20th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130121500 | DRIVING OF PARAMETRIC LOUDSPEAKERS - A parametric loudspeaker system comprises a pre-compensator ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121501 | ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTAKE SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - An active noise control apparatus for an intake system of a vehicle may include a filter mounted on a portion of the intake system for blocking foreign materials; and a speaker assembly detachably installed at the portion to which the filter is mounted. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121502 | VEHICULAR SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS - A vehicular apparatus receives music data from a portable terminal through a first communication device and stores the music data to a memory unit. The vehicular apparatus then outputs the music data stored to a music playback apparatus. The vehicular apparatus continues the output of the music data stored in the memory unit even after disconnection of the first communication device with the portable terminal, and the vehicular apparatus output the music data when the vehicular apparatus receives the music data from the portable terminal through a second communication device, without interrupting the playback of the music data over the switching of communication devices. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121503 | LOCATION-INDEXED AUDIO CONTENT - Associations between pieces of electronic audio content and geographic locations are stored. An indication of a present link between an electronic device and a particular geographic location is received. A particular piece of electronic audio content is identified as being related to the particular geographic location. The identified piece of electronic audio content then is made available to the electronic device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121504 | MICROPHONE ARRAY WITH DAISY-CHAIN SUMMATION - Microphone stages in a microphone array may be coupled together in a daisy chain. Each stage may include a microphone, an analog to digital converter, a decimation unit, a receiver, an adder, and a transmitter. The converter may convert analog audio microphone signals into digital codes that may be decimated. The adder may add decimated digital codes in each stage to a cumulative sum of decimated digital codes from prior stages. This new sum may be transmitted to the next microphone stage, where the adder may add the decimated digital codes from that stage to the cumulative sum. A serial interface may be used to connect the transmitters and receivers of each of the stages. The serial interface may be used to transmit the cumulative sum of decimated digital codes between the stages. The serial interface may also be used to transmit configuration data between the stages. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121505 | MICROPHONE ARRAY CONFIGURATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An apparatus comprises a plurality of microphone units including at least a first microphone unit and a second microphone unit, each of the first and second microphone units comprising a microphone, an analog-to-digital converter, and a local memory. The microphone is configured to capture an analog audio signal. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog audio signal created by the microphone into a digital audio signal. The local memory is configured to store the digital audio signal. The apparatus further comprises, a controller unit comprising a processor configured to process the digital audio signals. The first microphone unit and the second microphone unit are operatively connected to the controller unit in a series configuration, the second microphone unit being configured to output the digital audio signal to the first microphone unit, and the first microphone unit being configured to output the digital audio signal to the controller unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121506 | Online Source Separation - Online source separation may include receiving a sound mixture that includes first audio data from a first source and second audio data from a second source. Online source separation may further include receiving pre-computed reference data corresponding to the first source. Online source separation may also include performing online separation of the second audio data from the first audio data based on the pre-computed reference data. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - The present invention provides methods and systems for digitally processing audio signals. Some embodiments receive an audio signal and converting it to a digital signal. The gain of the digital signal may be adjusted a first time, using a digital processing device located between a receiver and a driver circuit. The adjusted signal can be filtered with a first low shelf filter. The systems and methods may compress the filtered signal with a first compressor, process the signal with a graphic equalizer, and compress the processed signal with a second compressor. The gain of the compressed signal can be adjusted a second time. These may be done using the digital processing device. The signal may then be output through an amplifier and driver circuit to drive a personal audio listening device. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may be part of the personal audio listening device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121508 | Non-Speech Content for Low Rate CELP Decoder - A method and device for modifying a synthesis of a time-domain excitation decoded by a time-domain decoder, wherein the synthesis of the decoded time-domain excitation is classified into one of a number of categories. The decoded time-domain excitation is converted into a frequency-domain excitation, and the frequency-domain excitation is modified as a function of the category in which the synthesis of the decoded time-domain excitation is classified. The modified frequency-domain excitation is converted into a modified time-domain excitation, and a synthesis filter is supplied with the modified time-domain excitation to produce a modified synthesis of the decoded time-domain excitation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121509 | Sound Transducer with Interdigitated First and Second Sets of Comb Fingers - A sound transducer includes a substrate with a cavity with extending from a first surface of the substrate, a body at least partially covering the cavity and being connected to the substrate by at least one resilient hinge, a first set of comb fingers mounted to the substrate, and a second set of comb fingers mounted to the body. The first set of comb fingers and the second set of comb fingers are interdigitated and configured to create an electrostatic force driving the body in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate. The body and the at least one resilient hinge are configured for a resonant or a near-resonant excitation by the electrostatic force. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121510 | CONTROLLING TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a controlling terminal apparatus including: a transmission section transmitting and outputting a control signal to a plurality of sound outputting apparatus; a display section; an operation detection section detecting an operation for the displayed substance of the display section; and a control section controlling the display section to display, for each of the sound outputting apparatus, an individual sound volume setting region and a master sound volume setting region, the control section changing, when an operation for the master sound volume setting region is detected by the operation detection section, the sound volume setting of each of the individual sound volume setting regions using a value with respect to an operable amount of each of the individual sound volume setting regions, generating control signals indicative of the new sound volume settings, and controlling the transmission section to transmit and output the control signals. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121511 | User-Guided Audio Selection from Complex Sound Mixtures - A system and method are described for selecting a target sound object from a sound mixture. In embodiments, a sound mixture comprises a plurality of sound objects superimposed in time. A user can select one of these sound objects by providing reference audio data corresponding to a reference sound object. The system analyzes the audio data and the reference audio data to identify a portion of the audio data corresponding to a target sound object in the mixture that is most similar to the reference sound object. The analysis may include decomposing the reference audio data into a plurality of reference components and the sound mixture into a plurality of components guided by the reference components. The target sound object can be re-synthesized from the target components. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121512 | AUDIO AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes: a first operational signal path arranged to generate a first pre-output signal according to an input signal under a first operating mode of the amplifier; a second operational signal path arranged to generate a second pre-output signal according to the input signal under a second operating mode of the amplifier; and an output stage, coupled to the first operational signal path and the second operational signal path, for outputting a first output signal according to the first pre-output signal under the first operating mode and outputting a second output signal according to the second pre-output signal under the second operating mode, wherein the first operational signal path and the second operational signal path are arranged to share at least one common circuit element for generating the first pre-output signal and the second pre-output signal under the first operating mode and the second operating mode, respectively. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121513 | OPENING TYPE BONE CONDUCTION EARPHONE - An opening type bone conduction earphone which eliminates headband and has a compact and simple structure comprising a magnetic body, which has an aeration hole, which is able to communicate with the outside world when wearing, at the center part of the axial direction, at least one or more dampers provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, and a coil bobbin, which is provided at the outer circumference of the magnetic body, accommodates the damper within a trunk part, and in which a coil is wound at the outer circumference of the trunk part, is provided. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121514 | FLEXIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC SOUND-GENERATING DEVICES - A sound-generating device comprises at least two first enclosures and a thin film. The at least two first enclosures with at least one first bendable element coupled between two neighboring first enclosures. The thin film comprising at least one electrode and at least one piezoelectric layer, the at least one electrode being coupled with a terminal of an audio signal output, wherein the at least one piezoelectric layer is configured to respond to a signal supplied by the audio signal output and to generate sound waves. The thin film and the at least two first enclosures are coupled together forming at least two first cavities between the thin film and the first enclosure, and the first bendable element is attached to the thin film. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121515 | LOUDSPEAKERS WITH POSITION TRACKING - The present invention combines a head-tracking system, for example a camera system typically used for user head and eye tracking, with a plurality of loudspeakers to as to enhance the audio experience of the user. The location of the user can be used to alter the audio signal sent to the plurality of loudspeakers to improve such functions as surround sound. In addition, the camera system can be used, when combined with an array of loudspeakers that can produce tight beams of sound, to direct different sound beams at different users, with virtually no crosstalk so as to allow users to experience different media from the same audio system, and which is tolerant of changed user positions. In addition, the camera system can aid setting up the array for real surround sound delivery, which bounces sound beams off wall. Cross-talk cancellation can additionally be used. The sound beams may represent 2-D or 3-D sound sources in real time. Sound beam parameters are adjusted to provide the listener with in impression of the 2-D or 3-D position and movement of sound-producing entities of audio-visual programme material in real-time. The beam parameters used include beam-direction, beam focal length, frequency response and gain. Such a Sound Projector producing a real-time representation of 3-D sound sources can be used alone or in conjunction with a video display, a television, a personal computer or a games console. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOUND REPRODUCTION - A sound reproduction system for reproducing an audio signal as originating from a first direction relative to a nominal position ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING AUDIBLE NOISE WITH TIME VARYING VOLUME TO AUDIO DEVICES - A method and apparatus for adding audible noise with time varying volume to audio devices are disclosed which makes the time varying volume envelope of the added audible noise proportional to the time varying volume envelope of sound for frequencies where an individual has a restricted range of perception. The method and apparatus are used to improve the audibility, speech intelligibility, and word recognition characteristics in audio devices. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121518 | EAR DEVICE FOR IMPROVED FIT AND SOUND - The present invention is directed to an in-the-ear device sized and shaped such that the in-the-ear device universally and ergonomically fits into the human ear without slipping out and providing the user with a comfortable fit. The in-the-ear device is secured in the user's ear taking advantage of the natural curvature of the human to provide support and shift the center of gravity from outside the ear to further inside the pinna to prevent the device from slipping out while retaining a high level of comfort. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121519 | HEARING AID RETAINER ACCESSORY - A hearing aid retainer accessory to be used together with a hearing aid is provided having a housing with a relatively large diameter longitudinal end face portion and a relatively smaller diameter hook-end to which a hook is attached. The hearing aid retainer accessory comprises an elongated string with a first end portion and a second portion, a first attaching means connected to the first end portion and a second attaching means connected to the second portion, wherein the first attaching means is attachable to a hook of a hearing aid, the second attaching means is attachable to a longitudinal end face portion of a housing of a hearing aid, such that a retaining ring is formed of both the geometry of a hearing aid and the elongated string. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121520 | PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a main board and a screen module fixed on the main board and located between the housing and the main board. The housing defines a resisting portion resisted against the main board. When an external force is out on the housing, the resisting portion can transmit the external force to the main board to protect the screen module from damage by the external force. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121521 | DIAPHRAGM FOR AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC HORN SYSTEM - The invention relates to an improved diaphragm securing mechanism in a sound wave generator system for an electric horn system that includes a monolithic rigid housing member having a receiving opening for fixably housing, in an non-removable and secure manner following assembly, a compressor member, thereby preventing unintended separation and improving a reliability of the electric horn system. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121522 | COAXIAL SPEAKER SYSTEM HAVING A COMPRESSION CHAMBER WITH A HORN - Coaxial two-way or more loudspeaker system ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121523 | ELECTRIC COMPONENT HAVING A SHALLOW PHYSICAL SHAPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Electric components and methods of manufacture are specified. An electric component comprises a carrier having a recess which penetrates the carrier and also a first chip and external contact area. The first chip is arranged in the recess in the carrier. The external contact area is provided for connecting up the first chip to an external circuit environment. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121524 | HEADSET STRUCTURE - A headset structure is disclosed. The headset structure includes a microphone boom and an earphone housing. An elastic positioning structure is formed on an outer surface of the microphone boom, and the earphone housing has a gear-shaped notch adjusting structure for matching with the elastic positioning structure. In the present invention, the length of the microphone boom can be adjusted to be lengthened or shortened as required by the elastic positioning structure of the microphone boom and the gear-shaped notch adjusting structure of the earphone housing. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121525 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Sensor Format Factors from Image Metadata - Method and apparatus for determining sensor format factors from image metadata in which one of multiple techniques is applied to determine a sensor format factor for a camera from information in the metadata. Information from the metadata may be used to identify which of the multiple techniques to use. For example, the camera make and model may be used to determine a particular technique to use. As another example, the presence or absence of particular attributes or values for particular attributes may be used in determining a particular technique. In one embodiment, a profile database may be searched according to information in the metadata to determine if a sensor format factor for the camera is in the database. If the sensor format factor for the camera is not in the database, other information in the metadata may be examined to determine a particular technique from among the plurality of techniques. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121526 | COMPUTING 3D SHAPE PARAMETERS FOR FACE ANIMATION - A three-dimensional shape parameter computation system and method for computing three-dimensional human head shape parameters from two-dimensional facial feature points. A series of images containing a user's face is captured. Embodiments of the system and method deduce the 3D parameters of the user's head by examining a series of captured images of the user over time and in a variety of head poses and facial expressions, and then computing an average. An energy function is constructed over a batch of frames containing 2D face feature points obtained from the captured images, and the energy function is minimized to solve for the head shape parameters valid for the batch of frames. Head pose parameters and facial expression and animation parameters can vary over each captured image in the batch of frames. In some embodiments this minimization is performed using a modified Gauss-Newton minimization technique using a single iteration. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF VIDEO CONTENT, EVENT NOTIFICATION, AND VIDEO CONTENT PROVISION - A method for remote event notification over a data network is disclosed. The method includes receiving video data from any source, analyzing the video data with reference to a profile to select a segment of interest associated with an event of significance, encoding the segment of interest, and sending to a user a representation of the segment of interest for display at a user display device. A further method for sharing video data based on content according to a user-defined profile over a data network is disclosed. The method includes receiving the video data, analyzing the video data for relevant content according to the profile, consulting a profile to determine a treatment of the relevant content, and sending data representative of the relevant content according to the treatment. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121528 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An information presentation device includes an object information acquiring unit and an information presentation control unit. The object information acquiring unit acquires object identification information and relative positional information on the relative position between an object and a camera. The object identification information and the relative positional information are obtained by performing processing for detecting and identifying the object for image data. The information presentation control unit controls presentation of information on the basis of the object identification information and the relative positional information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121529 | MILLIMETER-WAVE SUBJECT SURVEILLANCE WITH BODY CHARACTERIZATION FOR OBJECT DETECTION - An imaging apparatus may include an interrogating apparatus, such as a scanner, configured to transmit toward and receive from a test subject in a target position, electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range of about 100 MHz to about 2 THz. The interrogating apparatus or scanner may produce an image signal representative of the received radiation. A controller may store in memory reference-image data for at least one reference subject. The controller may produce test-image data from the image signal and may compare at least a portion of the test-image data with at least a portion of the reference-image data for the at least one reference subject. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121530 | MICROSCOPY METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL TARGET OBJECTS - The invention relates to a microscopy method for identifying target objects ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING A REAL SCENE - Systems and devices for augmenting a real scene in a video stream are disclosed herein. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121532 | 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. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121533 | INTER-TRAJECTORY ANOMALY DETECTION USING ADAPTIVE VOTING EXPERTS IN A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A sequence layer in a machine-learning engine configured to learn from the observations of a computer vision engine. In one embodiment, the machine-learning engine uses the voting experts to segment adaptive resonance theory (ART) network label sequences for different objects observed in a scene. The sequence layer may be configured to observe the ART label sequences and incrementally build, update, and trim, and reorganize an ngram trie for those label sequences. The sequence layer computes the entropies for the nodes in the ngram trie and determines a sliding window length and vote count parameters. Once determined, the sequence layer may segment newly observed sequences to estimate the primitive events observed in the scene as well as issue alerts for inter-sequence and intra-sequence anomalies. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121534 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Sensing Apparatus - A tracking process portion includes a search area setting portion for setting a search area in the input image, an image analysis portion for analyzing an image in the search area, an auxiliary track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis, a track value setting portion for setting an auxiliary track value based on a result of the analysis and deciding whether the set track value is correct or not, and a track target detection portion for detecting a track object from the image in the search area based on the track value. If the set track value is incorrect, the track value setting portion performs a switching operation for setting the auxiliary track value and a track value. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121535 | DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSITION AREA IN SPACE - Provided is a transition area detection device capable of detecting, with high precision, a transition area in a space without using a positioning sensor. The transition area detection device has a corresponding point search-use feature point selection unit for selecting feature points used for determining a reference image from among feature points of an input image (captured image), a geometric transformation parameter calculation-use feature point selection unit for selecting feature points used for calculating geometric transformation parameters from among feature points of the input image and feature points of the reference image, and a degree of similarity calculation-use feature point selection unit; for selecting feature points used for obtaining a degree of similarity between the captured image and the reference image from among the feature points of the input image and the feature points of the reference image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121536 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC LIGHTS - A traffic light control device for adjusting time duration of illumination of lights of a traffic light, includes several image capturing units to capture images of specific areas around the traffic light, and an image analysis unit to divide each image captured by the image capturing units into a plurality of areas, and to analyze the plurality of areas to determine which of the plurality of areas contain predefined objects. Further provided are a calculating unit to calculate ratio of a number of areas containing predefined objects of each captured image to a total number of the areas of each captured image; and a control module to determine whether to adjust the time duration of illumination of the lights of the traffic light based on the ratio calculated based on the images captured by the image capturing units. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121537 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This image processing apparatus is an image processing apparatus for measuring a subject distance using a plurality of captured images acquired by capturing the same subject in a plurality of imaging states in succession of time, and includes a target motion amount estimation unit that estimates a target motion amount representing an amount of shift in subject position between first and second images among the captured images, the first image being captured in a first imaging state and a second image being captured in a second imaging state different from the first imaging state, a corrected image generation unit that generates a corrected image by performing motion compensation on the second image based on the target motion amount, and an image processing unit that performs image processing such as measuring a subject distance or generating an HDR image, using the first image and the corrected image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for determining the position of a sporting projectile within a scene during a time interval in which the sporting projectile is hidden from the view of a camera, the apparatus comprising:
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20130121539 | VALUABLE FILE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE THEREOF - A valuable file identification method includes step 1: selecting a characteristic area of the valuable file, and extracting a valuable file characteristic for last classification; step 2: an input valuable file is fast classified according to the extracted valuable file characteristic in step 1 to gain the banknote kind, denomination, direction and image quality information of the valuable file, and the banknote with better image quality and bad image quality are selected; step 3: an image restoration technique is utilized based on a partial differential equation to restore the old banknote image; step 4: the new banknote is directly identified and the old banknote is identified via the restored image to judge the authenticity of the current banknote; step 5: a result is output. The method enables eliminating restoration treatment for images comprising good quality and uninterested area, and saving time and improving system processing efficiency. A valuable file identification system and a valuable file identification device are also disclosed. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121540 | Facial Recognition Using Social Networking Information - In particular embodiments, one or more images associated with a primary user are received. The image(s) may comprise single images, a series of related images, or video frames. In each image, one or more faces may be detected and/or tracked. For each face, one or more candidates are selected who may be identified with the face. Each candidate may be connected to the primary user within a social network. A candidate score for each candidate associated with a detected face. Finally, the winning candidate is determined, and a suggestion to identify the detected face as being the winning candidate is presented. Some embodiments may operate upon video clips as the video is captured by a mobile device. Some embodiments may operate upon series of images as they are uploaded to or viewed on a website. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121541 | Method And Apparatus To Authenticate User - A method of authenticating a user of a second device connected to a first device peer-to-peer (P2P) on a network, the method including receiving real-time image information containing a face of the user of the second device from the second device, displaying the received real-time image information on a screen of the first device, receiving user authentication information to determine whether the user of the second device is authenticated with reference to the displayed real-time image information, from a user of the first device, and authenticating the user of the second device, based on the received user authentication information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121542 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE INCLUDING TEMPLATE VALIDATION AND RELATED METHODS - An authentication device may include a housing and a finger sensor carried by the housing and including first processing circuitry and a finger sensing area coupled thereto. The first processing circuitry may be configured to generate finger image data based upon a finger positioned adjacent the finger sensing area, and generate and store a first template based upon the finger image data. The authentication device may include second processing circuitry carried by the housing and configured to obtain the finger image data from the first processing circuitry. The second processing circuitry may be configured to generate a second template based upon the finger image data. The first processing circuitry may further be configured to obtain the second template from second processing circuitry, and validate the second template against the first template. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121543 | LESION FEATURE CALCULATING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a device and method for calculating a lesion feature. The device includes a border discriminator configured to discriminate a border of a lesion on an image of an image signal, a border sharpness normalizer configured to normalize a border sharpness based on the border determined by the border discriminator and output the normalized border sharpness as a feature, and a vector generator configured to generate a vector having the feature outputted from the border discriminator as a component. Therefore, by using the lesion feature calculating device and method according to embodiments of the present invention, types of lesions on ultrasonic images are classified based on the borders of the lesions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121544 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR PRESSURE IMAGE REGISTRATION - An image registration system and methods that enables mapping of a surface's image scan, such as wound image scans, to each other for comparison and study, due to the variations in the image captures. Correspondence between two images is established and an optimal transformation between two images is determined. The two images (source and target) are either from the same scene acquired at different times or from different views. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121545 | Method and System for Automatic Lung Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Videos - A method and system for automatic lung segmentation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images and videos is disclosed. A plurality of predetermined key landmarks of a lung are detected in an MRI image. The key landmarks may be detected using discriminative joint contexts representing combinations of multiple key landmarks. A lung boundary is segmented in the MRI image based on the detected key landmarks. The landmark detection and the lung boundary segmentation can be repeated in each frame of an MRI video. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121546 | INSPECTION OF REGION OF INTEREST - An imaging system for inspection of a region of interest. The system includes a data processing and analyzing utility responsive to input data indicative of one or more images of a region of interest and identifying one or more objects therein. The data processing and analyzing utility includes a visualization processor utility and a computer aided detection processor connected to the visualization processor utility. The visualization processor utility is configured and operable for receiving the input image data, converting the received image data into a desired representation, and decomposing image data of said desired representation into different components. The computer aided detection processor is configured and operable for scoring said components according to one or more predetermined scoring schemes, and classifying the blobs and contours according to a degree of match with reference data indicative of one or more predetermined objects. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121547 | Diffusion Tensor Imaging Confidence Analysis - A system and method can increase confidence or other factors of a tract identified in a selected image data. The system can use various confidence determining factors to identify confidence in the identified tract. The identified tract can be used for various purposes, such as diagnosis or treatment. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121548 | ADAPTIVE VISUALIZATION FOR DIRECT PHYSICIAN USE - A method of modifying a three dimensional (3D) volume visualization image of an anatomical structure in real time to separate desired portions thereof. The method includes providing a two dimensional (2D) image slice of a 3D volume visualization image of an anatomical structure, identifying portions of the anatomical structure of interest, and providing a prototype image of desired portions of the anatomical structure. The method then includes using an evolver to evolve parameters of an algorithm that employs a transfer function to map optical properties to intensity values coinciding with the portions of the anatomical structure of interest to generate an image that sufficiently matches the prototype image. If the parameters match the prototype image, the method then includes applying the transfer function to additional 2D image slices of the 3D volume visualization image to generate a modified 3D volume visualization image of the anatomical structure. The method includes using a pattern recognizer to assist the evolver, to classify whether a view is normal or abnormal, and to extract the characteristic of an abnormality if and when detected. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121549 | ORGAN-SPECIFIC ENHANCEMENT FILTER FOR ROBUST SEGMENTATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES - An imager ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121550 | Non-Contrast-Enhanced 4D MRA Using Compressed Sensing Reconstruction - A reconstructed image is rendered of a patient by a processor from a set of undersampled MRI data by first subtracting two repetitions of the acquired data in k-space to create a third dataset. The processor reconstructs the image by minimizing an objective function under a constraint related to the third dataset, wherein the objective function includes applying a Karhunen-Loeve Transform (KLT) to a temporal dimension of data. The objective function under the constraint is expressed as arg min | 2013-05-16 |
20130121551 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTATION OF RADIOPAQUE STRUCTURES IN IMAGES - A method of determining a model of a marker includes obtaining projection images, each of the projection images having an image of a marker that indicates a shape of the marker, determining binary images of the marker for respective ones of the projection images, and constructing a three-dimensional model of the marker using the binary images, the three-dimensional model comprising a set of voxels in a three-dimensional space that collectively indicates a three-dimensional shape of the marker, wherein the act of constructing the three-dimensional model is performed using a processing unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF ORGANS ON MR IMAGES - A method for segmenting organs on magnetic resonance (MR) images includes retrieving an MR image of a subject and generating a transformation matrix by segmenting bones on the MR image. An initial organ segmentation of the MR image is generated by registering a combined organ and bone atlas with the MR image using the transformation matrix. The MR image with initial organ segmentation may be shown on a display. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATISTICAL ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION - Methods and apparatus for statistical iterative reconstruction are provided. One method includes pre-processing acquired raw measurement data to modify the raw data measurement data and determining a change in a variance of the raw measurement data resulting from the modification to the raw measurement data during pre-processing. The method also includes reconstructing an image using the modified raw measurement data resulting from the pre-processing and the determined change in variance. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121554 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING REDUNDANT HAAR WAVELETS - A method for image reconstruction includes receiving under-sampled k-space data, determining a data fidelity term of a first image of the under-sampled k-space data in view of a second image of the under-sampled k-space data, wherein a time component separated the first image and the second image, determining a spatial penalization on redundant Haar wavelet coefficients of the first image in view of the second image, and optimizing the first image according the data fidelity term and the spatial penalization, wherein the spatial penalization selectively penalizes temporal coefficients and an optimized image of the first image is output. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121555 | RECONSTRUCTION OF IMAGE DATA - A method and image reconstruction facility are disclosed for reconstructing an image dataset based on a projection dataset acquired with the aid of an x-ray computed tomography apparatus. With an embodiment of the method, a first image dataset is reconstructed based on the projection dataset and an edge image dataset is generated, which indicates a measure of an edge strength of edges occurring in at least one spatial/temporal direction in the first image dataset, as a function of location. An output image dataset is then generated based on the first image dataset, with the resolution in the first image dataset being increased as a function of location in at least one spatial/temporal direction taking into account the edge image dataset. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121556 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A medical imaging system includes: an image generating unit which captures an image of a subject and generates a medical image which is a still image; a region extracting unit which extracts a subject region from the medical image and extracts a local region which includes no edge from the subject region; a motion judging unit which extracts high spatial frequency components from the local region extracted by the region extracting unit and judges whether there is any motion in the subject during image capture based on the extracted high spatial frequency components; and a controlling unit which causes an outputting unit to output a judgment result made by the motion judging unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED BIOLOGICAL CELL ASSAY DATA ANALYSIS - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a system | 2013-05-16 |
20130121558 | Point Selection in Bundle Adjustment - In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a set of three dimensional ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130121559 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY - A method for determining an augmented reality scene by a mobile device includes estimating 3D geometry and lighting conditions of the sensed scene based on stereoscopic images captured by a pair of imaging devices. The device accesses intrinsic calibration parameters of a pair of imaging devices of the device independent of a sensed scene of the augmented reality scene. The device determines two dimensional disparity information of a pair of images from the device independent of a sensed scene of the augmented reality scene. The device estimates extrinsic parameters of a sensed scene by the pair of imaging devices, including at least one of rotation and translation. The device calculates a three dimensional image based upon a depth of different parts of the sensed scene based upon a stereo matching technique. The device incorporates a three dimensional virtual object in the three dimensional image to determine the augmented reality scene. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121560 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, a first calculating unit, and a second calculating unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a plurality of captured images by imaging a target object from a plurality of positions. The second acquiring unit acquires a provisional three-dimensional position and a provisional size. The first setting unit sets at least one search candidate point near the provisional three-dimensional position. The second setting unit sets a search window for each projection position where the search candidate point is projected, the search window having a size. The first calculating unit calculates an evaluation value that represents whether or not the target object is included inside the search window. The second calculating unit calculates a three-dimensional position of the target object based on the evaluation value. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121561 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Detecting an Object in Response to Depth Information - First information is about respective depths of pixel coordinates within an image. Second information is about respective depths of the pixel coordinates within a ground plane. In response to comparing the first information against the second information, respective markings are generated to identify whether any one or more of the pixel coordinates within the image has significant protrusion from the ground plane. In response to a particular depth of a representative pixel coordinate within the image, a window of pixel coordinates is identified that is formed by different pixel coordinates and the representative pixel coordinate. In response to the respective markings, respective probabilities are computed for the pixel coordinates, so that the respective probability for the representative pixel coordinate is computed in response to the respective markings of all pixel coordinates within the window. In response to the respective probabilities, at least one object is detected within the image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121562 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Identifying Locations of Detected Objects - First and second objects are detected within an image. The first object includes first pixel columns, and the second object includes second pixel columns. A rightmost one of the first pixel columns is adjacent to a leftmost one of the second pixel columns. A first equation is fitted to respective depths of the first pixel columns, and a first depth is computed of the rightmost one of the first pixel columns in response to the first equation. A second equation is fitted to respective depths of the second pixel columns, and a second depth is computed of the leftmost one of the second pixel columns in response to the second equation. The first and second objects are merged in response to the first and second depths being sufficiently similar to one another, and in response to the first and second equations being sufficiently similar to one another. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121563 | PRIORITIZED COMPRESSION FOR VIDEO - In one embodiment, a method of prioritized compression for 3D video wireless display, the method comprising: inputting video data; abstracting scene depth of the video data; estimating foreground and background for each image of the video data; performing different kinds of compressions to the foreground and background in each image; and outputting the processed video data. Thus, the image quality is not affected by the data loss during the wireless transmission. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121564 | POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit 101, a plane labeling unit 102, a contour calculating unit 103, and a point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106. The non-plane area removing unit 101 removes point cloud data relating to non-plane areas from point cloud data in which a two-dimensional image of an object is linked with data of three-dimensional coordinates of plural points that form the two-dimensional image. The plane labeling unit 102 adds labels for identifying planes with respect to the point cloud data in which the data of the non-plane areas are removed. The contour calculating unit 103 calculates a contour of the object by using local flat planes based on a local area that is connected with the labeled plane. The point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106 requests remeasurement of the point cloud data. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121565 | Method and Apparatus for Local Region Selection - Methods and apparatus for local region selection are described. A scribble-based, edge-aware local region selection tool or module that implements a local region selection method may allow a user to draw scribbles or strokes indicating different classes of content. The method may train Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) for each class from the user input. The GMMs may be applied to the image to generate a probability map for each class. Post-processing may be optionally performed to remove structural outliers. The probability maps may be smoothed using a geodesic smoothing technique. A geodesic smoothing technique may be applied that considers other classes when smoothing each class to limit or prevent propagation of a region corresponding to the class into other regions corresponding to other classes. The smoothed probability maps may be combined to generate a final region selection mask. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121566 | Automatic Image Adjustment Parameter Correction - Techniques are disclosed relating to modifying an automatically predicted adjustment. In one embodiment, the automatically predicted adjustment may be adjusted, for example, based on a rule. The automatically predicted adjustment may be based on a machine learning prediction. A new image may be globally adjusted based on the modified automatically predicted adjustment. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121567 | DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES IN A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for determining characteristics of light sources. In one embodiment, an image comprising pixels may be received. The image may be affected by a plurality of light sources including a first light source and a second light source. The first light source and the second light source may overlap. The intensity and direction of each of the plurality of light sources in the image may be determined. In one embodiment, the color of each light source may also be determined. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121568 | System and Method of Image Upsampling - A method includes receiving an image having a first resolution and generating an upsampled image having a second resolution based on the image. A multi-dimensional data structure corresponding to a multi-dimensional image space is generated from the upsampled image. Each node of the data structure is determined based on a weighted sum of values of one or more pixels in the upsampled image. Each of the one or more pixels corresponds to a pixel in the received image and is located within a region of the image space having a vertex defined by the node. A filter modifies the values of the nodes and a second upsampled image is generated based on the modified values of the nodes. Each pixel of the second upsampled image not corresponding to a pixel in the received image is determined based on a weighted sum of the modified values of one or more nodes. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121569 | Methods and Apparatus for Blending Images - Methods and apparatus for blending regions from multiple images to produce a blended image. An image blending module may obtain multiple digital images of a scene. A base image and a source image are selected, and a stroke is applied to the source image to indicate a desired region which is to be blended with the base image. A region in the source image is identified from the stroke using a segmentation technique such as a graph cut algorithm, and the identified region is blended with the corresponding region of the base image, for example using alpha blending. Additional strokes may be applied to the source image to select other regions to be blended with the base image. A different image may be selected as a source image, and a region from the different image may be selected for blending with the base image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121570 | Methods and Apparatus for Visual Search - For each image of a set of images, the each image is characterized with a set of fixed-orientation texture descriptors and a set of color descriptors. The set of images is indexed in a color index and a texture index. Similarly, a query image is characterized with a set of fixed-orientation texture descriptors. The set of fixed orientation texture descriptors of the query image includes a set of fixed orientation descriptors for each of a set of rotated query images, and a set of color descriptors of the query image. A rotated local Bag-of-Features (BoF) operation is performed upon the set of rotated query images and the set of images. Each of the set of images is ranked based on the rotated local Bag-of-Features operation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH PORTIONS OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES AND FEATURES THEREOF - Embodiments enable searching of portions of objects in images, including programmatically analyzing each image in a collection in order to determine image data that, for individual images in the collection, represents one or more visual characteristics of a portion of an object shown in that image. A user is enabled to specify one or more search criteria that includes image data, and a search result may be determined based on one or more images in the collection that show a corresponding object that has a portion that satisfies a threshold. The threshold is defined at least in part by the one or more search criteria. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121572 | Methods and Apparatus for Tone Mapping High Dynamic Range Images - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for tone mapping High Dynamic Range (HDR) images. An input HDR image is separated into luminance and color. Luminance is processed to obtain a base layer and a detail layer. The base layer is compressed according to a non-linear remapping function to reduce the dynamic range, and the detail layer is adjusted. The layers are combined to generate output luminance, and the output luminance and color are combined to generate an output image. A base layer compression technique may be used that analyzes the details and compresses the base layer accordingly to provide space at the top of the intensity scale where the details are displayed to thus generate output images that are visually better than images generated using conventional techniques. User interface elements may be provided via which a user may control one or more parameters of the tone mapping method. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121573 | HYBRID CODEC FOR COMPOUND IMAGE COMPRESSION - One or more portions of a compound image may be classified as picture portions and at least one remaining portion of the compound image may be classified as a non-picture portion. A first layer of a layered image may be generated based on the picture portions of the compound image. The first layer may be compliant with a first image format. A second layer of the layered image may be generated based on the non-picture portion. The second layer may be compliant with a second image format that is different from the first image format. The first layer and the second layer may be sent to a web browser. The first format and the second format may be supported by the web browser. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121574 | ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION OF MULTI-LEVEL IMAGES - The invention facilitates adaptive compression of multi-level images, such as captured digital images of a whiteboard, etc., encoding a bitstream comprising a color image component and a black-and-white image component. Either or both of a color and a black-and-white image can be output to a user based on user desires, receiving device capabilities, etc. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121575 | IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS USING MAIN COLOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling an image analysis apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving a query image; determining at least one main color distributed in the query image and a specific main color from among the at least one main color by using color information contained in the query image; dividing the query image into at least one block having a predetermined number of pixels; and determining whether each of the at least one block includes more than a predetermined percentage of a main color for comparison among the at least main color, and creating a binary spatial distribution map by digitizing the at least one block. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121576 | AUTOMATIC TONE MAPPING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A tone-mapping method for adjusting a contrast of an image includes generating a luminance histogram of the image according to a luminance and a sharpness of the image; performing histogram equalization on the luminance histogram, to generate a luminance mapping function corresponding to the image; performing a weighted operation on the luminance mapping function and a linear function, to generate a weighted luminance mapping function corresponding to the image; generating a tone-mapping look-up table corresponding to the image according to the weighted luminance mapping function; and adjusting the luminance of the image according to the tone-mapping look-up table, so as to adjust the contrast of the image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121577 | Methods and Apparatus for Chatter Reduction in Video Object Segmentation Using Optical Flow Assisted Gaussholding - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for chatter reduction in video object segmentation using optical flow assisted gaussholding. An optical flow assisted gaussholding method may be applied to segmentation masks generated for a video sequence. For each frame of at least some frames in a video sequence, for each of one or more other frames prior to and one or more other frames after the current frame, optical flow is computed for the other frame in relation to the current frame and used to warp the contour of the segmentation mask of the other frame to generate warped segmentation mask for the other frames. The weighted average of the warpedsegmentation masks and the segmentation mask of the current frame is then computed; this weighted average may be blurred spatially, for example using a Gaussian filter. The initial smoothed mask may be thresholded to produce a binary smoothed mask. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121578 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus comprises a unit which stores a size and scene information for each of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing an input image, a unit which obtains a plurality of scene-based images by processing the input image based on the scene information of the plurality of divided areas, a unit which determines composite ratios of the plurality of scene-based images by determining, for each of the plurality of divided areas, a transition pattern of a composite ratio from a first composite ratio within the divided area to a second composite ratio within an area other than the divided area based on the size of the divided area, and a unit which composites the plurality of scene-based images in correspondence with the plurality of the divided areas, in accordance with the determined composite ratios. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121579 | SOFTWARE FOR TEXT AND IMAGE EDIT RECOGNITION FOR EDITING OF IMAGES THAT CONTAIN TEXT - Software for editing text and images enables a user to select a portion of an image and read the text on the selected image portion via an OCR function. The software enables the user to apply a mask containing the originally read text, that allows the user to type or paste new text to replace the previously read text in the selected image portion. The software also enables a user to edit images by automatically recognizing the borders of fields and/or columns and the background color. As a result, the user can easily modify an image by applying a mask to an image, wherein the mask has new data such as different text, the identical background color or a different background color or different layout, etc. and which may be placed exactly on the recognized borders of the original image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121580 | ANALYSIS OF SERVICE DELIVERY PROCESSES BASED ON INTERROGATION OF WORK ASSISTED DEVICES - A method of monitoring input devices to discover units of work and type of work includes recording uses of input devices of a computer, analyzing the recorded uses against pre-defined use patterns to determine sets of the recorded uses that correspond to one of a plurality of units of work, and outputting an indicator indicating which of the units of work have occurred. A method of accessing a call center includes performing speech to text transcription on audio recordings from the center, determining an identifier identifying an operator for a call from the text, estimating a phase of the call based on the text, recording ant entry including the identifier, the phase, and a time period of the phase, correlating the entry with another entry including information on an application run during the estimated phase to generate a correlated entry, and determining quality level of operator based on correlated entry. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121581 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONFUSABLE CHARACTER - An identification method and apparatus of confusable character are provided. The method involves: the detected character image is identified to gain the initial character information which is corresponding to the character image; the step change times of the corresponding external outline of the character image are counted if the initial character information is the confusable character; the final character information corresponding to the character image is confirmed according to the step change times; The final character information of the character image can be known conveniently according to the step change times, therefore the corresponding correct character information of the character image can be identified more precisely. The possibility of wrong identification of the character image because of the appearing confusable character can be reduced, and the identification precision rate of the confusable character can be improved. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121582 | HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION BASED ON FREQUENCY VARIATIONS IN CHARACTERS - A system for recognizing handwriting. A handwritten character is captured as an image of black pixels and white pixels. The image is partitioned into segments, each of which having a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment to a total number of black pixels in the image. A reference character has segments corresponding to the image segments. Each reference character segment has a value range of a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment of the reference character to a total number of black pixels in the reference character. It is ascertained that the pixel ratio of more than a predetermined number of segments in the image are within the value range of the pixel ratio of the corresponding segments of the reference character, from which, the handwritten character is recognized as the reference character. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121583 | HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION BASED ON FREQUENCY VARIATIONS IN CHARACTERS - A method and computer program product for recognizing handwriting. A handwritten character is captured as an image of black pixels and white pixels. The image is partitioned into segments, each of which having a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment to a total number of black pixels in the image. A reference character has segments corresponding to the image segments. Each reference character segment has a value range of a pixel ratio of a total number of black pixels in the segment of the reference character to a total number of black pixels in the reference character. It is ascertained that the pixel ratio of more than a predetermined number of segments in the image are within the value range of the pixel ratio of the corresponding segments of the reference character, from which, the handwritten character is recognized as the reference character. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121584 | System and Method for Using Contextual Features to Improve Face Recognition in Digital Images - Various embodiments of a system and methods for using contextual features to improve face recognition in digital images are described. A face recognition system may semi-automatically label faces and/or search for faces in images. Faces may be detected in the images and visual and non-visual features may be determined for each face. The determined features may be facial and/or contextual features. Features may also be determined from labels assigned to the faces. Pair-wise comparisons of the faces, using the determined features, may determine distances between pairs of faces. Some features may be used to determine the relevance of other features. Dependent on the calculated distances, similar faces may be grouped and suggested labels for faces may be provided. The system may be scalable, processing faces in groups to limit the use of system resources to a certain amount, regardless of the size of a digital image collection. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121585 | Method and Device for Identifying an Image Acquisition Feature of a Digital Image and Apparatus for Implementing Such a Device - The invention particularly relates to a method for identifying an image acquisition feature of a digital image oriented in a coordinate system having a reference axis. According to the invention, this method comprises the steps of: (A) detecting the contours of each distinctive element of the image;-(B) forming a list including each contour constituted by a rectilinear segment; (C) searching, in the list of rectilinear contours, a pair of significant rectilinear segments; (D) in the case where step (C) is successful, checking for a condition of relative symmetry of the significant rectilinear segments with respect to the reference axis; and (E) producing, respectively in the case where step (D) is successful and in the case where one of steps (C) and (D) fails, a data respectively representative of the presence and absence of perspective in the image acquisition, with respect to the reference axis. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121586 | DETERMINING REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES FOR A VIDEO - A video comprises at least one shot (SH), which is a continuous sequence of images representing a scene viewed from a particular location. Images are selected from a shot (SH) so as to obtain a continuous sequence of selected images (SI) that are evenly distributed throughout the shot. At least one continuous subsequence (SB | 2013-05-16 |
20130121587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE SCALE, HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SEARCHES - Methods and systems for fast, large scale, high-dimensional searches are described. In some embodiments, a method comprises transforming components of a high-dimensional image descriptor into transformed components in a transform domain, allocating one or more bits available within a bit budget to a given transformed component within a first subset of transformed components as a function of a variance of the given transformed component, independently quantizing each transformed component within the first subset of transformed components, generating a compact representation of the high-dimensional image descriptor based, at least in part, on the independently quantized components, and evaluating a nearest neighbor search operation based, at least in part, on the compact representation of the high-dimensional image descriptor. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121588 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR COMPRESSING IMAGES, AND METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR DECOMPRESSING IMAGES - Costs are reduced, by decreasing the number of encoders used to compress images when compressing two or more images at different compression rates. A region of interest is detected within a processing target image, and a region of interest image is generated. A reduced image is generated by reducing the size of the processing target image. The reduced image and the region of interest image are multiplexed in an image space to generate a multiplex image. The multiplex image is compressed to generate compressed image data. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121589 | 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. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121590 | EVENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND EVENT DETECTION METHOD - An event detection apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a plurality of time-sequential images, a first extraction unit configured to extract sets of first image samples according to respective different sample scales from a first time range of the plurality of time-sequential images based on a first scale parameter, a second extraction unit configured to extract sets of second image samples according to respective different sample scales from a second time range of the plurality of time-sequential images based on a second scale parameter, a dissimilarity calculation unit configured to calculate a dissimilarity between the first and second image samples based on the sets of the first and second image samples, and a detection unit configured to detect an event from the plurality of time-sequential images based on the dissimilarity. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121591 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING OBSERVED EMOTIONAL DATA - Systems and techniques using observed emotional data are described herein. A sequence of visual observations of a subject can be received during execution of an application. An emotional state of the subject can be determined based on the sequence of visual observations. Execution of the application can be modified from a baseline execution using the emotional state. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121592 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS,POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus comprises: extraction means for extracting an occluded region in which illumination irradiated onto the target object is occluded in an obtained two-dimensional image; projection means for projecting a line segment that constitutes a three-dimensional model onto the two-dimensional image based on approximate values of position/orientation of the target object; association means for associating a point that constitutes the projected line segment with a point that constitutes an edge in the two-dimensional image; determination means for determining whether the associated point that constitutes an edge in the two-dimensional image is present within the occluded region; and measurement means for measuring the position/orientation of the target object based on a distance on the two-dimensional image between the point that constitutes the projected line segment and the point that constitutes the edge, the points being associated as the pair, and a determination result. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121593 | Edge-Based Approach for Interactive Image Editing - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for aligning user scribbles to edges in an image. A plurality of edges in the image may be determined. User input comprising a scribble may be received, wherein the scribble comprises a freeform line overlaid on the image. The scribble may be automatically aligned to one or more of the edges in the image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121594 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LINE DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided an image processing apparatus, line detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can precisely detect boundaries of a document from a read image. The image processing apparatus includes an edge pixel extractor for extracting edge pixels from an input image, a line candidate detector for extracting a line candidate from the extracted edge pixels by using Hough transformation, and a line detector for detecting a line from edge pixels within a predetermined distance from the line candidate by using the least square method. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121595 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECTANGLE DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM - There are provided an image processing apparatus, rectangle detection method and a computer-readable, non-transitory medium that can precisely detect boundaries of a document from a read image. The image processing apparatus includes an edge pixel extractor for extracting edge pixels from an input image, a line extractor for extracting a plurality of lines from the extracted edge pixels, a rectangle candidate extractor for extracting a plurality of rectangle candidates each of which is comprised of four lines, and a rectangle selector for, for each of the plurality of rectangle candidates, finding a number of edge pixels within a predetermined distance of each side of the rectangle candidate, using a distribution of edge pixels as the basis to find a corner likeness of each corner, and using the number of edge pixels and degree of corner likeness as the basis to select a rectangle from the plurality of rectangle candidates. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121596 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, A MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AN IMAGE EVALUATION DEVICE, AN IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD AND A MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE EVALUATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A computer calculates an edginess, which is an image variation from a differential value of data for adjacent picture elements, and determines object picture elements by selecting only images with a large variation. As optimum parameters for contrast correction and lightness compensation are calculated from image data for object picture elements, image processing indicators based on object picture elements are determined, and optimum imago processing can be performed automatically. After summing a luminance Distribution for each area of the image, which is a feature amount, while uniformly selecting picture elements, a reevaluation is performed by a weighting determined for each area, and a luminance distribution, strongly influenced by the luminance distribution of the photographed object is thus obtained with uniform sampling. After determining the intensity of this luminance distribution, the image data is converted, and image processing can therefore be performed with optimum intensity while reducing the processing amount. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121597 | IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD AND IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE - An image stabilization method and an image stabilization device are provided. In the method, each of images to be processed is detected by a feature point detection method to detect a plurality of feature points. The relationship of the same feature points in adjacent images to be processed is analyzed. According to the relationship of the feature points, a homography transform matrix of adjacent images to be processed is calculated. Based on the known feature points and the homography transform matrix, a stabilization matrix and a plurality of adjustment matrices corresponding to each image to be processed are calculated. Compensation is performed on each image to be processed by the adjustment matrices, so as to produce a plurality of corrected images. A first image of adjacent corrected images multiplied by the same stabilization matrix is transformed to a second image of the adjacent corrected images. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121598 | System and Method for Randomized Point Set Geometry Verification for Image Identification - Object recognition can be improved by verifying a geometric consistency between matching interesting points pairs of two images, as objects with the images are more likely to match when the matching interesting points pairs are geometrically consistent. The geometric consistency between matching interesting points pairs can be verified in accordance with a topology code distance vector (D). The topology code distance vector (D) may be evaluated in accordance with a decision tree classifier, which may be trained in accordance with previous or historic topology code distance vectors. The topology code distance vector (D) may be computed from a subset of matching interesting points pairs having the shortest matching distance. | 2013-05-16 |
20130121599 | Measuring Web Page Rendering Time - Various embodiments provide approaches for measuring the rendering times of a webpage that can be browser-independent. In at least some embodiments, as a web page is rendered, video data of the webpage is captured and analyzed to ascertain when the webpage, or portions thereof, have likely been completely rendered. In at least some embodiments, image processing can be performed on captured video data to ascertain, from observed pixel changes over time, when the webpage has likely been rendered. | 2013-05-16 |