27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120170771 | Method Of Leveling A Plurality Of Audio Signals - A system with an input amplifier to receive and amplify a first audio signal, an output amplifier to output an audio signal which includes at least one of the amplified first audio signal and a second audio signal, a controller to adjust the input amplifier to a first input amp gain and the output amplifier to a first output amp gain to provide an output signal including the first audio signal at a first output signal level. The controller is to adjust the output amplifier to a second output amp gain to provide an audio output including the second audio signal at a second output signal level and determine an output amp ratio by dividing the first output amp gain with the second output amp gain. The controller is to determine a target input amp gain by multiplying the first input amp gain by the output amp ratio and adjust the first input amp gain to the target input amp gain to provide an audio output including the first audio signal at a third output signal level. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING VOLUME - A method for dynamically adjusting volume is disclosed, which includes: determining dynamic adjustment step size I of output volume according to the preset time interval T of fading volume, the preset frequency F of fading volume, and the difference between the preset output volume V | 2012-07-05 |
20120170773 | AMPLIFIER WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE REMOVING FUNCTION, MICROPHONE MODULE, AND SENSOR MODULE - An amplifier | 2012-07-05 |
20120170774 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - An amplifier circuit for amplifying audio signal output by an audio source and outputting the amplified audio signal to a speaker is provided. The amplifier circuit includes a peripheral circuit and an amplifier chip including an amplifier, a first, a second, a third resistor, and a fourth resistor. The peripheral circuit includes a fifth and a sixth resistors. The first resistor is connected between a non-inverting input port and an output port of the amplifier, the second resistor is connected between an inverting input port and the output port of the amplifier, the third resistor is connected between the non-inverting input port and the fifth resistor, the fourth resistor is connected between the inverting port and the sixth resistor, the fifth and the sixth resistors are further respectively connected to an anode output port of the audio source and a cathode output port of the audio source. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170775 | BEND SWITCH FOR WIRED HEADSET - This is directed to a bend switch constructed from two substantially co-linear elongated bodies having opposing contact surfaces. In an open switch position, the contact surfaces remain apart, preventing electrical coupling. To close the switch, a user can bend the elongated bodies relative to each other to cause the contact surfaces to meet, thus creating an electrical coupling. Each elongated body can have several independent conductive portions. The bend switch can include a movable space member placed between the elongated bodies to maintain the contact surfaces a predetermined distance apart in the open switch position. The movable space member can include preferred or non-preferred bending orientations, equilibrium positions, and/or a potentiometer for closing the switch. The bend switch can control one or more functions (e.g., microphone, volume, or playback controls) of an electronic device (e.g., portable media device or cellular telephone) coupled to the bend switch. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170776 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING UNIVERSAL EARPHONE JACK - A portable electronic device includes an earphone jack for receiving an earphone plug, a switch unit and a signal processing unit. The switch unit is connected to the earphone jack and is switchable between a first state and a second state. The signal processing unit is connected to the earphone jack and the switch unit. The signal processing unit is used to identify a type of the earphone plug received in the earphone plug and control the switch unit to switch to either the first state or the second state according to the type of the earphone plug. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170777 | Condenser Microphone and Head Thereof - A head of a condenser microphone includes: a condenser microphone unit; a housing supporting the condenser microphone unit; a first circuit board arranged adjacent to the condenser microphone unit in the housing; a second circuit board arranged remote from the condenser microphone unit and separated from the first circuit board in the housing; and a magnetic sheet arranged between and separated from the first circuit board and the second circuit board in the housing, the first circuit board including a circuit for processing an audio signal from the condenser microphone unit; the second circuit board including a DC-DC converter circuit unit for generating a polarization voltage to be applied to the condenser microphone unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170778 | Acoustic transducer - An acoustic transducer includes a diaphragm defining a center portion and a supporting portion surrounding the center portion and a coil attached to the diaphragm and defining a pair of leading wires. The center portion defines a lower surface connected to the coil, an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and at least a pair of protrusion portions extending from the lower surface toward the upper surface for receiving the leading wires of the coil. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170779 | HEADPHONES FOR 3D SOUND | 2012-07-05 |
20120170780 | Amplification Circuit and Hearing Aid - Certain embodiments of the present technology provide improved amplification circuits and hearing aids that can utilize such amplification circuits. In an embodiment, for example, an amplification circuit includes: a first sub circuit configured to create a voltage drop when a supply voltage is above a first voltage; and a second sub circuit configured to create a reverse voltage drop when the supply voltage is below a second voltage, wherein the first and second sub circuits operate to maintain idling current within a range. Certain embodiments of the present technology also provide hearing aids that include removable dampers. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170781 | HEARING AID WITH WIRELESS BATTERY CHARGING CAPABILITY - In an embodiment, a hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid may include a set of battery charging terminals configured to be connected to a battery. A receiver oscillator circuit is electrically coupled to the set of battery charging terminals, the receiver oscillator circuit includes a receiver coil. The receiver coil may be tuned to resonate at a resonance frequency in a range of MHz and at the resonance frequency. The receiver coil may be configured to receive magnetic energy in the form of electromagnetic waves of a frequency similar to the resonance frequency of the receiver coil and to convert the magnetic energy of the received electromagnetic waves to an electrical current to charge the battery via the set of battery charging terminals. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170782 | Speaker System - A speaker system comprises a plurality of modules, each having an enclosure. One enclosure is a speaker enclosure that houses at least one outwardly facing driver. At least one other enclosure encloses electronic components for wirelessly receiving audio and driving at least one driver. The electronic components may be distributed among many modules. The modules are mechanically and electrically connected to each other through mounts. At least one half of a mount is connected to each enclosure. Each mount has a first half and a second half. The first half of any mount can be mechanically connected to the second half of any other mount. Each mount half includes electrical contacts that align when two halves are connected. So when the mounts of each enclosure are mechanically connected, the electronics are electrically coupled to form a circuit that wirelessly receives audio, amplifies it, and drives the driver. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170783 | SPEAKER BOX - A speaker box includes a case includes an upper side and a lower side opposite to the upper side, an electroacoustic transducer received in the case and including a first pole plate with a plurality of first gaps for communicating with the magnetic gap, a second pole plate attached on a lower surface of the first pole plate. The second pole plate defines a second main member, a plurality of second auxiliary members extending from a periphery of the first main member, and a plurality of second gaps corresponding to the first gaps. Each of the second auxiliary members defines a longer auxiliary member and a shorter auxiliary member respectively. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170784 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - It is an object of the present invention to form a pixel electrode and a metal film using one resist mask in manufacturing a stacked structure by forming the metal film over the pixel electrode. A conductive film to be a pixel electrode and a metal film are stacked. A resist pattern having a thick region and a region thinner than the thick region is formed over the metal film using an exposure mask having a semi light-transmitting portion. The pixel electrode, and the metal film formed over part of the pixel electrode to be in contact therewith are formed using the resist pattern. Accordingly, a pixel electrode and a metal film can be formed using one resist mask. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170785 | NOISE-VIBRATION MICROPHONE STAND - The present invention discloses a noise-vibration (NV) microphone stand for holding an NV microphone a predetermined distance from a surface that the NV microphone stand is attached to. The NV microphone stand can include a rod having an attachment end that is operable to attach to the surface to be tested and with the rod extending away from the surface. In addition, an arm can be attached to and extend from the rod, the arm having an NV microphone bracket spaced apart from the rod. The NV microphone bracket can have an opening that is dimensioned for the NV microphone to slide therewithin, the opening having a plurality of friction wiper blades that come into contact with the NV microphone when it slides within the bracket. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170786 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC LOUDSPEAKER HEADPHONE STRUCTURE - A piezoelectric ceramic loudspeaker headphone structure includes a positioning frame, a steel sheet and a vibrating member. A step portion is disposed in an inner edge at the rear of the positioning frame. The steel sheet has an area approximately equal to that of the positioning frame and is disposed with a sound-making member stacked by a plurality of ceramic material layers. A lead wire is welded to the sound-making member. The vibrating member is a sheet body and has an area approximately equal to that of the step portion of the positioning frame. The steel sheet is disposed at a front edge of the positioning frame. The vibrating member is embedded in the step portion of the positioning frame, and thus a sound-making module is formed. The sound-making module is assembled to a headphone, and after the sound-making member receives an audio signal, a sound is guided out through response of the vibrating member. Therefore, the headphone is free of magnetism without influencing electronic products such as i-pad, i-phone, mobile phones or notebook computers, and is thinned due to omitting voice coils, which thus can be conveniently carried along. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170787 | DECORATIVE DESIGN MOLDED ONTO AN EARPHONE/HEADPHONE CORD - This is directed to systems, processes, machines, and other means that relate to decorative earphone and headphone cords. The invention can allow users to express themselves with a new article of manufacture. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170788 | CONFIGURABLE HEADSET SUPPORT WITH VARIABLE POSITIONING - A method and a device are disclosed for a portable headset including an attached earphone and a support structure configured to position the earphone in a random position by user action. In various embodiments, the support structure is further configured to be detachably coupled to various different earphones. The portable headset is further configured to be attachable to different seats or anchor points. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170789 | EARPHONE ASSEMBLY - An exemplary earphone assembly includes an electrical connector, two earphones, and two cords electrically connecting the electrical connector with the earphones. Each of the cords includes two wires connecting the electrical connector with a corresponding earphone and a zip chain containing the wires. The zip chain of each cord includes an elongated main body, and a first latching part and a second latching part protruding from the main body towards the other cord. A receiving groove is defined between the first and second latching parts for receiving the second latching part of the other cord when the two cords are engaged with each other in such a manner that the first and second latching parts of one cord block the second latching part of the other cord from escaping from the receiving groove. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170790 | HEADPHONE WITH RESTRAINT AND METHODS - A headphone having reduced-tangling potential includes an audio plug for receive electrical signals from an audio device, coupled via wires to ear buds, wherein the ear buds are for receiving electrical signals and outputting audio, wires coupled to the audio plug and to the pair of ear buds, wherein the coupling wire is configured to provide the electrical signals from the audio plug to at least the pair of ear buds, and a restraint device having a pliable material body having an interior channel, wherein the channel restrains movement of the separate ear buds a first resistance, when the audio plug is inserted into the channel, and wherein the channel restrains movement the separate ear buds by a second resistance, when the audio portion is separated from the channel, wherein the first resistance amount exceeds the second resistance amount. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170791 | MICRO-SPEAKER - A micro-speaker is disclosed. The micro-speaker includes a frame defining a hollow space, a diaphragm attached to the frame, a voice coil positioned on the diaphragm, a cover covering the diaphragm and attached to the frame forming a housing, a yoke received in the hollow space and attached to the frame, a magnet received in the yoke, and a pole plate attached on the magnet. The yoke includes a bottom wall, and two ends of the base wall are provided with a groove corresponding to the magnetic gap, respectively. A width of the groove is greater than that of the thickness of the voice coil. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170792 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL VIBRATOR - A multifunctional vibrator includes a frame, a vibrating unit receiving in the frame and including a magnetic circuit part with a magnetic gap, a plurality of elastic members connecting the vibrating unit and the frame, and a voice coil partially inserted into the magnetic gap. Each elastic member includes a retaining portion assembling to an inner face of the frame, a connecting portion attached to the vibrating unit, and an elastic portion extending from the retaining portion to the connecting portion along a devious way. The elastic portion of elastic members includes a first arm capable of generating elastic deformation along a short axis direction of the vibrating unit and a second arm capable of generating elastic deformation along a long axis direction of the vibrating unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170793 | MICRO-SPEAKER - A micro-speaker includes a yoke, a magnet assembly attached to the yoke, a voice coil, and a diaphragm connected with the voice coil. The yoke defines a bottom wall, and a number of sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The magnet assembly includes a main magnet positioned on the bottom wall, and a number of secondary magnets positioned on tops of the sidewalls. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170794 | SLIM-TYPE SPEAKER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A speaker includes a frame, a diaphragm disposed in a top end of the frame of the speaker and a bobbin disposed below the diaphragm A voice coil is wound around a bottom end of the bobbin and a magnetic member having a groove in which the bottom end of the bobbin around which the voice coil is wound, is inserted and reciprocated in a straight line upward and downward A central pillar is fixed to the magnetic member at a center of the bobbin and extends parallel to the movement of the bobbin. A damper supports an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin from the central pillar. The damper additionally supports an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, from the frame, so as to allow the bobbin to reciprocate in a straight line. Support of the bobbin by the damper in both lengthwise and width directions results in minimization of wobble and distortion, so that accurate sound is generated by the speaker. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170795 | SHAKER-TYPE TRANSDUCER WITH CENTERING DEVICE - A shaker transducer is disclosed, which comprises a magnetic unit ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170796 | ULTRA-THIN LOUDSPEAKER STRUCTURE - An ultra-thin loudspeaker structure mainly includes an upper drum paper, a lower drum paper and a steel sheet. A winding semicircle-shaped protrusion is disposed in a position adjacent to an edge of the lower drum paper, and thus a frame-defining portion is formed. The lower drum paper is provided with an opening at the center. The upper drum paper has an area approximately equal to that of an inner edge of the frame-defining portion. The upper drum paper is provided with an opening at the center. The steel sheet is provided with a sound-making member stacked by a plurality of ceramic material layers. A lead wire is welded to the sound-making member. The steel sheet is sandwiched between the upper drum paper and the lower drum paper. The upper drum paper is embedded in the inner edge of the frame-defining portion of the lower drum paper, and thus a thin loudspeaker is formed. After the sound-making member receives an audio signal, a sound is guided out through the upper drum paper and the lower drum paper. Therefore, the loudspeaker structure is applied to thinned products such as i-pad, i-phone or mobile phones, headphones, speaker boxes and notebook computers. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170797 | AERIAL ROOF ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system, which generates and provides roof estimate reports annotated with indications of the size, geometry, pitch and/or orientation of the roof sections of a building. Generating a roof estimate report may be based on one or more aerial images of a building. In some embodiments, generating a roof estimate report of a specified building roof may include generating a three-dimensional model of the roof, and generating a report that includes one or more views of the three-dimensional model, the views annotated with indications of the dimensions, area, and/or slope of sections of the roof. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170798 | METHOD OF ENHANCING RENDERING OF CONTENT ITEM, CLIENT SYSTEM AND SERVER SYSTEM - A method and system of providing further information on a content item is described. The method may include receiving a portion of the content item via a microphone of a user device. The received portion of the content item may be distinct from an identifier associated with the content item. Characteristic features are extracted from the portion of the content item to compute a digital fingerprint for the received portion of the content item. Further information on the content item may then be accessed using the digital fingerprint. The further information is to be displayed on the user device and the accessing may comprise searching the database using the computed fingerprint. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170799 | MOVABLE RECGNITION APPARATUS FOR A MOVABLE TARGET - A movable recognition apparatus and a method thereof, which identify an activity configuration of at least a movable target, provide a plurality of distance measuring devices arranged as a two-dimensional matrix on a plane of a specific space to detect and obtain a plurality of vertical distance values between the movable target and the plane. Then, an analyzing device is applied to establish a contour graph corresponding to the movable target by means of referencing the vertical distance values and to identify the activity configuration in accordance with the shape change of the contour graph. Therefore, the movable recognition apparatus can perform the identification task conveniently with privacy requirement in addition to accuracy of the identified activity configuration. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170800 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PHYSICS SIMULATION FROM DISCRETE VIDEO ACQUISITION - A computer implemented method for processing video is provided. A first image and a second image are captured by a camera. A feature present in the first camera image and the second camera image is identified. A first location value of the feature within the first camera image is identified. A second location value of the feature within the second camera image is identified. An intermediate location value of the feature based at least in part on the first location value and the second location value is determined. The intermediate location value and the second location value are communicated to a physics simulation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170801 | System for Food Recognition Method Using Portable Devices Having Digital Cameras - The present invention relates to a method for automatic food recognition by means of portable devices equipped with digital cameras. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170802 | SCENE ACTIVITY ANALYSIS USING STATISTICAL AND SEMANTIC FEATURES LEARNT FROM OBJECT TRAJECTORY DATA - Trajectory information of objects appearing in a scene can be used to cluster trajectories into groups of trajectories according to each trajectory's relative distance between each other for scene activity analysis. By doing so, a database of trajectory data can be maintained that includes the trajectories to be clustered into trajectory groups. This database can be used to train a clustering system, and with extracted statistical features of resultant trajectory groups a new trajectory can be analyzed to determine whether the new trajectory is normal or abnormal. Embodiments described herein, can be used to determine whether a video scene is normal or abnormal. In the event that the new trajectory is identified as normal the new trajectory can be annotated with the extracted semantic data. In the event that the new trajectory is determined to be abnormal a user can be notified that an abnormal behavior has occurred. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170803 | SEARCHING RECORDED VIDEO - Embodiments of the disclosure provide for systems and methods for creating metadata associated with a video data. The metadata can include data about objects viewed within a video scene and/or events that occur within the video scene. Some embodiments allow users to search for specific objects and/or events by searching the recorded metadata. In some embodiments, metadata is created by receiving a video frame and developing a background model for the video frame. Foreground object(s) can then be identified in the video frame using the background model. Once these objects are identified they can be classified and/or an event associated with the foreground object may be detected. The event and the classification of the foreground object can then be recorded as metadata. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170804 | Method and apparatus for tracking target object - A method and apparatus for tracking a target object are provided. A plurality of images is received, and one of the images is selected as a current image. A specific color of the current image is extracted. And the current image is compared with a template image to search a target object in the current image. If the target object is not found in the current image, a previous image with the target object is searched in the images received before the current image. And the target object is searched in the current image according to an object feature of the previous image. The object feature and an object location are updated into a storage unit when the target object is found. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170805 | OBJECT DETECTION IN CROWDED SCENES - Methods and systems are provided for object detection. A method includes automatically collecting a set of training data images from a plurality of images. The method further includes generating occluded images. The method also includes storing in a memory the generated occluded images as part of the set of training data images, and training an object detector using the set of training data images stored in the memory. The method additionally includes detecting an object using the object detector, the object detector detecting the object based on the set of training data images stored in the memory. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170806 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING COLLECTION OF OBJECT INCLUDED IN INPUTTED IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method for supporting a collection of an object included in an image inputted through a terminal. The method includes the steps of: recognizing the identity of an object by using at least one of an object recognition technology, an optical character recognition technology, and a barcode recognition technology; getting a collection page including at least part of the information on an auto comment containing a phrase or sentence correctly combined under the grammar of a language by using the recognition information and the information on the image of the recognized object; allowing the collection page to be stored when a request for registration of the page is received; and providing a specific user with the information about a reward system. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DIRECTION INFORMATION IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for extracting a direction of an image in a portable terminal without using a sensor for extracting direction information of a captured image. An apparatus for extracting direction information of an image in a portable terminal includes a camera unit and a control unit, wherein the control unit extracts a detection direction of an object from the captured image as direction information, and stores the captured image together with the extracted direction information for a subsequent display of the captured image in a normal direction. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170808 | Obstacle Detection Device - The present invention provides an obstacle detection device that enables stable obstacle detection with less misdetections even when a bright section and a dark section are present in an obstacle and a continuous contour of the obstacle is present across the bright section and the dark section. The obstacle detection device includes a processed image generating unit that generates a processed image for detecting an obstacle from a picked-up image, a small region dividing unit that divides the processed image into plural small regions, an edge threshold setting unit that sets an edge threshold for each of the small regions from pixel values of the plural small regions and the processed image, an edge extracting unit that calculates a gray gradient value of each of the small regions from the plural small regions and the processed image and generates, using the edge threshold for the small region corresponding to the calculated gray gradient value, an edge image and a gradient direction image, and an obstacle recognizing unit that determines presence or absence of an obstacle from the edge image in a matching determination region set in the edge image and the gradient direction image corresponding to the edge image. The small region dividing unit divides the processed image into the plural small regions on the basis of an illumination state on the outside of the own vehicle. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170809 | PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS - A recognition and placement procedure that identifies from a digital imaged captured with digital camera the position and orientation of a stored target object in a variety of positions, without digitally storing a wide variety of essential characters per pattern associated with the target object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170810 | System and Method for Linking Real-World Objects and Object Representations by Pointing - A system and method are described for selecting and identifying a unique object or feature in the system user's three-dimensional (“3-D”) environment in a two-dimensional (“2-D”) virtual representation of the same object or feature in a virtual environment. The system and method may be incorporated in a mobile device that includes position and orientation sensors to determine the pointing device's position and pointing direction. The mobile device incorporating the present invention may be adapted for wireless communication with a computer-based system that represents static and dynamic objects and features that exist or are present in the system user's 3-D environment. The mobile device incorporating the present invention will also have the capability to process information regarding a system user's environment and calculating specific measures for pointing accuracy and reliability. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WHEEL ALIGNMENT - A vehicle wheel alignment method and system is provided. A three-dimensional target is attached to a vehicle wheel known to be in alignment. The three-dimensional target has multiple target elements thereon, each of which has known geometric characteristics and 3D spatial relationship with one another. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170812 | DRIVING SUPPORT DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a driving support display device that composites and displays images acquired from a plurality of cameras, whereby images which are easy for the user to understand and which are accurate in the areas near the borders of partial images are provided. An image composition unit ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170813 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE OUTLINE OF A FEATURE - A method of measuring an outline of a feature on a surface includes providing a substrate. The substrate includes a feature on a surface of the substrate. The feature includes walls. The surface of the substrate is illuminated. Edges of the walls are illuminated to measure a first contour and a second contour of the feature. An outline of the feature is calculated based on the first contour and the second contour. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170814 | IMAGES OF CARS INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cloud server of a data center and method integrate images of cars. The cloud server analyzes an image to obtain a license plate number of the car and generates a keyword corresponding to the image. The cloud server of the data center receives a number input by a user from a client. The cloud server of the data center matches the input number with the keyword to search an image corresponding to the input number. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANGE AND VELOCITY ESTIMATION IN VIDEO DATA AS A FUNCTION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES - A system and method calculate a range and velocity of an object in image data. The range calculation includes detecting a contour of the object from the image data, forming a template from the image data based on the contour; and calculating a range to the object using pixel resolution and dimension statistics of the object. A three-dimensional velocity of the object is determined by calculating a radial component and an angular component of the velocity. The radial velocity component is calculated by determining the range of the object in two or more image frames, determining a time differential between the two or more image frames, and calculating the radial velocity as a function of the range of the object in the two or more image frames and the time differential between the two or more image frames. The angular component is calculated using spatial-temporal derivatives as a function of a motion constraint equation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170816 | METHOD FOR CREATING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION FOR USE WITH BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - The device includes first means for splitting a biometric pattern image into a plurality of regions, assigning index numbers to the respective split-pattern images, and storing them in a split-image table; second means for splitting a newly read biometric pattern image into a plurality of regions, comparing each of the split-pattern images with the split-pattern images stored in the split-image table, acquiring or assigning, depending on if the split-image table is determined to have stored therein a similar split-pattern image, an index number to the relevant split-pattern image of the newly read pattern image, and storing them in the split-image table; and third means for creating, as biometric information that represents a feature of the newly read biometric pattern, an index number list composed of the index number. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170817 | VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle apparatus control system and method thereof are disclosed. The vehicle apparatus control system comprises a data storage module, an image capturing module, a face recognition module and a control module. The data storage module stores multiple registered users' facial feature parameters and vehicle apparatus setting parameters, and integration setting data. The face recognition module detects several facial images contained in the captured image and recognizes the users corresponding to the face images according to the facial feature parameters stored in data storage module. The control module set a vehicle apparatus according to the integration setting data, and the corresponding users' vehicle apparatus setting parameters. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170818 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A personal authentication apparatus comprises an input unit configured to input image data; a face detection unit configured to detect a face region of a person included in the image data input by the input unit, and to detect feature data from the detected face region; a facial expression determination unit configured to determine a facial expression from the face region detected by the face detection unit; a storage unit configured to store feature data used to authenticate a person in correspondence with respective facial expressions of a plurality of faces; a selection unit configured to select feature data corresponding to the facial expression determined by the facial expression determination unit from the storage unit; and an authentication unit configured to authenticate a person by comparing the feature data of the face region detected by the face detection unit, and the feature data selected by the selection unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170819 | Fingerprint Image Sensor without Residual Image - The Problems | 2012-07-05 |
20120170820 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING 3D AND 2D IMAGE DATA - In a method or apparatus of comparing two image data sets from medical imaging data of a subject, a first, three-dimensional image data set of the subject is obtained. A second, two-dimensional image data set of the subject is also obtained. The first data set is registered with the second data set. Data from the first, three-dimensional image data set is processed to determine a voxel in the first data set which corresponds to a given pixel in the second, two-dimensional image data set. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170821 | Method and System for Surgical Planning - A method for surgical planning is disclosed. A set of related two-dimensional (2D) anatomical images or 3D images is displayed. A plurality of anatomical landmarks are identified on the set of anatomical images. A three-dimensional (3D) representation of a parent prosthesis is scaled to match a scale of the 2D anatomical images based at least in part on a relationship between the anatomical landmarks. A 2D representation of the scaled 3D parent prosthesis is displayed on at least one of the 2D anatomical images. A system for surgical planning is also disclosed. The system has a prosthesis knowledge-based information system, a patient anatomical-based information system, a user interface, and a controller. The controller has an anatomical landmark identifier. The controller also has a prosthesis-to-anatomical-feature relator. The controller is configured to display a set of related two-dimensional (2D) anatomical images from the patient anatomical-based information system on the user interface. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170822 | EFFICIENT QUASI-EXACT 3D IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR CT SCANNERS - A CT scanner comprises: at least one source of X-rays and a multi-row detector array of arbitrary geometry, both supported so as rotate around an axis of rotation during a scan of an object translated along the axis, wherein data for each detector is generated as a function of the X-ray energy received; and a data processor configured so as to perform resampling of the data onto curves in a virtual detector array. The curves project onto tilted lines in a virtual flat detector as to enable tangential filtering of the data. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE BASED MULTIPLE-MODALITY CARDIAC IMAGE ALIGNMENT - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for temporally aligning a plurality of cardiac image sequences. The method includes performing a locally linear embedding algorithm on a first set of cardiac image sequences and on a second set of cardiac image sequences. A graphical representation is created for the first set of cardiac image sequences and the second set of cardiac image sequences. A determination is made whether the first set of cardiac image sequences and the second set of cardiac image sequences were generated from a similar point of view. If a similar point of view is found, the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation are aligned using a minimization function. If a similar point of view is not found, the graphs are aligned with a template and then aligned with each other using the minimization function. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170824 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING GLOBAL PATIENT MOVEMENT DURING IMAGING PROCEDURES - The invention provides a system ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170825 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - A method for interventional imaging of synchronizing a first dataset with a second dataset is provided. The datasets represent a region of interest in a patient, wherein the first dataset and the second dataset each corresponding to two different types of information on the region of interest and wherein the datasets are acquired by separate medical systems. The method comprises aligning the first dataset and the second dataset with at least two signals representing a physiological activity of the patient, the at least two signals having been recorded by the medical systems on a common time scale with the time scale used for acquiring the datasets. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170826 | MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISCRIMINATING MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY MATERIAL, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION OF MULTI-ENERGY X-RAY SYSTEM - Disclosed are a multi-energy x-ray system, an image processing apparatus for discriminating a multi-energy x-ray material, and an image processing method for material discrimination of a multi-energy x-ray system. The image processing apparatus for discriminating a multi-energy x-ray material according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: a table for recording attenuation information and multi-energy x-ray spectrum information which correspond to one or more materials; an initial image estimating portion for estimating an initial image of each of the materials with respect to a projection image of each of the energy bands generated when a multi-energy x-ray spectrum passes through a detecting target formed with one or more materials; and an image update portion for updating the initial image as the material discrimination image using the estimated initial image and the spectrum information recorded in the table and the attenuation information recorded in the table. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170827 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND THE SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes a control unit and a detector that includes multiple pixels and that performs an image capturing operation to output image data corresponding to emitted radiation or light. The image capturing operation includes a first image capturing operation in which the detector is scanned in a first scanning area corresponding to part of the multiple pixels to output image data in the first scanning area and a second image capturing operation in which the detector is scanned in a second scanning area larger than the first scanning area to output image data in the second scanning area. The control unit causes the detector to perform an initialization operation to initialize the conversion element during a period between the first image capturing operation and the second image capturing operation in accordance with switching from the first scanning area to the second scanning area. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170828 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF MELANOMA - Embodiments herein exploit the optical sectioning capability of reflectance confocal microscopy to non-invasively survey the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ), noting the irregularities associated with malignancy. Methods are provided to aid a clinician in diagnosing melanoma through pattern recognition to extract pertinent diagnostic information from large 3D confocal images. Identifying the combination of pagetoid melanocytes and DEJ breakdown increases the accuracy of detection. A method may be used to process a 3D confocal volume of images taken by a clinician of a suspicious lesion and deduce the depth location z of the first reflective surface (FRS) at each x-y position. This FRS is where the most superficial melanin resides. In this manner, the stratum corneum and epidermis are digitally stripped and no longer distract the clinician from the more diagnostically relevant pigmented cell network. The FRS is putatively either the DEJ for benign nevi or the depth of a pagetoid melanocyte at x,y above the DEJ. Thus by creating a 3D surface plot of the FRS for each lateral x,y point, the presence of pagetoid cells is identified by a discreet jump in the FRS above the level of the DEJ. The DEJ map may also be used to determine if breakdown of the DEJ is occurring. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170829 | Check Boundary Detection by String Literal Analysis - A method of locating a check image region within a document image comprising the steps of locating a magnetic ink character recognition region of the check and calculating the top of the check relative to the magnetic ink character recognition region by detection of string literals having a historical and/or contextual relationship to the upper check boundary. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYSTEMATIC DEFECT IDENTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for identifying suspect layout features from a plurality of layout features of an integrated circuit (IC) layout. A plurality of snippet images is generated, each of which depicts at least a portion of a suspect layout feature which is different from suspect layout features depicted in others of the plurality of snippet images. The suspect layout features are determined based on the diagnosis of a plurality of defective ICs manufactured in accordance with the IC layout. A plurality of clusters is generated, and each of the clusters contains a group of the plurality of snippet images based on similarities between the snippet images. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170831 | PRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A method of producing a digital stereoscopic image using a processor is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of digital image files which include digital images and the time of capture of each image and using time of capture to identify candidate pairs of images. The method further includes using the processor to analyze the image content of the candidate pairs of images to identify at least one image pair that can be used to produce a stereoscopic image; and using an identified image pair to produce the digital stereoscopic image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170832 | DEPTH MAP GENERATION MODULE FOR FOREGROUND OBJECT AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a depth map generation module for a foreground object and the method thereof. The depth map generation method for a foreground object comprises the following steps: receiving an image sequence data, wherein the image sequence data includes a plurality of image frames; selecting at least one key image frame from the image sequence data; providing at least one depth indicative information and a contour of a first segment in the at least one key image frame; and performing a signal processing steps by a microprocessor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170833 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a multi-view image generating method includes synthesizing images having a same depth value into a single image from among a plurality of images, based on depth values each being associated with one of the plurality of images and indicating image position in the depth direction of the image; shifting, with respect to each of a plurality of viewpoints each giving a different disparity, a synthesized image obtained at the synthesizing, according to a shift vector corresponding to the viewpoint and the depth value of the synthesized image in a direction and with an amount indicated in the shift vector, so as to generate an image having disparity given thereto; and generating a multi-view image in which the images that are shifted and that are given disparity at the shifting are arranged in a predetermined format. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170834 | Determining the Uniqueness of a Model for Machine Vision - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for determining model uniqueness with a quality metric of a model of an object in a machine vision application. Determining uniqueness involves receiving a training image, generating a model of an object based on the training image, generating a modified training image based on the training image, determining a set of poses that represent possible instances of the model in the modified training image, and computing a quality metric of the model based on an evaluation of the set of poses with respect to the modified training image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170835 | Determining the Uniqueness of a Model for Machine Vision - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for determining model uniqueness with a quality metric of a model of an object in a machine vision application. Determining uniqueness involves receiving a training image and a first set of model parameters, generating a first model of an object, generating a second model of the object based on the training image and a second set of model parameters modified from the first set of model parameters, determining a set of poses that represent possible instances of the second model in the training image, and computing a quality metric of the first model based on an evaluation of the set of poses with respect to the training image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170836 | WEB-BASED COLOR SELECTION SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a database having a plurality of digital color images and a neutral gray background value for each of the images; a processor configured to receive search criteria and to identify one or more of the digital color images meeting the search criteria; and a display configured to display at least one of the identified digital color images on a neutral gray background, wherein the brightness of the neutral gray background is determined by the neutral gray background value for the image being displayed. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170837 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PARTIAL VIEWS AND/OR A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE MASTER FROM A 2D-VIEW FOR STEREOSCOPIC PLAYBACK - Image data, in particular a three-dimensional image master, is generated for stereoscopic playback via an auto-stereoscopic playback device. Image data are generated for playback that evokes a three-dimensional visual impression in a human observer by: receiving and/or importing 2D image data of an original view, deriving a plurality of further partial views that represent the information shown in the original view from different viewing angles. For each pixel of the 2D image data of the original view, color values are determined and a control value dependent on the color values is automatically assigned to each of the pixels. Each control value represents disparity information, and while deriving the plurality of partial views, which represents different viewing directions of an original scene represented by the 2D image data of the original view, the individual pixels of the original image are shifted pixel-wise relative to one another according to a displacement vector pre-set for the respective view and corresponding to the control value assigned to the individual pixel, and the pixels of the respective view are derived on the basis of the shifted pixels. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170838 | Color Similarity Sorting for Video Forensics Search - Systems and methods of sorting electronic color images of objects are provided. One method includes receiving an input representation of an object, the representation including pixels defined in a first color space, converting the input image into a second color space, determining a query feature vector including multiple parameters associated with color of the input representation, the query feature vector parameters including at least a first parameter of the first color space and at least a first parameter of the second color space and comparing the query feature vector to multiple candidate feature vectors. Each candidate feature vector includes multiple parameters associated with color of multiple stored candidate images, the candidate feature vector parameters including at least the first parameter from the first color space and at least the first parameter from the second color space. The method further includes determining at least one of the candidate images to be a possible match to the desired object based on the comparison. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170839 | Night-Scene Light Source Detecting Device And Night-Scene Light Source Detecting Method - A night-scene light source detecting device includes a pixel value obtaining unit configured to obtain a pixel value of each pixel in an input image; a night-scene-feature extraction unit provided for extracting a zone area of a mean corrected-brightness value and a high corrected-brightness value of the input image as two night-scene features based on the pixel value of each pixel in the input image; a night-scene image detection unit provided for determining whether the input image is a night-scene image or not based on the two night-scene features; a specific color detection unit provided for detecting whether each pixel belongs to specific color or not; and a night-scene light source determining unit provided for determining whether the night-scene image is picked up under irradiation by the specific light sources in a night scene or not based on the result of the specific color detection. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170840 | WEB-BASED ARCHITECTURAL COLOR SELECTION SYSTEM - A computer implemented method includes: providing a database of digital images of colors and metadata related to the colors; using one or more search criteria to identify one or more of the digital image colors; displaying the digital images of the identified colors; selecting a color of interest from the displayed colors; using the metadata to identify additional information related to the color of interest; displaying the digital image of the selected color and the additional information; and using the displayed digital image of the selected color and the additional information to make a final color selection. An apparatus that can be used to implement the method is also provided. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170841 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A view transformer of an image processing apparatus may generate a first view transformation image by transforming a first view color image with a first resolution to a third view, and may generate a second view transformation image by transforming, to the third view, a second view color image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution. A parameter calculator of the image processing apparatus may calculate a per-pixel weight parameter that is applied to each of the first view transformation image and the second view transformation image. An image generator of the image processing apparatus may generate a third view color image corresponding to the third view by applying the calculated per-pixel weight parameter to the first view transformation image and the second view transformation image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170842 | TONE MAPPING OF VERY LARGE AERIAL IMAGE MOSAIC - A method for tone mapping a high dynamic range image of a large terrestrial area into a lower dynamic range image uses: globally aware, locally adaptive approach whereby local tonal balancing parameter values are derived from known tone mapping parameters for a local 3×3 matrix of image tiles and used in turn to derive a local sigmoid transfer function for pixels in the tile in the middle of the matrix. A global sigmoid transfer function is derived based on values of the tone mapping parameters applicable to the entire image. A lower dynamic range image pixel will have a local tone mapped value and a globally tone mapped value, which are combined by giving each a weighted value to provide a final low dynamitic range pixel value. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170843 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING LOCAL TONE MAPPING - Adaptive local tone mapping may be used to convert a high dynamic range image to a low dynamic range image. Tone mapping may be performed on an on a Bayer domain image. A high dynamic range image may be filtered to produce a luminance signal. An illumination component of the luminance signal may be compressed. A reflectance component of the luminance signal may be sharpened. After the luminance signal has been processed, it may be used in producing an output image in the Bayer domain that has a lower dynamic range than the input image. The output Bayer domain image may be demosaiced to produce an RGB image. Tone-mapping may be performed with a tone-mapping processor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170844 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including: a color mode selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection of a color mode used for printing or displaying; a color selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection of a color used for printing or displaying; a color conversion palette generation unit configured to generate a color conversion palette based on the selected color mode and the selected color, the color conversion palette being used for converting original data to be printed or displayed into colors used for printing or displaying; and a color conversion unit configured to convert the original data to be printed or displayed into output data using the color conversion palette when performing printing or displaying. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170845 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY BASED ON DEFINITION AND CHROMA - An apparatus and method for improving image quality based on definition and chroma are provided. The method includes analyzing an input image; calculating a quantified definition value and a quantified chroma value of the input image; determining a definition parameter corresponding to the quantified definition value and a chroma parameter corresponding to the quantified chroma value; and applying the determined definition parameter and the determined chroma parameter to a frame of the input image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170846 | METHOD FOR DETECTING STREAK NOISES IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for detecting streak noises in a digital image including the following steps is provided. Firstly, an exposure value of a camera is decreased, and a digital image is captured under exposure with a homogeneous background light source by the camera. Secondly, a circular region of interest (ROI) is extracted from the digital image. Next, projection values of the circular ROI corresponding to a plurality of rotation angles are calculated. Then, the projection values are respectively converted into amplitudes of the rotation angles. Afterwards, a maximum amplitude is found from the amplitudes. Finally, the maximum amplitude is compared with a threshold value to judge whether a streak noise exists in the digital image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170847 | OBJECT MAPPING DEVICE, METHOD OF MAPPING OBJECT, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A device stores therein contents and time information pieces each indicating time at which the corresponding content was generated; categorizes, into first and second groups, objects included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within a first period and a second period that partially overlap, the first group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the first period and are similar to each other, and the second group composed of objects that are included in contents corresponding to time information pieces indicating times within the second period and are similar to each other; and when a number of objects belonging to both the first and second groups is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, associates the objects belonging to the first group with the objects belonging to the second group as objects indicating a same entity. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170848 | ARTIFACT MANAGEMENT IN ROTATIONAL IMAGING - A method for artifact management in a rotational imaging system is presented. The method includes the steps of acquiring data employing a helical scanning pattern over N revolutions, where N is greater than 1, and detecting at least one artifact in the acquired data of each revolution. The method further includes segmenting the data acquired over N revolutions into N-1 data frames each bounded by at least one of the at least one artifacts. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: an isolated point detecting unit that detects isolated points in image data; a line-shaped region extracting unit that extracts line-shaped regions in the image data, as character line candidate regions; an isolated point type determining unit that determines a representative pixel of each isolated point in each line-shaped region to be a pixel of interest, determines discontinuity of each line-shaped region around the pixel of interest for each isolated point, determines an isolated point determined to have discontinuity to be a true isolated point, and determines an isolated point determined to have no discontinuity to be a pseudo isolated point; and a halftone-dot region determining unit that determines a halftone-dot region, based on isolated point type determination results for the respective isolated points detected by the isolated point detecting unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION BASED ON VARIABLE REGION OF INTEREST - An image registration system for aligning first and second images. The novel system includes a first system for extracting a region of interest (ROI) from each image and a second system for coarsely aligning the regions of interest. The first system determines the size and location of the ROI based on the number of features contained within the region. The size of the ROI is enlarged until a number of features contained in the ROI is larger than a predetermined lower bound or until the size is greater than a predetermined upper bound. The second system computes a cross-correlation on the regions of interest using a plurality of transforms to find a coarse alignment transform having a highest correlation. The image registration system may also include a third system for performing sub-pixel alignment on the regions of interest. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170851 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE AND MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF - A multimedia device and a motion compensation method thereof are provided for generating a middle frame between two frames. The multimedia device includes an interpolation unit, a linear process unit and a combination unit. The interpolation unit generates a first reference pixel data according to the relationship among a first pixel data, a second pixel data, and a third pixel data. The first and the second pixel data are obtained according to the location of a to-be-generated pixel and a relative motion vector. The third pixel data is obtained according to the two pixels data. The linear process unit provides a linear combination of the first and the second pixel data to generate a second reference pixel data. The combination unit combines the two reference pixel data according to the difference between the first and the second pixel data to generate a pixel data for the to-be-generated pixel. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170852 | FACE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Interest regions are detected in respective images ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120170853 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for processing an image. The apparatus includes a detector configured to form one group with pieces of pixel information on an edge of a received image, detect line segments, and generate a plurality of curves using the detected line segments, an optimizer configured to apply a weight to a cost function based on the plurality of generated curves according to distance from the center of the image, define a curve having a shorter length than a threshold value as an outlier and a curve having a greater length than the threshold value as an inlier, remove the outlier, and estimate a distortion level parameter, and a corrector configured to correct a position of a pixel with a correction value using the distortion level parameter. Accordingly, it is possible to correct lens distortion of even an image that has not been directly photographed, and to correct images generated by devices equipped with any lens rather than a specific camera or photographing apparatus. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE STORAGE AND ANALYSIS - An image storage and retrieval system is provided with means for matching and retrieving images based on image content, rather than image file names. In one embodiment, an image storing tool is configured to store an image in a relational database table. The image storing tool converts a compressed image back to the original image with the actual pixel values block-by-block until the entire image line as derived by the width has been decoded for one component or all interleaved components. In another embodiment, an image matching tool is configured to retrieve a stored image in a relational database table and return data values associated with the image. The image matching tool matches image content of an input image against each retrieved image in the relational database table on a line-by-line basis from top to bottom within the same image number and component number. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170855 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image management device includes an image priority calculation unit calculating image priority, an image selection unit selecting a high-priority image and a low-priority image, a feature correction unit correcting low-priority image features using the object features of objects included in the high-priority image and in the low-priority image, an image similarity calculation unit calculating image similarity using the object features of the high-priority image and the object features corrected by the feature correction unit, and an image priority correction unit correcting the priority of the low-priority image according to the calculated image similarity. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170856 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIA WITH PROGRAM THEREON, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - According to a conventional image classification device that extracts a feature from an image and classifies the image with use of the extracted feature, in the case where one image and another one image, which are included in an image group, each have a different feature, the one image and the other one image might be each classified into a different category. In order to solve this problem, an image classification device relating to the present invention calculates, with respect to each of persons appearing in a plurality of images included in an image group which have been photographed with respect to one event, a main character degree that is an index indicating an important degree in units of image groups, and classifies the images into any one of different classification destination events in units of image groups based on the calculated main character degrees. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170857 | CODING OF RESIDUAL DATA IN PREDICTIVE COMPRESSION - Encoding input data includes: generating a first block of coefficients based on a transform performed on a residual block of data for multiple pixels; generating reference information based on a reference block of data corresponding to the residual block of data; and determining losslessly decodable code values representing the first block of coefficients based on the reference information. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING OF IMAGES - An encoding method for encoding of images and corresponding decoding method is disclosed, as well as an encoder and a decoder. The encoding method comprises creating, in an encoder, a residual block from an original block and a prediction block which is an approximation of the original block, wherein the created residual block comprises residual block elements. The en-coding method further comprises re-ordering, in the encoder, the residual block elements within the residual block; and applying, in the encoder, a transform to the re-ordered residual block. By re-ordering the residual block elements prior to applying a transform, an improved efficiency of the encoding may be obtained. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REALIZING ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION IN PROCESS OF IMAGE CODING - A method and apparatus for realizing adaptive quantization in the process of image/video coding, which includes the following steps: acquiring the parameter information of the neighbor blocks of the current block; determining the quantization mode of the current block according to the parameter information of the neighbor blocks; and performing quantization processing on transform coefficients of the current block by using the determined quantization mode. Wherein, block coding type and motion vector of the neighbor blocks are used as the parameter information for determining the quantization mode of the current block. An apparatus for adaptive quantization in process of image/video coding is provided. The invention can use different quantization mode for adaptive quantization in different image content of an image sequence, thereby improving the subjective quality of the compressed images at the same bit rate. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170860 | IMAGE DATA OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary method includes an image data optimization control subsystem subjecting data representative of an image to an image data optimization cycle and repeating the subjecting of data representative of the image to the image data optimization cycle in response to a determination that output data representative of the image produced in conjunction with the previous subjection is optimized by at least the predetermined optimization threshold, wherein the repeat subjection of data representative of the image includes submitting the output data from the previous subjection as new input to the image data optimization cycle. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus, a conditional probability calculating element calculates the probability of existence of an attribute as to each region in an input degraded image, for each attribute. Optimization function determining element uses a conditional probability calculated by the conditional probability calculating element with regard to each region in the degraded image for each attribute, a-priori knowledge defined as a conditional probability of appearance of an attribute in a region of a candidate of a restored image when there is the attribute in the region, and the input degraded image to determine an optimization function using the candidate of the restored image as a variable and yielding a smaller value as the candidate of the restored image is closer to a true restored image. Restored image determining element adopts the candidate of the restored image with which the optimization function yields a minimum value as the restored image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170862 | METHOD, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DEBLURRING BARCODE IMAGE - The present invention relates to a method for deblurring a barcode image. The method includes the steps of: acquiring the terminal's n OTFs calculated by varying focal lengths for a subject; if a barcode image is inputted through the mobile terminal, fixing a specific value among NSRs as a value to be applied to an error metric of Wiener filtering, applying n PSFs calculated from the n OTFs to the error metric by a binary search algorithm and determining whether the result of the application to the error metric is not exceeding the pre-set threshold or not; and selecting a PSF value and an NSR value as values of Wiener filtering if the result of the application to the error metric is not exceeding the pre-set threshold and then performing the Wiener filtering to the inputted barcode image by using the selected PSF value and the selected NSR value. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170863 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE OF DIGITAL IMAGE - There are provided a method and an apparatus for reducing noise in a digital image capable of reducing noise while preventing damage to an edge of a digital image. The apparatus includes: a high pass filtering unit determining an edge region of an input image; a low pass filtering unit performing low pass filtering on a region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit; and a sigma filtering unit performing sigma filtering on the region of the input image determined not to be the edge region by the high pass filtering unit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170864 | PERCEPTUAL BLOCK MASKING ESTIMATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining the perceptibility of noise in a block of images and/or video. The systems and methods may compute a mask value for the block using a block masking generator. The mask value may indicate the perceptibility of noise in the block. The mask value may be computed using a normalized activity value and/or a texture value for the block. The normalized activity value may indicate the relative activity in the block as compared to the activity in the image and/or video. The texture value may indicate the strength and/or number of edges in the block. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170865 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DISTORTION OF IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for correcting distortion of an image. The method includes finding center point vectors including lens distortion center information about an image and dividing the image into at least two blocks on the basis of the center point vectors, and determining representative directions of the at least two divided blocks and removing outlier vectors not indicating the representative directions from the blocks to estimate a lens distortion center. Accordingly, accurate image correction is enabled by estimating distortion centers of images generated by devices equipped with any lens. Also, image content improving lens distortion correction performance is differentiated from image content degrading the same by picking out image content improving lens distortion center estimation performance, so that a superior image correction effect to other image correction techniques can be obtained. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170866 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE COMPARISON METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an electronic device with image comparison function and an image comparison method utilized in the electronic device. The method includes loading a multimedia file in response to a first input signal and processing the multimedia file to form a two-dimensional array of each image and generate pixels of each image, acquiring a selection reference value in response to a second input signal and selecting an image comparison algorithm according to the acquired selection reference value, and comparing with the pixels of two adjacent images according to the selected image comparison algorithm and obtaining a comparison result. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170867 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PHOTOBOOKS - A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170868 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE - An image management method of a digital photography device including the followed steps is provided. Firstly, a digital image is captured according to a capturing instruction. Next, the digital image is analyzed to determine whether the digital image is successful or not. If the digital image is analyzed as a failed image, the digital image is stored in a specific folder. If the digital image is analyzed as a successful image, the digital image is stored in a playback folder. Thus, the digital images of the digital photography device can be efficiently managed. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170869 | DIGITAL MEDIA FRAME - A method and a device for displaying images on a digital media frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a memory, a processing unit, a display, an interface circuit, and a display circuit. The interface circuit has at least one receiving port capable of identifying various types of networking protocols that are used to transfer the image data. The processing unit attaches auxiliary information to each image before images are stored in a memory. The display circuit displays images according to the image data received. The digital media frame further contains a user input device, which allows a user to alter the image display sequence. The user input device is an input device other than a keyboard or a cursor control device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120170870 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Images captured at a venue and relating to one or more patrons of the venue are incorporated into one or more products in accordance with image selections and/or product selections made by the patron(s). The images may be captured at venues with a variety of image capture devices such as pre-mounted cameras, cell phones, cameras brought by patrons to the venue, or cameras provided to patrons by the venue or another entity. The patrons may obtain products such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, prints, slideshows, or other products incorporating one or more selected images. Patrons may also view the images on portable electronic devices. | 2012-07-05 |