12th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090074210 | Audio signal processing apparatus - An audio signal processing apparatus is provided. The audio signal processing apparatus comprises a clock generator, a processing module, an amplifying module and an output module. The clock generator is used for generating a clock signal. The processing module is coupled to the clock generator for processing the clock signal and generating a processing signal. The amplifying module is coupled to the processing module for amplifying the processing signal and generating an amplifying signal. The output module is coupled to the amplifying module for outputting the amplifying signal. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074211 | CAPACITOR MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPACITOR MICROPHONE - A capacitor microphone includes a plate that has a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that has a variable electrode, the plate that vibrates by sound waves, and a spacer that insulates and supports the plate and the diaphragm forming airspace between the fixed electrode and the variable electrode, wherein at least either of the plate or the diaphragm is a semiconductor single-layered film or a metal single-layered film whose specific resistance in a nearby edge close to the spacer is higher than that in a central unit away from the spacer. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074212 | SOUND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE USING THE SOUND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The sound reproducing apparatus for use with a signal source comprises, a first output unit connected to the signal source via a first power amplifier, a first phase shifter connected to the signal source, a second output unit connected to the first phase shifter via a second power amplifier, a second phase shifter connected to the signal source, a third output unit connected to the second phase shifter via a third power amplifier, a fourth phase shifter connected to a third phase shifter, and a fourth output unit connected to the fourth phase shifter via a fourth power amplifier, wherein the first output unit and the second output unit are in right and left relation with each other, the third output unit and the fourth output unit are in right and left relation with each other, a group of the first output unit and the second output unit and a group of the third output unit and the fourth output unit are in front and rear relation with each other. The vehicle is equipped with the sound reproducing apparatus. In this way, it is possible to obtain a sound reproducing apparatus improved in sound quality and a vehicle using the sound reproducing apparatus. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOWN CONVERTING MULTICHANNEL PROGRAMS TO DUAL CHANNEL PROGRAMS USING A SMART COEFFICIENT GENERATOR - An apparatus for recording a multichannel program includes an audio converter adapted to convert said multichannel program at least partially into a modified program requiring less channels than said multichannel program. The audio converter including control elements used to modify the conversion process used to generate said modified program. A coefficient generator coupled to said converter to generate a coefficient indicative of the operation of said controls. A mixer is arranged to mix the coefficient with program data. A recorder is arranged to record the mixed data on a medium, whereby the medium can be played either using a multichannel player device or a reduced channel player device by using said coefficient. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074214 | ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM WITH PLUG IN ENHANCEMENT PLATFORM AND COMMUNICATION PORT TO DOWNLOAD USER PREFERRED PROCESSING ALGORITHMS - A portable assistive listening system for enhancing sound for hearing impaired individuals includes a fully functional hearing aid and a separate handheld digital signal processing (DSP) device. The focus of the present invention is directed to the handheld DSP device. The DSP device includes a programmable digital signal processor, a UWB transceiver for communicating with the hearing aid and/or other wireless audio sources, an LCD display, and a user input device (keypad). The handheld device is user programmable to apply different processing algorithms for processing sound signals received from the hearing aid or other audio source. The handheld device is capable of receiving audio signals from multiple sources, and gives the user control over selection of incoming sources and selective processing of sound. In the context of being user programmable, the digital signal processing device includes a software platform that provides for the ability of the user to select or “plug-in” desired processing algorithms for application to selected incoming audio channels and a communication port for the user to connect to a PC or other device to download preferred processing algorithms. The communication port provides the user with the ability to retrieve desirable processing algorithms from a database of available algorithms and download those algorithms directly into the device for use. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074215 | PREPROGRAMMED HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH USER SELECTION OF PROGRAM - A user programmable hearing aid allows a user to select acoustical configuration programs that provide optimum performance for the user. The user may cycle through and evaluate various available programs by momentarily pressing a push button on the hearing aid housing. When a preferred program is active, the user can press the push button for an extended time to designate that program as a selected program. The acoustical configuration programs include initial-tuning programs that are operable in an initial-tuning mode and fine-tuning programs that are operable in a fine-tuning mode. The hearing aid may also operate in a Configuration Mode wherein configuration settings may be changed using the push button and a volume control. In the Configuration Mode, a clinician or patient may easily change configuration settings manually, with no need to connect the apparatus to a computer or other programming interface. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074216 | ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMABLE HEARING AID AND WIRELESS HANDHELD PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A portable assistive listening system for enhancing sound for hearing impaired individuals includes a hearing aid and a separate handheld digital signal processing device. The hearing aid includes a microphone, a digital signal processor, a speaker, a power source, an ultra-wide band (UWB) transceiver, and a control system configured and arranged to monitor a status of the power source and a status of the UWB transceiver, to receive an input signal from the microphone, to selectively route the input signal for processing responsive to the status of the power source and of the UWB transceiver, and to deliver an output signal to the speaker. The handheld digital signal processing apparatus includes a UWB transceiver, and a digital audio signal processor configured and arranged to receive the input signal from the earpiece control system, to process the input signal to enhance the input signal and to output the enhanced signal to the hearing aid control system. The hearing aid and the signal processing apparatus communicate through the UWB transceivers. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074217 | Sound channel for a hearing apparatus and corresponding production process - A mechanically more stable and more complexly molded sound channel is to be provided for a hearing apparatus. Provision is made to this end for a sound channel, which has three sections in the longitudinal direction, the middle section of which has a different curvature or a larger internal circumference than the two outer sections, to be produced by injection molding. Here a negative of the sound channel is fixed within the injection molded form, with the negative consisting of a first material. The injection molded form with a second material, which has a higher melting point than the first material, is then extruded. The negative is then melted or burnt out of the cast sound channel. Very complex sound channel forms, for instance also with cavities and branching, can be realized in this way. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074218 | System for Hearing Assistance Device Including Receiver in the Canal - The present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device connection system for a user having an ear canal comprising a housing, electronics disposed in the housing, a cable electrically connected to the receiver and at least one conductive silicone component to electrically connect the electronics to the receiver. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074219 | Hearing Aid - A hearing aid has a housing, in which an electrical heating device is disposed in the housing. Because of the electrical heating device, moisture that occurs inside of the housing can be removed from the housing in a simple way, irrespective of whether a watertight hearing aid or an open system is concerned. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074220 | COMBINED MICROPHONE AND RECEIVER ASSEMBLY FOR EXTENDED WEAR CANAL HEARING DEVICES - An ultra miniature hearing device for extended wear entirely in the ear canal past the cartilaginous region is provided. The hearing device comprises a microphone and a speaker, each having a respective diaphragm. The speaker and microphone are placed parallel to each other in a single lateral assembly. The microphone and speaker can be arranged such that their diaphragms are orthogonal to one another so that cross coupling of vibrations is minimized, thus reducing internal feedback. Due to the parallel co-placement of the speaker and microphone in the single lateral assembly, the length of the device is substantially shorter than that of prior hearing aid devices. The hearing device is 12 mm or less in length to fit in the bony part of the ear canal for most individuals and is placed within approximately 3 mm from the eardrum. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074221 | HOUSING FOR A HEARING AID, HEARING AID, AND A METHOD OF PREPARING A HEARING AID - A custom-made BTE hearing aid housing ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074222 | Directional silicon condenser microphone having additional back chamber - A directional silicon condenser microphone having an additional back chamber is disclosed. The directional silicon condenser microphone comprises a case having a front sound hole for passing through a front sound; a acoustic delay device for delaying a phase of a sound; a substrate including a chamber case, a MEMS chip having an additional back chamber formed by the chamber case, an ASIC chip for operating the MEMS chip, a conductive pattern for bonding the substrate to the case, and a rear sound hole for passing through a rear sound; a fixing means for fixing the case to the substrate; and an adhesive for bonding the case and the substrate, wherein the adhesive is applied to an entirety of a bonding surface of the case and the substrate fixed by the fixing means. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074223 | System and Method for a Headset Combining a Microphone and an Antenna - A headset comprises an audio output device, an audio input device, and a wire. The audio output device plays outgoing audio data. The audio input device receives incoming audio data. The wire connects the audio input device to a sound device that interprets the incoming audio data. The wire is further configured to be an antenna to one of transmit and receive radio frequency signals. The wire is further connected to a transceiver. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074224 | SOUND RECORDABLE/PLAYABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A portable and wearable sound recordable and playable device comprising an electronic module that provides audio recording and playback functions and that includes at least one integrated circuit having associated memory storage, a microphone and a speaker, and a power source; a bulbous portion that substantially encapsulates the electronic module and that is configured so that the device has a substantially continuously contoured outer surface that is free of any display; and one or more exposed user controls that signally communicate with the electronic module and penetrate through the bulbous portion. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074225 | Tweeter sound source angle adjustment arrangement - A tweeter sound source angle adjustment arrangement is disclosed to include a holder member fastened to a T-iron of a speaker assembly and having a top recess and a through hole cut through the top recess, a face panel fastened to the holder member to secure a tweeter to the top recess of the holder member, a hub, which has a top round cup portion and a tubular bottom shank downwardly extending from the top round cup portion, a cushion ring set between the face panel and the hollow hub, and a sliding ring set in the top round cup portion of the hub and freely rotatable in the top round cup portion of the hub. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074226 | PCB WITH EMBEDDED SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A speaker system that includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly is embedded in the PCB. The speaker assembly may include a coil, a magnet, and a diaphragm. The coil is embedded in a material of the PCB. The magnet is located within the PCB and attached to the diaphragm. The coil is usable as a T-coil for hearing aid compatibility. The speaker system may be included in any device such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer, an electronic game device, an electronic audio device, or an electronic video device. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074227 | CRIMPING TINSEL LEADS - A voice coil lead and a tinsel lead are connected to a conductive element, which has a first crimp connected to the voice coil lead and a second crimp connected to the tinsel lead. The crimps are arranged to impede a moisture path from the tinsel lead to the voice coil lead. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074228 | LOUDSPEAKER CONE BODY - A loudspeaker cone body made of paper may include a chemically-bound nanomaterial, such as a carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube may be chemically bound to a functionalizing agent having a chemical group chemically bound to one or more papermaking additives, such as a sizing agent or a wet strength agent, a dry strength agent, a resin or cellulose-containing papermaking stock material typically present in a paper loudspeaker cone body, such as pulp. Acoustic-related loudspeaker performance characteristics such as stiffness to weight ratio and an acoustic damping of the loudspeaker cone body may be altered by incorporation of the nanomaterials chemically bound to the loudspeaker cone body. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074229 | Device and method for the visual representation of measured values - The invention relates to an apparatus and method for visually representing measuring values. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074230 | Electronic watermark embedding device and detection device, detection method, detection program, and intergrated circuit device thereof - An electronic watermark technique which allows precise detection of electronic watermark information from image having any size is provided. In an electronic watermark embedding device | 2009-03-19 |
20090074231 | Secure Article, Notably a Security and/or Valuable Document - The invention concerns a secure article, notably a security and/or valuable document ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074232 | HISTORY IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM, HISTORY IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH IS RECORDED A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A history image generating system and method is configured such that a determining unit determines whether or not an image to be combined with a history image stored as a history is a digital watermark image, and when it has been determined by the determining unit that the image is a digital watermark image, a processing unit performs, with respect to the digital watermark image, processing including enhancement processing such that the visibility of the image is increased, and a generating unit generates an image in which the digital watermark image with respect to which processing has been performed by the processing unit and the history image are combined. Further, a recording medium stores a computer program that causes a computer to execute operation of each unit of this history image generating system. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074233 | INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM - A memory device memorizes, in association, possessor identification information, which is recorded at recording mediums carried by authorized users of an image forming device, and inputter identification information corresponding to the possessor identification information. An information retention device memorizes image information and inputter identification information transmitted from an image formation instruction device. A reading device reads possessor identification information from a recording medium. If it is determined that this possessor identification information has been memorized at the memory device, an image formation section reads image information that is associated with inputter identification information that is associated with the possessor identification information, and implements image formation. If not, an output section outputs the possessor identification information. When the possessor identification information is inputted through an input section, a registration section registers the possessor identification information and inputter identification information by memorizing them in association at the memory device. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074234 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - An exemplary method for capturing images includes steps of: focusing on a scene, wherein the scene comprises at least one person; locating irises of the at least one person on an image of the scene; measuring a diameter and a height of each of the irises; comparing the ratio of the height to the diameter with a predetermined ratio to determine whether the at least one person's eyes are blinking or closed; capturing at least two images of the at least one person in quick succession if the at least one person's eyes are not blinking or closed; and selecting an optimum image from one of the at least two images. A system for capturing images is also provided. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BOOKMARK VIDEO FINGERPRINTS - Systems and methods for replacing original media bookmarks of at least a portion of a digital media file with replacement bookmarks is described. A media fingerprint engine detects the location of the original fingerprints associated with the portion of the digital media file and a region analysis algorithm characterizes regions of media file spanning the location of the original bookmarks by data class types. The replacement bookmarks are associated with the data class types and are overwritten or otherwise are substituted for the original bookmarks. The replacement bookmarks then are subjected to a fingerprint matching algorithm that incorporates media timeline and media related metadata. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, a reader reads an image of one page of an original thereby obtaining image data. A determining unit determines whether embedded data has been embedded in the image data. An extracting unit extracts the embedded data, acquires a target page number of a reading unnecessary page based on the embedded data, and saves the page number in a storage unit. A page number determining unit determines whether a page number of a next page of the original matches with the target page number. Upon the page number of the next page matching with the target page number, the reader does not read image data of the next page. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074237 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A PRINTING SUBSTRATE - A method for printing a printing substrate is disclosed. The printing substrate is printed by a printing-plate-based printing method, in particular by an offset printing method, with a printed image that is the same for printed copies of a print job and therefore with a static printed image as well as, in addition to the printing-plate-based printing method, by a non-printing-plate-based printing method, in particular an inkjet printing method, with a printed image that is variable for the printed copies of the print job and therefore with a dynamic printed image. After the static and dynamic printing of the printing substrate, each printed copy is detected using measuring techniques and recorded at least in sections in such a manner that each printed copy is verifiable with respect to its authenticity. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074238 | Method and System for Determining Poses of Objects from Range Images Using Adaptive Sampling of Pose Spaces - A method for determining a pose of an object from a range image is presented. A distribution of poses for an object is determined from a model of the object. A set of reference poses is selected according to the distribution, such that more reference poses are selected for more probable poses than less probable poses. A reference image for each reference pose is generated, and the reference pose used to generate the reference image that best matches a range image including the object is assigned as the pose of the object. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074239 | System and Method for Imaging with Extended Depth of Focus and Incoherent Light - An optical arrangement is provided for use in imaging with a large depth of focus. The optical arrangement comprises an aperture unit, and a replication unit. The replication unit is configured for producing a plurality of replicas of an input optical field passed through the aperture unit such that the replicas include at least two replicas that are of substantially the same phase distribution and are created at different regions of the aperture unit plane. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMBEDDING WATERMARKS - Methods and apparatus for embedding a watermark are disclosed. An example method to embed media identification information in a compressed media data stream disclosed herein comprises reconstructing an uncompressed media data stream from the compressed media data stream, the uncompressed media data stream separate from the compressed media data stream, embedding the media identification information in the uncompressed media data stream to determine a watermarked uncompressed media data stream, and modifying a first mantissa value corresponding to a first transform coefficient associated with the compressed media stream to embed the media identification information in the compressed media data stream without uncompressing the compressed media data stream, the modification of the first mantissa value based on a difference between the first transform coefficient and a corresponding second transform coefficient generated from the watermarked uncompressed media data stream. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074241 | Steganographic Systems and Methods - The present invention relates to steganographic systems and methods. Once claim recites a method including: obtaining video content, wherein the video content comprises a steganographic signal embedded in picture elements of the video content, with multiple instances of the steganographic signal embedded in the picture elements of the video content, the steganographic signal comprising a plural-bit identifier that is uniquely associated with an intended recipient of the video content; encrypting—utilizing a processor or electronic processing circuitry—the video content with an encryption key that comprises mathematical relationship to the plural-bit identifier that is uniquely associated with the intended recipient of the video content; obtaining a decryption key that comprises a cryptographic relationship to the encryption key; communicating the encrypted video content and the decryption key to the intended user of the video content; and maintaining an association of the plural-bit identifier with the intended recipient. Other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074242 | ELECTRONIC WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC WATERMARK DETECTING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A digital watermark embedding apparatus for embedding embedding information, as digital watermark, into an input signal having dimensions equal to or greater than N (N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) and a digital watermark detection apparatus for detecting the digital watermark are disclosed. The digital watermark embedding apparatus generates an embedding sequence based on embedding information, generates a N−1-dimensional pattern based on the embedding sequence, generates N-dimensional embedding pattern by modulating a periodic signal according to a value on the N−1-dimensional pattern, and superimposing the embedding pattern in the input signal and outputs it. The digital watermark detection apparatus measures a component of a predetermined periodic signal in a direction of a dimension of the input signal to obtain a N−1-dimensional pattern, obtains a detection sequence from values of the N−1 dimensional pattern, and detects embedded digital watermark based on a size of correlation value between the detection sequence and an embedding sequence. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074243 | Method and apparatus for detecting errors in electronically processed images - A method of detecting one or more errors in a series of electronically processed, multi-pixel images, the pixels of which correspond from one image to the next, the method including monitoring the reflectance of one or more of the corresponding pixels during sequential processing of each image of the series and, if the reflectance value of a pixel is invariant or substantially invariant in more than a predetermined number of consecutive said images, and identifying an error. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074244 | Wide luminance range colorimetrically accurate profile generation method - Generating a color profile for a digital input device. Color values for at least one color target positioned within a first scene are measured, the color target having multiple color patches. An image of the first scene is generated using the digital input device, the first scene including the color target(s). Color values from a portion of the image corresponding to the color target are extracted and a color profile is generated, based on the measured color values and the extracted color values. The generated color profile is used to transform the color values of an image of a second scene captured under the same lighting conditions as the first scene. Using this generated color profile to transform images is likely to result in more colorimetrically accurate transformations of images created under real-world lighting conditions. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074245 | Miniature autonomous agents for scene interpretation - A miniature autonomous apparatus for performing scene interpretation, comprising: image acquisition means, image processing means, memory means and communication means, the processing means comprising means for determining an initial parametric representation of the scene; means for updating the parametric representation according to predefined criteria; means for analyzing the image, comprising means for determining, for each pixel of the image, whether it is a hot pixel, according to predefined criteria; means for defining at least one target from the hot pixels; means for measuring predefined parameters for at least one target; and means for determining, for at least one target whether said target is of interest, according to application-specific criteria, and wherein said communication means are adapted to output the results of said analysis. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074246 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF EVENTS IN SPORT FIELDS - The present invention refers to the problem of the automatic detection of events in sport field, in particular Goal/NoGoal events by signalling to the mach management, which can autonomously take the final decision upon the event. The system is not invasive for the field structures, neither it requires to interrupt the game or to modify the rules thereof, but it only aims at detecting objectively the event occurrence and at providing support in the referees' decisions by means of specific signalling of the detected events. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074247 | Obstacle detection method - A method is provided for the detection of an obstacle in a road, in particular of a pedestrian, in the surroundings in the range of view of an optical sensor attached to a movable carrier such as in particular a vehicle, wherein a first image is taken by means of the optical sensor at a first time and a second image is taken at a later second time, a first transformed image is produced by a transformation of the first taken image from the image plane of the optical sensor into the road plane, a further transformed image is produced from the first transformed image while taking account of the carrier movement in the time period between the first time and the second time, the further transformed image is transformed back from the road plane into the image plane and an image stabilization is carried out based on the image transformed back into the image plane and on the second taken image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074248 | GESTURE-CONTROLLED INTERFACES FOR SELF-SERVICE MACHINES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A gesture recognition interface for use in controlling self-service machines and other devices is disclosed. A gesture is defined as motions and kinematic poses generated by humans, animals, or machines. Specific body features are tracked, and static and motion gestures are interpreted. Motion gestures are defined as a family of parametrically delimited oscillatory motions, modeled as a linear-in-parameters dynamic system with added geometric constraints to allow for real-time recognition using a small amount of memory and processing time. A linear least squares method is preferably used to determine the parameters which represent each gesture. Feature position measure is used in conjunction with a bank of predictor bins seeded with the gesture parameters, and the system determines which bin best fits the observed motion. Recognizing static pose gestures is preferably performed by localizing the body/object from the rest of the image, describing that object, and identifying that description. The disclosure details methods for gesture recognition, as well as the overall architecture for using gesture recognition to control of devices, including self-service machines. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION - This invention provides a vehicle-borne system and method for traffic sign recognition that provides greater accuracy and efficiency in the location and classification of various types of traffic signs by employing rotation and scale-invariant (RSI)-based geometric pattern-matching on candidate traffic signs acquired by a vehicle-mounted forward-looking camera and applying one or more discrimination processes to the recognized sign candidates from the pattern-matching process to increase or decrease the confidence of the recognition. These discrimination processes include discrimination based upon sign color versus model sign color arrangements, discrimination based upon the pose of the sign candidate versus vehicle location and/or changes in the pose between image frames, and/or discrimination of the sign candidate versus stored models of fascia characteristics. The sign candidates that pass with high confidence are classified based upon the associated model data and the drive/vehicle is informed of their presence. In an illustrative embodiment, a preprocess step converts a color image of the sign candidates into a grayscale image in which the contrast between sign colors is appropriate enhanced to assist the pattern-matching process. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074250 | Apparatus, method, and computer product for vehicle-type determination - A vehicle-type determination apparatus includes a vehicle-portion extracting unit, a hood recognizing unit, and a vehicle-type determining unit. The vehicle-portion extracting unit extracts a vehicle portion from an image of a recognition object. The hood recognizing unit recognizes an area corresponding to a hood in the vehicle portion extracted by the vehicle-portion extracting unit. The vehicle-type determining unit determines the vehicle type based on the degree of inclination of a side of the hood area recognized by the hood recognizing unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074251 | Method and System for Determining a Force and/or Torque Applied to an Orthodontic Bracket - A method and system are disclosed for analyzing images of fiducials that provide an indication of the forces and/or torques applied to an orthodontic bracket. The mass of each of the pixels forming the fiducial image are multiplied by the square of the distance of the pixel along the image's x axis, the product of the distances of the pixel along the image's x and y axes, and the square of the distance of the pixel along the image's y axis. The second order moments of inertia about the centroid of the fiducial are calculated and used to form a first matrix. The first matrix is diagonalized into a second matrix, from which the fiducial 's first and second principal axes are determined. These axes are then used to measure the size of the fiducial in the image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074252 | REAL-TIME SELF COLLISION AND OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE - A system, method, and computer program product for avoiding collision of a body segment with unconnected structures in an articulated system are described. A virtual surface is constructed surrounding an actual surface of the body segment. Distances between the body segment and unconnected structures are monitored. Responding to an unconnected structure penetrating the virtual surface, a redirected joint motion that prevents the unconnected structure from penetrating deeper into the virtual surface is determined. The body segment is redirected based on the redirected joint motion to avoid colliding with the unconnected structure. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074253 | Method and Apparatus for the Automatic Grading of Condition of Livestock - A method of and apparatus for grading a characteristic of an animal is described. The animal is guided to a detection area whereupon an image of the back of the animal is captured. Analysis of the image identifies anatomical points and determines angles at these points. The angles are then used to calculate a grading for a characteristic of the animal. An embodiment is presented for automating the determination of body score condition in dairy cows using seven angles determined at three anatomical points from an image over the back of the cow. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074254 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING EARTH POSITION DATA FOR OVERHEAD IMAGES AND DERIVED INFORMATION - Distributed adaptive geopositioning includes an objective architecture for imagery geopositioning. The positioning is distributed to fulfill the need to perform accurate geopositioning whenever and wherever it is needed. The positioning is adaptive to implement the idea that geopositioning is a dynamic, not static, quality of geospatial intelligence, for which accuracy can be improved over time as more data is collected and ingested. Focus is placed on the need for improved geopositioning throughout all areas of geospatial intelligence exploitation, not just for specific products or tools. Legacy data is re-computed to align with the geopositioned imagery and also benefits from improved accuracy. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074255 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING SKIN TEXTURE BIOMETRIC IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method is provided for enabling a function on an electronic device ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074256 | Apparatus and methods for testing biometric equipment - This invention encompasses an apparatus and methods which enable the testing of fingerprint readers in an automated fashion. A test object representative of a fingerprint can be created from an electrically conducive silicone material. Due to the properties of this material, the same test object can be read by fingerprint sensors of various types. Once the test object is generated, it can be affixed to an automated apparatus thus allowing tests to be conducted in closed chambers, on an assembly line, or under other conditions that would be impossible or impractical were human fingers to be used. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074257 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING OBJECTS - A method for clarifying an image of an object to perform a procedure on an object includes applying electromagnetic energy to the object to provide reflected and/or transmitted energy according to an interaction of the electromagnetic energy and the object, determining an image quality metric in accordance with the reflected and/or transmitted energy to provide a determined image quality metric, determining an image in accordance with the determined image quality metric to provide a determined image, and performing the procedure in accordance with the image quality metric and the determined image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074258 | Systems and methods for facial recognition - Different colored rectangles are used to identify and categorize each of several faces in a single photograph. For example, red rectangles highlight faces which are unidentified and green rectangles highlight faces which have been identified. Alternatively identification and characterization are indicated via a mouseover block of text. The invention allows for user input to identify selected faces and to tag selected faces as not interested, e.g. color the rectangle grey. The invention has utility in many facial recognition applications. For example, in a security application green rectangles can be used to indicate faces belonging to authorized personnel and blue rectangles can be used to indicate faces belonging to known criminals while red rectangles indicate unidentified faces. In a casino application, green rectangles can be used to indicate faces belonging to valued customers while blue rectangles can be used to indicate faces of known card counters. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074259 | Automatic biometric identification based on face recognition and support vector machines - An automatic biometric identification method based on face recognition and support vector machines, includes enrolling a user to generate a user's reference template; and identifying the user based on the user's reference template, wherein generating a user's reference template includes acquiring a number of user's face images, and training a one-class support vector machine based on the user's face images only. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074260 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus determines a specific color region that includes a specific color, and a non-specific color region around which the specific color regions are present in three directions, i.e., an upper, left, and right directions, in a picture in the non-specific color regions that are not determined as including the specific color as specific regions to be subjected to predetermined image processing. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074261 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR RECOGNITION ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE STREAMS OF VIDEO - A method of identifying an object captured in a video image in a multi-camera video surveillance system is disclosed. Sets of identifying information are stored in profiles, each profile being associated with one object. The disclosed method of identifying an object includes comparing identifying information extracted from images captured by the video surveillance system to one or more stored profiles. A confidence score is calculated for each comparison and used to determine a best match between the extracted set of identifying information and an object. In one embodiment, the method is used as part of a facial recognition system incorporated into a video surveillance system. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074262 | MEDICAL INJECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC DOSAGE DETERMINATION AND ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF USER - The invention relates to a medical injector, especially a syringe, with means ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074263 | APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING BIOMETRICAL FEATURE - A biometrical feature inputting apparatus includes a 1-dimensional or quasi 1-dimensional image sensor. When a finger and the image sensor are relatively slid, a finger sliding guide keeps a finger and an effective pixel unit of the image sensor to a constant distance without any contact between them. An image processing section sequentially generates partial images by imaging emission light that is scattered inside the finger and then emitted from a skin surface of the finger by the image sensor during the relative motion of the finger and the image sensor and link the partial images to an image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074264 | DATA REPRESENTATION FOR RTP - An imaging system ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074265 | IMAGING REVIEW AND NAVIGATION WORKSTATION SYSTEM - An imaging review system that displays sequences of in-vivo panoramic images stitched together into a single video while providing edit/review/location information of the individual images within the body being imaged. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL DILUTION OF A REAGENT - A system and method for automatically and quantitatively determining the optimal dilution of a reagent is provided. In one embodiment of the claimed method, a plurality of dilution sets are received, where each of the dilution sets consist of a different respective dilution value and a respective plurality of immunoassay staining intensity values. A respective dynamic range metric is determining for each of the plurality of dilution sets relative to the respective plurality immunoassay staining intensity values. Having found the respective dynamic range metric, a dilution set having the numerically optimal dynamic range metric is selected and the dilution value of that dilution set is selected as being representative of an optimal dilution level of the reagent for use in a quantitative immunoassay. In one embodiment, a system is provided with a microscope, an image sensor, and processor module configured determine an optimal dilution of a reagent for use in an quantitative immunoassay. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074267 | METHOD FOR GENERATING QUANTITATIVE IMAGES OF THE FLOW POTENTIAL OF A REGION UNDER INVESTIGATION - The invention relates to a method for generating images representative of the flow potential of a permeable body. The following steps are part of the disclosed method. First, providing a first sequence of digital images of the body perfused by a fluid at a rest condition. Then extracting a first quantification image of the spatial distribution of flow of the fluid in the body at the rest condition, the first quantification image being defined by pixel values. Next, providing a second sequence of digital images of the body perfused by the fluid at a stress condition. Then extracting a second quantification image of the spatial distribution of flow of the fluid in the body at the stress condition, the second quantification image being defined by pixel values. Then, combining the two quantification images to obtain an image defined by pixel values. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074268 | IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD - A CPU implements a possible polyp detection process of step S | 2009-03-19 |
20090074269 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes; a lesion candidate region detecting section that detects a lesion candidate region based on at least one color signal in a medical image including a plurality of color signals; an incidental region detecting section that detects an incidental region that arises because of incidental attributes accompanying a lesion from the medical image; and a detection standard changing section that changes a detection standard when detecting a lesion from the lesion candidate region in accordance with a detection result of the incidental region. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074270 | IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE - A CPU executes a gray value gradient calculation process to, for example, an R signal in step S | 2009-03-19 |
20090074271 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus which performs image processing on a medical input image, includes: a pixel extraction portion for extracting an inappropriate pixel satisfying a predetermined condition in the input image, a replacing pixel information calculation portion for calculating replacing information with which pixel information of the inappropriate pixel is to be replaced, based on pixel information of a predetermined region including the extracted inappropriate pixel or adjacent to the extracted inappropriate pixel and a replaced image generation portion for replacing the pixel information of the inappropriate pixel in the input image with the replacing information and generating a replaced image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074272 | Method and system for polyp segmentation for 3D computed tomography colonography - A method and system for polyp segmentation in computed tomography colonogrphy (CTC) volumes is disclosed. The polyp segmentation method utilizes a three-staged probabilistic binary classification approach for automatically segmenting polyp voxels from surrounding tissue in CTC volumes. Based on an input initial polyp position, a polyp tip is detected in a CTC volume using a trained 3D point detector. A local polar coordinate system is then fit to the colon surface in the CTC volume with the origin at the detected polyp tip. Polyp interior voxels and polyp exterior voxels are detected along each axis of the local polar coordinate system using a trained 3D box. A boundary voxel is detected on each axis of the local polar coordinate system based on the detected polyp interior voxels and polyp exterior voxels by boosted 1D curve parsing using a trained classifier. This results in a segmented polyp boundary. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074273 | Analyzing image errors - A method for analyzing image errors in an image dataset of a medical imaging device is provided. The method includes transmitting the image dataset to a central computing center, analyzing the image errors by a server of the computing center, determining a type of image error in the image dataset, and forwarding the image dataset to a service technician who is responsible for the type of image error determined in the image dataset. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074274 | Method for providing image objects in a medical image information system, and medical image information system - A medical image information system is disclosed which includes a PACS server having at least one non-volatile data storage device for storing the image objects, a terminal server which is connected to the PACS server for data purposes, and at least one terminal client which is connected to the terminal server for data purposes. In at least one embodiment, a text data application, which is used solely to manage text data of image objects, is implemented in the terminal client, and an image data application, which is used solely to manage pixel-based image data of image objects, is implemented in the terminal server. A method is also disclosed for providing image objects in the image information system. In at least one embodiment, an image object which is stored in the PACS server is transmitted to the terminal server, in particular on the basis of a user request, under the control of the image data application, pixel-based screen contents for a graphical display of the image object by the terminal client, under the control of the image data application, are determined by the terminal server, and the screen contents for the image object, which are determined by the terminal server, are displayed by the terminal client. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074275 | SYSTEM FOR PREPARING AN IMAGE FOR SEGMENTATION - A system for cleaning up and preparing an image for segmentation is disclosed. An image transmitting device is configured to transmit a first image to an image receiving device. The image receiving device is configured to: receive the first image; apply a Dual Tree Complex Wavelet transform to the first image to form a plurality of sub-images; generate a high pass image based on the plurality of sub-images; generate a rotational invariant resultant image based on the high pass image; generate a low pass image based on the plurality of sub-images; and combine the rotational invariant resultant image and the low pass image to form a pseudo-fluorescent image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074276 | Voxel Matching Technique for Removal of Artifacts in Medical Subtraction Images - A method for improving the alignment accuracy between different medical images may be disclosed. A warped or non-warped previous image and a warped or non-warped current image may include a plurality of respective previous and current basic units, for example, pixels in a 2-dimensional image or voxels in a 3-dimensional image. To ensure accurate registration between the previous and current images, a first basic unit from the previous image may be replaced by a second basic unit from the current image if the value of the first and second basic units are identical or nearly identical. The first and second basic units may be selected from a nearly-identical region or “kernel” within the previous and current images. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074277 | Registration method with three-dimensional representation of a vascular tree as a function of blood flow - A three-dimensional volume data record contains a vascular tree. A two-dimensional projection image is an image of an actual fill state, to which the vascular tree is filled with a contrast agent at an acquisition time. The volume data record and the projection image are registered in relation to one another by means of the set of imaging parameters. A computation facility determines an expected target fill state, which describes which parts of the vascular tree should be filled with contrast agent at acquisition time in the three-dimensional volume data record. The computation facility determines the set of imaging parameters based on the target fill state and the projection image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A method for reducing artifacts in an original computed tomography (CT) image of a subject, the original (CT) image being produced from original sinogram data. The method comprises detecting an artifact creating object in the original CT image; re-projecting the artifact creating object in the original sinogram data to produce modified sinogram data in which missing projection data is absent; interpolating replacement data for the missing projection data; replacing the missing projection data in the original sinogram data with the interpolated replacement data to produce final sinogram data; and reconstructing a final CT image using the final sinogram data to thereby obtain an artifact-reduced CT image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074279 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS ON SLICE-WISE DATA OF REFERENCE STRUCTURE NORMALIZED IMAGES FOR IMPROVED QUALITY IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY STUDIES - A method and system are provided for improving the quality in positron emission tomography (PET) images. Image quality may be improved by pre-normalizing dynamic PET images and then applying a multivariate analysis tool on the images to generate improved quality dynamic PET images. The dynamic PET images are the images reconstructed from the raw dynamic PET data in the image domain of the PET study. A first normalization method is a data treatment (also referred to as noise pre-normalization) for the negative values that may result from the image reconstruction and/or from random variations in detector readings. A second normalization method is background noise pre-normalization where background pixel values are masked. A third normalization method is kinetic pre-normalization where the contrast is improved to allow greater visualization of the activity in the image. Multivariate analysis such as PCA may then be applied to each slice of the dynamic PET images. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074280 | Automated Detection of Planes From Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Data - A plane position for a standard view is detected from three-dimensional echocardiographic data. The position of the plane within the volume is defined by translation, orientation (rotation), and/or scale. Possible positions are detected and other possible positions are ruled out. The classification of the possible positions occurs sequentially by translation, then orientation, and then scale. The sequential process may limit calculations required to identify the plane position for a desired view. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074281 | Method for Energy Calculation and Pileup Determination for Continuously Sampled Nuclear Pulse Processing - A method for processing events in a medical imaging device may comprise the steps of receiving analog signals from at least one PMT into an Applied Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) comprising a Constant Fraction Discriminator (CFD) and transmitting analog outputs from the ASIC. Further, sampling the analog outputs continuously using an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) and transmitting digital outputs; and collecting a number of samples of the digital output during a sampling period using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) when triggered by the CFD. The method may additionally determine the energy of the analog signals from the at lease one PMT by subtracting the peak value of each signal from the baseline value of each signal, wherein the peak value is determined as an average of at least one sample taken only around the peak during the sampling period, and the baseline value is determined as an average of at least one sample taken only around the beginning or end of the sampling period. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074282 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING SAMPLE IMAGES FOR QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOASSAYS - A method and system for automatically evaluating quality of a slide-mounted tissue sample includes receiving a digital image of a magnified portion of the slide-mounted tissue sample. At least one quantitative quality indicator is automatically determined for at least one of the samples, and the digital image of the magnified portion of the sample. Each of the quantitative quality indicators is automatically compared to a respective minimum acceptable quality threshold. The quantitative quality indicators and associated quality thresholds are selected for suitability with an automated quantitative immunoassay. Failure of one or more of the quantitative quality indicators to meet its respective minimum acceptable quality threshold suggests that the sample is unsuitable for subsequent automated pathological evaluation. Results can be examined at a user interface allowing for user inspection of samples determined to be unsuitable, the user interface also having provisions for manual override of the determination. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074283 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND AUTOMATED SCREENING OF CELLS - A system for performing automated cell screening in drug discovery, includes an automated microscope, a fast autofocus device, and a digital imaging system. Processes are implemented in software through which relevant cellular material is segmented and quantified with minimal user interaction. Improvements in the following areas: known methods for image processing are implemented in such a way that automated segmentation is achieved; sets of known measurements (pixel counting, etc.) are implemented as methods which demonstrate aspects of biology in a reliable fashion; components for automated positioning, focusing, imaging and processing of a multiplicity of samples are integrated as systems within which the segmentation and measurement methods may be mounted; and components and methods are adapted into systems which yield more highly automated and more rapid cell screening. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MAGNIFIED IMAGES OF A MICROSCOPE SLIDE - A method and system for creating a digital, virtual slide having optimum image quality characteristics. Multiple regions of a physical slide are identified as well as at least two focus z-positions z | 2009-03-19 |
20090074285 | Surface inspection device - A surface inspection device, including an illumination light source that irradiates a surface of a wafer with an inspection illumination light; a camera that receives a scattered light from the wafer irradiate with the inspection illumination light, and captures an image of the surface; a display device that displays the image of the wafer surface captured by an image sensing element of the camera; and an image expansion processing device that expands a portion having a high luminance in the image of the surface of the wafer captured by the image sensing element and causes the display device to display the expanded image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074286 | DATA MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT USED TO DEFECT REVIEW EQUIPMENT AND TESTING SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS - A data management equipment connected with a general inspection system for detecting a defect candidate on a wafer and acquiring a location thereof, a design data server for storing a design data for a semiconductor circuit and a defect review system for acquiring a defect data image on the basis of the location and comparing the defect candidate image with a defect-free reference image to identify a defect. The data management equipment includes a first detecting unit for finding that the general inspection system is acquiring a location, a storage controlling unit responsive to the finding to start to store the location from the general inspection system in a storage unit and a defect-circumferential design data acquiring unit for acquiring from a portion of the design data a defect-circumferential design data such that a reference image including the location can be produced from the defect-circumferential design data. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074287 | MASK DATA GENERATION METHOD, MASK FABRICATION METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention provides a generation method of generating data of a mask, comprising a calculation step of calculating an aerial image formed on an image plane of a projection optical system, an extraction step of extracting a two-dimensional image from the aerial image, a determination step of determining a main pattern of the mask based on the two-dimensional image, an extraction step of extracting, from the aerial image, a peak portion at which a light intensity takes a peak value in a region other than a region in which the main pattern is projected, a determination step of determining an assist pattern based on the light intensity of the peak portion, and a generation step of inserting the assist pattern into a portion of the mask, which corresponds to the peak portion, thereby generating, as the data of the mask, pattern data including the assist pattern and the main pattern. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074288 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a feature-value calculating unit that calculates an image feature value indicating a feature of image data, a case database including a case set including a correspondence of image feature values and functions, and an optimum-function predicting unit that predicts an optimum function based on the case database and the image feature value calculated by the feature-value calculating unit. Due to the optimum-function predicting unit, work efficiency of a user can be improved. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074289 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises: an edge extraction section for extracting an edge of an object of a character or a line drawing included in an image; a judgment section for judging, based on the image, a possibility that the object is an image including a plurality of colors and the object is a black object having a pixel value of an image of each color being not less than a certain value; and an edge processing section for adjusting the pixel value of the extracted edge of the object according to a result obtained by the judging by the judgment section. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074290 | Method, medium, and system adjusting predicted values based on color with image compressing/recovering - A method, medium, and system compressing an image, and a method, medium, and system recovering an image. Values of colors of a pixel from among pixels making up an image are predicted from values of colors of a reference pixel corresponding to the pixel, and the predicted values of the colors of the pixel are corrected based on similarities in variations in color values in the image. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a document image, a primary region segmentation unit configured to segment the acquired document image into a plurality of regions, a detection unit configured to detect a text region including an erroneous sentence from the regions segmented by the primary region segmentation unit, a secondary region segmentation unit configured to detect a second attribute region partly overlapped with an original sentence of the erroneous sentence and separate the detected region into the second attribute region and a part of the original sentence, and a combining unit configured to combine the part of the original sentence separated by the secondary region segmentation unit with the text region including the erroneous sentence. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074292 | Optimization of Multi-Label Problems in Computer Vision - A method of labeling pixels in an image is described where the pixel label is selected from a set of three or more labels. The pixel labeling problem is reduced to a sequence of binary optimizations by representing the label value for each pixel as a binary word and then optimizing the value of each bit within the word, starting with the most significant bit. Data which has been learned from one or more training images is used in the optimization to provide information about the less significant bits within the word. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074293 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION USING FRACTAL MAPS - A method for recognizing an object in an image is disclosed wherein a fractal map of the image is generated by estimating the fractal dimension of each pixel in the image. The fractal map may be segmented by thresholding and locations of candidate objects are determined. The pixel value of the image pixel corresponding to the same location where the candidate object is found in the fractal map may be compared to a threshold value. If the pixel value is greater than the threshold value, the candidate object is recognized as a valid object. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074294 | DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - In a document-image-data providing device, a document image inputting unit is configured to input document image data. An area recognition unit is configured to recognize a text area of a document image element containing text data among document image elements constituting the document image data, and another area of a document image element containing data other than the text data. A text data acquiring unit is configured to acquire text data contained in the recognized text area. A providing unit is configured to provide, in response to a document image data request received from the information processing device, both image data generated from the input document image data to have a resolution lower than a resolution of the input document image data and the text data acquired by the text data acquiring unit, to the information processing device. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074295 | METHOD OF MODIFYING CLASSIFICATION SCHEME STORED IN PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method of modifying a classification scheme for classifying hand-written characters to thereby make the classification scheme user dependent. The classification scheme includes a number of allographs, each allograph representing a respective style of a respective letter. The method includes obtaining at least one hand-written character, and then selecting an allograph representing the character. One or more of the allographs are then modified in accordance with the selection, to thereby reflect the fact that the allograph corresponds to a style of letter used by the user. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074296 | CREATING A DOCUMENT TEMPLATE FOR CAPTURING DATA FROM A DOCUMENT IMAGE AND CAPTURING DATA FROM A DOCUMENT IMAGE - In one embodiment, there is disclosed a method | 2009-03-19 |
20090074297 | HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE DIMENSION REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a method of hyperspectral image dimension reduction. The method includes receiving a hyperspectral image having a plurality of pixels. A set of basis vectors is established at least in part with respect to the spectral vectors of the initial hyperspectral image. For each pixel of the hyperspectral image, the spectral vector is read and decomposed, i.e. unmixed, with the basis vector set to provide at least a reduced dimension vector for each pixel. Collectively the reduced dimension vectors for each pixel represent the dimensionally reduced image. A system operable to perform the method is also provided. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DOCUMENT DATA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an apparatus for creating document data, an acquiring unit acquires a handwritten figure; and a recognizing unit converts the handwritten figure acquired by the acquiring unit into a specific figure and recognizes a layout including the specific figure as a component as a user-specified layout. A storage unit stores therein data to be inserted into a desired one of a plurality of layout models. A selecting unit selects a layout model similar to the user-specified layout model from among the layout models as a similar layout model; and an inserting unit inserts the data stored in the storage unit into the similar layout model selected by the selecting unit. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074299 | INCREASING ACCURACY OF DISCRETE CURVE TRANSFORM ESTIMATES FOR CURVE MATCHING IN FOUR OR MORE DIMENSIONS - System and method for estimating a rotational shift between a first discrete curve and a second discrete curve, where the second discrete curve is a rotationally shifted version of the first discrete curve. First and second discrete curves are received. A rotational shift between the first discrete curve and the second discrete curve is estimated based on the first discrete curve and the second discrete curve. A cumulative rotational shift is updated based on the estimated rotational shift. A rotationally shifted version of the second discrete curve is generated based on the cumulative rotational shift. The estimating, updating, and generating are performed in an iterative manner using the respective rotationally shifted discrete curve for each iteration until a stopping condition occurs, thereby determining a final estimate of the rotational shift between the first discrete curve and the second discrete curve. The final estimate may be used to perform curve matching. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074300 | AUTOMATIC ADAPTION OF AN IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM TO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES - A MMR system for newspaper publishing comprises a plurality of mobile devices, an MMR gateway, an MMR matching unit and an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page and the location on the page. The image registration unit includes an indexing unit for generating images adapted to the environment and capabilities of the image capture device. The indexing unit also automatically adapts the configuration of the plurality of recognition units and index tables based upon image queries applied to the plurality of recognition and index tables. The plurality of recognition units and index tables are configured based on content they reference, recognition algorithm used or other factors. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for generating blurry images for device training; a method for generating classifiers; a method for selecting a pass classifier; and a method for modifying a hypothesizing and testing classifier on unrecognized images. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074301 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES PROGRAM THEREOF - The present invention provides a technique relating to image processing capable of searching for, from a surface of paper, a more suitable region for matching of paper fingerprint information or print paper surface unique information. Its configuration includes a region dividing section for dividing image data including a read out paper fingerprint into a plurality of regions; a section for obtaining variance of gradation values of pixels in the individual regions divided by the region dividing section; a deciding section for making a decision from each variance value obtained by the section for obtaining variance of gradation values as to whether a corresponding region is suitable for matching of the paper fingerprint information; and an extracting section for extracting the paper fingerprint information in the region decided by the deciding section. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074302 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of this invention includes a classification unit configured to classify anchor points that define the contour of an object into a plurality of groups based on features of the contour of the object, and a saving unit configured to identifiably save the anchor points classified by the classification unit for respective groups. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074303 | Method and System for Creating a Form Template for a Form - A method and system for creating a form template for a form are disclosed. The method comprises analyzing an image of a form to detect object demarcations in the form. The method also comprises classifying the object demarcations into one of a plurality of predefined object categories and processing each object demarcation based on the object category into which it has been classified, thereby to create the form template automatically. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074304 | Electronic Apparatus and Face Image Display Method - According to one embodiment, a face image list display process module classifies face images, which are extracted from video content data, into a first face image group belonging to a predetermined attribute section and a second face image group belonging to sections other than the predetermined attribute section. The face image list display process module displays, on a face thumbnail display area, the face images belonging to one group of the first face image group and the second face image group in such a manner that the face images belonging to the one group are distinguished from the face images belonging to the other group of the first face image group and the second face image group. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074305 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUZZY CLUSTERING OF IMAGES - An approach to clustering a set of images based on similarity measures employs a fuzzy clustering paradigm in which each image is represented by a node in a graph. The graph is ultimately partitioned into subgraphs, each of which represent true clusters among which the various images are distributed. The partitioning is performed in a series of stages by identifying one true cluster at each stage, and removing the nodes belonging to each identified true cluster from further consideration so that the remaining, unclustered nodes may then be grouped. At the beginning of each such stage, the nodes that remain to be clustered are treated as all belonging to a single candidate cluster. Nodes are removed from this single candidate cluster in accordance with similarity and connectivity criteria, to arrive at a true cluster. The member nodes of this true cluster are then removed from further consideration, prior to the next stage in the process. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074306 | Estimating Word Correlations from Images - Word correlations are estimated using a content-based method, which uses visual features of image representations of the words. The image representations of the subject words may be generated by retrieving images from data sources (such as the Internet) using image search with the subject words as query words. One aspect of the techniques is based on calculating the visual distance or visual similarity between the sets of retrieved images corresponding to each query word. The other is based on calculating the visual consistence among the set of the retrieved images corresponding to a conjunctive query word. The combination of the content-based method and a text-based method may produce even better result. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074307 | Textual Image Coding - Textual image coding involves coding textual portions of an image. In an example embodiment, a textual block of an image is decomposed into multiple base colors and an index map, with the index map having index values that each reference a base color so as to represent the textual block. A set of neighbor index values are ascertained for a particular index of the index map. A context that matches the neighbor index values is generated from among multiple contexts. The matching context includes a set of symbols. At least one symbol-to-value mapping is determined based on the matching context and a symbol to which the particular index corresponds. The particular index is remapped to a particular value in accordance with the symbol-to-value mapping and the symbol to which the particular index corresponds. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074308 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - An image compressor device includes a memory controller to store a plurality of compressed unit items in the continuous address range, and a pointer generator to generate pointer data including address information of the plurality of compressed unit data items. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE DATA - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding images, more particularly to an encoding unit in conjunction with a library of pictorial entities and image qualifiers. The method and apparatus provide encoding an image by using a code factor table in conjunction with a set of element codes. The resulting image code allows the set pictorial elements of an image and their associated image qualifiers to be represented by a compact code uniquely representing a given configuration of pictorial elements. The use of the resulting image code facilitates the transmission and storage of images requiring only the code to be sent or stored. | 2009-03-19 |