07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090041247 | KEY IDENTIFIER IN PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL HEADER - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying a plurality of keysets utilized in a communications network. The keysets can include ciphering keys that provide data encryption and decryption and integrity keys that provide data integrity protection. A key identifier can be included in a packet data convergence protocol header that indicates a keyset employed in connection with data in a protocol data unit. In addition, a route indicator can be provided in a radio link control header that distinguishes a source cell and a target cell in networks configured without RLC reset. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041248 | RECORDING MEDIUM, AUTHORING DEVICE, AND AUTHORING METHOD - A recording medium has authoring data recorded thereon. The authoring data has a plurality of formats. Data items common to all the plurality of formats include, a content, a content key for encrypting the content, a hash value of the content, a media key for encrypting the content key, and revocation information for revoking an unauthorized device from using the media key. The plurality of formats include a first format and a second format. In the first format, the content is not encrypted and each of the content key, the hash value, the media key, the revocation information is dummy data. In the second format, the content is encrypted and each of the media key and the revocation information is dummy data. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041249 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A KEY FOR ENCRYPTION OR DECRYPTION OF DATA - A user private key is stored in a database of the user terminal. A user public key and user information are stored in the user management DB. The encryption/decryption unit encrypts an authority private key specific to a first authority given to a user, by using a user public key associated with user information to indicate a user. The secret sharing unit shares in secret an authority private key into two or more shared authority private keys. The encryption/decryption unit encrypts the shared authority private keys, by using an authority public key specific to each of second authorities to manage the first authority in a shared manner. The authority management DB stores the encrypted authority private key and authority public key in association with the first authority, and stores the encrypted shared authority private keys in association with the second authorities. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041250 | Authentication method in communication system - An authentication method is provided in which a first portable device generates and transmits a first random number and a first timestamp to a first USIM in the first portable device; the first USIM calculates a first sign for the first portable device; the first portable device requests authentication for authenticated communication from a second portable device through transmission of the first random number, the first timestamp, and the first sign to the second portable device; the second portable device generates a second random number and a second timestamp and transmits the information to a second USIM in the second portable device; the second USIM generates a second sign for the second portable device and a second personal key which the second portable device transmits to the first portable device; the first portable device then transmits the information to the first USIM which generates a first personal key for authenticated communication. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041251 | Method and Device for Agreeing Shared Key Between First Communication Device and Second Communication Device - Based on security parameters previously agreed upon by first and second communication devices, a first security value is determined by the second communication device and transmitted to the first communication device. The first communication device determines second and third security values based on the security parameters and the first security value and transmits the second and third security values to the second communication device. The second communication device determines a fourth security value based on the security parameters and, if the second security value matches the fourth security value, authenticates the first communication device. Upon successful authentication of the first communication device, a shared key is determined by both communication devices based on the third security value and the security parameters. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041252 | EXCHANGE OF NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL INFORMATION USING TIGHTLY-CONSTRAINED NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS - In general, techniques are described for securely exchanging network access control information. The techniques may be useful in situations where an endpoint device and an access control device perform a tightly-constrained handshake sequence of a network protocol when the endpoint device requests access to a network. The handshake sequence may be constrained in a variety of ways. Due to the constraints of the handshake sequence, the endpoint device and the access control device may be unable to negotiate a set of nonce information during the handshake sequence. For this reason, the access control device uses a previously negotiated set of nonce information and other configuration information associated with the endpoint device as part of a process to determine whether the endpoint device should be allowed to access the protected networks. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041253 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING QUERY VERIFICATION - The present invention relates to a method for proving the correctness of a query result produced by a data publisher while preserving the privacy of the query result. The method comprises delivering a public key of a public key/private key pair from a data owner to a client and delivering data and cryptographic metadata to at least one data publisher, wherein the metadata is associated both with the data and the public key of the public key/private key pair. The method further comprises receiving a query from the client, returning a query result and a verification object from the data publisher to the client in response to the query, and verifying the correctness of the query result, wherein the correctness of the query result is verified utilizing the verification object and the public key. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041254 | SPATIAL AUDIO SIMULATION - Equipment ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090041255 | SCALABLE ENCODING DEVICE AND SCALABLE ENCODING METHOD - There is disclosed a scalable encoding device capable of preventing sound quality deterioration of a decoded signal, reducing the encoding rate, and reducing the circuit size. The scalable encoding device includes: a first layer encoder ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090041256 | PRESERVING MATRIX SURROUND INFORMATION IN ENCODED AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for preserving matrix-surround information in encoded audio/video includes a receiver operative to receive matrix-surround encoded audio signals via a modem, separate the audio signals into a frequency spectrum having discrete audio frequencies, and determine a cutoff threshold used to encode the matrix-surround encoded audio signals. The method and apparatus further includes a decoder operative to decode a first set of the audio frequencies below the determined cutoff threshold using a first matrix-surround preserving audio encoding method and to decode a second set of audio frequencies above the cutoff threshold using a second non matrix-surround preserving audio encoding method. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041257 | SOUND PROCESSING UNIT, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM, AUDIO OUTPUT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Practical speaker connection is identified using a device having a sound channel of a 5.1 channel or 7.1 channel, and a device is provided that can easily reproduce the optimum multiple channels. Actual speaker arrangement can be identified by, for example, measuring the impedance of a terminal at the side of an audio amplifier. If incorrect connection is found, a warning is issued. This information is transmitted to a signal source with an EDID and a signal with the optimum a number of sound channel is sent. The EDID is also used for the connection with a display unit and the speaker connection with which the display unit is provided uniquely. For example, a sound through the 7.1 channel is easily reproduced using the speaker of the display unit in the channel of the front speaker. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041258 | Noise reduction apparatus - Effective reduction is made of direct sound or diffracted sound of a noise propagating from plural directions. Three microphones ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090041259 | Headphones for Connection to an External Active Noise Compensation Device - There is provided headphones for connection to an external active noise compensation device. The headphones have at least one earphone, a microphone near the ear, and a passive circuitry network for increasing the amplification of the external noise compensation device. In that way noise compensation in respect of the external noise compensation can be increased by increasing the overall amplification by the passive network. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041260 | Active noise cancellation in hearing devices - Disclosed is a hearing device system comprising at least one hearing aid circuitry and at least one active noise cancellation unit, the at least one hearing aid circuitry comprises at least one input transducer adapted to convert a first audio signal to an electric audio signal; a signal processor connected to the at least one input transducer and adapted to process said electric audio signal by at least partially correcting for a hearing loss of a user; an output transducer adapted to generate from at least said processed electric audio signal a sound pressure in an ear canal of the user, whereby the generated sound pressure is at least partially corrected for the hearing loss of the user; the at least one active noise cancellation unit being adapted to provide an active noise cancellation signal adapted to perform active noise cancellation of an acoustical signal entering the ear canal in addition to said generated sound pressure, wherein the hearing device system further comprises a combiner unit adapted to combine the processed electric audio signal with the active noise cancellation signal, to obtain a combined signal and to provide the combined signal to the output transducer. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041261 | Receiver facility with an elastically mounted receiver - In the case of a receiver facility to be fixed in the auditory canal, particularly for hearing devices with an external receiver, the receiver is to be mounted in the earmold in an acoustically advantageous fashion which guards against contaminations and is also easily exchangeable. Provision is thus made for a receiver facility with a longish receiver and a earmold, which has a borehole, into which the receiver is inserted. A tubular connector, which is more elastic than the receiver and the earmold, is used to accommodate for the most part the longitudinal extension of the receiver in a friction-locking fashion. The connector is for its part force-fitted into a borehole of the earmold in a friction-locking fashion. The receiver is thus elastically mounted and can be easily removed from the earmold together with the connector with the aid of a pin-like tool for replacement purposes. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041262 | Earpiece with acoustic vent for driver response optimization - An acoustically tuned earpiece is provided. Venting is performed by boring a control port, separate from the output port, into the driver. The diameter of the control port must be sufficiently small to restrict the flow of air into and out of the driver, thus isolating the acoustic performance of the driver from the volume and/or the sealing capabilities of the earpiece enclosure. The exact size of the venting port is selected to achieve the desired acoustic performance. In all cases, the control port has a cross-sectional area that is less than 25 percent of the cross-sectional area of the driver's output port. In order to optimize the size of the control port, an iterative process is preferably used in which the cross-sectional area of the control port is gradually increased while monitoring the performance of the driver compared to a target response. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041263 | Echo Suppressing Method and Apparatus - Coefficient generator generates a crosstalk coefficient that is a predetermined value and that is used to calculate the amount of crosstalk of an echo. Converter uses either the output signal of a sound pickup device or the signal obtained by subtracting the output signal of an echo canceller from the output signal of the sound pickup device as a first signal, corrects the first signal based on the crosstalk coefficient generated in coefficient generator, and produces a near-end signal obtained by removing the echo from the first signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041264 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An audio signal processing apparatus for outputting an input digital audio signal as a positive phase PWM signal and a negative phase PWM signal. The resolution of the input digital audio signal is converted to a low resolution and noise shaping is performed to generate a positive phase digital signal (REF_P) and a negative phase digital signal (REF_N). Both signal patterns are compared at a buffer and pattern comparator section when muting. If the signal patterns match, a selector outputs a set value having 50% duty instead of the digital signals to optimize timing for switching to 50% duty when muting. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041265 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A sound signal processing device causes an amplifier to amplify a low frequency signal and synthesizes the amplified low frequency signal with a middle or high frequency signal so as to output the resultant output signal. A gain control section controls a gain of the amplifier on the basis of an amplitude of the output signal. As a result, it is possible to amplify the low frequency signal without any clipping in a receiving end device and without any unstable volume of a middle or high frequency component. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041266 | Electrostatic loudspeaker driver - An electrostatic loudspeaker driver includes a class-D amplifier and a demodulator circuit. The class-D amplifier is operated with a PWM signal, creating an amplified digital signal according to an input signal. A low-pass filter in the demodulator circuit filters out the PWM carrier frequency in the digital signal and retrieves an audio signal therefrom. The efficiency is improved significantly and heat sink is no longer needed. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041267 | HEADSET CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS EXTERNAL SPEAKER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OUTPUT AN THEREOF - A headset used as an external louder speaker and a method for adjusting an output of the speaker transducers are disclosed. The headset includes a signal receiver, speaker parts, hinge parts, and amplifiers. The speaker parts change their direction through the hinge parts. The output of speaker transducers is adjusted according to the direction of the speaker parts. When the output of speaker transducers is increased, the speaker parts of the headset are used as an external speaker. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041268 | Signal Amplifying Apparatus, Amplification System, and Signal Amplification Method - An amplification system of the invention can decrease power consumption in a power amplification section if the power amplification section need not be used. The power consumption in the power amplification section can be decreased by shutting off power feed into a voltage amplification stage by a power control section, and the power feed state into a power amplification stage from a power supply section is not changed. Thus, power feed into the voltage amplification stage of the circuit wherein a large current does not flow needs only to be controlled using limiter means also used for a different application, so that the power consumption of the power amplification section can be decreased without the need for enlarging the circuit scale, with saved space, and simply. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041269 | Sound transducer for the transmission of audio signals - A sound transducer for the transmission of audio frequency signals with a pressure-voltage transducer is provided. This pressure-voltage transducer is disposed on a supporting plate and at least partially embedded in a sound-insulating, substantially incompressible material, for example a gel. The supporting plate rests herein in contact on a body part, for example a jaw or skull bone, of a person. If this person conducts a conversation, the vibrations of the bone generated through the conversation are transmitted to a supporting plate. This supporting plate subsequently transmits the vibrations onto the pressure-voltage transducer, for example a piezoelectric element or an electret element. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041270 | Mems Microphone And Method For Producing Said Microphone - An MEMS microphone is bonded onto the surface of an IC component containing at least one integrated circuit suitable for the conditioning and processing of the electrical signal supplied by the MEMS microphone. The entire component is simple to produce and has a compact and space-saving construction. Production is accomplished in a simple and reliable manner. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041271 | Positioning of speakers in a 3D audio conference - A method, implemented by electronic data processing resources, for audio conference between conference participants via their respective terminals, the participants including at least one listener and at least one speaker, the method comprising, for at least said listener and for at least said speaker, the steps consisting in, estimating, as a function of a digital signal coming from a terminal of the speaker, at least one characteristic specific to said speaker, and determining, using said at least one estimated characteristic, a setpoint for positioning the speaker within a virtual space of the listener. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041272 | Method for operation of a hearing device system and hearing device system - There is described a method for operation of a hearing device system with two microphones arranged spatially separated from one another and with sound-generating output units assigned to these microphones, in which, by comparison of the microphone signals or of signals derived therefrom, feedback is detected, and on detection of the feedback measures are initiated for reducing the feedback, and with the comparison of the microphone signals or of signals derived therefrom comprising a frequency-selective power comparison. There is also described a hearing device system suitable for this method. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041273 | BEHIND THE EAR HEARING AID PART WITH EXCHANGEABLE COVER - The invention regards a BTE hearing aid shell shaped to fit behind an outer portion of an ear of a user wherein the shell has first and second opposed side walls where the first side wall faces away from, and the second side wall faces towards the head of the user. According to the invention an ornamental cover plate is detachably attached to at least one of the opposed side walls, and a release tool is provided for release of the cover plate. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041274 | Hearing apparatus with pressure equalization for converters - The components of a hearing apparatus and in particular of a hearing device are to be better protected against environmental influences. A hearing apparatus is thus provided with at least one acoustic converter, e.g. receiver, in a converter housing for receiving or outputting a sound, with a sound opening in the converter housing, through which or by which a sound is received or output respectively, being sealed with an airtight membrane. A pressure equalization facility is connected to the converter housing or is integrated onto the converter housing, so that the pressures on both sides of the membrane can be equalized. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041275 | BEHIND THE EAR HEARING AID PART WITH EXCHANGEABLE COVER - The invention regards a BTE hearing aid shell shaped to fit behind an outer portion of an ear of a user wherein the shell has first and second opposed side walls where the first side wall faces away from, and the second side wall faces towards the head of the user. According to the invention an ornamental cover plate is detachably attached to at least one of the opposed side walls, and a release tool is provided for release of the cover plate. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041276 | Battery compartment comprising several gripping arms and hearing equipped device therewith - A battery compartment for a hearing apparatus and in particular for a hearing device is to be designed to be more compact. To this end, provision is made for a battery compartment with at least two gripping arms, which has an arm section on its one end and a gripping section on its other free end in each instance and for a sliding element which engages with the arm section of the gripping arms. In a first sliding position of the sliding element, the gripping arms assume an open position in order to insert a battery between the gripping sections and a closed position in a second sliding position in order to fix the battery, in which closed position the gripping sections are moved toward one another. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041277 | Behind-the-ear hearing aid with audio shoe which can be pushed-on linearly, and appropriate mounting method - A behind-the-ear hearing aid is provided, with an elongated housing and an audio shoe, which is affixed to an end face of the housing in such a way that it can be removed, and a coupling device, with which the audio shoe is coupled to the housing by a sliding movement parallel to the end face of the housing. In addition, affixed to the audio shoe there is a securing device which includes a slider which can be moved crossways relative to the direction in which the audio shoe slides, which in a first position permits the sliding movement of the audio shoe and in a second position prevents the sliding movement. It is thus possible to mount the audio shoe on the hearing aid housing, and to make any necessary contacts, with a double linear movement which is easy to realize. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041278 | Hearing apparatus with adjusted components - To minimize an unusable free volume in a housing of a hearing apparatus, a hearing apparatus is proposed, which includes a housing, which has a predetermined form and at least one active, electronic component, which is arranged in the housing, with the component having a form, which is adjusted to the form of the housing and/or to the form of another component of the hearing apparatus. As a result, the unusable residual volume in the hearing apparatus can be minimized and a smaller form of the housing can in general thus be achieved. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041279 | Acoustic ear tube retainer spring - A metal retainer spring bent into a U-shape retains an acoustic ear tube for use with behind-the-ear devices. The tube is held by a tube retaining opening in a tapered mid portion, forming the curved portion of the bent spring, and end slots bent together with the slots holding the tube. The retainer spring fits into the human ear canal for securing a narrow acoustic ear tube within a user's ear canal. The spring is manufactured from beryllium copper, or other material with excellent strength and great elasticity, and is then gold plated for the hypoallergenic properties. The top and bottom ear canal-contacting surfaces of each spring have a pebbled or rippled finish to limit slippage without causing abrasions. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041280 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker comprises a horn waveguide having a waveguide surface, and a transducer located in, or adjacent to, a throat of the horn waveguide. The transducer has a substantially rigid convex dome-shaped acoustically radiating surface. A horn angle subtended between a longitudinal axis of the horn waveguide and the waveguide surface at the throat of the horn, is in the range 20 to 60 degrees. An intersection angle subtended between a plane tangential to the dome shape of the acoustically radiating surface and a plane tangential to the waveguide surface at a point where the dome shape or an extrapolation of the dome shape meets the waveguide surface or an extrapolation of the waveguide surface, is in the range 85 to 110 degrees. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041281 | LOW-FREQUENCY SOUND ADJUSTABLE EARPHONE - A low-frequency sound adjustable earphone is disclosed which includes a housing, which has a resonance chamber and a crevice in air communication between the resonance chamber and the atmosphere, a speaker mounted inside the housing for converting an electronic voice signal into sound for amplification by the resonance chamber, and an adjustment cap, which is pivoted to the housing and rotatable to adjust the air path defined in the crevice and to further adjust the output sound. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041282 | Porting - A ported electroacoustical device uses the action of the port to provide cooling airflow across a heat producing device. The device includes a loudspeaker enclosure including a first acoustic port, and an acoustic driver, mounted in the loudspeaker enclosure. The device also includes a heat producing device. The acoustic driver and the acoustic port are constructed and arranged to coact to provide a cooling, substantially unidirectional airflow across the heat producing device, thereby transferring heat from the heat producing device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041283 | AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE - In an audio signal transmission/reception device that receives and emits sounds so as to perform transmission and reception of audio signals via communications, user operability can be improved and the size of a main unit can be reduced. It is equipped with a speaker array for arranging a plurality of speaker units, which are arranged on the lower surface of the main unit, and a microphone array for arranging a plurality of microphones, which are arranged on the side surface of the main unit in its longitudinal direction. Legs having hollow structures are attached to the main unit so as to support the main unit at a prescribed height above the mount surface (e.g., the surface of a desk) and to secure good sound emission characteristics of the speaker array. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041284 | Headphone set and method of producing the same - A headphone set has at least one speaker unit and a housing that encloses the speaker unit. The housing has an elastic protruding portion having a cavity therein. A sound-emitting portion is formed as protruding from a vibrating zone of the speaker unit. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041285 | Wireless Communications Headset System Employing a Loop Transmitter that Fits Around the Pinna - A wireless communications headset system for double hearing protection systems that eliminates the problems associated with typical wireless communications systems. The system employs a magnetic-field coupled wireless link from a loop transmitter to a magnetic field receiver. Current through the transmitter wire loops generates magnetic flux which passes through a communications earplug. The earplug has a receiver for converting the magnetic flux to electrical voltage, and this voltage is used to drive a speaker within the earplug. The transmitter can be easily installed into aviation headsets. The loop transmitter has an open center sized so that it fits around the pinna of the human ear enabling a close position to the communications earplug. This close position is advantageous if an efficient system is desired. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041286 | "Isobuds" is a pair of earbud attachments - The attachment is a single piece of injection molded PVC vinyl, soft plastic or other suitable material and is shaped similar to a funnel with ridges. The attachment is designed to fit the first generation ear bud that is still the most common type of ear bud. The attachment has a tunnel running through the middle of it so that music or media is transferred from the ear bud to the listener's ear. The larger section of the attachment fits completely around the “output” end of the ear bud. The larger section of the attachment is the receiving end or sound input end. The smaller section of the attachment fits into the outside edge of user's ear canal. This is called the output end because this is where the music or media exits the attachment. The middle section of the attachment is the transition area that bridges the larger section to the smaller section and provides stability for the entire unit. Standard ear buds are bulbous in shape and have a stem attached to the sphere, and are used to listen to a compact CD player, mp3 player, transistor radio or cell phone. The gradual transition from large to small or funnel or wedge shape allows isobuds to fit small, medium or large ear canals. The attachment allows for a snug compression fit in the listener's ear. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041287 | Custom Earphone - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of fabricating a custom-fit earphone in which a durable flexible earpiece or retainer is molded by the user to the individual shape of their outer ear and cures to adhere and become a permanent integrated unit with a sound transducer such as an earbud. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041288 | EAR-LOOP EARPHONE - An ear-loop earphone includes a main body having a surrounding side, an ear-loop base, and an ear-loop. The ear-loop base, fixed on the surrounding side of the main body in a rotatable manner, is capable of rotating around a first axis. The ear-loop, fixed on the ear-loop base in a rotatable manner, capable of rotating around a second axis different from the first axis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041289 | Electronic device - An electronic device equipped with a speaker includes: a first cushion member interposed between the side surfaces of the speaker and the side guides of the speaker holding section formed on the cabinet; a second cushion member that is formed of a material softer than the first cushion member and is interposed between the undersurface of the speaker and the pedestal of the speaker holding section; and a third cushion member that is formed of a material softer than the first cushion member and is interposed between the rear surface of the speaker and the backrest of the speaker holding section. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041290 | EARPHONE SPEAKER WITH ESD PROTECTION - An earphone speaker including a conductive housing, a micro speaker module, and a circuit board is provided. The conductive housing has a holding space. The micro speaker module is disposed in the holding space. The circuit board is disposed outside the conductive housing, and has a first surface facing towards the conductive housing and a second surface corresponding to the first surface. A positive terminal and a negative terminal are disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the micro speaker module. A conductive material layer is disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the negative terminal, and the conductive material layer is directly contacted with the conductive housing. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041291 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM AND ELECTRODYNAMIC LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a loudspeaker diaphragm and an electrodynamic loudspeaker of an elongated shape being shorter in the minor-axis direction than in the major-axis direction, which have a desirable sound reproducing capability with a high efficiency and are not significantly influenced by divided vibrations of an elongated loudspeaker diaphragm, and which are suitably installed in devices such as display devices. In the elongated loudspeaker diaphragm: the diaphragm body includes a first diaphragm portion in a central portion of a rear surface thereof, the first diaphragm portion including a junction to a voice coil bobbin, a second diaphragm portion extending on each side of the first diaphragm portion in the major-axis direction, and a reinforcement rib extending continuously through the first diaphragm portion and the second diaphragm portions; and the edge includes a free edge portion for freely supporting opposite ends in the minor-axis direction of the first diaphragm portion and the second diaphragm portion, and a fixed edge portion being thicker than the free edge portion for fixedly supporting a distal end of each second diaphragm portion in the major-axis direction. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041292 | Multi channel radiometer imaging method and system - The invention provides for an expandable multi channel radiometer imaging method and system. The imaging system includes a scanner for reflecting millimeter wave energy emanating from a pre-determined scene. The millimeter wave energy is focused to a focal plane array using an optical lens and a multi channel radiometer receives the millimeter wave energy. The focal plane array is formed by a plurality of pixels that each includes a single low noise amplifier. The number of pixels of the focal plane array is expendable to increase the resolution of a millimeter wave image. A virtual grid of cells is formed representing different values of millimeter wave energy within the imaging zone. Algorithms calculate differences of millimeter wave energy between cells of said virtual grid to display a composite image to identify concealed objects on an individual. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041293 | MULTIPLE CAMERA IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CONCEALED OBJECTS - The present invention is an imaging system for detecting concealed objects on an individual. The imaging system includes an imaging zone that is illuminated with millimeter wave energy. A plurality of millimeter wave cameras are focused to fully surround the imaging zone and have the ability to detect millimeter wave frequencies reflected from the imaging zone. As an individual passes through the imaging zone the plurality of millimeter wave cameras detect concealed objects by identifying differences in the millimeter wave energy reflected by the individual's body and a concealed object. A composite image is generated by a central processing unit and displayed on a monitor showing the concealed object on the individual through optical contrast. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041294 | System for Applying Content Categorizations of Images - Disclosed herein are databases that contain image context categorizations, those categorizations identifying the context of an image based on a computed fingerprint. Also disclosed herein are applications of such a database, including a viewing application that blocks the rendering of images with undesirable content noted by a content categorization, and a scanning application that locates images in a corpus or repository of images having certain content noted by content categorization, such as unlawful images. Such blocking may be through an obfuscation technique, such as blurring, distorting an image, or may be through a replacement of image material. A categorization tool may include obfuscation with an aperture tool for clarifying portions of blocked images. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041295 | Image Display Device, Image Display Method, and Image Display Program - An image display device used for checking an image represented by digital image data includes a display section that displays the image and checking information used for checking the image, an image display control section that displays the image on the display section based on the digital image data, a checking line segment designation section that allows designation of a checking line segment, which is a series of checking places in the image, on the display section on which the image is displayed, and a checking information display control section that displays a changing condition of the digital image data along the checking line segment on the display section as the checking information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041296 | Method and Device for the Detection, at the Correct Time, of Print Marks Located at Regular Intervals on a Print Web - In a method and a device for the detection, at the correct time, of pressure marks situated at regular intervals on a print web, use is made of cameras, with a processing unit which is assigned to the camera. The activation of the camera is no longer triggered externally in order to detect the pressure marks. Instead, the drive control system, which actuates a movement of the print web, is connected to a bus to which the cameras and therefore the processing units are also connected. It is thereby possible for the drive control system to provide the processing units with process data which the processing units can use to calculate detection times. The activation of the camera takes place, on the basis of the calculation, automatically by means of the cameras with the processing unit itself. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041297 | Human detection and tracking for security applications - A computer-based system for performing scene content analysis for human detection and tracking may include a video input to receive a video signal; a content analysis module, coupled to the video input, to receive the video signal from the video input, and analyze scene content from the video signal and determine an event from one or more objects visible in the video signal; a data storage module to store the video signal, data related to the event, or data related to configuration and operation of the system; and a user interface module, coupled to the content analysis module, to allow a user to configure the content analysis module to provide an alert for the event, wherein, upon recognition of the event, the content analysis module produces the alert. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041298 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Video capture systems, methods and computer program products can be provided and configured to capture video sequences of one or more participants during an activity. The video capture system can be configured to include one or more video capture devices positioned at predetermined locations in an activity area; a tracking device configured to track a location of the participant during the activity; a content storage device communicatively coupled to the video capture devices and configured to store video content received from the video capture devices; and a content assembly device communicatively coupled to the content storage device and to the tracking device, and configured to use tracking information from the tracking device to retrieve video sequences of the participant from the tracking device and to assemble the retrieved video sequences into a composite participant video. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041299 | Method and Apparatus for Recognition of an Object by a Machine - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for recognition of an object by a machine including isolating and processing an image to help facilitate recognition of the object by the machine. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041300 | HEADLIGHT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES, PREFERABLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - 1. Headlight system for vehicles, preferably for motor vehicles | 2009-02-12 |
20090041301 | FRAME OF REFERENCE REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for assisting in work carried out on a workpiece and having a frame of reference. The system includes a referencing arrangement to register the position of a first location in the frame of reference of the system; a tool holder for holding a tool to assist with the work; a data interface to receive image data relating to the workpiece; and a processing arrangement to register the image data within the frame of reference of the system. The position of the tool holder is known within the frame of reference of the system. The image data represents an image which is indexed by position relative to the first location. The processing arrangement utilizes the relative position of the image represented by the image data with respect to the first location and the position of the first location in the frame of reference of the system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041302 | Object type determination apparatus, vehicle, object type determination method, and program for determining object type - An object type determination apparatus, an object type determination method, a vehicle, and a program for determining an object type, capable of accurately determining the type of the object by appropriately determining periodicity in movement of the object from images, are provided. The object type determination apparatus includes an object area extracting means ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090041303 | Vehicle, image processing system image processing method, image processing program, method for configuring image processing system, and server - An image processing system and the like capable of accurately recognizing lane edges defined by dotted lane marks are provided. According to an image processing system ( | 2009-02-12 |
20090041304 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF SPEED LIMITATIONS ON A ROAD AND AN ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - An automatic process is provided for automatically determining a current speed limitation on a road being used by a motor vehicle, in which by means of a first system, making use in particular of a GPS aerial and cartographical details, a first set of information is established, in which at least one likely speed limitation is associated with a confidence index; by means of a second system, involving the use of a camera and image processing applications capable of identifying roadside speed limitation panels, a second set of information is established comprising at least one probable speed limitation, wherein the basis of the first and second sets of information, the current speed limitation is determined along the road in question. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041305 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ANATOMICAL MOTION BLUR IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES - A method for detecting one or more motion effects in a diagnostic image obtains image data for the diagnostic image and identifies at least one region of interest in the diagnostic image. The probability of motion blur within the at least one region of interest is calculated according to a motion-sensitive feature of the at least one region of interest. The calculated probability for motion blur within the at least one region of interest is reported. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041306 | Living Body Variable Measuring System with Wireless Internet Access and Biometric Authentication - A physiological data measurement and analysis system comprises: a central processing centre for receiving physiological data for at least one subject, analysing the data and generating physiological information related to improving the subject's physiological condition based on the analysed data; at least one satellite station for measuring and transmitting selected physiological data of at least one subject to the central processing centre and receiving the generated physiological information from the central processing centre; and a communications network for coupling the central processing centre to each satellite station. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041307 | Biometric information transfer system - A biometric information transfer system is provided, allowing the urgency, etc., of a biometric information measurement result contained in e-mail to be directly and instantaneously noticed. When the biometric information measurement result is converted into e-mail format, attention-drawing information is assigned to the e-mail in accordance with the biometric information measurement result. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041308 | Object execution method and method with bio-characteristic recognition - An object execution system and a method with bio-characteristic recognition are disclosed. The system includes a biometric apparatus, a storage unit and a processing unit. The biometric apparatus is provides for receiving an inputted bio-characteristic data. The storage unit saves at least one predetermined bio-characteristic data, at least one profile and a lookup table of recording the corresponding relationship between the predetermined bio-characteristic data and the profile. The profile records a plurality of objects to be executed. The processing unit inquires the profile corresponding to the inputted bio-characteristic data based on the lookup table, and executes the plurality of objects recorded by the profile. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041309 | System And Method For Iris Identification Using Stereoscopic Face Recognition - Disclosed herein is a system and method for iris recognition including stereoscopic face recognition, which can recognize irises using a stereoscopic face recognition system in order to recognize an authenticatee. The system includes two or more face recognition cameras for photographing two or more face images of an authenticatee; a recognition system for receiving the face images photographed by the face recognition cameras from the face recognition cameras and creating stereoscopic face information on the basis of the face images; and one or more iris recognition cameras controlled by the recognition system to photograph focused irises of the authenticatee using the created stereoscopic face information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041310 | VIDEO-BASED FACE RECOGNITION USING PROBABILISTIC APPEARANCE MANIFOLDS - The present invention meets these needs by providing temporal coherency to recognition systems. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a manifold recognition module to use a sequence of images for recognition. A manifold training module receives a plurality of training image sequences (e.g. from a video camera), each training image sequence including an individual in a plurality of poses, and establishes relationships between the images of a training image sequence. A probabilistic identity module receives a sequence of recognition images including a target individual for recognition, and identifies the target individual based on the relationship of training images corresponding to the recognition images. An occlusion module masks occluded portions of an individual's face to prevent distorted identifications. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041311 | Facial recognition based content blocking system - Methods and apparatus for blocking content. In one embodiment, an image is examined for pre-selected body portions. If the image contains a body portion (e.g. an image of a face larger than a pre-selected portion of the image) access is allowed. Otherwise, the content may be obscured or blocked with a translucent object either before or after an initial transmission. The image may be part of a video stream such as an instant messaging, web-cam, or video chat room session. The image may be sent or received and-may be examined with facial recognition technology. Additionally, the image may be tagged to indicate whether it contains the sub-image. In addition, the method may be incorporated in a computer program associated with a particular instant messaging program (e.g., the program is a Miranda IM add-on). Server, network, and client computers which may incorporate portions of the program are also provided. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041312 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a unit configured to detect face areas from frames of an input moving image; a unit configured to identify face conditions, which vary depending on a face direction, from the face areas; a unit configured to classify the face areas based on the face conditions; a unit configured to correlate, when a moving distance of the face areas between adjacent frames is within a threshold value, the face areas in the frames as one sequence; a unit configured to create dictionaries in which the face areas classified based on the conditions are stored for respective sequences; a unit configured to calculate a degree of similarity between face areas, of the same condition, stored in dictionaries in different sequences, to connect sequences whose degree of similarity is high, and to determine that the face areas belonging to the connected sequences are of the same person. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041313 | User validation of body worn device - A headset includes a detector providing an output indicating a donned or doffed condition, a memory storing a fingerprint data of an authorized headset user, and a fingerprint scanner for generating a fingerprint scan upon detecting a donned condition. The headset includes a finger pad on an exterior of the headset on which a fingerprint of a headset wearer is placed during a validation process and a processor for processing the fingerprint scan to validate the identity of a headset user. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041314 | ROBUST MOSAICING METHOD. NOTABLY WITH CORRECTION OF MOTION DISTORTIONS AND TISSUE DEFORMATIONS FOR A VIVO FIBERED MICROSCOPY - The present invention concerns a mosaicing method taking into account motion distortions, irregularly sampled frames and non-rigid deformations of the imaged tissue. The invention relates to a method for mosaicing frames from a video sequence acquired from a scanning device such as a scanning microscope, the method comprising the steps of:
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20090041315 | System and Method for Robust Segmentation of Tubular Structures in 2D and 3D Images - A method for segmenting tubular structures in medical images includes providing at least a start point and an end point in a digital image volume, minimizing an action surface U | 2009-02-12 |
20090041316 | VIBRATOME ASSISTED SUBSURFACE IMAGING MICROSCOPY (VIBRA-SSIM) - An system and method provide the ability to image a biological sample. A sample is embed to a support matrix that is compatible with an aqueous nature of the sample. A vibrating tissue sectioning system is coupled to a microscope and is used to remove a region of the sample without moving the sample. The sectioning of the sample occurs under a surface of an aqueous buffer in a basin. A positioning system enables the microscope to image adjacent sub-regions of the sample. The microscope image multiple sections of the sample in adjacent subregions using the vibrating tissue sectioning system and the positioning system. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041317 | METHOD OF DENTAL MICROSCOPIC PROCEDURE - A method of dental microscopic procedure, using a digital surgical scope, includes steps for selecting a function of the digital surgical scope to perform, obtaining the corresponding images from the image data taking device or the image data processing/storing device, processing the images by the image data processing/storing device, and displaying the images on the displays. The dental surgical procedure is done by seeing the images displayed on the screen. The digital surgical scope includes a microscope lens assembly for magnifying an optical image of an object and an in-line illumination device for illuminating the object along the same optical axis and from the same direction of the microscope lens assembly. The image data processing/storing device is for manipulating the image taken by the microscope lens assembly and the image data taking device. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041318 | Method for recording measured data of a patient while taking account of movement operations, and an associated medical device - A method is disclosed for recording measured data of a patient while taking account of movement operations by way of a medical device that is designed both for recording movement-related measured data, in particular measured data of high temporal resolution and/or measured data that can be interpolated with regard to movement operations, with the aid of an imaging method and/or by means of at least one sensor element, and also for recording nuclear medicine measured data, in particular of lower temporal resolution. In at least one embodiment, the method includes recording nuclear medicine measured data with the aid of the medical device; simultaneously recording movement-related measured data with the aid of the medical device; determining at least one item of movement information relating to at least one movement operation of the patient and/or in the body of the patient by evaluating at least a portion of the recorded measured data of high temporal resolution on the part of a computing device of the medical device; and adapting at least one item of attenuation correction information available for the computing device and serving for reconstructing the nuclear medicine measured data, doing so as a function of the at least one determined item of movement information. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041319 | LIVING BODY OBSERVATION SYSTEM - A living body observation system of the present invention includes an illumination unit for sequentially emitting as an illumination light a plurality of broad band lights and at least one narrow band light to a subject in a living body to illuminate the subject; an image pickup unit for picking up each image of the subject illuminated by the illumination unit and outputting the image as an image pickup signal; a first image generation unit for, based on the image pickup signals, generating a first observation image according to the plurality of broad band lights, and generating a second observation image according to at least one broad band light of the plurality of broad band lights, and the at least one narrow band light, using predetermined signal processing; and a second image generation unit for combining the first observation image and the second observation image to generate one image. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041320 | ENDOSCOPE INSERTION DIRECTION DETECTING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE INSERTION DIRECTION DETECTING METHOD - An endoscope insertion direction detecting device includes a classification section for performing, on a scene of an endoscope image of a moving image picked up by an endoscope inserted into a body cavity, classification into classes for a plurality of different feature values relating to detection of an endoscope insertion direction in the body cavity; and an insertion direction computing section, provided for each of the classes for the feature values, into which the classification is performed, for computing an insertion direction of the endoscope. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST AUTOMATIC CENTERLINE EXTRACTION FOR VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY - A method for automatic centerline extraction for a virtual endoscopy image of an organ having a boundary surface includes centering on selected points of an initial path through the image, which is derived from an endoscopy dataset, respective spheres exhibiting respective maximal diameters short of contacting the boundary surface; and forming a centered path consecutively joining centers of the spheres. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041322 | Computer Assisted Detection of Polyps Within Lumen Using Enhancement of Concave Area - A method for performing computer assisted diagnosis, includes receiving medical image data of a structure under analysis including background and foreground pixels, matching a set of one or more masks to foreground pixels of the acquired medical image data, converting a background pixel of the acquired medical image data to foreground pixel based on a match between one of the masks and the acquired medical image data, performing morphological dilation on the medical image data with the converted pixel, performing morphological erosion on the dilated medical image data, and identifying one or more regions of interest based on a difference between the original acquired medical image data and the eroded medical image data. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041323 | Systems and Methods for Constructing Images - Techniques and systems for constructing a three-dimensional representations of anatomical structures from a series of images of the structure include creating interpolated images between actual images and defining voxels based on pixel values of the actual and interpolated images. A three-dimensional representation of the structure may be constructed based on the voxels. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041324 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD - An image diagnosis assistance system which includes a medical image management apparatus and an image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a communication network, wherein the medical image management apparatus includes storage unit which stores a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnosis apparatus, extraction unit which extracts, from the medical image, as a diagnosis target image, a partial region including an anatomical region which is the target of image diagnosis, and transmission unit which transmits the diagnosis target image to the image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus via the communication network, and the image diagnosis assistance processing apparatus includes reception unit which receives the diagnosis target image via the communication network, and processing unit which performs image diagnosis assistance processing to assist the image diagnosis concerning the anatomical region with respect to the diagnosis target image. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041325 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CLIPPED ANATOMY IN MEDICAL IMAGES - A method for detecting clipped anatomy in a radiographic image obtains image data for the radiographic image and arranges the image data according to a predetermined image orientation. A set is formed having one or more regions of interest that are located near the borders of the image. Image content is analyzed in each region of interest in the set and one or more regions with clipped anatomy are identified. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041326 | LINE STRUCTURE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR MAMMOGRAPHY CAD - A method for image linear structure detection in medical imaging. The method includes locating microcalcification (mcc) candidate spots in a mammographic image; forming candidate clusters; assigning ranks to the candidate clusters; identifying linear structures in the neighborhood where the candidate clusters reside; and altering the ranks of the candidate clusters for which linear structures have been identified in the neighborhood. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041327 | LINEAR STRUCTURE VERIFICATION IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - A method is disclosed for verifying linear structures in a digital mammographic image, comprising providing a configurable linear structure verifier in mammography computer assisted diagnosis system; optionally using an microcalcification candidate cluster driven linear structure verification methodology; selecting parameters for the linear structure verifier from a plurality of different parameter generating sources, at least one of which is controllable by human input; configuring the verifier according to selected parameters; and verifying linear structure using cascade rules. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041328 | Feature Processing For Lung Nodules In Computer Assisted Diagnosis - Feature processing is provided for lung nodules in computer-assisted diagnosis. A feature that may better distinguish nodules from background is extracted using a Hough transform. Rather than relying on a specific boundary shape, the Hough transform accumulates evidence associated with a region, such as a ring region. The accumulated evidence provides a feature score without requiring a nodule to fit a specific shape. In another approach, a background level is determined from extracted features. Rather than attempting to normalize an image prior to extraction, the features are normalized. The feature normalization and generalized Hough transform extraction may be used together or alone. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041329 | Network Review in Clinical Hematology - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for using digital imaging and networked communications in clinical hematology. An Area of Interest (AOI) on a slide is determined. A high resolution image of the AOI is analyzed for sample integrity and adjusted and rescanned based on programmable parameters. Sensitive HIPAA information is removed from the AOI image stored on a server. The server includes Web 2.0 software applications. A remote user reviews the image and adds metadata to the server. The server manages the work flow between the stored AOI images and the available users. A technician accesses information about a particular image file, as well as other topics, through knowledge management and social network applications. Lab reports are generated based on the metadata. The quality of the metadata is subject to quality control processes. The stored images and associated metadata can be mined for subsequent medical research. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041330 | ENHANCED CHECK IMAGE DARKNESS MEASUREMENTS - A system, method and program product for measuring darkness of a check image. A system is disclosed that includes a system for capturing MICR code line image data from the black white check image; a system for determining a darkness value from the captured MICR code line image data; and a system for determining if the black white check image is acceptable by comparing the darkness value to a threshold, and for outputting a resulting analysis. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041331 | RECURSIVE IMAGE FILTERING - A system, method and program product for cleaning a black white image. A system is disclosed that includes a filtering system that applies a filter to the black white image, wherein the filter examines a set of neighboring pixels of each black pixel and determines if a black pixel being examined should be converted to a white pixel; and a recursive application system that causes the filtering system to repeatedly re-filter the black white image until a determination is made that the black white image is sufficiently cleaned. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041332 | METHODS FOR GENERATING A STANDARD REFERENCE DIE FOR USE IN A DIE TO STANDARD REFERENCE DIE INSPECTION AND METHODS FOR INSPECTING A WAFER - Methods for generating a standard reference die for use in a die to standard reference die inspection and methods for inspecting a wafer are provided. One computer-implemented method for generating a standard reference die for use in a die to standard reference die inspection includes acquiring output of an inspection system for a centrally located die on a wafer and one or more dies located on the wafer. The method also includes combining the output for the centrally located die and the one or more dies based on within die positions of the output. In addition, the method includes generating the standard reference die based on results of the combining step. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041333 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning electron microscope for reducing a process concerning inspection positioning or an input operation, thereby functioning with high precision at high speed. To accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a scanning electron microscope having a function for identifying a desired position on the basis of a pattern registered beforehand, which includes a means for setting information concerning the pattern kind, the interval between a plurality of parts constituting the pattern, and the size of parts constituting the pattern and a means for forming a pattern image composed of a plurality of parts on the basis of the information obtained by the concerned means. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041334 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pattern inspection method includes scanning a substrate on which patterns are formed with a charged beam, detecting a charged particle generated from the surface of the substrate, and then acquiring an image of the patterns; comparing the image of the patterns with CAD data for the patterns to inspect the patterns; measuring the dimensions of an arbitrary pattern using the image; calculating a statistic of a dimensional value of the arbitrary pattern obtained by the measurement; judging the necessity of a correction on the basis of the calculated statistic; and performing correction processing when the correction is judged to be necessary. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041335 | PATTERN DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The pattern defect inspection apparatus is operable to detect defects by comparing a detection image, which is obtained through scanning by an image sensor those patterns that have the identical shape and are continuously disposed on the object under tested at equal intervals in row and column directions, with a reference image obtained by scanning neighboring identical shape patterns in the row and column directions. This apparatus has a unit for generating an average reference image by statistical computation processing from the images of identical shape patterns lying next to the detection image including at least eight nearest chips on the up-and-down and right-and-left sides and at diagonal positions with the detection image being intermediately situated. The apparatus also includes a unit that detects a defect by comparing the detection image to the average reference image thus generated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041336 | STEREO MATCHING SYSTEM AND STEREO MATCHING METHOD USING THE SAME - A stereo matching system and a stereo matching method using the same. Here, a Sum of Edge Differences (SED) method as a disparity estimation method utilizing edge information is added to a disparity estimation method utilizing a local method to perform stereo matching. As such, it is possible to correct false matching in a non-texture region generated when stereo matching is performed using only a local method, thereby enabling good stereo matching. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041337 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Three-dimensional position information of each of feature points in a left and a right image is calculated based on a disparity between the left and right images; a lane marker existing on a road surface is detected from each of the left and right images; based on three-dimensional position information of a lane marker in a neighboring road surface area, by extending the lane marker to a distant area, a lateral direction position, and a depth direction position, of the extended lane marker in the distant area are estimated; an edge segment of a certain length or more is detected from feature points in the distant area in each of a plurality of images; three-dimensional position information of the edge segment is calculated; and, based on the three-dimensional position information of the edge segment, and on the extended lane marker information, a road incline in the distant area is estimated. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041338 | PHOTOGRAPHING FIELD ANGLE CALCULATION APPARATUS - A memory of a photographing field angle calculation apparatus has stored therein the position of each point captured by an imaging system as three coordinate values in horizontal, vertical, and depth directions when a photography space is photographed by the imaging system. A usage pixel value extraction means selects a plurality of points located in end portions in the horizontal direction of a range captured by the imaging system from those stored in the memory based on the vertical coordinate value, and extracts the horizontal and depth coordinate values of each of the selected points. A field angle calculation means calculates a horizontal photographing field angle when the photography space is photographed using the extracted horizontal and depth coordinate values. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041339 | Pseudo 3D image generation device, image encoding device, image encoding method, image transmission method, image decoding device, and image decoding method - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041340 | Image Processing System, Learning Device and Method, and Program - The present invention relates to an image processing system, a learning device and method, and a program which enable easy extraction of feature amounts to be used in a recognition process. Feature points are extracted from a learning-use model image, feature amounts are extracted based on the feature points, and the feature amounts are registered in a learning-use model dictionary registration section | 2009-02-12 |
20090041341 | METHOD FOR MAPPING A COLOR SPECIFIED USING A SMALLER COLOR GAMUT TO A LARGER COLOR GAMUT - A method maps a color specified using a smaller color gamut to a larger color gamut. Under that method, a map in a chromaticity diagram is constructed that provides a direction and a magnitude for a unit change in chroma for a specified pixel value in the chromaticity diagram. Using the magnitude and direction in the map, the specified color is mapped to a new pixel value corresponding to a predetermined shift in chromaticity. Preferably, the new pixel value preserves the hue of the specified color, and its luminance related to that of the specified color. Also, the new pixel value preferably has a greater color saturation than the specified pixel value. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR VALUE OF PIXEL - A method and a system are used for determining color value of a pixel for an image processing operation, including steps of: providing a reference depth value representing a level of motion of the pixel; providing a plurality of color values and corresponding depth values of the pixel at a plurality of levels of motion; and selecting a target color value of the pixel among the plurality of color values according to the reference depth value and the plurality of depth values. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an analyzing unit, a determining unit and a color conversion unit. The analyzing unit analyzes colors being used in an image. The determining unit determines, based on an analysis result provided by the analyzing unit, as to whether or not the colors being used in the image are converted into one or more limited colors. When the determining unit determines that the colors being used in the image are converted into the one or more limited colors, the color conversion unit converts the colors being used in the image into the one or more limited colors. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041344 | Methods and Systems for Determining a Background Color in a Digital Image - Aspects of the present invention are related to methods and systems for determining a background color in a digital image. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FACILITATING SEARCH BY COLOR - A system and method of facilitating search by color processes an image of an item to obtain its color space parameter values and/or color names based on the color space parameter values, and adds the color space parameter values and/or color names as color attribute of the item. When a user inputs a color as a search criterion, the method searches the color attributes of items, and returns a list of items matching the color selected by the user. | 2009-02-12 |
20090041346 | Image processing apparatus capable of accurately removing isolated point noise, image processing method, and computer readable medium - An isolated point detection portion detects an isolated point in image data input from an image data adjustment portion. An isolated point removal portion makes a replacement of image data at a point of an isolated point detected by the isolated point detection portion. An edge identification portion performs edge identification for identifying a character region for the image data from which the isolated point has been removed by the isolated point removal portion. In this technique, edge identification is performed after the isolated point is erased by performing isolated point identification as a preliminary step of edge identification, so that isolated point noise can be removed with high accuracy. | 2009-02-12 |