31st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110188664 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTMENT OF HEARING AID - An adjustment device for a hearing aid includes: an audio extraction section for, through an acoustic process of a collected audio signal, utilizing information of a phoneme or syllable contained in the audio signal to output time information, the time information identifying a point of uttering the phoneme or syllable; an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of a user; a determination section for determining a difficulty of hearing of the phoneme or syllable by relying on an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on the identified point of uttering the phoneme or syllable as a starting point; a phoneme identification section for, when a plurality of phonemes or syllables are determined as difficult to hear, identifying a chronologically preceding phoneme or syllable among them to be difficult to hear; and a gain adjustment section for, with respect to the phoneme or syllable identified by the phoneme identification section, determining a gain adjustment method based on a type of the phoneme or syllable, and adjusting a gain for the phoneme or syllable in accordance with the determined gain adjustment method. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188665 | CONVERTIBLE FILTER - Apparatus and method for implementing a convertible filter in differing ones of its delay and weighting elements are powered through different power conductors, thereby enabling the convertible filter to be dynamically configured to be operable as different types of digital filter through selective provision of power to differing ones of the power conductors. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING OVERHEARING OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC PLACES - A method for preventing overhearing of private conversations in public spaces is disclosed. The method comprises detecting the social activity of the people in the public space and assessing the social situation and adapting the degree of sound masking and/or sound absorption at the desired locations to suit the assessed social situation. The method can be useful in public environments such as airports, city centers, club, bars, cafes and shopping centers where it is required to prevent over-hearing of private conversations. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188667 | Hybrid/Electric Car Sound Symphony System - Hybrid/Electric cars of the future will generate sound to alleviate safety concerns and as a convenience to the owners. The Hybrid/Electric Sound Symphony System (H/ESSS) will generate sound from hybrid/electric vehicles and coordinate the sound from other H/ESSS equipped nearby vehicles into a coordinated, harmonious effect. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188668 | MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM - A media delivery system which allows the user to control a media delivery device, such as an audio headset or earphone, from another device which may be remote from the media delivery device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188669 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR SWITCHING AUDIO INPUT CHANNEL OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an electronic device and a method for switching an audio input channel of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a headphone interface, a detection circuit, a signal processing unit, and a multiplexer. The headphone interface is operable to connect with an audio connector of a headphone. The detection circuit includes a headphone pin and a button pin. The detection circuit detects a level of a last pole of the audio connector, transfers the level of the last pole into a first level of the headphone pin and a second level of the button pin, and outputs the first level and the second level to the signal processing unit. The signal processing unit transmits commands to the multiplexer in response to the first level and the second level. The multiplexer switches the audio input channel of the electronic device based on the commands. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING RUB AND BUZZ DISTORTION - An audio driver with reduced rub and buzz distortion that includes a digital processing module. A digital to audio converter (DAC) operable to receive a digital audio signal supplied by the digital processing module. One or more analog driver stages operable to receive an analog audio signal supplied by the DAC. A peak amplitude compressor. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188671 | ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL BASED ON SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION - Systems and methods for suppressing noise in a signal are disclosed herein. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, noise is suppressed using perceptual adaptive gain control based on signal-to-noise ratios. In other embodiment of the present invention, the gain of a signal is mapped as a function of an active estimate of the envelope of the signal. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188672 | ACOUSTIC REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A sound reproduction apparatus reproduces a sound wave at a listening position. The sound reproduction apparatus includes a compensation processing unit for compensating an audible band signal having an audible band frequency, a carrier signal oscillator for generating a carrier signal, a modulator for outputting a modulated signal obtained by modulating the carrier signal based on the audible band signal compensated by the compensation processing unit, and a sound emission unit for outputting a sound wave depending on the modulated signal output from the modulator. The compensation processing unit compensates the audible band signal based on a distance from the sound emission unit to the listening position. This sound reproduction apparatus can reproduce the original audible band signal with a high fidelity regardless of the listening position. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188673 | APPARATUS FOR ENABLING KARAOKE - There is provided an apparatus for enabling karaoke. The apparatus includes a casing for the apparatus; a microphone array incorporated within the casing, the microphone array being concealed from a user by the casing; a controller coupled to the microphone array to at least process audio signals from the user input at the microphone array; a data storage device coupled to the controller, the data storage device being for storing pre-recorded songs used for karaoke, and for storing songs as sung by the user; and an image capturing device coupled to the controller, the image capturing device being for capturing images of the user while the user is singing, with the captured images of the user being stored on the data storage device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188674 | TELEVISION SYSTEM AND CHANNEL SELECTING METHOD AND VOLUME CONTROL METHOD - A television system includes a remote control and a television. The remote control includes a sensor and a transmitting unit. The sensor generates a detecting signal according to a user's operation. When the user' operations are different, the detecting signals are different. The transmitting unit transmits the detecting signal. The television includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, and a channel selecting unit. The receiving unit receives the detecting signal. The determining unit determines whether the detecting signal is a first channel signal or a second channel signal. The determining unit generates a first control signal when the detecting signal is the first channel signal, and generates a second control signal when the detecting signal is the second channel signal. The channel selecting unit selects the last channel in response to the first control signal, and selects the next channel in response to the second control signal. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188675 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a speaker, a terminal, an amplifier, a battery, a power supply circuit, and a controller. The terminal is configured to input an audio signal from an external device. The amplifier is configured to amplify the audio signal which is input from the terminal, and to output audio from the speaker. The power supply circuit is configured to supply power from the battery to the amplifier. The controller is configured to control the power supply circuit, based on a residual capacity of the battery and a preset battery level, in order to supply the power to the amplifier when the electronic apparatus is in a non-operative state. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188676 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device capable of improving the ease of assembling a speaker and a microphone and ensuring the sound insulation for the speaker and microphone with a less number of parts. When the electronic device is assembled, a protrusion portion of the holding member and an elastic member disposed on an upper surface of the speaker are brought in close contact with an upper plate portion of a front cover, whereby a space defined by the protrusion portion, an upper surface of the microphone, and a microphone hole formed surface of the upper plate portion and a space defined by the elastic member, the upper surface of the speaker, and a speaker hole formed surface of the upper plate portion are each isolated and shielded from another space defined inside of the front cover. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188677 | USING AN AUDIO CABLE AS AN INDUCTIVE CHARGING COIL - The disclosed embodiments relate to a technique for inductively charging an electronic device. This technique involves winding an audio cable for the electronic device around a charging mechanism multiple times so that one or more conductors in the audio cable form an inductive receiving coil. Next, a magnetic field is created through the charging mechanism to induce a current in the inductive receiving coil. Finally, the induced current in the inductive receiving coil is used to charge a rechargeable battery for the electronic device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188678 | SOUND PLATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are a sound plate and an electronic device employing the same. The sound plate includes at least one speaker unit disposed within a plate that is configured as a stand of the electronic device. Sound output by the at least one speaker is emitted through at least slit provided in a side surface of the plate. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188679 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING SOUND PLATE SWITCHABLE BETWEEN STAND TYPE AND HANG TYPE - An electronic device includes a sound plate switchable between a stand type and a hang type. In the electronic device, the sound plate has a coupled structure movable between a first arrangement, in which the sound plate functions as a stand and a second arrangement wherein the sound plate is disposed at the rear of a main body as a hang type. In the first arrangement, the sound plate emits a sound through a slit provided in a side surface of the sound plate, and in the second arrangement, the sound plate emits sound through an opening in a front surface of the sound plate which is perpendicular to the side surface of the sound plate. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188680 | RIBBON MICROPHONE - A ribbon microphone includes two magnets spaced in parallel and generating a magnetic field therebetween, two ribbon diaphragms arranged in parallel at a predetermined distance in the magnetic field, and a step-up transformer raising the voltages of electric signals generated in response to vibrations of the ribbon diaphragms in the magnetic field and outputs the raised electric signals. The step-up transformer includes two primary windings and two secondary windings corresponding to the two ribbon diaphragms, one of the two ribbon diaphragms and one of the two primary windings of the step-up transformer are connected in parallel whereas the others are connected in parallel, and the two secondary windings of the step-up transformer are connected in series so as to have opposite polarities. The ribbon microphone exhibits enhanced shielding effect without shielding a step-up transformer and does not generate noise caused by electromagnetic induction. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188681 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY MATCHING MICROPHONES OF A HEARING SYSTEM AS WELL AS A HEARING SYSTEM - A method and a hearing system for adaptively matching microphones ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188682 | METHOD FOR DEPLOYING HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTING SOFTWARE, AND HEARING INSTRUMENT ADAPTED THEREFOR - A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188683 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE WITH SELF-MONITORING FUNCTION - A method for monitoring a hearing device having an electroacoustic output transducer worn at a user's ear or in a user's ear canal, the method including: measuring the electrical impedance of the output transducer; analyzing the measured electrical impedance of the output transducer in order to determine at least one parameter from the length and diameter of tubing that extends into the user's ear canal and is connected to the transducer, and adjusting operation parameters of the hearing device based upon the results of the determination so as to optimize acoustical performance of the hearing device. A hearing device in which the method is implemente | 2011-08-04 |
20110188684 | WIRELESS UPDATING OF HEARING DEVICES - The method of manufacturing a firmware-updated programmable hearing device comprising at least one processor and a memory unit ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188685 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF WHISTLING IN AN AUDIO SYSTEM - A method for detecting whistling in an audio system includes determining an average frequency of an input signal of the audio system, sampling the input signal in consecutive blocks of at least one sample, wherein the average frequency is determined blockwise, and determining whether feedback related whistling is present in the input signal of the audio system by evaluating a stability of the average frequency, wherein the evaluation of the stability of the average frequency comprises: determining a difference of two values of the determined average frequency for two blocks, and comparing the determined difference to a first threshold value. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188686 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK IN A HEARING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device (HD) incorporates a method for adaptive cancellation of acoustic feedback (AF). The method comprises generating an estimated feedback signal (EF) and subtracting the estimated feedback signal (EF) from the microphone signal (MS) before feeding it to a signal processor (SP) providing the primary hearing device function. The estimated feedback signal (EF) is generated in an adaptive filter (FE | 2011-08-04 |
20110188687 | SMALL HEARING AID - A hearing aid comprises a microelectromechanical systems microphone which receives inputs of external sound signals, converting the sound signals to analog signals, and outputting the analog signals; a hearing aid processor chip which converts the analog signals to digital signals, performs gain correction and digital signal processing to the digital signals, and converts the processed digital signals to analog signals; and a microelectromechanical system receiver which outputs the analog signals converted from the processed digital signals as sound signals, wherein the microelectromechanical system microphone is attached to a first surface of the hearing aid processor chip, and the microelectromechanical system receiver is attached to a second surface of the hearing aid processor chip, so that the microelectromechanical system microphone, the hearing aid processor chip, and the microelectromechanical system receiver are integrated as a single body. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188688 | HEARING AID - The hearing aid of the present invention comprises a main body case ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188689 | CONDUCTION DEVICE FOR A HEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONDUCTION DEVICE - A hearing apparatus, more particularly a hearing aid, generally requires sound or electrical signals to be conducted from a housing, worn outside of an auditory canal of a user, to an earpiece which has been inserted into the auditory canal. An appropriate conduction device often has a soft tube. The tube must be fixedly connected to the earpiece so that the latter can be pulled out of the auditory canal using the tube. Nevertheless, the connection between the tube and the earpiece is made detachable by an appropriate plug so that the earpiece can be cleaned. The plug is attached as securely as possible to the soft tube. One end of the tube and a region of the plug may be encapsulated by a material by insert molding or the tube and the plug may be welded together. A method for producing a conduction device is also provided. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188690 | RECEIVER IN CONCHA - An elastic sleeve member ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188691 | TOOL FOR FITTING AND REMOVING A RECEIVER OF A HEARING AID - A tool is provided with which a receiver of a hearing aid can be easily fitted into an earpiece or an ear mold and removed therefrom. The tool has an elongate main body, a first tool part for removing the receiver from a first earpiece, a second tool part for removing the receiver from a second earpiece, and a third tool part for fitting the receiver into the first or second earpiece. The elongate main body is divided into a first subsidiary body and a second subsidiary body). The two subsidiary bodies can be plugged at least partially one inside the other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the main body. In addition, two of the three tool parts are arranged on one of the two subsidiary bodies, and the remaining tool part is arranged on the other of the two subsidiary bodies. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188692 | HEARING SYSTEM WITH POSITIONING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING POSITIONING METHOD - A hearing aid can be inserted deep inside an auditory canal without the risk of injury. The hearing system has a hearing device that can be completely inserted into a human auditory canal, and a positioning device, which is attached to the hearing device in a self-retaining manner. The positioning device can be detached from the hearing device, when the latter is in the state where it is inserted into the auditory canal, and cannot or can only partly be inserted into the auditory canal because it serves as a stop on a section of the concha when the hearing device is being positioned. The positioning device is decoupled from the hearing device after placement and removed from the auditory canal. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188693 | Receiving Set for Individual - The present invention relates to a receiving set for individual, and more particularly, to a receiving set for individual in which the exposure of line is minimized not to interrupt the user's face and both hands so that the convenience of use and the user's activity can be improved and the speakers transferring sound signals are distanced from the user's auditory organ and supported to be possible to change their positions to allow the user listening to sounds with his auditory organ open. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188694 | VARIABLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY - A variable directional microphone assembly and method of manufacturing the same, which includes a printed circuit board including a connection terminal provided to a surface thereof, and a semiconductor integrated circuit device mounted to another surface thereof, a microphone body including a first mounting space for mounting the semiconductor integrated circuit device, two second mounting spaces, and a coil spring insertion hole, the first mounting space being provided to a surface of the microphone body, the second mounting spaces being provided to another surface of the microphone body, two microphone devices mounted to the second mounting spaces, the insertion hole allowing the microphone device to be in contact with the printed circuit board, a coil spring inserted into the coil spring insertion hole to electrically connect the microphone device to the printed circuit board, and a case including a sound hole in a bottom thereof. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188695 | Microphone-unit supporting structure and electronic device - A microphone-unit supporting structure comprises a microphone unit and a holder. The microphone unit includes a substantially-cylindrical microphone element, a printed circuit board fixed to a back of the microphone element, and at least two projections extending radially outward from the printed circuit board and being circumferentially spaced at such an angular interval that when one of the projections is assumed to be on a reference line for line symmetry, the other projection or projections are off the reference line. The holder includes a microphone-unit supporting portion for supporting the microphone unit. The holder has a first groove for receiving first one of the projections, and a second groove for receiving second one of the projections. The first groove is open in a backward direction. The second groove is open in a frontward direction. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188696 | Headphone - A headphone including a headband, an ear cup attached to the headband, a baffle plate fixed to the ear cup and having a rib wall at its periphery, an ear pad engaged with the baffle plate, and a gas permeable buffer between the ear cup and the baffle plate, wherein the buffer and the rib wall prevent a reduction in volume of a front air chamber caused by lateral pressure. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188697 | Flat thin dynamic speaker - A flat thin dynamic speaker which includes a motor unit, a suspension unit, a radiating unit and a frame arranged in such a manner that the motor unit and the suspension unit are at the same plane while the radiating unit is on top of the motor unit such that the thickness of the speaker assembly is reduced while the performance of the speaker assembly is maintained or even improved. Also, the speaker can be made into a quadrangular, polygon or a spherical structure. The speaker further has a surround at a level lower than the radiating unit without utilizing the radiating surface of the radiating unit such as a maximized radiating surface is provided, and includes a dual side voice-coil actuation to the radiator unit, thereby providing a slim and flat speaker assembly with high power output. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188698 | ELECTRODYNAMIC TRANSDUCER, IN PARTICULAR OF THE LOUDSPEAKER TYPE WITH FERROFLUID SUSPENSION AND RELATED DEVICES - An electrodynamic transducer with a membrane includes an electrodynamic motor in a carcass in which a coil held by a mandrel connected to the membrane is capable of movement. The mandrel has a shape generated by an essentially linear generatrix, the coil being arranged in an air gap of a vertical free space where it is capable of movement and defined, towards the centre of the transducer, by an inner magnetic structure and, towards the periphery of the transducer, by an outer magnetic structure, at least one of the magnetic structures generating a static magnetic field, wherein the transducer does not include any peripheral nor inner suspension and the guiding of the mobile equipment and the pneumatic tightness between the front and rear faces of the membrane being ensured by a ferrofluid. The mandrel is maintained in the air gap by the ferrofluid applied on at least one of the two faces of the mandrel and entirely filling the air gap. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188699 | WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC, DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, AND SPEAKER - A speaker having a diaphragm made of a woven/knitted fabric containing a conductive fiber and a non-conductive fiber, where the fabric has a woven structure or a knitted structure of the non-conductive fiber, and a continuous wiring forming a coil of the conductive fiber. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188700 | APPARATUS FOR INSERTING WATERMARK AND METHOD THEREFOR - There are provided an apparatus for inserting a watermark and a method therefor. The apparatus for inserting a watermark includes a watermark pattern image receiving unit that stores a watermark pattern image including a preset bit value; a watermark information generation unit that stores watermark information including binary tracking information generated based on at least one of a user ID value and a terminal ID value; and a watermark insertion unit that receives watermark pattern images corresponding to bit values of the stored watermark information from the watermark pattern image generation unit, and overlays the watermark pattern images in sequence on a display screen. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188701 | OPTIMIZING VIDEO STREAM PROCESSING - The present invention involves implementation of an intelligent switching program, whereby the processing power required to monitor check-out stations is considerably reduced. The present invention monitors a subset of check-out stations at any given time, instead of monitoring all check-out stations at all times. The subset of check-out stations is determined dynamically according to, but not limited to, cashier records, input parameters from the user, current lane activity, past lane activity, time of day, etc. Statistical models (e.g., effective population sampling and/or population hypothesis tests) are developed along these lines that guide the lane selection process, whereby increases in the false-negative rate due to failure to monitor particular lanes when events of interest occur are controlled. By monitoring fewer check-out stations, while maintaining target performance accuracy, the amount of data that end users must deal with is significantly reduced. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188702 | VARIABLE FAN FOR PORTABLE EXPLOSIVE OR DRUG DETECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed to automatically detect the presence of a substance on a test swipe by capturing a background image of the test swipe; applying one or more test chemicals to a test swipe; adjusting the temperature of the test swipe to a predetermined temperature range; controlling a variable speed fan to avoid fogging the camera's lens; capturing an in-situ image of the test swipe after the application of chemical at the predetermined temperature range; subtracting the background image from the in-situ image; generating a difference value from the two images; and searching a known database to identify the substance. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188703 | System and Method for Securing Media Content - A system and method for securing media content are provided. A method for distributing security media content includes embedding a marking payload into media content, thereby producing embedded media content, applying a transform to the embedded media content, thereby producing secured media content, and distributing the secured media content. The marking payload is embedded based on perceptual information regarding the media content. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188704 | Content Identification and Quality Monitoring - Content identification and quality monitoring are provided. The method involves obtaining a first fingerprint derived from a first media content, processing the first media content to generate a second media content, obtaining a second fingerprint derived from the second media content, and comparing the first fingerprint and the second fingerprint to determine one or more of: a similarity between the first fingerprint and the second fingerprint that indicates that the second media content is generated from the first media content or a difference between the first fingerprint and the second fingerprint to identify a quality degradation between the first media content and the second media content. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188705 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A frequency component of noise that is included in both images, and a frequency component of a first image that does not include said noise are estimated based on first image data obtained through imaging, using an imaging device, a first image that includes a specific image pattern, and based on second image data, obtained by imaging, using the imaging device, second image data that does not include the specific image pattern; and weighting is controlled, relative to frequencies, when calculating a correlation between the first image data and third image data, obtained through imaging a third image through the imaging device, based on the estimated individual frequency components. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188706 | Redundant Spatial Ensemble For Computer-Aided Detection and Image Understanding - Described herein is a technology for facilitating computer-aided detection and image understanding. In one implementation, an input set of training images of a target structure, such as an anatomical structure, is received. The input set of training images is spatially realigned to different landmarks to generate multiple bags of training images. At least one of the multiple bags comprises substantially all the training images in the input set, but realigned to a landmark. The multiple bags of training images may be used to train a spatial ensemble of detectors, which can be employed to generate an output result by automatically detecting a target structure in an input image. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188707 | System and Method for Pleographic Subject Identification, Targeting, and Homing Utilizing Electromagnetic Imaging in at Least One Selected Band - The inventive data processing system and method enable automatic recognition of images captured using various electromagnetic (EM) imaging systems and techniques, and more particularly to a system and method for applying pleographic processing for subject identification, recognition, matching, targeting, and or homing, utilizing one or more EM imaging systems, devices, in at least one selected EM band. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188708 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL EDGE EXTRACTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USING TIME OF FLIGHT CAMERA - A method of extracting a three-dimensional (3D) edge is based on a two-dimensional (2D) intensity image and a depth image acquired using a time of flight (TOF) camera. The 3D edge extraction method includes acquiring a 2D intensity image and a depth image using a TOF camera, acquiring a 2D edge image from the 2D intensity image, and extracting a 3D edge using a matched image obtained by matching the 2D intensity image and the depth image. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188709 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING FOR POSITIONAL VARIABILITY OF BIOMETRIC FEATURES - A method of text-based authentication that accounts for positional variability of biometric features between captured biometric data samples includes capturing biometric data for a desired biometric type from an individual, and processing the captured biometric data to generate a biometric image and a biometric feature template. A selected conversion algorithm is executed by superimposing a positional relationship medium on the biometric image. The positional relationship medium includes a plurality of cells textually describable with words derivable from the positional relationship medium. The positions of biometric features are permitted to vary in overlapping border regions within the positional relationship medium. The method also includes identifying the position of at least one biometric feature within the overlapping border regions and generating a plurality of words for the at least one biometric feature. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188710 | Biometric authentication apparatus, biometric authentication method, and program - There is provided a biometric authentication apparatus including a vein image extraction unit for extracting a vein image showing positions of veins from an image including veins in a finger portion, a vein image dividing unit for dividing the extracted vein image into a plurality of partial regions, a vein pixel counting unit for counting the number of pixels corresponding to the veins in each of the divided partial regions, a vector generation unit for arranging, in a predetermined order, count results of the respective partial regions, and generating a vein distribution vector, which is a numerical sequence representing a degree of distribution of the veins in the vein image, and an authentication unit for authenticating the vein distribution vector generated by the vector generation unit, based on a registered vein distribution vector, which is a vein distribution vector registered in advance. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188711 | VEIN AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - A vein authentication device has an interface on which a part of a living body is placed. One or more light sources for emitting infrared light and an image pickup unit are provided for picking up a blood vessel image of the part of the living body using infrared light emitted from the light sources. An image computing unit processes the blood vessel image picked up by the image pickup unit. A light shielding unit shields infrared light emitted from the light sources and prevents the infrared light from traveling in an image pickup direction of the image pickup unit. The interface has an opening opened in the image pickup direction of the image pickup unit, and the light sources irradiate the part of the living body with infrared light from an image pickup side of the part of the living body. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING FAKE IMAGE - An apparatus for determining a fake image includes an image-acquiring block for acquiring an image captured by and input from a camera; and a background-learning block for learning a background of the image to create a learning background. Further, the apparatus for determining the fake image includes a face extracting-block for extracting a face region of a person to be authenticated when an input image for authentication is transmitted from the camera; and an inter-background comparing block for comparing a present background of an input image with the learning background. Furthermore, the apparatus for determining the fake image includes a motion information-comparing block for extracting motion information in the face region and the present background to compare the same with each other; and a fake image-determining block for determining whether the input image is faked using the compared results of the motion information and the backgrounds. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188713 | FACIAL IMAGE RECOGNITION AND RETRIEVAL - A method or system providing face verification, including obtaining a set of features from a selected image and determining if there are any faces in the selected image. If faces are determined a dominance factor is assigned to at least one face and verification of an identity of the at least one face in the selected image is attempted and a confidence score returned. In attempting to verify the identity of the at least one face any identity information is extracted from metadata associated with the selected image. Also disclosed is a method of facial image retrieval, including defining a query image set from one or more selected facial images, determining a dissimilarity measurement between at least one query feature and at least one target feature. This enables identification of one or more identified facial images from the target facial image set based on the dissimilarity measurement. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188714 | System and Method for Hyperspectral Imaging of Treated Fingerprints - The present disclosure provides for a method for analyzing treated fingerprints on a document. A sample document is provided. A digital image of the sample document is obtained. The sample document is treated with a reagent and a hyperspectral image of the document is obtained. The hyperspectral image of the document is analyzed to determine a region of interest and a hyperspectal image is obtained of the region of interest. The present disclosure also provides for a system comprising a carrier frame, an imaging station for obtaining a digital image of the sample document, a first processing station for treating the document and a second processing station for developing the treated document, a second imaging station for obtaining a hyperspectral image of at least one of the document and a region of interest of the document, and a robotic subsystem for transporting the document through the system. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188715 | Automatic Identification of Image Features - Automatic identification of image features is described. In an embodiment, a device automatically identifies organs in a medical image using a decision forest formed of a plurality of distinct, trained decision trees. An image element from the image is applied to each of the trained decision trees to obtain a probability of the image element representing a predefined class of organ. The probabilities from each of the decision trees are aggregated and used to assign an organ classification to the image element. In another embodiment, a method of training a decision tree to identify features in an image is provided. For a selected node in the decision tree, a training image is analyzed at a plurality of locations offset from a selected image element, and one of the offsets is selected based on the results of the analysis and stored in association with the node. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188716 | INTRAVAGINAL DIMENSIONING SYSTEM - An intravaginal monitoring device and its supporting network infrastructure; wherein the intravaginal monitoring device generates scaling and dimensioning, using infrared, ultraviolet or laser signals, in conjunction with a supporting software at the server and/or client sides. The scaling and dimensioning are performed using one or more of many possible algorithmic and hardware based techniques. Reproductive health care management web pages or system interfaces present scaling and dimensioning and emphasis changes over time. The generations scaling and dimensioning, including color and shade variation identifications, incorporate various schemes for a woman's cervix during routine checkup, cervix and aperture openings during pregnancy checkup, and cervix containing an artifact during checkup and treatments. The artifact may represent, for example, stages of ovulation, pregnancy, infections, sexually transmitted diseases and cancer. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188717 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING AN EMULSION - A method for reading an emulsion ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188718 | IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A system for admitting medical imaging data comprising image data and associated metadata comprises input means arranged to received image data from at least one source, a memory having stored therein consistency data defining at least one consistency criterion, and processing means arranged to analyse the imaging data to determined whether it meets the consistency criterion, and if it does not to amend the imaging data so that it does. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188719 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - In one embodiment of the present invention, a significance test of pixel values is performed between a region where functions could be deteriorated in a disease-specific manner and a region where functions could be preserved even in cases of diseases using brain functional images. Then, the mean pixel value of the functionally preserved site is significantly greater than the mean pixel value of the functionally deteriorated site according to the significance test is determined as an a image including a neurodegenerative disorder. According to this embodiment, it becomes possible to objectively detect images of neurodegenerative disorders without using a database for healthy subjects. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VOLUME OF INTEREST SEGMENTATION - Methods and systems and computer program products for automatically segmenting the volume of interest from intensity images are provided. The method for segmenting a volume of interest in an intensity image receives the intensity image and the scanner acquisition parameters used to acquire the intensity image. The method then scales the contrast of the intensity image based, at least in part, on the scanner acquisition parameters. The method segments the intensity image based, at least in part, on image data of the intensity image and the scanner acquisition parameters, to obtain the volume of interest. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188721 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE TO DETERMINE A BACKGROUND PHASE CURVE - In a magnetic resonance (MR) device and method to determine a background phase curve in MR image data, in first MR image data and in second MR image data that respectively represent different segments (for example different slices) of an examination subject, first and second pixels are identified that represent essentially stationary tissue, and the associated phase values are determined. Phase correction values for the first MR image data are determined depending on the phase values determined for the first and second pixels that represent essentially stationary tissue. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BENIGN FROM MALIGNANT CONTRAST-ENHANCED LESIONS - Methods for assessing contrast-enhanced lesions using a dynamic contrast-enhancing magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A boundary of a contrast-enhanced lesion is objectively and automatically determined. The kinetic behavior of voxels is quantitatively examined. The wash-out volume fraction relative to the lesion volume is used as a biomarker to characterize the lesion as malignant or benign. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188723 | CT Image Reconstruction In The Extended Field Of View - A method is disclosed for reconstructing image data of an examination subject from measured data, wherein the measured data was acquired in the course of a relative rotational movement between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the examination subject. A limited area between the radiation source and a detector represents a field of view in respect of which measured data can be acquired, and parts of the examination subject were located at least temporarily outside the field of view in the course of the measured data acquisition. In at least one embodiment, first image data is reconstructed from the measured data, and a boundary of the examination subject is determined with the aid of the first image data. The first image data is subsequently modified using the determined boundary, and projection data is calculated from the modified first image data. The measured data is modified using the projection data, and finally second image data is reconstructed from the modified measured data. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188724 | CT MEASUREMENT WITH MULTIPLE X-RAY SOURCES - A method is disclosed for reconstructing image data of an examination object from measurement data of a computed tomography system, the examination object having been irradiated simultaneously by a number of X-ray sources while the measurement data was being acquired so that different projections of the examination object associated with the number of X-ray sources were acquired simultaneously for each detector element. In at least one embodiment, different iteration images of the examination object are determined one after the other from the measurement data by way of an iterative algorithm, a computation operation being employed with the iterative algorithm, which is applied to the iteration images and takes the presence of the number of X-ray sources into account. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188725 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN DUAL ENERGY, DUAL SOURCE HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A system and method for the accurate quantitative evaluation of dual-energy computed tomography (CT) projection data that is acquired in a dual-source helical scan includes employing a dual-source z-axis helical interpolation method. The method includes transforming the two helical projection data sets, where corresponding projections of high- and low-energy data sets are shifted with respect to one another by 90 degrees or another angle, into corresponding non-helical projection data sets. A dual-source helical interpolation algorithm allows for projection space dual-energy processing by realigning the high- and low-energy datasets based on the z-axis interpolation. This algorithm may be implemented using a variety of interpolation schemes and can be extended from single slice to multi-slice data acquisitions. Subsequent to the registration of the non-helical projection data sets, projection space processing allows for accurate material quantification and virtual monochromatic images in which beam hardening artifacts have been substantially suppressed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STITCHING MULTIPLE IMAGES INTO A PANORAMIC IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for generating a panoramic image of a region of interest (ROI) which is larger than a field of a view of a radiation based imaging device, comprising, positioning markers along the ROI, acquiring a set of images along the ROI, wherein the acquired images have at least partially overlapping portions, aligning at least two separate images by aligning a common marker found in both images and compensating for a difference between a distance from a radiation source to the marker element and the distance from the radiation source to a plane of interest. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188727 | Radiograpic Data Interpretation - A method and apparatus are described for the collection and interpretation of radiographic data from an object scanned by a suitable radiation source. A radiation detector system is provided that is detecting and collecting spectroscopically resolved information. An object is scanned from a plurality of perspectives, and the resultant data from each perspective resolved into at least three spectroscopic energy bands. For each such resolved spectroscopic energy band an image analysis is performed to derive depth slicing to produce a series of output datasets each comprising a 2-D dataset of intensity information resolved to a single energy band and depth slice. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188728 | METHODS OF GENERATING TROPHECTODERM AND NEURECTODERM FROM HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS - Methods for inducing differentiation of stem cells into trophectoderm, neurectoderm, or progeny cells thereof are described, and mathematical and statistical image analysis methods and systems, for example, to identify differentiated cells and screen for agents which modulate differentiation are provided for separate or combined use. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188729 | BANKNOTE VALIDATOR - Apparatus for checking the validity of a banknote wherein a light source illuminates a banknote through a slit as it is transported along a note path, the emitted light being detected at different wavelengths to generate a plurality of images such that a three dimensional matrix can be created, for comparison against matrices of authentic banknotes. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING MANUFACTURING CONSISTENCY OF MANUFACTURED ITEMS - In a method and system for verifying manufacturing consistency of manufactured items, N point clouds of the manufactured items are read. A first point cloud is selected from the N point clouds, and each point of the first point cloud is projected onto a predetermined ideal outline for obtaining a nearest point in the ideal outline of each point of the first point cloud. Intersections of the N point clouds and each line formed by a point in the first point cloud and the nearest point of the point are further determined, and a vertical distance between each of the intersections and the ideal outline is calculated for obtaining a deviation value of each of the intersections. At least one outline is fitted according to the deviation values of each of the intersections and the at least one fitted outline is output to a display device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SURFACE UNEVENNESS OF OBJECT UNDER INSPECTION - Minute surface unevenness formed on the surface of an object under inspection is detected, thereby improving the accuracy of an appearance inspection. A target surface in the sidewall region ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188732 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING MASKS FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - The invention relates to a method for analyzing masks for photolithography. In this method, an aerial image of the mask for a first focus setting is generated and stored in an aerial image data record. The aerial image data record is transferred to an algorithm that simulates a photolithographic wafer exposure on the basis of this data record. In this case, the simulation is carried out for a plurality of mutually different energy doses. Then, at a predetermined height from the wafer surface, contours which separate regions with photoresist from those regions without photoresist are in each case determined. The result, that is to say the contours, are stored for each of the energy doses in each case in a contour data record with the energy dose as a parameter. Finally, the contour data records are combined to form a three-dimensional multicontour data record with the reciprocal of the energy dose as a third dimension, and, on the basis of the transitions from zero to values different than zero in the contours, a three-dimensional profile of the reciprocal of the energy dose depending on the position on the mask is generated. This profile, the so-called effective aerial image, is output or stored or automatically evaluated. The same can also occur with sections through said profile. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188733 | Photovoltaic Cell Manufacturing - Disclosed is a method ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110188734 | DEFECT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Acquired mask data of a defect portion is sent to a simulated repair circuit | 2011-08-04 |
20110188735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEFECT INSPECTION - Provided are a method and a device for defect inspection, wherein, in a state where a few DOIs exist in a large number of nuisances, a classification performance can be improved by a few appropriate defect instructions and a high classification performance is ensured while mitigating the burden of user's defect instructions. The method and device for defect inspection is characterized by repeating extraction of one or more defects from a plurality of defects detected by imaging a sample, instruction of a classification class of the extracted defects, and calculation of a classification criterion and a classification performance from the image information and classification class of the defects, and determining, based on the finally obtained classification criterion, the classification class of the unknown defects. This makes it possible to improve a classification performance by a few appropriate defect instructions and ensure a high classification performance while mitigating the burden of user's defect instructions. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188736 | Reduced-Complexity Disparity MAP Estimation - Image processing herein reduces the computational complexity required to estimate a disparity map of a scene from a plurality of monoscopic images. Image processing includes calculating a disparity and associated matching cost for at least one pixel block in a reference image, and then predicting, based on this disparity and associated matching cost, a disparity and associated matching cost for a pixel block that neighbors the at least one pixel block. Image processing continues with calculating a tentative disparity and associated matching cost for the neighboring pixel block, by searching for a corresponding pixel block in a different monoscopic image over a reduced range of candidate pixel blocks focused around the disparity predicted. Searching over a reduced range avoids significant computational complexity. Image processing concludes with determining the disparity for the neighboring pixel block based on comparing the matching costs associated with the tentative disparity and the disparity predicted. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADAPTIVE FEATURE DETECTORS - Method and system for imaging an object in three-dimensions, binning data of the imaged object into three dimensional bins, determining a density value p of the data in each bin, and creating receptive fields of three dimensional feature maps, including processing elements O, each processing element O of a same feature map having a same adjustable parameter, weight Wc | 2011-08-04 |
20110188738 | FACE EXPRESSIONS IDENTIFICATION - In the last few years, face expression measurement has been receiving significant attention mainly due to advancements in areas such as face detection, face tracking and face recognition. For face recognition systems, detecting the locations in two-dimension (2D) images where faces are present is a first step to be performed before face expressions can be measured. However, face detection from a 2D image is a challenging task because of variability in imaging conditions, image orientation, pose, presence/absence of facial artefacts facial expression and occlusion. Existing efforts to address the shortcomings of existing face recognition systems deal with technologies for creation of three-dimensional (3D) models of a human subject's face based on a digital photograph of the human subject. However, such technologies are computationally intensive nature and susceptible to errors and hence might not be suitable for deployment. An embodiment of the invention describes a method for identifying face expressions of image objects. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188739 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus that configures a single frame by determining a central image of a certain viewpoint as an original resolution, and frame another single frame by combining a left image of a left viewpoint and a right image of a right viewpoint. The image processing apparatus may generate three-dimensional (3D) image data configured using the frames, and may encode, decode, and render an image based on the 3D image data. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188740 | DEVICE FOR IMPROVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTS, METHOD OF IMPROVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTS USING THE DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTS - Provided is a device for improving stereo matching results. The device for improving stereo matching results includes: a stereo camera unit outputting binocular disparity images by using binocular disparity between two images preprocessed according to a plurality of preprocessing conditions; a discrete cosine transform (DCT) unit generating DCT coefficients by performing DCT on the binocular disparity images; a streak estimation unit receiving the DCT coefficients and estimating amounts of streaks distributed on a screen by using AC coefficients, including streak patterns, of the DCT coefficients; a condition estimation unit estimating a preprocessing condition, corresponding to the smallest amount of streaks of the estimated amounts of streaks, of the plurality of preprocessing conditions, as an optimal condition, and a streak removal unit generating binocular disparity images without the streaks by changing predetermined AC coefficients of the DCT coefficients and performing inverse DCT on the changed DCT coefficients. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIMENSIONING OBJECTS USING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING - A method and configuration to estimate the dimensions of a cuboid. The configuration includes two image acquisition units offset from each other with at least one of the units positioned at a defined acquisition height above a background surface. Image processing techniques are used to extract a perimeter of a top surface of the cuboid, placed on the background surface, from pairs of acquired images. A height estimation technique, which corrects for spatial drift of the configuration, is used to calculate an absolute height of the cuboid. The absolute height of the cuboid is used, along with the extracted perimeter of the top surface of the cuboid, to calculate an absolute length and an absolute width of the cuboid. The height, length, and width may be used to calculate an estimated volume of the cuboid. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188742 | RECOMMENDING USER IMAGE TO SOCIAL NETWORK GROUPS - A method of recommending social group(s) for sharing one or more user images, includes using a processor for acquiring the one or more user images and their associated metadata; acquiring one or more group images from the social group(s) and their associated metadata; computing visual features for the user images and the group images; and recommending social group(s) for the one of more user images using both the visual features and the metadata. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188743 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus applying image processing corresponding to a predetermined imaging region of a subject of an image obtained by capturing the imaging region to the image includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire classification information obtained by classifying a plurality of imaging regions according to characteristics of image processing corresponding to each of the imaging regions, an identification unit configured to identify, after identifying which of the groups the imaging region of the image corresponds to, which of the plurality of the imaging regions included in the corresponding group the imaging region of the image corresponds to, based on the image and the classification information, and a processing unit configured to apply the image processing corresponding to the identified imaging region to the image. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188744 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE GENERATION AND RENDERING - Techniques and tools for high dynamic range (HDR) image rendering and generation. An HDR image generating system performs motion analysis on a set of lower dynamic range (LDR) images and derives relative exposure levels for the images based on information obtained in the motion analysis. These relative exposure levels are used when integrating the LDR images to form an HDR image. An HDR image rendering system tone maps sample values in an HDR image to a respective lower dynamic range value, and calculates local contrast values. Residual signals are derived based on local contrast, and sample values for an LDR image are calculated based on the tone-mapped sample values and the residual signals. User preference information can be used during various stages of HDR image generation or rendering. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188745 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD OF THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A table structure in a specific area of a document is analyzed, and cells included in a table are determined as a processing unit to generate processing instruction information for instructing a process for the determined processing unit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188746 | BULK IMAGE GATHERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for gathering bulk images are provided herein. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188747 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus for performing image coding by lossless and lossy compression units, including an image coding pre-determination unit configured to perform a determination to select either one of the lossless and the lossy compression units in coding pre-processing of an image, a data analysis unit configured to determine whether a color number for a pixel block of the image is single, and a coding unit configured to, when it is determined by the data analysis unit that the color number is not single, perform coding on the pixel block with the coding unit determined by the image coding pre-determination unit, and when it is determined by the data analysis unit that the color number is single, perform coding with a coding unit whose determination result made by the image coding pre-determination unit is changed based on an operation state of the lossless and the lossy compression units. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188748 | ITERATIVELY DENOISING COLOR FILTER ARRAY IMAGES - A method for reducing noise in a color image captured using a digital image sensor having pixels being arranged in a rectangular minimal repeating unit. The method comprises, for a first color channel, determining noise reduced-pixel values using a first noise reducing process that includes computing weighted pixel differences by combining the pixel differences with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values. The method further comprises a second noise reducing process that includes computing weighted chroma differences by combining chroma differences with corresponding local edge-responsive weighting values. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188749 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR BOUNDARY RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT - An image processing method for boundary resolution enhancement is disclosed. Firstly, an image is transferred into an image layer. Noise of the image layer is removed by a bilateral filter and crisp edges are retained at the same time. Moreover, the image layer is interpolated by an interpolation filter for resolution enhancement. The image processing method of the present invention can lower the image blur degree substantially, enhance the image resolution and be widely implemented in all sorts of image/video processing hardware devices. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188750 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - In an image processing apparatus for dividing image data into blocks having a predetermined number of pixels and processing each of the divided blocks in sequence, color data of pixels in a block to be processed is compared to identify a pattern flag that corresponds to a placement pattern of the color data included in the block. The identified pattern flag and the color data for the number of colors included in the block are output and, assuming that output color data that corresponds to a pixel at a predefined position in the block is first color data, the pattern flag, the first color data, and other color data that are output for each of the divided blocks are collectively stored in respectively different memory areas. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188751 | COMPOUND OBJECT SEPARATION - Representations of an object can comprise two or more separate sub-objects, producing a compound object. Compound objects can affect the quality of object visualization and threat identification. As provided herein, a compound object can be separated into sub-objects based on object morphological properties (e.g., an object's shape, surface area). Further, a potential compound object can be split into sub-objects, for example, eroding one or more outer layers of volume space (e.g., voxels) from the potential compound object. Additionally, a volume of a representation of the sub-objects in an image can be reconstructed, for example, by generating sub-objects that have a combined volume approximate to that of the compound object. Furthermore, sub-objects, which can be parts of a same physical object, but may have been erroneously split, can be identified and merged using connectivity and compactness based techniques. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT DATA TYPES - There is described a system and method for automatically discriminating between different types of data with an image reader. In brief overview of one embodiment, the automatic discrimination feature of the present image reader allows a human operator to aim a hand-held image reader at a target that can contain a dataform and actuate the image reader. An autodiscrimination module in the image reader in one embodiment analyzes image data representative of the target and determines a type of data represented in the image data. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188753 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: an acquisition section that acquires subject image information to be formed on a medium; an extraction section that selectively extracts a part of the subject image information corresponding to a portion of an image not formed due to a plurality of holes of a medium if an image relating to the subject image information is formed on the medium perforated with the plurality of holes; and a generation section that generates new subject image information by generating a command for forming the extracted part of the subject image information. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188754 | Method for Automatic Region Segmentation on Cartridge Case Base and Selection of the Best Mark Region for Cartridge Case Comparison - One of the significant problems encountered in criminology studies is the successful automatic matching of cartridge cases after a cartridge is fired from a firearm, on the basis of the marks left on the cartridge cases fired. One of the probable steps in the solution of this problem is the segmentation of certain regions defined on the cartridge case. This invention relates to the method for segmentation of cartridge case base by using surface height matrix information. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188755 | PATTERN RECOGNITION USING ACTIVE MEDIA - A pattern recognition system includes an active media, an input system, and a sensing system. The active media is such that initial states respectively evolve over time to distinguishable final states. The input system establishes in the active media in an initial state corresponding to an input pattern, and the sensing system measures the media at separated locations to identify of which of the final states the media has after an evolution time. The identification of the final state indicates a feature of the input pattern. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188756 | E-DICTIONARY SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT IN WHICH KOREAN CHARACTERS AND CHINESE CHARACTERS ARE MIXED - A method for providing a correct e-dictionary search result for a document recognition result includes performing character recognition of a document in which Korean characters (Hangul) and Chinese characters are mixed and displaying a recognition result. If a character string to be searched is selected by a user from the recognition result, determining whether the selected character string corresponds to Hangul or Chinese characters, detecting a Hangul word or a Chinese word included in the selected character string, and outputting an e-dictionary search result corresponding to the detected Hangul or a Chinese word. Accordingly, the user can use an e-dictionary function without directly inputting a search word and obtain a correct e-dictionary search result for a document in which Hangul and Chinese characters are mixed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188757 | IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON CASCADED OVER-COMPLETE DICTIONARIES - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a technique for image reconstruction that employs cascaded over-complete dictionaries (i.e., collections of bases) for extracting features and building representations for images at different reconstruction levels. Each dictionary on a different reconstruction level can be learned and optimized for the purpose of capturing either generic or discriminative features. By finding sparse representations through the cascaded dictionaries, an image can be reconstructed and recognized. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188758 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - There is provided an image processing device that specifies a region including a specific subject on each input image of a plurality of continuous frames. The image processing device includes: subject map generation means that, from feature maps corresponding to features of respective pixels of the input image and representing feature amounts in respective regions of the input image, selects one feature amount of any of the feature maps for each pixel so as to thereby generate a subject map representing similarities of the respective regions of the input image to the subject; and subject region specification means that, on the basis of the subject map, specifies a subject region, which is a region most similar to the subject, in the subject map so as to thereby specify a region which includes the subject on the input image. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188759 | Method and System of Pre-Analysis and Automated Classification of Documents - Automatic classification of different types of documents is disclosed. An image of a form or document is captured. The document is assigned to one or more type definitions by identifying one or more objects within the image of the document. A matching model is selected via identification of the document image. In the case of multiple identifications, a profound analysis of the document type is performed—either automatically or manually. An automatic classifier may be trained with document samples of each of a plurality of document classes or document types where the types are known in advance or a system of classes may be formed automatically without a priori information about types of samples. An automatic classifier determines possible features and calculates a range of feature values and possible other feature parameters for each type or class of document. A decision tree, based on rules specified by a user, may be used for classifying documents. Processing, such as optical character recognition (OCR), may be used in the classification process. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188760 | System and Method for Creating and Displaying Map Projections related to Real-Time Images - There is provided a method and system for creating and displaying a map projection of a device's real-time viewing area to depict virtual objects, the virtual objects providing a reflected view of real-time objects displayed within the device's viewing area, the method comprising: displaying a real-time image of the device's viewing area taken from a geographical location on a display; retrieving the map projection for revealing the reflected view as an elevated view of a ground surface about the device's current geographical location and in accordance with the device's viewing area; superimposing the map projection on the display and overlaid in an upper portion of the real-time image; and defining one or more markers configured to show a relationship between the map projection and the real-time image, each marker overlaid on the display and configured to connect between the virtual object in the map projection and the corresponding real-time object on the real-time image. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188761 | CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION THROUGH GLYPH DATA MATCHING - Approaches for enabling a computerized entity to recognize characters in an electronic document. In a persistent data store, character identification data is stored. Character identification data is data that, for one or more characters of one or more fonts, associates (a) glyph data for a character with (b) code point data for the character, where the glyph data describes how to render the character on or to an output device, and the code point data identifies, to the computerized entity, the identity of the character. Upon determining that an embedded font document, such as a PDF document, does not include a set of code point data for a particular character, the character identification data is consulted to determine the identity of the particular character. In this way, a machine can recognize characters in the embedded font document and perform functions such as indexing or searching on the embedded font document. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188762 | Real-Time Composite Image Comparator - An apparatus and method for preparing a composite image from a video data stream and for identifying changed features in two composite images. Frames from the video data stream are transformed to a projected 2D image, aligned with adjacent frames and overlapping areas are averaged to provide a higher apparent resolution. The composite image can be stored in real-time. As a second composite image is prepared of the same location at a later time, portions of the second image can be compared to corresponding portions of the stored image after the intensities of the images are equalized. Image areas whose absolute difference exceeds a threshold are again intensity equalized. Areas that are again above threshold can be flagged for further scrutiny, either by a human or by a machine that performs object recognition. In this way, composite video images of a scene can be prepared and compared in real-time. | 2011-08-04 |
20110188763 | Image Header Compression Mechanism - A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a database to store image files and a compression unit to compress the image files. The compression unit includes a cache controller to control caching of header components of an image file common to two or more image files stored in the database. | 2011-08-04 |