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| US-6,993,189 |
System and method to facilitate pattern recognition by deformable matching A system and method to facilitate pattern recognition or matching between patterns are disclosed that is substantially invariant to small transformations. A... |
| US-6,993,188 |
Video information processing apparatus and transmitter for transmitting
information to the same A video information processing apparatus includes an input device which inputs video, a memory device which stores identification information corresponding to... |
| US-6,993,187 |
Method and system for object recognition using fractal maps A method for recognizing an object in an image is disclosed wherein a fractal map of the image is generated by estimating the fractal dimension of each pixel in... |
| US-6,993,186 |
Energy minimization for classification, pattern recognition, sensor
fusion, data compression, network... An analyzer/classifier tool (100) for data comprises use of an energy minimization process (120) with data transformed by an input process (110) into one or more... |
| US-6,993,185 |
Method of texture-based color document segmentation A method for segmenting a color document into regions of text and halftone discriminates between text and halftone by examining the texture of the document. A... |
| US-6,993,184 |
Object extraction method, and image sensing apparatus using the method This invention provides an object extraction method for performing processing for extracting and cutting out a specific object from a sensed image at high speed,... |
| US-6,993,183 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing
method, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus creates a pixel value histogram of an objective image, and approximates a predetermined range of the created histogram by a bended... |
| US-6,993,182 |
Method and apparatus for detecting scene changes in video using a
histogram of frame differences The present invention is directed to method of detecting a scene change in video. The method includes a difference being calculated between consecutive frames of... |
| US-6,993,181 |
Image compression decoding apparatus and method thereof An image compression and decompression apparatus includes a identification section, a conversion section, a characteristics correction section, an image... |
| US-6,993,180 |
Method and system for automated grouping of images A method of automated content-based grouping of digital images without using auxiliary metadata and training data set, comprises the steps of computing a color... |
| US-6,993,179 |
Strapdown system for three-dimensional reconstruction The shape of a three-dimensional object is determined from uncalibrated stereo images by first determining the projection of the point on a reference plane. The... |
| US-6,993,178 |
Lifetime evaluating system of mechanical element and method for the same A lifetime evaluating system includes a digitalizing unit, an acquiring unit and a determining unit. The digitalizing unit digitizes an original metallographic... |
| US-6,993,177 |
Gauging based on global alignment and sub-models A method for accurately and efficiently determining the location of points or entities in a machine vision image. A set of sub-models are constructed from a... |
| US-6,993,176 |
Method and device for imaging liquid-filled container The present invention is a method and an apparatus for imaging a liquid-filling container in which a light emitting unit is provided for emitting and irradiating... |
| US-6,993,175 |
Methods for measuring microvascular density in tumors The present invention provides methods of determining the microvascular density of tumors. The methods generally comprise creating a digital image of a defined... |
| US-6,993,174 |
Real time interactive segmentation of pulmonary nodules with control
parameters Segmentation of pulmonary nodules from digital volumetric image includes segmenting, automatically, the pulmonary nodule from attached anatomical structures by... |
| US-6,993,173 |
Methods for estimating probe cell locations in high-density synthetic DNA
microarrays Methods, systems, and computer program products for estimating the location of a probe cell in an image of a high-density microarray DNA chip interrogate a... |
| US-6,993,172 |
Method and system for automated outlying feature and outlying feature
background detection during processing of... A method and system for employing pixel-based, signal-intensity data contained within areas of a scanned image of a molecular array corresponding to features and... |
| US-6,993,171 |
Color spectral imaging The present invention, called Color Spectral Imaging (CSI), generally pertains to a method of displaying colorized two-dimensional medical images of human... |
| US-6,993,170 |
Method for quantitative analysis of blood vessel structure We disclose quantitative geometrical analysis enabling the measurement of several features of images of tissues including perimeter, area, and other metrics.... |
| US-6,993,169 |
System and method for finding regions of interest for microscopic digital
montage imaging A system for processing a thumbnail image from a microscope slide to determine tissue locations on the slide. The system comprises an image cropping component, a... |
| US-6,993,168 |
System and process for the analysis and predictive simulation of the
temporal evolution of a hair region, and... System for the simulation of the evolution of a region of the scalp of a subject over time, comprising a means of observation of the said hair region able to... |
| US-6,993,167 |
System and method for examining, recording and analyzing dermatological
conditions A system for collecting, storing and displaying dermatological images for the purpose of monitoring and diagnosis of skin conditions and skin cancers, including... |
| US-6,993,166 |
Method and apparatus for enrollment and authentication of biometric images A method for enrolling biometric images including the steps of: a) capturing (310) a plurality of images for a user into a capture folder; b) selecting (318) one... |
| US-6,993,165 |
System having a rotating optical system and a non-planar prism that are
used to obtain print and other hand... A rotating optical system includes an optical element and a measuring device for locating and/or scanning a full palm print and/or full palm and fingerprint for... |
| US-6,993,164 |
Fingerprint image acquisition apparatus and method thereof A fingerprint image acquisition apparatus of the present invention includes fingerprint sensing device unit, a CCD device unit, and an image processing unit, the... |
| US-6,993,163 |
Rapid computer modeling of faces for animation Described herein is a technique for creating a 3D face model using images obtained from an inexpensive camera associated with a general-purpose computer. Two... |
| US-6,993,162 |
Method for authenticating animation A method for authenticating animation, the method comprises the steps of capturing an image; converting the captured image into a wire mesh data for permitting... |
| US-6,993,161 |
Method for generating a unique and consistent signal pattern for
identification of an individual The method of the present invention includes the analysis of data representing a bit mapped image of an area of an individual's retina that includes the optic... |
| US-6,993,160 |
Personal identification device and method The invention aims at providing personal identification in environments where non-contact is required, with high accuracy even though using a finger vein pattern... |
| US-6,993,159 |
Driving support system A driving support system for enabling a driver to appropriately confirm environmental conditions of a moving body is provided. A plurality of imaging means for... |
| US-6,993,158 |
Device for and method of automatically tracking a moving object An automatic moving object tracking device and a method thereof are capable of tracking a moving object through a signal process of an input image signal of each... |
| US-6,993,157 |
Dynamic image processing method and device and medium A motion image processing method and device for authenticating a user using a specific device, using motion information of an object. Time series monochrome... |
| US-6,993,156 |
System and method for statistically comparing and matching plural sets of
digital data The present invention is embodied in a system and method for statistically comparing a first set of digital data to at least a second set of digital data and... |
| US-6,993,155 |
Method for reading document entries and addresses The invention relates to a method for reading document entries and addresses. In this context, automatic reading is effected using the intermediate steps of... |
| US-6,993,154 |
Measuring digital watermark strength using error correction coding metrics A method of embedding a digital watermark into a halftone image. The method redundantly encodes a multi-bit message, and transforms the encoded message to a... |
| US-6,993,153 |
Self-orienting watermarks A watermarking method converts a watermark message into a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) signal and embeds the FSK signal in a host signal. The spectral properties... |
| US-6,993,152 |
Hiding geo-location data through arrangement of objects The present invention provides steganographic-embedding techniques. In one implementation a digital watermark signal is mapped to a set of spatial positions.... |
| US-6,993,151 |
Watermark embedding and extracting method and embedding hardware structure
used in image compression system A watermark and extracting method and a watermark hardware structure used in an image compression system. A series of data is generated by random variables, such... |
| US-6,993,150 |
Halftone primitive watermarking and related applications The present invention relates to a method for embedding a digital watermark into a halftone image comprised of clusters of halftone dots, which are referred to... |
| US-6,993,149 |
Embedding digital watermarks in spot colors The present invention relates to digitally watermarking spot color images. In one embodiment, an original spot color is replaced with a combination of cyan (C),... |
| US-6,993,148 |
Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium This invention reduces degradation in image quality and improves altered portion specifying accuracy in a digital watermark technology. For this purpose, an... |
| US-6,993,147 |
Low cost broad range loudspeaker and system A loudspeaker has a diaphragm with a voice coil disposed about its perimeter and extending in a gap into which the flux of an annular rare earth magnet is... |
| US-6,993,146 |
Speaker having spacer ring inside frame A speaker comprises: a magnetic circuit composed of a pot yoke, a magnet, and a pole piece; a diaphragm shaped conical, defining an outer periphery and an inner... |
| US-6,993,145 |
Speaker grille frame A speaker grille (10) comprises a cloth (18) and a frame (20) to support the cloth (18). The cloth (18) is preferably stretched taunt over the frame (20) for... |
| US-6,993,144 |
Insert earphone assembly for audiometric testing and method for making
same An improved insert earphone for audiometric testing is provided, having a housing, a receiver located within the housing, a flexible eartip located externally to... |
| US-6,993,143 |
Foldable headphones A system and method for a collapsible headphone unit is provided. Generally, the system contains a first extendable sidepiece and a second extendable sidepiece,... |
| US-6,993,142 |
Hearing aid Hearing aid consisting of two parts that can be separated. A chamber for accommodating a battery is delimited between the two parts. The loudspeaker is located... |
| US-6,993,141 |
System for distributing a signal between loudspeaker drivers A system for distributing a source voltage from a signal source to a number of drivers or loudspeakers is disclosed. The system includes at least one... |
| US-6,993,140 |
3-in-1 anti-noise radio sound-collection device A headphone mounted 3-in-1 anti-noise radio sound-collection device is described. The device includes an anti-noise circuit system, a radio am/fm circuit system,... |
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