| 32nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20130202123 | HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR HEARING AID ADJUSTMENT - A hearing aid adjustment device ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202124 | METHOD FOR TESTING HEARING AIDS - A method for testing hearing aids, particularly in respect of the effect thereof on speech comprehension, is improved. The method has the following steps: a) a test system is provided, b) an audible voice signal in the form of at least one meaningless syllable is selected and presented c) the meaningless syllable and a number of further meaningless syllables are displayed on a graphical user interface in the test system, d) a heard meaningless syllable is selected from the displayed meaningless syllables by the user, e) the selection made is evaluated, and f) method steps c) to e) are repeated until a termination criterion is encountered. The audible voice signal is selected in each case on the basis of at least one selection made by the person in response to a previously presented voice signal. The method allows particularly fast and informative hearing aid tests. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202125 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DIGITAL REVERBERATOR AND METHOD - Electronic devices having digital reverberators are disclosed, together with a method of reproducing sound for a user with the digital reverberator. The digital reverberator uses digital surface absorption filters positioned in the reverberator to simulate absorption of energy as digital audio data samples are reflected from virtual surfaces. The position of the digital surface absorption filters enables known frequency-dependent surface absorption characteristics of real materials to be directly implemented using the filter coefficients of each digital surface absorption filter. This enables virtual acoustic spaces to be designed quickly without the need for the digital reverberator to be manually tuned for each space. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202126 | HEADPHONES ACTIVATED BY ROTATION OF AN EAR CUP - Headphones having an ear cup rotatable from a first rest position to a second on position which functions to automatically activate a switch assembly to connect to a power source provided in the headphones. When the ear cup is moved from the first position to the second position, a movable post moves to operate a tactile switch provided in a circuit containing the power source. When the ear cup is moved from the second position to the first position, the circuit including the power source is open and the headphones no longer operate, thereby prolonging the life of the power source. A spring is associated with the ear cup to automatically return that ear cup to the first position when the headphones are removed from the head of a user. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202127 | Condenser-Type Sounding Body Unit and Earphone Employing Same - A condenser-type sounding body unit is provided with a casing; a plate electrode comprising a conductor; a diaphragm disposed in opposition to the plate electrode; a spacer for insulating the plate electrode and the diaphragm, the spacer being disposed between the plate electrode and the diaphragm; a pair of signal input terminals electrically connected to the plate electrode and the diaphragm respectively; and a sandwiching section. The sandwiching section has a first sandwiching section comprising an insulating material and a second sandwiching section comprising a conductive material. The sandwiching section sandwiches the plate electrode and the diaphragm from both sides in the direction of opposition thereof. The diaphragm, in a state of being affixed to the second sandwiching section, is housed within the casing. A sound hole is formed in the casing, in a position in opposition to the diaphragm. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202128 | System and Method for Determining Meter Presence Utilizing Ambient Fingerprints - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing portable device presence utilizing environmental ambient audio fingerprints. Portable devices provide media exposure data and environmental ambient fingerprints to a processing device, where the environmental ambient signatures provide at least one characteristic of the ambient audio surrounding each portable device. The environmental ambient signatures are then processed to determine if they match. Portable devices associated with matching signatures are identified. Ambient fingerprints may also be used to establish a logical location where media exposure took place. The ambient signatures are alternately combined with monitored data to provide more robust data sets for contextual processing. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202129 | OBJECT-ORIENTED AUDIO STREAMING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing object-oriented audio are described. Audio objects can be created by associating sound sources with attributes of those sound sources, such as location, velocity, directivity, and the like. Audio objects can be used in place of or in addition to channels to distribute sound, for example, by streaming the audio objects over a network to a client device. The objects can define their locations in space with associated two or three dimensional coordinates. The objects can be adaptively streamed to the client device based on available network or client device resources. A renderer on the client device can use the attributes of the objects to determine how to render the objects. The renderer can further adapt the playback of the objects based on information about a rendering environment of the client device. Various examples of audio object creation techniques are also described. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202130 | Motion Based Compensation of Uplinked Audio - Embodiments relate to apparatuses for, and methods of, compensating for distance | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202131 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM,SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a provision control unit that provides choices expressed subjectively and associated with control for an acoustic signal, and an output unit that outputs a predetermined choice selected from the provided choices. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202132 | Motion Based Compensation of Downlinked Audio - Embodiments relate to systems for, and methods of, compensating for movement of a loudspeaker relative to a user's head, where the loudspeaker is present in a mobile device. Example systems and methods produce ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202133 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An audio signal processing system for recording a sound inputted into a channel of a mixer which receives a plurality of audio signals, processes the audio signals in a plurality of channels and outputs the processed signals, and reproducing the recorded audio signal for adjusting parameters of the mixer is provided. The audio signal processing system records, when record is instructed a channel is selected, an audio signal inputted to the selected channel with relation information indicating the selected channel, and reproduces, when reproduction is instructed and a channel is selected, an audio signal which has been stored with relation information indicating the selected channel. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ACOUSTO-HAPTIC SPEAKERS - The systems and methods described herein relate to, among other things, a transducer capable of producing acoustic and tactile stimulation. The transducer includes a rigid mass element disposed on the diaphragm of a speaker. The mass element may optionally be removable and may have a mass selected such that the resonant frequency of the transducer falls within the range of frequencies present in an input electrical audio signal. The systems and methods advantageously benefits from both the fidelity and audio performance of a full-range speaker while simultaneously producing high-fidelity, adjustable and palpable haptic vibrations. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202135 | BONE CONDUCTION COMMJNICATIONS HEADSET WITH HEARING PROTECTION - A communications headset includes bone vibrating transducers supported over the temporal bones of a wearer in front of each ear and an earpiece. The earpieces, when not in use, are magnetically couplable to a transducer housing. Radio signals received by a wearer or vehicular mounted radio are processed by and distributed through a communications interface to both the transducers and the earpiece speakers. Ambient or external noises picked up by one or more microphones on each earpiece are processed to reduce ambient noises above a certain level. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202136 | CHIP WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MICRO-SILICON CONDENSER MICROPHONE INTEGRATED ON SINGLE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A method for integrating an IC and a MEMS component includes the following steps: S1) providing a SOI base ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202137 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUDIO FEATURE OF A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A method of using a remote control application for controlling a hearing assistance device may include displaying a user interface layout on a display of a mobile device, the user interface layout including at least one user input element associated with controlling an audio feature of a hearing assistance device; receiving a selection of the at least one user input element; translating the selection of the at least one user input element into a remote signal for controlling the feature of the hearing assistance device; and transmitting the remote signal to the hearing assistance device via a transmitter attachment coupled to the mobile device. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202138 | HEARING AID, HEARING AID FITTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER DEVICE - A hearing aid fitting management system comprises a fitting device, a server, and a client device that are connectable to each other in a network. The server stores hearing ability data received from the client device as a hearing ability certificate, produces a prescription number corresponding to the hearing ability certificate, and sends the prescription number to the client device. The fitting device sends the server the prescription number that has been inputted. The server sends the fitting device the hearing ability certificate corresponding to the prescription number received from the fitting device. The fitting device sends the hearing ability certificate to a hearing aid, and limits the settings in the fitting of the hearing aid to within the range of the hearing ability data. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202139 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A SIGNAL PROCESSING COMPONENT IN A HOUSING OF A HEARING APPARATUS AND HEARING APPARATUS - A hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing aid are to be optimized as regards the risk of feedback. The hearing apparatus contains a housing, having a first opening and a second opening, and with a frame, in or on which a signal processing component is attached, and which can be inserted into the first opening of the housing as far as an end position. A ramp is disposed in the housing which interacts with the frame such that the frame is also moved perpendicular to the direction of insertion toward the second opening during insertion into the housing along a direction of insertion only in one section as far as the end position, which is less than 30% of the insertion path from the first opening to the end position. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202140 | BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE INCLUDING A BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR HAVING RADIAL AND AXIAL AIR GAPS - A bone conduction device configured to couple to an abutment of an anchor system anchored to a recipient's skull. The bone conduction device includes a vibrating electromagnetic actuator configured to vibrate in response to sound signals received by the bone conduction device, and a coupling apparatus configured to attach the bone conduction device to the abutment so as to impart to the recipient's skull vibrations generated by the vibrating electromagnetic actuator. The vibrating electromagnetic actuator includes a bobbin assembly and a counterweight assembly. Two axial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly and two radial air gaps are located between the bobbin assembly and the counterweight assembly. No substantial amount of the dynamic magnetic flux passes through the radial air gaps. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202141 | CUSTOM EAR ADAPTOR SYSTEM - An earpiece system for adapting an electronic sound producing module to an elastomeric earpiece device. The earpiece system includes an elastomeric base that mechanically snaps together with the electronic sound producing module, and a vibration dampening tube that prevents sound feedback of the overall amplification unit while also interfacing with one of a selection of elastomeric devices that fit in the ear, or a custom molded in-the-ear housing. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202142 | LOW POWER MICROPHONE CIRCUITS FOR VEHICLES - A low power microphone circuit for a vehicle is provided that includes: at least one microphone transducer; a digital signal processor for receiving output signals from the at least one microphone transducer and for generating a digitally processed audio signal; an output amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the digital signal processor and modulating an input voltage with the audio signal; and a DC power supply for supplying power to the digital signal processor. The output amplifier and the DC power supply may be electrically coupled in series. The DC power supply and the output amplifier may be powered by the input current, where the input current is no greater than about 6 mA. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202143 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A foldable tongue piece portion formed to extend at an end of a microphone bush. An insertion hole in which a lead wire is inserted is formed near the tongue piece portion. By storing a microphone, to which the microphone bush is attached, in a container portion, the tongue piece portion is folded and the lead wire drawn through the insertion hole is pressed. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202144 | HEADSET WITH ROTATABLE EARPIECE - A sound delivery device is provided which includes a headband having a first end and a second end, and an earpiece and a speaker are mounted adjacent the first end of the headband. The earpiece is constructed and arranged to be rotatable with respect to the speaker to optimize comfort, fit, and performance. The earpiece can include a cylindrical section constructed and arranged to cooperate with a spherical section of a joint, and arranged to be rotatable with respect to the joint. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202145 | EARPHONE - An earphone | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202146 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH CONNECTION CABLE AND EARPHONE/EAR PLUG MANAGEMENT - There is provided an electronic apparatus having a main body, an ear phone and a connection cable with a substantial length for connecting the ear phone to the main body. The apparatus is provided with a device to releasably secure the earphone and/or the connection cable to the apparatus to minimize the connection cable from tangling up, and wherein the securing device has i) a mounting means having a surrounding wall defining a first cavity with a width slightly larger than the width of the connection cable for releasably mounting a section of the connection cable to the apparatus and/or ii) a recess for releasably securing the ear phone to the apparatus. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202147 | SPEAKER MOUNTING SYSTEM - A speaker mounting system comprising a speaker housing configured to house a speaker, a wall mount configured to be mechanically fastened to a wall, and one or more adjustment pieces actuatably connecting the speaker housing to the wall mount. The adjustment pieces may comprise a first adjustment piece fixed to the wall mount and a second adjustment piece slidably and rotatably attached to the first adjustment piece and pivotally attached to the speaker housing. The second adjustment piece may be configured to laterally slide toward and away from the wall mount and to rotate about a first axis and the speaker housing may be configured to rotate or pivot relative to the second adjustment piece about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The speaker mounting system may also comprise a biasing member and locking mechanism for selectively allowing and preventing rotation about the first and second axes. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202148 | ACTIVE MUFFLER - An active muffler ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202149 | SPEAKER APPARATUS WITH N-DIVIDED MAGNET STRUCTURE - A speaker apparatus with an N-divided magnet structure for an audio device includes a hollow-type speaker frame, at least two unit magnets arranged within the hollow-type speaker frame, a voice coil installed adjacent to the unit magnets, and a diaphragm. The at least two unit magnets are arranged at predetermined intervals on a magnet arrangement line, thereby excluding an unnecessary part of a magnet, and at least one divided unit magnet is formed. Thus, the abuse of a magnet substrate by magnet cutting of a closed loop shape is prevented and a cost reduction of the audio device is promoted. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATIC CONTENT RECOGNITION ABSTRACTION LAYER - A method and system for an automatic content recognition (ACR) abstraction layer are described in which real-time event manager in an ACR system may be utilized to receive interactive event identifiers and to assign those identifiers to sets of video fingerprints generated by multiple real-time fingerprint servers (RTFSs). The video fingerprints may be generated from a network television feed by utilizing video fingerprint technologies that are different for each RTFS. The interactive event identifiers may be determined from different sources. When determined from content ingested by the ACR system, for example, the interactive event identifiers may be based on a video fingerprinting process separate from those utilized by the RTFSs. The RTFSs may communicate the sets of video fingerprints and interactive event identifiers to corresponding fingerprint match systems, which in turn may communicate with devices that utilize the same video fingerprint technology as the corresponding RTFS. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202151 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PHASE AND AMPLITUDE FROM INTENSITY IMAGES - An intensity image is collected at each of a plurality of locations spaced apart in a propagation direction of a light beam. Information from the intensity images is combined using a Kalman filter which assumes that at least one co-variance matrix has a diagonal form. This leads to considerable reduction in computational complexity. An augmented Kalman filter model (augmented space state model) is used in place of the standard Kalman filter model. The augmented Kalman filter improves the robustness to noise. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202152 | Selecting Visible Regions in Nighttime Images for Performing Clear Path Detection - A method provides for determining visible regions in a captured image during a nighttime lighting condition. An image is captured from an image capture device mounted to a vehicle. An intensity histogram of the captured image is generated. An intensity threshold is applied to the intensity histogram for identifying visible candidate regions of a path of travel. The intensity threshold is determined from a training technique that utilizes a plurality of training-based captured images of various scenes. An objective function is used to determine objective function values for each correlating intensity value of each training-based captured image. The objective function values and associated intensity values for each of the training-based captured images are processed for identifying a minimum objective function value and associated optimum intensity threshold for identifying the visible candidate regions of the captured image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202153 | Object Tracking with Opposing Image Capture Devices - Systems and method of compensating for tracking motion of an object are disclosed. One such method includes receiving a series of images captured by each of a plurality of image capture devices. The image capture devices are arranged in an orthogonal configuration of two opposing pairs. The method further includes computing a series of positions of the object and orientations of the object, by processing the images captured by each of the plurality of image capture devices. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202154 | PRODUCT IMAGING DEVICE, PRODUCT IMAGING METHOD, IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A product imaging device ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202155 | LOW-COST LANE MARKER DETECTION - A method for detecting a lane marker, the method including (i) receiving, from an image acquisition device, a first image comprising the road lane marker, (ii) scanning, into a memory, a first substantially horizontal line across the first image, (iii) computing, using a processor, an intensity gradient from the first scanned line, and (iv) determining a first position of the road lane marker by analyzing the intensity gradient. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202156 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING BASIC PATTERNS FORMING THE TREAD PATTERN OF A TYRE - A method for inspecting tyre tread, having circumferentially juxtaposed elements separated by identically shaped boundaries and having patterns arranged in a predetermined sequence, includes: acquiring an image of a surface of the tyre tread, the image including pixels associated with a light-intensity level; transforming the image by circumferentially offsetting pixels located axially at a same distance (x | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATION OF BUILDING WALL AREA - A wall area estimation system generates an estimated wall area measurement of a building based on the received roof measurements (e.g., those generated by, received from or found in a three dimensional model of the roof) and a reference distance. The reference distance is a measurement indicative of a distance between a reference point on the roof and a ground surface. This reference distance may be used to determine how for down to extend the walls of the building (e.g., to a ground level) when building a three dimensional digital model of the building to aid in generating wall area measurements. The resulting wall measurements, roof measurements, measurements of areas missing from the wall used to generate a wall estimate report, or a combined roof and wall estimate report including various different identifiers indicating the different features and measurements based on the three dimensional model. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202158 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device that detects a plurality of moving subjects from a plurality of frames captured at a predetermined timing, selects a predetermined moving subject from the detected plurality of moving subjects, and composites images on a trajectory of the selected moving subject and a still image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202159 | APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME FACE RECOGNITION - Disclosed herein is a real-time face recognition apparatus and method. A real-time face recognition apparatus includes a face detection unit for detecting a face image by obtaining image coordinates of a face from an input image. An eye detection unit obtains image coordinates of both eyes in the face image. A facial feature extraction unit generates feature histogram data based on parallel processing from the face image. A DB unit stores predetermined comparative feature histograms. A histogram matching unit compares the histogram data generated by the facial feature extraction unit with the comparative feature histograms, and then outputting similarities of face images. The face recognition apparatus may be implemented as internal hardware in which a VGA camera and an exclusive chip interface with each other, thus remarkably reducing a system size and installation cost, and performing face recognition in real time without requiring additional equipment. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202160 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, RECOGNITION CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND RECOGNITION CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing terminal capable of imposing restrictions on a predetermined function includes an image input unit capable of inputting a facial image of a recognition object person, a facial image storage unit for storing a facial image of a recognition registrant, a concordance rate detection unit for detecting a concordance rate between the facial image of the recognition object person and the facial image of the recognition registrant, a restriction cancel unit for canceling the restrictions on the predetermined function on the basis of the concordance rate detected by the concordance rate detection unit, a display unit capable of displaying information, and a display control unit for controlling to display information concerning the concordance rate on the display unit concurrently with the facial image of the recognition object person. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202161 | Enhanced face detection using depth information - A method for face detection includes capturing a depth map and an image of a scene and selecting one or more locations in the image to test for presence of human faces. At each selected location, a respective face detection window is defined, having a size that is scaled according to a depth coordinate of the location that is indicated by the depth map. Apart of the image that is contained within each face detection window is processed to determine whether the face detection window contains a human face. Similar methods may also be applied in identifying other object types. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202162 | METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACIAL SHAPE - A method of reconstructing a three-dimensional (3D) facial shape with super resolution even from a short moving picture having a front facial image by acquiring a super-resolution facial image by applying, as a weighting factor, a per-unit-patch similarity between a target frame and frames remaining after excluding the target frame from among a plurality of continuous frames including the front facial image, and reconstructing the 3D facial shape based on the acquired super-resolution facial image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202163 | SUBJECT DETERMINATION APPARATUS THAT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECT IS SPECIFIC SUBJECT - A subject determination apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit, first and second similarity degree determination units, an information obtaining unit, and a subject determination unit. The second similarity degree determination unit determines whether a similarity degree between a reference image and an image of a candidate region of a specific subject image in one of frame images sequentially obtained by the image obtaining unit is equal to or more than a second threshold value smaller than a first threshold value if the similarity degree is determined by the first similarity degree determination unit to be less than the first threshold value. The information obtaining unit obtains information indicating a similarity degree between the reference image and an image of a region corresponding to the candidate region in another frame image obtained a predetermined number of frames before the one frame image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202164 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT WITHIN FINGERPRINT MATCHING - A method for searching a database comprising data related to a plurality of fingerprints. Two or more feature points in an image of an unknown fingerprint are identified. A plurality of properties are generated. The plurality of properties are based on the two or more feature points. A number comprising a plurality of digits, e.g. binary digits, is assigned to each of the plurality of properties. In a subsequent step, a numeric representation of said fingerprint is generated based on the assigned numbers. The numeric representation is generated by interleaving the plurality of digits, such that the digits of the numeric representation are arranged in an interleaved or intertwined manner within the numeric representation. The numeric representation is used as a search argument when searching the database. The invention also relates to an apparatus and computer program product. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202165 | Malignant Mass Detection and Classification in Radiographic Images - An image analysis embodiment comprises subsampling a digital image by a subsample factor related to a first anomaly size scale, thereby generating a subsampled image, smoothing the subsampled image to generate a smoothed image, determining a minimum negative second derivative for each pixel in the smoothed image, determining each pixel having a convex down curvature based on a negative minimum negative second derivative value for the respective pixel, joining each eight-neighbor connected pixels having convex down curvature to identify each initial anomaly area, selecting the initial anomaly areas having strongest convex down curvatures based on a respective maximum negative second derivative for each of the initial anomaly areas, extracting one or more classification features for each selected anomaly area, and classifying the selected anomaly areas based on the extracted one or more classification features. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202166 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID RECONSTRUCTION OF AN OBJECT FROM PROJECTION DATA - The invention relates to an imaging apparatus for imaging an object of interest. An analytical reconstruction unit ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE - A method and apparatus for generating a gene expression profile by obtaining data relating to phenotypes and data relating to gene expression from biological samples and statistically analyzing them together. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202168 | PLANE-BY-PLANE ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION FOR DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS - A method for digitally reconstructing a 3-dimensional tomosynthesis image by iterative reconstruction, a reconstructor, and a computer program product method are capable of plane-by-plane iterative reconstruction for digital breast tomosynthesis. The reconstruction process is based on a grouped coordinate ascent algorithm where the volume is split into a plurality of patches, wherein all patches are parallel to a surface of a detector. Splitting the volume allows implementing a modified model for image acquisition where the physical movement of the x-ray source is taken into account because each of the patches is updated separately and sequentially. In addition the splitting allows an efficient implementation on a graphical processing unit by reducing memory requirements. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ULTRASOUND IMAGE DATA - An ultrasound image data providing method, the method including: storing ultrasound image data including an ultrasound image and tag information relating to the ultrasound image; receiving a predetermined search word; extracting ultrasound image data including tag information relating to the predetermined search word; and displaying the extracted ultrasound image data. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202170 | AUTOMATED VASCULAR REGION SEPARATION IN MEDICAL IMAGING - A system and/or method automatically identifies one or more vascular regions in a medical image or set of medical images. For example, the system/method may automatically identify vascular structures as belonging to the left carotid, right carotid, and/or basilar vascular regions in the head. The system/method takes as input the medical image(s) and automatically identifies one or more vascular regions. The system/method may also automatically generate MIP renderings of the identified region or regions. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202171 | METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME DATA, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus has a capture device for capturing 1D or 2D image data. A position and/or orientation for a moving section of an examination object is captured, for example using a measuring device, for a plurality of capture times for the image data. A computation device reconstructs 3D volume data from the image data based on projection parameters and based on the position and/or orientation of the moving section of the examination object. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202172 | ALIGNMENT OF POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHS BY VIRTUAL TOMOGRAPHS - Positron emission tomography, possibly in combination with computed tomography, allows in addition to medical diagnostic imaging the quantitative determination of various parameters. Quantitative measurements using tomographs exhibit a severe and unavoidable dependency on the imaging properties of the respective tomograph, which makes quantitative assessment of the results difficult. This relates particularly to multicentric medical studies, which obligatorily require quantitative comparability of the data measured by the participating centers. The methods claimed herein include the definition of a virtual tomograph with defined imaging properties. The claimed methods also cover determination of the imaging properties of different tomographs on the basis of suitable reference measurements and possibly by using a calibration phantom. Based on the definition of the virtual tomograph and the determination of the imaging properties of different tomographs, the methods according to the invention then allow conversion and subsequently standardized and quantitatively comparable representation of the image data recorded by the different tomographs or systems as if all measurements were acquired equally by the virtual system. The method according to the invention therefore supports the quantitative evaluation of image data in multicentric studies. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202173 | CLASSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE BY MULTI-MODE DATA REGISTRATION, SEGMENTATION AND CHARACTERIZATION - A method and apparatus for classifying possibly vulnerable plaques from sets of DCE-MRI images includes receiving a set of MRI slice images obtained at respectively different times, where each slice image includes voxels representative of at least one region of interest (ROI). The images are processed to determine the boundaries of the ROIs and the voxels within the identified boundaries in corresponding regions of the images from each time period are processed to extract kinetic texture features. The kinetic texture features are then used in a classification process which classifies the ROIs as vulnerable or stable. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING SYMMETRY INFORMATION OF OBJECTS - A method of obtaining symmetry information of objects, the method includes: acquiring at least one second feature point matched to at least one first feature point of the objects, which are extracted from an ultrasound image of the objects, from a mirror image obtained by reversing the ultrasound image based on an arbitrary axis; acquiring a third feature point corresponding to a location of the second feature point in the mirror image from the ultrasound image; determining a symmetry axis of the objects by using a center point between the first feature point and the third feature point; and acquiring symmetry information indicating whether the objects are symmetrical about the determined symmetry axis. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202175 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method. The image processing apparatus includes: a data acquisition device for acquiring image data of a subject including a target bone; and a data processor for acquiring binary image data by performing thresholding based on the image data, segmenting the binary image data into a plurality of segments by labeling, determining one of the plurality of segments as a target image based on image characteristics of the target bone, and measuring a length of the target bone based on the target image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202176 | Systems for Processing Images Generated Using Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (FDOCT) - Methods, systems and computer program products for managing frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) image resolution. A spectrum used to acquire an image of a subject is calibrated and default dispersion correction parameters are set. Default dispersion management parameters associated with a region of the image of the subject are also set. The image of the subject is acquires after setting the default dispersion correction parameters and the default dispersion management parameters. A quality of the acquired image is compared to a quality metric for the acquired image. The dispersion correction parameters are adjusted if the quality of the acquired image does not meet or exceed the quality metric for the acquired image. The acquired image is reprocesses based on the adjusted dispersion correction parameters. The steps of comparing, adjusting and reprocessing are repeated until the acquired image meets or exceeds the quality metric for the acquired image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202177 | NON-LINEAR RESOLUTION REDUCTION FOR MEDICAL IMAGERY - A method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) low-resolution image from a 3D high-resolution medical image. The 3D high-resolution medical image is a plurality of 2D images having an axial resolution in an axial direction in which the plurality of 2D images were acquired, the method including decomposing the plurality of 2D images generating a plurality of transformed data sets, wherein the transformed data sets corresponds to one of the plurality of 2D images; weighting each pixel in the transformed data sets lo generate a plurality of weighted transformed data sets; combining the plurality of weighted transformed data into a single new transformed data set; and generating a 3D low-resolution image, having a first resolution in the axial direction from each of the single new transformed data sets, wherein the first resolution in the axial direction of the 3D low-resolution image is lower than or equal to the axial resolution. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202178 | UNDER-SAMPLED, MULTI-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) DATA ACQUISITION DATA PROCESSING - A method includes extracting a fully sampled fixed kVp sinogram for a pre-determined kVp of interest from an under-sampled mixed kVp sinogram generated from a switched kVp computed tomography scan. A system includes a fixed sinogram extractor that extracts a fully sampled fixed kVp sinogram from an under-sampled mixed kVp sinogram from a switched kVp computed tomography scan. A method includes de-noising at least one of a fully sampled fixed kVp sinogram extracted from an under-sampled mixed kVp sinogram or the under-sampled mixed kVp sinogram by smoothing lower kVp measurements of the sinograms and sharpening higher kVp measurements of the sinograms. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202179 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF THE SPINAL COLUMN BY VERTEBRA VECTORS, SACRUM VECTOR, SACRUM PLATEAU VECTOR AND PELVIS VECTOR - A new system and method introducing vertebra vectors for the three-dimensional (3D) visualization and its use for the complete 3D characterization and numerical analysis of vertebrae in spinal deformities is covered in this application. A vertebra vector representing its respective vertebra means a simplification of the very complex visual information in digital images and 3D reconstructions provided by the current radiodiagnostic devices, without sacrificing relevant data for the information important to understand the underlying processes in spinal deformation: 3D mathematical data on vertebral size, position, orientation and rotation. A series of vertebra vectors of the thoracic and lumbar spinal region provide the ability of a virtual 3D reconstruction of the spine, in frontal, sagittal and horizontal plane. Conventional angulation measurement methods to describe and characterize the spinal column in the frontal and sagittal plane are preserved and readily applicable by methods using vertebra vectors as well. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202180 | Image Processing Method, Image Processing System, and X-Ray Computed Tomography System - Disclosed is image processing: that significantly reduces false images and missing images in reconstructed images, improves reconstruction accuracy; and that can be applied to objects to be observed that are composed of a plurality of components, and to samples having an unknown number of structural compositions. An image processing device is provided with: a means, in an electron microscope having an imaging device and a tilting device that tilts an object to be observed, for tilting said object to be observed in an angle step, and storing the obtained tiled image; a means for aligning the position of said tilted images; a means for generating an initial reconstructed image based on said tilted images; a means for projecting said initial reconstructed image at arbitrarily-defined angles and generating a plurality of projected images; a means for calculating errors in the corresponding pixels between the tilted images and the projection images; a means for determining a processing priority from said errors; a means for calculating the density for each gradation level; a means for determining the processing priority from said densities; and a means for changing the density value of each pixel in the initial reconstructed image in each of the above-mentioned priorities. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202181 | INTEGRATION OF FILTERS AND PHASE UNWRAPPING ALGORITHMS FOR REMOVING NOISE IN IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - A method to detect and remove noise in image reconstruction. The method includes integration of filters and phase unwrapping algorithms for removing speckle noise, residual noise and noise at the lateral surface of height discontinuities. The method is used for generating a noise-free unwrapped phase map and hence, a successful image reconstruction of an object image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202182 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS FROM BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS - Methods and devices are disclosed for collecting fingerprint and genetic information from an individual during a single collection session. A skin site is illuminated by direct imaging of the skin site using light reflected from the illuminated skin site. A cell of the individual, such as a skin cell, is retrieved from the collection surface. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202183 | METHOD FOR IMAGING AND DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF CELLS - Provided are methods for determining and analyzing photometric and morphometric features of small objects, such as cells to, for example, identify different cell states. In particularly, methods are provided for identifying apoptotic cells, and for distinguishing between cells undergoing apoptosis versus necrosis. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202184 | Coin Identification System and Method Using Image Processing - A coin identification system and method is disclosed for determining the identity of a source coin by way of image processing. The system comprises a source coin image capture means, an image processing means, and an output that relays information to the user or sorts the coin according to its match results. The processing means compares at least one image of the source coin to a plurality of reference coin images, whereby the image of the source coin is manipulated and overlaid onto the reference coin images to determine if a match is available with a given probability. An embodiment of the system employs a coin collection and sorting device. Another embodiment contemplates a handheld electronic device that captures and processes the source coin. Both embodiments may connect to a remote server housing the reference coin information or store the information locally. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202185 | Method for optically decoding a debit or credit card - A method for collecting and transmitting information desired for a commercial transaction from a debit or credit card uses a processor configured with optical character recognition (OCR) capability. At least one optical image of the debit or credit card is collected by the processor. The edges of the card are algorithmically defined from the collected image. Predefined offsets are applied to the algorithmically defined edges of the debit or credit card to algorithmically locate an area in the collected image having the desired transactional data. The transactional data within the located area is encoded and transmitted for further processing of the commercial transaction. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING CRITICAL DIMENSION AND MONITORING FABRICATION UNIFORMITY - A method for measuring critical dimension (CD) includes steps of: scanning at least one area of interest of a die to obtain at least one scanned image; aligning the scanned image to at least one designed layout pattern to identify a plurality of borders within the scanned image; and averaging distances each measured from the border or the plurality of borders of a pattern associated with a specific type of CD corresponding to the designed layout pattern to obtain a value of CD of the die. The value of critical dimensions of dies can be obtained from the scanned image with lower resolution which is obtained by relatively higher scanning speed, so the above-mentioned method can obtain value of CD for every die within entire wafer to monitor the uniformity of the semiconductor manufacturing process within an acceptable inspection time. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202187 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAD-BASED REGISTRATION - A system for location based wafer analysis, the system comprising: (i) a first input interface; (ii) a second input interface; (iii) a correlator; and (iv) a processor, configured to generate inspection results for the inspected wafer, with the help of at least one frame run-time displacement. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202188 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD, DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS, PROGRAM PRODUCT AND OUTPUT UNIT - A defect inspection method has the following steps. An irradiation step of irradiating illumination light on an object. A detection step of detecting scattered light from the object. A defect detection step having the following steps. A first pixel-value information acquisition step of dividing an image based on the scattered light into multiple areas and obtaining first pixel value information, information of the pixel value about each of the multiple areas. A second pixel-value information acquisition step of acquiring second pixel value information, information of the pixel value about all the areas by processing the first pixel value information obtained. A similarity calculation step of calculating the similarity between each image of the multiple areas and the image of all the areas by comparing the first and the second pixel value information. A defect extraction step of extracting a defect of the object using the calculated similarity. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202189 | DEFECT CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A defect classification method to classify defects by using a classifier having a binary tree structure based on features of defects extracted from detected signals acquired from a defect inspection apparatus includes a classifier construction process for constructing the classifier by setting a branch condition including defect classes respectively belonging to groups located on both sides of the branch point, a feature to be used for branching, and a discriminant reference, for each branch point in the structure based on instruction of defect classes and feature data respectively associated therewith beforehand. The process includes a priority order specification process for previously specifying target classification performance of purity and accuracy for each defect class, whole and in worst case, with priority order, and an evaluation process for evaluating whether the specified target classification performance under the branching condition is satisfied and displaying a result of evaluation, every item. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202190 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image detector and a controller. The image detector is utilized for receiving a surrounding image, and analyzing the surrounding image to determine a user's position. The controller is coupled to the image detector, and is utilized for receiving a stereo image, and modifying the stereo image to generate a modified stereo image by at least rotating the stereo image according to the user's position. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202191 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-view image generating method adapted to a 2D-to-3D conversion apparatus is provided. The multi-view image generating method includes the following steps. A pair of images is received. The pair of images is captured from different angles by a single image capturing apparatus rotating a rotation angle. A disparity map is generated based on one of the pair of images. A remapped disparity map is generated based on the disparity map by using a non-constant function. A depth map is generated based on the remapped disparity map. Multi-view images are generated based on the one of the pair of images and the depth map. Furthermore, a multi-view image generating apparatus adapted to the 2D-to-3D conversion apparatus is also provided. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202192 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING CREEP - A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202193 | FRACTAL METHOD FOR DETECTING AND FILLING DATA GAPS WITHIN LIDAR DATA - Method for improving the quality of a set of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud data representing a physical surface by detecting and filling null spaces ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202194 | Method for generating high resolution depth images from low resolution depth images using edge information - A method interpolates and filters a depth image with reduced resolution to recover a high resolution depth image using edge information, wherein each depth image includes an array of pixels at locations and wherein each pixel has a depth. The reduced depth image is first up-sampled, interpolating the missing positions by repeating the nearest-neighboring depth value. Next, a moving window is applied to the pixels in the up-sampled depth image. The window covers a set of pixels centred at each pixel. The pixels covered by the window are selected according to their relative position to the edge, and only pixels that are within the same side of the edge of the centre pixel are used for the filtering procedure. A single representative depth from the set of selected pixel in the window is assigned to the pixel to produce a processed depth image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202195 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF OBJECTS - The purpose of this invention is a device and a method which will permit the acquisition and subsequent reconstruction of objects with volume throughout the total external surface. This invention is characterised in that it has a particular mode of acquisition on the free fall object in such a way that there is no support surface which prevents acquisition of the surface which would be hidden by said support. The invention is also characterised by special modes of distribution of the cameras which optimise image capturing and provide useful information in the subsequent reconstruction of the volume through computer means. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE SENSING OF OBJECTS UTILIZING RADIATION SPECKLE - Disclosed are systems and methods to extract information about the size and shape of an object by observing variations of the radiation pattern caused by illuminating the object with coherent radiation sources and changing the wavelengths of the source. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are described for recovering the image of an object utilizing projected and transparent reference points and radiation sources. Sensing and image-reconstruction systems and methods are also described for rapid sensing of such radiation patterns. A computational system and method is also described for sensing and reconstructing the image from its autocorrelation. This computational approach uses the fact that the autocorrelation is the weighted sum of shifted copies of an image, where the shifts are obtained by sequentially placing each individual scattering cell of the object at the origin of the autocorrelation space. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202197 | System and Method for Manipulating Data Having Spatial Co-ordinates - Systems and methods are provided for extracting various features from data having spatial coordinates. The systems and methods may identify and extract data points from a point cloud, where the data points are considered to be part of the ground surface, a building, or a wire (e.g. power lines). Systems and methods are also provided for enhancing a point cloud using external data (e.g. images and other point clouds), and for tracking a moving object by comparing images with a point cloud. An objects database is also provided which can be used to scale point clouds to be of similar size. The objects database can also be used to search for certain objects in a point cloud, as well as recognize unidentified objects in a point cloud. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202198 | Landmarks from Digital Photo Collections - Methods and systems for automatic detection of landmarks in digital images and annotation of those images are disclosed. A method for detecting and annotating landmarks in digital images includes the steps of automatically assigning a tag descriptive of a landmark to one or more images in a plurality of text-associated digital images to generate a set of landmark-tagged images, learning an appearance model for the landmark from the set of landmark-tagged images, and detecting the landmark in a new digital image using the appearance model. The method can also include a step of annotating the new image with the tag descriptive of the landmark. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202199 | USING HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS TO ESTIMATE PIXEL VALUES IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING TO IMPROVE ACCURACY AND COMPUTATION EFFICIENCY - A method, system and computer program product for improving accuracy and computation efficiency in interpolation, upsampling and color channel estimation. A Bayesian estimator used to estimate the value of a pixel in an image is constructed using measurements of high-order (e.g., 3rd, 4th, 5th) statics for nearby points in natural images. These measurements reveal highly systematic statistical regularities that were ignored from the prior algorithms due to their restrictive measurements and assumptions. As a result, the accuracy in interpolation, upsampling and color channel prediction is improved. Furthermore, the process for constructing a Bayesian estimator is simpler and more direct by storing in a table the mean value of the pixel value to be estimated for each combination of values of nearby points in training samples. As a result of having a simpler and more direct approach than existing methods, the computational efficiency is improved. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202200 | COMPUTER-AIDED ASSIGNMENT OF RATINGS TO DIGITAL SAMPLES OF A MANUFACTURED WEB PRODUCT - A computerized rating tool is described that assists a user in efficiently and consistently assigning expert ratings (i.e., labels) to a large collection of training images representing samples of a given product. The rating tool provides mechanisms for visualizing the training images in an intuitive and configurable fashion, including clustering and ordering the training images. In some embodiments, the rating tool provides an easy-to-use interface for exploring multiple types of defects represented in the data and efficiently assigning expert ratings. In other embodiments, the computer automatically assigns ratings (i.e., labels) to the individual clusters containing the large collection of digital images representing the samples. In addition, the computerized tool has capabilities ideal for labeling very large datasets, including the ability to automatically identify and select a most relevant subset of the images for a defect and to automatically propagate labels from this subset to the remaining images without requiring further user interaction. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202201 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS OF REGIONS OF IMAGE - Methods of efficiently coding and decoding an image by analyzing each of regions of the image are provided. In the image coding method, an image format and a coding mode of a first region of an image are determined, whether a current image format of the first region is to be switched is determined based on the determined image format, and the first region is coded based on the determined image format and coding mode. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202202 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image processing device includes a compression circuit adapted to perform compression of image data after sorting the pixels in an arrangement included in a plurality of lines in image data into a plurality of lines corresponding respectively to color components, a memory adapted to store the image data thus compressed, and an expansion circuit adapted to expand the image data thus compressed to restore the arrangement of the pixels. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202203 | COLOR SELECTION TOOL FOR SELECTING A CUSTOM COLOR COMPONENT - A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for execution by at least one processing unit is described. The computer program receives a selection of a location on an image that includes several pixels. Each pixel has several color values. The computer program identifies a set of color values of a pixel that corresponds to the selected location on the image. Based on the identified set of color values, the computer program defines a custom color component that is defined by a fractional contribution from each of the plurality of primary color components of the color space. The computer program generates a response curve along the custom color component. The response curve corresponds a set of input color values of the custom color component to a set of output color values of the custom color component. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202204 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus for converting an original image. Processing of blurring an input original image is performed to generate a blurred image. A difference image that is the difference between the original image and an adjusted image obtained by adjusting the density of the blurred image is generated. The difference image and the original image are composited based on the density of the difference image and the density of the original image. This allows to easily obtain a painting-like effect even in, for example, a low-contrast portion of an image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTICALLY ANNOTATING IMAGES - Techniques for semantically annotating images in a plurality of images, each image in the plurality of images comprising at least one image region. The techniques include identifying at least two similar images including a first image and a second image, identifying corresponding image regions in the first image and the second image, and assigning, using at least one processor, annotations to image regions in one or more images in the plurality of images by using a metric of fit indicative of a degree of match between the assigned annotations and the corresponding image regions. The metric of fit may depend on at least one annotation for each image in a subset of the plurality of images and the identified correspondence between image regions in the first image and the second image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202206 | EXPOSURE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON COMPOSITION FOR AUTOMATIC IMAGE CORRECTION - Provided is a composition-based exposure measuring method and apparatus for measuring an exposure degree of an object included in an image, including: receiving an input of the image; measuring an exposure amount of a pixel located in a region determined based on a composition, among pixels of the received image; and determining the exposure degree of the object based on the measured exposure amount. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202207 | METHOD, SERVER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ASSISTING MULTIPLE USERS TO PERFORM COLLECTION SIMULTANEOUSLY - The present invention relates to a method for assisting multiple users to perform a collection simultaneously. The method includes the steps of: (a) acquiring digital data created with respect to recognition reference information of an object from a terminal of each of the multiple users; (b) determining or recognizing whether the respective digital data on the recognition reference information acquired through the terminals were created within a preset place condition and whether the respective digital data on the recognition reference information acquired through the terminals were created within a preset scope of the time; (c) selecting a specified group of users, including a first to an n-th user among the multiple users, who create the digital data within the preset place condition and within the preset scope of the time; and (d) providing information on rewards corresponding to the object for users included in the specified group of users. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device comprises a word string acquirer which acquires a word string that is a target of analysis; a partial string extractor which extracts, using two words on either side of each space in the word string, a partial string containing one word but not the other, a partial string not containing the one word but containing the other, and a partial string containing both words from the word string; a division coefficient acquirer which acquires, for each partial string, division coefficients indicating degree of reliability in dividing the partial string by respective division patterns that divide the partial string into words; a probability coefficient acquirer which calculates a coefficient indicating probability that the word string is divided at the space based on the division coefficients; and an ouputter which determines division of the word string based on the coefficient, and divides and outputs the word string. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202209 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device including an image quality configuring part configured to configure image quality on a per-recognizable scene of an image basis according to an instruction from a user, an image quality storage configured to store the image quality configured for each scene, an image recognition part configured to recognize a scene of an image to be acquired, and an image processing part configured to perform image processing on the image based on the image quality configured for the recognized scene by the image quality configuring part. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202210 | METHOD FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY PREDICTION FROM STREAMING VIDEOS - A method for human activity prediction from streaming videos includes extracting space-time local features from video streams containing video information related to human activities; and clustering the extracted space-time local features into multiple visual words based on the appearance of the features. Further, the method for the human activity prediction includes computing an activity likelihood value by modeling each activity as an integral histogram of the visual words; and predicting the human activity based on the computed activity likelihood value. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202211 | Method for Recognition of a Predetermined Pattern in an Image Data Set - A method for recognition of a predetermined pattern in an image data set recorded by a device for recording of at least two electromagnetic frequency spectra is provided. A first difference value is formed for the image points of the selected area as a function of a difference between a data vector of a corresponding image point and a first reference data vector. A second difference value is formed for an image point of a selected area as a function of a difference between the data vector of this image point and a second reference data vector. A predetermined pattern is recognized when it is determined at least one pattern correlation quantity is below a predetermined threshold value and a local minimum is present. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images captured from a plurality of observation points for a predetermined object, a feature point extraction unit configured to extract a feature point in each of the images acquired by the image acquisition unit, a correspondence relationship acquisition unit configured to acquire a correspondence relationship of the feature points based on images from among adjacent observation points, and an information presentation unit configured to quantitatively present information about the correspondence relationship acquired by the correspondence relationship acquisition unit. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST AND ROBUST IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PRODUCT IMAGES - Identification of objects in images. All images are scanned for key-points and a descriptor is computed for each region. A large number of descriptor examples are clustered into a Vocabulary of Visual Words. An inverted file structure is extended to support clustering of matches in the pose space. It has a hit list for every visual word, which stores all occurrences of the word in all reference images. Every hit stores an identifier of the reference image where the key-point was detected and its scale and orientation. Recognition starts by assigning key-points from the query image to the closest visual words. Then, every pairing of the key-point and one of the hits from the list casts a vote into a pose accumulator corresponding to the reference image where the hit was found. Every pair key-point/hit predicts specific orientation and scale of the model represented by the reference image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202214 | SHAPE AND PHOTOMETRIC INVARIANTS RECOVERY FROM POLARISATION IMAGES - The disclosure concerns processing of electronic images, such as hyperspectral, or multispectral images. In particular, but is not limited to, a method, software and computer for estimating shape information or a photometric invariant of a location of image of a scene. The image data ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202215 | SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD, SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A surface shape measurement method that divides a surface shape of an object ( | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202216 | OBJECT TAG METADATA AND IMAGE SEARCH - Techniques are disclosed for ordering images. The technique includes receiving a request, the request including keywords and parameters specifying desired image characteristics. Further, the technique includes identifying a set of images responsive to the request based on a match of the keywords to tags associated with objects depicted in the set of images. Finally, the technique includes determining an ordering of the identified set of images by comparing the received parameters with metadata fields associated with respective tags of the objects and returning an indication of the set of images and the determined ordering of the images. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202217 | OBJECT CLASSIFICATION USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROJECTION - One or more systems and/or techniques are provided to identify objects comprised in a compound object without segmenting three-dimensional image data of the potential compound object. Two-dimensional projections of a potential compound object (e.g., Eigen projections) are examined to identify the presence of known objects. The projections are compared to signatures, such as morphological characteristics, of one or more known objects. If it is determined based upon the comparison that there is a high likelihood that the compound object comprises a known object, a portion of the projection is masked, and it is compared again to the signature to determine if this likelihood has increased. If it has, a sub-object of the compound object may be classified based upon characteristics of the known object (e.g., the compound object may be classified as a potential threat item if the known object is a threat item). | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202218 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an apparatus codes each line of an image. The apparatus includes a segmentation unit and a coding unit. The segmentation unit is configured to segment the image into a first group including at least a head line and a second group including lines except for the first group. The coding unit is configured to code the first group so that a coding amount of the first group is smaller than a first target coding amount, and to code the second group so that a coding amount of each line of the second group is smaller than a second target coding amount smaller than the first target coding amount. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202219 | IMAGE COMPRESSION DEVICE, IMAGE EXPANSION DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image compression device which compresses image data, including: a first quantization unit which performs a quantization mode | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202220 | IMAGE PROCESS DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESS METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESS PROGRAM - A mask correcting unit corrects an externally set mask pattern. A depth map processing unit processes a depth map of an input image for each of a plurality of regions designated by a plurality of mask patterns corrected by the mask correcting unit. An image generation unit generates an image of a different viewpoint on the basis of the input image and depth maps processed by the depth map processing unit. The mask correcting unit performs a blurring process on an object boundary part of the mask pattern. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - Various embodiments are disclosed for modifying stereoscopic images. One embodiment is a method implemented in an image processing device for modifying stereoscopic images. The method comprises retrieving, by an image processing device, a stereoscopic image having at least a first view image and a second view image and retrieving an orientation selection relating to the stereoscopic image, the orientation selection comprising a selection other than one of: a horizontal flip selection and a 180 degree rotation selection. The method further comprises calculating a depth map according to at least part of the stereoscopic image, rotating the first view image based on the orientation selection to obtain a rotated first view image, and generating a new second view image according to the depth map and the rotated first view image. | 2013-08-08 |
| 20130202222 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device includes: a first acquisition unit which, when a specific data storage server is selected, acquires specific server identification information; a second acquisition unit which, upon acquiring the specific server identification information, acquires specific file type information of specific data from the specific data storage server; a determination unit which determines whether the specific data has an interpretable format, based on the specific server identification information and the specific file type information; a conversion processing execution unit which, when the specific data does not have the interpretable format, causes a specific conversion server to convert the specific data to data having the interpretable format; and an output processing execution unit which causes an image output apparatus to output a specific image expressed by the specific data without causing the specific conversion server to execute the conversion when the specific data is determined to have the interpretable format. | 2013-08-08 |
