09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110051972 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING A MICROPHONE TO AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A VEHICLE - A housing sub-assembly for mounting a microphone sub-assembly to a vehicle includes, but is not limited to a main body portion that is adapted to be mounted to an interior surface of the vehicle. The main body portion is configured to connect to the microphone sub-assembly and to support the microphone sub-assembly in a position such that a portion of the microphone sub-assembly protrudes beyond an end of the main body portion when the main body portion is connected to the microphone sub-assembly. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051973 | EARPHONE CABLE AND EARPHONE USING THE SAME - An earphone cable includes a first signal wire group, a second signal wire group, and a sheath layer. The first signal group includes at least one first conducting wire. The second signal wire group includes at least one second conducting wire, and the second signal wire group is insulated from the first signal wire group. At least one of the first signal wire group and the second signal wire group comprises at least one carbon nanotube wire. The sheath layer located about the first signal wire group and the second signal wire group. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051974 | EARPHONE CABLE AND EARPHONE USING THE SAME - A signal cable includes a first signal wire group, a second signal wire group, and a sheath layer. The first signal group includes at least one first conducting wire and at least one first carbon nanotube wire. The second signal wire group includes at least one second conducting wire. The second signal wire group is insulated from the first signal wire group. The sheath layer is about the first signal wire group and the second signal wire group. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051975 | Headphones With Waveguider - A headphone having a waveguider is disclosed which can control the amount of air flowing into the headphone. The headphone includes: a housing having a receiving space therein and at least one or more air inlets at one side thereof, in which the housing is opened at the front side thereof a speaker placed in the receiving space, for generating audio sounds according to input electrical signals; a cover for closing the front side of the housing, the cover forming a plurality of audio sound through-holes through which the audio sounds from the speaker pass; and a waveguider slidably and rotatably installed to the housing. The waveguider includes a kernel part protrudently formed, for guiding the audio sounds passing through the cover to the inner ear, and an opening/closing part for closing at least one or more air inlets according to a rotation angle thereof to control the amount of air that instantly flows into the housing. The waveguider is slidably and rotatably moved to partially or completely close a plurality of air inlets formed in the housing. Therefore, the amount of air flowing into the housing can be controlled and thus the intensity of the bass can be adjusted. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051976 | HEADPHONE - A headphone includes a headband, a pivot joint, and an ear cup. The pivot joint includes a first rod that is coupled rotatably to the headband and that defines a first axis, a second rod that defines a second axis, and an intermediate rod that interconnects the first and second rods. The pivot joint is rotatable relative to the headband about the first axis. The ear cup is coupled rotatably to the second rod of the pivot joint, and is rotatable relative to the pivot joint about the second axis. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051977 | Ear Canal Microphone - An earpiece carrying a microphone and a transmitter is disclosed. The earpiece is adapted to position the microphone within a canal of an ear of a wearer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051978 | EARPHONE WITH DETACHABLE COVERS - An earphone includes a shell and a speaker in the shell. The shell includes a front cover and a rear cover joined with the front cover. One of the front and rear covers has a protrusion extending out toward the other one of the front and rear covers, and the other of the front and rear shells defines a fixing groove facing the protrusion. The protrusion is engaged in the fixing groove to join the front and rear covers together. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051979 | Headphone Ear Tips with Sound Conduit Mounting Structure - An ear tip comprised of two or more contiguous materials, in combination with sound conduit structure comprised of one or more rigid materials, wherein the ear tip mounts upon said sound conduit structure. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051980 | AUDITORY CANAL EARPHONE - There is provided an auditory canal earphone comprising a housing ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110051981 | In-Ear Earphone - An earphone device converts electric signals to audible sound. The earphone includes a first electroacoustic transducer and a second electroacoustic transducer. A separating part of the earphone is positioned between the second transducer and a sound opening of a plug area of the earphone. The separating part forms a barrier between a first sound path for the first transducer and a second sound path for the second transducer. The first sound path comprises a substantially annular cross-section disposed around the second sound path. The earphone includes a filter disk arranged in the sound opening, in which an acoustic friction is provided for each of the first and second sound paths. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051982 | Biologically fit wearable electronics apparatus and methods - Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic functions, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051983 | DETACHABLE AROMATIC NEBULIZING DIFFUSER - A detachable aromatic nebulizing diffuser includes a base panel, an electric fan, a fluid container, an ultrasonic oscillator, a power jack, a water baffle, a lower housing and a top cover. The ultrasonic oscillator oscillates ultrasonic waves to cause an aromatic fluid in the fluid container into a fine mist that is carried by currents of air caused by the electric fan and guided through an air duct in the fluid container. The fluid container has bottom mounting rods detachably plugged into respective tubular upright posts of the base panel, facilitating mounting and dismounting. The water baffle and the top cover are light transmissive for creating a visual effects upon working of a light source that is carried on the ultrasonic oscillator. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051984 | VOICE COIL BOBBIN AND LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME - A loudspeaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit, a voice coil bobbin, and a voice coil. The frame is mounted on a side of the magnetic circuit. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The voice coil bobbin is disposed in the magnetic gap. The voice coil is wound around the voice coil bobbin. The voice coil bobbin includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. The carbon nanotube layer structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051985 | PIEZOELECTRIC MICRO SPEAKER HAVING PISTON DIAPHRAGM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a piezoelectric micro speaker having a piston diaphragm and a method of manufacturing the piezoelectric micro speaker. The piezoelectric micro speaker includes: a substrate having a cavity formed therein; a vibrating membrane that is disposed on the substrate and covers at least a center part of the cavity; a piezoelectric actuator disposed on the vibrating membrane so as to vibrate the vibrating membrane; and a piston diaphragm that is disposed in the cavity and performs piston motion by vibration of the vibrating membrane. When the vibrating membrane vibrates by the piezoelectric actuator, the piston diaphragm, which is connected to the vibrating membrane through a piston bar, performs a piston motion in the cavity. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051986 | Magnetic System for an Electroacoustic Transducer - A magnetic system for an electroacoustic transducer, including an annular magnet which provides a magnetic field for a moving coil. The magnetic system has a first magnetic element forming a base plate and at least one second magnetic element forming a cover plate. The annular magnet is arranged between the first and second magnetic element. The annular magnet is held by the magnetic forces acting between the first magnetic element and the magnet, or between the magnet and the second magnetic element. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051987 | MULTI-FUNCTION VIBRATION ACTUATOR - A multifunction oscillatory actuator which performs acoustic reproduction by an acoustic reproduction section includes a diaphragm having a voice coil attached thereto and performs the occurrence of somesthetic oscillation by a magnetic circuit section having a magnet attached thereto, and in which the acoustic reproduction section and the magnetic circuit section are attached to a housing having a cylindrical shape, such that the magnetic circuit section is supported on an inner wall of the housing by a frame-shaped suspension. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051988 | SPEAKER DEVICE - A speaker device includes a pair of diaphragms disposed opposite each other, a frame configured to vibratably support an outer periphery of the diaphragms in the vibration direction, and a plurality of driving parts configured to support a rear surface of each of the diaphragms and vibrate the diaphragms in response to an audio signal. The driving parts include a pair of magnetic circuits in which a magnetic gap is formed in a direction different from the vibration direction of the diaphragms, a pair of voice coils vibratably arranged in the magnetic gap in one axis direction, vibrating so as to move toward or away from each other in response to the audio signal, and a rigid vibration direction converter part configured to convert the direction of the vibration of the voice coils and transmit the vibration to the diaphragms. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051989 | Orientation Free Watermarking Message Decoding from Document Scans - Bit data is encoded into characters in an input image by providing different darkness levels for pixels in either half of a text character. To determine if the input image is of a right-side up document, or an upside-down document, multiple scans of the input image at 90° rotations between scans may be made. Each scan result is searched for occurrences of a indicator prefix bit-sequence. The scan that contains the indicator prefix bit-sequence is elected as the right-side up orientation for the input image. If multiple scans show occurrences of the indicator prefix bit-sequence, then the scan that has the highest number of occurrences is elected as the correct orientation. Alternatively, the number of data bits between repeated occurrences of the indicator prefix bit-sequence is compared with a predefined message bit size, and the scan that matches most closely is elected as the correct orientation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051990 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL PROCESING NON-UNIFORMLY SAMPLED DATA - According to various embodiments, a method is provided for improving data and a system is provided that is configured to perform the method. The method can comprise processing a data signal by using an optical system comprising a signal processor. The method can comprise collecting data generated by the optical system, wherein the data comprises non-uniformly sampled data. The method can comprise performing an interpolation operation on the non-uniformly sampled data using the signal processor, to generate interpolated data. Further, the method can comprise adjusting the data with the interpolated data using the signal processor, to generate improved data. The improved data can be output to a user, for example, by displaying the improved data on a display unit, or by printing out the improved data. According to various embodiments, the data can comprise any desired data, for example, image data. The method can comprise improving the image resolution, improving the image brightness, improving the image contrast, and/or improving the image focus. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051991 | PIXEL ANALYSIS AND FRAME ALIGNMENT FOR BACKGROUND FRAMES - Background frames can be completed from a collection of frames having foreground objects that are partially obscuring the pixels comprising the background. The special offset of a pixel represented across a collection of frames can be determined based on camera movement data. By determining the relative offset of a pixel represented in a first frame from the same pixel in other frames, pixel values representing a background object can be accumulated to derive a completed background frame. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051992 | UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF TEMPORAL ANOMALIES FOR A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Techniques are described for analyzing a stream of video frames to identify temporal anomalies. A video surveillance system configured to identify when agents depicted in the video stream engage in anomalous behavior, relative to the time-of-day (TOD) or day-of-week (DOW) at which the behavior occurs. A machine-learning engine may establish the normalcy of a scene by observing the scene over a specified period of time. Once the observations of the scene have matured, the actions of agents in the scene may be evaluated and classified as normal or abnormal temporal behavior, relative to the past observations. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A VIDEO-BASED FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM - A video-based fire detection system receives video data comprised of a plurality of individual frames, and determines based on the video data the ability of the system to detect the presence of fire. The system includes a video recognition system connectable to receive the video data and to calculate one or more background features associated with the video data. Based on the calculated background features, the video recognitions system assesses the ability of the video-based fire detection system to detect the presence of fire. The system includes one or more outputs operably connectable to communicate the results of the assessment made by the video recognitions system. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051994 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE CLEANNESS OF STEEL STRIP - The present invention relates to an automated in-line method for measuring the surface cleanness of a continuously running metal sheet or strip, characterized by the following steps: a beam of radiation or a particle beam or a spark is focused onto the surface of the running strip, the transmitted power and the focal diameter being chosen so as to obtain a power density sufficient to create a plasma or hot spot which locally etches the metal in the form of a central zone surrounded by a peripheral oxidation ring; the characteristics of a zone encompassing said oxidized ring and possibly said central zone are analyzed by means of an optical image acquisition device and image processing; and an objective value indicative of the surface cleanness is deduced therefrom. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051995 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR HIDING SECRET INFORMATION AND DATA HIDING METHODS USING THE SAME - A system for hiding secret data in halftone images is disclosed. The system includes an image input module, a halftoning processing module and an image output module. The image input module reads an original image data and a secret image data. The halftoning processing module is coupled to the image input module and receives the original image data and the secret image data, performs a first error diffusion process to the original image to generate a first halftone image and performs a second error diffusion process to the original image data and the secret image data to generate a second halftone image. The image output image module is coupled to the halftoning processing module and outputs the first halftone image and the second halftone image, wherein the second error diffusion process comprises adding or subtracting a variable noise strength to or from each pixel of the secret image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING X-RAY INSPECTION OF A PRODUCT AT A SECURITY CHECKPOINT USING SIMULATION - A method, an apparatus and a system are provided for deriving a characteristic of a product using X-rays. X-ray image data associated with the product is received, the X-ray image data being derived by performing an X-ray scan of the product using an X-ray imaging apparatus and conveying attenuation information resulting from interaction of X-rays with the product. A response of a reference product to X-rays is then simulated to generate simulated X-ray image data. The simulated X-ray image data and the received X-ray image data are then processed to derive one or more characteristics of the product. Information conveying the derived characteristic of the product is then released. In a specific implementation, the product is a liquid product comprised of a bottle at least partially filled with liquid and the derived characteristic of the liquid product is a threat status assessment associated with the liquid in the bottle. In another aspect, a simulation engine for simulating interactions between X-rays and objects is also provided. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051997 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STATE OF STACKED SHEETS, SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING STATE OF STACKED SHEETS - In an embodiment, an apparatus for determining a state of stacked sheets composed of a plurality of sheets loaded on a table in a standing state includes an illumination unit to irradiate a slit light to an end face composed of side faces of the stacked sheets, a light receiving portion to receive a reflection light of the slit light irradiated by the illumination unit and reflected from the stacked sheets, a detecting unit to detect edges of the sheets based on the reflection light that is reflected from the stacked sheets and received by the light receiving portion, and a determination unit to determine a state of the stacked sheets based on the edges detected by the detecting unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051998 | Methods for Controlling Rendering of Images and Video - The present disclosure includes disclosure generally related to digital watermarking and steganographic encoding. One claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory for buffering data representing video or imagery; and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is programmed for: analyzing the data representing video or imagery, the video or imagery comprising digital watermarking hidden therein through alterations, the digital watermarking comprising content classification information; decoding the content classification information from the digital watermarking; and controlling display or rendering of the video or imagery in response to the content classification information. Other combinations are provided and claimed as well. | 2011-03-03 |
20110051999 | Device and method for detecting targets in images based on user-defined classifiers - A device and method for detecting targets of interest in an image, such as people or objects of a certain type. Targets are detected based on an optimized strong classifier descriptor that can be based on a combination of weak classifier descriptors. The weak classifier descriptors can include a user-defined weak classifier descriptor that is defined by a user to represent a shape or appearance attribute that is characteristic of parts of the target of interest. The strong classifier descriptor can be optimized by selecting a subset of weak classifier descriptors that exhibit improved performance in detecting targets in training images. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052000 | DETECTING ANOMALOUS TRAJECTORIES IN A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for determining anomalous trajectories of objects tracked over a sequence of video frames. In one embodiment, a symbol trajectory may be derived from observing an object moving through a scene. The symbol trajectory represents semantic concepts extracted from the trajectory of the object. Whether the symbol trajectory is anomalous may be determined, based on previously observed symbol trajectories. A user may be alerted upon determining that the symbol trajectory is anomalous. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052001 | AUTOMATIC ERROR DETECTION FOR INVENTORY TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS USED AT A SHIPPING CONTAINER YARD - A method automatically detects errors in a container inventory database associated with a container inventory tracking system of a container storage facility. A processor in the inventory tracking system performs a method that: obtains a first data record, identifies an event (e.g., pickup, drop-off, or movement) associated with the first record, provides a list of error types based on the identified event, and determines whether a data error has occurred through a checking process. In each of the checking steps, the processor selects an error type from the list of error types, determines a search criterion based on the selected error type and the first data record, queries the database using the search criterion, compares query results with the first data record to detect data conflicts between them, and upon the detection of the data conflicts, reports that a data error of the selected error type has been detected. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052002 | FOREGROUND OBJECT TRACKING - Techniques are disclosed for detecting foreground objects in a scene captured by a surveillance system and tracking the detected foreground objects from frame to frame in real time. A motion flow field is used to validate foreground objects(s) that are extracted from the background model of a scene. Spurious foreground objects are filtered before the foreground objects are provided to the tracking stage. The motion flow field is also used by the tracking stage to improve the performance of the tracking as needed for real time surveillance applications. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052003 | FOREGROUND OBJECT DETECTION IN A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for detecting foreground objects in a scene captured by a surveillance system and tracking the detected foreground objects from frame to frame in real time. A motion flow field is used to validate foreground objects(s) that are extracted from the background model of a scene. Spurious foreground objects are filtered before the detected foreground objects are provided to the tracking stage. The motion flow field is also used by the tracking stage to improve the performance of the tracking as needed for real time surveillance applications. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052004 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IDENTITY RECOGNITION METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME - A camera device includes an image capturing module, a face detection module, a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, a storage module, and a microprocessor. The image capturing module continuously captures images of a determined filed. The face detection module detects the images to obtain a face to be tested, and records coordinates of the face in the image. The LIDAR system scans the face to be tested in the determined field according to the coordinates thereby to obtain three-dimensional information of the face to be tested. The storage module stores three-dimensional information of a determined face. The microprocessor compares the three-dimensional information of the face to be tested with the three-dimensional information of the determined face, and then outputs a recognition signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052005 | Designation of a Characteristic of a Physical Capability by Motion Analysis, Systems and Methods - Motion Analysis is used to classify or rate human capability in a physical domain via a minimized movement and data collection protocol producing a discreet, overall figure of merit of the selected physical capability. The minimal protocol is determined by data mining of a more extensive movement and data collection. Protocols are relevant in medical, sports and occupational applications. Kinematic, kinetic, body type, Electromyography (EMG), Ground Reactive Force (GRF), demographic, and psychological data are encompassed. Resulting protocols are capable of transforming raw data representing specific human motions into an objective rating of a skill or capability related to those motions. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052006 | EXTRACTION OF SKELETONS FROM 3D MAPS - A method for processing data includes receiving a temporal sequence of depth maps of a scene containing a humanoid form having a head. The depth maps include a matrix of pixels having respective pixel depth values. A digital processor processes at least one of the depth maps so as to find a location of the head and estimates dimensions of the humanoid form based on the location. The processor tracks movements of the humanoid form over the sequence using the estimated dimensions. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052007 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A gesture recognition method for an interactive system includes the steps of: capturing image windows with an image sensor; obtaining information of object images associated with at least one pointer in the image windows; calculating a position coordinate of the pointer relative to the interactive system according to the position of the object images in the image windows when a single pointer is identified according to the information of object images; and performing gesture recognition according to a relation between the object images in the image window when a plurality of pointers are identified according to the information of object images. The present invention further provides an interactive system. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052008 | System and Method for Image Based Sensor Calibration - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the calibration of a tracked imaging probe for use in image-guided surgical systems. The invention uses actual image data collected from an easily constructed calibration jig to provide data for the calibration algorithm. The calibration algorithm analytically develops a geometric relationship between the probe and the image so objects appearing in the collected image can be accurately described with reference to the probe. The invention can be used with either two or three dimensional image data-sets. The invention also has the ability to automatically determine the image scale factor when two dimensional data-sets are used. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052009 | UNCONSTRAINED SPATIALLY ALIGNED HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A system for providing a spatially aligned head-up display to a user viewing a scene through a display the system includes: an image sensing system including at least one image sensor deployed to sample images of the user's face, the image sensing system generating data derived at least in part from the images; a display for displaying visible indications to the user superimposed on the scene; and a control system associated with the image sensing system and the display, the control system being configured to: process data from the image sensing system to determine a position and attitude of the user's face, determine a viewing direction from at least one eye of the user to a point of interest within the scene, and actuate the display to display a visible indication aligned with the viewing direction that provides a spatially aligned head-up display to the user. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052010 | BANDING DEFECT DETECTION IN DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for banding defect detection and analysis in digital imaging systems. The present method utilizes the gray levels of image regions and a collection of sequence of user images to improve the banding analysis. One embodiment hereof includes: segmenting images into regions; determining banding information for each page over a given sequence of images and detecting problem banding defect frequencies; estimating the banding amplitude(s) and average gray levels for each segmented region for each identified banding frequency(ies); and determining, through a process of interpolation, the banding amplitude for the image or sequence of images based on the banding amplitude and average gray levels of each region. Thereafter, notification can be provided to a key operator when the amplitude(s) are expected to exceed pre-determined levels over the course of a production run. The method demonstrates advantages in banding detection over whole-page methods. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052011 | Monolithic Image Perception Device and Method - The present invention is directed to an apparatus which can acquire, readout and perceive a scene based on the insertion, or embedding of photosensitive elements into or on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate such as glass or plastic. The substrate itself may act as the optical device which deflects the photons of an incident image into the photosensitive elements. A digital neural memory can be trained to recognize patterns in the incident photons. The photosensitive elements and digital neural memory elements may be arranged with light elements controlled in accordance with the patterns detected. In one application, intelligent lighting units provide light while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting light according to such surroundings. In another application, intelligent displays display images and/or video while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting the displayed images and/or video in accordance with such surroundings. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052012 | Security and Monetization Through Facial Recognition in Social Networking Websites - A method of facial feature recognition at an image hosting website includes receiving an image, processing the received image at a recognition server to identify features and/or people, determining at least one of, a targeted ad based on the identified features, and a comparison the identified features in the image to images in an image database, and driving a security measure or targeted ad in response to the determining. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052013 | FACE POSE ESTIMATION DEVICE, FACE POSE ESTIMATION METHOD AND FACE POSE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - An object is to provide a face pose estimating device, a face pose estimating method, and a face pose estimating program that allow high accuracy estimation of a face pose even if a face organ cannot be detected from an image. A face organ detector | 2011-03-03 |
20110052014 | Digital Image Search System And Method - A method and system for matching an unknown facial image of an individual with an image of an unknown twin using facial recognition techniques and human perception is disclosed herein. The invention provides a internet hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar characteristics among two or more individuals using a digital camera, cellular telephone camera, wireless device for the purpose of returning information regarding similar faces to the user The system features classification of unknown facial images from a variety of internet accessible sources, including mobile phones, wireless camera-enabled devices, images obtained from digital cameras or scanners that are uploaded from PCs, third-party applications and databases. The method and system uses human perception techniques to weight the feature vectors. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATING AN ELECTRONIC MAGNIFIER OVER A TARGET DOCUMENT - A method for electronically magnifying a target object with an imaging device. The method includes obtaining a full view image of the target object, where the full view image is focused. The method further includes moving the imaging device in proximity to a portion of the target object and obtaining a key image of the portion of the target object. The method further includes matching the key image to a corresponding portion of the full view image. The method further includes magnifying the corresponding portion of the full view image and displaying the magnified portion of the full view image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052016 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprises a storage unit storing, for each identification information that identifies medical testing, a test information that indicates a state of progress of the medical testing. The apparatus notifies the information system of the state of progress of medical testing indicated by a test information; receives, from the image capturing apparatus, a test reservation information request that requests test reservation information and that includes an identification information; and determines whether the image capturing apparatus that has transmitted the test reservation information request can perform offline image capturing. If a determination is made that the image capturing apparatus that has transmitted the test reservation information request can perform offline image capturing, the information processing apparatus notifies, according to reception of the test reservation information request, the information system that the medical testing identified by the identification information included in the test reservation information request is in progress. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052017 | Processor for Pathologic Diagnosis and Processing System for Pathologic Diagnosis - The object is to enable a pathologist to appropriately conduct a diagnosis as well as enabling the pathologist to quickly proceed with the pathologic diagnosis. A processor for pathologic diagnosis comprises: a diagnosis receiver unit which receives identification information of a patient and diagnosis request information; a pathologist information storage unit which stores information of pathologists; a pathologist selection unit which makes an inquiry to the pathologist information storage unit based on the diagnosis request information received by the diagnosis receiver unit, and selects a pathologist suitable for the diagnosis request information; an image transmission, commander unit which issues a command to send digital image data of the patient stored in an image storage server, to a local server connected to a second network belonged to by a pathologist terminal used by the pathologist selected by the pathologist selection unit; and a diagnosis requesting unit which sends a request for diagnosis of the specimen of the patient, to the pathologist selected by the pathologist selection unit, after the digital image data has been sent to the local server by the image transmission commander unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052018 | APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN OBJECT COMPRISING SUB-OBJECTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110052019 | Analyzing Objects Via Hyper-Spectral Imaging and Analysis - Analyzing and classifying an object via hyper-spectral imaging and analysis. Generating, collecting respective reference objects and object hyper-spectral image data and information, of: (i) a set of reference objects related to or/and associated with the object, and (ii) the object, via a hyper-spectral imaging and analysis system. Forming, storing: (i) global reference database associated with reference objects hyper-spectral image data and information, and (ii) object database associated with object hyper-spectral image data and information, respectively, by processing and analyzing reference objects and object hyper-spectral image data and information, via a data-information processing and analyzing unit. Forming, storing a sub-global reference database associated with a sub-set of reference objects hyper-spectral image data and information and with a sub-set of the global reference database, by processing and analyzing reference objects and object hyper-spectral image data and information, and, the global reference database and the object database. Identifying, storing an object classification, by processing and analyzing the object database and the sub-global reference database, via the data-information processing and analyzing unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052020 | Lens Capsule Size Estimation - Methods of estimating the size of an ocular lens capsule. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052021 | Precise image reconstruction of spiral CT images at optional pitch values - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for the reconstruction of image data of an examined object from measuring data, wherein the measuring data were detected by a detector within and outside of its Tam-Danielsson window during a relative spiral movement between a radiation source of a computer tomography system and the examined object. As a result of the spiral movement, the measuring data outside of the Tam-Danielsson contain interruptions. A mathematically precise first reconstruction of first image data is realized in at least one embodiment based on the measuring data by using only measuring data from the Tam-Danielsson window. A mathematically precise second reconstruction is furthermore realized of second image data from the measuring data in at least one embodiment, using at least among other things measuring data from outside of the Tam-Danielsson window, wherein the interruption of the measuring data is compensated for by using existing measuring data and/or the first image data and/or other image data obtained from existing measuring data. Finally, the first image data and the second image data are combined. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA INTERPOLATION IN FAST KVP SWITCHING DUAL ENERGY CT - A CT system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned, an x-ray source coupled to the gantry and configured to project x-rays through the opening, a generator configured to energize the x-ray source to a first kVp and to a second kVp to generate the x-rays, and a detector having pixels therein, the detector attached to the gantry and positioned to receive the x-rays. The system includes a computer programmed to acquire a first view dataset and a second view dataset with the x-ray source energized to the first kVp, interpolate the first and second view datasets to generate interpolated pixels in an interpolated view dataset at the first kVp, using at least two pixels from each of the first and second view datasets to generate each interpolated pixel in the interpolated view dataset, and generate an image of the object using the interpolated view dataset. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052023 | Reconstruction of Images Using Sparse Representation - A method for reconstructing an image includes steps of obtaining a measurement in a first domain, generating an estimate of the image in a second domain based at least in part on the measurement, generating a sparse representation in a third domain based at least in part on the estimate, and performing one or more iterations until the estimate is determined to satisfy one or more image quality criteria. A given iteration includes steps of generating a projection in the first domain based at least in part on the sparse representation, updating the sparse representation based at least in part on the projection, and updating the estimate based at least in part on the sparse representation. The method further includes a step of outputting the estimate determined to satisfy the one or more image quality criteria for use as the image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052024 | METHOD OF ANALYSING STROKE IMAGES - A plurality of brain atlases | 2011-03-03 |
20110052025 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGING PATHWAY VERIFICATION - The disclosure includes computer implemented methods and devices comprising processors for inputting images and medical history into an electronic medium and analyzing x-ray images of a subject's breasts to determine density. The disclosure further contemplates using these methods and devices to generate a numerical value. The disclosure further contemplates using the numerical value to determine whether the subject should have magnetic resonance imaging of the breasts. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052026 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Angulation of C-Arm Image Acquisition System for Aortic Valve Implantation - A method and system for determining an angulation of a C-arm image acquisition system for aortic valve implantation is disclosed. One or more landmarks of the aortic root is detected in a 3D image. A plane representing an aortic annulus direction is defined in the 3D image based on the detected anatomic landmarks. A viewing angle is determined that is perpendicular to the defined plane. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052027 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING APPARATUS, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a reconstructing unit, a first control unit, a detecting unit, a generating unit, and a second control unit. The first control unit controls the reconstructing unit to reconstruct first images based on projection data collected in first periods. The detecting unit detects second periods which belong to pulsation cycles different from one another and in which an organ to be imaged is in the substantially same form, based on the first images. The generating unit generates data for reconstruction including projection data for the required angle range by combining projection data collected in third periods close to the second periods. The second control unit controls the reconstructing unit to reconstruct a second image based the data for reconstruction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LIVER SEGMENTATION - A method for segmenting liver parenchyma in a medical image. The method comprises receiving a medical image depicting the liver parenchyma, separating the liver parenchyma from in the medical image, and segmenting the depicted liver parenchyma to functionally independent liver segments. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ACCENTED IMAGE DATA - A method and system for producing accented image data for an accented image is disclosed. The method includes decomposing each of a first and a second image into a gradient representation which comprises spectral and edge components. The first image comprises more spectral dimensions than the second image. The edge component from the first image is combined with the spectral component from the second image to form a combined gradient representation. Accented image data for the accented image is then generated from data including the combined gradient representation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052030 | ITERATIVE CT IMAGE FILTER FOR NOISE REDUCTION - A method is disclosed for reconstruction of image data of an examination object from measured data, wherein the measured data was captured during a relative rotational motion between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the examination object. Image data of the examination object is determined from the measured data. In at least one embodiment, new image data is obtained by noise-reducing processing of the image data, in which weighted high-pass filtering of the image data is performed, the weighting taking account of differences between pixel values of different pixels such that increasing differences result in a weaker high-pass effect. A noise-reducing smoothing of the image data is performed using the weighted high-pass filtering. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052031 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM TO CORRECT DISTORTIONS IN IMAGE DATA - In a method for correction of distortions in image data in a diffusion imaging, the image data are acquired with an imaging MRT measurement for a predetermined diffusion weighting and map a predetermined image segment. A diffusion model for the image segment is determined. Output image data are determined for the image segment such that the output image data are essentially free of distortions caused by diffusion weighting. Reference image data are estimated for the predetermined diffusion weighting for the image segment based on the output image data and the diffusion model. The acquired image data are compared with the reference image data and the acquired image data are corrected based on the comparison. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SIGNATURES FOR FEATURES OF INTEREST USING PREDETERMINED COLOR SPACES - A system and method for identifying objects of interest in image data is provided. The present invention utilizes principles of Iterative Transformational Divergence in which objects in images, when subjected to special transformations, will exhibit radically different responses based on the physical, chemical, or numerical properties of the object or its representation (such as images), combined with machine learning capabilities. Using the system and methods of the present invention, certain objects that appear indistinguishable from other objects to the eye or computer recognition systems, or are otherwise almost identical, generate radically different and statistically significant differences in the image describers (metrics) that can be easily measured. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052033 | COMPOSITE IMAGES FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Medical imaging often involves the collective use of information presented in multiple images of an individual, such as images generated through different imaging modalities (X-ray, CT, PET, etc.) The use of a composite of these images may involve image registration to adjust for the variable position and orientation discrepancies of the individual during imaging. However, registration may be complicated by soft tissue deformation between images, and implementations (particularly pure software implementations) of the mathematical models used in image registration may be computationally complex and may require up to several hours. Hardware architectures are presented that apply the mathematical techniques in an accelerated manner, thereby providing near-realtime image registration that may be of particular use for the short timeframe requirements of surgical environments. The composite image generated thereby may be used to target anatomic features of interest during various medical procedures, including surgical procedures. Moreover, such techniques may be applied to computationally difficult image processing techniques, such as the display of a composite image based at least in part on a PET image, which may otherwise be difficult to utilize in a time-sensitive manner such as a surgical setting. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052034 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A radiographic imaging apparatus performs imaging based on an examination order including a plurality of imaging protocols, executes image processing for the captured image based on the imaging protocol used at the time of the imaging, designates a change source imaging protocol and a change destination imaging protocol from the examination order based on an instruction of an operator, and changes the imaging protocol corresponding to the image captured based on the change source imaging protocol from the change source imaging protocol to the change destination imaging protocol. when the change of protocol is made, the apparatus executes image processing based on the change destination imaging protocol for the image before the image processing which is captured based on the change source imaging protocol. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052035 | Vessel Extraction Method For Rotational Angiographic X-ray Sequences | 2011-03-03 |
20110052036 | PLANNING SYSTEM FOR INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT SAID PLANNING - The invention relates to a simulation and planning system for intraoperative radiation therapy and to a method allowing said system to be used for treatment studies, simulation, planning, training and recording, which system generally comprises a central processing unit or computer ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110052037 | Methods and Algorithms For Cell Enumeration in a Low-Cost Cytometer - The enumeration of cells in fluids by flow cytometry is widely used across many disciplines such as assessment of leukocyte subsets in different bodily fluids or of bacterial contamination in environmental samples, food products and bodily fluids. For many applications the cost, size and complexity of the instruments prevents wider use, for example, CD4 analysis in HIV monitoring in resource-poor countries. The novel device, methods and algorithms disclosed herein largely overcome these limitations. Briefly, all cells in a biological sample are fluorescently labeled, but only the target cells are also magnetically labeled. In addition, non-magnetically labeled cells are imaged for viability in a modified slide configuration. The labeled sample, in a chamber or cuvet, is placed between two wedge-shaped magnets to selectively move the magnetically labeled cells to the observation surface of the cuvet. An LED illuminates the cells and a CCD camera captures the images of the fluorescent light emitted by the target cells. Image analysis performed with a novel algorithm provides a count of the cells on the surface that can be related to the target cell concentration of the original sample. The compact cytometer system provides a rugged, affordable and easy-to-use technique, which can be used in remote locations. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052038 | TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS, TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND TISSUE-SLICE IMAGE ACQUIREMENT AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A tissue-slice image acquirement and display apparatus includes: an entire-image acquirer that acquires a bright-field image of an entirety of a first slice of a tissue and a dark-field image of an entirety of a second slice of the tissue; a modifier that modifies a profile shape of a slice portion in the dark-field image on the basis of a profile shape of a slice portion in the bright-field image; a magnified-image acquirer that determines a range encompassing the second slice on the basis of the profile shape of the modified slice portion and that acquires, in a dark field, a magnified image of the second slice in the determined range; and a display controller that causes the bright-field image to be displayed and that causes a portion of the magnified image, the portion corresponding to a position selected in the bright-field image, to be displayed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING APPEARANCE OF LONG-LENGTH OBJECTS - An apparatus for inspecting appearance of long-length object takes images of lighted line every predetermined timing while making the hose move in the long-length direction. By this, the contours of the hose are taken continuously and correctly over the length direction of the hose (H). The height direction position data of the lighted line corresponding to each of the width direction position of the hose are extracted, and the height direction position data are subtracted by the base data provided so as to correspond to each of the width direction position. Thus, the arc shape of the outer surface of the hose is canceled from the height direction position data. Also, the height direction position data of each taken image which are given the subtracting is put in image-taking order, and an inspection image is made on the basis of the predetermined color | 2011-03-03 |
20110052040 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD - A substrate inspection method is disclosed. The disclosed method includes 1) providing one or more images of one or more sample substrates; 2) identifying, from the images, two or more occurrences of a target pattern in the images; and 3) comparing the identified target-pattern occurrences against each other to determine, from the images, a presence of abnormalities in the compared target-pattern occurrences, hence determining one or more defects physically present in the target-pattern occurrences. The disclosed method may be implemented via execution of a computer program encoded in a computer readable medium, where the computer program instructs an imaging apparatus to form images of the of-interest sample substrates and instructs an image analyzing apparatus to identify and compare, from the images, the target-pattern occurrences on the sample substrates. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052041 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ROTATIONAL AXIS AND THE CENTER OF ROTATION OF A VEHICLE WHEEL - The invention relates to a method for determining the rotational axis and the rotating center of a vehicle wheel by means of at least two image capture units assigned to each other in position and situation during the journey of the vehicle, and by means of an analysis unit arranged downstream of said units, processing the recorded image information, taking into account multiple wheel features ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110052042 | PROJECTING LOCATION BASED ELEMENTS OVER A HEADS UP DISPLAY - Methods and systems for projecting a location based elements over a heads up display. One method includes: generating a three dimensional (3D) model of a scene, based on a source of digital mapping of the scene; associating a position of at least one selected LAE contained within the scene, with a respective position in the 3D model; superimposing the projecting onto a specified position on a transparent screen facing a viewer and associated with the vehicle, at least one graphic indicator associated with the at least one LAE, wherein the specified position is calculated based on: the respective position of the LAE in the 3D model, the screen's geometrical and optical properties, the viewer's viewing angle, the viewer's distance from the screen, the vehicle's position and angle within the scene, such that the viewer, the graphic indicator, and the LAE are substantially on a common line. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052043 | METHOD OF MOBILE PLATFORM DETECTING AND TRACKING DYNAMIC OBJECTS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a computer-readable medium and method of a mobile platform detecting and tracking dynamic objects in an environment having the dynamic objects. The mobile platform acquires a three-dimensional (3D) image using a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor, removes a floor plane from the acquired 3D image using a random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm, and individually separates objects from the 3D image. Movement of the respective separated objects is estimated using a joint probability data association filter (JPDAF). | 2011-03-03 |
20110052044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CROSS-SECTION PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION - A cross-section processing and observation method includes: forming a cross section in a sample by a focused ion beam through etching processing; obtaining a cross-section observation image through cross-section observation by the focused ion beam; and forming a new cross section by performing etching processing in a region including the cross section and obtaining a cross-section observation image of the new cross section. A surface observation image of a region including a mark on the sample and the cross section is obtained. A position of the mark is recognized in the surface observation image and etching processing is performed on the cross section by setting, in reference to the position of the mark, a focused ion beam irradiation region in which to form the new cross section. Cross-section processing and observation is thus enabled continuously and efficiently using a focused ion beam apparatus having no SEM apparatus. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A system is provided to compress an image of a subject captured in a plurality of directions, at high compression, and the image processing apparatus includes: a model storage section that stores a reference model that is a three-dimensional model representing an object; a model generating section that generates, based on a plurality of captured images of an object, an object model that is a three-dimensional model that matches the object captured in the plurality of captured images; and an output section that outputs a position and a direction of the object captured in each of the plurality of captured images, in association with difference information between the reference model and the object model. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL SEARCHING OF OBJECTS USING LINES - Disclosed is method of visual search for objects that include straight lines. A two-step process is used, which includes detecting straight line segments in an image. The lines are generally characterized by their length, midpoint location, and orientation. Hypotheses that a particular straight line segment belongs to a known object are generated and tested. The set of hypotheses is constrained by spatial relationships in the known objects. The speed and robustness of the method and apparatus disclosed makes it immediately applicable to many computer vision applications. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052047 | System and method for generating an intrinsic image using tone mapping and log chromaticity - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image in an array of pixels, in a computer memory, performing a tone mapping method on the image, performing a log chromaticity method on the image and calculating a color value for each pixel as a function of information relevant to the tone mapping method and the log chromaticity method. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052048 | IMAGE COLOR PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image color processing device adapted to process a luminance data and an input chrominance data of an image includes an edge detecting unit, a chrominance filtering unit, and a chrominance mixing unit. The edge detecting unit receives the luminance data and detects whether each pixel of the image is on an edge of an image object and correspondingly assigns an edge strength to each pixel. The chrominance filtering unit receives the input chrominance data and then outputs a filtered chrominance data. The chrominance mixing unit receives the edge strength, the filtered chrominance data and the input chrominance data, and mixes the filtered chrominance data and the input chrominance data by a weighting manner, according to the edge strength, so as to obtain an output chrominance data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052049 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR EVALUATING A STACK OF OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE - An object evaluation system may determine a value for a stack of objects that appear in a pixelated color image. To determine the value of the stack of objects, the evaluation system preprocess at least a portion of the pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack (if any), and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052050 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A feature vector computation section | 2011-03-03 |
20110052051 | COLOR DETERMINING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR DETERMINING METHOD AND COLOR DETERMINING PROGRAM - A color determining apparatus which determines whether an document is a color document or a monochrome document based on image data of the document including a plurality of pixel data, includes a pixel color determination part which performs color determination of pixels based on a luminance component value and a color component value of the pixel data; a pixel color re-determination part which set one of the pixels determined to be a color pixel by the pixel color determination part a target pixel in turn, and at a time when a plurality of filters having different outline shapes are applied to the target pixel, performs color re-determination of the target pixel according to whether all of the pixels included in the filter are determined to be color pixels or not by the pixel color determination part; and a first document color determination part that determines whether the document is color or monochrome by comparison of a number of the pixels determined to be color pixels by the pixel color re-determination part and a reference value set in advance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052052 | IMAGE COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH IMAGE COMPRESSION PROGRAM - A pattern data storage stores a plurality of different pattern data having the same data size as bit planes. An image compressing/decoding unit calculates code amounts of the respective encoded bit planes and successively adds the code amounts of the respective bit planes in decreasing order from that of the bit plane of the most significant bit to such an extent that the sum does not exceed a limited code amount. Then, the image compressing/decoding unit selects the bit planes with highest degrees of coincidence by comparing the bit planes other those whose code amounts were added to such an extent that the sum does not exceed the limited code amount and the respective pattern data stored in the pattern data storage and replaces the bit planes by the selected pattern data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052053 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus suitable for processing a digital image in YCrCb color space, the image having an initial luminance plane Y and two initial Cr, Cb chrominance planes, the processing apparatus including a first block that receives the initial luminance plane Y of the digital image and processes and modifies the initial luminance plane Y in order to provide a modified luminance plane Y in output; a color artifact correction block, operating in parallel with the first block, the correction block receiving the initial planes Y, Cr, Cb of the image and modifying the initial chrominance planes Cr and Cb through a pixel by pixel processing approach with a mobile working window, the correction block having a false colors correction sub-block and a purple fringing correction sub-block, or both, the sub-blocks structured to modify values of the initial Cr, Cb chrominance planes based on information contained in the initial Cr, Cb chrominance planes and also based on information contained in the initial luminance plane Y. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING EDGES OF PHOTOGRAPH - A method for positioning edges of a photograph, includes flowing steps. A photograph taken by a camera module of an electronic device is obtained. RGB values of the pixels of the photograph are processed to get corresponding RGB modification values of the pixels of the photograph. Positions of vertexes of the photograph are computed according to the RGB modification values. The vertexes are connected to form edges of the photograph. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052055 | COLOR CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a color conversion system and method. The color conversion system which converts the color of a filmed image includes: an image separation unit configured to receive a reference image including a color reference table and an action image, and separate the reference and action images from each other; a color data extraction unit configured to output color values of the color reference table included in the reference image; a control unit configured to detect change values obtained by comparing color values included in the reference image with those included in the color reference table, and generate a look-up table for converting the colors of the color reference table included in the reference image into desired colors; and an image conversion unit configured to perform color correction by converting the color values of the action image into coordinates in pixels, using the look-up table outputted from the control unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052056 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides an image processing apparatus including a unit which generates index image data, a unit which obtains a position of thumbnail image data in the index image data, a unit which divides the index image data so as to prevent overlap of the thumbnail image data, a unit which calculates a histogram of a luminance value of image data corresponding to each partial area including the thumbnail image data, a unit which determines image correction characteristics of each piece of image data based on the histogram and performing image correction, and a unit which reconfiguring the index image data using the corrected image data to output the reconfigured index image data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052057 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COLOR IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM - When a monochrome image is converted into a color image, following criteria are applied. a) Black, white, and a color having lightness according to a pixel value are assigned to minimum and maximum pixel values, and a pixel value therebetween, respectively. b) For the pixel value near but excluding the minimum value, a color in a blue color region is assigned. c) For the pixel value near but excluding the maximum value, a color in a yellow color region is assigned. For the pixel value in a range above those near the minimum value but below near the maximum value, a color in a range of hue from the blue color region to the yellow color region by way of a red color region or a color in the range of hue from the blue color region to the yellow color region by way of a green color region is assigned. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052058 | ARTIFACTS MEASUREMENT ON VIDEO DECOMPOSABLE PROPERTIES BY DYNAMIC FUZZY REASONING - To determine if a pixel exhibits artifacts, statistics are generated for the pixel and its neighbors. These statistics are compared with thresholds. If the comparison of the statistics and the thresholds suggests that the pixel exhibits a pixel artifact, then recourse can be taken, either to adjust the pixel value in some way, or to reject the angle of interpolation used in computing the value for the target pixel. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052059 | GENERATING IMAGE HISTOGRAM BY PARALLEL PROCESSING - A histogram is generated. An image is input, and a pixel value is assigned to each pixel of the input image. A set of bin indexes is defined, with each bin index representing one or more possible numerical values for a pixel. A parallel sort is applied to the pixel values in order to generate a set of sorted pixel values. A parallel search is applied to the sorted pixel values for each bin index to find the position of the bin index in the sorted pixel values. A number of pixels in a bin corresponding to each bin index is generated, based on the difference between the position of the bin index in the sorted pixel values and the position of a subsequent bin index in the sorted pixel values. The histogram is generated based on the number of pixels in the bins corresponding to each bin index. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052060 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus generates, for an image, partial histograms by dividing a luminance histogram at downward convex parts of a frequency distribution of the luminance histogram. The image processing apparatus calculates, for a partial histogram selected from the partial histograms, a difference between a maximum frequency in each of all the partial histograms located on the first side of the selected partial histogram, and a minimum frequency within a luminance range from a luminance level of the maximum frequency to that of a maximum frequency in the selected partial histogram as a drop, and sets a maximum one of the drops calculated for the respective partial histograms as a drop. The image processing apparatus sets a weight, which becomes smaller as this drop is larger, for the selected partial histogram, and calculates a weighted average of the luminance histogram, thereby acquiring a luminance value for the tone correction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM MOVING PICTURE - Provided is a method of detecting important information from a moving picture. The method includes: detecting first candidate areas that are presumed to include important information in a plurality of moving picture frames by using stop edge information, which is edge information overlapped at a same position throughout the plurality of moving picture frames, from among edge information in at least two received moving picture frames; determining second candidate areas by performing grouping on the stop edge information according to a position of the stop edge information in the first candidate areas; analyzing the second candidate areas determined in the at least two moving picture frames; and detecting important information areas from each of the at least two moving picture frames based on the analysis. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PICTURES IN DOCUMENTS - A system and method to identify pictures in documents. An image representing a page of a document is received. The image is analyzed to identify text objects in the page. A masked image is generated by masking out regions of the image including the text objects in the page. Groups of pixels in the masked image are identified, wherein a respective group of pixels corresponds to at least one picture in the page. When there is one or more groups of pixels, regions for pictures are identified based on the one or more groups of pixels. Metadata tags for the pictures are stored, wherein a respective metadata tag for a respective picture includes information about a respective bounding box for the respective picture. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052063 | CONSISTENT HIERARCHICAL LABELING OF IMAGE AND IMAGE REGIONS - Classification of image regions comprises: recursively partitioning an image into a tree of image regions having the image as a tree root and at least one image patch in each leaf image region of the tree, the tree having nodes defined by the image regions and edges defined by pairs of nodes connected by edges of the tree; assigning unary classification potentials to nodes of the tree; assigning pairwise classification potentials to edges of the tree; and labeling the image regions of the tree of image regions based on optimizing an objective function comprising an aggregation of the unary classification potentials and the pairwise classification potentials. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052064 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) OUTPUT DATA, WHEREIN THE OUTPUT DATA COMPRISES DOUBLE PRINTED CHARACTER IMAGES - The present invention is related to a method of processing of output data from an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system, wherein the output data comprises images of double printed characters. The method identifies the respective members of a suspected double printed character image by first providing a set of single character template images from images of characters identified in the text being processed by the OCR system, then combining the single character templates providing candidate models for the suspected double printed character image. Correlation between each respective candidate model and the suspected double printed character image provides an indication of which pair of modelled single template character images that most probable are he correct identification of the respective character images in the double printed character image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052065 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A SIGNATURE SIMPLICITY ANALYSIS FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF SIGNATURE VALIDATION - The present invention provides a method for applying a signature simplicity analysis for improving the accuracy of signature validation, the method including the steps of generating a plurality of synthetic fraudulent signatures for a person, encoding authentic signatures of the person using signature simplicity and validating the signatures using signature simplicity. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052066 | Handwritten Character Recognition - A method for classifying a handwritten input character is disclosed. Character models are used. Each character model is associated with an output character and defines a model specific segmentation scheme for that output character and an associated segment model. The model specific segmentation scheme defines a minimum length corresponding to a number of points in a stroke of the output character and a minimum length threshold. Using each of the character models, the input character is decomposed into segments and the segments are evaluated against the segment model of the respective character model to produce a score indicative of the conformity of the segments with the segment model. The character model that produced the highest score is selected and the input character is classified as the output character associated with the character model that produces the highest score. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052067 | CLUSTERING NODES IN A SELF-ORGANIZING MAP USING AN ADAPTIVE RESONANCE THEORY NETWORK - Techniques are disclosed for discovering object type clusters using pixel-level micro-features extracted from image data. A self-organizing map and adaptive resonance theory (SOM-ART) network is used to classify objects depicted in the image data based on the pixel-level micro-features. Importantly, the discovery of the object type clusters is unsupervised, i.e., performed independent of any training data that defines particular objects, allowing a behavior-recognition system to forgo a training phase and for object classification to proceed without being constrained by specific object definitions. The SOM-ART network is adaptive and able to learn while discovering the object type clusters and classifying objects. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052068 | IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS OBJECT TYPES DURING CLASSIFICATION - Techniques are disclosed for identifying anomaly object types during classification of foreground objects extracted from image data. A self-organizing map and adaptive resonance theory (SOM-ART) network is used to discover object type clusters and classify objects depicted in the image data based on pixel-level micro-features that are extracted from the image data. Importantly, the discovery of the object type clusters is unsupervised, i.e., performed independent of any training data that defines particular objects, allowing a behavior-recognition system to forgo a training phase and for object classification to proceed without being constrained by specific object definitions. The SOM-ART network is adaptive and able to learn while discovering the object type clusters and classifying objects and identifying anomaly object types. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052069 | Image search apparatus - An image search apparatus includes: an image feature extraction unit for extracting features of images; an image search data storage unit for storing the features of the images; a user interface unit for inputting an image search condition, and displaying a search result; and an image search execution unit for executing an image search, by using the features of the images based on the image search condition, wherein the user interface unit allows multiple key images to be inputted as the single search condition, the image search execution unit executes the search by using key images included in the single search condition, and the user interface unit displays the search result in the order of similarities to the key images. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052070 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE-MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to capture an image; a specifying unit configured to specify at least one pixel on an edge of the image; a tracking unit configured to track pixels that are similar to the at least one pixel, among peripheral pixels around the at least one pixel; and an estimating unit configured to estimate, as a region of interest, a region other than a region consisting of the pixels tracked by the tracking unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110052071 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for extracting a contour of an object which extracts boundary candidate points from the image and sets reference areas each having one of boundary candidate points as a center and includes small areas. A first reference area is set from the reference areas and a first small area is set from small areas included in the first reference area. From reference areas, a second reference area is set, whose feature is similar to that of the first reference area and as a second small area, a small area is set which has a feature amount similar to that of the first small area among small areas included in the second reference area. The boundary candidate points is tracked to extract the contour of the object based on the first reference area, the second reference area, the first small area, and the second small area. | 2011-03-03 |