The correlated data is preferably sent to a target marketing database and used to generate a market research report. | 12-11-2008 |
20080310737 | EXEMPLAR-BASED HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITIONAL METHOD FOR OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - A method for automatically generating a strong classifier for determining whether at least one object is detected in at least one image is disclosed, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a data set of training images having positive images; (b) randomly selecting a subset of positive images from the training images to create a set of candidate exemplars, wherein said positive images include at least one object of the same type as the object to be detected; (c) training a weak classifier based on at least one of the candidate exemplars, said training being based on at least one comparison of a plurality of heterogeneous compositional features located in the at least one image and corresponding heterogeneous compositional features in the one of set of candidate exemplars; (d) repeating steps (c) for each of the remaining candidate exemplars; and (e) combining the individual classifiers into a strong classifier, wherein the strong classifier is configured to determine the presence or absence in an image of the object to be detected. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317358 | CLASS-BASED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - A method for image enhancement includes providing for a semantic class to be assigned to a digital image based on image content, the assigned semantic class being selected from a plurality of semantic classes. The method further includes providing for an aesthetic enhancement to be applied to the image based on image quality of the image and the assigned semantic class, the enhancement including at least one enhancement dimension selected from a plurality of enhancement dimensions. | 12-25-2008 |
20090022407 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - In an image classification method, dividing an input image into blocks; obtaining block features of each block of the image; performing an evaluation of each block based on the block features thereof; obtaining image features based on the evaluations of the blocks of the image; and classifying the image based on the image features into pre-defined categories. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028443 | INNOVATIVE OCR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT COMBINE A TEMPLATE BASED GENERATIVE MODEL WITH A DISCRIMINATIVE MODEL - A method employing a hybrid classification model is used to perform optical character recognition operations for an image. Image data from the image is provided to a generative classification model of the hybrid model, and generative image classifications operations are performed, generating a feature data set which is outputted from the generative classification model. This feature data set is then provided to the discriminative classification model, and discriminative classification operations are performed to generate a classification of the image. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028444 | Method, medium, and apparatus with object descriptor generation using curvature gabor filter - A method, medium, and apparatus with a generated object descriptor using a curvature gabor filter, with complementary object recognition being performed by applying a general gabor filter and a curvature gabor filter having various curvatures, such that the dimension and efficiency of a feature vector can be increased by detecting correlations between features of an object searching for a parameter and its position of an optimal curvature gabor filter through boosting learning, and projecting the extracted features onto a base vector having the highest classification rate. | 01-29-2009 |
20090046933 | USING PHOTOGRAPHER IDENTITY TO CLASSIFY IMAGES - A method of identifying at least one particular person of interest in a collection of digital images taken over time, includes providing the collection of digital images with each digital image containing one or more persons; storing in a digital database an appearance model having a set of features associated with the particular person of interest and a prior probability of the person of interest appearing in images by a particular photographer; and comparing the appearance model with features extracted from the digital images in the collection of digital images and using the prior probability and the appearance model to determine if the particular person of interest is in one or more digital images in the collection of digital images. | 02-19-2009 |
20090060351 | Visual Language Modeling for Image Classification - Systems and methods for visual language modeling for image classification are described. In one aspect the systems and methods model training images corresponding to multiple image categories as matrices of visual words. Visual language models are generated from the matrices. In view of a given image, for example, provided by a user or from the Web, the systems and methods determine an image category corresponding to the given image. This image categorization is accomplished by maximizing the posterior probability of visual words associated with the given image over the visual language models. The image category, or a result corresponding to the image category, is presented to the user. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060352 | Method and system for the detection and the classification of events during motion actions - The present invention relates to a system for detecting and classifying events during motion actions, in particular “offside” event in the football game. The system allows determining such event in a real-time and semi-automatic context, by taking into account the variability of the environmental conditions and of the dynamics of the events which can be traced back to the offside. The present invention proposes itself with a not-invasive technique, compatible with the usual course of the match. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060353 | IDENTIFYING WHETHER A CANDIDATE OBJECT IS FROM AN OBJECT CLASS - In one aspect, a method to identify a candidate object includes receiving an image of the candidate object and projecting the received image onto an image subspace. The image subspace is formed from images of known objects of a class. The method also includes determining whether the candidate object is in the object class based on the received image and the image subspace using a likelihood ratio. The likelihood ratio includes a first probability density indicating a probability an object is in the object class and a second probability density indicating a probability an object is not in the class. The first probability density and the second probability are each a function of a distance of the received image to the image subspace. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067729 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION USING LEXICAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES - An automatic document classification system is described that uses lexical and physical features to assign a class c | 03-12-2009 |
20090067730 | Object Recognizer and Detector for Two-Dimensional Images Using Bayesian Network Based Classifier - A system and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image (e.g., a photograph or an X-ray image). The overall classifier is constructed of a sequence of classifiers (or “sub-classifiers”), where each such classifier is based on a ratio of two graphical probability models (e.g., Bayesian networks). A discrete-valued variable representation at each node in a Bayesian network by a two-stage process of tree-structured vector quantization is discussed. The overall classifier may be part of an object detector program that is trained to automatically detect many different types of 3D objects (e.g., human faces, airplanes, ears, etc.). Computationally efficient statistical methods to evaluate overall classifiers are disclosed. The Bayesian network-based classifier may also be used to determine if two observations (e.g., two images) belong to the same category. For example, in case of face recognition, the classifier may determine whether two photographs are of the same person. A method to provide lighting correction or adjustment to compensate for differences in various lighting conditions of input images is disclosed as well. As per the rules governing abstracts, the content of this abstract should not be used to construe the claims in this application. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074302 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of this invention includes a classification unit configured to classify anchor points that define the contour of an object into a plurality of groups based on features of the contour of the object, and a saving unit configured to identifiably save the anchor points classified by the classification unit for respective groups. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074303 | Method and System for Creating a Form Template for a Form - A method and system for creating a form template for a form are disclosed. The method comprises analyzing an image of a form to detect object demarcations in the form. The method also comprises classifying the object demarcations into one of a plurality of predefined object categories and processing each object demarcation based on the object category into which it has been classified, thereby to create the form template automatically. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074304 | Electronic Apparatus and Face Image Display Method - According to one embodiment, a face image list display process module classifies face images, which are extracted from video content data, into a first face image group belonging to a predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to sections other than the predetermined attribute section. The face image list display process module displays, on a face thumbnail display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group. | 03-19-2009 |
20090087104 | Apparatus for and method of processing image information and recording medium storing image processing program - An apparatus for processing image information regarding image data pieces each having retrievable information including shooting time and a shooting interval includes a grouping unit configured to group the image data pieces, which are arranged in order of the shooting time, by sequentially carrying out grouping steps that each divide or merge the image data pieces into groups according to the shooting intervals, an evaluation unit configured to calculate a score for each of the grouping steps according to one or a plurality of predetermined evaluation items, and a determination unit configured to determine a specific one of the grouping steps according to the calculated scores. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087105 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LABELING A VIDEO, FOR MODIFYING A VIDEO, AND FOR VIDEO PROCESSING - An apparatus and method for labeling a video, an apparatus and method for modifying a video, a video searching method and an advertising method. The method for labeling a video includes labeling at least one object with its properties. The method for modifying a video includes replacing at least one object labeled as “can be replaced” with another object and modifying at least one object if the object has been labeled as “can be modified.” The video searching method includes labeling at least one object in at least one video with its properties and searching the video for an object of interest using the properties labeled on at least one object. The advertising method includes creating a video having an object labeled by an author's name, modifying the video by replacing the labeled object with an advertising object or modifying the labeled object as an advertising object by the advertiser, and distributing the video so that end user can watch the modified video. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092321 | REAL-TIME PIXEL SUBSTITUTION FOR THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - A non-uniformity correction (NUC) process for imaging engines is augmented with real-time pixel substitution capability. This feature checks for pixels that have significantly degraded from their factory performance. Degraded pixels found are then substituted in real time. This process eliminates distractions to the camera system operator and prevents these degraded pixels from degrading the subjective image quality. | 04-09-2009 |
20090092322 | Semantic Classification and Enhancement Processing of Images for Printing Applications - A printing system enables the printing of enhanced documents using a semantic classification scheme. A printing system receives an image to be printed. The system classifies the image according to the semantic classification scheme and, based on this classification, performs enhancement processing on the image. Depending on the desired application, the printing system may recognize and classify any number of image types and may then perform various enhancement processing functions on the image, where the type of enhancement processing performed is based on the classification of the image. | 04-09-2009 |
20090110299 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CLASSIFYING PIXELS IN A MOTION PICTURE AS FOREGROUND OR BACKGROUND - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for classifying pixels in each frame of a motion picture as foreground or background. According to the invention, the apparatus has a decision unit and adjustment unit. The decision unit classifies a pixel as a foreground pixel, a background pixel or an undefined pixel based on a first threshold, a second threshold and a distribution value of the pixel representing an occurrence probability of a pixel value of the pixel. The decision unit sorts each pixel into a foreground pixel or a background pixel based on the classification result of the decision unit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110300 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A classifying unit classifies a plurality of images by attributes. An obtaining unit obtains image characteristic information indicating an image characteristic from each of classified images. A first generating unit generates a characteristic amount vector for each of the images using the attributes and the image characteristic. A determining unit determines display positions of thumbnail images of the images based on the characteristic amount vector. A second generating unit generates the thumbnail images and a list of thumbnail images in which the thumbnail images are arranged in the display positions. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110301 | Classification of objects as well as recognition of their position and orientation in space - A method for the classification of objects ( | 04-30-2009 |
20090116755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING MANUAL CLASSIFICATION OF UNRECOGNIZED DOCUMENTS TO COMPLETE WORKFLOW FOR ELECTRONIC JOBS AND TO ASSIST MACHINE LEARNING OF A RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTED FEATURES OF UNRECOGNIZED DOCUMENTS - A method in a document analysis system automatically extracts image and text features from each received electronic document and compares the extracted features with feature sets associated with each category of document to determine whether the document is recognizable as belonging to a document category. If an electronic document is recognized as belonging to one of the document categories, the method classifies the electronic document as belonging to that document category. If, however, an electronic document is unrecognized, the method submits the unrecognized document to a learning phase, in which the unrecognized document is presented to a human trainer for manual classification of the unrecognized electronic document into a document category, and automatically modifies at least one of the features and the weights of the feature set of the document category corresponding to the manually-classified electronic document using the automatically extracted features of the manually-classified document. | 05-07-2009 |
20090116756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USING DOCUMENTS FROM A PLURALITY OF USERS - A method of training a document analysis system that automatically extracts image and text features from each received electronic document and compares the extracted features with feature sets associated with each document category is provided. If an electronic document is recognized as belonging to one of the document categories with predetermined confidence, the method classifies the electronic document as being of that one document category. If an electronic document is not recognized as belonging to one of the document categories with predetermined confidence, however, the method submits the unrecognized document to a training phase in which the document is recognized as belonging to a document category and automatically modifies at least one of the features and the weights of the features of the feature set for the document category for the now-recognized document. | 05-07-2009 |
20090116757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS BY EXTRACTING AND RECOGNIZING TEXT AND IMAGE FEATURES INDICATIVE OF DOCUMENT CATEGORIES - A method in a document analysis system automatically extracts from each received electronic document image and text features, in which the image features are indicative of how the document is laid out or textually-organized and therefore indicative of a corresponding document category, next compares the extracted image and text features with feature sets associated with each document category, and then classifies each document to a document category, the feature set of which best matches the extracted features of the document. | 05-07-2009 |
20090148052 | Image Categorization Based on Comparisons Between Images - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data. | 06-11-2009 |
20090154814 | CLASSIFYING OBJECTS USING PARTITIONS AND MACHINE VISION TECHNIQUES - A method for classifying objects according to a predefined classification of sample objects. This is achieved by classifying first a plurality of sample object images and determining an image partition for each and every class. The sample classes and their corresponding partitions are used to build a classifying function. The classifying function is built using the partitions and the geometric features and statistical information retrieved from the sample images. In order to classify a specific object, several image copies of the object image to-be-classified are prepared; each image copy is then partitioned according to a different classified-in-advance partition. The classifying is achieved by applying the classifying function that has been built on the object image copies. | 06-18-2009 |
20090169118 | Systems and Methods for Image Pattern Recognition - Systems and methods for image pattern recognition comprise digital image capture and encoding using vector quantization (“VQ”) of the image. A vocabulary of vectors is built by segmenting images into kernels and creating vectors corresponding to each kernel. Images are encoded by creating a vector index file having indices that point to the vectors stored in the vocabulary. The vector index file can be used to reconstruct an image by looking up vectors stored in the vocabulary. Pattern recognition of candidate regions of images can be accomplished by correlating image vectors to a pre-trained vocabulary of vector sets comprising vectors that correlate with particular image characteristics. In virtual microscopy, the systems and methods are suitable for rare-event finding, such as detection of micrometastasis clusters, tissue identification, such as locating regions of analysis for immunohistochemical assays, and rapid screening of tissue samples, such as histology sections arranged as tissue microarrays (“TMAs”). | 07-02-2009 |
20090190840 | Method and device for the automatic contrast medium phase classification of image data - A method is disclosed for the automatic contrast medium phase classification of at least one image data record, of the interior of an examination object, generated by way of an imaging system. In at least one embodiment of the method, firstly at least one image data record of the examination object is acquired and metadata associated with the image data record are determined, the metadata including at least one of body region data containing information about a body region of the examination object that is covered by the image data record, and/or measurement time data containing information about a measurement time of the image data record and/or high contrast data containing information about highly contrasty image areas in the image data record. The assignment of the image data record to a contrast medium phase is effected, in at least one embodiment, in a manner dependent on the metadata. Furthermore, a description is given of a corresponding image data record classification device and an imaging system including such an image data record classification device. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING THE USE OF CAPTURED IMAGES THROUGH RECOGNITION - An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may be generated, where the index data is based on the recognized information. Using the index, functionality such as search and retrieval is enabled. Various recognition techniques, including those that use the face, clothing, apparel, and combinations of characteristics may be utilized. Recognition may be performed on, among other things, persons and text carried on objects. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202157 | Method and system for automatically extracting photography information - A method and system for automatically extracting photography information is provided. The system for automatically extracting photography information includes an image input unit acquiring a preview image or a captured image as an input image, a photography information extraction unit extracting photography information of the input image, and a photography code generation unit generating a photography code indicating a user's photography pattern by using the extracted photography information. | 08-13-2009 |
20090214123 | Method for Associating a Digital Image with a Class of a Classification System - Disclosed is a method for assigning the content of a digital image to a class of a classification system. Said method comprises the following steps: —a predetermined number of F numerical shape characteristics ψ | 08-27-2009 |
20090214124 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING AN IMAGE - A technique is provided for classifying images in a library ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090232406 | REDUCING FALSE ALARMS IN IDENTIFYING WHETHER A CANDIDATE IMAGE IS FROM AN OBJECT CLASS - In one aspect, a method to reduce false alarms in identifying whether a candidate image is from an object class includes projecting the candidate image onto an object class subspace and projecting the candidate image onto a non-object class subspace. The method also includes determining whether the candidate image is from the object class using a Bayesian decision function based on the projections on the object class subspace and the non-object class subspace. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232407 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: a step calculator configured to calculate, as a step, a difference in pixel values of pixels in a neighborhood with respect to each pixel in an image; a classifier configured to classify the pixels into classes for areas of the steps; a boundary ratio calculator configured to calculate, as a boundary ratio, a ratio of the number of pixels at a block boundary for each of the classes; and a block noise strength determinator configured to determine, as a block noise strength of the image, the step that is larger than a predetermined threshold and that is at a class having a largest value. | 09-17-2009 |
20090245659 | Fast Key-In for Machine-Printed OCR-based Systems - A method for correcting results of OCR or other scanned symbols that initially scans a document, performs OCR classification on the scanned document. Clustering of characters/symbols classifications that results from the OCR based on shapes is followed by the creation of super-symbols based on at least first differences in the shapes of the clustered characters/symbols exceeding a first threshold. A carpet of the super symbols is displayed for analysis testing and that provides a display that emphasizes localized differences in similar symbols. Depending on the results of the analysis testing, the carpet of super symbols is one of: (1) stored as a cluster symbols when the carpet of super-symbols passes all of the analysis testing; (2) used to create additional super symbols based on at least a second difference in the shapes of clustered symbols exceeding a second threshold and returning the additional super symbols to the displaying step for further analysis testing; and (3) rejected as a clustered of symbols when the super symbols fail most of the analysis testing and stored by manually keying-in the symbols. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245660 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING SAMPLES REPRESENTING A DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL - In order to classify samples representing a digital image signal, for at least one sample the output values of a predetermined set of filters applied to that sample are determined. The sample is then classified in a first region or in a second region according to a measurement representing the dispersion of the output values. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252424 | COMPUTER-AIDED IMAGE INTERPRETATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A computer-aided image interpretation method and a device thereof to easily obtain an accurate image interpretation result are provided. An automatic classification means of the image interpretation device performs automatic classification by one of spectral characteristics, radiometric characteristics, diffuse characteristics, textures and shapes, or combinations thereof and accumulates data to an interpretation result database, for plural features of the same kind obtained by interpreting a remote sensing image obtained with an observation sensor. A means for extracting candidate of modification of interpretation result extracts the candidate of modification of interpretation result by comparing likelihoods that are the automatic classification results. A reinterpretation is performed for the candidate of modification of interpretation, and an interpretation result database is updated by an interpretation result update means. As a result, modification of the interpretation work can be efficiently performed. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257663 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING CAPTURE-LOCATION-SEQUENCE INFORMATION - Classification of a group of temporally related images is disclosed, wherein a capture-location sequence is identified from the group of temporally related images. The capture-location-sequence information, which is associated collectively with the capture-location sequence, is compared with each of a plurality of sets of predetermined capture-location-sequence characteristics. Each set is associated with a predetermined classification. An identified classification associated with the group of temporally related images is identified based at least upon results from the comparing step; and the identified classification is stored in a processor-accessible memory system. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263028 | Selecting Best Image - Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for selecting the recommended image among sequentially captured images. In aspect, a method of selecting the recommended image includes measuring a brightness value and a sharpness value for each of sequentially captured images. The measured brightness and sharpness values are combined for each image to obtain a combined value for each image. The recommended image is selected from among the sequentially captured images based on the obtained combined values. | 10-22-2009 |
20090274375 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING AND CLASSIFYING IMAGES - In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2 | 11-05-2009 |
20090274376 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY BUILDING COMPACT MODELS FOR LARGE MULTI-CLASS TEXT CLASSIFICATION - A method of classifying documents includes: specifying multiple documents and classes, wherein each document includes a plurality of features and each document corresponds to one of the classes; determining reduced document vectors for the classes from the documents, wherein the reduced document vectors include features that satisfy threshold conditions corresponding to the classes; determining reduced weight vectors for relating the documents to the classes by comparing combinations of the reduced weight vectors and the reduced document vectors and separating the corresponding classes; and saving one or more values for the reduced weight vectors and the classes. Specific embodiments are directed to formulations for determining the reduced weight vectors including one-versus-rest classifiers, maximum entropy classifiers, and direct multiclass Support Vector Machines. | 11-05-2009 |
20090279792 | IMAGE SEARCH METHOD AND DEVICE - An image search method that is robust and fast (with computational complexity of logarithmic order relative to the number of models). The image search includes extracting a plurality of regions from one or more model images and normalizing the regions as standard regions; setting a specific region in each normalized standard region and classifying the plurality of standard regions under two or more subsets on the basis of a feature of the specific region; iteratively performing an operation of setting another specific region at a location different from that of the aforementioned specific region in each standard region classified in each subset and classifying the plurality of standard regions under still more subsets on the basis of a feature of the other specific region; and outputting the locations of the specific regions in the standard regions in the respective classifications and the features of the specific regions in the classifications. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279793 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In order to provide technology with which objects in image data can be managed in a further appropriate unit, an image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data; a detection unit that detects object images included in the input image data; a determination unit that determines an object attribute for each of the detected object images; a storage control unit that groups each of the detected object images based on the determined object attributes, and stores region information regarding the detected object images in a unit of the grouping in association with the image data in a storage unit; a dividing determination unit that determines whether or not to divide the grouped object images; and a dividing unit that extracts an individual object image from the grouped object images. | 11-12-2009 |
20090297045 | EVALUATING SUBJECT INTERESTS FROM DIGITAL IMAGE RECORDS - A method of evaluating a user subject interest is based at least upon an analysis of a user's collection of digital image records and is implemented at least in part by a data processing system. The method receives a defined user subject interest, receives a set of content requirements associated with the defined user-subject-interest, and identifies a set of digital image records from the collection of digital image records each having image characteristics in accord with the content requirements. A subject-interest trait associated with the defined user-subject-interest is evaluated based at least upon an analysis of the set of digital image records or characteristics thereof. The subject-interest trait is associated with the defined user-subject-interest in a processor-accessible memory. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297046 | Linear Laplacian Discrimination for Feature Extraction - An exemplary method for extracting discriminant feature of samples includes providing data for samples in a multidimensional space; based on the data, computing local similarities for the samples; mapping the local similarities to weights; based on the mapping, formulating an inter-class scatter matrix and an intra-class scatter matrix; and based on the matrices, maximizing the ratio of inter-class scatter to intra-class scatter for the samples to provide discriminate features of the samples. Such a method may be used for classifying samples, recognizing patterns, or other tasks. Various other methods, devices, system, etc., are also disclosed. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297047 | PHOTO CLASSIFYING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A photo classifying method for digital photo frame (DPF), includes recording a creating date of the photo and a current date of the DPF, and presetting at least one reference browsing rate, calculating the total browsing time of the photo, calculating the browsing rate of the photo by dividing the difference between the creating date of the photo and the current date of the DPF into the total browsing time of the photo, comparing the calculated result of the browsing rate of the photo with the reference browsing rate and classifying the photo into a corresponding photo grade according to the compared result, and recording the photo grade in a property information of the photo. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297048 | FAST PATTERN CLASSIFICATION BASED ON A SPARSE TRANSFORM - Techniques for determining a feature in an image or soundtrack of one or more dimensions include receiving a subject image. A sparse transformed subject image is determined, which represents the subject image with a few significant coefficients compared to a number of values in the subject image. Multiple patch functions are received, which are based on a portion of a sparse transformed image for each of a training set of images and which represent learned features in the training set. A feature is determined to be in the subject image based on the transformed subject image and the plurality of patch functions. In various embodiments, a wavelet transformation or audio spectrogram is performed to produce the sparse transformed images. In some embodiments, the feature in the subject is determined regardless of feature location or size or orientation in the subject image. | 12-03-2009 |
20090304289 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to obtain an image; a face detecting unit configured to detect a face of a photographic subject included in the image; an attribute detecting unit configured to detect attribute information of the face; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a degree of intimacy between a plurality of photographic subjects based on a plurality of items of attribute information detected by the attribute detecting unit from faces of the plurality of photographic subjects, the faces being detected by the face detecting unit; and a control unit configured to cause the image pickup unit to capture an image of the plurality of photographic subjects based on an evaluation result obtained by the evaluation unit. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304290 | Image recognition apparatus utilizing plurality of weak classifiers for evaluating successive sub-images extracted from an input image - The position of a face image within an input image is detected based on results from applying a plurality of weak classifiers in sequence to each of sub-images extracted from the input image. A decision whether to interrupt the sequence and reject a currently extracted sub-image is made based on the sum of a total of weighted decision values obtained up to the current point in the sequence and a total of potential weighted decision values obtainable from the remaining weak classifiers if the extracted sub-image were a face image. | 12-10-2009 |
20090317002 | INTRA-OPERATIVE SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING SURGICAL SHARP OBJECTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND SPONGES - Intra-operative systems for identifying surgical sharp objects are provided. Aspects of the systems include an intra-operative imaging device for obtaining intra-operative surgical sharp object image data; and a surgical sharp object automated shape recognition module configured to identify a surgical sharp object from intra-operative surgical sharp object image data. Systems of the invention may further include additional components, such as surgical instrument and/or sponge identification and tracking devices. Systems of the invention find use in a variety of methods and applications, including tracking of surgical items during a surgical procedure. | 12-24-2009 |
20090324103 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING IMAGE MODIFICATION - A method for providing image modification may include searching an image gallery based on a characteristic of a captured image, determining a correlation between the captured image and a similar image from the image gallery, the similar image sharing the characteristic, and enabling modification of the captured image based on features associated with the similar image that are not visible in the captured image. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324104 | Hidden image identification system, products, identification device and producing method - The invention is concerned with a hidden image product, an identification device which shows the hidden image information, an identification system, the produce method of the produce and the identification equipment, the identification equipment contains a single layer or multi-layer lens with the specified array micro-structure. The produce contains the array pixels with same-level array-distance corresponding with the identification equipment array micro-structure. The selected area of the array pixels and the identification equipment array micro-structure has the entirely or partly controlling phase excursion, shows the micro-structure or the hidden image in the pixel when the array of pixels of the product or the array of the identification equipment array micro-structure is superposition or spacedly squaring with distance. The invention overcomes the low anti-false precision and the inconvenience of the existing hidden image identification technique. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324105 | VIDEO CODING SYSTEM, SORTING SYSTEM, CODING METHOD AND SORTING METHOD - A video coding system specifying sorting information included in an image has a VCS accumulating an image and an off-line OCR applying character recognition to the image. The VCS accumulates an image including the sorting information described in characters. When the image distributed from the VCS and information presumed to the sorting information described on the image are given to the off-line OCR, the off-line OCR applies a character recognition processing to the image, while assuming the given information, presumed to be the sorting information, to be a recognition result. Based on the result of the character recognition processing, the off-line OCR confirms whether or not the given information is correct as the sorting information described on the image. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A method for magnetic character recognition may include: a peak detection process for detecting peak positions in a regeneration waveform; a character pitch measuring process for calculating an average character width and an average character period of each character according to a detection result of the peak detection process; a character segmentation process for calculating a peak interval array for each character according to the average character period; a peak searching process for searching for peak positions by using searching conditions, which are different from what the character segmentation process applies, on each waveform part segmented through the character segmentation process; a peak count evaluation process for choosing either a result of the character segmentation process or a result of the peak searching process, depending on whether the number of peaks in the waveform part agrees with a prescribed number of peaks; and a character determining process for a matching operation on a peak interval array, according to the peak interval array determined through the peak count evaluation process, to determine the character. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION USING GRAPH-BASED PATTERN MATCHING - A method for creating a modeling structure for classifying objects in an image comprises converting an image into digital image data; using a processor, simplifying the digital image data; using the processor, isolating objects in the simplified digital image data; using the processor, creating graphs of the isolated objects, the graphs comprising vertices and edges; using the processor, converting the graphs into representative graph data structures, the graph data structures comprising a database key based on the vertices and edges. | 12-31-2009 |
20100014762 | CATEGORIZER WITH USER-CONTROLLABLE CALIBRATION - A calibrated categorizer comprises: a multi-class categorizer configured to output class probabilities for an input object corresponding to a set of classes; a class probabilities rescaler configured to rescale class probabilities to generate rescaled class probabilities; and a resealing model learner configured to learn calibration parameters for the class probabilities rescaler based on (i) class probabilities output by the multi-class categorizer for a calibration set of class-labeled objects, (ii) confidence measures output by the multi-class categorizer for the calibration set of class-labeled objects, and (iii) class labels of the calibration set of class-labeled objects, the class probabilities rescaler calibrated by the learned calibration parameters defining a calibrated class probabilities rescaler. In a method embodiment, class probabilities are generated for an input object corresponding to a set of classes using a classifier trained on a first set of objects, and are rescaled to form rescaled class probabilities using a resealing algorithm calibrated using a second set of objects different from the first set of objects. The method may further entail thresholding the rescaled class probabilities using thresholds calibrated using the second set of objects or a third set of objects. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021069 | PDF DE-CHUNKING AND OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - Systems and methods are described that facilitate identifying objects in a document (e.g., a PDF document) for automatic image enhancement (AIE). A PDF document is “chunked” or segmented into chunks, and boundaries between chunks are identified as real or imaginary. Chunks sharing imaginary boundaries are combined, while real boundaries are retained, to generate “de-chunked” objects. These objects are then classified, and an AIE application is executed on objects meeting pre-specified classification criteria. In this manner, objects of r which AIE is not desired are not subjected to the AIE application, thereby saving time and processing resources associated with enhancing the document. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021070 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD THEREOF - A communication device and method for classifying images include setting a plurality of image sorts and defining basic characteristics of each image sort, extracting an image from a received multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, and identifying at least one characteristic of the extracted image. The communication device and method further include determining an image sort for the extracted image by comparing the at least one identified characteristic with the basic characteristics of each image sort, and classifying the extracted image into the determined image sort. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027895 | IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION PROGRAM - The invention provides a method for actualizing a high-speed object recognition process in an object recognition which extracts feature vectors from an input image where an object is captured, the feature vectors representing the object with the large number of the feature vectors; and retrieves, among an image database, one or more images whose features are matched. The invention also provides a method for saving a memory capacity required for the image database. | 02-04-2010 |
20100040295 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF CLASSIFYING IMAGES AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for classifying image is provided. The method includes: selecting an image; extracting parameters of the selected image and displaying the extracted parameter in a reminder menu; selecting a extracted parameter; defining the selected parameter as the image classifying standard; creating an image classification folder named with the image classifying standard; retrieving images according to the image classifying standard; and storing the images that were retrieved into the created folder. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046843 | Method and Apparatus for Filling In or Replacing Image Pixel Data - A system for filling in and/or replacing pixel data in a target image uses pixel data from a source image. In one embodiment, the pixel data in the source image are classified and boundaries of local class areas or groups of similarly classified pixels are determined. The pixel data in the local class areas are compared to determine one or more scaling factors. The missing pixel data or data to be replaced in the target image is obtained from the source image and scaled with the one or more scaling factors. | 02-25-2010 |
20100054611 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: a first distribution calculation unit calculating a distribution of luminance gradient vectors in a first local area that includes a feature point on an image; a second distribution calculation unit calculating distributions of the luminance gradient vectors in second local areas close to the feature point on the image; a selection unit comparing the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area with the distributions of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local areas to select the most different distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area; and a feature descriptor calculation unit calculating a feature descriptor at the feature point on the basis of the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the first local area and the distribution of the luminance gradient vectors of the second local area selected by the selection unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061641 | MODEL-OPERATIVE PATTERN REPRESENTATION AND OPERATIONAL ENABLEMENT USING DECLARATIVE COMPONENTIAL-DRIVEN DOMAIN-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - Pattern representation and enablement of operations pertaining thereto are disclosed, with model-operative pattern representation using a declarative componential-driven domain-specific programming language. Accordingly, pattern codifications are decoupled from code for execution of specific operational use cases against the patterns, occurrences, and models of interest. Variability points are codified in patterns, enabling a particular pattern to be used with multiple operations, multiple models, and so forth. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061642 | PREDICTION COEFFICIENT OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE DATA OPERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a prediction coefficient computing device and method, an image data computing device and method, a program, and a recording medium which make it possible to accurately correct blurring of an image. A blur adding unit | 03-11-2010 |
20100067809 | STRUCTURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, STRUCTURE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Resolution of structural analysis using image data is improved. A method is provided including the steps of: acquiring data representing measured images and data representing a predetermined number of reference images (S | 03-18-2010 |
20100074537 | KERNELIZED SPATIAL-CONTEXTUAL IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - Kernelized spatial-contextual image classification is disclosed. One embodiment comprises generating a first spatial-contextual model to represent a first image, the first spatial-contextual model having a plurality of interconnected nodes arranged in a first pattern of connections with each node connected to at least one other node, generating a second spatial-contextual model to represent a second image using the first pattern of connections, and estimating the distance between corresponding nodes in the first spatial-contextual model and the second spatial-contextual model based on a relationship with adjacent connected nodes to determine a distance between the first image and the second image. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074538 | VALIDATION AND CORRECTION OF MAP DATA USING OBLIQUE IMAGES - Technologies are described herein for validating and correcting map data using oblique images or aerial photographs taken at oblique angles to the earth's surface. Pixels within oblique images can be analyzed to detect, validate, and correct other sources of data used in generating maps such as vector data, elevation maps, projection parameters, and three-dimensional model data. Visibility and occlusion information in oblique views may be analyzed to reduce errors in either occluding or occluded entities. Occlusion of road segments due to foliage, z-ordering of freeways, tunnels, bridges, buildings, and other geospatial entities may be determined, validated, and corrected. A learning algorithm can be trained with image-based descriptors that encode visible data consistencies. After training, the algorithm can classify errors and inconsistencies using combinations of different descriptors such as color, texture, image-gradients, and filter responses. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074539 | Differentiation of illumination and reflection boundaries - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for image processing in which brightness boundaries of an image are identified and analyzed in at least two, and more preferably three or more, spectral bands to distinguish illumination boundaries from reflectance boundaries. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, a brightness boundary of the image can be identified as an illumination boundary if at least two wavelength bands of the image exhibit a substantially common shift in brightness across the boundary. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS - Systems and methods for evaluating the robustness of objects within a scene or a scene itself. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092094 | Brightness detection system - A brightness detection system includes an image sensor for generating imaging data formed of pixels, and a calculation unit for finding the brightness of an object by calculating the imaging data. The calculation unit is designed to execute a calculation only for selected arbitrary pixels among the pixels of the imaging data and falling within a preliminarily designated brightness detection range. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098343 | MODELING IMAGES AS MIXTURES OF IMAGE MODELS - A system and method for generating an image representation are provided. The image is modeled as a set of mixture weights, one for each of a set of reference image models, such as Gaussian mixture models (GMMs). The weights are derived by optimizing an objective function in which each reference image model is associated with its respective weight. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098344 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A group of input image data is determined based on the distance between images of a number of representative faces, prepared from plural templates, and the input image data (correlative values C | 04-22-2010 |
20100119163 | NOISE REDUCING APPARATUS, NOISE REDUCING METHOD, AND NOISE REDUCING PROGRAM - A noise reducing apparatus includes a flat area detecting section, a noise component analyzing section and a noise component suppressing section. The flat area detecting section detects a flat area from an image. The noise component analyzing section analyzes a noise component from the flat area. The noise component suppressing section suppresses a noise component of the image based on the noise analysis result. This noise reducing apparatus reduces the noise of the image without damaging subjective image quality. | 05-13-2010 |
20100124376 | Determination Of Class, Attributes, And Identity Of An Occupant - Disclosed herein is a method and system for determining class, attributes, and identity of an occupant in an occupancy space. An infra-red image of the occupant in the occupancy space is captured. The infra-red image information of the captured image is digitized to obtain a thermal signature of the occupant. The thermal signature of the occupant is compared with thermal signatures, characteristics, and attributes common to a class of occupants stored in a thermal signature database to determine the class, the attributes, and the identity of the occupant. The determination of the class and the attributes may, for example, comprise distinguishing between an animate occupant and an inanimate occupant, analyzing gait of the animate occupant for distinguishing between human motion and non-human motion, and enumerating occupants in the occupancy space using an edge detection algorithm. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124377 | LINEAR SPATIAL PYRAMID MATCHING USING SPARSE CODING - Systems and methods are disclosed to classify an input image by determining a spatial-pyramid image representation based on sparse coding; determining a descriptor for each interest point in the input image; encoding the descriptor; and applying max pooling to form the spatial pyramid representation of images. | 05-20-2010 |
20100128993 | APPLICATION OF CLASSIFIERS TO SUB-SAMPLED INTEGRAL IMAGES FOR DETECTING FACES IN IMAGES - A method for more efficiently detecting faces in images is disclosed. The integral image of an image may be calculated. The integral image may be sub-sampled to generate one or more sub-sampled integral images. A plurality of classifiers may be applied in one or more stages to regions of each sub-sampled integral image, where the application of the classifiers may produce classification data. The classification data may be used to determine if a face is associated with any of the regions of each sub-sampled integral image. The face determination results may be used to modify the original image such that, when rendered, the image is displayed with a graphical object identifying the face in the image. Accordingly, face detection processing efficiency may be increased by reducing the number of integral image calculations and processing localized data through application of classifiers to sub-sampled integral images. | 05-27-2010 |
20100142833 | IMAGE SELECTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image is selected from a plurality of non-selected images, an evaluation value is stored for each value of attribute information of a selected image (cluster) which is selected by the selection unit, and when an image is selected by the selection unit, a presentation priority of the non-selected images is determined based on a value of the attribute information of the non-selected images not selected by the selection unit so that the evaluation values are even. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150457 | Identifying and Generating Color and Texture Video Cohorts Based on Video Input - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating video based cohorts. Digital video data is processed to identify a set of color and texture based attributes associated with the set of objects. The digital video data comprises metadata describing the set of objects. The set of color and texture based attributes are analyzed using cohort criteria to form a result. The cohort criteria specify attributes that are associated with members of a given cohort. A set of cohorts is generated based on the result. Each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one color and texture based attribute in common. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150458 | Generating Cohorts Based on Attributes of Objects Identified Using Video Input - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating video based cohorts. Digital video data is processed to identify a set of size and shape based attributes associated with the set of objects. The digital video data comprises metadata describing the set of objects. A size and shape attribute comprises an attribute describing a shape associated with a portion of an object or a size measurement of the portion of the object. The set of size and shape based attributes are analyzed using cohort criteria to form a result. The cohort criteria specify attributes that are associated with members of a given cohort. A set of cohorts is generated based on the result. Each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one size and shape based attribute in common. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158395 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING IMAGE SPAM - Methods and systems are provided that may be used to determine a whether an image contains spam. In one particular embodiment, an image is transformed and spam is detected based on such a transformed image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158396 | Distance Metric Learning with Feature Decomposition - This disclosure describes various exemplary systems, computer program products, and methods for feature distance metric learning with feature decomposition (DMLFD). The disclosure describes decomposing a high-dimensional feature space into one or more low-dimensional feature spaces according to minimum dependence. Furthermore, the disclosure describes how the sub-metrics are constructed and combined to form a global metric. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158397 | Method and System for Classifying Image Elements - A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166325 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION - An example of a method of identifying objects having desired characteristics includes obtaining images of objects and metadata associated with each image. Further, the method includes automatically initializing a portion of the each image as at least one of a foreground portion and a background portion according to the metadata associated with the each image. Furthermore, the method includes segmenting the each image into the foreground portion and the background portion. In addition, the method includes determining at least one foreground portion depicting an object of the desired characteristics. Further, the method includes electronically providing an image corresponding to the at least one foreground portion. | 07-01-2010 |
20100172591 | IMAGE-SOUND SEGMENT CORRESPONDING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide the capability that image segments constituting an input video is made to correspond to sound segments constituting the input video, if the image segments and the sound segments include an identical object. Provided are an image segment classification means | 07-08-2010 |
20100177968 | DETECTION OF ANIMATE OR INANIMATE OBJECTS - Image data representing a captured image of an environment or a portion thereof, and electric-field data representing electric fields present in the environment or a portion thereof are received. The electric-field data and the image data represent information gathered from an overlapping portion of the environment. A candidate object is identified in the overlapping portion and classified as animate or inanimate based at least upon an analysis of the image data and the electric-field data. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177969 | Method and System for Image Processing to Classify an Object in an Image - In an image processing method, an object is located within an image. An area around the object is determined and divided into at least first and second portions based upon image information within the area. The object can then be classified based upon both image information in the first portion of the area and image information in the second portion of the area. | 07-15-2010 |
20100195919 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPERIMPOSING PATTERNS ON IMAGES IN REAL-TIME, PARTICULARLY FOR GEOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE - A device (DS), for superimposing known patterns, characteristic of a region, on (real) images of the region. The device (D) includes, a memory ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100202706 | IC LAYOUT PATTERN MATCHING AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for restricting the number of layout patterns by pattern identification, matching and classification, includes decomposing the pattern windows into a low frequency component and a high frequency component using a wavelet analysis for an integrated circuit layout having a plurality of pattern windows. Using the low frequency component as an approximation, a plurality of moments is computed for each pattern window. The pattern windows are classified using a distance computation for respective moments of the pattern windows by comparing the distance computation to an error value to determine similarities between the pattern windows. | 08-12-2010 |
20100202707 | Method and Component for Image Recognition - A method and system for image recognition in a collection of digital images includes training image classifiers and retrieving a sub-set of images from the collection. For each image in the collection, any regions within the image that correspond to a face are identified. For each face region and any associated peripheral region, feature vectors are determined for each of the image classifiers. The feature vectors are stored in association with data relating to the associated face region. At least one reference region including a face to be recognized is/are selected from an image. At least one classifier on which said retrieval is to be based is/are selected from the image classifiers. A respective feature vector for each selected classifier is determined for the reference region. The sub-set of images is retrieved from within the image collection in accordance with the distance between the feature vectors determined for the reference region and the feature vectors for face regions of the image collection. | 08-12-2010 |
20100209008 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING AN IMAGE DATABASE - Method for organizing a set of images into subsets of images, the method including the following procedures producing a respective model according to a plurality of feature points and the geometric relations between the feature points for each of the images, determining a similarity index between each pair of the images, according to the respective model of each image of the pair of the images, producing a distance matrix, according to the similarity index between each pair of the images, producing a set of coordinates, according to the distance matrix and sorting the images in plurality of dimensions, according to the set of coordinates. | 08-19-2010 |
20100209009 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN IMAGE CAPTURING PROGRAM - A digital camera carries out the following steps. The digital camera acquires one image photographed with a high sensitivity for subject-blur suppression, four images of a first group consecutive in a time series photographed with an ordinary exposure time, and four images of a second group consecutive in a time series photographed with an exposure time shorter than the ordinary exposure time for multiplane addition. Then, the digital camera extracts, from among the images photographed with the ordinary exposure time, an image for which blur caused by hand movement is minimum, and if no image blur has occurred and if blur caused by hand movement is less than a predetermined value, selects the image. The digital camera selects the image for subject-blur suppression if image blur has occurred for the extracted image. Also, the digital camera generates a new image by carrying out multiplane addition of images for multiplane addition if blur caused by hand movement has occurred for the extracted image. | 08-19-2010 |
20100215279 | AUTOMATIC AND SCALABLE IMAGE SELECTION - In a method for automatically and scalably selecting images from an image collection for inclusion in a photo album, an initial pagination arrangement containing a subset of all of the images contained in the image collection is identified. In addition, a determination as to whether the initial number of pages of the initial pagination arrangement is equivalent to a desired number of pages is made and the initial pagination arrangement is modified in an automatic and scalable manner in response to the initial number of pages differing from the desired number of pages. | 08-26-2010 |
20100215280 | RDP BITMAP HASH ACCELERATION USING SIMD INSTRUCTIONS - Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for a vectorized tile differencing algorithm for a remote desktop protocol (RDP). A server executes a CBC-variant vectorized hash algorithm that is used to produce a big key that identifies the tile, and keeps track of these big keys. Where a serial version of the algorithm operates on a single portion of the image at once—such as 32 bits—the vectorized algorithm operates on a plurality of these portions simultaneously. Where the server identifies that a tile has already been sent to a client via RDP because it has a second big key that matches the big key, it sends the big key to the client—which caches received tiles—and the client uses it to access the proper tile for display. Where the server identifies that a tile has not already been sent to the client, it sends the client the tile. | 08-26-2010 |
20100220933 | Face Categorizing Method, Face Categorizing Apparatus, Categorization Map, Face Categorizing Program, and Computer-Readable Medium Storing Program - A face categorizing apparatus for categorizing contours of a face of an examined subject is disclosed that includes image capturing means for capturing a face image of the face of the examined subject; control means for controlling operations for categorizing the face of the captured face image into one of at least four predetermined types of categories based on at least two indices including facial space and facial depth/bone structure/fleshiness; and indication means for indicating a categorization result of categorizing the face by the control means on a map having the four predetermined types of categories positioned at corresponding quadrants of a plane coordinate system. | 09-02-2010 |
20100226582 | ASSIGNING LABELS TO IMAGES IN A COLLECTION - A method of assigning semantic labels to images in a particular collection, includes acquiring seed labels for a subset of images; propagating the seed labels to other images according to a similarity metric; and storing the semantic labels, including both seed labels and propagated labels with the corresponding images. | 09-09-2010 |
20100226583 | Detecting an Object Within an Image by Incrementally Evaluating Subwindows of the Image in Parallel - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for detecting an occurrence of an object in an image. During operation, the system selects a subwindow to be evaluated based upon a currently estimated likelihood of the object being detected within the subwindow. The system then performs an evaluation step on the subwindow to determine if the object exists in the subwindow, wherein performing the evaluation step involves updating the currently estimated likelihood of the object being detected in the subwindow. If evaluation of the subwindow is not complete after performing the evaluation step, the system stores information associated with the subwindow to facilitate subsequent evaluation of the subwindow. | 09-09-2010 |
20100232716 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REPETITIVE OPERATIONS - The invention pertains to a apparatus for performing operations, in particular cutting, embossing, creasing, folding and/or sealing, on a moving web provided with a series of identical images, which apparatus comprises a sensor for at least partially detecting the images on the web, and a processing unit which, dependent on a comparison of the data obtained with the sensor and a reference, generates an output signal to be used for one or more of the said operations. The processing unit comprises a memory and is arranged to select at least part of the detected data, store the selected data in the memory, and utilize the selected data as the reference. The invention further pertains to module for performing operations on a moving web and method of generating an output signal. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232717 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; an obtaining unit that obtains image data representing an image including concatenated pixels; an isolating unit that isolates a rendering element, the rendering element being an image surrounded by border lines of a color in an image represented by the image data; and a classifying unit that, in a case where a plurality of rendering elements has been isolated by the isolating unit, and in a case where color difference between two of the plural rendering elements or the distance between the two rendering elements is less than a threshold, classifies the two rendering elements into the same group, associates pieces of image data that represent rendering elements belonging to the same group with one another, and stores the pieces of image data in the memory. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING AND SEARCHING FOR AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE - A method representing an object appearing in still or video image for use in searching, wherein the object appears in the image with a first two-dimensional outline, by processing signals corresponding to the image, comprises deriving a view descriptor of the first outline of the object and deriving at least one additional view descriptor of the outline of the object in a different view, and associating the two or more view descriptors to form an object descriptor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239176 | Image arrangement for electronic album - An image ordering rule is selected from among multiple image ordering rules that use mutually different types of image characteristic values to determine the order of arrangement of images. The image characteristic value used by the selected image ordering rule is obtained for each of a plurality of images. The order of arrangement of a plurality of images is determined based on the selected image ordering rule and the image characteristic values for a plurality of images. The number of images to be placed on each page is determined based on the maximum number of images that can be included in each page of the electronic album. An electronic album in which a plurality of images are laid out on multiple pages in sequential order is created in accordance with the order of arrangement of a plurality of images and the number of images to be placed on each page. | 09-23-2010 |
20100266214 | Smart Image Enhancement Process - Contrast and lightness measures are used to first classify the image as being one of non-turbid and turbid. If turbid, the original image is enhanced to generate a first enhanced image. If non-turbid, the original image is classified in terms of a merged contrast/lightness score based on the contrast and lightness measures. The non-turbid image is enhanced to generate a second enhanced image when a poor contrast/lightness score is associated therewith. When the second enhanced image has a poor contrast/lightness score associated therewith, this image is enhanced to generate a third enhanced image. A sharpness measure is computed for one image that is selected from (i) the non-turbid image, (ii) the first enhanced image, (iii) the second enhanced image when a good contrast/lightness score is associated therewith, and (iv) the third enhanced image. If the selected image is not-sharp, it is sharpened to generate a sharpened image. The final image is selected from the selected image and the sharpened image. | 10-21-2010 |
20100284622 | Method and apparatus for detecting objects - A method and apparatus for detecting an object are provided. The method calculates a feature value based on features extracted from an input image by using a classifier of an i | 11-11-2010 |
20100284623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT GENRES - A system, a computer readable storage medium including instructions, and method for generating genre models used to identify genres of a document. For each document image in a set of document images that are associated with one or more genres, the document image is segmented into a plurality of tiles, wherein the tiles in the plurality of tiles are sized so that document page features are identifiable, and features of the document image and the plurality of tiles are computed. At least one genre classifier is trained to classify document images as being associated with one or more genres based on the features of the document images in the set of document images, the features of the plurality of tiles of the set of documents images, and the one or more genres associated with each document image in the set of documents images. | 11-11-2010 |
20100284624 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY - A method for assessing image quality between a reference image and an impaired image is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of:
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20100290710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION DETECTION IN A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to cause a processor to smooth a current image of a scene to produce a smoothed image and subtract pixel values of a background image of the scene from corresponding pixel values of the smoothed image to produce an altitude difference image. Pixel values of the altitude difference image are weighted to produce a weighted difference image. The weighted difference image is convolved to produce a convoluted difference image. A threshold is applied to each pixel of the convoluted difference image to produce a thresholded difference image. Pixels having a value less than the threshold are removed from the thresholded difference image and classified as background pixels. Foreground pixels are determined based on the thresholded difference image. | 11-18-2010 |
20100310183 | IMAGE ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for classifying an image is proposed. The image is first preprocessed by for example adjusting its orientation, selecting an area of interest and removing artifacts, and normalizing the brightness. Subsequently the image is processed by applying a wavelet decomposition and values for a scalar feature of the wavelet decomposition are measured. This value is binned and probabilities for different classifications of the image are determined based on the number of images from a training set that fall into the same bin that have each classification. Improved classifiers are constructed by aggregating the results for different features, and a network of improved classifiers, in which images are processed by later classifiers according to the results from earlier classifiers, is used. | 12-09-2010 |
20100322524 | DETECTING SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN CONSUMER IMAGE COLLECTIONS - A method for determining significant events in a digital image collection, including, using a processor for generating image counts time-series from the image collection; computing a model of the image counts time-series; and using the image counts time-series and the model to determine significant events. | 12-23-2010 |
20110013847 | IDENTIFYING PICTURE AREAS BASED ON GRADIENT IMAGE ANALYSIS - In one embodiment, a method for identifying areas in a document image is provided. The method comprises generating binarized and gradient images based on the document image; and performing a classification operation to classify areas in the document image into one of a noise area and a picture area based on attributes computed on the binarized and gradient images. | 01-20-2011 |
20110026840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR-OUTDOOR SCENE CLASSIFICATION - Embodiments include a scene classification system and method. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a first plurality of image features from an input image, processing the first plurality of image features in the first scene classifier using a set of first sub-classifiers, each first sub-classifier determining first classification data for one of the first plurality of image feature, classifying the image through a first final classifier as an indoor scene or an outdoor scene based on the first classification data, if the image is classified as an outdoor scene, forming a second plurality of image features from the input image, processing each of the second plurality of image features using a set of second sub-classifiers, each second sub-classifier determining second classification data for one of the second plurality of image features, and classifying the image through a second final classifier as an outdoor urban scene or an outdoor natural scene based on the second classification data. | 02-03-2011 |
20110052085 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a light detection device including a first detecting portion to detect fluorescence from a first detection position on a conveyor path along which a sheet is conveyed, a second detecting portion to detect afterglow from a second detection position on the conveyor path along which the sheet is conveyed, a lighting portion to apply excitation light over a range including the first detection position and not including the second detection position, a first reference member which includes fluorescent material that emits fluorescence by being excited by the lighting portion and which emits reference light toward the first detecting portion, a second reference member to emit reference light toward the second detecting portion when the sheet is present at the second detection position, the reference light not influencing a result of detection by the second detecting portion, and a correction controller to correct a result of detection by the first detecting portion based on the reference light detected by the first detecting portion and to correct a result of detection by the second detecting portion based on the reference light detected by the second detecting portion. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052086 | Electronic Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a grouping module, an attribute determination module, a grouping attribute setting module, a group selection module, and a video generating module. The grouping module classifies contents, to which time information is added, into groups based on the time information. The attribute determination module determines attributes of each of the contents by analyzing features of the contents. The grouping attribute setting module sets, with respect to each of the groups, selected attributes as grouping attributes for the group, the selected attributes being selected from the attributes of the contents in the group under a predetermined condition. The group selection module selects, from the groups, at least one group for which the grouping attribute agreeing with or relating to an input search key are set. The video generating module generates video data by using the contents in the selected groups. | 03-03-2011 |
20110064318 | VIDEO THUMBNAIL SELECTION - A method for selecting a video thumbnail includes generating a visual theme model for a sample set of images that are representative of textual information corresponding to a video file. Each of a set of candidate key frames is distinguished according to similarities shared between the candidate key frames and the visual theme model. A display is caused of a selected one of the distinguished candidate key frames as a video thumbnail for the video file. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064319 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a group creation module, a display image selection module, and a display control module. The group creation module is configured to create groups by classifying a plurality of still images. The display image selection module is configured to select at least one still image to be displayed from the plurality of still images based on a specified selection condition. The display control module is configured to control display of the at least one still image selected by the display image selection module. The display control module arranges the selected at least one still image in units of the groups created by the group creation module in accordance with a first rule, and arranges the selected at least one still image in each group in accordance with a second rule. | 03-17-2011 |
20110069896 | IMAGE SORTING APPARATUS - An image sorting apparatus provided with an image inputting unit that inputs an image; a distribution function preparing unit that prepares a distribution function of pixel values of the image; a describing unit that performs series expansion on the distribution function by using base functions that form a complete set and are orthogonal to each other due to different weights in a distribution area and describing the distribution function by expansion coefficients, an evaluating unit that evaluates features of the shape of the distribution function based on the expansion coefficients, and a sorting unit that sorts the image to images of at least two categories based on results of the evaluation. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075938 | IDENTIFYING IMAGE ABNORMALITIES USING AN APPEARANCE MODEL - The identification of known normal structures within an image is preferably accomplished using an appearance model. Specifically, an active appearance model, which encapsulates a complete model of the shape and global texture variations of an object from a collection of samples, is utilized to define normal structures within an image by restricting training samples supplied to the active appearance model during a training phase to those that do not contain abnormal structures. Accordingly, the trained appearance model represents only normal variations in the object of interest. When another image with abnormalities is presented to the system, the appearance model cannot synthesize the abnormal structures which show up as errors in a residual image. Accordingly, the errors in the residual image represent potential abnormalities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110075939 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE USING IMAGE AS DATA SOURCE AND DATA IMPUT METHOD THROUGH CAPTURING IMAGE - A data processing device using an image as a data source includes an image capturing unit, a display unit, image recognition modules, a storage unit, a processor, and an input unit. The image capturing unit obtains an original image frame to be displayed on the display unit. The image recognition modules respectively recognize different types of targets in the original image frame, so as to obtain target data of each target. The storage unit stores the original image frame, the target data, and an application program. The processor executes the application program, controls the image recognition modules, and marks the successfully recognized target in the original image frame. The input unit is adopted by a user to select the successfully recognized target in the original image frame, so that the processor transmits the target data of the recognition target to the application program. | 03-31-2011 |
20110081090 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES FROM A LARGE COLLECTION OF IMAGES - An image retrieval program (IRP) may be used to query a collection of digital images. The IRP may include a mining module to use local and global feature descriptors to automatically rank the digital images in the collection with respect to similarity to a user-selected positive example. Each local feature descriptor may represent a portion of an image based on a division of that image into multiple portions. Each global feature descriptor may represent an image as a whole. A user interface module of the IRP may receive input that identifies an image as the positive example. The user interface module may also present images from the collection in a user interface in a ranked order with respect to similarity to the positive example, based on results of the mining module. Query concepts may be saved and reused. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081091 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL ASSISTING METHOD, IMAGE RETRIEVAL ASSISTING APPARATUS, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING SET - The present invention enables a user to retrieve his or her desired one of a number of image programs easily and to view it quickly. | 04-07-2011 |
20110096999 | IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and apparatus are provided for analysing a scene, in particular a scene represented in a hyperspectral image, and for classifying regions within the scene. The method may be used in particular for identifying anomalous (novelty or outlier) features within the scene. In the method, adapted in a preferred embodiment from a known expectation maximisation algorithm, a “measure of outlierness” is determined and used to weight the contribution of training samples for a scene to the component statistics in a statistical model representing features in the scene. Preferably, the measure of outlierness is based upon the ν parameter in a Student's t-distribution and the invention provides techniques for parameterising the ν parameter and other parameters of the model. | 04-28-2011 |
20110097000 | Face-detection Processing Methods, Image Processing Devices, And Articles Of Manufacture - Face-detection processing methods, image processing devices, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one arrangement, a face-detection processing method includes accessing image data of a plurality of images to be processed for detection of human faces in the images, determining whether or not to use skin-detection processing for face-detection processing of individual ones of the images, and in accordance with the determining, performing the face-detection processing of one of the images using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the one of the images and performing the face-detection processing of another of the images without using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the another of the images. | 04-28-2011 |
20110110598 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING REGIONALIZED ARCHITECTURE - An image processing method and an image processing system using a regionalized architecture are provided. In the method, a plurality of neighborhood pixels having at least one similarity characteristic in an image are classified into a group region having the same characteristics. Then, a unique group mark is assigned to each of the group regions, a regionalized chain code is used to describe an edge of each group region, such that subsequent image processing procedures can be applied to the neighborhood pixels of a currently processed pixel having same group mark. Therefore, the group regions can be recognized according to the group mark and regionalized chain code thereof, so as to simultaneously perform image processing procedures on those group regions. | 05-12-2011 |
20110116720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for image processing includes detecting a face area in an input image, detecting an eye in the detected face area, determining a center point based on the detected eye, and performing warp processing on the input image based on the center point. Accordingly, it is not necessary to manually set areas for the warp processing. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129159 | CONTENT BASED IMAGE SELECTION FOR AUTOMATIC PHOTO ALBUM GENERATION - A method is employed to present image from an event. A plurality of images from the event are received and one or more clusters of images are created, wherein each cluster of images has a similarity greater than a predetermined threshold. A density value of the data distribution within each cluster is estimated and at least one local maximum associated with each cluster is identified via a density function. At least one image from each cluster is selected, wherein each image is a candidate for the presentation. A layout is created to present the images selected. | 06-02-2011 |
20110135209 | BUSINESS DOCUMENT PROCESSOR - A seal impression is removed while keeping character string information when applying OCR to a business document stored in grayscale, even if the character string and the seal impression overlap with each other. The character string that overlaps is extrapolated by matching a character string present near the seal impression against a database. First, a seal impression region in a document inputted in grayscale is removed. Next, character information that is present near the removed seal impression region and of which a portion of the characters is unclear due to the seal impression region is extracted. Then, an attribute of the extracted seal impression related information is identified, a customer database storing character string candidates containing customer information is referred to, and based on the seal impression related information classified by attribute, the character string that overlaps with the seal impression region and that is thus unclear is extrapolated. | 06-09-2011 |
20110142355 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISCRIMINATING SUBJECTS - A characteristic amount calculating means calculates first characteristic amounts, which do not require normalization, and normalized second characteristic amounts. A first discriminating portion discriminates whether a candidate for a face is included in the target image, by referring to first reference data with the first characteristic amounts, calculated from the target image. The first reference data is obtained by learning the first characteristic amounts of a plurality of images, which are known either to be of faces or to not be of faces. In the case that the candidate is included, a second discriminating portion discriminates whether the candidate is a face, by referring to second reference data, obtained by learning the second characteristic amounts of a plurality of images, which known either to be of faces or to not to be of faces. | 06-16-2011 |
20110150348 | AUTOMATED TAGGING FOR LANDMARK IDENTIFICATION - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method for identifying landmarks in an image. An image of a worksite is received. The image is analyzed to determine a suggested identity of a worksite feature in the image. The suggested identity of the worksite feature is sent over a communications unit. A confirmation of the suggested identity of the worksite feature is received to form a confirmed identity. The confirmed identity and a number of attributes associated with the confirmed identity is stored in a database. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150349 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image processing unit includes a second-taken image generation unit which performs a blurring process on a first taken image including a plurality of small areas so as to generate a second taken image, a focus degree deriving unit which derives a focus degree of each small area, and a combination process unit which combines each small area of the first taken image with each second small area of the second taken image corresponding to each small area of the first taken image. The combination process unit sets a mixing ratio of the second taken image in the combination to a larger value as a focus degree of each small area derived by the focus degree deriving unit is smaller. The second-taken image generation unit includes a face area detection unit which detects a face image area from the first taken image, and a blurring process unit which performs the blurring process on the first taken image on the basis of the detected face image area so as to generate the second taken image. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL INSTRUCTION BY USING IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE TO RECOGNIZE USERS POSTURE - A system and a method are provided for generating a control instruction by using an image pickup device to recognize a user's posture. An electronic device is controlled according to different composite postures. Each composite posture is a combination of the hand posture, the head posture and the facial expression change of the user. Each composite posture indicates a corresponding control instruction. Since the composite posture is more complex than peoples' habitual actions, the possibility of causing erroneous control instruction from unintentional habitual actions of the user will be minimized or eliminated. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158547 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HALF-FACE DETECTION - Classifier chains are used to determine quickly and accurately if a window or sub-window of an image contains a right face, a left face, a full face, or does not contain a face. After acquiring a digital image, an integral image is calculated based on the acquired digital image. Left-face classifiers are applied to the integral image to determine the probability that the window contains a left face. Right-face classifiers are applied to the integral image to determine the probability that the window contains a right face. If the probability of the window containing a right face and a left face are both greater than threshold values, then it is determined that the window contains a full face. Alternatively, if only one of the probabilities exceeds a threshold value, then it may be determined that the window contains only a left face or a right face. | 06-30-2011 |
20110200261 | INTER-PATTERN FEATURE CORRESPONDING DEVICE, INTER-PATTERN FEATURE CORRESPONDING METHOD USED FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - To provide an inter-pattern feature corresponding device ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110206284 | ADAPTIVE EVENT TIMELINE IN CONSUMER IMAGE COLLECTIONS - A method for organizing an event timeline for a digital image collection, includes using a processor for detecting events in the digital image collection and each event's associated timespan; determining the detected events that are significant in the digital image collection; and organizing the event timeline so that the event timeline shows the significant events and a clustered representation of the other events, made available to the user at different time granularities. The organized event timeline is also used for selecting images for generating output. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206285 | OBFUSCATING THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION AND REMOVING THE OBFUSCATION USING A FILTER - This is directed to obfuscating a display to secure the display of information provided to a user. An electronic device can modulate the display of information using different approaches, including for example by adding artifacts or changing the color, frequency or polarity of displayed information, thus obfuscating the display. To view the displayed information, a user can place a filter between the user and the display (e.g., as part of glasses) such that the filter can remove or undo the obfuscation. In some embodiments, the device can display different confidential information for several users simultaneously, where different obfuscation approaches are used for each user. This can allow several users to interact with the device simultaneously while ensuring that each user's information remains confidential. | 08-25-2011 |
20110222785 | Signal classification apparatus - An acquisition unit acquires feature vectors (the number is N). A first selection unit selects first neighbor features (k (1≦k≦N)) of each feature vector in order of higher similarity from the feature vectors. A second selection unit generates a plurality of groups each including similar feature vectors from the feature vectors, and selects second neighbor features (u (1≦k+u≦N−2)) of each feature vector in order of higher similarity. Each of the second neighbor features is differently included in a group. A determination unit calculates a density of each feature vector by using a threshold, the first neighbor features and the second neighbor features, and determines feature vectors to be classified into the same class as each feature vector by using the density and a threshold. A classification unit classifies the feature vectors into a plurality of classes by using the selection result. A control unit controls each threshold. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222786 | CLASSIFYING AN IMAGE'S COMPRESSION LEVEL - A method of classifying a compressed input image's compression level, comprising applying inverse quantization to DCT coefficients extracted from the compressed input image, giving rise to dequantized DCT coefficients, applying a threshold to the dequantized DCT coefficients, and determining a compression level classification for the compressed input image according to a relation among the threshold and at least one of the dequantized DCT coefficients. | 09-15-2011 |
20110229045 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - Methods and systems are disclosed for image classification coding an image by nonlinearly mapping an image descriptor to form a high-dimensional sparse vector; spatially pooling each local region to form an image-level feature vector using a probability kernel incorporating a similarity metric of local descriptors; and classifying the image. | 09-22-2011 |
20110243461 | Methods, Systems, and Media for Automatically Classifying Face Images - Methods, systems, and media for automatically classifying face images are provided. In some embodiments, features of the face image to be classified for an attribute are selected, wherein each of the features corresponds to a different region of the face image and specifies one or more of a type of pixel data to be evaluated for the region, a normalization to be applied for the region, and an aggregation to be applied for the region. The face image is classified with respect to the attribute based on the features of the image, and the attribute and a confidence value are assigned to the face image based on the classifying. A query is received from a user, and the attribute is identified as corresponding to the query. The face image is determined as corresponding to the attribute, and the face image is identified to the user as corresponding to the query. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243462 | COEFFICIENT LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A coefficient learning apparatus includes a regression coefficient calculation unit for calculating a regression coefficient, a regression prediction value calculation unit for calculating a regression prediction value, a discrimination information assigning unit for assigning discrimination information for discriminating whether a target pixel belongs to a first discrimination class or a second discrimination class, a discrimination coefficient calculation unit for calculating a discrimination coefficient, a discrimination prediction value calculation unit for calculating a discrimination prediction value, and a classification unit for classifying the pixels of the image of the first signal into any one of the first discrimination class and the second discrimination class based on the calculated discrimination prediction value. The regression coefficient calculation unit further calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixels classified into the first discrimination class and calculates the regression coefficient using only the pixels classified into the second discrimination class. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243463 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - Disclosed is an optical apparatus that allows a target pattern to be imaged adequately at low cost and allows the apparatus to be miniaturized. With this optical apparatus ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110262046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A sort-out cycle such as a judgment of three levels of “usable”, “unusable”, and “reserve” is made to images and, when the judgment of all images is completed, the judgment of the three levels is made again to the “reserve” images is repeated. The number of sort-out cycle times in which the judgment is made is applied as an evaluation to the images which are finally determined as “usable”. | 10-27-2011 |
20110268365 | 3D HAND POSTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND VISION BASED HAND POSTURE RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOF - A vision based hand posture recognition method and system thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps of receiving an image frame; extracting a contoured hand image from said image frame; calculating a gravity center of said contoured hand image; obtaining contour points on a contour of said contoured hand image; calculating distances between said gravity center and said multiple contour points; recognizing a hand posture according to a first characteristic function of said multiple contour points. In embodiment, the finger number and hand direction of the hand posture can be determined according to the number and location of at least one peak of the first characteristic function. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274361 | DETERMINING QUALITY OF AN IMAGE OR VIDEO USING A DISTORTION CLASSIFIER - Techniques and structures are disclosed in which one or more distortion categories are identified for an image or video, and a quality of the image or video is determined based on the one or more distortion categories. The image or video may be of a natural scene, and may be of unknown provenance. Identifying a distortion category and/or determining a quality may be performed without any corresponding reference (e.g., undistorted) image or video. Identifying a distortion category may be performed using a distortion classifier. Quality may be determined with respect to a plurality of human opinion scores that correspond to a particular distortion category to which an image or video of unknown provenance is identified as belonging. Various statistical methods may be used in performing said identifying and said determining, including use of generalized Gaussian distribution density models and natural scene statistics. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274362 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION STANDARD UPDATE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE - The objective is to improve a classification standard. Classification standard data, in which is registered image data information that is the standard when image data is classified, and classification data, in which is registered image data information that is the result when newly input image data is classified using the classification standard data, are stored in a storage unit. An image classification device is characterized in that when any image data information of the image data that is registered in the classification data is selected by means of an input unit, and an instruction to additionally register the selected image data information in the classification standard data is input by means of the input unit, the selected image data information is additionally registered in the classification standard data. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274363 | FACE DETECTION METHOD AND DIGITAL CAMERA - A face detection method is provided, including: classifying into levels time-wise continuously captured images by increasing/reducing the total number of pixels; selecting sequentially and reading out image data for all of the levels using read-out units of the same size of pixels, or a smaller size of pixels, as those of the image with the smallest size of pixels; carrying out face detection processing by extracting candidate levels in which face image data is present, based on the read-out image data for each of the levels; and, when repeating the face detection processing, setting the number of candidate levels for face detection processing from the second time onward as less than the total number of levels. A digital camera incorporating the face detection method is also disclosed. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274364 | RECEIPTS SCANNER AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZER - The system contains a scanner, an apparatus for scanning receipts into a computer and a unique software program which automatically processes, organizes and saves expense information that can be viewed in various formats, namely, tabular statements, pie-charts, etc. The scanner, which accommodates paper of differing sizes, is used to input bills, receipts, bank statements, etc. The scanner is usually connected to a computer through a Universal Serial Bus or a parallel port for easy installation. The software program creates a text file of the scanned data by inclusion of sorting, categories, etc., and automatically saves the information in Quicken Interchange Format, allowing it to be imported into any financial management software for further processing. Each receipt is treated as an individual transaction. Multiple items in the receipt are used to create a “split” transaction with proper customizable categories added. Further, the software also allows for record keeping, budgeting and budget balancing. | 11-10-2011 |
20110311150 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a taker. A taker takes an image. A searcher searches for one or at least two face images from the image taken by the taker. A first designator designates each of the one or at least two face images discovered by the searcher. A holder holds a plurality of face characteristics respectively corresponding to a plurality of ages. A detector detects a facial expression of the face image designated by the first designator. An estimator estimates an age of a person equivalent to the face image designated by the first designator based on the plurality of face characteristics held by the holder and the facial expression detected by the detector. An adjuster adjusts a quality of the image taken by the taker with reference to an estimated result of the estimator. | 12-22-2011 |
20120002887 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR DETERMINING BASIC PROBABILITY NUMBERS FOR DATA FUSION - Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media relating to determining basic probability numbers for use within data fusion are disclosed. A method of defining a basic probability number may comprise measuring an intensity of a pixel of a radiograph wherein the pixel is associated with an interrogation space of an interrogation volume. The method may also include calculating an assumed intensity of the pixel for each possible configuration of a plurality of possible configurations for the interrogation space. Further, the method may include classifying each possible configuration as a possible target configuration if the measured intensity is within an error-factor of the assumed intensity. The method may further include defining a basic probability number of the pixel as a ratio of a number of possible target configurations to a number of possible configurations. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008868 | Video Image Event Attention and Analysis System and Method - A video image event attention and analysis system comprising a video image input means, an event attention means, an event report means and a method comprising numerous steps of processes is provided for automatically detecting, analyzing, classifying events from input video image sequences. The changes in the event happen at some small part of visual world embedded in a largely persistent environment. Visual events are characterized through such duality. Accordingly, the method of this invention comprises processes first extracting features of the persistent environment and features of active agents, both are event specific, in separated channels, each followed by a corresponding recognition process, one for environment and one for active agents, and then the dynamical system of their coupling, particular their movements against environment and against each other, are analyzed and results are synthesized and interpreted in a process of hierarchical event classification. | 01-12-2012 |
20120027311 | AUTOMATED IMAGE-SELECTION METHOD - A computer-implemented method for making a multi-image multi-event product, comprising storing a plurality of digital image files, each file including a digital image and metadata for the digital image. First and second selected dates defining a date range and a theme are stored in the computer system. Automatically identifying digital image files whose metadata include capture dates within the date range and theme elements comprises an identification of relevant images. Automatically sorting the identified relevant digital image files into distinct event groups and automatically incorporating those images into a multi-image, multi-event product. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027312 | Associating Presence Information With A Digital Image - Presence information for an object in a digital image is determined. An identifier associated with at least one object depicted in the image is sufficient to determine presence information from at least one of a presence application and a presence roster list is used to subscribe to presence information associated with the at least one object via a presence service. Presence information for the at least one object is determined based on the identifier from the at least one of a presence application and a presence roster list. An action related to the object is performed using the determined presence information. | 02-02-2012 |
20120039541 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, IMAGE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ADDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ADDING METHOD - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for adding image identification information is provided. The process includes: calculating first feature vectors for partial regions selected from a target image to be processed; and adding a piece of first identification information indicating content of the target image to the target image using a group of decision trees that are generated in advance on the basis of second feature vectors calculated for partial regions of a learning image and a piece of second identification information added to the entire learning image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045137 | AGE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AGE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND AGE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Provided are an age estimation apparatus, an age estimation method, and an age estimation program capable of obtaining a recognition result closely matching the result perceived by human. An age estimation apparatus | 02-23-2012 |
20120063689 | OBJECT RECOGNITION IN AN IMAGE - A method of identifying an object in an image includes selecting a portion of a target image of a target object, selecting a corresponding window portion of a reference image of a reference object from at least one reference image of at least one reference object, the position of the window portion within the reference image corresponding to the position of the portion of the target image within the target image, generating a reference set including a plurality of different portions of the reference image from within the window portion, determining a weighted combination of the plurality of different portions from the reference set approximating the portion of the target image, and determining whether the target object matches the reference object based on the weighted combination. | 03-15-2012 |
20120082389 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT OF IMAGE EVALUATION - An image processing device includes: a first arithmetic operation unit that individually calculates an evaluation value based upon first factors, in correspondence to each of a plurality of images included in an image batch input thereto; an exclusion unit that executes exclusion processing based upon calculation results provided by the first arithmetic operation unit so as to exclude an image, the calculation results for which satisfy a predetermined condition, from the image batch; a second arithmetic operation unit that individually calculates an evaluation value based upon second factors, which include a factor different from the first factors, in correspondence to each image in the image batch having undergone the exclusion processing; and an evaluation processing unit that ranks individual images in the image batch having undergone the exclusion processing based upon calculation results provided by the second arithmetic operation unit. | 04-05-2012 |
20120099800 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MOBILE DEVICES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - Systems, methods, apparatus, means and computer program code for operating a mobile device are provided which includes program instructions for detecting a capture of an image, instructions for detecting a location and a time associated with said capture of said image, instructions for transmitting, to a processing system, a request for information associated with said image, said request including information identifying said location and said time, and instructions for receiving a response from said processing system, said response including information associated with said image. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106854 | EVENT CLASSIFICATION OF IMAGES FROM FUSION OF CLASSIFIER CLASSIFICATIONS - A system and a method are disclosed that classify images according to their association with an event. Both metadata and visual content of images in a collection of images can be used for event classification. The confidence scores from the classification using a metadata classifier and from the classification using a visual classifier are combined through a confidence-based fusion to provide the classification for a set of images. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106855 | FORM IMAGE MANAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A form image managing system includes a master image storing unit configured to store a plurality of types of master images, a obtaining unit configured to obtain a form image, a searching unit configured to search the master image storing unit for a master image having the highest correlation with the form image obtained by the obtaining unit among the plurality of types of master images, a generating unit configured to generate differential data of the form image, obtained by the obtaining unit, from the master image searched by the searching unit, and a differential data storing unit configured to associate identification information for identifying the master image searched by the searching unit from the plurality of types of master images stored in the master image storing unit with the differential data generated by the generating unit, and to store the identification information and the differential data. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106856 | Method for Video Object Detection - A system and method for performing foreground/background separation on an input image. The method identifies a corresponding model visual element in a scene model associated with the input image, the model visual element being associated with a set of element models, each element model including a plurality of visual data sets. Select an element model from the set of element models, dependent upon a visual distance between the input visual element and a visual data set of the selected element model satisfying a predetermined criterion. The method classifies the input visual element as one of foreground and background, dependent upon the selected element model, and then updates each visual data set in the selected element model, dependent upon the input visual element and at least first and second different methods of updating a visual data set. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106857 | Object Recognizer and Detector for Two-Dimensional Images Using Bayesian Network Based Classifier - System and method for determining a classifier to discriminate between two classes—object or non-object. The classifier may be used by an object detection program to detect presence of a 3D object in a 2D image. The overall classifier is constructed of a sequence of classifiers, where each such classifier is based on a ratio of two graphical probability models. A discreet-valued variable representation at each node in a Bayesian network by a two-stage process of tree-structured vector quantization is discussed. The overall classifier may be part of an object detector program that is trained to automatically detect different types of 3D objects. Computationally efficient statistical methods to evaluate overall classifiers are disclosed. The Bayesian network-based classifier may also be used to determine if two observations belong to the same category. | 05-03-2012 |
20120114257 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - Image selection method amongst a plurality of digital images ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120141037 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing deterioration in encoding efficiency. | 06-07-2012 |
20120163723 | CLASSIFICATION OF POSTURE STATES - Systems and methods for estimating a posture of a body part of a user are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, an image is received from a sensor, where the image includes at least a portion of an image of the user including the body part. The skeleton information of the user is estimated from the image, a region of the image corresponding to the body part is identified at least partially based on the skeleton information, and a shape descriptor is extracted for the region and the shape descriptor is classified based on training data to estimate the posture of the body part. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170856 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIA WITH PROGRAM THEREON, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to a conventional image classification device that extracts a feature from an image and classifies the image with use of the extracted feature, in the case where one image and another one image, which are included in an image group, each have a different feature, the one image and the other one image might be each classified into a different category. In order to solve this problem, an image classification device relating to the present invention calculates, with respect to each of persons appearing in a plurality of images included in an image group which have been photographed with respect to one event, a main character degree that is an index indicating an important degree in units of image groups, and classifies the images into any one of different classification destination events in units of image groups based on the calculated main character degrees. | 07-05-2012 |
20120189214 | ALBUM GENERATING APPARATUS, ALBUM GENERATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an album generating apparatus for generating an album whose pages are adequately allocated in accordance to image capturing position and time. The album generating apparatus has an image storing section for storing images by correlating with the image capturing time and position of the images, a importance judging section for judging importance of the image capturing time and image capturing position in the plurality of images stored in the image storing section, an image capturing time sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in the image storing section per page in the album based on the image capturing time stored in the image storing section when the importance judging section judges that the importance of the image capturing time is greater than that of the image capturing position, an image capturing position sorting section for sorting the plurality of images stored in the image storing section per page of the album based on the image capturing position stored in the image storing section when the importance judging section judges that the importance of the image capturing position is greater than that of the image capturing time and a layout determining section for laying out the images sorted per page by the image capturing time sorting section or the image capturing position sorting section to each page of the album. | 07-26-2012 |
20120195509 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - According to one exemplary embodiment, an image signal processing apparatus is provided with: a classification module which classifies texture information representing texture of an object; an analyzer which analyzes, based on the classified texture information, material information that represents a material of the object and is included in an input image signal; and a generator which generates a parallax image signal from the input image signal based on the material information. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201472 | SYSTEM FOR THE TAGGING AND AUGMENTATION OF GEOGRAPHICALLY-SPECIFIC LOCATIONS USING A VISUAL DATA STREAM - A system to provide augment information includes an object database configured to store characteristics and geographical information associated with known objects, and an object recognition engine configured to compare characteristics and geographical information of objects associated with a frame in a first set of frames of a video stream with the characteristics and geographical information stored in the object database to recognize a first known object. The system may include two or more server computers in a site. The two or more servers are configured with identical compositions of hardware and content with server computers at another geographically different site. The video stream is captured by a mobile computing device connected to a network using wireless communication. The system further includes an augment information database coupled with the object database and configured to store augment information associated with the known objects including the first known object, and an augment engine coupled with the augment information database and configured to select augment information associated with the first known object from the augment information database. The selected augment information is to be transmitted to the mobile computing device and to overlay the frame in the first set of frames before the video stream is viewable. | 08-09-2012 |
20120237130 | INTERACTIVE TONE MAPPING FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO - A user interactive video tone mapping method is provided that can be used for the tone reproduction of high dynamic range (HDR) content on low dynamic range (LDR) displays. The method comprises the steps of selecting a frame of a video sequence; providing a user interface for a user to manually apply scribble marks to the frame; manually applying N scribble marks to the frame, N being a whole number of value 1 or in greater; and tone mapping the video sequence responsive to the scribble marks. | 09-20-2012 |
20120251011 | Event Determination From Photos - Events may be determined based on an image and context data associated with the image. An event type associated with the image may be determined based on a concept of the image. A list of events may be retrieved from an event database based on the context data. The retrieved list of events may then be ranked based on the determined event type and the context data. Through this event determination, a user may obtain information of one or more events happening at a specific location simply by capturing an image of that specific location, thereby saving the user from searching and browsing the Internet or brochure to locate the information of the one or more events at the specific location. | 10-04-2012 |
20120263387 | IMAGE CATEGORIZATION BASED ON COMPARISONS BETWEEN IMAGES - In an example embodiment, a method is provided for image categorization. Here, images are displayed. In turn, a user input that describes a characteristic shared between the images from a comparison between the images is received. The user input may then be classified into categorization data. | 10-18-2012 |
20120275714 | DETERMINATION OF AN IMAGE SELECTION REPRESENTATIVE OF A STORYLINE - A system and a method are disclosed that determine a subset of images that are representative of the storyline of an image collection. A value of a coverage function is computed for candidate subsets of images from the image collection, where the coverage function of a candidate subset is computed based on a valuation of each image in the candidate subset and a coverage index of the candidate subset. A candidate subset that corresponds to a maximum value of the coverage function is determined, where the images of the selected candidate subset are representative of the storyline of the collection of images. | 11-01-2012 |
20120288207 | Method and System for Text Classification - The present disclosure discloses simplified text classification with improved classification accuracy. The content of receive text is segmented to obtain multiple words. A sum of word vectors of the multiple words at a first level vector space of a vector space group is determined. A vector space in the vector space group is composed of one or more direct child classes that are non-leaf child classes in a tree class structure. The text is classified into a class among various class of the first level vector space that has a shortest distance to the sum of the word vectors. | 11-15-2012 |
20120301038 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an instruction unit for designating one of a plurality of partial images and instructing execution of one of a plurality of processes for a classification process to determine whether the designated partial image contains a specific pattern, an execution unit for performing the instructed process for the designated partial image using parameters, and a determination unit for determining whether the classification process for the designated partial image has terminated. When the determination unit determines that the classification process has not terminated for at least one of the partial images, the instruction unit designates one of the partial images for which the classification process has not terminated and outputs a re-instruction for execution of an unexecuted process for the designated partial image. The execution unit executes, using different parameters, the instructed process for the designated partial image. | 11-29-2012 |
20120314964 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a zero class detecting unit that detects a zero class in which an appearance frequency of a pixel value is zero from among a plurality of classes into which pixel values of an image are classified according to pixel value magnitude, and a non-zero class converting unit that converts the zero class into a non-zero class in which the appearance frequency of the pixel value is one or more, without updating a total number of the classes, by updating a range of the zero class detected by the zero class detecting unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus. | 12-13-2012 |
20120321202 | IDENTIFYING INFORMATION RELATED TO A PARTICULAR ENTITY FROM ELECTRONIC SOURCES, USING DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION AND QUANTUM CLUSTERING - Presented are systems and methods for identifying information about a particular entity including acquiring electronic documents having unstructured text, that are selected based on one or more search terms from a plurality of terms related to the particular entity. Tokenizing the acquired documents to form a data matrix and then calculating a plurality of eigenvectors, using the data matrix and the transpose of the data matrix. The variance is then acquired for determining the amount of intra-clustering between the documents and then the acquired documents are clustered using some of the eigenvectors and the variance. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321203 | GHOST DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME, GHOST DETECTION METHOD AND GHOST REMOVAL METHOD - Two imaging optical systems are provided. The two imaging optical systems are configured to have a difference in a ghost appearance condition under the same imaging condition by differentiating at least one of the angle, the resolution, and the variation adjustment in production. In Step S | 12-20-2012 |
20130022280 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE SEARCH IN LARGE-SCALE DATABASES - Systems and methods for addressing the problem of specific planar object search from a large-scale image database. Given a query image with a particular object and a planar surface, the systems and methods attempt to find, from a large image corpus, a set of representative images in which that object appears. According to the complexity of geometric transformations between a query image and its target images, the whole problem can be categorized into two classes: Rotation-Scale-Translation (RST)-transformed image search, and affine/homography-transformed image search. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022281 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An adaptive loop filter classifies a decoded image from a deblocking filter into a smooth region class and an edge/texture region class, in accordance with results of edge detection from an edge detecting unit. The adaptive loop filter performs filter coefficient calculation for each of classified classes such that the residual difference between an original image from a screen rearranging buffer and an image from the deblocking filter is smallest. The adaptive loop filter performs filter processing using filter coefficients calculated for each classified class, and outputs an image after filter processing to frame memory. The filter may be applied to an image encoding device for performing encoding with the H.264/AVC format as a basis, for example. | 01-24-2013 |
20130034306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PERSONAL CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, obtaining first personal content associated with a first mobile communication device, obtaining recognition information associated with a target individual where the recognition information is associated with at least one of images of the target individual and audio of the target individual, obtaining second personal content associated with the first mobile communication device, and performing recognition analysis on the second personal content using the recognition information to detect the target individual being present in second images of the second personal content, where a communication device associated with the target individual is provided with access to the second images. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039591 | PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Pattern recognition process that includes, starting from an input pattern: normalization of the input pattern into a normalized pattern of predetermined size; generation of a reliable pattern from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator; calculation of a distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library; classification of the reliable patterns into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by means of at least one non-parametric classification method, which uses the classes of the selected templates and the calculated distances as inputs and outputs identified classes along with confidence levels. | 02-14-2013 |
20130058583 | EVENT CLASSIFICATION METHOD USING LIGHT SOURCE DETECTION - A method for determining an event classification for digital images, comprising: receiving one or more digital images; detecting one or more man-made light emitting sources within the one or more digital images; using a data processor to automatically determine an event classification responsive to analyzing a spatial arrangement of the detected man-made light emitting sources in the one or more digital images; and storing metadata in a processor-accessible memory associating the determined event classification with each of the one or more digital images. | 03-07-2013 |
20130077875 | CLASSIFYING IMAGE FEATURES - Methods are disclosed for classifying different parts of a sample into respective classes based on an image stack that includes one or more images. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077876 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A STILL IMAGE CONTAINED IN MOVING IMAGE CONTENTS - Apparatus for identifying one or more still images in one or more moving image contents. An identifying unit is configured to identify one or more still images included in the moving image contents having one or more features that closely resemble particular features. A display controller is configured to cause the display on a timeline associated with the moving image contents of the location of an identified still image in at least one of the moving image contents. | 03-28-2013 |
20130094771 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING A CAPSULE REPRESENTATION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO - A method is provided that creates a lecture video capsule containing highlights of an original instructional video based on visual quality and content. The method includes segmenting and recognizing activities in the instructional video using a hidden Markov model (HMM). The activities are classified into three categories: talking head, writing hand and slideshow. The talking head frames are classified as non-content frames, while the writing hand and slideshows are classified as content frames. A non-reference based objective quality assessment of the non-content frames may be performed to detect high quality frames. Statistical parameters of an intensity histogram and a horizontal projection profile (HPP) of the content frames may be used to derive an objective quality measure of the content frames that is used to extract high quality content frames. The selected high quality non-content and content frames form a video clip or capsule, which is a temporally compressed representation of the video. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101231 | MAKING IMAGE-BASED PRODUCT FROM DIGITIAL IMAGE COLLECTION - A method of making an image-based product includes storing a plurality of digital images; providing one or more image distributions, each image distribution corresponding to a theme and including a distribution of image types related to the theme; selecting a theme having a corresponding image distribution, the image distribution having a distribution of image types; using a computer to select digital images from the plurality of digital images, the selected digital images having the image distribution corresponding to the selected theme; and assembling the selected digital images into an image-based product. | 04-25-2013 |
20130108179 | PERSONALIZED PHOTO CALENDAR GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130121600 | Methods and Apparatus for Visual Search - Each image of a set of images is characterized with a set of sparse feature descriptors and a set of dense feature descriptors. In some embodiments, both the set of sparse feature descriptors and the set of dense feature descriptors are calculated based on a fixed rotation for computing texture descriptors, while color descriptors are rotation invariant. In some embodiments, the descriptors of both sparse and dense features are then quantized into visual words. Each database image is represented by a feature index including the visual words computed from both sparse and dense features. A query image is characterized with the visual words computed from both sparse and dense features of the query image. A rotated local Bag-of-Features (BoF) operation is performed upon a set of rotated query images against the set of database images. Each of the set of images is ranked based on the rotated local Bag-of-Features operation. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PROJECTION AREA OF IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for determining a projection area of an image are provided. The method for determining a projection area of an image, comprises: an input step of inputting an image sequence having a plurality of images; a detecting step of detecting locations of projection areas of the respective images in the image sequence; a relationship classification judging step of judging a relationship classification between the image and a previous image before the image being projected based on a relationship between the location of the projection area of the image and the location of the projection area of the previous image; and a determining step of determining the locations of the projection areas of the respective images based on the relationship classification judged in the relationship classification judging step. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129231 | System and Method for Labeling a Collection of Images - Various embodiments of a system and methods for labeling images are described. An image labeling system may receive multiple images. A subset of the images may be labeled to identify image content or elements, such as faces. The system may display some of the labeled image elements in different portions of a display area. Unlabeled image elements may be displayed in the same display area. The display size and position of each unlabeled image element may be dependent on similarities between the unlabeled image element and the displayed, labeled image elements. The system may receive input which indicates that one or more of the displayed, unlabeled image elements should receive the same label as one of the displayed, labeled image elements. Similarities between image elements may be re-analyzed, dependent on the assigned labels, and the display of unlabeled images may be updated. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129232 | GROUP METHOD FOR MAKING EVENT-RELATED MEDIA COLLECTION - A method for making a media collection associated with an event having an event location, includes receiving a specification of members in a group; using a processor to receive one or more media elements from each of a plurality of media-capture devices, each media element having a capture location; defining the event in response to receiving one or more media-capture-device signals having the event location from group members; and associating media elements having the event location received at the same time or after the event definition with a stored media event collection corresponding to the event for subsequent use. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136370 | METHOD FOR DESCRIBING CHARACTERISTICS OF DRAWN OBJECTS BY A TEXT STRING - A method for describing characteristics of drawn objects by a text string includes drawing at least one object on a first display area of a first electronic device; the first electronic device generating a text string according to a type of the at least one object and a position of the at least one object shown on the first display area, the text string including a description text of the at least one object, the description text of the at least one object including a code of the at least one object and coordinates of the at least one object; the first electronic device transmitting the text string to a second electronic device; and the second electronic device displaying the at least one object on a second display area of the second electronic device according to the text string. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136371 | IMAGE FILTER DEVICE, DECODING APPARATUS, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND DATA STRUCTURE - An adaptive filter includes: an edge direction detection section which discriminates directionality of an input image in each of a plurality of unit regions constituting the input image; a region classification section which classifies the each of the plurality of unit regions into one of a plurality of unit region groups in accordance with to which of a plurality of predetermined groups the directionality of the input image in the each of the plurality of unit regions belongs, the directionality having been discriminated by the edge direction detection section; and a filter process section which calculates a pixel value of the each pixel of an output image by use of a filter coefficient group optimized for a unit region group to which a unit region including the each pixel belongs. | 05-30-2013 |
20130142443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The robustness of discriminating results at each stage is improved in discrimination processing in which a plurality of stages of discriminators are used to identify an object. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of stages of the discriminators are used to identify a class of an object, comprises a candidate class output unit that acquires as a candidate class a class discriminated at a first stage of the discriminators, and an extended class setting unit that sets in a second stage of the discriminators, a class of a second stage of the discriminators, which is defined as an extended partial space of a partial space defined by a candidate class in a discriminating space used in discriminating the candidate class by the first stage of the discriminators, as a class to be discriminated at this second stage of the discriminators. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148903 | IMAGE OBJECT RETRIEVAL - Subject matter disclosed herein relates to image object recognition or retrieval. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148904 | POST-PROCESSING A MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE FOR ENHANCED OBJECT IDENTIFICATION - What is disclosed is a system and method for post-processing a multi-spectral image which has already been processed for pixel classification. A binary image is received which contains pixels that have been classified using a pixel classification method. Each pixel in the image has an associated intensity value and has a pixel value of 1 or 0 depending on whether the pixel has been classified as a material of interest or not. A block of size m×n is defined. Pixel values in a block are changed according to a threshold-based filtering criteria such that pixels in the same block all have the same binary value. The block is then shifted by k pixels and pixel processing repeats until all pixels have been processed. Once all blocks have been processed, contiguous pixels having the same binary value are grouped to form objects. In such a manner, pixel classification errors are reduced. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156331 | AUTOMATIC PRIVACY MANAGEMENT FOR IMAGE SHARING NETWORKS - In some examples, a method for managing a captured image is described. The method may include receiving image data that includes image location data regarding where an image is captured. The method may also include receiving device data from a device. The device data may include device location data. The method may also include correlating the device data with the image data. The method may also include modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data. | 06-20-2013 |
20130163887 | OBJECT CLASSIFICATION/RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus is provided for classifying targets into a known-object group and an unknown-object group. The apparatus includes a speech/image data storage unit configured to store a spoken sound of a name of an object and an image of the object; a unit configured to calculate a speech confidence level of a speech for the name of the object with reference to a spoken sound of a name of a known object; a unit configured to calculate an image confidence level of an image of an object with respect to an image of a known object; and a unit configured to compare an evaluation value, which is obtained by combining the speech confidence level and image confidence level, with a threshold value, and classify a target object into an object group determined according to whether the spoken sound of the name and the image are known or unknown. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170760 | Method and System for Video Composition - A method of presenting video comprising receiving a plurality of video data from a video source, analyzing the plurality of video data; identifying the presence of foreground-objects that are distinct from background portions in the plurality of video data, classifying the foreground-objects into foreground-object classifications, receiving user input selecting a foreground-object classification, and generating video frames from the plurality of video data containing background portions and only foreground-objects in the selected foreground-object classification. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188880 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE ACCUMULATING PROGRAM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image accumulating procedure, the procedure includes: specifying a second image similar to a first image that is associated with text information; displaying the second image in an identifiable manner, and the text information on a display device; and storing the text information associated with image information that is related to the second image, based on instruction information that instructs a use of the text information with respect to the second image. | 07-25-2013 |
20130230257 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING A TWO-OR HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - Method for classifying a two- or higher dimensional image, where each pixel is associated with M property measures, includes identifying firstly a certain predetermined, variable geometric structure, the extension of which in at least two of the N dimensions in the dataset is determined in relation to a single element in the dataset and by at least one variable parameter, and secondly at least one geometric measure associated with the variable geometric structure, which geometric measure is arranged to measure a geometric property of a specific geometric structure in relation to other specific such geometric structures, and in that a main classification is conducted of the dataset, which main classification is based upon a comparative measure between the respective sets of associated geometric measures of two elements, calculated from a respective maximal geometric structure for each element. | 09-05-2013 |
20130236110 | Classification and Standardization of Field Images Associated with a Field in a Form - A system and method for processing form images including strokes. A stroke identification module identifies the position of each stroke in each of form image. A geometry engine identifies a group of overlapping strokes from an overlay of the plurality of form images. The geometry engine generates a field bounding box encompassing the group of strokes and generates a field image from each form image based on the field bounding box. A label detector analyzes an area around the field image in the form image and generates a label image. A field image classifier determines stroke features for field images associated with a field. The field image classifier classifies the field images into one or more groups based on the stroke features. A stroke standardizer determines a representative image for field images associated with a field. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236111 | Method and System for Commercial Document Image Classification - A completely automated method for classifying electronic images of commercial documents such as invoices, bills of lading, explanations of benefits, etc. is based on the layout of the documents. A document is classified as belonging to a class of similarly laid out images if its distance, determined by a predefined metric, to any of the templates from the same class of templates exceeds a certain user-defined threshold. Alternatively, if the sum of distances from a given image to several templates from the same class exceeds a user-selected threshold, the image is deemed to belong to a class of images with a specific layout. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243342 | NETWORK SYSTEM, MEMBERSHIP-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided a network system in which image data items are uploaded from a plurality of user terminals to a server and images are opened to public among the users. The system includes a category division unit configured to divide the works classified into the categories into a first group of works with each of which the counted browse request number of times is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and a second group of works other than the works in the first group, and classify one of the first and second groups of the divided works as another category different from the categories. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251275 | CALIBRATION OF VIDEO OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - Techniques for calibrating a classification system, wherein one or more objects in at least one video are classified, are provided. At least one view associated with the at least one video is obtained. The at least one view is partitioned into at least one region. A given object is classified in accordance with its location in reference to the at least one region. In an additional embodiment, one or more object models are obtained. At least one normalized size of the one or more objects is defined within at least one view associated with the at least one video in accordance with the one or more object models. The one or more objects are classified in accordance with the at least one defined normalized size. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259390 | Systems and Methods for Semantically Classifying and Normalizing Shots in Video - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for classifying videos based on video content. For a given video file including a plurality of frames, a subset of frames is extracted for processing. Frames that are too dark, blurry, or otherwise poor classification candidates are discarded from the subset. Generally, material classification scores that describe type of material content likely included in each frame are calculated for the remaining frames in the subset. The material classification scores are used to generate material arrangement vectors that represent the spatial arrangement of material content in each frame. The material arrangement vectors are subsequently classified to generate a scene classification score vector for each frame. The scene classification results are averaged (or otherwise processed) across all frames in the subset to associate the video file with one or more predefined scene categories related to overall types of scene content of the video file. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259391 | STATE-OF-POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND STATE-OF-POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - This posture state estimation device is capable of estimating with high accuracy the posture state of an object. The posture state estimation device ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130266230 | IMAGE REGISTRATION APPARATUS - The invention relates to an image registration apparatus for registering a first image and a second image with respect to each other. A model, which has a fixed topology, is adapted to the first image for generating a first adapted model and to the second image for generating a second adapted model,and corresponding image elements ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130279815 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit operable to extract metadata used for recognizing an event associated with a captured image from at least one of the captured image and attribute information concerning the captured image, and a recognition unit operable to recognize, on the basis of the metadata extracted by the extraction unit, the event associated with the captured image from among a plurality of predetermined events. | 10-24-2013 |
20130301938 | HUMAN PHOTO SEARCH SYSTEM - A human photo search system is provided. A user can search for a human photo using a canvas interactive interface on a user device, such as a touch panel or a computer. The user composes his/her impression of a desired photo on a query canvas to generate query semantics, which are then sent to a photo search server. The photo search server then searches a human photo database for candidate photos corresponding to the query semantics, and ranks the candidate photos according to relevance. Finally, the photo search server sends the sorted candidate photos back to the user device for display. Accordingly, the human photo search system of the present invention can search possible photos by the positions, the sizes, and the human attributes of the people in the desired photo, for which the user composes his/her impression on the query canvas without entering any text tags. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301939 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including an event information analyzing section which analyzes event information related to an event in which a person participates, a person image group analyzing section which analyzes, for the person participating in the event, a person image group including one or a plurality of person images including the person, and a profile estimation section which estimates a profile of the person participating in the event based on a result obtained by analyzing the person image group and a result obtained by analyzing the event information. | 11-14-2013 |
20130343659 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003729 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF A PLANOGRAM FROM IMAGES OF SHELVING | 01-02-2014 |
20140003730 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND GROUPING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140010464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OBJECT EXTRACTED FROM IMAGE DATA - An apparatus includes a first management unit configured to classify and manage feature information of a plurality of objects extracted from image data in units of similar feature information, a second management unit configured to classify and manage the plurality of objects extracted from the image data object by object, an association unit configured to associate the objects in the first management unit with feature information in the second management unit, and an input unit configured to input a correction instruction about classifications of the objects by the second management unit. The second management unit is configured to, if the correction instruction is input, correct and manage a classification to which a target object of the correction instruction belongs and the first management unit is configured to change and manage a classification to which feature information associated with the target object of the correction instruction belongs. | 01-09-2014 |
20140010465 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OBJECT EXTRACTED FROM IMAGE DATA - An apparatus includes a first management unit configured to classify and manage feature information of a plurality of objects extracted from image data in units of similar feature information, a second management unit configured to classify and manage the plurality of objects extracted from the image data object by object, an association unit configured to associate classifications of the objects by the second management unit with classifications of the feature information by the first management unit, and an input unit configured to input a correction instruction about the classifications of the objects by the second management unit, wherein the association unit is configured to, if the correction instruction is input, update an association between the classifications of the objects and the classifications of the feature information and the second management unit is configured to correct and manage the classifications of the objects based on updating of the association. | 01-09-2014 |
20140029859 | EXTRACTING MULTIPLE FACIAL PHOTOS FROM A VIDEO CLIP - Extracting an optimal subset of facial photographs includes obtaining an initial set of facial photographs, removing from the initial set photographs any photographs that are of unacceptable quality, grouping a remaining set of photographs according to view angle, removing from the remaining set of photographs any photographs having an undesirable facial expression to provide a limited set of representative facial photographs, and, selecting, from the limited set of facial photographs, an optimal subset of facial photographs. Obtaining the initial set of photographs may include using a video camera while diversifying view angles and controlling recording quality. Obtaining the initial set of photographs may include obtaining a series of still images. The still images may be self-recorded by a person with a smartphone front-facing camera. | 01-30-2014 |
20140079324 | IMAGE CLASSIFYING APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES AND ELECTRONIC ALBUM CREATING APPARATUS FOR CREATING ELECTRONIC ALBUM CONSISTING OF PLURAL IMAGES - In an image classifying apparatus, an image is designated as a designated image from among plural candidate images, the designated image being one of images to be contained in at least one group, attribute information is obtained from the designated image, selecting conditions of images are decided based on the attribute information obtained from the designated image, at least one image is selected as a selected image to be contained in the group, from among the plural candidate images based on the selecting conditions, and both the designated image and the selected images are classified into the group. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079325 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND RECORDING MEDIA - An information processing apparatus that stores first image data in a memory; acquires second image data; determines whether the second image data is similar to the first image data; acquires a first rating corresponding to the first image data and a second rating corresponding to the second image data; and replaces the first image data stored in the memory with the second image data acquired via a communication interface when it is determined that the second image data is similar to the first image data and the second rating is higher than the first rating. | 03-20-2014 |
20140079326 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An object identification system | 03-20-2014 |
20140086497 | Method and System for Optimizing Accuracy-Specificity Trade-offs in Large Scale Visual Recognition - As visual recognition scales up to ever larger numbers of categories, maintaining high accuracy is increasingly difficult. Embodiment of the present invention include methods for optimizing accuracy-specificity trade-offs in large scale recognition where object categories form a semantic hierarchy consisting of many levels of abstraction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086498 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 03-27-2014 |
20140099037 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING DIGITAL IMAGE ALBUM - The disclosed embodiments related to a method and system for creating a digital image album implementable on a computing device. The method includes grouping a plurality of digital images to generate a plurality of groups. Each of the plurality of groups is then transmitted to one or more crowdworkers for ranking each digital image of the plurality of groups. A final rank corresponding to each of the plurality of digital images is then determined based on the one or more ranks assigned by the one or more crowdworkers to each digital image of the plurality of groups. Thereafter, at least one digital image is selected from each of the plurality of groups based on the final rank of at least one digital image to create the digital image album. | 04-10-2014 |
20140133764 | AUTOMATIC CURATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES - The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for automatic curation of digital images. In one aspect, the method includes selecting one of every two or more duplicate digital images of a plurality of digital images. The method further includes calculating an image quality score for each of the selected digital images. The method further includes associating a ranking with each of the selected digital images based on its respective calculated image quality score. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133766 | ADAPTIVE EVENT TIMELINE IN CONSUMER IMAGE COLLECTIONS - A method for organizing an event timeline for a digital image collection, includes using a processor for detecting events in the digital image collection and each event's associated timespan; determining the detected events that are significant in the digital image collection; and organizing the event timeline so that the event timeline shows the significant events and a clustered representation of the other events, made available to the user at different time granularities. The organized event timeline is also used for selecting images for generating output. | 05-15-2014 |
20140153838 | COMPUTER VISION-BASED METHODS FOR ENHANCED JBIG2 AND GENERIC BITONAL COMPRESSION - A system and method of symbol matching may include a processor configured to determine which pixels of a first symbol are tangent pixels; for each of the determined tangent pixels, determine whether a second symbol includes a pixel corresponding to the tangent pixel that includes at least one same tangent constraint as that of the tangent pixel; accept the first and second symbols as a match based on shared tangent constraints conditional upon a determination that the second symbol includes for each of at least a subset of the tangent pixels of the first symbol a corresponding pixel that includes the at least one same tangent constraint as that of the tangent pixel; and generate a document including a single symbol that is mapped to the first and second symbols. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161362 | Techniques for Spatial Semantic Attribute Matching for Location Identification - Techniques for spatial semantic attribute matching on image regions for location identification based on a reference dataset are provided. In one aspect, a method for matching images from heterogeneous sources is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) parsing the images into different semantic labeled regions; (b) creating a list of potential matches by matching the images based on two or more of the images having same semantic labeled regions; and (c) pruning the list of potential matches created in step (b) by taking into consideration spatial arrangements of the semantic labeled regions in the images. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161363 | SENSORS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE CAPTURE OF SCENES AND EVENTS IN SPACE AND TIME - Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a light sensor. The light sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a light-absorbing semiconductor in electrical communication with each of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode. A light-obscuring material to substantially attenuate an incidence of light onto a portion of the light-absorbing semiconductor is disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode. An electrical bias is to be applied between the second electrode, and the first and the third electrodes and a current flowing through the second electrode is related to the light incident on the light sensor. Additional methods and apparatuses are described. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169688 | CROSSTALK CASCADES FOR USE IN OBJECT DETECTION - Technologies pertaining to object detection are described herein. A cascaded classifier executes over subwindows of an image in a plurality of stages. A crosstalk cascade is employed to reject subwindows as being candidates for including an object that is desirably detected, where the crosstalk cascade is a combination of multiple cascades. | 06-19-2014 |
20140169689 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus groups distance measurement areas for every group of distances close to each other based on a photographing distance obtained for each distance measurement area and assigns the same distance number to the distance measurement areas belonging to the same group. The image processing apparatus further divides a photographed image into a plurality of blocks to calculate an average value of hue of each block and sets a plurality of blocks having similar average values of hue among the blocks that are adjacent to one another as the same (one) color area. The image processing apparatus then divides the color area based on the distance number overlapping with the color area. | 06-19-2014 |
20140193087 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT PROCESSING - Cell phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others relate to coping with fixed focus limitations of cell phone cameras, e.g., in reading digital watermark data. Still others concern user interface improvements. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 07-10-2014 |
20140212054 | Image Classification for Adjustment - Image classification techniques are described for adjustment of an image. In one or more implementations, an image is classified by one or more computing device based on suitability of the image for adjustment to correct perspective distortion of the image. Responsive to a classification of the image as not suitable for the adjustment, suitability of the image is detected for processing by a different image adjustment technique by the one or more computing devices. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212055 | Automated Mapping of Land Cover Using Sequences of Aerial Imagery - A system has an aerial image database containing sensor data representing a plurality of aerial images of an area having multiple sub-areas. A processor applies a classifier to the sensor values to identify a label for each sub-area in each aerial image and to thereby generate an initial label sequence for each sub-area. The processor identifies a most likely land cover state for each sub-area based on the initial label sequence, a confusion matrix and a transition matrix. For each sub-area, the processor stores the most likely land cover state sequence for the sub-area. | 07-31-2014 |
20140241638 | VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING ALLOCATION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A NETWORK - An illustrative mobile device includes a data storage configured to at least temporarily store visual information and at least one processor that is configured to determine whether to request visual information processing from a network with which the mobile device may communicate. The processor is configured to determine a mobile device condition and a network condition. The processor determines a type of feature from the visual information to use for classification based on the determined mobile device and network conditions. The processor is configured to classify the visual information based on the determined type of feature and determine a confidence indicator based on the classification. The processor determines whether to request visual information processing from the network based on the determined confidence indicator. | 08-28-2014 |
20140254946 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE PILING - A system for determining piles comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an image. The processor is configured to determine one or more attributes of the image; to determine whether the image is a member of a top of a hierarchy based at least in part on the attributes. In the event it is determined that the image is a member of the top of the hierarchy,: determine a set of elements of the hierarchy the image is a member of, based at least in part on the attributes and determine which of the set of entities are piles. | 09-11-2014 |
20140270547 | PRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF CONTENT - Embodiments are provided for organization and presentation of content. In some embodiments, a plurality of images and a plurality of similarity rules for image categorization are received. For each image in the plurality of images, the image from the plurality and each remaining image from the plurality is compared by: applying each similarity rule to the image and a remaining image from the plurality to obtain a numeric result, and recording the numeric result for the two images in a numeric representation, the numeric representation embodying similarities found between each of the plurality of images. The numeric representation is used as a reference for clustering the plurality of images into clusters of similar images, and each image is stored with a marker denoting a cluster to which it has been assigned. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270548 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - An object detection apparatus mounted in a system for detecting a target object in various changing environmental conditions. In the apparatus, an acquirer acquires either or both of information indicative of an external environment around the system and information indicative of an operating state of the system. A determiner determines an environmental condition with respect to an input image according to the acquired information. A setter sets, for each of plural image recognition methods each being a combination of one of the plural image recognition dictionaries and one of the plural image recognition techniques, a weighting factor according to the environmental condition determined by the determiner. A detector detects the object in the input image by applying each of the plural image recognition methods to the input image to obtain recognition results reflecting the weighting factors, and collectively evaluating the recognition results. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270549 | USING EXTRACTED IMAGE TEXT - Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer program products for using extracted image text are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving an input of one or more image search terms and identifying keywords from the received one or more image search terms. The method also includes searching a collection of keywords including keywords extracted from image text, retrieving an image associated with extracted image text corresponding to one or more of the image search terms, and presenting the image. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286581 | CLASSIFYING OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON A DEVICE - A method, system, and/or computer program product classifies a plurality of objects displayed on a display device and displays the classified plurality of objects. The method comprises: selecting one object from a plurality of objects as a selected object; and classifying the plurality of objects, where classification of each of the plurality of objects is based on a degree of association with the selected object. Classifying the plurality of objects comprises: reading a feature setting for computation of the degree of association; specifying a plurality of features that are subject to the computation of the degree of association; computing, for each of the plurality of objects, the degree of association based on a difference in feature value from the selected object with regard to the plurality of features; and dividing the plurality of objects into a plurality of groups, where each group is based on the degree of association. | 09-25-2014 |
20140294309 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - In an object detection apparatus | 10-02-2014 |
20140301653 | SUMMARIZING A PHOTO ALBUM IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM - Embodiments generally relate to summarizing a photo album in a social network system. In one embodiment, a method includes grouping photos into a plurality of groups of photos, and selecting a plurality of representative photos, where each representative photo represents a respective group from the plurality of groups, where the selecting is based on a quality score of each of the photos, and where each quality score is based on different types of attributes. The method also includes enabling the plurality of representative photos to be shared. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGE ELEMENTS - A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers. | 10-09-2014 |
20140334740 | CONTENT-ADAPTIVE PIXEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include methods and systems for context-adaptive pixel processing based, in part, on a respective weighting-value for each pixel or a group of pixels. The weighting-values provide an indication as to which pixels are more pertinent to pixel processing computations. Computational resources and effort can be focused on pixels with higher weights, which are generally more pertinent for certain pixel processing determinations. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341476 | ASSOCIATING CLASSIFICATIONS WITH IMAGES - One or more devices may receive multiple images; determine one or more classifications for each of the multiple images; generate a confidence score for each classification of the one or more classifications for each of the multiple images. The confidence score may include a value between two numbers and may identify the likelihood that that a particular classification, of the one or more classifications, correctly corresponds to a particular image, of the multiple images. The confidence score may be based on information, associated with a user, and pixel-based classification information. The one or more devices may sort the multiple images by the one or more classifications and by corresponding confidence scores to form sorted multiple images; and provide the sorted multiple images. | 11-20-2014 |
20140355893 | VECTOR PROCESSOR CALCULATION OF LOCAL BINARY PATTERNS - A method (and system) of determining a local binary pattern in an image includes selecting an orientation. For each pixel in the image, the method further includes determining a binary decision for each such pixel relative to one neighboring pixel of the orientation, selecting a new orientation, and repeating the determination of the binary decision for each pixel in the image relative to one neighboring pixel of the newly selected orientation. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355894 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 12-04-2014 |
20140369611 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus comprises a first composition processing unit configured to compose a first image generated by a first image capturing unit and a second image generated by a second image capturing unit and generate a third image; and a detection unit configured to detect an area of the object from the third image. | 12-18-2014 |
20150030255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING PIXELS IN AN INPUT IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for classifying pixels in an input image and image processing system. The apparatus includes a first confidence determination unit configured for determining a first confidence of each of the pixels in the input image belonging to each of a plurality of predetermined classes; a detection unit configured for acquiring, by using a detector for detecting a particular class among the plurality of predetermined classes, detection results used to indicate pixels which belong to the particular class; an updating unit configured for updating the first confidences according to the detection results; and a class determination unit configured for determining the class to which each of the pixels in the input image belongs among the plurality of predetermined classes, according to the updated first confidences. | 01-29-2015 |
20150063712 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150078672 | HARDWARE-AMENABLE CONNECTED COMPONENTS LABELING - The subject disclosure is directed towards performing connected components in hardware, such as an FPGA, which is facilitated by a linked list structure that does not grow. During a connected components graph labeling process, when a merge is encountered, the data structure comprising labels and associated equivalency data swaps the equivalency data of the two vertices whose different labels produced the merge condition. | 03-19-2015 |
20150086123 | Photo Grouping System, Photo Grouping Method- and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium - A photo grouping system includes a photo database, a photo operating module, a photo grouping module, a landmark searching module, and a landmark determining module. The photo database saves a plurality of photos. The photo operating module converts the photos into a plurality of reference codes. The photo grouping module categorizes the photos into a plurality of photo groups according to the reference codes. The landmark searching module searches a landmark photo base on the photo groups. The landmark determining module determines the landmark names of the photo groups based on the landmark photos landmark searching module searched. | 03-26-2015 |
20150093034 | IMAGE ALLOCATION DEVICE AND IMAGE ALLOCATION METHOD - An image allocation device and an image allocation method are provided which are capable of calculating image characteristic quantities of a plurality of image data corresponding to a plurality of images, classifying the plurality of image data into image groups, whose number corresponds with the number of pages of display pages, based on the image characteristic quantities, and changing the sequence of the image groups according to the distances between the image groups as determined by the image characteristic quantities. | 04-02-2015 |
20150098661 | VIDEO OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - A system comprises an input component, a feature extractor, an object classifier, an adaptation component and a calibration tool. The input component is configured to receive one or more images, and the feature extractor is configured to extract features for one or more objects in the one or more images, the extracted features comprising at least one view-independent feature. The object classifier is configured to classify the one or more objects based at least in part on the extracted features and one or more object classification parameters, and the adaptation component is configured to adjust the classification of at least one of the objects based on one or more contextual parameters. The calibration tool is configured to adjust one or more of the object classification parameters based on likelihoods for characteristics associated with one or more object classes. | 04-09-2015 |
20150131917 | MEDIA DECODING METHOD BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING AND DECODER THEREOF - A media decoding method based on cloud computing and decoder thereof are provided by embodiments of the present invention, which are easy to use and applicable to a media of any form, and its requirement for computer resource is low. The method includes: extracting representing features from a media code stream to be decoded; searching in the cloud for a media object which has similar representing features with the media code stream to be decoded by using a feature matching method and the representing features extracted; filling, replacing and improving parts or segments of the media code stream to be decoded with whole or parts of the media object. | 05-14-2015 |
20150302243 | DISTANCE BASED BINARY CLASSIFIER OF HANDWRITTEN WORDS - This disclosure provides methods and systems to classify handwritten words associated with an answer to a question. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a reference dictionary is constructed as a function of a known answer to the question, the reference dictionary including handwritten characters which are used for comparison purposes to determine if the handwritten answer if correct or not. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302541 | IMAGE DATA DISTRIBUTION SERVER | 10-22-2015 |
20150347872 | System and Method for Detecting Features in Aerial Images Using Disparity Mapping and Segmentation Techniques - A system for aerial image detection and classification is provided herein. The system comprising_an aerial image database storing one or more aerial images electronically received from one or more image providers, and an object detection pre-processing engine in electronic communication with the aerial image database, the object detection pre-processing engine detecting and classifying objects using a disparity mapping generation sub-process to automatically process the one or more aerial images to generate a disparity map providing elevation information, a segmentation sub-process to automatically apply a pre-defined elevation threshold to the disparity map, the pre-defined elevation threshold adjustable by a user, and a classification sub-process to automatically detect and classify objects in the one or more stereoscopic pairs of aerial images by applying one or more automated detectors based on classification parameters and the pre-defined elevation threshold. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356341 | FUSION OF MULTI-SPECTRAL AND RANGE IMAGE DATA - Methods and apparatus for capturing and processing images, the images being of terrain ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150363430 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COMPRISING THE IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE - An image classification device, determines in real time which one of a plurality of directories is a suitable directory for storing newly taken photographs. The plurality of directories may defined by a user. The image classification device may recommend the suitable directory to the user. The image classification device may include a camera module for photographing a target and for generating a target image, a sensor for sensing first environment information concerning the target image, a storage module including N directories for storing the target image, where N is a natural number, and a processor for extracting first content information from the target image and for selecting from among the N directories a suitable directory within which the target image may be stored, based on the first content information and the first environment information. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363640 | AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZING IMAGES - A method includes obtaining a plurality of images, including geolocation information and time information for each image. The method also includes identifying a group of related images from the plurality of images from a common geographical area and a common time period based on the geolocation information and the time information for each of the plurality of images, and identifying an event that occurred within the common time period and within the common geographical area by searching a repository of event information. The method also includes storing the group of related images in an image collection, and assigning a title to the image collection, wherein the title is based at least in part on a title of the event. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371114 | CLASSIFYING AND ANNOTATING IMAGES BASED ON USER CONTEXT - Annotating and classifying an image based on a user context includes determining a location data of an object captured in an image, determining an attribute data of the object, obtaining sensor data from sensors that are associated with the location data based on the attribute data, determining a recommended user context from one or more predefined user contexts based on a comparison of the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data with location data, attribute data, and sensor data of one or more images associated with the one or more predefined user contexts, determining a recommended class of the captured image based on the recommended user context, selecting one or more annotation data from the location data, the attribute data, and the sensor data based on the recommended class or the recommended user context, and annotating the image with the one or more annotation data. | 12-24-2015 |
20150379376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING PIXELS - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to processing image pixels. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a system for classifying pixels comprising retrieval logic; a pixel storage allocation including a plurality of pixel slots, each pixel slot being associated individually with a pixel, where the retrieval logic is configured to cause the pixels to be allocated into the pixel slots in an input sequence; pipelined processing logic configured to output, for each of the pixels, classification information associated with the pixel; and scheduling logic configured to control dispatches from the pixel slots to the pipelined processing logic, where the scheduling logic and pipelined processing logic are configured to act in concert to generate the classification information for the pixels in an output sequence that differs from and is independent of the input sequence. | 12-31-2015 |
20160012600 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ASSEMBLY | 01-14-2016 |
20160042230 | PROCESSING OF IMAGES DURING ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY OF BOOKS FOR CONVERSION TO AUDIO FORMAT - A system to process graphical elements within a book during assessment of the book for suitability for conversion to an audio format includes an image classification subsystem, an image processing subsystem, and a weighting subsystem. The image classification subsystem is configured to classify a graphical element based on at least one of a context of the graphical element and properties of the graphical element. The image processing subsystem is configured process the graphical element to create a processed graphical element, the processing responsive to the classification of the graphical element. The weighting subsystem is configured to produce a weighting corresponding to the processed graphical element, the weighting indicating an impact of the graphical element of suitability of the book for conversion to the audio format. | 02-11-2016 |
20160055237 | Method for Semantically Labeling an Image of a Scene using Recursive Context Propagation - A method semantically labels an image acquired of a scene by first obtaining a local semantic feature for each local region in the image. The local semantic features are combined recursively to form intermediate segments until a semantic feature for the entire image is obtained. Then, the semantic feature for the entire image is decombined recursively into intermediate segments until an enhanced semantic feature for each local region is obtained. Then, each local region is labeled according to the enhanced semantic feature. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055379 | Providing Subject Information Regarding Upcoming Images On A Display - Methods are described for presenting in an user interface information regarding the subject faces that will appear in upcoming images. In general, many of the images available to display will be comprised of images containing subject faces. Based on a subject affinity score between the viewer and the subjects, an image affinity is computed. Based on the image affinity scores, images are selected for presentation on the display. As images are displayed, the system analyzes one or more upcoming images to determine information to display. As each image is displayed, subject information comprising the subject's face is presented in an area of the display adjacent to the current image. | 02-25-2016 |
20160078029 | PHOTOGRAPHY DATA SHARING METHOD - A photography data sharing method adapted to be used with a network sharing system. The network sharing system is configured to store and analyze at least a photography data. Each photography data includes an event information about the respective photography shooter generating the photography data. The network sharing system includes a database, a processing unit and a browser interface. The photography data sharing method includes steps of: storing the photography data; analyzing the event information of the photography data; determining whether the photography viewer and the event information of the photography data belong to a same event or not when the photography viewer is trying to browse the photography data through the browser interface; and providing the photography data to the photography viewer through the browser interface when it is determined that the photography viewer and the event information of the photography data belong to the same event. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078322 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the image processing apparatus, the theme determiner determines a theme of the image group based on the image analysis information, and the preference analyzer analyzes a preference of the user based on the theme of the image group. The composite image generator uses a certain number of images corresponding to the preference of the user selected, respectively, from among the plurality of images to generate composite images of a plurality of patterns. The display controller performs control such that one composite image is displayed on the image monitor and, the one composite image displayed on the image monitor is replaced with one composite image designated by the instruction from among the composite images of the plurality of patterns to display the one composite image designated on the image monitor. | 03-17-2016 |
20160086035 | Storing Information For Access Using A Captured Image - An electronic device associates first information and at least a first portion of a first image, and uses a second image that includes a portion corresponding to at least the first portion of the first image to access the associated first information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086054 | Storing Information For Access Using A Captured Image - An electronic device associates first information and at least a first portion of a first image, and uses a second image that includes a portion corresponding to at least the first portion of the first image to access the associated first information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093056 | MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE LABELING WITH RADIOMETRIC ATTRIBUTE VECTORS OF IMAGE SPACE REPRESENTATION COMPONENTS - Automatic characterization or categorization of portions of an input multispectral image based on a selected reference multispectral image. Sets (e.g., vectors) of radiometric descriptors of pixels of each component of a hierarchical representation of the input multispectral image can be collectively manipulated to obtain a set of radiometric descriptors for the component. Each component can be labeled as a (e.g., relatively) positive or negative instance of at least one reference multispectral image (e.g., mining materials, crops, etc.) through a comparison of the set of radiometric descriptors of the component and a set of radiometric descriptors for the reference multispectral image. Pixels may be labeled (e.g., via color, pattern, etc.) as positive or negative instances of the land use or type of the reference multispectral image in a resultant image based on components within which the pixels are found. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093083 | Proactive creation of photo products - A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098596 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS - Methods and systems for classifying a region of interest in an electronic document. A first region from the electronic document is extracted. The first region includes at least the region of interest. A first projection profile of pixels is determined in the region of interest. The first projection profile of pixels is indicative of a presence of a content in the region of interest. The region of interest is classified in at least one category based on a comparison of the first projection profile with a predetermined projection profile associated with the region of interest. | 04-07-2016 |
20160110355 | AUTOMATED IMAGE ORGANIZATION TECHNIQUES - A device may receive multiple images captured by a user device; and determine an event based on at least one of: attributes of the multiple images, information regarding a user associated with the multiple images, or information regarding the user device. The device may determine attributes of the event; identify, based on the attributes of the multiple the images and the attributes of the event, particular images, of the multiple images, associated with the event; generate a digital image album that includes one or more of the particular images; and output the digital image album. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110608 | PHOTO DIARY - A method to create a photo diary includes creating an entry for a time period in the photo diary. Creating the entry includes selecting candidate frames from digital videos created or received in the time period. Selecting the candidate frames includes performing people and pet detection on the digital videos, extract frames with people and pets from the digital videos perform people recognition on the frames with people to identify frames with recognized persons. The method further includes sorting the candidate frames with recognized persons and pets into groups based on criteria, selecting representative frames from the groups, and presenting the representative frames in the entry. | 04-21-2016 |
20160140423 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESET TOUR CAMERA - Disclosed herein is an image classification method and apparatus for a preset tour camera. More particularly, according to the image classification method and apparatus for a preset tour camera, a classification group is generated not to be duplicated by analyzing feature information included in image frames continuously taken by a preset tour camera that has panning, tilting, and zooming functions, and the image frames are classified by the classification group based on the feature information and stored with an index, whereby when an accident occurs and image analysis is required, the image frames are searched for based on the classification group, thus the image analysis may be conveniently and quickly performed. | 05-19-2016 |
20160155023 | CLASSIFYING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INSPECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
20160162731 | Method and System for Optimizing Accuracy-Specificity Trade-offs in Large Scale Visual Recognition - As visual recognition scales up to ever larger numbers of categories, maintaining high accuracy is increasingly difficult. Embodiment of the present invention include methods for optimizing accuracy-specificity trade-offs in large scale recognition where object categories form a semantic hierarchy consisting of many levels of abstraction. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162754 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for synthesizing continuously captured images includes a positioning unit configured to position images to be synthesized by using a motion vector indicating a positional deviation of the images between the images, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize the images positioned by the positioning unit. The image processing apparatus further includes a group classification unit configured to classify the images into groups based on an order of imaging, and a setting unit configured to set a reference image in each group. The positioning unit includes a first positioning unit configured to position the images within the groups with respect to the respective reference images, and a second positioning unit configured to position the reference images between the groups. | 06-09-2016 |
20160171279 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING A TERRAIN TYPE IN AN AREA | 06-16-2016 |
20160171344 | MODEL COMPRESSION IN BINARY CODED IMAGE BASED OBJECT DETECTION | 06-16-2016 |
20160180172 | EVENT TAKEN-PICTURE ARRANGEMENT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF | 06-23-2016 |
20160188952 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - A method, system and product for image classification. The method comprising obtaining a set of encoding functions and signature values which corresponds to a set of class images, wherein each pair of an encoding function and a signature value corresponds to a class image of the set of class images, wherein the signature value is a value produced by applying the encoding function on the class image; obtaining an image to be classified to a class associated with a class image of the set of class images; with respect to each class image of the set of class images: determining a transformation from the image to the class image; and applying the encoding function using the transformation on the image to produce a value; and automatically determining a class to which the image is classified based on the values and the signature values. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160253545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING A TERRAIN TYPE IN AN AREA | 09-01-2016 |
20160253552 | GENERATING ACTIONS BASED ON A USER'S MOOD | 09-01-2016 |
20160253582 | IMAGE EVALUATION | 09-01-2016 |
20160379094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CLASSIFICATION OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF IMAGES - An approach is provided for automated analysis and classification of quality characteristics associated with captured imagery that may be used in an application such as a map application. The approach includes determining digital data associated with a region of interest in an image. The approach also comprises processing and/or facilitating a processing of the digital data to determine one or more quality attributes associated with the region of interest. The approach further comprises causing, at least in part, a comparison of the one or more quality attributes to one or more criteria. The approach also comprises causing, at least in part, a generation of one or more classifications for the image based, at least in part, on the comparison. | 12-29-2016 |
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