11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140072130 | UNCOMFORTABLE SOUND PRESSURE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, UNCOMFORTABLE SOUND PRESSURE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, UNCOMFORTABLE SOUND PRESSURE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - An exemplary uncomfortable sound pressure estimation system includes: a sound stimulation scheduling section configured to determine points in time of outputting a group of sound stimulations so that times of measurement for event-related potentials in response to the second sound and third sound arrive after a predetermined noise-lingering time has elapsed since a next point of occurrence of periodic noise; an event-related potential characteristic amount extraction section configured to receive the points in time of outputting the sound stimulation group, and extract a characteristic amount of an event-related potential of the electroencephalogram signal based on each point of outputting the group of sound stimulations as a starting point; and an uncomfortable sound pressure determination section configured to determine an uncomfortable sound pressure for the frequency of the sound stimulation group. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072131 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS - A communication method is provided. The communication method includes generating a pseudo background sound signal based on a gradient pulse control signal, performing a computation of subtracting the pseudo background sound signal from an acoustic signal having a sound signal and a background sound signal including a gradient coil drive sound signal, the acoustic signal obtained by an input device configured to receive the voice of a subject, and outputting sound based on a result of the computation, wherein a parameter of generating the pseudo background sound signal is controlled to reduce the difference resulting from the subtraction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING IMPULSIVE NOISE DISTURBANCE - FM and AM receivers in car environments require a noise blanker circuit or method to reduce the audible disturbances generated by impulse noise, such as ignition noise, in the audio signal. The invention proposes a combination of time-domain and frequency-domain processing to reduce the audible distortion. The time-domain processing interpolates the signal during the impulse noise bursts, and the frequency-domain processing disperses the remaining signal distortion over time, or relocates it to positions in time where it is attenuated by a windowing technique. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072133 | DECISIONS ON AMBIENT NOISE SUPPRESSION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS HANDSET DEVICE - A method in a communications device includes the following operations. During a call, a process automatically detects that the device has moved from an at-the-ear position to an away-from-the-ear position. Based on the detection, a noise suppressor that operates upon an uplink signal for the call is signaled to change its noise suppression performance. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072134 | ROBUST PROCESS FOR MANAGING FILTER COEFFICIENTS IN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING SYSTEMS - A system for managing the changing state of an adaptive filter in an active noise control (ANC) system is described. An adaptive filter state storage stores copies of prior states of the adaptive filter. A disturbance detector can detect either normal ambient noise or abnormal ambient noise. An adaptive filter state manager signals that a copy of a current state of the adaptive filter is to be repeatedly written to the state storage, so long as normal ambient noise is being detected. But when abnormal noise is detected, the state manager signals that the adaptive filter be restored to one of its prior states, from the copies stored in the state storage. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072135 | PREVENTION OF ANC INSTABILITY IN THE PRESENCE OF LOW FREQUENCY NOISE - An active noise control (ANC) processor has an adaptive filter that uses a reference signal to produce an anti-noise signal, and an error signal to evaluate cancellation performance. An adaptive filter algorithm engine configures the filter coefficients of the adaptive filter, in accordance with pre-shaped versions of the error and reference signals. The pre-shaping filter has a high-pass transfer function and enables the adaptive algorithm engine to increase noise cancellation performance in a high frequency band during the presence of focused or narrow-band noise energy in a low frequency band. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072136 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF AN OPERATOR AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a headset having one or more speaker units. Each speaker unit is configured to provide audio signals to an operator. Each speaker unit includes an ear cuff configured to contact the operator's head. The headset further includes multiple sensors configured to measure one or more characteristics associated with the operator. At least one of the sensors is embedded within at least one ear cuff of at least one speaker unit. The sensors could include an electrocardiography electrode, a skin conductivity probe, pulse oximetry light emitting diodes and photodetectors, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a temperature sensor. The apparatus could also include a processing unit configured to analyze audio signals captured by a microphone unit of the headset to identify respiration by the operator or at least one voice characteristic of the operator. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072137 | REPOSITIONABLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A system for controlling one or more functions of an electronic device is disclosed. The system includes an electrical cable configured to be selectively coupled to the electronic device and transmit electrical signals to and from the electronic device; at least two electrical conductors electrically coupled to the electrical cable; and a repositionable control device selectively coupled to the at least two electrical conductors. The repositionable control device is configured to control the one or more functions associated with the electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072138 | AUDIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An audio communication system includes a headset with a microphone having two electrical outputs and a first electro-acoustic driver. The system includes first and second differential amplifiers, and a first electrical conductor for electrically connecting an output of the first differential amplifier with a first audio source device. A second electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an input of the driver with the first audio source device. A third electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an output of the second differential amplifier with a second audio source device. A fourth electrical conductor is provided for electrically connecting an input of the driver with the second audio source device. One electrical output from the microphone is electrically connected to a positive input of each of the differential amplifiers. The other electrical output from the microphone is electrically connected to a negative input of each of the differential amplifiers. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072139 | POWER-SAVING MONITORING CIRCUIT - A power-saving monitoring circuit is applied in an electrostatic earphone having a thin film and a plurality of electrode plates. In the power-saving monitoring circuit, an input unit receives an audio frequency signal; an output unit outputs the audio frequency signal to the electrode plates through; a detection unit detects the audio frequency signal and generates a control signal corresponding to the audio frequency signal to control a switch unit coupled to a power supply unit; a switch unit supplies a first voltage generated by the power supply unit to the driving module; a driving module converts the first voltage into a second voltage to drive the thin film. Since the switch unit cannot supply the first voltage to the driving module through, the driving module needs not to convert the first voltage. The electrostatic earphone is driven by the audio frequency signal automatically to achieve the power-saving effect. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072140 | METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING AN IMPROVED FORM OF HEADPHONES - A method for determining a form for a headphone part using a representative model includes receiving data for at least one ear model. The ear model may be oriented within a coordinate system based on the data, where orienting is focused on the alignment with respect to one or more areas of the ear. A representative model is determined from a plurality of oriented ear models, where the representative model is a representation for a volume determined to be common to at least two oriented ear models. The size and/or shape for the headphone part is determined based upon the representative model. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAINING A MICROPHONE - Systems and methods for retaining a microphone using a microphone boot are disclosed. The microphone boot may include a sound channeling structure for receiving and delivering sound, and a microphone retaining block for retaining a microphone and passing the sound to the microphone. The sound channeling structure may be secured to a housing of an electronic device. The sound channeling structure may include a sound tube and a hooking component that may be insertable into a tunnel and a slot, respectively, of the microphone retaining block. The sound tube may deliver the sound into the tunnel for passing to the microphone. The hooking component may lock into the slot to secure the sound channeling structure to the microphone retaining block. Thus, the microphone boot may be tightly sealed to prevent leakage of the sound, and may fix the microphone within the electronic device even in the presence of external force. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072142 | SOUND DIRECTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM, SOUND DIRECTION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SOUND DIRECTION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - A sound direction estimation device includes a first correlation matrix calculation unit configured to calculate a correlation matrix of a plurality of channels of input sound signals, a second correlation matrix calculation unit configured to calculate a correlation matrix of noise signals based on the plurality of channels of sound signals, and a sound source localization unit configured to calculate a spatial spectrum based on the correlation matrix calculated by the first correlation matrix calculation unit and the correlation matrix calculated by the second correlation matrix calculation unit and to estimate a direction of a sound source associated with the plurality of channels of sound signals using the calculated spatial spectrum. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072143 | AUTOMATIC MICROPHONE MUTING OF UNDESIRED NOISES - Methods and systems for cancelation of table noise in a speaker system used for video or audio conferencing are disclosed. Table noise is cancelled in one embodiment by providing a signal or a message whenever a key is depressed on a keyboard or a mouse is clicked. When the key depression signal or message is received, the system evaluates whether speech is occurring. If speech is not occurring, then the microphone in the system is muted. However, if speech is occurring, the microphone is not muted for a period of time to allow the speech to be transmitted to the far end. This allows the conference to be continued in the presence of keyboard sounds if speech is occurring at the same time but also silences the keyboard sounds if speech is not occurring. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072144 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT, AUDIO OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND VOLTAGE SUPPLYING METHOD - A voltage supply circuit is provided. The voltage supply circuit includes a voltage amplifier and a power selecting circuit. A power terminal of the voltage amplifier receives an operation power and outputs a gain voltage for driving an output device. The power selecting circuit receives a plurality of supply voltages and supplies one of the supply voltages to the power terminal of the voltage amplifier as the operation power according to a volume level of an audio signal. An audio output apparatus and a voltage supplying method thereof are also provided. The audio output apparatus includes the voltage supply circuit and a speaker. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072145 | AUDIO-PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING STORAGE MEDIUM OF ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present invention discloses an audio playing system for protecting a storage medium of an electrical device. The audio playing system includes a detecting unit, a processing unit, an adjusting module and a playing module. The detecting unit detects vibration of the electrical device to generate a detection signal corresponding to the vibration. The processing unit compares the detection signal with the tolerable vibration value of the storage medium to generate a comparison result, and generates an adjustment signal according to the comparison result. The adjusting module adjusts an audio file according to the adjustment signal to generate an adjusted audio file. The playing module plays the adjusted audio file. The present invention also discloses an audio playing method for protecting a storage medium of an electrical device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072146 | OPTICAL MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BODY CONDUCTED SOUND SIGNALS - A method and an optical microphone that may include a transmitter; and a sensor; wherein the transmitter is arranged, when facing an external auditory canal of a user, to direct optical signals towards an area of the external auditory canal; wherein the sensor is arranged to generate sensing signals that are indicative of reflected radiation that reflected from the external auditory canal; wherein the reflected radiation conveys information about body conducted signals that propagate through a body of the user and cause the external auditory canal to vibrate. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072147 | PRESS BUTTON DEVICE AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT HAVING THE PRESS BUTTON DEVICE - A press button device includes a button unit having a main body with a surrounding wall, and an actuating member protruding from an inner side of the main body for actuating a control switch. A flexible connection unit includes a button-coupling portion connected to the surrounding wall in an airtight manner, a fixed portion radially spaced apart from and surrounding the button-coupling portion, and a deformable portion interconnecting the button-coupling and fixed portions. The deformable portion is elastically displaced relative to the fixed portion when the button unit is pressed, and restores the button unit to its original position when the pressing force thereon is removed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072148 | BONE-CONDUCTION PICKUP TRANSDUCER FOR MICROPHONIC APPLICATIONS - A personal audio device has a bone conduction pickup transducer, having a housing of which a rigid outer wall has an opening formed therein. A volume of yielding material fills the opening in the rigid outer wall. An electronic vibration sensing element is embedded in the volume of yielding material. The housing is shaped, and the opening is located, so that the volume of yielding material comes into contact with an ear or cheek of a user who is using the personal audio device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072149 | AUDIO VIBRATION EXCITER - An audio resonance vibrator includes a yoke defining a bottom and a sidewall extending vertically from the bottom, an elastic frame cooperatively with the yoke forming a housing defining a receiving space, a magnet disposed on the bottom of the yoke cooperatively with the sidewall of yoke forming a magnetic gap, a vibrating unit accommodated in the receiving space defining a vibrating plate and a coil assembly connected with the vibrating plate. The coil assembly is at least partially received in the magnetic gap, and the vibrating plate is positioned on the elastic frame. The audio resonance vibrator further includes an elastic member interposed between the magnet and the vibrating plate to support the magnet. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072150 | Microphone with Parasitic Capacitance Cancelation - A microelectromechanical microphone and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The microphone has a moveable diaphragm and a fixed backplate that create a variable capacitance. A fixed anchor electrically coupled to the diaphragm has an electrode that measures the variable capacitance, but also measures an unwanted, additive, parasitic capacitance. Various embodiments include a reference electrode, manufactured in the same deposition layer as the diaphragm or anchor, that measures only the parasitic capacitance. A circuit is provided either on-chip or off-chip that subtracts the capacitance measured at the reference electrode from that measured at the anchor, thereby producing only the desired variable capacitance as output. Because the reference electrode is deposited at the same time as the diaphragm or anchor, only minimal changes are required to existing manufacturing techniques. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072151 | MEMS MICROPHONE PACKAGE WITH MOLDED INTERCONNECT DEVICE - A microphone package is described that includes a plastic lid, a substrate base, and two electrical components. The plastic lid includes a first conductive lid trace and the substrate base includes a first conductive substrate trace. The plastic lid is sealably coupled to the substrate base to form a sealed cavity. The substrate trace and the lid trace are arranged such that, when the cavity is sealed, an electrical connection is formed between the substrate trace and the lid trace. The first component is mounted on the substrate base and electrically coupled to the substrate trace. The second component is mounted on the lid and is electrically coupled to the lid trace. The electrical connection between the substrate trace and the lid trace provides electrical coupling between the first component and the second component. At least one of the first component and the second component includes a MEMS microphone die. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072152 | Dual Single-Crystal Backplate Microphone System and Method Of Fabricating Same - A dual backplate MEMS microphone system includes a flexible diaphragm sandwiched between two single-crystal silicon backplates. Such a MEMS microphone system may be formed by fabricating each backplate in a separate wafer, and then transferring one backplate from its wafer to the other wafer, to form two separate capacitors with the diaphragm. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072153 | SIMULATED SOUND FIELD EARPHONE - A simulated sound field earphone includes a right ear unit, a left ear unit, a battery-containing analog sound field signal connective module and a simulated sound field selector. The right ear unit includes at least two sound generating units and the left ear unit also includes at least two sound generating units. Therefore, the sound field signal connective module can be used to select from at least two types of sound fields through the simulated sound field selector. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072154 | AUDIO REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus that reproduces left and right audio signals based on data acquired from a sound source; acquires left and right surrounding sounds collected by left and right microphones included in a headphone unit connected to the information processing apparatus; combines a sound corresponding to at least one of the left and right surrounding sounds with at least one of the left and right audio signals; and outputs the left and right audio signals combined with the sound corresponding to the at least one of the left and right surrounding sounds to left and right earphones of the headphone unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072155 | PERSONAL AUDIO SYSTEM AND METHOD - A suppressed carrier audio system can include a modulator having an input configured to receive an audio signal having audio content and configured to modulate the received audio signal onto an ultrasonic carrier to produce a modulated signal; a bandpass filter to receive the modulated signal and suppress or remove the carrier from the modulated signal, and further configured to pass a sideband of the modulated signal thereby creating a suppressed carrier signal; and a first ultrasonic transducer having an input coupled to receive the suppressed carrier signal, the ultrasonic transducer configured to emit the suppressed carrier signal in a direction toward an intended listener. The system can also include a demodulator having a signal generator configured to generate a carrier signal and a second ultrasonic transducer having an input coupled to receive the carrier signal and to emit the carrier signal in a direction toward the intended listener. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072156 | HEARING AID SYSTEM FOR REMOVING FEEDBACK NOISE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a hearing aid system including: a first processor that fast Fourier transforms N input signal tone data output from an input buffer memory, and then executes nonlinear compression; a second processor that inverse fast Fourier transforms amplitude spectrum data; an output buffer memory that stores the voice signal tone data, until the number of the voice signal tone data is N; and a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter that converts the digital voice signal tone data into an analog signal, to then output the analog signal to a receiver. Thus, certain ambient noise due to an acoustic feedback signal and a narrow frequency band that occur in a hearing aid is removed, to thus reduce discomforts due to the acoustic feedback noise of the hearing aid for hearing aid users, and to thereby significantly improve speech discrimination. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072157 | MAGNETIC CONNECTOR - Acoustic duct connector for an acoustic duct of the type being used for real ear measurements, the acoustic duct connector comprising a first surface portion and a first acoustic duct exiting from said first surface portion, and comprising a first magnetical component for engaging to a second magnetical component comprised by a receiving connector such, that an airborne sound signal can propagate from the first acoustic duct to a second acoustic duct exiting from a second surface portion of the receiving connector when the acoustic duct connector and the receiving connector are connected to each other. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072158 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An electronic device includes a speaker; a speaker holder that holds the speaker; a main unit on which the speaker holder is mounted; a first mounting part formed on the speaker; a second mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a first elastic part that engages with both the first and second mounting parts; a third mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a fourth mounting part formed on the main unit; and a second elastic part that engages with both the third and fourth mounting parts. The speaker and the main unit are provided in such a manner as not to come into contact with each other under the condition that the first and second mounting parts engage with the first elastic part, and the third and fourth mounting parts engage with the second elastic part. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072159 | LEAK TOLERANT ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes an acoustic transducer that projects sound in a first direction and a second direction. A housing includes a cavity. The acoustic transducer is positioned in the housing to project sound in the first direction through an aperture in the housing. The transducer also projects sound in the second direction within the cavity. A first port is acoustically coupled to the cavity and acoustically isolated from the aperture. The sound projected in the second direction is emitted through the first port. A membrane covers the aperture and the first port. The membrane receives sound from the aperture and the first port and radiates the sound away from the housing. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072160 | AMPLIFIER STAND - An axis of rotation of a rotatable connection between a rocker arm, attached to the bottom of the amplifier, and a support frame of the amplifier stand is on the centerline of the amplifier box depth. A balance spring arranged between the support frame and the rocker arm is increasing loaded with tilting back of the amplifier on the stand to oppose a fallback load of the amplifier and permit a friction device applying a frictional force dampening the relative rotation to hold the amplifier in a selected tilt angle up to 45°. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072161 | Combining and Waterproofing Headphone Port Exits - A plate attached to the back shell of an earphone includes an exit cavity corresponding in dimension to and aligned with a first opening through the back shell. A channel in the bottom surface of the plate begins at a point aligned with a second opening through the back shell and ends at an aperture through a side wall of the exit cavity. The channel and the outer surface of the back shell together form a reactive acoustic port from a back cavity enclosed by the back shell to the exit cavity, the first opening through the shell forms a resistive acoustic port from the back cavity to the exit cavity, and the exit cavity couples the reactive acoustic port and the resistive acoustic port to free space without introducing additional acoustic impedance. In some examples, a water-resistant screen covers the upper aperture of the exit cavity. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072162 | Speaker Box - One embodiment of the invention discloses a speaker box having a housing and a speaker accommodated in the housing. The speaker includes a sound radiation surface for generating sound. The housing includes a first and second output ports disposed at one side of the housing for transmitting the sound to outside of the speaker box. The housing includes a plurality of ribs disposed therein and forming a bending channel. The first and second output ports are disposed at two ends of the bending channel. The bending channel is divided into a front channel and a back channel by the speaker. The speaker box is capable of obtaining a better low frequency sound reproduction quality. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072163 | MICROSPEAKER DIAPHRAGM EDGE MEMBER, MICROSPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, MICROSPEAKER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention provides a microspeaker diaphragm edge member having superior heat resistance, cold resistance, moisture resistance, formability, and high internal loss property, a diaphragm employing such a microspeaker diaphragm edge member, a microspeaker employing such a diaphragm, and an electronic device incorporating such a microspeaker. To constitute such an edge member, an intermediate layer featuring a high damping effect has a constraining layer of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) disposed on one face thereof and a constraining layer of either polyetheretherketone (PEEK) or polyetherimide (PEI) disposed on the other face thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for controlling airflow into an electronic device are disclosed. An airflow control system may include an airflow impedance plate having one or more airflow impeding features. The airflow impedance plate may be a passive device that may be configured to impede forceful airflow therethrough and also allow sound to pass therethrough. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072165 | COUPLABLE HEARING APPARATUS FOR A HEARING DEVICE, COUPLING ELEMENT AND HEARING DEVICE - A hearing apparatus includes a sound tube with a tube-side coupling element and an earpiece with an earpiece-side coupling element. The tube-side coupling element and the earpiece-side coupling element can be reversibly coupled. The tube-side coupling element has a tube-side pressure canal and the earpiece-side coupling element has an earpiece-side pressure canal, which form a coupled pressure canal in a coupled state of the coupling elements. The tube-side coupling element or the earpiece-side coupling element is supported by at least one pressure element which improves air-tightness of the coupled pressure canal. A coupling element and a hearing device are also provided. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072166 | EXTERNAL LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An external loudspeaker includes a holding member and a speaker. The holding member includes two clamping portions and a mounting portion located between the two clamping portions, the mounting portion defining a through hole and includes a latching ring. The speaker includes a sealing portion. The sealing portion is deformedly received in the through hole. The sealing portion defines a latching groove, and the latching ring is latched in the latching groove. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072167 | METHOD OF SORTING MAILPIECES WITH RECIPIENT SORTING - A method of sorting mailpieces, in which the mailpieces are sorted automatically in a sorting system with a view to being delivered to a recipient by a mail carrier, and are fed back into a sorting machine for additional sorting in order to re-sequence the mailpieces in a certain classification established by the recipient. This method is characterized by the following steps:
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20140072168 | VIDEO-TRACKING FOR VIDEO-BASED SPEED ENFORCEMENT - A method for tracking a moving vehicle includes detecting the vehicle by acquiring a series of temporal related image frames. In an initial frame, the detecting includes locating a reference feature representative of a vehicle. The method further includes setting the reference feature as a full-size template. The method includes tracking the vehicle by searching a current frame for features matching the full-size template and at least one scaled template. The tracking further includes setting as an updated template one of the full-size and scaled templates closest matching the feature. The method includes repeating the tracking using the updated template for each next frame in the series. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072169 | LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR AN OBJECT USING VISUAL DATA - A global position of an observed object is determined by obtaining a first global position of an observed object with at least one positioning device. A determination is made as to whether a set of stored visual characteristic information of at least one landmark matches a visual characteristic information set obtained from at least one captured image comprising a scene associated with the observed object. In response to the set of stored visual characteristic information matching the obtained visual characteristic information set, a second global position of the observed object is determined based on a set of stored location information associated with the at least one landmark and the first global position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072170 | 3D HUMAN POSE AND SHAPE MODELING - Methods, devices and systems for performing video content analysis to detect humans or other objects of interest a video image is disclosed. The detection of humans may be used to count a number of humans, to determine a location of each human and/or perform crowd analyses of monitored areas. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SEMANTIC ANNOTATIONS - In accordance with one aspect of the present technique, a method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a new video from one or more sensors and generating a new content graph (CG) based on the new video. The method also includes comparing the new CG with a plurality of prior CGs. The method further includes identifying a first portion of the new CG matching a portion of a first prior CG and a second portion of the new CG matching a portion of the second prior CG. The method further includes analyzing a first set of semantic annotations (SAs) associated with the portion of the first prior CG and a second set of SAs associated with the portion of the second prior CG. The method further includes generating a sequence of SAs for the new video based on the analysis of the first and the second set of SAs. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072172 | TECHNIQUES FOR FACE DETECETION AND TRACKING - Techniques are disclosed that involve face detection. For instance, face detection tasks may be decomposed into sets of one or more sub-tasks. In turn the sub-tasks of the sets may be allocated across multiple image frames. This allocation may be based on a multiple layer, quad-tree approach. In addition, face tracking tasks may be performed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072173 | LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR AN OBJECT USING VISUAL DATA - A global position of an observed object is determined by obtaining a first global position of an observed object with at least one positioning device. A determination is made as to whether a set of stored visual characteristic information of at least one landmark matches a visual characteristic information set obtained from at least one captured image comprising a scene associated with the observed object. In response to the set of stored visual characteristic information matching the obtained visual characteristic information set, a second global position of the observed object is determined based on a set of stored location information associated with the at least one landmark and the first global position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072174 | LOCATION-BASED SIGNATURE SELECTION FOR MULTI-CAMERA OBJECT TRACKING - Disclosed herein are a method, system, and computer program product for determining a correspondence between a first object ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072175 | FAST ARTICULATED MOTION TRACKING - The present technology relates to a computer-implemented method for tracking an object in a sequence of multi-view input video images comprising the steps of acquiring a model of the object, tracking the object in the multi-view input video image sequence, and using the model. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A POSSIBLE COLLISION OBJECT - An imaging unit is arranged in a motor vehicle. The imaging unit is designed for providing, as a function of an image acquired by it, a digital source image of a predefined image size. A first intermediate image of a predefined first intermediate image size is generated by reducing a resolution of the source image for the sake of reducing pixels. Furthermore, a second intermediate image of the predefined image size is generated such that it comprises the first intermediate image. The second intermediate image is analyzed by a predefined detector in order to examine whether an object of a predefined object category is situated in the second intermediate image, the detector being designed for analyzing a predefined image detail and for detecting an object of a predefined object category of a predefined object size range. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072177 | Methods for Identifying Vehicle License Plates - A method for identifying vehicle license plate, comprising: mounting a server apparatus, and establishing a vehicle database and a vehicle license plate identification library in the server apparatus so as to generate a vehicle data and a vehicle license plate identification program; establishing a communication link, and receiving the vehicle data and the vehicle license plate identification program by the mobile device, and installing the vehicle license plate identification program and storing the vehicle data; capturing plate number of a vehicle by a camera module mounted in the mobile device for generating an image and then analyzing the plate number in the image by an analyzing program to generate an analysis result; comparing the analysis result with the vehicle data by a comparison module of the mobile device for generating a comparison result; and displaying the comparison result. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072178 | PARKING LOT INFORMATION SYSTEM USING IMAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES - A parking lot information system comprising a digital camera for obtaining an image of parking spaces in the parking lot where each parking space is marked with a visual identifier, a computer coupled to the digital camera for identifying available parking spaces by recognizing the identifiers marking the available parking spaces, and a display coupled to the computer for displaying information on the available parking spaces. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072179 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DETECTION OF MOTION VECTOR BETWEEN IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of improving the alignment accuracy by detecting a motion vector accurately even if there is a low contrast region or a repeating pattern region. A division unit divides each of inputted images into blocks of a predetermined size. A first determination unit determines whether contrast in a block is less than a predetermined contrast for each of the blocks. A size changing unit changes the size of the block concerned when the first determination unit determines that the block concerned is low contrast. A motion vector detection unit detects a motion vector by comparing images in each pair of corresponding blocks between the images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072180 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to detect a position deviation between a first image and a second image includes a first memory configured to store motion vectors between the first image and the second image as a first motion vector group, a second memory configured to store, as a second motion vector group, motion vectors extracted from the first motion vector group determined to have a higher reliability than a predetermined threshold, an acceptable motion vector selection unit configured to calculate a temporary position deviation parameter from the second motion vector group, and select the motion vectors representing the position deviation as an acceptable motion vector group from the first motion vector group, using the temporary position deviation parameter, and a parameter estimation unit configured to estimate the position deviation parameter representing the position deviation from the acceptable motion vector group. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072181 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT - Motion of an object is characterized based on data indicative of a plurality of pixilated images of the object. An outline of the object may be extracted from the data for each pixilated image of the object. Changes over time in a shape and/or position of the outline may be used to determine a speed associated with the object. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072182 | Relationship Mapping Employing Multi-Dimensional Context Including Facial Recognition - A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072183 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION OF A HUMAN EYE AND CORROBORATION OF SAME - A method of biometric recognition is provided. Multiple images of the face or other non-iris image and iris of an individual are acquired. If the multiple images are determined to form an expected sequence of images, the face and iris images are associated together. A single camera preferably acquires both the iris and face images by changing at least one of the zoom, position, or dynamic range of the camera. The dynamic range can be adjusted by at least one of adjusting the gain settings of the camera, adjusting the exposure time, and/or adjusting the illuminator brightness. The expected sequence determination can be made by determining if the accumulated motion vectors of the multiple images is consistent with an expected set of motion vectors and/or ensuring that the iris remains in the field of view of all of the multiple images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072184 | AUTOMATED IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD - The present invention discloses a method to construct template images for recognition, including the steps of: obtaining a plurality of digitized images belonging to n categories; for all categories, extracting common features for images belonging to a category; comparing common features of said category with common features of other categories other than category, to obtain discriminating features for the category; and including such features into representative features to obtain template images. A method to recognize an input image using the template images so obtained is also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072185 | Biometric Identification Systems and Methods - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of verifying an identity of a person-to-be-identified using biometric signature data. The method comprises creating a sample database based on biometric signature data from a plurality of individuals, calculating a feature database by extracting selected features from entries in the sample database, calculating positive samples and negative sampled based on entries in the feature database, calculating a key bin feature using an adaptive boosting learning algorithm, the key bin feature distinguishing each of the positive samples and negative samples, and calculating a classifier from the key bin feature for use in identifying and authenticating a person-to-be-identified. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072186 | System and Method for Providing A Real-Time, Online Biometric Signature - A system is provided for generating an online biometrically accurate electronic signature. The system includes a computer interface module which records movement of a cursor on a computer screen and outputs the recorded data. A signature generation module which receives the recorded data and generates a graphical image based upon the recorded data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION WITH DUAL LINE SCANNER USING LINE COUNTS - A fingerprint scanning and image reconstruction system and method including a fingerprint scanner providing a first scan line and a second scan line separated by a line separation distance in a scanning direction. The system includes an image reconstruction module accumulating scan lines including at least the first scan line and the second scan line over a time period t. The image reconstruction module a value for decimation (t) necessary to produce a selected y axis resolution in the scanning direction based at least in part on (line count(t)/line separation distance)*a selected y resolution, where line count(t) is the number of lines accumulated in time t, and decimation(t) indicates of whether the line count(t) is greater than or less than the number of lines accumulated as a function of the time period t that will result in a selected reconstructed image y resolution in the scanning direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072188 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - In a fingerprint identification and verification system and its method, the system includes a Bluetooth fingerprint device, an application device, a fingerprint identification server, and an application control device. The Bluetooth fingerprint device captures a fingerprint image, extracts the minutiae data from the fingerprint image, and sends the minutiae data to the application device. The application device transmits the minutiae data and a verification request to the application control device and the application control device transmits the minutiae data to the fingerprint identification server to perform the fingerprint identification process. The fingerprint identification server sends a verification result on which the application control device depends to accept or refuse the verification request from the application device. As a result, the speed of the user's identification process can be increased by using the Bluetooth fingerprint device to derive the minutiae data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072189 | Portable medical diagnostic systems and methods using a mobile device - A system and method for analysis of colorimetric test strip strips and disease management. The system can include an accessory that is operably coupled to a mobile device, the mobile device acquiring and/or analyzing images of the colorimetric test strips. The light box accessory can be detachably attached to the mobile device, or made to remain attached to the mobile device, but with the capability of having the light box accessory removed from the field of view of the camera for general photography purposes. In other embodiments, an image containing known calibration color(s) and reagent area(s) is obtained sans the light box for comparison with a previous calibration image to model changes in ambient lighting conditions and determine a color correction function. The correction can be applied to the detected reagent area color(s) for matching between the detected reagent area color(s) and reference color(s) on the reference chart. Optionally, the information can be processed and displayed to provide feedback, as well as transmitted to a health provider for analysis. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072190 | Linear-Based Eulerian Motion Modulation - In one embodiment, a method of amplifying temporal variation in at least two images comprises examining pixel values of the at least two images. The temporal variation of the pixel values between the at least two images can be below a particular threshold. The method can further include applying signal processing to the pixel values. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072191 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING AND ANALYZING MEDICAL IMAGES HAVING ELONGATED STRUCTURES - Methods, systems, and media for generating and/or analyzing medical images having elongated structures are provided. In some embodiments, a method for analyzing medical images is provided, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of images includes a portion of an elongated structure; receiving a location of interest within at least one of the plurality of images; determining an orientation of the elongated structure in response to receiving the location of interest; adjusting image planes of each of the plurality of images to correspond with the orientation of the elongated structure; and causing the elongated structure to be displayed in the adjusted image planes. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE-CENTRIC STANDARDIZED TOOL FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYSIS IN MEDICAL IMAGING - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of performing image quality analysis on images from an imaging examination, including: displaying an imaging examination; performing a quality review of the images; performing a quality analysis on data from the imaging examination and on the images; receiving image quality analysis from the user on the data and the images and storing the image quality analysis in at least one database; saving data from the image quality analysis on at least one key image of the images, using computer-generated standardized annotation and mark-up, or graphical data input, or speech data, using a computerized tool, and saving the data as annotated image data in the at least one database; and transferring the annotated image data to at least one quality assurance database with linking to images from the imaging examination. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072193 | DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT METHOD - The diagnostic support apparatus includes a feature quantity calculation unit vectorizing a test image into shift-invariant feature quantities, a base representation unit transforming the shift-invariant feature quantities of the test image into a linear combination of base vectors with first coefficients, the base vectors being calculated from a plurality of vectors representing shift-invariant feature quantities of a plurality of normal structural images including no lesion site, a lesion determination unit determining that the test image includes a lesion site when a difference between the first coefficients and second coefficients is greater than a determination threshold value, the second coefficients being used to transform shift-invariant feature quantities calculated from one of the normal structural images into a linear combination of the base vectors, and an output unit outputting a result of the determination by the lesion determination unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072194 | MOTION COMPENSATED IMAGING - A method includes performing a motion compensated reconstruction of functional projection data using a patient-adapted motion model, which is generated based on a generic anatomical motion model and imaging data from a structural scan. A system includes a first adapter ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072195 | AUTOMATED FISH READER USING LEARNING MACHINES - An automated reader for reading fluorescence in-situ hybridization signals includes one or more computer processors for receiving a digitized FISH image and executing the steps of converting colors within the image to a hue value, separately for each color extracting quantitative values to detect the presence of signals corresponding to spots and applying a plurality of algorithms to extract features from the signals to determine cell shapes and segment cells within the FISH image. After recombining the signals, the extracted features for the colors learning machines are used to classify the spots according to the color and separate merged signals of classified spots that are in close proximity to each other within the image. The classified spots are counted to determine relative frequency of colors and a report is generated providing the number of classified spots of each color. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION - A method of medical image registration includes obtaining a first medical image generated before a medical surgery; obtaining a second medical image generated in real time during the medical surgery; extracting landmark points of at least two adjacent anatomical objects recognizable in the second medical image among a plurality of anatomical objects near an organ of interest of a patient from the first medical image and the second medical image; and registering the first medical image and the second medical image based on a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the first medical image and a geometrical correlation among the adjacent anatomical objects indicated by the landmark points of the second medical image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072197 | Method and Apparatus for Creating Nondestructive Inspection Porosity Standards - A method and apparatus for establishing nondestructive inspection porosity standards. In one illustrative embodiment, a plurality of samples is formed using a different technique for each sample in the plurality of samples such that each sample in the plurality of samples has a different porosity from other samples in the plurality of samples. Each sample in the plurality of samples has a same set of selected properties as a selected part type. A porosity level is identified for each sample using volumetric data extracted from a three-dimensional image for each sample generated using a computed tomography system. A group of standards is established for a group of selected porosity levels from the plurality of samples based on the porosity level identified for each sample in the plurality of samples. The group of standards is configured for use in performing nondestructive inspection of a part of the selected part type. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072198 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING VIRTUAL RULER ON SEPARATE IMAGE OR MEDICAL IMAGE OF OBJECT, MEDICAL IMAGE OBTAINING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SEPARATE IMAGE OR MEDICAL IMAGE WITH VIRTUAL RULER - A method of displaying a virtual ruler on separate images of an object includes: dividing the object into imaging areas in a predetermined direction and obtaining the separate images corresponding to the imaging areas; obtaining a first distance value for each respective separate image, as a distance from a reference point to a first side of the respective separate image, and a second distance value for each respective separate image, as a distance from the reference point to a second side of the respective separate image, the first side being opposite to the second side along the predetermined direction; and displaying the virtual ruler, which indicates distance values between the first distance value and the second distance value of each respective separate image, on each of the respective separate images. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072199 | CORRECTION OF SATURATION BANDING ARTIFACTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Systems and methods for correcting saturation banding artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging in which artifact and reference calibration scans are used to create one dimensional or two dimensional correction profiles, which are subsequently applied to actual diagnostic imaging scans to correct the saturation banding artifacts. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072200 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method performed by a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus includes reconstructing a first image from first measurement data obtained by detecting a pair of radioactive rays emitted from a measurement target; reconstructing a second image from second measurement data obtained by detecting a single radioactive ray emitted from the measurement target; and generating a final image based on the first image and the second image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072201 | Automatic image capture - An improved automatic image capture system for an intelligent mobile device having a camera guides a user to position the camera so only a single image needs to be automatically captured. Syntactic features, using a view finder on a display of the intelligent mobile device, are used to guide a user to maximize the occupancy of the view finder with the document so that the document is maximized within the view finder based upon detected corners of the document. When occupancy is maximized, the camera automatically captures the image of the document for post-processing using semantic knowledge of the document. A confidence level is computed based on the semantic knowledge to qualify an image with greater accuracy, and without user intervention, prior to transmission to a remote site. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072202 | PATTERN EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A pattern evaluation method comprising the steps of, illuminating light from a light source constituting an optical system and acquiring an optical image of a sample having a repeated pattern with a period not more than a resolution of the optical system, allocating a gradation value to each pixel of the optical image and obtaining at least one of an average gradation value for each predetermined unit region and deviation of the gradation value in the unit region, and performing at least one of a process of converting the average gradation value into average line width information in the region of the repeated pattern and a process of converting the deviation of the gradation value into roughness of the repeated pattern and creating a map representing distribution of at least one of the average line width information and the roughness with the use of an obtained converted value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072203 | Selecting Parameters for Defect Detection Methods - Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and systems for selecting one or more parameters for a defect detection method are provided. One method includes selecting one or more parameters of a defect detection method using an optimization function and information for a set of classified defects, which includes defects of interest and nuisance defects, such that the one or more parameters satisfy an objective for the defect detection method. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072204 | DEFECT CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND DEFECT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - In automatic defect classification, a classification recipe must be set for each defect observation device. If a plurality of devices operate at the same stage, the classification class in the classification recipes must be the same. Problems have arisen whereby differences occur in the classification class in different devices when a new classification recipe is created. This defect classification system has a classification recipe storage unit; an information specification unit, the stage of a stored image, and device information. A corresponding defect specification unit specifies images of the same type of defect from images obtained from different image pickup devices at the same stage. An image conversion unit converts the images obtained from the different image pickup devices at the same stage into comparable similar images; and a recipe update unit records the classification classes in the classification recipes corresponding to the specified images of the same type of defect. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072205 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for generating depth data, utilizing the a first image and a second image which are captured from different viewpoints, the image processing device including: a disparity value calculation unit which calculates, for each of plural representative pixels included in pixels in the first image, a disparity value of the representative pixel, based on a positional relationship between the representative pixel and a pixel corresponding to the representative pixel, in the second image; a segmentation unit which partitions the first image into plural segments, based on a similarity between pixel values; and a depth data generation unit which determines, for each segment, a disparity value of the segment, based on the disparity value of the representative pixel included in the segment to generate depth data indicative of depths corresponding to the plural segments. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072206 | SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION MODULE OF A MACHINE LEARNING ENGINE IN A VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING AND CLASSIFYING IMAGES - In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2 | 2014-03-13 |
20140072208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OBJECT DETECTION IN AN IMAGE - A contour/shape detection model may use relatively simple and efficient kernels to detect target edges in an object within an image or video. A co-occurrence probability may be calculated for two or more edge features in an image or video using an object definition. Edge features may be differentiated between in response to measured contextual support, and prominent edge features may be extracted based on the measured contextual support. The object may then be identified based on the extracted prominent edge features. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072209 | IMAGE FUSION USING SPARSE OVERCOMPLETE FEATURE DICTIONARIES - Approaches for deciding what individuals in a population of visual system “neurons” are looking for using sparse overcomplete feature dictionaries are provided. A sparse overcomplete feature dictionary may be learned for an image dataset and a local sparse representation of the image dataset may be built using the learned feature dictionary. A local maximum pooling operation may be applied on the local sparse representation to produce a translation-tolerant representation of the image dataset. An object may then be classified and/or clustered within the translation-tolerant representation of the image dataset using a supervised classification algorithm and/or an unsupervised clustering algorithm. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072210 | ORIENTED, SPATIO-SPECTRAL ILLUMINATION CONSTRAINTS FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROGRESS - 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 represented in a spatial plane, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by normal and tangential constraints determined as a function of a spatial orientation of selected image locations, relative to the spatial plane of the image and utilizing the matrix equation to solve for an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072211 | IMAGE DETECTION AND PROCESSING FOR BUILDING CONTROL - Occupancy detection for building environmental control is disclosed. One apparatus includes at least one image sensor and a controller, wherein the controller is operative to obtain a plurality of images from the at least one image sensor, determine a color difference image of a color difference between consecutive images of the plurality of images, determining an area of the color difference image wherein the color difference is greater than a threshold, create an occupancy candidate based on filtering of the determined area if the determined area is less than light change threshold, generate one or more centroids that represent areas of the occupancy candidate that are greater than a second threshold, track the one or more centroids over a period of time, detect occupancy if one or more of the centroids is detected to have moved more than a movement threshold over the period of time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BILAYER IMAGE SEGMENTATION - A method and an apparatus for bilayer image segmentation are described. A set of segmentation seeds for the image is generated by analyzing a depth histogram of the image. Then a segmentation map is generated by minimizing an objective function, which models a directed flow from the foreground segmentation seeds towards the background segmentation seeds. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072213 | OBJECT DETECTION APPROACH USING GENERATIVE SPARSE, HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS WITH TOP-DOWN AND LATERAL CONNECTIONS FOR COMBINING TEXTURE/COLOR DETECTION AND SHAPE/CONTOUR DETECTION - An approach to detecting objects in an image dataset may combine texture/color detection, shape/contour detection, and/or motion detection using sparse, generative, hierarchical models with lateral and top-down connections. A first independent representation of objects in an image dataset may be produced using a color/texture detection algorithm. A second independent representation of objects in the image dataset may be produced using a shape/contour detection algorithm. A third independent representation of objects in the image dataset may be produced using a motion detection algorithm. The first, second, and third independent representations may then be combined into a single coherent output using a combinatorial algorithm. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072214 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system includes a reception unit, a derivative calculation unit, a reference image creation unit, and an interpolated image creation unit. The reception unit receives an original image signal formed by a plurality of pixel signals in which any of first through m | 2014-03-13 |
20140072215 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method in which a chroma component and a luma component of an input image including one or more transform blocks are transformed to code the input image. The luma component has the same size as the current transform block. The chroma component is smaller than the current transform block. In the method, when the current transform block has a first minimum size, the chroma component is transformed on a basis of a block resulting from binding a plurality of the chroma blocks to has the same size as the luma block, and when the current transform block has a size other than the first minimum size, a CBF flag indicating whether or not coefficients of the chroma component include a non-zero coefficient is not coded. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072216 | Image De-Hazing by Solving Transmission Value - An image processing server performs haze-removal from images. Global atmospheric light is estimated and an initial transmission value is estimated. In one embodiment, a solver is applied to an objective function to recover a scene radiance value based on the estimated atmospheric light and estimated transmission value. The scene radiance value is used to construct an image without haze. In a simplified method that avoids using a solver, bilateral filtering is performed on the transmission image in order to construct an image without haze. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072217 | TEMPLATE MATCHING WITH HISTOGRAM OF GRADIENT ORIENTATIONS - A system for image processing includes determining edge pixels of a model image using an edge based technique and determining an angular orientation for each the edge pixels of the model image. The system determines a histogram of gradient orientations based upon the angular orientations of the model image. The system determining edge pixels of an input image using an edge based technique and determining an angular orientation for each of the edge pixels of the input image. The system determines a histogram of gradient orientations based upon the angular orientations of the input image. The system compares the histogram of gradient orientations of the model image with the histogram of gradient orientations of the input image to determine candidate locations of an object within the input image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DETAIL ENHANCEMENT - An apparatus and method are provided for performing detail enhancement. The apparatus includes an edge detector that detects an edge pixel from contents based on a luminance component of the contents, a histogram analyzer that generates at least one histogram with respect to the edge pixel and determines a gain variable value of the edge pixel based on the at least one histogram, and a gain regulator that determines a gain corresponding to the gain variable value of the edge pixel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072219 | DOCUMENT IMAGE BINARIZATION AND SEGMENTATION USING IMAGE PHASE CONGRUENCY - A method is described for binarizing a gray scale document image, in particular, a document image containing both text and non-text contents. Phase congruency maps are calculated from the gray scale image, and used to segment the text and non-text areas of the gray scale image. The phase congruency maps are also used to extract long lines such as table lines, which can be optionally removed from the image. The text and non-text areas of the gray scale image are divided into image patches; for the text areas, connected components obtained from the phase congruency map are used to generate image patches, so that each image patch contains a text character. The image patches are binarized individually using individual threshold values, and then combined to generate a binary image of the gray scale image. The method can also be used for purposes of OCR or document authentication. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A VIBROMETRY SPECTRUM IN IMAGING APPLICATIONS - A method includes obtaining image data associated with a specified area having one or more objects. The method also includes segmenting the image data into one or more segments associated with the one or more objects. The method further includes analyzing each of the one or more segments to identify a vibrometry spectrum associated with the corresponding object. In addition, the method includes generating an image of the specified area using the vibrometry spectrum associated with each object. The image of the specified area could illustrate each of the one or more objects with an intensity based on a total power of that target's total vibrational energy. The image of the specified area could also illustrate movement of at least one object over time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072221 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device selects an image in which sharpness of a photographic subject is relatively high compared with sharpness of a background. The image processing device includes a photographic subject detection unit that identifies a photographic subject region on an image, which includes a predetermined photographic subject, by detecting the predetermined photographic subject from the image, a background region identifying unit that identifies a background region on the image, which is other than the photographic subject region, a sharpness identifying unit that identifies sharpness of the photographic subject region and sharpness of the background region, a score calculation unit that calculates a score based on a difference in the sharpness between the photographic subject region and the background region, and a determination unit which determines the image as an optimum image when the score indicates that photographic subject region is clearer than the background region. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TEXT DATA ENTRY FROM AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method for processing an electronic document is provided. The electronic document includes a plurality of text fields and a text label associated with each of the plurality of text fields. The method includes step of extracting the plurality of text fields from the electronic document. The method includes step of grouping the plurality of extracted text fields to generate a plurality of groups. The method includes step of labeling the plurality of groups based on a first pre-defined criteria to generate a plurality of labeled groups. The method includes step of distributing the plurality of labeled groups in a plurality of queues based on a second pre-defined criteria. The method includes step of transmitting the plurality of labeled groups from the plurality of queues to one or more crowdworkers based on a third pre-defined criteria. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072223 | Embedding Media Content Within Image Files And Presenting Embedded Media In Conjunction With An Associated Image - Systems and methods are disclosed for embedding media content and providing media content. In one implementation, media content can be received and the media content can be codified as encoded data based on one or more encoding formats. The encoded data can be embedded within an image file and a composite of the image file and the media content can be provided. In another implementation, an image identifier can be identified within a content page. The image identifier can correspond to a digital image file which can include image data and supplemental data. The image identifier can be processed to identify a source address of the digital image file. Based on the source address, source code information of the digital image file can be requested. The source code information can be processed to identify the supplemental data and the supplemental data can be provided in conjunction with the content page. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072224 | PAGE LAYOUT DETERMINATION OF AN IMAGE UNDERGOING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A method and system is provided for identifying a page layout of an image that includes textual regions. The textual regions are to undergo optical character recognition (OCR). The system includes an input component that receives an input image that includes words around which bounding boxes have been formed and a text identifying component that groups the words into a plurality of text regions. A reading line component groups words within each of the text regions into reading lines. A text region sorting component that sorts the text regions in accordance with their reading order. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072225 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT SEARCH METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage processor and a search module. The storage processor stores document data and character codes, the document data including stroke data corresponding to strokes input by a handwriting operation and the character codes corresponding to the stroke data. The search module performs at least one of a handwriting search according to strokes of a first search key and a character search according to a character code of a second search key, stroke data corresponding to the strokes of the first search key retrieved from the document data in the handwriting search and stroke data corresponding to the character code of the second search key retrieved from the character codes in the character search. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072226 | Searching and Sorting Image Files - Organization of electronic images. Objects within an image are identified by analyzing search results responsive to a search employing search criteria and at least one image associated with the objects to be identified. Images are sorted responsive to the identified objects and sort criteria related to the identified objects. Images containing identified objects, including sorted images, are presented. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072227 | Searching and Sorting Image Files - Organization of electronic images. Objects within an image are identified by analyzing search results responsive to a search employing search criteria and at least one image associated with the objects to be identified. Images are sorted responsive to the identified objects and sort criteria related to the identified objects. Images containing identified objects, including sorted images, are presented. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072228 | Complex-Valued Eulerian Motion Modulation - In one embodiment, a method of amplifying temporal variation in at least two images includes converting two or more images to a transform representation. The method further includes, for each spatial position within the two or more images, examining a plurality of coefficient values. The method additionally includes calculating a first vector based on the plurality of coefficient values. The first vector can represent change from a first image to a second image of the at least two images describing deformation. The method also includes modifying the first vector to create a second vector. The method further includes calculating a second plurality of coefficients based on the second vector. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072229 | Complex-Valued Phase-Based Eulerian Motion Modulation - In one embodiment, a method of amplifying temporal variation in at least two images includes converting two or more images to a transform representation. The method further includes, for each spatial position within the two or more images, examining a plurality of coefficient values. The method additionally includes calculating a first vector based on the plurality of coefficient values. The first vector can represent change from a first image to a second image of the at least two images describing deformation. The method also includes modifying the first vector to create a second vector. The method further includes calculating a second plurality of coefficients based on the second vector. | 2014-03-13 |