28th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090175458 | Subwoofer docking station - A subwoofer stereo system with a docking base for docking a portable digital media player comprises a generally hexahedron cabinet made of a panel material for encasing at least an electronic media processing unit and an amplifier for driving stereo speakers. The docking base has an attachment of modular connector board having at least one main connector for the portable digital player and at least one auxiliary phone plug. The docking base is mounted through the top panel extending in part inwardly of the cabinet as well as outwardly in part for receiving the portable player. A first shielding chamber extends from under the top panel invisibly to enclose the inward part of the docking base to isolate it from interior of the cabinet and a second shielding chamber extends from behind under the front panel invisibly to enclose the control interface to isolate it from interior of the cabinet. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175459 | Voice Intelligibility Enhancement System and Voice Intelligibility Enhancement Method - In a voice intelligibility enhancement system that controls a gain of a voice signal based on noise power and voice power of the voice signal generated by a voice signal generation unit, it is detected whether the voice power is equal to or greater than a predetermined level, noise power output when the voice power is less than the predetermined level is measured and stored, noise power to be output when the voice power exceeds the predetermined level is estimated to be the stored noise power, and gain of a voice signal is controlled on the basis of the voice power and the estimated noise power. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175460 | ARTIFICIAL MOUTH WITH ACOUSTIC TUBE OUTPUTTING PLANE WAVES - An artificial mouth includes a front cover, a loudspeaker, and an acoustic tube. The front cover has a plurality of holes which is coplanar. The loudspeaker generates sound waves which pass through the acoustic tube, and turn into plane waves when arriving at the plurality of holes of the front cover. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175461 | ACTIVE NOISE CONTROLLER - In an active noise reduction apparatus with an adaptive notch filter used, a triangle wave as a reference signal input into a first coefficient updater and a second coefficient updater reduces the number of execution times of product-sum operations in a reference signal generator to reduce the operation load. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175462 | Noise Reduction Systems and Methods for Voice Applications - Various embodiments reduce noise within a particular environment, while isolating and capturing speech in a manner that allows operation within an otherwise noisy environment. In one embodiment, an array of one or more microphones is used to selectively eliminate noise emanating from known, generally fixed locations, and pass signals from a pre-specified region or regions with reduced distortion. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175463 | NOISE-CANCELING SOUND PLAYING STRUCTURE - A noise-canceling sound playing structure includes a noise canceling mechanism having at least one filtering and phase-reversing unit, an amplifier, and a power supply unit; and a sound output mechanism having at least one enclosure. The enclosure has a first speaker arranged therein and connected to the amplifier, a second speaker arranged therein and connected to an external sound player, and a microphone mounted thereon and connected to the filtering and phase-reversing unit. A chamber is defined in the enclosure between the first and second speakers and the microphone. External noise signals are picked up by the microphone and sent to the noise canceling mechanism for processing at the filtering and phase-reversing unit and the amplifier to thereby produce phase-reversed signals, which are sent to the first speaker to cancel out external noise without being mixed with the musical sound transmitted from the external sound player to the second speaker. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175464 | Headset For Voice Activation/Confirmation Enabled Surgical Console - A surgical system includes a surgical console, a headset, and a headset interface. The surgical console operates a voice confirmation system. The headset interface provides a communications link between the headset and the surgical console. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175465 | INTERFERENCE SIGNAL REMOVING APPARATUS AND RF RECEIVER USING THE SAME - An interference signal removing apparatus of a radio frequency (RF) receiver includes a low noise amplification unit which performs low noise amplification, a feedback processing unit which removes a necessary signal in a desired band from a signal output from the low noise amplification unit, and performs feedback of the signal from which the necessary signal is removed, and a signal processing unit which transmits a processed RF signal by synthesizing an input RF signal and the feedback signal to the noise amplification unit. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175466 | NOISE-REDUCING DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ARRAY - In one embodiment, a directional microphone array having (at least) two microphones generates forward and backward cardioid signals from two (e.g., omnidirectional) microphone signals. An adaptation factor is applied to the backward cardioid signal, and the resulting adjusted backward cardioid signal is subtracted from the forward cardioid signal to generate a (first-order) output audio signal corresponding to a beampattern having no nulls for negative values of the adaptation factor. After low-pass filtering, spatial noise suppression can be applied to the output audio signal. Microphone arrays having one (or more) additional microphones can be designed to generate second- (or higher-) order output audio signals. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175467 | Audio Output Device and Controlling Method therefor - In an audio output device and controlling method therefor, the audio output device includes a power source, an audio processing unit and a power correction unit. The power source provides power for the audio output device. The audio processing unit processes audio signals. The power correction unit is coupled between the power source and the audio processing unit. The power correction unit corrects the supplied power by slowly charging or discharging for causing a frequency of a pulse audio signal being lower than 20 Hz, wherein the pulse audio signal is correspondingly obtained by the audio processing unit processing a power changing produced by turning on or turning off the power source. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175468 | METHODS FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED SOUND CAUSED BY GAIN CHANGES - An electronic device capable of preventing unwanted sound caused by gain changes are provided. An amplifier thereof amplifies an input signal and generates a amplified signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) thereof converts the amplified signal to a digital signal. An automatic gain controller (AGC) thereof updates a gain of the amplifier according to a strength of the amplified signal or amplified digital signal. A smoothing unit thereof updates a gain of the digital signal from the ADC before and/or after the AGC updates the gain of the amplifier, such that click-and-pop caused when the AGC updates the gain of the amplifier is eliminated. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175469 | Audio signal output apparatus, audio signal output method, program, and recording medium - An audio signal output apparatus includes a driving unit and an output unit. The driving unit is configured to receive incident waves and generate a driving signal with the same phase as the incident waves. The output unit is configured to be driven by the driving signal and output waves with the same phase as the incident waves. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175470 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An acoustic wave device includes a substrate; an acoustic wave element provided on the substrate; a terminal that is provided on the substrate and is electrically coupled to the acoustic wave element; a first insulating layer that is provided on the substrate and has a first opening at a region thereof overlapped with at least a part of the terminal; a second insulating layer that has an second opening at a region thereof overlapped with at least a part of the first opening and is provided on the first insulating layer and the acoustic wave element so that a cavity is formed above the acoustic wave element; a third insulating layer that has a third opening including the region where the first opening and the second opening are overlapped with each other, and is provided on the second insulating layer; a metal post that is electrically coupled to the terminal and is provided in the first opening, the second opening and the third opening; and a solder ball provided on the metal post. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175471 | LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUS - A loudspeaker apparatus includes an acoustic diaphragm; a support member having a housing, which is a hole in a surface of the support member facing the acoustic diaphragm; a magnetostrictive actuator having a magnetostrictor and a drive rod coupled to an end of the magnetostrictor, the magnetostrictive actuator being inserted into the housing such that the drive rod contacts the acoustic diaphragm, the magnetostrictive actuator applying vibration to the acoustic diaphragm; and a spring inserted into the housing from a position opposite to a position of the drive rod of the magnetostrictive actuator, the spring pressing the magnetostrictive actuator toward the acoustic diaphragm and applying a load to the magnetostrictor. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175472 | Loudspeaker Device - The present invention relates to a loudspeaker device, comprising first and second closely located and individually acoustically isolated loudspeaker elements. The first and second elements are arranged to receive a first signal and a second signal, respectively, at least part of said first signal being in anti-phase relative to said second signal. The device further includes third and fourth loudspeaker elements, being located in close proximity to said first and second loudspeaker elements, respectively. The centre of said third loudspeaker element is located such that a first axis intersecting the centre of said first loudspeaker element and the centre of said third loudspeaker element is inclined an angle φ relative to a horizontal plane, φ being in the range 0°-+30°, and the centre of said fourth loudspeaker element is located such that a second axis intersecting the centre of said second loudspeaker element and the centre of said fourth loudspeaker element is inclined at an angle cp relative to a horizontal plane, φ being 0°-±30°. The first and second signals to said third and fourth loudspeaker elements, respectively, are low-pass filtered, the cut-off frequency of said low-pass filters being less than or equal to 2.5 kHz. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175473 | EARPHONE SET WITH DETACHABLE SPEAKERS OR SUBWOOFERS - An apparatus is provided including a first speaker which emits sound, a second speaker which emits sound, and a device which connects the first speaker and the second speaker. The device may connect the first speaker or front speaker, and the second speaker or rear speaker, so that the device can be attached to an ear of a person so that the first speaker lies near the middle of the ear while the second speaker lies at a location between an ear lobe of the ear and a mastoid of a skull of the person. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175474 | OUTPUT PHASE MODULATION ENTRAINMENT CONTAINMENT FOR DIGITAL FILTERS - Method and apparatus for entrainment containment in digital filters using output phase modulation. Phase change is gradually introduced into the acoustic feedback canceller loop to avoid entrainment of the feedback canceller filter. Various embodiments employing different output phase modulation approaches are set forth and time and frequency domain examples are provided. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175475 | Assembly device for a component of a hearing apparatus and corresponding method - Hearing apparatuses and in particular hearing devices are to be designed to be smaller. To this end, provision is made for an assembly device for fastening a component in the housing of a hearing apparatus with a first arm for retaining the component and a second arm, which can be plugged at least partially into/onto a corresponding fastening element on the interior of the housing. A hinge connects the two arms in a pivotable fashion. After connecting the assembly device to the fastening element, the two arms are snapped onto one another by pivoting about the hinge and thus adopt a final assembly position. This retractable mechanism also allows the use of space below a cover segment of the housing. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175476 | SPEAKERBAR - The present invention introduces a speakerbar which mounts above or below a flat screen TV and reproduces the surround sound experience normally associated with speakers placed in five to seven separate locations around the room. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175477 | Vibration transducer - A vibration transducer (e.g. a condenser microphone) having a high sensitivity is constituted of a housing composed of an airtight material having a through-hole, a vibration conversion die (e.g. a microphone die) which is attached to the interior surface of the housing at the prescribed position embracing the through-hole in plan view, and a barrier diaphragm composed of an airtight material whose external periphery is attached to the exterior surface of the housing in an airtight manner oppositely to the prescribed position. The barrier diaphragm has a vibration area which is larger than the sectional area of the through-hole. A space allowing the barrier diaphragm to vibrate is formed between the barrier diaphragm and the exterior surface of the housing, wherein the distance between the barrier diaphragm and the exterior surface of the housing can be gradually reduced from the vibration axis to the external periphery. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175478 | Flesh conducted sound microphone, signal processing device, communication interface system and sound sampling method - When non-audible murmurs are to be obtained with maximum possible fidelity, the attenuation of the high frequency region attributable to mismatching of acoustic impedance on the interface between the skin surface over soft tissues in the body, which are mainly liquid, and the air space, which is gaseous, is restrained. The attenuation of the high frequency region attributable to mismatching of acoustic impedance can be restrained by installing a microphone on a surface of the skin immediately below the mastoid of a human, and sampling with condenser microphone portion via hardened silicone rubber or the like muscle-conduced vibrations of non-audible respiratory sounds articulated along with motions (motions of the mouth) not involving regular vibrations of the vocal cords. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175479 | Microphone package, lead frame, mold substrate, and mounting structure therefor - A microphone package is constituted of a cover and a mold substrate that is formed in accordance with the resin mold technology so as to form a cavity for embracing a microphone chip. The mold substrate is constituted of a stage having conductivity and a rectangular shape for mounting a microphone chip thereon, a plurality of lead terminals having conductivity and electrically connected to the microphone chip, and a resin mold for electrically insulating the stage from the lead terminals. A sound hole is formed in the mold substrate by use of a cylindrical projection which projects from the backside of the stage and whose distal surface is exposed from the backside of the mold substrate. When the microphone package is mounted on the mounting surface of an external substrate, it is possible to prevent sound from being leaked via gaps therebetween. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175480 | HEADSET WITH A PIVOTING MICROPHONE ARM - In one embodiment, a headset includes a body housing a pivot coupling, a speaker capsule operably coupled to the body, and an arm operably coupled to the body. The arm is capable of pivoting open and close about the pivot coupling for accessing a microphone at a free end of the arm. A method for accessing a headset microphone is also provided. Advantageously, the apparatus and method of the present disclosure provide for improved headset use and speech clarity. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175481 | REVERSIBLE BEHIND-THE-HEAD MOUNTED PERSONAL AUDIO SET WITH PIVOTING EARPHONE - A behind-the-head mounted personal audio set that allows a mono-aural personal audio device to be worn in either a wearer's left or right ear without the need to remove or detach individual components of the personal audio sent and mount is disclosed. In a disclosed embodiment, the personal audio device has two earphone portions and the mount allows the audio device to operate in either mono or stereo modes wherein one of the earphones may be moved away from a wearer's ear when needed, such as when driving. A boom microphone is preferably pivotally secured to one of the earphone portions. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175482 | Headgear for Docking and Listening to Portable Audio Devices - A cap for listening to an audio device such as an MP3 player or iPod has a pocket in the back with a spring-loaded double-ended retractor for pulling a stereo jack to the front of the cap for connecting to an audio device, adjusting it and returning the retractor along with the audio device to the pocket. The stereo jack is connected to ear buds via wires leading from a T-shaped anchoring junction secured in the bottom of the pocket. The ear buds hang from opposite sides of the cap and are placed in bud pockets on the cap when not in use. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175483 | PORTABLE SOUND BOX ASSEMBLY - The present invention generally relates to stereo sound boxes, and more particularly to a sound box assembly containing micro stereo sound boxes joined magnetically together. The sound box assembly contains at least a pair of sound boxes with magnets of opposite polarities, respectively, so that the sound boxes could be magnetically attracted together for convenient transportation and then later could be easily detached for placing apart to achieve superior stereo sound. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175484 | Embedded audio system in distributed acoustic sources - The invention converts non audio systems into distributed audio sources for active noise control solutions. The system transforms non acoustic structures into soundboards using inertial type acoustic transducers. Acoustic parameters unique for each application due to the variation in properties of the sound board are compensated by equalizers. The invention also uses damping means to limit the reflection of bending waves from the edges. The inertial type acoustic transducer is driven by an amplifier. The acoustic signal to the amplifier is modified by a signal conditioner to compensate for the non optimal response of the acoustic system. An external controller communicates with the amplifier to control its operating parameters. A series of distributed audio sources in a variety of positions may each be addressable as a node on a network wherein noise detected at that source is analyzed and the system generates sound at that source to mask the noise. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175485 | ON-WALL LOUDSPEAKER AND MOUNTING APPARATUS - An on-wall loudspeaker and mounting apparatus includes an enclosure, a loudspeaker driver mounted in the enclosure, brackets of equal length and attachable to a wall, arms of equal length pivotably attached to the brackets and pivotably attached to the enclosure, each arm pivotable perpendicular to the wall. A movement of a cone in the driver is parallel to the pivoting of the arms when an alternating current signal is applied to the driver. The present invention mitigates vibrations transmitted to walls and other building structures, and provides improved means for reproducing low frequencies below a range of conventional loudspeakers. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175486 | SPEAKER - There is provided a speaker, which permits to reduce unnecessary vibration to improve sound quality. The speaker | 2009-07-09 |
20090175487 | Diaphragm and Speaker Using Same - A first enforcing rib, a second enforcing rib, and a third enforcing rib are integrally formed at least at one of a front side and a back side of a diaphragm, the first enforcing rib being formed as an aggregate of a plurality of hexagons, enhancing strength and achieving light weight of a speaker using the diaphragm, preventing a difficulty of the speaker in emitting an audio sound. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175488 | Diaphragm and Electrical-Acoustic Transducer having the same - An electrical-acoustic transducer includes a housing, a magnetic circuit device, a voice coil and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit device is disposed in the housing and generates a magnetic circuit. The voice coil is disposed on the path of the magnetic circuit, and configured for generating magnetism upon receiving an electrical power. The diaphragm is made of metal, fixedly combined with the voice coil and having a scraggy cross section. When the voice coil of the electrical-acoustic transducer generates the magnetism according to the electrical power and interacts with the magnetic circuit, the diaphragm vibrates so as to generate sound. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175489 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING PRECIPITATION PROXIMITY NOTIFICATIONS - A method and system for automatically generating a notification of a status of precipitation being received by a user-defined detection zone within a geographic area. An image of the geographic area is received. The image includes pixels associated with the detection zone. Each pixel is associated with a sub-area of the detection zone. Characteristics (e.g., colors) of the pixels are obtained. The characteristics indicate intensities of precipitation being received by sub-areas of the detection zone. The intensities of precipitation that are greater than a first user-defined threshold are counted to produce a count. Based on the count's comparison to a second user-defined threshold, a status of precipitation being received or not being received by the detection zone is determined. A notification of the status is generated and sent. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175490 | Watermark display controller and method - A method and device for displaying a watermark on a display | 2009-07-09 |
20090175491 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERACTION WITH A USER - The process includes:
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20090175492 | Image synthesis system for a vehicle and the manufacturing method thereof - The present invention discloses an image synthesis system for a vehicle to provide the driver with a downward-facing image of the car's 360° surrounding view. The system includes: a first camera, which is used to shoot a first image of the periphery of the vehicle; a second camera, which is used to shoot a second image of the periphery of said vehicle, wherein the second image and the first image have an overlap region; an image processing device comprising a defining component and a synthesis component, which is used to synthesize the first image and the second image and output a third image; a display device, which is used to display the third image. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175493 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - To accurately extract embedded information from a document image using line spacing watermark, an image processing apparatus for extracting watermark information includes an input unit which inputs a document image as image data, an image reduction unit which generates, from the image data, reduced image data reduced in the first direction, a detection unit which scans the reduced image data in the second direction and detects the length of a blank region as line spacing information, and an extraction unit which extracts watermark information embedded in the document image based on the line spacing information. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175494 | Method and an apparatus for marking image sequences, a support comprising such marks, and a method and an apparatus for identifying such marks - A method for marking a series of images such as a film for identification. A copy of the film is associated with a series of pseudorandom values that correspond to fields of a virtual grid covering an image. A visible mark is put into the field corresponding to the first pseudo-random value in M consecutive images followed by a number N of unmarked images (N | 2009-07-09 |
20090175495 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The image processing device includes: a detection unit that detects embedded additional data; an extraction unit that extracts additional information; a storage unit that stores the data of the document and the detailed information; a search unit that acquires a stored document and detailed information thereof; a generation unit that generates thumbnail image data of pages of a stored document; a post-processing unit that processes the thumbnail image data; and a display device that displays the detailed information of the stored document and the thumbnail image data, wherein the thumbnail image of the same page as the page of the printed document is displayed on the display device, in a second display method different from a first display method that is a method of displaying a thumbnail image expressing the page other than the page of the printed document. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175496 | Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program - The present invention relates to image processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program for providing reliable tracking of a tracking point. When a right eye | 2009-07-09 |
20090175497 | LOCATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - With apparatus and method for measuring in three dimensions by applying an estimating process to points corresponding to feature points in a plurality of motion image frames, high speed and high accuracy are realized. The apparatus comprises: a first track determining section ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090175498 | LOCATION MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - To realize high speed and high precision with device and method of three-dimensional measurement by applying estimating process to points corresponding to feature points in a plurality of motion frame images. With the device and method of calculating location information through processes of choosing a stereo pair, relative orientation, and bundle adjustment and using corresponding points of feature points extracted from respective motion frame images, each process is made up of two stages. To the first process section (stages: | 2009-07-09 |
20090175499 | Systems and methods for identifying objects and providing information related to identified objects - Systems and methods for identifying an object and presenting additional information about the identified object are provided. The techniques of the present invention can allow the user to specify modes to help with identifying objects. Furthermore, the additional information can be provided with different levels of detail depending on user selection. Apparatus for presenting a user with a log of the identified objects is also provided. The user can customize the log by, for example, creating a multi-media album. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175500 | Object tracking apparatus - An object tracking apparatus tracks an object on image data captured continuously. The object tracking apparatus includes an object color adjusting unit and a particle filter processing unit. The object color adjusting unit calculates tendency of color change in regions on image data and adjusts a color of the object set as an object color based on the tendency of color change to obtain a reference color. The particle filter processing unit estimates a region corresponding to the object on image data based on likelihood of each particle calculated by comparing a color around each particle with the reference color, using particles which move on image data according to a predefined rule. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175501 | Imaging control apparatus and imaging control method - An imaging control apparatus includes preset information management means for holding and managing unit preset information including positional information indicative of the position of an imaging field changing mechanism that changes the imaging field of view of an imaging unit, and reference image data, the preset information management means, as a registration process in response to a registration instruction, producing and holding unit preset information including positional information indicative of the position of the imaging field changing mechanism when the registration instruction is issued and reference image data related to the positional information and produced based on an image signal obtained through imaging performed by the imaging unit when the registration instruction is issued; operation screen display control means for controlling display of an operation image used to select among preset items that correspond to respective sets of unit preset information held in the preset information management means, the operation screen display control means displaying and presenting, for each of the preset items, the reference image data contained in the corresponding unit preset information on the operation screen; and drive control means for carrying out drive control for changing the position of the imaging field changing mechanism, the drive control means carrying out the drive control in such a way that when a preset item is selected and entered on the operation screen, the imaging field changing mechanism is positioned as indicated by the positional information in the unit preset information that corresponds to the selected and entered preset item. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175502 | Methods for discriminating moving objects in motion image sequences - In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for classifying pixel values in a motion sequence of images. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of determining spectral information relevant to the sequence of images, and utilizing the spectral information to classify a pixel as one of background, shadow and object. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175503 | Surface Position Measuring Method and Apparatus - A measuring apparatus for measuring a position of a surface of an object while the object is scanned in a scanning direction in an X-Y plane. A detecting unit detects the position of the surface of the object in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, a stage scans the object relative to the detecting unit in the scanning direction, and a controller causes the stage to pre-scan the object relative to the detecting unit in two scanning directions, in the X-Y plane, opposite to each other, to detect, using the detecting unit, with respect to each of the two scanning directions, a position of the surface in the Z-direction for each of the same detection points on the surface, to determine, with respect to each of the two scanning directions, a reference surface based on the detected positions of the surface, to calculate an offset value, which is a difference between the detected position and a position of the reference surface in the Z-direction for each of the same detection points with respect to each of the two scanning directions, to calculate a correction value for correcting the calculated offset value in accordance with a corresponding one of the two scanning directions based on a difference, in the Z-direction, between positions of the determined reference surfaces obtained with respect to the two scanning directions. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175504 | Image processing system - An image processing system capable of checking whether or not an image is correctly read, and of easily correcting an image which is not correctly read is provided. The image processing system includes: an image processing apparatus A which has a reading section | 2009-07-09 |
20090175505 | Authentication Apparatus, Authentication Method, Registration Apparatus and Registration Method - An authentication apparatus includes: a vein data extracting unit that extracts vein data representing veins, from an image including the veins existing in a finger; an extracting unit that extracts position data representing the position which the contour of the finger has at an intermediate stage of extracting the vein data; and a determining unit that determines a collation candidate to be collated with the vein data, from the similarity between the position data and data associated with vein data to be registered. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175506 | Recoverable biometric identity system and method - A method for identifying persons based on biometric data achieves enhanced security and increased accuracy compared with other systems by distorting one or more biometrics prior to detection and recognition. The method includes detecting a distorted biometric for input into an identification system, comparing the distorted biometric to one or more distortion patterns, and determining an identity of the person based on results of the comparison. The biometric may be an eye pattern, a fingerprint or palm print, a voice print, a handwriting sample, a DNA sample, a facial image, or any other type of characteristic or behavioral attribute of a person. The biometric may be distorted in any one of a variety of ways for comparison to previously enrolled biometrics which have been distorted using the same or similar element. A system and program embodied within a computer-readable medium performs the steps of the method. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175507 | MOBILE ISSUANCE OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WITH BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ENCODED THEREON - A system for automatically obtaining a printable photographic image of an object for a document, particularly adaptable to police traffic-ticket dispensing situations is described. A tablet computer with a stylus input display device has a video camera device associated with it that points at the object of the document, in the preferred example the object of the document being the suspect or perpetrator of the offense. Wireless communication with a printer affiliated with another computer in the police car makes printing of the ticket easy, and additional wireless connections to remote databases provides the officer at the scene with confirmation of the object's identity and additional information. The end result is a ticket or document that is self proving and can be used to confirm the identity of the holder of the document when presented. This system can also be used in transportation, commercial, and medical settings. Many additional applications for authenticating transactions of various types are described, and electronically transferable documents may be used in place of printed documents in some embodiments. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175508 | Methods and Apparatus for Generation Of Cancelable Face Template - Techniques for generating a distorted template for a given facial image are provided. First, at least one facial feature point from a given facial image is selected. The selected facial feature has location information associated therewith. A representation of a region proximate to the selected facial feature point is then generated. Next, the location information associated with the selected facial feature point and/or the representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point are distorted. A distorted template is then formed, wherein the distorted template comprises the distorted location information associated with the selected facial feature point and/or the distorted representation of the region proximate to the selected facial feature point. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175509 | Personal computing device control using face detection and recognition - Systems and methods are provided for control of a personal computing device based on user face detection and recognition techniques. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175510 | Digital Life Recorder Implementing Enhanced Facial Recognition Subsystem for Acquiring a Face Glossary Data - A method and apparatus for updating a face glossary repository with face glossary data. The process identifies a source of the face glossary data in response to detecting an acquisition condition. The source may comprise a raw data queue, a first glossary from a peer digital life recorder, or a second glossary from a remote repository. The process retrieves the face glossary data from the source and stores the face glossary data from the source into the face glossary repository. The face glossary repository may include a face glossary cache and a face glossary database. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175511 | Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same - A digital photographing apparatus is provided which can recognize a face even in a dark place, such as under a backlight condition, or in too bright a place, and also provided is a method of controlling the same. According to the method, when a face is not recognized, an exposure value is temporarily adjusted so as to generate an image signal, and a face recognition algorithm is performed from the image signal. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175512 | FACE COLLATION APPARATUS - A face collation apparatus has a storage that stores a feature quantity of at least one registrant, the feature quantity being extracted from a registration image of the registrant, a feature quantity extractor that extracts a feature quantity from a collation image of a collation object person, a score calculator that calculates a score indicating an analogy degree between the feature quantity of the registrant and the feature quantity of the collation object person, a score adjuster that adjusts the score using a score adjustment parameter so that any one of a stranger acceptance rate indicating a probability that a stranger is accepted at the time of collation, a principal rejection rate indicating a probability that a principal is rejected at the time of collation, and an equal error rate, which is a probability that the stranger acceptance rate and the principal rejection rate are equal, becomes substantially constant regardless of a registration condition and/or a collation condition, and a determination unit that determines whether the collation object person is the registrant by comparing the adjusted score and a predetermined threshold. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175513 | Methods and Apparatus for Generation of Cancelable Fingerprint Template - Techniques for generating a distorted fingerprint representation for a given fingerprint image are provided. First, at least one fingerprint feature point from a given fingerprint image is selected. At least one representation of a region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point is then generated. Next, the representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point is distorted. The distortion comprises applying a random projection to the representation to generate a randomly projected representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point. A distorted template is then formed, wherein the distorted template comprises the randomly projected representation of the region proximate to the selected fingerprint feature point. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175514 | STRATIFICATION METHOD FOR OVERCOMING UNBALANCED CASE NUMBERS IN COMPUTER-AIDED LUNG NODULE FALSE POSITIVE REDUCTION - A method for computer aided detection (CAD) and classification of regions of interest detected within HRCT medical image data. The method includes post-CAD machine learning techniques applied to maximize specificity and sensitivity of identification of a region/volume as being a nodule or non-nodule. The regions are identified by a CAD process, and automatically segmented. A feature pool is identified and extracted from each segmented region, and processed by genetic algorithm to identify an optimal feature subset, wherein a data stratification method is used to balance the number of cases in different classes. The subset determined by GA is used to train the support vector machine to classify candidate region/volumes found within non-training data. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175515 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR EVALUATING IMAGES OF A CAVITY - The invention relates to a device, a method and a computer programme for evaluating images of the heart that have been captured by means of a medical imaging method. According to said method, at least two data records containing functional values, which describe the ventricular wall activity, are produced in a random format, are converted into a uniform format and the data records in the uniform format are compared with one another or calculated. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175516 | Computer analysis of a breast shape to assist breast surgery - Various methods, techniques or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175517 | Anatomical recognition and dimensional analysis of breast measurements to assist breast surgery - Various methods, techniques or modules are provided to allow for the automated analysis of the 3-D representation of the upper front torso (i) to recognize 3-D anatomical features, (ii) to orient the subject with reference to their anatomy or a display, (iii) to determine dimensional analysis including direct point-to-point lines, 3-D surface lines, and volume values, (iv) to simulate the outcome with the addition of breast implants including breast and nipple positioning, (v) to assist in the selection of the breast implants, and/or (vi) to assist in the planning of breast surgery. The automated analysis is based on the analysis of changes in a 3-D contour map of the upper torso, orientation analysis of 3-D features and planes, color analysis of 3-D features, and/or dimensional analysis of 3-D features and positions of the upper torso. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175518 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MEDICAL GUIDE IMAGE - A medical system includes: an image signal acquiring portion for acquiring a signal to generate an image corresponding to a picture of a subject; an image generating portion for generating a real-time image of an inside of the test subject based on the acquired signal; a detecting portion for outputting a position and an orientation of an image position and orientation detecting element as a detection value; a reference image data storage portion for storing reference image data made up of anatomical images of the test subject; a guide image generating portion for generating a guide image to provide guide information about at least one of an anatomical position and orientation within the test subject of the real-time image, based on the detection value and the reference image data; and a detection state notification information generating portion for generating information to notify a detection state of the detection value. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175519 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus has an obtaining unit configured to obtain a region from a medical image, and a generating unit configured to generate a display image by superimposing, on the basis of a position being in a schema image and corresponding to the region, an image of the region on a diagram representing a human body structure. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING OF BRACKETED PATTERNS IN TEST STRINGS - Disclose are a method of and system for matching input character sequences in a set of input patterns. The method comprises the steps of analyzing the set of input patterns, creating a pattern cluster look-up table (PCLT) based on said input patterns, and defining an offset value k. The PCLT is used to find, for each sequence s and offset k, a set of candidate patterns that can possibly match s, the set of candidate patterns is searched for patterns that match s, and all found matching patterns and sequences are reported. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175521 | Method and System for Creating and Embedding Information in Digital Representations of a Subject - Provided herein is a method for creating an adaptable digital representation of a subject, comprising: inputting into a computer system information sufficient to form a digital representation of the subject; deriving a digital representation of the subject based on the information; assigning traits to the digital representation; encoding the representation with the traits of the digital representation creating an encoded representation; and storing the encoded representation. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for performing medical image registration. Pixel and voxel correspondences are formulated as energy minimization problems and are optimized with graph cuts. The method includes processing a first set of data and a second set of data using a graph cuts algorithm to determine a minimum value of an energy function. The energy function has a data term and a smoothness term. The method also includes performing registration for the first set of data and the second set of data based on the data term and the smoothness term of the energy function. The system includes a computer system for performing medical image registration. The computer system comprises a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes program code executable by the processor for executing a medical image registration algorithm. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175523 | Method For Image Reconstruction Using Sparsity-Constrained Correction - An image reconstruction method applicable to a number of different imaging modalities including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), x-ray computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is disclosed. A sparsifying image is reconstructed from a series of acquired undersampled data to provide a priori knowledge of a subject being imaged. An iterative reconstruction process is further employed to iteratively determine a correction image for a given image frame that, when subtracted from the sparsifying image, produces a quality image for the image frame. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175524 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SCANNING-CONDITION SETTING METHOD - In a console device that controls an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) apparatus, a preset-information storage unit stores preset information including information about a plurality of scanning parameters that are grouped based on an instruction from an operator, and a scanning-condition setting unit sets scanning conditions based on parameter values of the scanning parameters that are grouped in the preset information stored by the preset-information storage unit. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175525 | Systems and Methods for Measuring Surface Shape - A system for determining a surface shape of a test object includes a pattern having a plurality of first elements dispose about a central axis and defining an aperture containing the central axis. The first elements includes a plurality of common elements having a common form and a reference element having a reference form that is different than the common form. The system further comprises a detector array and an optical system. The optical system is adapted to provide an image of the first elements when light reflects off a surface of a test object, passes through the aperture, and is received by the detector array. The reference form may be configured to facilitate an association between the common elements and the spot images of the common elements. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175526 | METHOD OF CREATING A DIVERGENCE TRANSFORM FOR IDENTIFYING A FEATURE OF INTEREST IN HYPERSPECTRAL DATA - A system and method for identifying objects of interest in image data is provided. The present invention utilizes principles of Iterative Transformational Divergence in which objects in images, when subjected to special transformations, will exhibit radically different responses based on the physical, chemical, or numerical properties of the object or its representation (such as images), combined with machine learning capabilities. Using the system and methods of the present invention, certain objects that appear indistinguishable from other objects to the eye or computer recognition systems, or are otherwise almost identical, generate radically different and statistically significant differences in the image describers (metrics) that can be easily measured. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175527 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF PRENEOPLASTIC ANOMALIES IN ANATOMIC STRUCTURES BASED ON AN IMPROVED REGION-GROWING SEGMENTATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - A process for the automatic recognition of anomalies in anatomical structures, as well as a processing system and a computer program for implementing the process are described, the process comprising the steps of:
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20090175528 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a radiation exposure condition; a radiation generation unit configured to generate a radiation beam according to the radiation exposure condition; a two-dimensional radiation sensor configured to transform the reached radiation beam into a radiation image data and output the radiation image data; a storage unit configured to store the radiation image data; a detecting unit configured to detect a scattered radiation fluctuation in the reached radiation beam based on a comparison of two radiation image data with different radiation exposure condition, where the two radiation image data are selected within the plurality of radiation image data stored in the storage unit; and an image processing unit configured to extract a outline of a region of interest from the radiation image data based on the scattered radiation fluctuation detected by the detecting unit. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY TARGETING SPECIFIC CELLS WITHIN A CELL POPULATION - This invention provides a method and apparatus for selectively identifying, and targeting with an energy beam, specific cells within a cell population, for the purpose of inducing a response in the targeted cells. Using the present invention, every detectable cell in a population can be identified and affected, without substantially affecting non-targeted cells within the mixture. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175530 | Methods and apparatuses for detecting pattern errors - Methods and apparatuses for quality control and detecting errors related to the manufacturing and production of more accurate patterns and resultant devices are provided. The patterns or devices may include patterns used in display applications such as TFT-LCD, OLED, SED, PDP, FED, LTPS-LCD and similar display technologies using at least partially cyclical patterns. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FALSE POSITIVE REDUCTION IN COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION (CAD) USING A SUPPORT VECTOR MACNINE (SVM) - A method for computer aided detection (CAD) and classification of regions of interest detected within HRCT medical image data includes post-processing machine learning to maximize specificity and sensitivity of the classification to realize a reduction in number of false positive detections reported. The method includes training a classifier on a set of medical image training data selected to include a number of true and false regions, wherein the true and false regions are identified by a CAD process, and automatically segmented, wherein the segmented training regions are reviewed by at least one specialist to classify each training region for its ground truth, i.e., true or false, essentially qualifying the automatic segmentation, wherein a feature pool is identified and extracted from each segmented region, and wherein the pool of features is processed by genetic algorithm to identify an optimal feature subset, which subset is used to train a support vector machine, detecting, within non-training medical image data, regions that are candidates for classification, segmenting the candidate regions, extracting a set of features from each segmented candidate regions and classifying the candidate region using the support vector machine after training in accordance with the optimal feature subset, and processing the set of candidate features. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175532 | Method and System for Creating Flexible Structure Descriptions - In one embodiment, the invention provides a method, comprising detecting data fields on a scanned image; generating a flexible document description based on the detected data fields, including creating a set of search elements for each data field, each search element having associated search criteria; and training the flexible document description using a search algorithm to detect the data fields on additional training images based on the set of search elements. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175533 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus, such as a robot that discriminates human faces, nodes are hierarchically arranged in a tree structure. Each of the nodes has a number of weak classifiers. Each terminal node learns face images associated with one label. An upper node learns learning samples of all labels learned by lower nodes. When a window image to be classified is input, discrimination is performed sequentially from upper nodes to lower nodes. When it is determined that the window image does not correspond to a human face, discrimination by lower nodes is not performed, and discrimination proceeds to sibling nodes. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175534 | BINARIZING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A binarizing device includes: a difference vector calculation unit that calculates a difference vector between an average color in a peripheral pixel region and a current color of a current pixel; a selection unit that selects one of the average color and the current color as a significant color; and an output unit that, in a case where predetermined conditions are satisfied, outputs one of binary values, and that, in a case where at least one of the predetermined conditions is not satisfied, outputs the other of the binary values, wherein the selection unit calculates a run length of each of the average color and the current color in a plurality of directions in the peripheral pixel region, and selects one of the average color and the current color, which has a shorter run length, as the significant color. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175535 | IMPROVED PROCESSING OF MULTI-COLOR IMAGES FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION - The premise of this invention is that detection or classification of objects in a multi-color image depends on both the resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the intensity of objects in the image, and can be aided significantly by reliable observation of the general coloring of the objects. The multi-color image may be derived from multiple wavebands, whether or not any of those wavebands lie in the visible light region, infrared region, etc. When detecting or recognizing objects in a color image, SNR information is more important than spatial resolution in the color component. Hence, color images such as RGB components are separated from an intensity image and processed with various noise reduction processes to reduce noise, i.e. increase SNR at the expense of spatial resolution. The intensity image is processed separately to enhance contrast of the image without degrading the spatial resolution. The processed color images and the intensity images are recombined to form a resultant multi-color image having increased SNR with minimum degradation of resolution. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175536 | Ambient light derived from video content by mapping transformations through unrendered color space - Extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space to be emulated by an ambient light source, comprising extracting color information from a video signal and transforming the color information through unrendered color space using tristprimary matrices to form a second rendered color space to drive the ambient light source. Video signal decoding into frames can allow extracting average or other color information from an selected screen regions to reduce bitstream load, and negative gamma correction helps prevent garish or inappropriate chromaticities and luminance. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175537 | PHOTO-DOCUMENT SEGMENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present application provides an improved segmentation method and system for processing digital images that include an imaged document and surrounding image. A plurality of edge detection techniques are used to determine the edges of the imaged document and then segment the imaged document from the surrounding image. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175538 | Methods and systems for representation and matching of video content - The described methods and systems provide for the representation and matching of video content, including spatio-temporal matching of different video sequences. A particular method of determining temporal correspondence between different sets of video data inputs the sets of video data and represents the video data as ordered sequences of visual nucleotides. Temporally corresponding subsets of video data are determined by aligning the sequences of visual nucleotides. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175539 | Method and system for swipe sensor image alignment using fourier phase analysis - Provided is a method for analyzing image slices. The method includes transforming a first slice and a second slice to frequency domain and determining shift data between the first slice and the second slice from only the phase component of the transformed first and second slices. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175540 | Controlled human pose estimation from depth image streams - A system, method, and computer program product for estimating upper body human pose are described. According to one aspect, a plurality of anatomical features are detected in a depth image of the human actor. The method detects a head, neck, and torso (H-N-T) template in the depth image, and detects the features in the depth image based on the H-N-T template. An estimated pose of a human model is estimated based on the detected features and kinematic constraints of the human model. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175541 | Feature adapted beamlet transform apparatus and associated methodology of detecting curvilinear objects of an image - A method of detecting a curvilinear object of a noisy image. The method includes filtering the noisy image in accordance with a two dimensional line profile. The line profile is selected within a class of steerable filters. A beamlet coefficient is calculated in accordance with the filtering, wherein a coefficient above a predetermined threshold identifies a local feature. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175542 | Line Shape Processing Device, Line Shape Processing Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - To detect the characteristic of the end portion of a line shape, in a line shape processing device ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090175543 | Information Processing Device and Information Processing Method, Image Processing Device and Image Processing Method, and Computer Program - To perform progressive mesh segmentation suitable of interactive applications a high speed with high precision. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175544 | FINDING STRUCTURES IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACES USING IMAGE-GUIDED CLUSTERING - A data processing system is provided that comprises a processor, a random access memory for storing data and programs for execution by the processor, and computer readable instructions stored in the random access memory for execution by the processor to perform a method for clustering data points in a multidimensional dataset in a multidimensional image space. The method comprises generating a multidimensional image from the multidimensional dataset; generating a pyramid of multidimensional images having varying resolution levels by successively performing a pyramidal sub-sampling of the multidimensional image; identifying data clusters at each resolution level of the pyramid by applying a set of perceptual grouping constraints; and determining levels of a clustering hierarchy by identifying each salient bend in a variation curve of a magnitude of identified data clusters as a function of pyramid resolution level. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175545 | METHOD FOR COMPUTING SIMILARITY BETWEEN TEXT SPANS USING FACTORED WORD SEQUENCE KERNELS - A computer implemented method and an apparatus for comparing spans of text are disclosed. The method includes computing a similarity measure between a first sequence of symbols representing a first text span and a second sequence of symbols representing a second text span as a function of the occurrences of optionally noncontiguous subsequences of symbols shared by the two sequences of symbols. Each of the symbols comprises at least one consecutive word and is defined according to a set of linguistic factors. Pairs of symbols in the first and second sequences that form a shared subsequence of symbols are each matched according to at least one of the factors. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175546 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Compression in Images or Signal Series - In a method and apparatus for dynamics compression in images or signal series represented by individual amplitude values, input amplitude values EA of the images or signal series are subjected to a local spatial amplitude averaging, to generate locally spatially averaged input amplitude values . Differential function values are then formed based on differences between the input amplitude values EA and the locally spatially averaged input amplitude values , and output amplitude values AA of the images or signal series are generated from the formed differential function values. In forming the differential function, additional differential values are superimposed on the differences formed from the input amplitude values EA and the locally spatially averaged input amplitude values , which additional differential values are formed from the input amplitude values EA and a predefined reference value GA. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175547 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus according to the present invention, an area dividing unit divides still image data into plural areas in two directions orthogonal to each other, an image-data arranging unit arranges, continuously in time series, plural image data corresponding to the plural areas included in the still image data, a compression encoding unit compression-encodes, using a moving image compression/expansion method, the plural image data corresponding to the plural areas arranged continuously in time series and generates a compression-encoded moving image signal, a decoding unit decodes, using the moving image compression/expansion method, the compression-encoded moving image signal and generates a decoded moving image signal, and a still-image-data generating unit generates still image data on the basis of the plural image data corresponding to the decoded moving image signal. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method which make it possible to transmit image data with high quality and low delay. A wavelet transform unit | 2009-07-09 |
20090175549 | Method of selecting a reference picture - In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a reference picture list including multiple reference pictures, obtaining a field reference picture index associated with the current field macroblock, and determining a frame reference picture index based on the field reference picture index. A field reference picture having a parity different from a parity of the field macroblock is selected if the field reference picture index is an odd value. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175550 | Successively Refinable Lattice Vector Quantization - A vector quantizer includes a lattice quantizer ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090175551 | INTELLIGENT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A device receives an image, and measures at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information associated with the device or the image. The device also provides the image and the at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information to an image server, and receives, from the image server, enhanced image information based on the image and the at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information. The device further captures an enhanced image based on the enhanced image information, and stores the enhanced image. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING SIGNALS WITH MULTISCALE GROUPING BANDELETS - A method and apparatus for enhancing a d-dimensional digital signal by taking advantage of regular geometrical structures. The invention comprises a multiscale redundant grouping lifting ( | 2009-07-09 |
20090175553 | Image processing apparatus and imaging apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes: a storage unit that records position information for a defective pixel; a setting unit that sets the defective pixel as an interpolation subject pixel, on the basis of the recorded position information; a selection unit that selects an optimum calculation equation for interpolated value from among a plurality of calculation equations for interpolated value in order to interpolate the pixel value of the interpolation subject pixel; and an interpolation unit that interpolates the pixel value of the interpolation subject pixel by using the optimum calculation equation for interpolated value selected by the selection unit; wherein the optimum calculation equation for interpolated value is one of the calculation equations for interpolated value that can be applied to the interpolation subject pixel, and has the highest interpolation accuracy of the calculation equations for interpolated value. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175554 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus able to perform appropriate and accurate focusing. An image displayed on a display unit is stored in a first storage unit, a focus position of the image is moved by a movement unit, and the image obtained after the focus position movement is stored in a second storage unit. The images stored in the first and second storage units are compared by a comparison unit on a pixel basis, and based on a result of the comparison, an image area where there is a change in pixel state is extracted by an extraction unit, a contrast value in the extracted image area is calculated by a calculation unit, and a change in the calculated contrast values is determined by a determination unit. Based on a result of the determination, the attribute of pixels in the extracted image area is changed by a change unit. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175555 | Illumination systems and methods for computer imagers - The present invention can provide solutions to many common imaging problems, such as, for example, unevenly distributed illumination, shadows, white balance adjustment, colored ambient light and high dynamic range imaging. Imaging systems and methods can be provided through a computer (e.g., laptop or desktop) such that the system or method can take advantage of the computer's processing power to provide functionality that goes beyond typical camera. Such an imaging system may include an imaging device, a camera, a light source and a user interface. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175556 | Methods, apparatuses and systems providing pixel value adjustment for images produced by a camera having multiple optical states - Methods, apparatuses and systems for storing approximations of multiple spatial pixel value adjustment surfaces for use in pixel value correction. The adjustment surfaces may be used for positional gain adjustment. A representation of the multiple adjustment surfaces is stored as coefficients representing a multi-dimensional solid of two-dimensional adjustment surfaces. The stored coefficients are used to determine a plurality of additional sets of coefficients which sets are then in turn used to determine pixel correction values of adjustment surfaces. | 2009-07-09 |
20090175557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF SPECKLE NOISE IN AN IMAGE - The present invention includes methods for the reduction of speckle noise in an image and methods for segmenting an image. Each of the methods disclosed herein includes steps for analyzing the uniformity of a pixel within a plurality of pixels forming a portion of the image and, based on the uniformity of the intensity of the plurality of pixels, adjusting and/or replacing the pixel in order to produce a speckle-noise reduced image, a segmented image, or a segmented and speckle-noise reduced image. The methods of the present invention can employ for example conditional probability density functions, nonlinear estimator functions, convex energy functions and simulated annealing algorithms in the performance of their respective steps. | 2009-07-09 |