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20080212894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATION OF FACIAL SKIN AGING AND DE-AGING - A novel method and system is disclosed to realistically simulate the progress or worsening of facial skin features that contribute to the overall look and condition of the skin. The method utilizes two close-up photographs of the face, one is captured with a digital camera in standard white light, and the other is captured with the same camera in UV light. Then, the method processes these images to simulate the progress or worsening of the major skin features: hyperpigmented spots, wrinkles and small texture features. The worsening of these features simulates facial skin aging due to prolonged exposures to sunlight, biological aging or degradation of the skin health. The progress of these features simulates the improvement of facial skin in terms of overall look and healthiness as though the patient has gone through a treatment. Therefore, the present invention discloses a series of methods that are useful in dermatology, cosmetics and computer animations. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219587 | Method for Retargeting Images - A method for content-aware image retargeting generates an energy image from a source image according to an energy function. From the energy image, one or more seams are determined according to a minimizing function such that each seam has a minimal energy. Each seam is applied to the source image to obtain a target image that preserves content and a rectangular shape of the source image. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219588 | TILED OUTPUT MODE FOR IMAGE SENSORS - Methods and systems for a tiled output mode for image sensors are disclosed and may comprise receiving tiled image data from an image sensor that generates output in a tiled format, and sequentially processing the received tiled image data. The received tiled image data may comprise a plurality of lines. A tile received from the image sensor may overlap at least one neighboring tile. The neighboring tiles may be above, below, to the left and/or to the right of the current tile. The size of the received tiled image data may vary dynamically, and may vary based on, for example, a compression format and/or a desired resolution of the image sensor. The method may also comprise generating the tiled image data from an image sensor, and sequentially processing the generated tiled image data. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219589 | Estimating shared image device operational capabilities or resources - This disclosure describes a number of devices or techniques that can be capable of obtaining an operational capacity for a shared image device; estimating at least one operational resource to perform a transformation of one or more images based at least in part on the obtaining the operational capacity; and sharing the one or more images with at least one other shared image device in a manner that performs the transformation of the one or more images. | 09-11-2008 |
20080226192 | IMAGE FEATURE IDENTIFICATION AND MOTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may estimate the magnitude of relative motion between a scene and an image capture device used to capture the scene. Some embodiments may utilize discrete cosine transform and/or Sobel gradient techniques to identify one or more blocks of pixels in an originating calibration image frame. Matching blocks of pixels may be located in a successive calibration image frame. Motion vectors originating at one calibration frame and terminating at the other calibration frame may be calculated. The magnitude of relative motion derived thereby may be used to adjust image capture parameters associated with the image capture device, including exposure settings. | 09-18-2008 |
20080253683 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, comprising: | 10-16-2008 |
20080253684 | IMAGE DISCERNMENT APPARATUS - Circumscribing pixels in the surroundings of an obtained image are obtained and the gradation levels of the circumscribing pixels are compared with a predefined threshold value. The number of circumscribing pixels of which the gradation level is smaller than the predefined threshold value is counted, and, if the number of circumscribing pixels, of which the gradation levels are relatively small, is larger than the number of circumscribing pixels in the surrounding of the image, the image is judged to be a low-key image. In contrast, if the number of circumscribing pixels, of which the gradation levels are relatively small, is smaller than the number of circumscribing pixels in the surrounding of the image, the image is determined to be an underexposed image. | 10-16-2008 |
20080260285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - The present invention discloses a system and method of transforming a sample of content data by utilizing known samples in a learning best to best determine coefficients for a linear combination of non-linear filter functions and applying the coefficients to the content data in an operational phase. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267527 | Ghost Artifact Reduction for Rendering 2.5D Graphics - An image processing system for performing a transformation of an input image associated with an input viewpoint to an output image associated with an output viewpoint. The input image is a pre-filtered 2D representation of 3D objects as seen from the input viewpoint, and comprises for each input pixel an associated input pixel value and an associated input pixel depth. Additional to the input image a hidden image is received, being another 2D representation of the 3D objects and comprising information, which information is occluded from the input viewpoint. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267528 | Method for Retargeting Images - A method for content-aware image retargeting generates an energy image from a source image according to an energy function. From the energy image, one or more seams are determined according to a minimizing function such that each seam has a minimal energy. Each seam is applied to the source image to obtain a target image that preserves content and a rectangular shape of the source image. | 10-30-2008 |
20080279475 | Method for manipulating pictures via a wheel mouse - A method for manipulating pictures by rolling a mouse scrolling wheel is disclosed. The manipulations feature smoothness in operation, abundance in functionality, variety on the screen and much fun for the user's sights. Tool icons operated by the wheel mouse execute various functional commands: including a tool icon for adding or reducing pictures in a window, a tool icon for switching to various display layouts of multiple pictures, a tool icon for swapping the positions of the pictures in a window, a tool icon for rotating the pictures in a predefined degree and direction, and a tool icon for replacing the present picture by another one in a different folder. All these tools could possibly be indispensable tools for the image viewer software someday. | 11-13-2008 |
20080292210 | Method and device for converting and displaying web image data of different formats on display of electronic device - Disclosed are a method and a device for converting and displaying web image data of different formats on a display of an electronic device. An image format conversion module is linked to an internet and receives and converts web image data of different formats transmitted from a remote internet server at a predetermined web site on the internet into an image in a standard image output format. The image that is converted into the standard image output format is then transferred to an electronic device for displaying the image of the standard image output format. | 11-27-2008 |
20080304766 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REGENERATING 3D IMAGE FILES BASED ON 2D IMAGE MEDIA STANDARDS - Disclosed are a system and a method for generating and regenerating three-dimensional (3D) images file based on two-dimensional (2D) image media standards, a 3D image file generating device for generating a 3D image file having a data area, which includes first image data and second image data synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image, a header area including information of the first image data, and a metadata area including information of the second image data, and a 3D image file regenerating device, which parses information of the first and the second image data when a 3D image file is inputted so as to synthesize and regenerate the first and the second image data into a 3D image file. | 12-11-2008 |
20080317380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLEMISHES ON IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGE - A system for detecting blemishes on an image sensor package includes an initialization module configured for initializing a suspected blemish standard mean value range and a blemish standard deviation value; an image capturing module configured for capturing an image produced by the image sensor package and acquiring a brightness value of each of pixels of the image; a calculation module configured for calculating a mean value and a standard deviation of differences of brightness values of a pixel and any other pixels surrounding the pixel; a comparison module configured for respectively comparing the mean value and the standard deviation with the suspected blemish standard mean value range and the blemish standard deviation value; and a marking module configured for marking the suspected blemish which is inside the suspected blemish standard mean value range and the blemish which is larger than the blemish standard deviation value. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of reducing operator's waiting time and improving operating feeling and productivity. To carry out remote print, image is read. As a result of an operator's UI operation, if only part of the read image is required to continue image processing, the order of vectorization processing is changed as desired, and vectorization of pages having a possibility of being required to continue the image processing is precedingly implemented or is completed at completion of an operator's UI operation to finalize operation for instruction. | 12-25-2008 |
20090016640 | DIRECTIONAL HOLE FILLING IN IMAGES - When transforming a | 01-15-2009 |
20090022420 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention enables processing results which are more accurate and which have higher precision as to events of the real world to be obtained. (An inverse gamma correction unit | 01-22-2009 |
20090034873 | Image creating method and image creating system - For a halftone representation of a grayscale data of an original image of P tones, an output resolution, a screen ruling frequency, and a screen angle are based to set a basic array of L×L pixels, where L is an integer greater than 1, and a number N of tones reproducible by the basic array is compared with P to generate a dither array using the basic array as its sub-array, such that numbers are assigned to pixels of sub-arrays by a prescribed rule, in order between the sub-arrays, starting from prescribed ones of centered and centermost pixels of the sub-arrays. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041379 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT IMAGE IN EITHER CYLINDRICAL MODE OR PERSPECTIVE MODE - A method is disclosed for transforming a wide-angle video image in to a Perspective view or a Cylindrical video image with reduced distortion. The method for providing an output image in either a Cylindrical mode or a Perspective mode, and comprising steps of: ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090041380 | Information display device and information display method - In order to prevent interception of the information through the leakage electromagnetic waves when transmitting the information using an image display unit, an image converter generates plural converted images, stores the generated converted images in an image storage, an image output unit reads out the converted images from the image storage and transmits the converted images to a screen control unit successively. The screen control unit displays a reception image on an image display unit. The image output unit outputs the converted image group at a high speed, thereby performing a switching display on the image display unit, and to show an image visually equivalent to the input image. | 02-12-2009 |
20090060382 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus comprises a converting module, a sampling module, a processing module, a storage module, an output module and a display module. The converting module is used for converting an input image to image data. The sampling module is coupled to the converting module for sampling the image data and generating sampling data. The processing module is coupled to the sampling module for processing the sampling data according a preset process and generating processing data. The storage module is coupled to the processing module for storing the processing data. The output module is coupled to the storage module for retrieving the processing data stored in the storage module and generating an image signal. The display module is coupled to the output module for displaying the image signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067746 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING IMAGES UNDER DISTORTION VIA NOISE CHARACTERIZATION AND BREGMAN OPTIMAL MATRIX APPROXIMATIONS - An image digest based search approach allows images within an image repository related to a query image to be located despite cropping, rotating, localized changes in image content, compression formats and/or an unlimited variety of other distortions. In particular, the approach allows potential distortion types to be characterized and to be fitted to an exponential family of equations matched to a Bregman distance. Image digests matched to the identified distortion types may then be generated for stored images using the matched Bregman distances, thereby allowing searches to be conducted of the image repository that explicitly account for the statistical nature of distortions on the image. Processing, associated with characterizing image noise, generating matched Bregman distances, and generating image digests for images within an image repository based on a wide range of distortion types and processing parameters may be performed offline and stored for later use, thereby improving search response times. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE DISPLAY DATA - An apparatus generates display data on a display unit. An image constructing unit constructs an image of an image list including a plurality of images each corresponding to an image data file. A data output unit outputs first display data of the image list, and then, when a switching command is received from a user, outputs second display data of the image list in response to the switching command. A confirmation calculating unit calculates a degree of confirmation indicating whether a user confirmation is performed for each of the images in the image list. An image modifying unit modifies the images in the image list based on the degree of confirmation. | 03-12-2009 |
20090080800 | Multiple Index Mixed Media Reality Recognition Using Unequal Priority Indexes - An MMR system for processing image queries across index tables with unequal priority comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a pre-processing server or MMR gateway, and an MMR matching unit, and may include an MMR publisher. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the pre-processing server or MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page, and the location on the page. The MMR matching unit includes a dispatcher, a plurality of recognition units, and index tables, as well as an image registration unit. In one embodiment, the system includes an MMR matching plug-in installed on the mobile device. The present invention also includes methods for processing image queries across index tables of unequal priority and updating a high priority index based on received or projected image queries. | 03-26-2009 |
20090110326 | HIGH BANDWIDTH IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a high bandwidth image processing system, which generally includes an image processing unit having a set of servers that each have a universal operating system for receiving image data corresponding to a set of images, generating commands for processing the image data, and sending the images and the commands to an image processing unit (also having a universal operating system(s)) of the high bandwidth image processing system. Upon receipt, the image processing unit will recognize and interpret the commands, assign and/or schedule tasks for processing the image data to a set of (e.g., special) processing engines based on the commands, and return results and/or processed image data to the image interface unit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090161986 | DIGITAL IMAGE CONVERTING APPARATUS WITH AUTO-CORRECTING PHASE AND METHOD THEREOF - A digital image converting apparatus with auto-correcting phase and a method thereof are provided. The digital image converting apparatus includes a phase controller, a delay locked loop (DLL), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a position adjuster. The phase controller selects one of preset phases for outputting and continuously changes the output preset phase for controlling a clock signal produced by the delay locked loop. The ADC converts an analog display frame according to the adjusted clock signal. After all the preset phases are output in sequence, the phase controller can obtain an optimal phase for converting the display frame according to the smallest front porch of horizontal scan line and the smallest back porch of horizontal scan line of a digital display frame produced by the position adjuster. | 06-25-2009 |
20090190857 | IMPORTANCE GUIDED IMAGE TRANSFORMATION - Importance guided image transformation. A subject image is accessed, an importance is assigned respective features of the subject image and a scaling scheme is determined for the subject image based on the importance assigned the respective features of the subject image. A transformed image is generated based on the determined scaling scheme and the transformed image is provided to an image presentation system for display. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190858 | REPRESENTING FLAT DESIGNS TO BE PRINTED ON CURVES OF A 3-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCT - A design image is transformed into a projection design image comprising the design image as it will appear when projected onto a physical 3-dimensional (3-D) curved object. In an embodiment, pixels of the design image are mapped into corresponding mapped pixels in a projection design image according to how the design image will appear in a flattened image of the design projected or printed onto the object having 3-dimension curves. The projection design image may be combined with a product image of the object having 3-dimension curves to generate a customized product image of the object having 3-dimension curves incorporating the design image. The customized product image is displayed to a user when customizing a product with a design to ensure that the user understands how the physical product will appear when the design is printed or projected onto the physical product. | 07-30-2009 |
20090202173 | Optimization of Image Processing Using Multiple Processing Units - Some embodiments provide an image editing application that utilizes at least two processing units to efficiently process an image with multiple effects after at least one of the effects modified from the image. Some such embodiments maintain a queue for identifying each of the effects to reprocess. Some embodiments determine a modified ordering for the effects in the queue based on criteria that is related to reducing data exchanges between the processing units when applying the effects. From the modified ordering, a first processing unit applies a first set of the effects before passing resulting data to a second processing unit for application of a second set of the effects. The second processing unit applies a second set of effects to produce the image with the multiple effects and the at least one effect removed or modified. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208131 | Method and Device for Watermarking on Stream - The invention relates in particular to a stream-wise method of watermarking independent of the compression parameters used (for example type of the transform) so as to allow the reading of the watermarking inserted independently of the format of the data received. The watermarking method according to the invention consists in generating a contribution matrix in the transformation space, in projecting it into another domain and in watermarking the data in this domain on the basis of the projected matrix so as to allow a watermark reader operating in the transformed transformation space to read back the inserted watermarking in the transformation space. The contribution matrix representing the modifications induced on the coefficients in the transformation space by insertion of the watermarking cue in this same domain. | 08-20-2009 |
20090208132 | Image Binarizing Method, Image Processing Device, and Computer Program - A binarizing method for binarizing an original image of an electrode pad on a substrate. The method includes the steps of processing an electrode image to generate a binary image of the electrode by binarzing the original image with a first threshold value, calculating a contact trace area to calculate the contact trace area including a portion that is predicted to be a trace of an object that contacted the electrode from the binary image of the electrode, processing a contact trace image to generate the contact trace area binary image by binarizing the original image of the area extracted by the contact trace area extracting unit with a second threshold value different from the first threshold value, and synthesizing the images to synthesize the binary image of the electrode and the contact trace area binary image by taking a logical sum on a corresponding pixel to pixel basis. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220170 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SPREADING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image spreading apparatus to transform a three-dimensional image of an object to a planar image includes an incident element and an emitting element. The incident element has a first reflective portion formed with a closed circumferential surface, an image inlet and an image outlet that incorporate with the first reflective portion to form an image transmission passage. The first reflective portion has a perimeter shrinking gradually from the image inlet to the image outlet. The image inlet is extended outwards to form an image capturing zone to get images of the object to generate a corresponding circumferential image. The image emitting element is located in the image transmission passage and has a second reflective portion corresponding to the first reflective portion to receive the circumferential image and reflect the planar image through the image outlet to an image capturing device. | 09-03-2009 |
20090245684 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes a pre-combination processing unit configured to perform a pre-combination process so that a plurality of frames of image data having continuity in time are used as combination-use image data to be combined, an operation detection unit configured to detect operation input information used for a combination process, a storage unit configured to store coefficient templates each having a pattern of weighting coefficients assigned to image data of frames, a template management unit configured to select one of the coefficient templates stored in the storage unit according to the operation input information, and a combination processing unit configured to perform a combination process on the combination-use image data of the plurality of frames obtained in the pre-combination process using the coefficient template selected by the template management unit so as to generate combined-image data representing a still image. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245685 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes a pre-combination processing unit configured to perform a pre-combination process so that a plurality of frames of image data having continuity in time are used as combination-use image data to be combined, an operation detection unit configured to detect operation input information used for a combination process, and a combination processing unit configured to perform a combination process on the combination-use image data of the plurality of frames obtained in the pre-combination process according to the operation input information detected by the operation detection unit so as to generate combined-image data representing a still image. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252434 | Thresholding Gray-Scale Images To Produce Bitonal Images - Thresholding gray-scale images to produce bitonal images. In one example embodiment, a method for thresholding a gray-scale image to produce a bitonal image includes several acts. First, a first portion of gray-scale pixels of the gray-scale image are thresholded based on a global threshold and edge strength information. Next, a second portion of the gray-scale pixels are thresholded based on the global threshold and local pixel information. Finally, a third portion of the gray-scale pixels are thresholded based on a local threshold. | 10-08-2009 |
20090304302 | Arrangement for the imaging of surface structures of three-dimensional objects - The aim of the invention is the improvement of an arrangement for the imaging of surface structures of three-dimensional objects, comprising a device for the optical recording of the surface of at least a partial region of the three-dimensional object from different positions, such that the imaging of the object can be carried out with comparatively little complexity with high reproducible accuracy. According to the invention, the arrangement thus comprises a selection circuit ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100054625 | METHODS FOR FLATTENING A 3D SURFACE INTO A 2D PIECE - Disclosed is a method for flattening a 3D surface into a 2D piece. In one embodiment, the method is implemented by constructing a plurality of wire-patches by feature curves on a surface patch of the 3D surface, wherein each of feature curves comprises a plurality of wire-nodes; computing an optimal 2D angle for each of said wire-nodes of the constructed wire-patches; determining an optimal position for each of said wire-nodes based on the computed optimal 2D angles thereof, respectively; and laying out each of said feature curves in 2D based on the determined optimal position. A device to flatten a 3D surface into a 2D piece is also provided. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061657 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STABILIZING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IMAGE USING THE SAME - A method and a device for stabilizing an image, a method for transmitting and receiving the image using the same are provided. In the method for stabilizing the image, a face detection step is performed on the image first to obtain a face area in the image. Then, the size and position of the face area are stabilized, and thus the problem that the face shakes in the image is solved. | 03-11-2010 |
20100086230 | ENABLING COLOR PROFILES WITH NATURAL-LANGUAGE-BASED COLOR EDITING INFORMATION - A method of retaining original natural language commands along with the mathematical LUT transform of the commands and a private tag within the same ICC profile. The private tag can be read only by an exclusive or proprietary application or color management module. When a user loads a color editing profile into the proprietary application, the natural language commands could then be read from the private tag and displayed on a user interface. The user can then immediately see the qualitative effect of the color editing profile and provide selected modifications to the commands and retain a new set of commands stored in another profile. | 04-08-2010 |
20100104214 | Methods and Systems for Demosaicing - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for image demosaicing. | 04-29-2010 |
20100254625 | Creed Triangle Gridding Method - A method has been created, which does not require measuring or mathematical calculations, that accurately segregates the medium into manageable parts, thereby allowing the user to readily duplicate, enlarge, reduce, or skew images. | 10-07-2010 |
20100254626 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit for receiving an additional image data to be overlaid on an output image, a modification unit for modifying the additional image data received by the receiving unit so as to shorten the processing time of converting the additional image into a binary image compared with before it modified, a storage unit for storing the additional image data modified by the modification unit, a converting unit for converting the modified additional image data stored in the storage unit into a binary image data when instruction of overlaying the additional image on the output image has been done, and a drawing unit for drawing the binarized additional image data converted by the converting unit on the output image. | 10-07-2010 |
20100284629 | METHOD FOR RPC REFINEMENT USING GROUND CONTROL INFORMATION - A computer implemented method of adjusting original rational polynomial coefficients of an RPC model for an image acquired by an image sensor comprising providing rational polynomial coefficients associated with the image calculating a pseudo position and attitude angles for the sensor using the original coefficients providing at least one ground control point associated with the image adjusting the pseudo position and attitude angles using the at least one ground control point; and adjusting the original coefficients for the image using the adjusted pseudo position and attitude angles. | 11-11-2010 |
20100296752 | IMAGE PROCESSING - A method of processing a pressure image, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of first continuous pressure images; processing each of said first continuous pressure images to generate a respective second continuous pressure image; and generating a continuous statistical image representing a characteristic of the first pressure images by processing said second continuous pressure images. | 11-25-2010 |
20100310191 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A composition unit generates a composite image by compositing a frame image of interest and a processed image obtained by applying minimum value filtering processing to the frame image of interest. An LPF processor generates a low frequency component image by applying low-pass filtering processing to the composite image. A difference detector generates a difference image between the frame image of interest and the low frequency component image, and an adder generates a high frequency component image by adding the difference image to the frame image of interest. The composition unit executes composition processing using a minimum composite ratio a so that all pixel values which configure a region in the high frequency component image corresponding to a steep edge region in the composite image are equal to or larger than zero. | 12-09-2010 |
20110002556 | OUTPUT DEVICE THAT ADJUSTS IMAGES SHOWN THEREON - There is provided an output device including an inputting unit, an extracting unit, a calculating unit, an adjusting unit and an outputting unit. The inputting unit is configured to input an image file representing a motion image. The extracting unit is configured to extract, from the image file, a first frame image and at least one neighboring frame image that is chronologically continuous with the first frame image. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a total adjustment parameter for adjusting the first frame image based on the first frame image and the at least one neighboring frame image. The adjusting unit is configured to adjust the first frame image using the total adjustment parameter to generate a first adjusted output image. The outputting unit is configured to output the first adjusted output image. | 01-06-2011 |
20110038560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA SIGNALS - A signal processing method is provided. The signal processing method includes the steps of generating undersampled data corresponding to an object, determining a variable thresholding parameter based on a composition of the undersampled data, and iteratively determining thresholded coefficients to generate a plurality of coefficients by utilizing the undersampled data, a current solution and the variable thresholding parameter by updating the variable thresholding parameter and the current solution, and reconstructing a data signal using the plurality of coefficients. | 02-17-2011 |
20110044560 | METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMATION FOR MASSIVE MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA - The invention concerns a method of converting raw multidimensional digital data corresponding to points making up a 2D or 3D image of unknown size and an associated system. The method comprises:
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20110069905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ELIMINATING ONE OR MORE DEFOCUSED OR LOW CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO IMAGES - This invention, which provides a method for detecting a corruption in an image acquired from a biological sample, includes: providing at least one image of at least one cell; generating the image of the at least one cell over a period of time; determining if the at least one image of the at least one cell is corrupted; applying a wavelet transform, Fourier transform, or other frequency decomposing transform to the at least one image to decompose the at least one image into a plurality of sub-images, wherein the plurality of sub-images have a plurality of low frequency channels, a plurality of middle frequency channels and a plurality of high frequency channels; calculating a ratio based on an energy level of the plurality of low frequency channels and the plurality of middle frequency channels; and removing the at least one image of at least one cell if the at least one image is corrupted. | 03-24-2011 |
20110103711 | STRUCTURED GRIDS FOR LABEL PROPAGATION ON A FINITE NUMBER OF LAYERS - An image represented by multiple nodes can be processed by determining whether labels can be propagated to a node from another node of the image. Conceptually, an image can be presented as a “structured grid” of multiple nodes (e.g., a structured grid of pixels of an image). In a “structured grid,” two or more nodes of the same level (e.g., nodes in the same gray level) can determine in parallel whether to propagate a label from one or more of its neighboring nodes that are labeled and propagate one or more labels accordingly. An image can be processed by iteratively repeating this process for nodes of successive levels. It will be appreciated that the disclosed techniques allow parallelism without requiring partitioning of an image or having to merge partitioned images. The disclosed techniques are especially suited for watershed algorithms. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103712 | STRUCTURED GRIDS AND GRAPH TRAVERSAL FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image represented by multiple nodes can be processed by determining whether information can be propagated to a node from another node (e.g., source node) of the image, thereby allowing significantly greater parallelism and scalability by taking advantage of multiprocessing or multi-core processors that are prevalent and widely available today. Conceptually, an image can be presented as a “structured grid” of multiple nodes (e.g., a structured grid of pixels of an image). In a “structured grid,” two or more of the nodes can determine whether to propagate information in parallel. In fact, each node of a “structured grid” can perform operations relating to propagation of information in parallel. This means that for an image of N pixels, it is possible to perform N operations in parallel. It is also possible to divide the processing of N operations for N pixels substantially equally between the number processors or processing cores available at a given time. | 05-05-2011 |
20110135220 | Estimation of image motion, luminance variations and time-varying image aberrations - A system and method is disclosed to estimate dynamic image features, including genuine image motion, luminance variations, and random time-varying image aberrations. The disclosed invention addresses the issue of simultaneous dependence on spatial coordinates and spatial frequency, which is crucial for the estimation of fast-changing image aberrations such as those caused by atmospheric turbulence. It also addresses the problem of jointly estimating multiple dynamic features such as, for example, time-varying image aberrations and genuine image motion. A novel hybrid model of image aberrations is introduced which combines a frequency domain constraint with linearization in the spatial domain. A search is performed for homogeneous data blocks delimited in space, time and spatial frequency in which image aberrations and other dynamic image features are well described by a low-order model. In one embodiment, a windowed Fourier transform is used to convert the input data into a representation that is suitable for this type of hybrid modeling. A local linear parametrization of dynamic image features is introduced, leading to a fast linear estimation algorithm. | 06-09-2011 |
20110164830 | RECONFIGURABLE MODULE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING THIS RECONFIGURABLE MODULE FOR PERFORMING MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS - The invention provides a reconfigurable module allowing morphological operations to be carried out for image processing. The module includes an operational block having five inputs, three outputs, three adders/subtracters and four logic blocks. The logic blocks provide various routings between the three adders/subtracters to enable the outputs to deliver the result of basic operations carried out on the five inputs. The reconfigurable module has a reduced number of components while at the same time allowing various morphological operations to be performed whose parameters can be modified. Furthermore, the reconfigurable module is serially combined to carry out more complex morphological operations. The invention also provides a method for implementing the reconfigurable module allowing an integral image, an eroded image, an expanded image, a distance image or projections along the rows and columns of the original image to be determined starting from an original image. | 07-07-2011 |
20110170798 | GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device and a method for use in detection of a muzzle flash event is described. The device can include a Photo Detector Array (PDA), sensitive in at least a portion of the NIR and SWIR spectrum, and a filter of electromagnetic radiation selectively passing in this portion a spectral range of low atmospheric transmission, the PDA has an integration time shorter than a duration of the muzzle flash event. | 07-14-2011 |
20110200271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED AND LOW-COMPLEXITY PIECEWISE GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION OF SIGNALS - A method and system for high-speed and low-complexity geometric transformation of signals are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an input patch consisting of a window of pixels from an input image. The system may further comprise a transformation selector to generate control data to control a geometric transformation mapping based on the location of a current pixel being processed. In one embodiment, the system may also comprise a hardware geometric transform engine to perform a geometric transformation mapping by switching on one path through the geometric transform engine from an input window to an output pixel using the control data. In one embodiment, the system may further comprise an interpolator to generate interpolated geometric transformation mappings using the control data and multiple outputs from the geometric transform engine by switching on multiple paths from an input window. | 08-18-2011 |
20110206294 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing apparatus includes: an input image energy map generation unit generating an input image energy map from an input image; a reduced energy map generation unit generating a reduced energy map; a reduction seam search unit searching a reduction seam formed by binding pixels of a path along which a cumulative energy value of energies of pixels is minimum; a partial seam search unit searching a partial seam formed by binding pixels with a minimum cumulative value; an input image energy map update unit updating the input image energy map by inserting and replacing a maximum energy value into the energies corresponding to all of the pixels of the input image on the input image energy map; and a reduction expansion unit reducing or expanding the input image by deleting the pixels forming the partial seam from the input image. | 08-25-2011 |
20110229054 | PROCESSING OF IMAGES TO REPRESENT A TRANSITION IN VIEWPOINT - When mixing cutting between video cameras viewing a common scene from different viewpoints, geometric transforms that vary from image to image are applied to one or both camera outputs so as to create an apparent point of view that moves along on a path joining the viewpoints of the cameras. | 09-22-2011 |
20110280495 | Multi-Function Summing Machine - A system for processing an image including multiple pixels and intensity data thereof. An image memory is adapted for storing the image. An arithmetic core is connectible to the image memory and adapted for inputting the intensity data. The arithmetic core includes a multiple function processing units. One or more of the function processing units includes (i) a processing core adapted for computation of a function of the intensity data and for producing results of the computation, (ii) a first and (iii) a second accumulator for summing the results; and storage adapted to store the results. The function processing units are configured to compute the functions in parallel and sum the results simultaneously for each of the pixels in a single clock cycle. | 11-17-2011 |
20110286683 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to this invention, image processes are classified into a plurality of categories, and the result of processes belonging to each category is written in an intermediate buffer prepared for the category. The order of categories is determined in advance, and an output from a process of a preceding category serves as an input to a process of a succeeding category. The preceding category includes image processes such as automatic correction requiring no quick response. The succeeding category includes image processes such as manual correction requiring a quick response. | 11-24-2011 |
20120082398 | Signal Processors and Methods for Estimating Transformations Between Signals with Phase Estimation - Signal processing devices and methods estimate transforms between signals, and in particular, utilize techniques for estimating phase between a reference signal and a suspect signal. A phase estimation method estimates the phase of reference signal components in a suspect signal using a point spread function. The method provides a set of feature locations representing a discrete reference signal, applies a transform to the reference signal to provide a set of transformed locations, and then uses a point spread function to sample phase from the suspect signal at discrete sample locations in a neighborhood around the transformed locations. This process provides an estimate of phase of the suspect signal at locations corresponding to the transformed locations. | 04-05-2012 |
20120099802 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing method for processing image data having pixels consecutively arranged in two directions orthogonal to each other including setting a first pixel area configured by a first and a second predetermined numbers of pixels, summing up the individual pixel values of the first predetermined number of pixels in a column-wise manner with respect to first pixel columns arranged in one direction summing up the individual pixel values of the second predetermined number of pixels in a column-wise manner with respect to second pixel columns arranged in the other direction, identifying a count of stairs given by differences among the pixel values of the individual pixels in the first pixel area, respectively for one direction and for the other direction, and determining a pixel value of a predetermined pixel contained in the first pixel area. | 04-26-2012 |
20120128266 | Reconstruction of Phased Array Data - An image reconstruction method includes receiving volume data comprising a plurality of sampling points, determining a first conditioning of the sampling points suppressing low amplitudes and conserving maximum amplitudes, determining a second conditioning of the sampling points wherein an influence of a sampling point depends on its distance to a grid point in a sampling grid, determining a kernel comprising a plurality of weighting functions for the first conditioning and the second conditioning to determine an energy spread of each of the plurality of sampling points without determining a shape or size of the kernel, and outputting a reconstructed volume according to the energy spread of each of the plurality of sampling points. | 05-24-2012 |
20120134602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CONVERSION - An image conversion device is disclosed, having an image converting circuit for receiving a first and a second image frames of a first format and generating a third and a fourth image frames of a second format; and a signal generating circuit coupled with the image converting circuit for generating a plurality of first synchronization signals having a substantially fixed period and one or more second synchronization signals for the third and the fourth image frames, wherein each of the second synchronization signals is synchronized with one of the first synchronization signals and the third image frame contains at least one more first synchronization signal than the fourth image frame. | 05-31-2012 |
20120163731 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device specifies the number of pixels m for securing a delay time for preventing an error diffusion process from being performed at pixels of the (N+1)-th line in which diffusion of errors from a pixel of N-th line (N is a natural number) of image data is not completed, performs a control of starting an error diffusion process of the (N+1)-th line of the image data after the error diffusion process of the m-th pixel for the N-th line of the image data, and performs the error diffusion process for each line of the image data. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170866 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE COMPARISON METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an electronic device with image comparison function and an image comparison method utilized in the electronic device. The method includes loading a multimedia file in response to a first input signal and processing the multimedia file to form a two-dimensional array of each image and generate pixels of each image, acquiring a selection reference value in response to a second input signal and selecting an image comparison algorithm according to the acquired selection reference value, and comparing with the pixels of two adjacent images according to the selected image comparison algorithm and obtaining a comparison result. | 07-05-2012 |
20120177303 | Apparatus And Method For Creation Of Digital Art Forms From Other Digital Data - Apparatus and method for creation or transformation of digital art forms in 2D/3D images, photos, video, music, voice, etc. based on messages received on or sent from mobile or PC devices via email, SMS, Tweets and other messaging services, as well as other forms of accessible or streaming data such as voice calls, web page data, user input data such as button pushes, other downloadable or downloaded content including analog media converted to digital data, i.e. bit streams of any kind as input. There are no solutions today that use data from other sources as input to create new digital art forms or transform other existing digital art forms. | 07-12-2012 |
20120219236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A BLUR RENDERING PROCESS ON AN IMAGE - A method and apparatus for performing a blur rendering process on an image is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method of performing a blur rendering process includes accessing a filtered image and depth map information, determining a plurality of blending coefficients for computing a weighted sum for the image and filtered image, wherein the plurality of blending coefficients define a substantially smooth transition from at least one first depth class to at least one second depth class and a substantially sharp transition from the at least one second depth class and the at least one first depth class, wherein the at least one first depth class and the at least one second depth class form at least a portion of a plurality of depth classes and combining the image and the filtered image into a resulting image using the plurality of coefficients. | 08-30-2012 |
20120251016 | TECHNIQUES FOR STYLE TRANSFORMATION - Techniques to stylistically transform source text are disclosed. A source text and information about an output channel may be received. The source text may be stylistically transformed based on the information about the output channel. The stylistically transformed source text may be output. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-04-2012 |
20120263396 | MULTISAMPLING WITH REDUCED BIT SAMPLES - A relatively non-complex signal processor supporting an active pixel sensor imaging system is disclosed. The signal processor only requires the first sample from a group of samples in a multiple sample to be transmitted to the signal processor at full resolution. The subsequent samples in that group can be transmitted using only a subset of least significant bits. The minimum number of required LSBs is based upon the level of noise in the system. In one embodiment, the number of LSBs transmitted is k+2 per sample, where k indicates the number bits corresponding to peak noise. In an alternative embodiment, each subsequent sample is transmitted using only k+1 bits. | 10-18-2012 |
20120281930 | FLEXIBLE PIXEL-NEIGHBOURHOOD-BASED RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTATION DEVICE - A reconfigurable computation device for image processing, the device including a neighborhood-based computation matrix, generating pairing sub-scores between pairs of pixels resulting from a first series of operations configurable via a configuration register; a flexible reduction tree, carrying out a second series of operations configurable via the configuration register, on neighborhoods of pixels configurable via the configuration register; and an analysis matrix, carrying out computations configurable via the configuration register on the results arising from the flexible reduction tree. | 11-08-2012 |
20120301051 | ADAPTIVE MULTI-GRID CONTRAST OPTICAL FLOW - Systems and methods for applying a contrast optical flow algorithm to fixed image data and moving image data are disclosed. Applying the contrast optical flow algorithm may include determining a deformation field and a scalar brightness field. Applying the contrast optical flow algorithm may also include applying an affine transformation to changes in intensity between the fixed image data and the moving image data. | 11-29-2012 |
20130039599 | IMAGE TRANSFORMING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE TRANSFORMING METHOD, IMAGE TRANSFORMING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREUPON THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image transforming device transforms a part of a captured image of an object based on a predetermined type of transformation. The image transforming device includes an obtaining unit that obtains the captured image of the object, a detecting unit that detects characteristic information from the captured image of the object, a grid point setting unit that sets grid points for the captured image, and setting movement information of the grid points based on the control points and the movement information of the control points, and an image transforming unit that transforms an image area by moving the grid points based on the movement information of the grid points. | 02-14-2013 |
20130077891 | Automated Image Registration With Varied Amounts of a Priori Information Using a Minimum Entropy Method - An image registration method includes: providing a reference image and a source image; using a wavelet transformation to produce a transformed reference image and a transformed source image; using the transformed reference image and the transformed source image to estimate affine transform parameters; using the reference image, the source image, and the affine transform estimates to maximize normalized mutual information between the reference image and the source image; and using the normalized mutual information to perform sub-pixel geo-spatial registration of the reference image and the source image to produce an output image. An apparatus that performs the method is also provided. | 03-28-2013 |
20130129252 | IMAGE ANNOTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An originating user captures an original image with mobile equipment. The image is displayed on the originating user's mobile equipment with first annotations. First data information (R | 05-23-2013 |
20130182972 | IMAGE DEFECT VISIBILITY PREDICTOR - In at least some examples, a system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores an image defect visibility predictor that, when executed by the processor, compares an original image with a defect image and outputs a predicted defect visibility image (PDVI) that accounts for defect masking by the original image. | 07-18-2013 |
20130259399 | VIDEO RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A video recommendation system is provided. The video recommendation system has: an interaction device configured to receive feedback information of a video from a user, wherein the videos are composed of a plurality of video segments; a feature calculating module configured to calculate object features of at least a first video segment corresponding to the feedback information in the plurality of video segments; and an analysis module configured to recommend at least one first recommended video segment to the user from the plurality of video segments according to the calculated object features and the feedback information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130301953 | Rotatable Object System For Visual Communication And Analysis - Visually defining terminology in a paragraph by invoking a multi-media viewer to rotate a subject-object and zoom-in on the associated feature in response to clicking on the terminology; higher resolution, or a different image capture technique is then overlaid. Viewer re-positions near terminology clicked. Clicking on a feature answers a question. Two viewers are synchronized to display the same pose to facilitate a phone conversation; synchronization session is initiated by a pattern of sounds transmitted over the phone. Viewer analytics information is a heat map indicating angles seen, paused, zoomed-in, or terminology clicked; ranks different marketing message wording. After webpage loads, an image having a special pattern within its filename is replaced with multi-media viewer. Upon loading or providing additional subject-object data, advertisements are shown if a subscription fee is not paid. Clipboard data is copied to another computer by a pattern of sounds transmitted over the phone. | 11-14-2013 |
20130343672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION - A method is provided for reconstructing an image of an object that includes image elements. The method includes accessing measurement data associated with the image elements, introducing an auxiliary variable to transform an original problem of reconstructing the image to a constrained optimization problem, and solving the constrained optimization problem using a method of multipliers to create a sequence of sub-problems and solve the sequence of sub-problems. Solving the sequence of sub-problems includes reconstructing the image by optimizing a first objective function. The first objective function is optimized by iteratively solving a nested sequence of approximate optimization problems. An inner loop iteratively optimizes a second objective function approximating the first objective function. An outer loop utilizes the solution of the second objective function to optimize the first objective function. | 12-26-2013 |
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20140050419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING OF DIGITAL IMAGES - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at least one transformation identifier associated with a first image maintained by a social networking system. The transformation identifier includes at least one transformation version. The method further includes determining at least one transformation for application to the first image based on the at least one transformation identifier and the at least one transformation version. | 02-20-2014 |
20140079337 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM IS STORED - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit that is capable of storing a look-up table having association information for associating at least one first image with at least one second image that is different from the first image, a constraint condition storage unit that is capable of storing a constraint condition, which is to be satisfied by at least one of an input image, the association information and an output image, an image accepting unit that accepts at least one image, a mapping unit that acquires at least one second image associated with the at least one image accepted by the image accepting unit, so as to match the constraint condition, using the association information, and an image output unit that outputs an output image configured by the at least one second image acquired by the mapping unit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140126837 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEO PROCESSING - A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged. | 05-08-2014 |
20140270571 | SHUFFLE ALGORITHM AND NAVIGATION - Embodiments are disclosed for randomly and pseudo-randomly presenting images to a user. An exemplary method includes receiving a first set of images from a user, receiving a second set of conditions that an image must satisfy, creating a subset of the first set of images that satisfies the second set of conditions, selecting a random element of said subset, and displaying said random element to a user. The conditions define the breadth or narrowness of the subset of images from which a random element is chosen. The conditions may be system set, user configured, or any combination, and a user may repeat the process, or may choose to view a new image that has one or more affinities to the last randomly chosen image presented. Affinities function in similar manner to the conditions of a pseudo-random selection, but generally serve to narrow the available set of photos to a greater extent. Conditions or affinities may be, for example, time based, location based, event based, based on a relationship of the user to a person appearing in the last displayed photo, or based upon various other defined connections or commonalities. | 09-18-2014 |
20140328549 | CURSOR FOR APPLICATION OF IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS - Systems and techniques are disclosed for applying an effect to a digital image using a cursor. An effect can be applied to an image at a region under a cursor. The cursor has an outer periphery and an effect indicating periphery within the outer periphery. The outer periphery defines a maximum extent to which the effect is applied. The effect indicating periphery indicates how the effect will be applied to the image, such as providing a visual indication of a softness setting. | 11-06-2014 |
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20150293140 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TURBULENCE CONDITIONS, USING THE INTERACTION OF A LASER BEAM WITH A THIN PHOTOCHROMIC FILM, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A method for assessing turbulence parameters of a medium comprises the following steps: the illumination, by a laser beam being propagated in said medium, of a film of photochromic organic material that can comprise molecules of azobenzene, or of spyropyrane, or of stilbene, or of coumarin, or of fulgide, said illumination creating a surface grating in said film comprising scratches, the deformations of which are a function of the turbulence parameters; a step of acquisition of images comprising individual areas of structures linked to said scratches, more or less reduced and representative of the turbulence parameters of said medium; a step of processing of said images that makes it possible to assess the turbulence parameters of said medium. A device is also provided. | 10-15-2015 |
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