| 51st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
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| 20120321095 | Signature Noise Removal - A speech enhancement system improves the perceptual quality of a processed voice signal. The system improves the perceptual quality of a voice signal by removing unwanted noise components from a voice signal. The system removes undesirable signals that may result in the loss of information. The system receives and analyzes signals to determine whether an undesired random or persistent signal corresponds to one or more modeled noises. When one or more noise components are detected, the noise components are substantially removed or dampened from the signal to provide a less noisy voice signal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321096 | Audio Gain Control Using Specific-Loudness-Based Auditory Event Detection - In one disclosed aspect, dynamic gain modifications are applied to an audio signal at least partly in response to auditory events. In another aspect, an input channel is divided into auditory events by detecting changes in a measurable characteristic of the input signal with respect to time. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321097 | HEADSET SIGNAL MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for supplying power to a headset, and for transmitting multiple signals generated in the headset to a terminal using frequency division multiplexing. An audio signal and a carrier signal are generated in the terminal and summed together to form a composite uplink signal. The composite uplink signal is provided to a headset over a first physical channel. At the headset, the audio and carrier signals are separated, and the carrier signal is used to generate power in the headset. Signals generated by a plurality of acoustic sensors in the headset are combined using frequency division multiplexing to generate a composite downlink signal, which is transmitted to the terminal over a second physical channel. One or more carrier signals used to generate the composite downlink signal are provided by either a carrier source in the headset, or by recovering the carrier signal from the composite uplink signal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321098 | Providing broadcast listener participation - A listener participation interface allows listeners to generate playlists that include media elements selected from a library of available media elements. The playlists generated by the listener participation interface are automatically compatible with broadcast automation software used by a broadcaster, so that little, if any, modification of listener-submitted playlists is required before the broadcast automation software incorporates the playlists into an actual broadcast schedule. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321099 | DIRECTIONALLY RADIATING SOUND IN A VEHICLE - A vehicle loudspeaker system in a vehicle including directional loudspeakers. One directional loudspeaker radiates sound at a first seating position and another loudspeaker radiates sound at a second seating position. The directional loudspeakers may be used with other vehicle loudspeakers to control spatial perceptions. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321100 | Wide Dynamic Range Microphone - A microphone system has an output and at least a first transducer with a first dynamic range, a second transducer with a second dynamic range different than the first dynamic range, and coupling system to selectively couple the output of one of the first transducer or the second transducer to the system output, depending on the magnitude of the input sound signal, to produce a system with a dynamic range greater than the dynamic range of either individual transducer. A method of operating a microphone system includes detecting whether a transducer output crosses a threshold, and if so then selectively coupling another transducer's output to the system output. Some embodiments combine the outputs of more than one transducer in a weighted sum during transition from one transducer output to another, as a function of time or as a function of the amplitude of the incident audio signal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321101 | WIRELESS MIC SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PARING - Disclosed is a wireless MIC system for automatically paring, which comprises a wireless MIC which includes a paring button at its one side and facilitates a connection mode as it is automatically paired with an amplifier by transmitting a paring request signal when the paring button is on, and initializes a connection related information stored in a storing part when the connection mode is cancelled and converts an acoustic signal into a digital audio signal and transmits to the paired amplifier; and an amplifier which facilitates a connection mode as the wireless MIC and the amplifier are paired by setting a transmission and receiving channel of the amplifier and the wireless MIC, and amplifies a digital audio signal from the wireless MIC and outputs in an acoustic form. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CREATING A PERSONAL SOUND ZONE - A personal sound zone creating apparatus includes a broadside array adapted to generate a sound beam orthogonal to an arrangement of an array constituted by at least three transducers in a personal audio device. Therefore, the personal sound zone creating apparatus controls rear radiation by including an end-fire array increased in directivity in a horizontal direction. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321103 | IN-EAR HEADPHONE - A headphone device includes a housing having a leakage hole to reduce pressure between a user's ear and the housing, a speaker positioned within the housing, and an audio processing module. The audio processing module is configured to receive an audio signal from an audio device, determine whether the audio signal includes at least a predetermined level of audio having a frequency in a first range of frequencies, transmit a first leakage control signal to a leakage hole valve when it is determined that the audio includes at least the predetermined level of low frequency audio; and transmit a second leakage control signal to the leakage hole valve when it is determined that the audio does not include at least the predetermined level of low frequency audio. The leakage hole valve is configured to close the leakage hole upon receipt of the first leakage control signal and open the leakage hole upon receipt of the second leakage control signal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321104 | Automatic gain control of amplifier by dynamic suppressing and output control at multiple stages - A method and apparatus for automatic gain control of an amplifier in which the method and apparatus detects excessive increase in the sound volume or temperature rise in the audio system and reduces the gain of the amplifier by various means. Each gain control circuit has a comparator to compare a signal with threshold values and an integrator to integrate output signals of the comparator with respect to a predetermined time length to reduce a gain of the amplifier. The method and apparatus conducts dynamic suppressing of excess signals and thereby controlling output level of the amplifier at multiple stages without immediately shutting down the audio system. In the case where the sound volume increases to a degree that may damage the amplifier or speaker, a shutdown signal is generated to shutdown the operation of the whole system. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321105 | Using Multichannel Decorrelation for Improved Multichannel Upmixing - A system of linear equations is used to upmix a number N of audio signals to generate a larger number M of audio signals that are psychoacoustically decorrelated with respect to one another and that can be used to improve the representation of a diffuse sound field. The linear equations are defined by a matrix that specifies a set of vectors in an M dimensional space that are substantially orthogonal to each other. Methods for deriving the system of linear equations are disclosed. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321106 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE - A condenser microphone includes: a true condenser microphone (TCM) pickup operable to generate an input signal at a high impedance corresponding to sound picked up thereby; an impedance conversion circuit connected electrically to the TCM pickup, and operable to convert the input signal from the TCM pickup to a converted signal at a low impedance; an amplifier circuit connected electrically to the impedance conversion circuit, disposed to receive a power signal, and operable for amplifying the converted signal so as to generate an output signal; and a phantom voltage module connected electrically to the TCM pickup, disposed to receive the power signal, and operable for generating a phantom signal from the power signal, the phantom signal having a voltage higher than that of the power signal and being provided to the TCM pickup for charging the TCM pickup. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321107 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH AIR RETARDING CUSHION - An exemplary speaker assembly includes a housing, a loudspeaker, a sound-guiding channel and a cushion with a plurality of meshes. The housing has a receiving chamber and an acoustic chamber. The loudspeaker is accommodated in the receiving chamber. The sound-guiding channel is formed in the acoustic chamber. The sound-guiding channel has a first end with a first opening to communicate the sound-guiding channel and a second end with a second opening to communicate the sound-guiding channel with surrounding environment. The cushion is formed at the first opening of the sound-guiding channel for slowing down air flowed from the rear side of the loudspeaker to the sound-guiding channel. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321108 | ELECTRODE CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF SPEAKER UNIT - An electrode connection structure of a speaker unit is provided. The speaker unit includes at least one electrode layer, which is made of a conductive material, or made of a non-conductive material with a conductive layer formed on a surface thereof. The electrode connection structure includes a conductive electrode and an adhesive material. The conductive electrode is used for providing power supply signals for the speaker unit to generate sounds. The adhesive material adheres the conductive electrode in parallel with a surface of the electrode layer. The adhesive material has adhesive characteristics, so as to electrically connect the conductive electrode and the electrode layer, in which the adhesive material is adhered to a side of the surface of the electrode layer closely adjacent to the conductive electrode with a certain area. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321109 | HEADSET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A digital audio player device can be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance or other oral device to form an intraoral MP3 player. In another embodiment, the device provide's an electronic and transducer device that can be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance or other oral device to form a DAP. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device fabricated from a thermal forming process utilizing a replicate model of a dental structure obtained by conventional dental impression methods. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321110 | POROUS SILICA MATERIAL AND OPTICAL MICROPHONE USING THE SAME - A porous silica material in which silica particles are connected to one another three-dimensionally, wherein: the porous silica material includes a through hole including first pores smaller than a mean free path of an air, and second pores larger than the first pores; the porous silica material has a density of 100 kg/m | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321111 | ELECTRET CONDENSER MICROPHONE - The present invention relates to an electret condenser microphone which comprises an exterior sidewall structure attached to a carrier. The exterior sidewall structure comprises a non-conductive base material carrying first and second electrical wiring patterns electrically connected to first and second electrical traces, respectively, of the carrier. A diaphragm holder, carrying a conductive microphone diaphragm is attached to the sidewall structure to establish electrical connection between a conductive microphone diaphragm and one of the first and second electrical wiring patterns of the sidewall structure. A conductive perforated backplate is arranged in spaced relationship to the conductive microphone diaphragm. The conductive perforated backplate is electrically connected to another one of the first and second wiring patterns of the sidewall structure. The sidewall structure may therefore be utilized to provide electrical connectivity from the conductive microphone diaphragm and from the backplate to a microphone preamplifier arranged on the carrier. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321112 | SELECTING A DIGITAL STREAM BASED ON AN AUDIO SAMPLE - One or more digital streams can be selected from a number of digital streams using a portable device. Selection of the digital streams can be based on a comparison between the number of digital streams and an audio sample received via a microphone. Selection of the digital streams can additionally or alternatively be based on the signal strength of wireless connections, the direction in which the portable device is pointed, images obtained from a camera, etc. At least one of the selected digital streams can thereafter be transmitted to a hearing aid device connected to the portable device. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321113 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which can enhance and/or optimize received audio signals for vibrational conduction to the user. Received audio signals may be processed to cancel acoustic echo such that undesired sounds received by one or more intra-buccal and/or extra-buccal microphones are eliminated or mitigated. Additionally, a multiband actuation system may be used where two or more transducers each deliver sounds within certain frequencies. Also, the assembly may also utilize the sensation of directionality via the conducted vibrations to emulate directional perception of audio signals received by the user. Another feature may include the ability to vibrationally conduct ancillary audio signals to the user along with primary audio signals. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321114 | HEARING AID - A hearing aid ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321115 | Apparatus for Magnetic Field Induction in Portable Devices - An apparatus comprising at least one signal coil; and a connection plug, comprising a first electrical connector connected to one end of at least one signal coil and a second electrical connector connected to a second end of at least one signal coil. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321116 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY WITH AIR RETARDING HOUSING - An exemplary speaker assembly includes an enclosure, a loudspeaker, a sound-guiding channel, and a housing. The enclosure has a receiving chamber and an acoustic chamber. The loudspeaker is accommodated in the receiving chamber. The sound-guiding channel is formed in the acoustic chamber. The sound-guiding channel has a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening. The second opening communicates the sound-guiding channel with the surrounding environment. The housing is received in the sound-guiding channel. The housing includes a passage communicating the first opening with the sound-guiding channel. The passage is narrow at a first position of the housing and wide at a second position of the housing. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321117 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SOUND EMISSION HOLES ALIGNED WITH SPEAKER AT RECESS OF REAR COVER - An exemplary portable electronic device includes a front cover having a display panel mounted thereon, a rear cover connected to the front cover, and two speakers received between the front cover and the rear cover. The rear cover defines two recesses in two side portions thereof. Each side portion of the rear cover defines sound emission holes communicating with the recess. Each speaker is located adjacent to and faces corresponding sound emission holes. Sound produced by each speaker transmits through the corresponding sound emission holes along a vertical direction perpendicular to the display panel, and spreads to the outside environment through an adjacent recess. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321118 | PORTABLE SPEAKER DEVICE - A portable speaker device includes a cabinet shell body for receiving a speaker driver at a front tubular end thereof. A top wall of the cabinet shell body has a concavity defined by a recessed surface portion and front and rear inner surface portions. A handle lever is configured to be fitted into the concavity, and has a fulcrum region pivotally mounted to the rear inner surface portion, a weight region disposed proximate to the front inner surface portion to be angularly displaceable between laid-down and lifted positions, and a power region interposed and configured to facilitate gripping. A biasing member is disposed to bias the weight region to the laid-down position. A lift limiting member is disposed to limit the movement of the weight region to a predetermined distance when lifted toward the lifted position. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321119 | INPUT-PANEL-EQUIPPED PORTABLE SPEAKER DEVICE - An input-panel-equipped portable speaker device includes a cabinet shell body configured to enclose an accommodation chamber in a longitudinal direction, and having left and right mounting walls opposite to each other in a transverse direction. The left mounting wall has an inner peripheral region defining a fitting opening. The right mounting wall has a positioning groove. An input panel is connected with an amplifier circuit board, and is disposed to cover the fitting opening. When a right board edge of the circuit board is brought to be fitted in the positioning groove, an outer peripheral region of the panel is brought to abut against the inner peripheral region so as to enable an air-tight engagement therebetween. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321120 | SPEAKER APPARATUS - A speaker apparatus selects a path which emits a speaker sound. The speaker apparatus includes a speaker unit for outputting the sound generated from voice data, a body including at least one or more emission paths for guiding and emitting the sound output from the speaker unit, and a member for opening or shutting out at least one emission path. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321121 | LOUDSPEAKER GRILLE - A loudspeaker grille is disclosed. In accordance with one example, a loudspeaker grille includes a louver arrangement to be arranged in front of a chassis of a loudspeaker to protect membrane and suspension thereof. The louver arrangement includes a first and a second louver arranged on opposing sides of a center plane. Both louvers include a plurality of fins which are arranged slanted with respect to the center plane and which are spaced such that a clearance is provided between projections of neighboring fins to the center plane. The fins of the first louver are inversely slanted to the fins of the second louver. Further, the fins of the first louver are shifted in a lateral direction within the to center plane with respect to the fins of the second louver. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321122 | SPEAKER - A speaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit secured to the frame, a voice coil, a damper, and a diaphragm. The voice coil is inserted in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The damper is secured to the voice coil and the frame and formed with a plurality of corrugations. The diaphragm is secured to the frame and the voice coil. One of the plurality of corrugations located on an inner circumferential side of the damper is provided with a plurality of apertures, and these apertures are covered by an elastic member. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321123 | COMPACT COAXIAL CROSSOVER-FREE LOUDSPEAKER - A loudspeaker assembly that converts electrical signal into sound waves in the full spectral range of an audio voltage. The loudspeaker assembly includes: a plurality of drivers; and a hollow volume permanent magnet that accommodates the voice coils. Each driver includes a cylindrically shaped voice coil affixed to a matching diaphragm. Each voice coil is configured coaxially in a cylindrical assembly, which is in electrical communication with an incoming audio voltage. Each driver is adapted to reciprocally move along the main longitudinal axis of each voice coil when stimulated by said incoming audio voltage. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321124 | DIAPHRAGM AND MICRO-ELECTROACOUSTIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - An exemplary diaphragm includes a central portion and an external portion connecting the central portion. The central portion includes a central section in a center thereof, a peripheral section at an outer periphery thereof, and a connecting section interconnecting the central section and the peripheral section. The peripheral section forms two protrusions each having three recesses defined therein. A micro-electroacoustic device using the diaphragm is also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321125 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus extracts unique identifiers directly from images and examines similarities between images using the extracted identifiers, by capturing a frame of an image; reducing the size of the captured frame; transforming the reduced frame to a frequency domain frame; creating an image feature vector by scanning frequency components of the frequency domain frame; computing inner product values by projecting the image feature vector onto random vectors; generating a fingerprint for identifying the captured frame by applying a Heaviside step function to the inner product values; and searching a database for information related to the generated fingerprint and outputting the search results. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321126 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS - A non-destructive determination of material characteristics of an aircraft component is provided. To provide a simple determination of material characteristics, which can be implemented economically, it is provided to make available image data of a layer, which can be detected from outside using electromagnetic radiation, of a workpiece to be examined; to detect first areas having a first pixel characteristic using the image data; and to detect second areas having a second pixel characteristic using the image data; the first pixel characteristic being associated with a fiber inlay of a fiber composite layer; and the second pixel characteristic being associated with an at least part-crystalline thermoplastic polymer of the fiber composite layer, which thermoplastic polymer is in a crystalline state; and to determine a relationship of the first areas to the second areas. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321127 | Method and System for Restricting Access to Sensitive Contents of Digital Images - The method for restricting access to sensitive contents of digital images using the digital watermarking technique for encoding and decoding sensitive contents of images is characterized in that the sensitive contents of an image are obscured, and the information necessary for the high quality reconstruction is encoded in the insensitive area of the transmitted image by modification of the DCT spectrum coefficients. The information concerning the obscured contents is retained by means of transform coefficients and processed independently. Noise with statistics identical to that of the digital watermark is inserted into the image after decoding. The system contains encoding unit including acquisition module connected with sensitive contents encoding module through sensitive patterns automatic detection module with attached memory buffer. Also, acquisition module is connected directly with sensitive contents encoding module and with compression module. In the decoding unit, stream decoding module is connected with image sensitive contents decoding module. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321128 | VIDEO FEED TARGET TRACKING - Technologies for object tracking can include accessing a video feed that captures an object in at least a portion of the video feed; operating a generative tracker to capture appearance variations of the object operating a discriminative tracker to discriminate the object from the object's background, where operating the discriminative tracker can include using a sliding window to process data from the video feed, and advancing the sliding window to focus the discriminative tracker on recent appearance variations of the object; training the generative tracker and the discriminative tracker based on the video feed, where the training can include updating the generative tracker based on an output of the discriminative tracker, and updating the discriminative tracker based on an output of the generative tracker; and tracking the object with information based on an output from the generative tracker and an output from the discriminative tracker. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321129 | Methods for identifying rooftops using elevation data sets - In an embodiment, a method for identifying building unit rooftops, and their associated heights and locations is provided. The method includes subtracting a bare earth layer from a first return layer within a LIDAR data set for a geographic area of interest to form an above ground level (AGL) layer data set. A height mask is then applied to the AGL layer data set to form a building units data set. The building units data set includes data representative of potential building unit rooftops. This data set is refined through the application of a series of filters and masks to remove clutter (e.g., trees, bushes and other non-building unit structures) to refine the data set. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIDENCE-BASED MARKER ADJUSTMENT - A tracking system for improving observability of a marker in an image. The tracking system includes a memory unit that stores data; an imaging unit that images the marker and the image; a processor unit that detects the marker in the image; and a communication unit that transmits and receives data. The processor unit determines a first confidence level indicating a visibility of the marker to a user. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321131 | IMAGE-RELATED HANDLING SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-RELATED HANDLING SUPPORT METHOD - An image handling support system extracts an image corresponding to a support target image from images associated with a user with use of information indicating association established between the user and the images, from a user's activity on an SNS. Then, the image handling support system supports handling of the support target image based on the extracted image. The image handling support system provides support for acquisition of an output image that matches various image conditions and complies with a user's preference without requiring a complicated operation to be performed in advance. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321132 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING AND PHOTOGRAPHING CELESTIAL OBJECTS, AND CELESTIAL-OBJECT AUTO-TRACKING PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A method of automatically tracking and photographing a celestial object, which moves due to diurnal motion, while moving an imaging area on an imaging surface of an image sensor so that an image of the celestial object becomes stationary, includes calculating theoretical linear movement amounts and a theoretical rotational angle amount of the imaging area per a specified time; obtaining a movable-amount data table which stores data on actual linearly-movable amounts and an actual rotatable amount of the imaging area; and setting an exposure time for completing a celestial-object autotracking photographing operation while moving the imaging area within the range of movement thereof by comparing the theoretical linear movement amounts and the theoretical rotational angle amount with the actual linearly-movable amounts and the actual rotatable amount of the imaging area stored in the movable-amount data table. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321133 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE MOTION WITH THE AID OF AN HDR CAMERA - In a method for detecting a motion of an object with the aid of an image recording system (e.g., HDR camera) which includes an image sensor, a first reset and a second reset are performed at a time interval during the exposure of the image sensor, an extent of a region of constant brightness is measured from the image of an object, and the motion (direction, velocity, and optionally acceleration) of the object is ascertained from the relationship between the measured extent and the time interval between the first and second resets. This motion determination is achieved with the aid of a single image. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321134 | FACE TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICE - Device and method for tracking human face are provided. The device may include an image collection unit to receive a video image and output a current frame image included in the received video image to a prediction unit, the prediction unit to predict a 2-dimensional (2D) position of a key point of a human face in a current frame image output through the image collection unit based on 2D characteristics and 3-dimensional (3D) characteristics of a human face in a previous image obtained through a face fitting unit, and to output the predicted 2D position of the key point to the face fitting unit, and the face fitting unit to obtain the 2D characteristics and the 3D characteristics by fitting a predetermined 2D model and 3D model of the human face based on the 2D position of the key point predicted by the prediction unit using at least one condition. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321135 | PATTERN POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A pattern position detecting method capable of reducing time for detecting a component position includes: acquiring a model image of a target; dividing the acquired model image into reference images each including a specific pattern; acquiring a detected image of the target; matching origins of the reference images respectively with predetermined positions on the detected image; comparing a region within the detected image with corresponding one of the reference images while moving the origin of the reference image in X and Y directions from the corresponding predetermined position and sequentially acquiring correlation values; integrating the correlation values at respective comparison positions within an integrated XY plane to generate integrated correlation values; and recognizing a value of integrated XY coordinates at a peak of the integrated correlation values as deviation of the specific patterns in the reference images from the predetermined positions of the target within the XY plane. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321136 | OPENING MANAGEMENT THROUGH GAIT DETECTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an opening through gait recognition. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an opening through gait recognition is provided. The method includes capturing imagery, for example through the use of a Web cam, of a moving object as the moving object approaches an automated door. The method additionally, includes determining from the captured imagery a presence or absence of a gait of the moving object. Finally, the method includes managing an automated opening of the door according to the determined presence or absence of a gait of the moving object. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321137 | METHOD FOR BUILDING AND EXTRACTING ENTITY NETWORKS FROM VIDEO - A computer implemented method for deriving an attribute entity network (AEN) from video data is disclosed, comprising the steps of: extracting at least two entities from the video data; tracking the trajectories of the at least two entities to form at least two tracks; deriving at least one association between at least two entities by detecting at least one event involving the at least two entities, said detecting of at least one event being based on detecting at least one spatio-temporal motion correlation between the at least two entities; and constructing the AEN by creating a graph wherein the at least two objects form at least two nodes and the at least one association forms a link between the at least two nodes. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321138 | SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is provided a suspicious behavior detection system capable of specifying and identifying a suspicious person exhibiting abnormal behavior. A suspicious behavior detection system is a system to detect suspicious behavior of a monitored subject, by using images captured by a stereo camera. The suspicious behavior detection system has an ambulatory path acquisition unit which acquires ambulatory path information of the monitored subject, and a behavioral identification unit which identifies behavior of the monitored subject based on the ambulatory path information, and automatically determines suspicious behavior of the monitored subject. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321139 | CONTENT-ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL FLOW - Embodiments include methods and systems which determine pixel displacement between frames based on a respective weighting-value for each pixel or a group of pixels. The weighting-values provide an indication as to which pixels are more pertinent to optical flow computations. Computational resources and effort can be focused on pixels with higher weights, which are generally more pertinent to optical flow determinations. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL BINARY PATTERN BASED FACIAL FEATURE LOCALIZATION - Various methods for local binary pattern based facial feature localization. One example method includes determining an eye state classification of an input image. The example method may also include selecting a texture model for a global shape and an associated mean shape based on eye center positions and the eye state classification, and adjusting locations of feature points defined by the mean shape based on the texture model for the global shape and an associated global shape model. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321141 | FRAUD RESISTANT BIOMETRIC FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for authenticating financial transactions is disclosed wherein biometric data is acquired from a person and the probability of liveness of the person and probability of a match between the person or token and known biometric or token information are calculated, preferably according to a formula D=P(p)*(K+P(m)) , wherein K is a number between 0.1 and 100, and authenticating if the value of D exceeds a predetermined value. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321142 | QUALITY DRIVEN IMAGE PROCESSING FOR OCULAR RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method and system include receiving an image to process for an image recognition system, determining a quality of the received image, and creating a point distribution model for an active shape model, wherein the point distribution model has a number of points defining an outline of the image, the number of points being determined as a function of the quality of the image. A further method includes selecting a target local appearance model for fitting a point as a function of the determined quality of the received image to determine the location of the point. Yet a further method includes matching the probe image to a plurality of target images using a quality driven cascade classifier. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321143 | Broadcast Identifier Enhanced Facial Recognition of Images - A system may recognize faces within an image by using wireless identifiers captured at the time the image was taken to determine a list of candidates for facial recognition. A database may contain people associated with one or more wireless identifiers, which may be identifiers associated with various protocols, such as Bluetooth, cellular telephones, WiFi, or other protocols. In some cases, the list of candidates may be expanded by using candidate's social networks. The recognized faces may be tagged in the image as metadata, then used in various scenarios. In one scenario, an album of images from an event may be created by matching people who were tagged in images. In another scenario, people may exchange business contact information or social network contacts by taking images of each other. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SELECTION OF A RESTRICTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON DETECTED FACIAL AGE AND/OR GENDER - Systems and methods to select and launch a restricted computing environment on an information handing system in an automated manner based on detected facial age and/or gender of a current user of the information handling system. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321145 | FACIAL IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM AND FACIAL IMAGE SEARCH METHOD - According to one embodiment, a facial image search system including, search module configured to calculate degree of similarity between facial features extracted by feature extraction module and facial features contained in database and output search result based on calculated degree of similarity, measuring module configured to measure amount of search result output by search module, and selection module configured to sort out search result output by search module if amount of search result measured by measuring module is equal to or more than preset threshold. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321146 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE IN RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments herein include novel ways of alerting store personnel when various activities, events, conditions, etc., occur at the checkout in retail establishments. For example, in accordance with one embodiment, the alerting can take place in substantially real-time, when the event occurs, allowing personnel to take appropriate measures, corrective or otherwise, to deal with the detected event. Examples of such events may include situations such as when a person of interest is detected as shopping at the store, when a cashier has missed scanning an item at the checkout, or to alert store personnel if a non-empty shopping cart has exited the store without payment (a.k.a., a cart push-out). Although the discussion below uses a grocery store as an example retail environment, embodiments herein can be used in any type of retail environment. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321147 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A sales data processing apparatus which registers and processes sales data on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The apparatus includes: an imaging module that images a customer who is waiting for registration; a manipulation determination module that determines whether or not a prescribed one of a series of manipulations for registration of sales data of one transaction was performed; and a generation module that generates customer identification image data based on an image taken by the imaging module if the manipulation determination module determines that the prescribed manipulation was performed. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321148 | MULTIPLE CHARGE-COUPLED BIOMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to fingerprint scanning. Specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-sided fingerprint scanning device on a card (e.g., credit card, smart card, etc.), an associated energy-efficient method for attaining accurate fingerprint information using a multiple charge-coupled biometric sensor array. In a typical embodiment, a scanning device will be provided that includes a scanning area comprised of a set (e.g., at least one) of imaging pixel electrodes (e.g., arranged adjacent to one another in a grid-like or other fashion). As a user presses his/her finger against the scanning area, a portion of the finger will contact a plurality of electrodes. When this occurs, a voltage source of the device will apply a first voltage to each of the plurality of electrodes. A meter of the device will take a first electrical measurement (e.g., resistance and/or charged skin voltage) of the plurality of electrodes. The voltage source of the device will apply a second voltage to the plurality of electrodes. The meter of the device will take a second electrical measurement (e.g., resistance and/or charged skin voltage) of the plurality of electrodes. The voltage level difference between the first electrical measurement and second electrical measurement is calculated. The voltage level difference provides accurate fingerprint information. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321149 | FINGERPRINT SENSORS - A sensor for detecting fingerprints is provided having first and second substrates, a two-dimensional array of sensing elements formed on the first substrate, and a plurality of thin-film transistors or TFTs for controlling the sensing elements at pixel location along the array. Each of the sensing elements detects one of electrical signals (e.g., capacitance, resistance, or impedance), temperature, or light via one of the first or second substrates representative of one or more fingerprints. The top of the second substrate or the bottom of the first substrate may provide a platen upon which one or more fingers can be disposed. The sensor may be utilized in a fingerprint scanner having one or more processors driving sensing elements or reading from sensing elements analog signals representative of one or more fingerprints, and generating an image representative of the one or more fingerprints from the analog signals. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321150 | Apparatus and Method for a Virtual Keypad Using Phalanges in the Finger - An apparatus is provided that includes a fingerprint reader and a communication device, where the glove is configured to be worn on one of a finger or a thumb of a hand and where the fingerprint reader is configured to read fingerprint data from each of the fingerprints of the fingers on the hand. The apparatus may also include a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to associate fingerprint data read from a first fingerprint with a first function. The communication device may be configured to provide for transmission of the first function. The processing device may also be configured to associate fingerprint data read from a second fingerprint with a second function. The communication device may also be configured to provide for transmission of the fingerprint data. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321151 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING IMAGES - An apparatus for adjusting images is provided. The apparatus comprises an image decomposing unit for decomposing an input image I into high-pass images HP | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321152 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN AND USES THEREOF - Methods and apparatus are provided for imaging activity of an organ of a subject for diagnosis and prognosis of pathology or injury to the organ, where unaffected portions of the organ are used as a reference for assessing activity of afflicted areas of the organ. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321153 | REGION OF INTEREST DEFINITION IN CARDIAC IMAGING - A method for cardiac imaging for determining a myocardial region of interest (ROI) is disclosed. The method includes acquiring functional imaging data of a subject, where the functional imaging data includes at least the myocardium. A ROI encompassing at most the myocardium from the acquired functional imaging data, and diagnostic parameters relating to the myocardium are estimated and quantified based on the determined ROI. In one embodiment, the ROI is determined from a projection image representation utilizing histogram based thresholding and ray casting based localization to determine the extents of the ROI. In another embodiment, the ROI is determined from a volumetric image representation utilizing clustering Manhattan distance based cleaning to determine cardiac angles used for reorienting the left ventricle. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321154 | NEEDLE DETECTION IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - A system for processing an image data volume acquired with a medical imaging acquisition device | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321155 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR MEASURING SIZES OF TUMOR REGIONS - A tumor region is determined within a three dimensional medical image. A long axis and a short axis of the determined tumor region are designated. The lengths of the designated long axis and the designated short axis are measured. The measured lengths of the long axis and the short axis are displayed. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321156 | MOTION VISUALISATION IN ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A method and an apparatus for motion visualization of a moving object in angiographic images are described. In a preferred embodiment of the method, first a mask image of the object of interest is acquired and a sequence of angiographic images of the object in different phases of motion of the object is acquired. Then, a first angiographic subtraction image and at least a second angiographic subtraction image are generated by subtracting the angiographic images from the mask image. Subsequently, a twice subtracted image is generated by subtracting the first angiographic subtraction image from the second angiographic subtraction image. In this way a double subtraction, i.e. a twice subtracted angiography is performed, to facilitate the assessment of the motion. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING NOISE LEVEL - Noise assessment is important to image quality evaluation as well as image processing. For example, the noise level estimation is used as criteria for terminating an iterative noise reduction process. To determine a meaningful noise level, the pixels in featureless regions are separated from the rest of the image. A new concept of pseudo-standard deviation (PSD) is introduced to automatically determine simple and reliable noise level estimates. Furthermore, a histogram of PSD is constructed with fine bins to calculate the moving average of the histogram. The first peak in filtered histogram gives the most representative noise measure as a desired approximation of true standard deviation. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321158 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING VOXELS DEFINING A TUBE-OF-RESPONSE USING A CENTRAL-RAY-FILLING ALGORITHM - A method and device for calculating voxels defining a tube-of-response (TOR) within a reconstruction space of a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) apparatus having a plurality of crystals, the voxels within the reconstruction space having a predetermined size. The method includes selecting a center on each of two crystals defining a line of response, determining intersected voxels within the reconstruction space that intersect a straight line connecting the centers of the two crystals, calculating neighboring voxels of the intersected voxels, based on an expansion direction and an expansion distance, merging the intersected voxels and the neighboring voxels to form a merged set of voxels, and deleting duplicate voxels in the merged set of voxels to generate the voxels defining the TOR. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321159 | Process and Apparatus for Imaging - Disclosed is a process of producing a microCT image of a stained specimen, wherein said specimen is a non-human organ, said process comprising: incubating a specimen in a first staining composition, said first staining composition comprising a first staining agent, to produce a stained specimen; submerging said stained specimen in a liquid with an electron density lower than that of said stained specimen; and placing said stained specimen in a specimen holder and scanning said stained specimen in an X-ray computed tomography scanner to produce said microCT image of said stained specimen. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321160 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING ACTIVITY OF AN ORGAN AND USES THEREOF - Methods and apparatus are provided for imaging activity of an organ of a subject for diagnosis and prognosis of pathology or injury to the organ, where unaffected portions of the organ are used as a reference for assessing activity of afflicted areas of the organ. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321161 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus configured to process an ultrasound image includes a three-dimensional image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional image obtained by capturing an object in a first deformed state, a tomographic image acquisition unit configured to acquire an ultrasound tomographic image obtained by capturing a particular cross section of the object in a second deformed state, a generation unit configured to generate a curved cross section image corresponding to the ultrasound tomographic image in the first deformed state, based on a conversion rule between the first deformed state and the second deformed state, and a display control unit configured to display the generated curved cross section image and the three-dimensional image in an aligned state on a display unit. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING AND QUANTIFYING TISSUE MAGNETISM WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Systems and methods for imaging and quantifying tissue magnetism with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method for MRI includes using an MRI system to acquire multiple image echoes of an object. The method also includes combining the image echoes. Further, the method includes generating an image of the object based on the combined image echoes for depicting a characteristic of the object. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321163 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiographic imaging system is adapted to reconstruct a tomographic image in a given cross section of a subject from projection images of a subject acquired in tomosynthesis imaging. The radiographic imaging system comprises a frequency filtering processor for producing band limiting image signals having different frequency response characteristics from projection image signals corresponding to the projection images; a non-linear conversion processor for performing non-linear conversion of band limiting image signals to reduce a portion of band limiting image signals exceeding a given value; an integration processor for adding up band limiting image signals having undergone non-linear conversion through the non-linear conversion processor to produce converted image signals; and a back projection processor for reconstructing the tomographic image in the given cross section of the subject from the converted image signals corresponding to the projection images. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321164 | METHODS FOR NON-LINEAR IMAGE BLENDING, ADJUSTMENT AND DISPLAY - A method for generating and adjusting an image obtained based on computed tomography data using a non-linear blending function is provided. In one embodiment of the method, first image data is obtained using a first X-ray energy, and second image data is obtained using a second X-ray image energy. An image is generated by blending the first and second image data using the non-linear function. The first X-ray energy and the second X-ray energy are different. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321165 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING IMAGE QUALITY OF ELASTIC IMAGE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Disclosed in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for appropriately evaluating the image quality of a elastic image with high reliability and accuracy, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: a probe ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321166 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - In an image processing apparatus, Whether image quality of a tomographic image corresponding to a predetermined position in an imaging target captured by an optical coherence tomography apparatus is within a predetermined range is determined, an instruction whether to permit the image capturing in the predetermined position is issued to the optical coherence tomography apparatus according to a determination that the image quality is out of the predetermined range, and a new tomographic image is generated by combining the tomographic image obtained according to the instruction and the tomographic image whose image quality is determined. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC X-RAY IMAGE - A method of providing a stereoscopic X-ray image is provided. The method includes acquiring X-ray images captured at respective rotation angles with respect to a part of a patient to be examined while rotating around the part to be examined, and in response to information regarding a viewpoint with respect to the part to be examined being input, using X-ray images at respective rotation angles corresponding to the viewpoint from among the acquired X-ray images to generate a three-dimensional ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321168 | Systems and Devices for an Integrated Imaging System with Real-Time Feedback Loop and Methods Therefor - An integrated imaging system is invented for creating an optimal imaging session by importing information in real time from several sources and using that information to automatically and continuously adjust the parameters of the imaging session so as to create the optimal session for the prescribed testing session. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321169 | Shape Based Conditional Random Fields for Segmenting Intracranial Aneurysms - A method for segmenting intracranial aneurysms in digital medical images includes extracting a mesh representing a vessel surface from a volumetric digital image, the mesh comprising a set of points {p | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321170 | Document Processing System - A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner and the discrimination unit. The image scanner obtains an image of the documents, obtains an image of a selected area of the documents, and obtains information contained in the selected area of the document. The discrimination unit determines the authenticity of the document. A system controller directs the flows of documents over the transport mechanism. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321171 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including an image input unit configured to receive at least one of a first left eye image and a first right eye image photographed from different viewpoints and applicable to stereoscopic vision, and a stereoscopic image generation processing unit configured to receive one of the first left eye image and the first right eye image and generate a second left eye image and a second right eye image applicable to the stereoscopic vision through an image conversion process. Among the first left eye image and the first right eye image input to the image input unit and the second left eye image and the second right eye image generated by the stereoscopic image generation processing unit, two images are output as images to be applied to the stereoscopic vision. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321172 | CONFIDENCE MAP, METHOD FOR GENERATING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR REFINING A DISPARITY MAP - A method for generating a confidence map comprising a plurality of confidence values, each being assigned to a respective disparity value in a disparity map assigned to at least two stereo images each having a plurality of pixels, wherein a single confidence value is determined for each disparity value, and wherein for determination of the confidence value at least a first confidence value based on a match quality between a pixel or a group of pixels in the first stereo image and a corresponding pixel or a corresponding group of pixels in the second stereo image and a second confidence value based on a consistency of the corresponding disparity estimates is taken into account. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A multi view-point image composed of a great number of images according to a shape of an object is generated or an information processing method used for generating a three-dimensional model or performing image processing of arbitrary view-point object recognition is provided, and based on a plurality of captured images obtained by imaging of the object from a plurality of view points by an imaging means, a relative position and orientation with respect to the object relative to the imaging means for each of the plurality of view points is calculated, and based on the calculated plurality of relative positions and orientations, a missing position and orientation of the imaging means in a direction in which imaging by the imaging means is missing is calculated, and an image used for displaying the calculated missing position and orientation on a display means is generated. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321174 | Image Processing Using Random Forest Classifiers - A method of performing image retrieval includes training a random forest RF classifier based on low-level features of training images and a high-level feature, using similarity values generated by the RF classifier to determine a subset of the training images that are most similar to one another, and classifying input images for the high-level feature using the RF classifier and the determined subset of images. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321175 | LOCATION-AIDED RECOGNITION - A mobile device having the capability of performing real-time location recognition with assistance from a server is provided. The approximate geophysical location of the mobile device is uploaded to the server. Based on the mobile device's approximate geophysical location, the server responds by sending the mobile device a message comprising a classifier and a set of feature descriptors. This can occur before an image is captured for visual querying. The classifier and feature descriptors are computed during an offline training stage using techniques to minimize computation at query time. The classifier and feature descriptors are used to perform visual recognition in real-time by performing the classification on the mobile device itself. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321176 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING OBJECT RECOGNITION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating object recognition. A method may include accessing data for a first object and data for a second object. The method may additionally include comparing the first and second objects based at least in part upon a reference set and training results generated based at least in part upon the reference set and training data. The method may further include determining whether the first object and the second object are the same object based at least in part upon the comparison. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321177 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD - Data which represents a color space is input, a dataset which represents visual uniformity in each of a plurality of color areas is acquired, and control points which indicate a control region including the plurality of color areas corresponding to the dataset are set on the color space. Then, using the control points and dataset, the color space is corrected to be shrunk. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321178 | METHOD FOR STITCHING IMAGE IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of stitching an image to combine at least a first image and a second image in a digital image processing apparatus includes obtaining matching areas of the first image and the second image where the second image overlaps the first image, and changing gradations of an entire area of the second image to make a representative gradation of the matching area of the first image the same as a representative gradation of the matching area of the second image, wherein a change rate in changing at least one of the gradations of the entire area of the second image is set according to a level of a gradation of the second image before the changing the gradations of the entire area of the second image. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321179 | Focus-based Edge Detection - A model generator computes a first image perimeter color difference value for each of a plurality of first pixels included in a first image that is captured using a first focal length, and selects one of the first image perimeter color difference values that exceeds a perimeter color difference threshold. Next, the model generator computes a second image perimeter color difference value for each of a plurality of second pixels included in a second image that is captured using a second focal length, and selects one of the second image perimeter color difference values that exceeds the perimeter color difference threshold. The model generator then determines that an edge is located at the first focal length by detecting that the selected first image perimeter color difference value is greater than the selected second image perimeter color difference value, and generates an image accordingly. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321180 | USE OF AN OBJECT DATABASE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, providing an object database including a list of objects that appear in the image, and information on material reflectance color values for each object and generating intrinsic images corresponding to the image as a function of the information on material reflectance color values for each object. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321181 | NEAR-DUPLICATE VIDEO RETRIEVAL - A similarity of a first video to a second video may be identified automatically. Images are received from the videos, and divided into sub-images. The sub-images are evaluated based on a feature common to each of the sub-images. Binary representations of the images may be created based on the evaluation of the sub-images. A similarity of the first video to the second video may be determined based on a number of occurrences of a binary representation in the first video and the second video. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321182 | Image Compression Circuit for Compressing Pieces of Image Data of Four Adjacent Pixels, Image Compression Method, Semiconductor Device, and Smartphone - An image compression circuit | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321183 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Providing Entropy Constrained Color Splitting for Palette Images with Color-Wise Splitting - A method, system and computer program product for progressively encoding a digitized color image is provided. This involves: initializing a tree structure with at least one starting leaf node; determining at least one representative color for each starting leaf node; and growing the tree structure and updating an encoded image by repeatedly (i) selecting a leaf node n to become a non-leaf node n linked to two new leaf nodes based on an associated achievable cost; (ii) creating the two new leaf nodes by re-allocating each color in n; (iii) determining a representative color for each of the two new leaf nodes; and (iv) encoding the index information associated with the selected leaf node n, the representative colors of the two new leaf nodes, and information regarding a plurality of pixels of the digitized color image corresponding to the two representative colors of the two new leaf nodes. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321184 | VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH PROCESSING BASED ON ANCILLARY DATA - Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the received data. The received data can include video data defining pixel values and ancillary data relating to settings on the image sensor. The video data can be processed in accordance with ancillary data to adjust the visual characteristics, which can include filtering the images, blending images, and/or other processing operations. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321185 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - The disclosed image processing method uses a plurality of images as input images, and on the basis of a degree of similarity to an input image group and an evaluation of the quantity of edges of an overall image, a new image is generated; and is an image processing method for estimating a specified color characteristic degree indicating a degree of similarity between a pixel color of a generated image predicted from the input image group and a specified color that has been specified beforehand, and for, on the basis of the specified color characteristic degree, modifying a weight corresponding to the edge quantity of each pixel within the generated image, and generating an image wherein the manner of reproduction of edges of areas of the specified color differs from other regions. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321186 | EFFICIENT MCMC SAMPLING WITH IMPLICIT SHAPE REPRESENTATIONS - In an approach for sampling a distribution of segmentations of an image, the segmentations are based on a level set function. For each sample of the distribution, the sampling includes the following, for each of multiple iterations: randomly selecting a set of locations of the level set function, determining a domain of allowed perturbations of the level set function at the selected set of locations, and randomly accepting a perturbation of the level set function according to a criterion corresponding to a biased distribution over the domain of allowed perturbations of the level set function, wherein the bias is selected to increase a probability of accepting the perturbation. The sampling also includes determining the sample of the distribution of segmentations according to a perturbed level set function determined in a final iteration of the multiple iterations for the sample. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321187 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquiring section for acquiring images; a mount number setting section for setting a mount number for mounts; an image dividing section for dividing the acquired images into a predetermined number of groups based on accessory information of the images, with the number of groups being equal to the mount number; and an image arranging section for arranging images included in each group after division on each corresponding mount. The image dividing section divides the images into the groups so that the number of images included in each group is not more than the upper limit number of images capable of being arranged on the corresponding mount. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321188 | IDENTIFYING INFORMATION RELATED TO A PARTICULAR ENTITY FROM ELECTRONIC SOURCES, USING DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION AND QUANTUM CLUSTERING - Presented are systems and methods for identifying information about a particular entity including acquiring electronic documents having unstructured text, that are selected based on one or more search terms from a plurality of terms related to the particular entity. Tokenizing the acquired documents to form a data matrix and then calculating a plurality of eigenvectors, using the data matrix and the transpose of the data matrix. The variance is then acquired for determining the amount of intra-clustering between the documents and then the acquired documents are clustered using some of the eigenvectors and the variance. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED EXTRACTION OF MEASUREMENT INFORMATION IN MEDICAL VIDEOS - Systems and methods providing automated extraction of information contained in video data and uses thereof are described. In particular, systems and associated methods are described that provide techniques for extracting data embedded in video, for example measurement-value pairs of medical videos, for use in a variety of applications, for example video indexing, searching and decision support applications. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321190 | Connected Component Labeling System and Method - Embodiments disclosed include methods for connected component labeling including labeling groups of raw data as one or more regions, the labeling including designating one or more data structures as containing information about the one or more regions; designating one or more of the regions as one or more subregions to expose a spatial distribution of one or more region features; and arranging at least one memory array with a 1:1 correspondence to a data array associated with the raw data to enable one or more data structures to include feature labels of the one or more subregions, the 1:1 correspondence enabling acquisition of the one or more region features with a controllable precision. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321191 | READING ORDER DETERMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING READING ORDER OF CHARACTERS - A method and apparatus for determining a reading order of characters The method includes preparing a list of character information, which is character information extracted from image data by character recognition processing and preparing a list of line information, which is made up of a line box surrounding a set of characters which are continuously aligned in the same direction in image data and an alignment direction of characters in the line box. In response to a request for adding character information to the list of character information, extracting a line box containing a character region of the character to be added, obtaining all character information having the character region contained in the concerned line box from the list of character information and rearranging according to the position with respect to the alignment direction of characters corresponding to the line box to determine a new reading order of characters. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321192 | DIGITAL IMAGE COMMUNICATION - A system for enhancing group communication includes a computer server for receiving a first digital from a remote client. The server analyzes the first image to determine one or more first image attributes and communicates the image to one or more recipients. Communication information including image attributes, email addresses, and names of the recipients is stored. When a second image is received the server analyzes it to determine its attributes and forms second image communication information relevant to the second image. The second communication information includes data from the first image communication information, its image attributes, and one or more separate second image recipients. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321193 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMAGE CLUSTERING - Various methods for clustering images of faces are provided. One example method may include receiving a plurality of input clusters including a first cluster and at least a second cluster, where each input cluster including at least one feature that was extracted from an image. The example method may further include determining a first medoid for the first cluster and a second medoid for the second cluster, determining an inter-cluster distance between the first medoid and the second medoid, and merging the first cluster with the second cluster to generate a merged cluster in an instance in which the inter-cluster distance is less than a distance threshold. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120321194 | IMAGE ENLARGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE ENLARGEMENT PROGRAM, MEMORY MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE ENLARGEMENT PROGRAM IS STORED, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosed image enlargement device is provided with: an image enlargement filter ( | 2012-12-20 |
