| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-7,212,667 |
Color image processing method for indexing an image using a lattice
structure A color image processing method is provided. The color image processing method includes the step of: (a) indexing a color image by assigning representative... |
| US-7,212,666 |
Generating visually representative video thumbnails An algorithm identifies a salient video frame from a video sequence for use as a video thumbnail. The identification of a video thumbnail is based on a frame... |
| US-7,212,665 |
Human pose estimation with data driven belief propagation A statistical formulation estimates two-dimensional human pose from single images. This is based on a Markov network and on inferring pose parameters from cues... |
| US-7,212,664 |
Constructing heads from 3D models and 2D silhouettes A method reconstructs or synthesizes heads from 3D models of heads and 2D silhouettes of heads. A 3D statistical model is generated from multiple real human... |
| US-7,212,663 |
Coded-array technique for obtaining depth and other position information
of an observed object A projection array is provided that comprises a plurality of discrete projection elements. An image array is obtained of a scene with the light projected onto it... |
| US-7,212,662 |
Method for the compressed transmission of image data for 3-dimensional
representation of scenes and objects The invention relates to a method for the compressed transmission of image data for a three-dimensional representation of scenes and objects. A known method for... |
| US-7,212,661 |
Image data navigation method and apparatus A technique is provided for generating scout or navigational images based upon a series of related images. The related images are analyzed to compute pixels of... |
| US-7,212,660 |
System and method for finding regions of interest for microscopic digital
montage imaging Imaging apparatuses and methods that capture a low-resolution image of a slide, identify a region of interest, and capture a high-resolution image of the region... |
| US-7,212,659 |
Apparatus for measuring biological data and exercise machines An apparatus for measuring biological data such as blood pressure of a user has a pulse detector for simultaneously obtaining fingerprint data and a first signal... |
| US-7,212,658 |
System for fingerprint image reconstruction based on motion estimate
across a narrow fingerprint sensor In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an efficient and accurate system and method are described for detecting a fingerprint from swipe... |
| US-7,212,657 |
Method and system for enhancing portrait image that are processed in a
batch mode A batch processing method for enhancing an appearance of a face located in a digital image, where the image is one of a large number of images that are being... |
| US-7,212,656 |
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-7,212,655 |
Fingerprint verification system A biometric verification system for controlling access is provided that does not rely on a non-biometric discriminator, such as a PIN or magnetic card, to... |
| US-7,212,654 |
Measurement of fruit particles Apparatus and methods to characterize and measure fruit pieces in food products are provided. A sample is spread on a viewing cell and illuminated. The image is... |
| US-7,212,653 |
Image processing system for vehicle A camera for imaging the periphery of a vehicle is provided, images imaged by the camera are stored, and a processed image obtained by processing a past image... |
| US-7,212,652 |
Method for tracking targets with hyper-spectral data In the present invention, the histogram model used in H-PMHT is extended to treat the problem of tracking using hyper-spectral data. Completely general spectral... |
| US-7,212,651 |
Detecting pedestrians using patterns of motion and appearance in videos A method detects a moving object in a temporal sequence of images. Images are selected from the temporally ordered sequence of images. A set of functions is... |
| US-7,212,650 |
Monitoring system and monitoring method A camera picks-up at least two images of a region where an object is present. A monitoring unit monitors the object and displays the images of the object on a... |
| US-7,212,649 |
Encoder and encoding method for electronic watermark, decoder and decoding
method for electronic watermark,... Disclosed is an encoder for forming electronic watermark information which allows detecting tampering of a digital content based on an electronic watermark... |
| US-7,212,648 |
Loudspeaker system in which a diaphragm panel is driven by an
electromechanical acoustic converter A sound-driving loudspeaker system is achieved with a simple structure and is capable of easily improving acoustic characteristics. The loudspeaker system emits... |
| US-7,212,647 |
Vibration actuator device of portable terminal By having multiple air passage holes 10c in the housing 1 and by creating a clearance G2 between the outer surface of the yoke 20 and the inner surface of the... |
| US-7,212,646 |
Adjustable ear canal retention transceiver/receiver The present invention is a wireless headset having a removable compliant polymer sheath that is retained in the ear of a user via friction. The wireless headset... |
| US-7,212,645 |
Ear warmer with a speaker system A frame has an interior side and an exterior side. The frame is configured to extend around the back of a user's head. A first membrane is coupled to at least a... |
| US-7,212,644 |
Resonant frequency adjustment using tunable damping rods A mechanical device is tuned using a tunable damping rod. The tunable damping rod can have its tension increased between its respective engines, to in order to... |
| US-7,212,643 |
Real-ear zoom hearing device A hearing device has a behind-the-ear microphone arrangement that is not to be placed in the ear canal of the wearer. The microphone arrangement has a first... |
| US-7,212,642 |
Microphone system with directional response Hearing aid with a microphone system for providing a directional response by generating a fixed forward pointing directivity pattern and a fixed backward... |
| US-7,212,641 |
Electromechanical acoustic liner A multi-resonator-based system responsive to acoustic waves includes at least two resonators, each including a bottom plate, side walls secured to the bottom... |
| US-7,212,640 |
Variable attack and release system and method Variable attack and release system and method are disclosed for dynamically modifying the various elements of the system, including modifying compander response... |
| US-7,212,639 |
Electro-larynx An improved electro-larynx includes a linear transducer and/or an improved waveform generator. The improved electro-larynx sets up a sound wave within the... |
| US-7,212,638 |
Wireless cryptographic fill system and method A wireless cryptographic fill system includes a fill device and a host portion. The fill device is configured to store one or more cryptographic keys and related... |
| US-7,212,637 |
Cartridge validation with radio frequency identification Validation of printer cartridges using a unique identifier from an RFID tag, a serial number or identifier from a cartridge, and a seed to generate a... |
| US-7,212,636 |
Encryption of a compressed video stream A method for encrypting a compressed video stream comprising independent data blocks and differential data blocks includes the steps of encrypting the... |
| US-7,212,635 |
Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and image processing
system An image processing apparatus for encrypting a profile for color matching, generates a table which stores change information of the profile, changes data in the... |
| US-7,212,634 |
Data distribution In a data distribution system, data is divided into a number of application data units. A sequence of keys is generated systematically, and a different key is... |
| US-7,212,633 |
Expansion key generating device, encryption device and encryption system An expansion key generating device that receives encryption key data as input, and outputs plural expansion key data, comprising: a data dividing unit operable... |
| US-7,212,632 |
Cryptographic key split combiner A cryptographic key split combiner, which includes a number of key split generators for generating cryptographic key splits and a key split randomizer for... |
| US-7,212,631 |
Apparatus and method for performing KASUMI ciphering Techniques for efficient KASUMI ciphering are disclosed. In one aspect, one KASUMI round for generating a fractional portion of the KASUMI cipher is deployed... |
| US-7,212,630 |
Method and apparatus for encryption using partial information A method and apparatus of encrypting optical images using binarization or phase only information is presented with a number of ways to secure the image also... |
| US-7,212,629 |
Mouse enabled phone A telephone device includes a housing, a microphone, a loudspeaker and an auxiliary input device coupled to the housing. The auxiliary input device generates... |
| US-7,212,628 |
Echo cancellation/suppression and double-talk detection in communication
paths A method of suppressing an echo signal in a communication path such as acoustic coupling between a speaker and a microphone in a telephone device handset... |
| US-7,212,627 |
Line interface with analog echo cancellation A line interface performs echo cancellation without the use of a hybrid filter network and includes a transmit path having a line driver, a single matching... |
| US-7,212,626 |
Information terminal capable of originating a call, method of originating
a call and recording medium which... An information terminal according to the present invention is provided where a telephone number is directly extracted from a window displayed, and call dialing... |
| US-7,212,625 |
System and method for presenting queue lengths of various media used by
service centers There is provided, in a first form, a system and method for the holistic presentation of multiple media queue depths, which allows the customer to decide what... |
| US-7,212,624 |
Using information about software events to route contacts in a contact
center A need exists to provide software support in a simple and effective manner over long periods of time. At the same time there is a need to allow contact centers... |
| US-7,212,623 |
Method for telecommunications service-to-service asynchronous
communications using a context cache A method of communication among telephony services using an event context cache can include, in a messaging telephony service, receiving a telephony event from a... |
| US-7,212,622 |
Call routing system A networking system includes telephone switches and data network gateways for routing calls either over the public telephone network or over the packet switched... |
| US-7,212,621 |
Feature interactions The present invention relates to a telecommunications system and method for providing a plurality of services, the services providing control for communication... |
| US-7,212,620 |
System and method for providing an anti-telemarketing feature in a
telephony network An anti-telemarketing program uses the calling party identification of an incoming call to determine if the call is a telemarketing call by accessing a... |
| US-7,212,619 |
Electronic call assistants with shared database A telephone exchange (1) arranged to communicate with communication units (2, 3, 4, 5, 7) and to provide a plurality of electronic call assistants to the... |
| US-7,212,618 |
Systems and methods for forwarding telephone calls A system (130) forwards a telephone call to a user. The system (130) receives a telephone call from a calling party and compares the name of the calling party to... |