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| 20110176748 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING DICOM-COMPLIANT MEDIA VOLUMES - A system for generating digital image media volumes includes a digital image terminal for receiving, processing, and transmitting digital image data, and being adapted for processing the digital image data into one or more discrete DICOM-standard data objects. The system further includes a media volume production facility remotely located from the digital image terminal, and communicatively coupled to the digital image terminal via a server-operated computer network. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20090214139 | Image Processing Circuit and Multi-Function Apparatus - An image processing circuit for processing a two-dimensional image includes: a rearrangement unit rearranging pixels included in an input two-dimensional image; a main memory storing the rearranged two-dimensional image; and an image processor processing the two-dimensional image stored in the main memory. Here, the rearrangement unit rearranges the pixels so that when the two-dimensional image is divided into a plurality of blocks, the pixels included in the same block should be stored in an area specified by the same row address in the main memory. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20120170871 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120170869 | DIGITAL MEDIA FRAME - A method and a device for displaying images on a digital media frame is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a memory, a processing unit, a display, an interface circuit, and a display circuit. The interface circuit has at least one receiving port capable of identifying various types of networking protocols that are used to transfer the image data. The processing unit attaches auxiliary information to each image before images are stored in a memory. The display circuit displays images according to the image data received. The digital media frame further contains a user input device, which allows a user to alter the image display sequence. The user input device is an input device other than a keyboard or a cursor control device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20090196528 | Online Image Processing Methods Utilizing Image Processing Parameters and User's Satisfaction Loop - The present invention allows for online image processing. A sample embodiment of the method comprises the steps of determining graphical layers (predetermined graphical layers), steps (predetermined steps), and image processing parameters for creating an image. A substitute layer maybe obtained from a remote User. The predetermined steps may be repeated using predetermined graphical layers and the substitute layer, thus, creating a new image. The image may be further delivered to the User. If the User is not satisfied, the graphical layers, steps, or image processing parameters may be changed and method repeated. Described systems and methods may allow users to create complex digital images using remote servers, without the use of graphical tools on the user's computer. Even users without substantial technical or artistic skills may create complex digital images. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090123091 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING BRAGBOOK IMAGES - A device, system, method and software product for storing, maintaining, sharing and displaying of digital images in a common designated collection on at least one portable storage and display device. The device has a first memory section designated for storing images and a second memory section for storing digital images of the designated collection. The second memory section has a protected mode that prevents the digital images in the second memory section from being deleted or overwritten. When the protected mode of the second section is disabled, the device will overwrite the digital images of the second memory section with newly captured digital images. These digital images are restored to the second memory section when the digital display and storage device is in communication link with a database that has information for restoring overwritten digital images after newly obtained images in the second memory have been removed from the device. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090123090 | Matching Advertisements to Visual Media Objects - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for matching a visual media object to an advertisement are provided. Embodiments of the present invention include receiving un-categorized visual media objects, automatically categorizing received visual media objects into subject-matter categories using image recognition technology, and retrieving advertisements assigned to the same subject-matter category for presentation in association therewith. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20120183239 | SAVING DEVICE FOR IMAGE SHARING, IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SHARING METHOD - The saving device for image sharing includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the images offered by a sharer of the images, a sharee information storing unit configured to store sharee information with respect to at least one sharee, a subject assessing unit configured to assess whether or not a person subject is included in the acquired images, an image associating unit configured to associate the images assessed as not including a person subject with the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information, and a shared image determining unit configured to determine the images to be shared with the sharee or sharees from among the associated images and the images assessed as including a person subject, based on the sharee information. The image sharing system and an image sharing method use such a device. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20090154840 | Image processing system and method - An image processing system includes a first memory for storing a first image data, the first image data having a plurality of pixels; a second memory for storing at least one mapping table, the mapping table recording the mapped positions of at least a portion of pixels; a direct memory access control unit for accessing the first memory and the second memory; a first processing unit for accessing the first image data and the mapping table via the direct memory access control unit so as to produce a second image data; and a third memory for storing the second image data. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090154839 | Image processing system having a rapid image processing apparatus and method for image processing - The invention relates to an image processing system having an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus comprises at least two image processing units to receive a temporal sequence of image data records forming a common data stream and to generate output image data records from the image data records based on a predetermined allocation specification. The image processing units are connected to one another such that the image processing units are integrated in the common data stream. The image processing apparatus also comprises a shared memory mutually assigned to the image processing units. The shared memory stores the image data records and the output image data records. The image processing units are at least indirectly connected to the shared memory and access the shared memory. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20130089273 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS ON A DIGITAL CONTENT PLATFORM - Systems and methods for providing interactive applications. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include: (a) identifying digital content published on digital content platforms (e.g., images published on webpages); (b) assigning a key to the digital content; and (c) processing the digital content through a tagging engine (e.g., a crowdsource network) to tag the content with contextual data. The systems and methods may further include: (d) maintaining a data repository, wherein the content and respective data are indexed by corresponding key; (e) receiving a data request from an enabled application, upon user-activation of the application, wherein the data request includes the key; (f) conducting a data search of the data repository based on the key; and (g) providing the content data, responsive to the data request, for rendering of the enabled and user-activated application. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130051704 | EXPOSURE CONDITION DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A console of an X-ray imaging system functions as a query receiver and a retrieval section to support decision on an exposure condition. The query receiver receives a retrieval query such as an exposed body portion and an exposure direction. The retrieval section refers to an exposure date of image files having the same patient ID number, and calculates an exposure interval between a pair of prior and subsequent image files the exposure dates of which are the nearest to each other. The exposure interval is compared with a threshold value. If the exposure interval is less than the threshold value, neither image file is assigned as a model image file. If the exposure interval is the threshold value or more, the subsequent image file is assigned as the model image file. The retrieval section retrieves the image file matching the retrieval query out of the model image files. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20090304304 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing device is provided which generates an easily reusable electronic document from an input image in which different page sizes are mixed. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120219239 | System, Method, and Devices for Searching for a Digital Image over a Communication Network - Systems, devices, and methods for searching using at least one digital image over a communication network are disclosed. Embodiments include a remote computer server receiving a digital image from a digital capturing device and the remote computer server processing the digital image to provide digital image processing information. Further, the remote computer server determines a list of search results based on the digital image and the digital image processing information and transmits the list of search results to the digital capture device. The list of search results includes links to websites, one or more search result images, and image identification information. In addition, a search engine software application implemented by the remote computer server receives the digital image and determines the list of search results. An image processing device and/or computer program identifies one or more objects within the digital image that may be used in a search. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130094783 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PICTURES - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for displaying picture, and relates to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: establishing synchronous browsing sessions with terminals performing synchronous browsing; when receiving, from any of the terminals performing synchronous browsing, a request for clicking any picture, searching for a pre-stored identity allocated to the any picture; and sending the identity of the any picture to the terminals other than the terminal clicking the picture, so that the terminals other than the terminal clicking the any picture extract and display a pre-stored corresponding picture according to the identity of the any picture. According to the present invention, synchronous browsing of a picture between multiple terminals and a designated wireless digital photo frame may be implemented through a digital photo frame server, thereby enriching people's life and enhancing the user experience. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20090268987 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an image display control device capable of displaying a process for switching images in a manner readily recognizable by an observer when sequentially displaying a plurality of images on a display device. An image display control device displays a first image at a predetermined position in a predetermined display area, then repetitively carries out a process for producing and displaying a first transitional image in which the first image is displayed at a first display position in the display area, with brightness lowered for at least a partial area in the display area, while moving the first display position in a direction going away from the predetermined position, then repetitively carries out a process for producing and displaying a second transitional image in which a second image is displayed at a second display position in the display area, with the brightness lowered for at least the partial area in the display area, while moving the second display position in a direction approaching the predetermined position, and thereafter displays the second image at the predetermined position. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090268986 | SYSTEM FOR THE PLAYBACK OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A system for representing medical images in an operating theater has a PACS workstation and a display device that is connected to the PACS workstation for representing medical images stored in the PACS workstation. The display device has a large-size display area. In order to be able to efficiently and comfortably represent medical images in the operating theater, the PACS workstation is connected to a sterilizable remote control unit which is equipped with control elements for controlling the representation of the medical images by means of the display device that is connected to the PACS workstation. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20130064476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING A PHOTO CALENDAR - System and method are disclosed for creating a photo calendar. A computer storage medium stores images taken in a time period spanning a plurality of capture months. A computer processor automatically divides the images into groups based the capture months, distributes the images in one of the capture month to one or more calendar months according to an adjacency distribution function, and creates a design of a photo calendar comprising a plurality of calendar months and images distributed in the calendar months. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130064475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A PLUGGABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR TASK MANAGEMENT ON COMPUTERS - A system and method retrieve an image using a first computer processor, and transmit the image from the first computer processor to a second remote computer processor. The first computer processor and the second remote computer processor are coupled via a network connection. The image is received at the network connection, and the image is a lightweight operating system that is configured to be stored in and execute in a virtual memory coupled to the second remote computer processor. The second remote computer processor is not equipped with additional hardware or an agent to receive or execute the image. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130129258 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Providing a Digital Photo Archive - Systems, methods, and media for providing a digital photo archive are provided. In some embodiments, systems for providing a digital photo archive are provided, the systems comprising; at least one hardware processor that: collects a plurality of photos from a plurality of sources; collects a plurality of pieces of information from the plurality of sources; determines whether one of the plurality of photos is presently stored in the archive; stores the one of the plurality of photos in the archive only if the one of the plurality of photos has been determined to not be presently stored in the archive; and indicates to a user that the one of the plurality of photos is a duplicate photo if it is determined that the one of the plurality of photos has been determined to he presently stored in the archive. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20110075949 | IMAGE SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image searching system comprises an input unit for receiving a user input; a storage unit for storing a database and a color code list. The database stores a plurality of image files. The color code list records a plurality of numeric codes corresponding to each color code. A read module acquires an image file. A searching condition selection module receives an area selection of the acquired image file as a search condition. A color scan module scans and analyzes the search condition to acquire a color code. A color-encoding module converts the color code of the search condition into a numeric code according to the color code list. An image search module searches the image file whose numeric code matches the numeric code of the search condition, and outputs a result. A searching control module displays the matched image file on the display unit according to the result. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20090148068 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND SEARCH - An electronic image classification and search system and method are provided. Images are processed to determine a plurality of simple feature descriptors based upon characteristics of the image itself. The simple feature descriptors are grouped into complex features based upon the orientation of the simple feature descriptors. End-stopped complex feature descriptors and complex feature descriptors at multiple orientations are grouped into hypercomplex feature descriptors. Hypercomplex resonant feature descriptor clusters are generated by linking pairs of hypercomplex feature descriptors. Feature hierarchy classification can then be performed by adaptive resonance on feature descriptors and classifier metadata associated with the image can then be generated to facilitate indexing and searching of the image within a hierarchical image database. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100111446 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus and method are provided. A control unit may divide input image array data into a plurality of sub-blocks, and a first arithmetic logic unit (ALU) may generate an integral image of at least one of the plurality of sub-blocks. The control unit may determine each of the plurality of sub-blocks to be included in any one of a first sub-block group and a second sub-block group, store the integral image of each sub-block included in the first sub-block group on the first memory, and store the integral image of each sub-block included in the second sub-block group on the second memory. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20130022294 | METHOD OF PLACING AN ORDER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING - In an image network system used for network print service which receives an order for printing or the like by using a communication network such as the Internet, there are provided a center server capable of providing service which is different depending upon points given to a customer according to an order track record, at a time of using the system, capable of suitably setting a storage capacity and a storage period of an image for a user without placing a burden on the user while importance is placed on an operational efficiency of the system, capable of allowing a user to upload images as many as possible in an album, and useful for prompting an order, and an image network system including the center server. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20090148070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REPRODUCING IMAGE FILE INCLUDING 2D IMAGE AND 3D STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - An apparatus includes a storage unit to receive and store an image file, a processor to parse a media data field of the image file including one or more image data samples and to parse a media header field including an image type data field indicating whether each of the one or more image data samples is one of 2 dimensional (2D) image data and 3 dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image data to generate an image corresponding to one of a 2D image and a 3D stereoscopic image based on the image type data field of the image file, and a display unit to display the generated image according to the image type data field of the image file. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090148069 | Image-data recording and reproducing apparatus - An image data recording apparatus includes a menu picture data managing section and a recording section. The menu picture data managing section operates for managing first menu picture data containing control information designed to allow switching from reproduction of first image data pieces to reproduction of second image data pieces or switching from reproduction of the second image data pieces to reproduction of the first image data pieces. The recording section operates for obtaining the first menu picture data from the menu picture data managing section, and for recording the obtained first menu picture data, the first image data pieces, and the second image data pieces on a recording medium. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090310889 | Information-processing apparatus, and storage medium storing boot program executed by information-processing apparatus - An information-processing apparatus stores in advance a photographing application program. Further, the information-processing apparatus comprises photographing processing means which has a function different from that of the photographing application program. In a launch acceptance state, the information-processing apparatus accepts a first launch operation for selectively launching a plurality of application programs, and a photographing enabling operation for setting a state of the information-processing apparatus to a photographing enabled state. In the photographing enabled state, the information-processing apparatus executes photographing processing by the photographing processing means, and accepts a second launch operation for launching the photographing application program. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20080267535 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF NON-REFLOW CONTENT IN A DIGITAL IMAGE - A computer system and method for efficiently processing a digital image into reflow content is presented. The method comprises each of the following as executed on a computer. A digital image is obtained for processing. The digital image includes at least some content suitable for conversion into reflow content. The digital image is processed into a digital content file. The digital content file includes both reflow content and non-reflow blocks of content. For each non-reflow block of content in the digital content file, the following are performed. A confidence rating is determined for the non-reflow block of content. If the confidence rating for the non-reflow block of content falls below a predetermined threshold, an evaluation of the non-reflow block is triggered. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090208139 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - There are provided a data processing apparatus which makes an I/F for data processing modules (processors) versatile to facilitate addition/modification on a data processing module basis in accordance with processing contents, an image processing apparatus, and a method for the apparatuses. A data processing module ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090208138 | Image imaging Apparatus, Image Managing Method, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - An image managing apparatus includes a storage unit that stores image data, a receive unit that receives an image transmission request, and a controller. Herein, the controller adds security information to the image data and transmits the image data from the storage unit to an external apparatus in response to the image transmission request. Moreover, the controller determines whether to add the security information to the image data on the basis of a value of a security addition flag for the box in which the image data is stored or a value of a security addition flag for the image data. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090214138 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING METHODS FOR DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME AND INTERACTIVE IMAGE PROCESS - The invention relates to an image processing method, and processing methods for a digital photo frame and an interactive image process. The image processing method includes the steps of: providing an image; dividing the image into a plurality of blocks; and storing the blocks into a memory with the blocks respectively serving as a plurality of independent images. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090092339 | Viewing and Scanning of Microfilm Using a Self-Contained Digital Device Without a Personal Computer - Apparatus for, and methods of, capturing and storing images in a self-contained digital microfilm scanning system without requiring a personal computer or software. A digital microfilm scanner captures an image from microfilm and sends the captured image directly from the digital scanner to a viewing device for displaying the captured image. The digital microfilm scanner also sends the captured image directly to a memory storage device, such as a memory card of the SD type with a USB connector. The captured images may then be transferred to a personal computer with a compatible port or printed by a printer with a compatible port. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090290813 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ONE OR MORE REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with one or more representative images are disclosed. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20080304769 | Common Image Format File Image Extraction - A utility is presented that may be used to extract check images and/or other information directly from a Common Import Format File (CIFF) file for presentation to a user. The utility may be used in addition to, and indeed in spite of, an existing check management database system that stores information from an original CIFF file in an alternate form. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090290814 | IMAGE COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image compensation apparatus and method for compensating an image scanned using a micro scanning mirror is disclosed. The disclosed image correction apparatus includes a transform/storage unit for storing an original image consisting of image data having an M-row×N-column size, the transform/storage unit laterally reversing an order of the image data at intervals of one row, upon storing the original image, and storing the resultant image data of the original image, and a micro scanning mirror for horizontally scanning the image data read out from the transform/storage unit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290812 | System to Compile Landmark Image Search Results - This patent discloses a system to compile a landmark image search result. The system may determine a rank of each image within a visual cluster according to at least one of a low-level self-similarity score, a low-level discriminative modeling score, and a point wise linking score. The landmark image search result may be compiled as a function of the rank of each image. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20080310762 | 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) image files based on two-dimensional (2D) image media standards. The system includes a 3D image file generating device for generating a 3D image file including a data area, which includes a first image data and a second image data, the second image data being synchronized with the first image data so as to be used for generating a 3D image and undergoing a data conversion process based on the first image data, 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 second image data when a 3D image file is inputted so as to extract the first and second image data, restores the second image data through a data conversion process, and synthesizes the first image data and the restored second image data so as to regenerate the 3D image file. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080212899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH PORTIONS OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES AND FEATURES THEREOF - Embodiments enable searching of portions of objects in images, including programmatically analyzing each image in a collection in order to determine image data that, for individual images in the collection, represents one or more visual characteristics of a portion of an object shown in that image. A user is enabled to specify one or more search criteria that includes image data, and a search result may be determined based on one or more images in the collection that show a corresponding object that has a portion that satisfies a threshold. The threshold is defined at least in part by the one or more search criteria. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100061662 | System and Methods for Recording Emergency Data - A system and method for recording emergency data during a 911 call. The emergency data recorded may be in the form of a digital image. The digital image may be of the event prompting the 911 call. The digital image may be a single image, a series of images, or streaming video. The emergency data may be received on a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, through a digital imaging device, such as a digital camera. The emergency data may then be transmitted to a server, wherein the emergency data is stored. The emergency data may be accessed by a 911 dispatcher during a 911 call to review the image data to aid in assessing the emergency recorded in the emergency data. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20080240619 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS - An index storing unit stores, in a page as a fixed-length storage area, a vocabulary index which associates vocabulary identifiers for identifying vocabularies included in a structured document having a layered logical structure and specific information for specifying positions where the vocabularies appear. A characteristic analyzing unit analyzes a characteristic concerning a distribution of the specific information included in the vocabulary index stored in the page. A dividing unit divides the page into a plurality of blocks including one of a plurality of the vocabulary indexes based on the characteristic analyzed by the characteristic analyzing unit, calculates a first range representing a range of the specific information of the vocabulary indexes included in the blocks, and stores the first range in each of the divided blocks in the index storing unit. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080273815 | Method and device for retrieving a test block from a blockwise stored reference image - The invention relates to retrieving a test block at a freely selectable position from a blockwise stored reference image. A method for retrieving a test block from a blockwise stored reference image is described. Said method comprises the steps of retrieving a reference block and generating from the reference block a first corona block. Then, the test block is composed using a subsection of the reference block and a subsection of the first corona block. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080247674 | Systems and methods for source language word pattern matching - A data capture and mining method which enables identification of characters and words through their visible patterns. Specifically, a data capture and mining method involves searching a scanned image using isomorphic, graphical pattern matching techniques that eliminate both the need to convert imaged writing to electronic format through, e.g., OCR and the subsequent need to convert the electronic text into English. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080279480 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus capable of automatically adjusting the enlargement ratio and the position of images and to display the noticed areas of all selected images is disclosed. When a two image display mode is selected, an image previously displayed (a first image) and an image to be displayed in the two image display mode (a second image) are loaded from a memory into a display controlling unit and a correction value calculating unit. The display controlling unit performs enlarging and moving operations with respect to the first image and the second image simultaneously. The correction value calculating unit searches for an area in the second image (a corrected area) most resembling an enlarged area in the first image so as to enlarge the corrected area in the second image. The images processed by the display controlling unit are transmitted to an image display memory. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080285891 | Image processing device, method and program - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080212898 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image file may be stored in an image forming apparatus in both a device-specific and a general-purpose format. To appropriately select whether to store an image file in either or both formats, according to the image file being stored, an image forming apparatus that is connected to an external device inputs the image data via an image input unit, and uses a specific image generating unit to generate a P-JPEG data, a device-specific format. A general image generating unit generates a PDF data, in accordance with the P-JPEG data, that can be interpreted by the external device as well as the image forming apparatus, and both the P-JPEG data and the PDF data are stored in a storage unit. A control unit controls generating the PDF data by the general image generating unit, according to the box attributes of the storage unit. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080260295 | IMAGE SCALING ARRANGEMENT - Methods and system for transferring images between devices are disclosed. For example, differently scaled images by a host device may automatically and/or selectively be transferred to a media player for display. In turn, appropriately scaled images may be transferred automatically and/or selectively to another display device for example a TV, camera or printer. The selectivity may occur either at the host level or at the player level. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080285890 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR IMAGE AND IMAGE-RELATED INFORMATION - An apparatus, method, and system for searching for images and image-related information are described in which the image information search system includes: an image reproducing apparatus reproducing or capturing an image; and an image/information search server searching for image/information associated with the captured image. In the image and image-information search apparatus and method, a user can easily acquire his or her desired image file or image-related information while he or she is watching images, even when he or she does not know any detailed identification information associated with his or her desired image. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090185762 | DATA STRUCTURE FOR IMAGE FILE - A data structure for an image file includes an image file head, a data area, an index table, and file tail information. The image file head records hardware parameter information of a storage device and partitions the storage device into a plurality of data units. The data units are compressed to generate corresponding compressed data blocks. The generated compressed data blocks are stored in the data area. The index table uses an index value to record start positions of the data units and positions of the compressed data blocks in the image file into the index table. The file tail information marks a file length of the image file. During network transmission of the image file, a destination may restore the received compressed data blocks to the corresponding positions. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20080240618 | Image-document retrieving apparatus, method of retrieving image document, program, and recording medium - Feature vectors used in discrimination of images include information on feature blocks of images in an image-document retrieving apparatus of the present invention. Text areas of a page image document are combined to form rectangular images. On the basis of information on the rectangular images that are extracted, a geometric structure of the page is analyzed, the page image document is divided into plural blocks, and then a plurality of feature blocks describing features of the page document image are selected from the plural blocks. The feature vectors are constituted of information on the feature blocks thus selected. This makes it possible to provide an image-document retrieving apparatus and a method of retrieving image documents, by which retrieval of image documents containing mainly text and a graphic is improvable in accuracy. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20110229057 | Image data processing device - An image data processing device includes: a basic image data acquisition device that acquires basic image data; a simplified image data generation device that generates simplified image data corresponding to the basic image data which has been acquired, a size of the simplified image data being smaller than that of the basic image data; a transmission device that transmits at least the basic image data to an external storage device; and an internal storage device that stores the simplified image data without storing the basic image data. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20080260294 | IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An image storage device includes an image information storing section for storing an image file; a processing section for executing an application which uses an image file; a use-by-application specifying section for specifying a use of an image file by the application; a transmitting section for transmitting an image file to an external apparatus; a remaining-capacity-of-medium detecting section for detecting the remaining capacity of the image information storing section; a deletion specifying section for specifying an image file which has already been transmitted to an external apparatus by the transmitting section and which is not specified to be used by the application, as a deletion target; and a deleting section for, when the remaining storage capacity of the image information storing section is a predetermined amount or less, deleting the image file specified as a deletion target from among image files. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080260293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY STORING STEREO IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for storing a stereo image. One file is created by using a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file structure used for storing a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format image and a stereo image can be more simply and efficiently stored and compressed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120195524 | VALIDATING STORED COPIES OF DATA IMAGES TO LOAD INTO MEMORY - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for validating stored copies of data images to load into memory. An image of data is maintained in a memory, wherein the image in the memory includes a generation number. The image in the memory is written to at least two copies of the image to storage locations in response to a first event, wherein the generation number for the image in the memory is stored in the storage locations having the copies of the image. A check generation number is stored in a storage location. The image is loaded from at least one of the copies of the image in one of the storage locations to the memory in response to a second event The generation number for the image loaded into the memory. The check generation number is incremented in response to the second event. The generation numbers for the copies of the image in the storage locations and the check generation number are used to validate the copies of the image. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20080310763 | Network System - A network system in which a client device is connected to a server via a LAN. A CPU in the client device obtains date data of respective still picture files from the respective servers and generates representative thumbnail picture. Subsequently, the CPU in the client device generates a directory of a still picture taken on each photographing date, associates the directory with the thumbnail picture of the representative picture of each photographing date, and then displays a list of the representative thumbnail pictures. When a user selects the representative thumbnail picture which is taken on a date identical with a desired still picture from the respective thumbnail pictures, the CPU in the client device obtains all still pictures which are to be stored in the directory associated with the selected representative thumbnail picture from a storage medium in the server, and then generates thumbnail pictures of the still pictures. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080232719 | Image storage apparatus having continuous-shooting function - An image storage apparatus comprises an image capture unit configured to sequentially capture images of a subject, a storage unit including storage areas to store the images of the subject captured by the image capture unit, a storage controller configured to overwrite a storage area which is permitted to be overwritten with an image of the subject captured by the image capture unit, a life setting unit configured to set a life of the storage area which is overwritten by the storage controller, a life controller configured to change gradually the life of the storage area set by the life setting unit, a determination unit configured to determine whether the life of the storage area changed by the life controller expires or not, and a permission unit configured to permit to overwrite a storage area when the determination unit determines that the life of the storage area expires. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232718 | Purpose-driven data representation and usage for medical images - A technique for selecting portions of a multi-resolution medical image data set to be stored and the portions of the multi-resolution medical image data set to be discarded in order to reduce the overall amount of image data that is stored for each image data set. The selection is based on the clinical purpose for obtaining the medical image data. The clinical purpose for obtaining the medical image is used to define regions of interest in the medical image. At each resolution level of the multi-resolution medical image data set, the regions of interest are stored at the full resolution, while the remaining portions of the medical image are stored at a lesser resolution. A three-dimensional bit mask of the regions of interest is produced from a segmentation of the regions of interest. The segmentation list and the multi-resolution medical image data set are decomposed into multiple resolution levels. Each resolution level has a low frequency component and several high frequency components. The low frequency portions at each resolution level may be stored in their entirety. The segmentation list is used to select the regions in the high frequency portions of the multi-resolution image data that correspond to the regions of interest and those regions that do not. The regions in the high frequency portions of the multi-resolution image data that correspond to the region of interest are stored. Those regions in the high frequency portions of the multi-resolution image data that do not correspond to a region of interest are discarded. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090297065 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120170868 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE - An image management method of a digital photography device including the followed steps is provided. Firstly, a digital image is captured according to a capturing instruction. Next, the digital image is analyzed to determine whether the digital image is successful or not. If the digital image is analyzed as a failed image, the digital image is stored in a specific folder. If the digital image is analyzed as a successful image, the digital image is stored in a playback folder. Thus, the digital images of the digital photography device can be efficiently managed. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20110058754 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a camera, a storage system, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives an image from the camera to find a key portion in the image, obtain coordinates of the key portion in the image, determine the coordinates of the key portion in the image to obtain a location status, and select one group of files according to the location status. The selected group of files is displayed by the electronic device. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100135597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IMAGE SEARCHING USING MANUAL ENRICHMENT, CLASSIFICATION, AND/OR SEGMENTATION - Embodiments described herein provide for a system for creating a data collection of recognized images. The system includes an image analysis module that is configured to programmatically analyze individual images in a collection of images in order to determine information about each image in the collection. The system may also include a manual interface that is configured to (i) interface with one or more human editors, and (ii) displays a plurality of panels concurrently. Individual panels may be provided for one or more analyzed images, and individual panels may be configured to display information that is at least indicative of the one or more images of that panel and/or of the information determined from the one or more images. Additionally, the manual interface enables the one or more human editors to view the plurality of panels concurrently and to interact with each of the plurality of panels in order to correct or remove any information that is incorrectly determined from the image of that panel. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100254631 | PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A peer-to-peer file sharing system includes a first digital photo frame connected to a network, a second digital photo frame connected to the network, and a server connected to the network. A plurality of files is stored in the first digital photo frame. An address information of the second digital photo frame is stored in the server. The first digital photo frame is capable of acquiring the address information of the second digital photo frame from the server, and transmitting the files to the second digital photo frame directly based on the address information. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20090268988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING - In one embodiment, the present invention is a system for organizing data flow for two dimensional digital image processing. The system includes a memory access module for accessing an external memory containing image data to be processed, and a data flow organizer module for preparing a data stream from the input image data accessed by the memory access module. The data flow organizer module predicts future data needed for processing, and the memory access module pre-fetches the predicted data from the memory. A data processing module processes the pre-fetched data from the data flow organizer module. Address generation for accessing the memory is performed independent and in parallel with processing the pre-fetched data. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110026853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECTIFIED IMAGE RENDERINGS USING RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM IMAGES - An embodiment provides for enabling retrieval of a collection of captured images that form at least a portion of a library of images. For each image in the collection, a captured image may be analyzed to recognize information from image data contained in the captured image, and an index may be generated, where the index data is based on the recognized information. Using the index, functionality such as search and retrieval is enabled. Various recognition techniques, including those that use the face, clothing, apparel, and combinations of characteristics may be utilized. Recognition may be performed on, among other things, persons and text carried on objects. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20090003732 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE INFORMATION - On a display processing apparatus, on a case data selection screen, display call buttons for respectively instructing the display of the case data selection screen, a listing display of red color detection bars, a listing display of average color bars, a listing display of thumbnails extracted as observation targets, a digest listing display of thumbnails extracted from a database based on a predetermined reference, and a diagnostic report are displayed at the bottom of the screen in addition to the display of a case data listing display window in which a case data number in a case data number field, and data such as the name and the ID of a patient, an examination date, etc. in an identification data field are displayed to be scrollable. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080267534 | Image-Processing System - An image-processing system receives an image from a user and identifies an image-processing instruction which has been added to the image by the user. The instruction corresponds to an image-processing operation which is to be applied to at least a portion of the image in order to manipulate the image into a modified form. When the system is coupled to a device such as a photocopier, the photocopier is controlled to perform the image manipulation in accordance with the identified instruction and to print the modified image. Thus the image can be modified without the need to alter the original image itself. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080226198 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing an image includes an input unit for inputting user operation information, a recording medium for recording moving image data, a data processor for retrieving data recorded on the recording medium and generating display data in response to an input to the input unit, and a display unit for displaying the display data. The data processor generates a contracted image of an image selected at predetermined time intervals from a scene as a moving image recording unit recorded on the recording medium and displays on the display unit a list of generated contracted images arranged in a time-series order. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090074329 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides an image display apparatus and an image display method adapted for the apparatus. The apparatus stores a plurality of image files and metadata of each of the image files. The metadata includes a selection count and a weighted value of the image file. The weighted value is calculated according to the selection count. The image display method includes steps of: receiving image selection signals; receiving an image display signal; reading the weighted values of selected image files to generate a list in an order according to the weighted values; updating the selection counts of the selected image files; calculating the weighted values of the selected image files according to the updated selection counts, and storing the updated selection counts and the calculated weighted values as metadata; and displaying the selected image files according to the list. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100316306 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The information processing apparatus stores a file containing image data and supplementary image data generated based on a region that is at least a portion of the image, compares the image data and the supplementary image data and detects which region of the image the supplementary image was generated based on, generates a second file containing information indicating the region that was detected and the size of the supplementary image, generates a first file by deleting the supplementary image data from the file, and transmits the first file and the second file instead of transmitting the file. The peripheral apparatus receives the first file and the second file, generates the supplementary image data from the image data contained in the first file with use of the information indicating the region and the size of the supplementary image, and generates a third file having the same configuration as the file. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100183246 | DATA CAPTURE FROM RENDERED DOCUMENTS USING HANDHELD DEVICE - A portable device having scanning, imaging or other data-capture capability is described. In some cases, the portable device can indicate to the user when enough information has been captured to uniquely identify a source document. In some cases, the portable device calculates timestamps and location-stamps indicating when and where a data capture occurred. In some cases, the portable device is controlled by gestures. In some cases, the portable scanning device has associated billing and content/service subscription information. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120230609 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A marker corresponding to an editing state at an arbitrary point in time of image data being edited is stored in memory. The image of an arbitrary editing state can be displayed by a user selecting the displayed marker. The original image data is not updated. When saving the image data file, the saved editing state at an arbitrary point of time can be saved as a single file together with the original image data. By selecting a plurality of markers, images corresponding to a plurality of processing states can be displayed simultaneously. A marker can be used to create a new image data file of a desired processing state, or a plurality of markers can be selected to create a plurality of new image data files. Image data can be displayed as thumbnail images, and thumbnail images and ordinary images can be concurrently displayed. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120243804 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOGRAPH MAPPING - Systems and methods for photograph mapping are disclosed herein. In one embodiment a first digital image and at least one user-generated datum is received from at least one user. The first image is geographically organized according to the at least one datum. The first image is associated with at least one location and at least one direction. The first image is provided from a first person perspective to a user in response to a request. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20110243478 | SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION - A system for digitizing a set of documents, the documents belonging to a domain. The system includes an input module for providing documents in electronic form, a digitization module for digitizing the documents provided by the input module, an image repository and digitization database system, the image repository and digitization database system including an image repository, at least one digitization database and at least one knowledge base, a knowledge crawler/builder module for receiving data from the digitization database and building the knowledge base, and a delivery module for providing digitized data. A process for digitizing a set of documents is also provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20100054631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus enables to cause a user to certainly and quickly recognize a not-supported image file. A first determining unit determines whether image data capable of being image-processed is included in an image file including a plurality of pieces of image data obtained from outside. An adding unit adds device information including information of non-support to a file header of the image file when the first determining unit determines that image data incapable of being image-processed is included. A second determining unit determines whether the device information is included in file header information of the image file obtained from outside. An image-processing unit image-processes the image file which has been determined by the first determining unit to include image data capable of being image-processed, and the image file which has been determined by the second determining unit not to include the device information in the file header information. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120170870 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Images captured at a venue and relating to one or more patrons of the venue are incorporated into one or more products in accordance with image selections and/or product selections made by the patron(s). The images may be captured at venues with a variety of image capture devices such as pre-mounted cameras, cell phones, cameras brought by patrons to the venue, or cameras provided to patrons by the venue or another entity. The patrons may obtain products such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, prints, slideshows, or other products incorporating one or more selected images. Patrons may also view the images on portable electronic devices. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20110176747 | METHOD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING - A method and portable electronic device for processing images are provided. Images are stored electronically at a remote server as attachments to message data, message data received at the portable electronic device with indicators identifying corresponding attachments to the message data. The portable electronic device comprises a processing unit interconnected with an input device, and a display device. First input data is received indicative that one of the indicators, corresponding to one of the images, has been selected, causing the image to be retrieved from the remote server. The received image is displayed at the display device. Second input data is received indicative that a next one of the images is to be displayed, the second input data received while the first retrieved images is displayed at the display device. The next images is then received from the remote server and processed to display it at the display device. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110249913 | IMAGE REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An image registration server which can communicate with a client device, includes an image data receiving device for receiving image data transmitted from the client device, an image data generation device for generating image data representing the same image as an image represented by the image data received by the image data receiving device and having a different form of representation therefrom, and an image data storage device for storing the image data generated by the image data generation device so as to be accessible. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPH FINDING - Digital image data including discrete photographic images of a variety of different subjects, times, and so forth, are collected and analyzed to identify specific features in the photographs. In an embodiment of the invention, distinctive markers are distributed to aid in the identification of particular subject matter. Facial recognition may also be employed. The digital image data is maintained in a database and quarried in response to search requests. The search requests include criteria specifying any feature category or other identifying information, such as date, time, and location that each photograph was taken, associated with each photograph. Candidate images are provided for review by requesters, who may select desired images for purchase or downloading. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110081101 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA DATA - A method and a device for displaying multimedia data are provided. According to the method, the device can operate in a music priority mode and a picture priority mode to simultaneously play music and display pictures according to human emotional feelings. In the music priority mode, a display effect and a display speed for displaying pictures matches with a played type of music. In the picture priority mode, a display effect and a display speed for displaying pictures match with picture content, and a played type of music matching with the picture content is selected and played while the pictures are being displayed. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110150365 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AND CERTIFYING ROI-BASED IMAGE IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGY - The present invention relates to a system for certifying an image identify technology. The system for certifying an image identify technology according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a test image DB that stores still images and moving images; a modified image generator that generates modified images from the still images and the moving images; a modified image DB that stores the modified images; a statistical information unit that calculates statistical information by using results identifying the still images, the moving images, and the modified images by the image identify technology; an evaluator that evaluates the accuracy of the image identify technology according to the statistical information; and a certificate generator that generates certificate by using the statistical information and the accuracy. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110052096 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND USING A FINGERPRINT FOR AN ARTICLE - Techniques for generating fingerprints for articles and using the fingerprints for various applications. Scan-related parameter values, including the area of an article scanned, may be specified and varied from one scan to another for collecting data points used for generating fingerprints for articles. A paper shredder is provided that is configured to, prior to shredding a paper sheet, scan the paper sheet and generate a fingerprint for the paper sheet. Fingerprints may also be generated for media keys that are used to access media data. The fingerprint generated for a media key may be used to authenticate the media key. Access to media data corresponding to the media key may be made contingent on successful authentication of the media key. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110150366 | IMAGE ORGANIZING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE ORGANIZING PROGRAM - An organizing condition for organizing a plurality of inputted images based on at least one of a content of each inputted image and an associated attribute of each inputted image is stored for each user. When a plurality of newly inputted images are organized, the stored organizing condition associated with the user who carries out the organization is acquired, and the newly inputted images are organized based on the acquired organizing condition. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20080247677 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A reference image and features of the reference image are stored in a hash table in such a manner that the reference image and the features are related to each other. A storage region of the hash table is divided into a plurality of divided regions, and each divided region is related to a storage condition under which a reference image is stored in the divided region. When a reference image is stored in the hash table, a storage region where the reference image is to be stored is selected out of the plurality of divided regions in accordance with the storage condition. This allows shortening a time for updating a reference image, and reducing a workload on means for updating the reference image. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080247676 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REPORT CREATION TERMINAL, MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - Enhanced image data is stored, and medical image data contained in the enhanced image data and a screen for creating an interpretation report are displayed on a monitor. In response to a linking operation, link data containing image specification information specifying medical image data to link in the enhanced image data is generated and included into data of the interpretation report. In response to an operation of requesting linked medical image, based on the link data, medical image data indicated by the image specification information within the enhanced image data is specified from the enhanced image data, and the specified medical image data is outputted to a requesting destination of the linked medical image. Thus, a link can be set to medical image data that is one data element within enhanced image data, and only a linked data row can be extracted and read from the enhanced image data. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080247675 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - When retrieving an image from an archive of stored images that is similar to an inputted image, an image-processing apparatus ( | 10-09-2008 |
| 20110211772 | SIMILAR IMAGE RETRIEVING DEVICE - A similar image retrieving device ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20090161993 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an image receiving unit, a detection unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores number of a plurality of information images included in a reference image. The information images represent data. The image receiving unit receives an image including one or more the information images. The detection unit detects the one or more information images from the image received by the image receiving unit. The control unit performs control relating to a copying operation of the image, based on number of the one or more information images detected by the detection unit and the number of the information images stored in the storage unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20080317385 | Storage medium storing an information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method - A game apparatus includes a camera cartridge, and detects a plurality of feature points from a facial image of a user photographed by the camera cartridge. The game apparatus calculates areas of black eye regions of a left eye and a right eye by utilizing the plurality of feature points. Then, the game apparatus detects whether or not any one of the left eye and the right eye is closed on the basis of the calculated areas. The game apparatus executes game processing according to the detection result. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080253695 | Image storage processing apparatus, image search apparatus, image storage processing method, image search method and program - An image storage processing apparatus includes an image acquisition means for acquiring taken image data imaged at an imaging apparatus unit, a bio-information acquisition means for acquiring bio-information of a user of the imaging apparatus unit at the time of imaging the taken image data acquired by the image acquisition means, a subject information acquisition means for acquiring subject information as an image analysis result of the taken image data acquired by the image acquisition means and a storage processing means for performing processing of recording the taken image data acquired by the image acquisition means, the bio-information acquired by the bio-information acquisition means and the subject information acquired by the subject information acquisition means in a recording medium in a state in which they are associated with one another. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080253694 | Method and Device for Processing Image Data Stored in a Frame Buffer - A device and method for data image processing. The method includes writing, image data to a certain buffer by an image data provider; characterized by repeating steps of reading, by an image processor image data from a first entry of a certain buffer, processing the image data by the image processor, and writing processed image data to a second entry of the certain buffer; wherein the repeating ends when at least two memory pages of the certain buffer are read; wherein a distance between the first and second entries is smaller than a size of a page of the certain buffer and conveniently much smaller than the size of the page; wherein the second entry includes image data that was previously read by the image processor during the certain period; and preventing an image data provider and an image data retriever form accessing the certain buffer during the repetition. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080253693 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRE-FETCHING RELEVANT IMAGING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS - Certain aspects of a method and system for pre-fetching relevant imaging information from multiple healthcare organizations is disclosed. Aspects of one method may include querying data associated with one or more patients from a shared document registry. The method includes receiving manifests of imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared document repository based on the queried data. The method also includes pre-fetching imaging data associated with one or more patients from a shared imaging data repository based on the received manifests of the imaging data. The method further includes storing the pre-fetched imaging data in an image storage repository within a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The stored imaging data may be accessed by a user via one or more PACS work stations. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20110164833 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus for image signal processor (ISP) realization may include a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) for each function module. A unified SRAM to store at least one line data of an input image for each of a plurality of functions modules within the image processing apparatus is further provided. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20080205794 | Migration for old image database - Techniques are described for causing digital image data to be interpreted according to a particular technique of a plurality of techniques. According to an embodiment, digital sensor data is received, and user input is received that specifies which technique of a plurality of techniques to use to generate a display that depicts an unmodified image from the sensor data, wherein each technique of the plurality of techniques generates a display from the sensor data in a different manner than each other technique of the plurality of techniques. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080199106 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - An information terminal includes an image input unit inputting images, a reference pattern detection unit detecting a reference pattern in the images input from the input unit, an image identification unit identifying an image within an area in a prescribed positional relationship to the reference pattern detected by the detection unit out of images input by the input unit. And the information terminal further includes a processing unit performing processing associated with the image identified by the identification unit. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110026852 | DISK SECTOR ALLOCATION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ACCESS TO IMAGES - An image data storage system and associated method store, on one or more disk drives in a disk drive array, original image data for different images as well as multiple resolution levels of compressed image data for each image. The lowest resolution level image data for multiple different images (i.e., “thumbnail” copies of images) are grouped together and stored within sectors closest to the center. The progressively higher resolution levels of image data for the same images can similarly be grouped together and stored within sectors sequentially from a first track closest to the center to a last track closet to an outer edge. Alternatively, all higher resolution levels of image data for any single image can be grouped together and stored within a same sector as close to the center as possible. This organization can significantly reduce average access time for large collections of images. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110255803 | PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE STORAGE CONTROL UNIT, PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE STORAGE CONTROL METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE STORAGE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE STORAGE CONTROL PROGRAM - A movement quantity calculation unit | 10-20-2011 |
| 20100166339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IMAGE RECOGNITION AND SEARCHING OF IMAGES - Embodiments programmatically analyze each of a plurality of images in order to determine one or more visual characteristics about an item shown in each of the plurality of images. Data is stored corresponding to the one or more visual characteristics. An interface in is provided for which a user is able to specify one or more search criteria. In response to receiving the one or more search criteria, a search operation is performed to identify one or more items that have a visual characteristic that satisfies at least some of the one or more search criteria. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100158412 | INTERACTIVELY RANKING IMAGE SEARCH RESULTS USING COLOR LAYOUT RELEVANCE - This disclosure describes various exemplary user interfaces, methods, and computer program products for the interactively ranking image search results refinement method using a color layout. The method includes receiving a text query for an image search, presenting image search results in a structured presentation based on the text query and information from an interest color layout. The process creates image search results that may be selected by the user based on color selection palettes or color layout specification schemes. Then the process ranks the image search results by sorting the results according to similarity scores between color layouts from the image search results and the interest color layout from a user based on the color selection palettes and the color layout specification schemes. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20090185761 | METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE FILE - A method of generating an image file may generate corresponding image files from data units in a first storage device of a source. The method of generating an image file includes generating an image file head according to hardware parameter information of the first storage device; partitioning the first storage device into a plurality of data units with the same size; performing a compression process to compress data in the data units, respectively, thereby generating corresponding compressed data blocks; sequentially storing the compressed data blocks in a data area of the image file; creating an index table to use an index value to record start positions of the data units in the first storage device and positions of the compressed data blocks in the data area into the index table; and creating a file foot information to mark a file length of the image file. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090175561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES OF DEVICES CONNECTED TO A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for retrieving and displaying a photorealistic image of a device that is connected to a computing device or available for connection comprises the steps of: using the computing device to receive data from the device; using the computing device to retrieve identifying information from the device; using the computing device to retrieve a photorealistic image from a database based on the identifying information; and displaying the retrieved photorealistic image on the computing device. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100027915 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT TO SATISFY A REQUEST - The present invention enables a user to download digital photography images and fulfill digital photography requests through a variety of digital photography systems and methods. One digital photography system of the present invention includes a first computing environment for initiating digital photography order requests. The first computing environment receives a download of digital photography images from a user together with an order request from the user. Resident within the first computing environment is a provisioner related to the user, and storing user profile information, user personalization information, and user customization information. This provisioner utilized in fulfilling said order request in a manner personalized to said user. The digital photography system also includes a second computing environment for fulfilling the order request by way of an order fulfillment device. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100021086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR CONTACT - A system and method for searching for a contact by a handheld device includes creating a face database, the face database storing face images, and association of the face images with contact information, selecting an image from a photo stored in the handheld device, locating a face in the selected image, comparing the located face with face images stored in the face database, and determining if a matched face image is found in the face database. The method further includes listing contact information associated with the matched face image, the information comprising a phone number of the contact, creating an association between the located face and a user-selected contact if no matched face image is found, and storing the located face and the association in the face database. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090202178 | Digital image processing apparatus and method of arranging digital image files used by the same - A digital image processing apparatus capable of effective file management during the duplication and movement of a digital image file between digital image processing apparatuses, and a file arranging method used by the digital image processing apparatus. The apparatus stores a digital image file with a name including a serial number under a folder with a name including a part indicating a manufacturing company and a serial number. When the apparatus duplicates or moves a first digital image file stored in a first digital image processing apparatus to a second digital image processing apparatus, the digital image processing apparatus compares a name of a folder containing the first digital image file with a name of a folder of the second digital image processing apparatus, duplicates or moves the first digital image file to the folder, or generates a new folder and duplicates or moves the first digital image file to the new folder. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20120308161 | ELECTRONIC ALBUM EDITING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC ALBUM EDITING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC ALBUM EDITING PROGRAM - An electronic album editing system for editing an electronic album in consideration of categories into which images are classifies is provided. The electronic album editing system includes: a first storage section for classifying a plurality of images included in a first electronic album into a plurality of categories; a second storage section for classifying a plurality of images included in a second electronic album into a plurality of categories; a category selection section for selecting one category of the images stored in the second storage section; a range acquiring section for acquiring the range of the image information corresponding to the one category; a category detection section for detecting a category corresponding to the range similar to the acquired range using range information previously stored in the first storage section; and an editing section for storing the image classified into the detected category in the second storage section. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120308160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING FORMATTED INFORMATION RELATED TO DEFECTS OF APPLIANCES - A method for producing formatted information related to at least one defect of at least one device within an imaging appliance chain. A processor may retrieve at least one variable characteristic of the at least one device. The at least one variable characteristic of the at least one device may be configured with a first value representing at least one setting of the at least one device. A first formatted information representing the at least one defect of the at least one device may be produced. The first formatted information may be based upon measured results related to the configured at least one variable characteristic. A second formatted information related to at least one variable characteristic of the at least one device having a second value may be produced based upon the first formatted information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20080205795 | System and methods of image retrieval - A visual image retrieval system is provided. The system includes an image database for storing images. The system also includes a preprocessor communicatively linked to the image database for segmenting the images and generating based upon segmented images a region-of-interest (ROI) extraction output. Additionally, the system includes an ROI feature extraction module for computing ROI feature vectors based upon the output, and a global feature extraction module for computing global feature vectors based upon the output. The system further includes an ROI feature vectors database for storing the ROI feature vectors, and a global feature vectors database for storing the global feature vectors. The system also includes a perceptually-relevant image search machine (PRISM) interface for displaying query images and retrieved images, the retrieved images being retrieved in response to a user selecting at least one displayed query image. The system also includes a search-and-retrieval module for searching and retrieving stored images for display with the PRISM interface in response to a user selecting at least one displayed query image, and a global/ROI search module for selecting between a global search or an ROI search if more than one query image is selected, and for trigging the selected search. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20120039547 | VARIABLE RESOLUTION IMAGES - In accordance with one or more aspects, a variable resolution image is displayed at an initial resolution. The variable resolution image has multiple portions, at least two of which have different resolutions. A request to display one of the multiple portions of the variable resolution image at a higher resolution is received, and a check is made as to whether a higher resolution version of the one portion is available. The higher resolution version of the one portion is displayed if available, otherwise the one portion at the initial resolution is displayed. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20110075950 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPLICABLE TO THE IMAGE RETRIEVAL DEVICE - Provided is an image retrieval device capable of retrieving a search target image a user wants accurately in a short time in response to an input image. An image retrieval device ( | 03-31-2011 |
| 20090103836 | SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPE DATA MANAGEMENT, AND SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGER FOR WASHING DATA MANAGEMENT - A system for endoscope data management of an endoscopic image of a body acquired by an endoscope is provided. An image filing apparatus retrieves the image from the endoscope, and records data of the image and scope ID assigned to the endoscope in association with one another. A washer washes the endoscope. A memory is incorporated in the washer, for storing log information of washing of the endoscope. A data manager retrieves the log information on line with the washer, to record the scope ID and the log information in association with one another. A server device records the data of the image, the scope ID and the log information on line with the image filing apparatus and the data manager. Furthermore, the data manager includes an editor for editing the log information of the washer. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110064330 | IMAGE SELECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, IMAGE SELECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image selection system is composed of an image output apparatus and a portable terminal that supplies image files indicating images that are to be supplied as output by the image output apparatus. The portable terminal includes a display unit and at least one decoder that decodes image files. The image output apparatus includes a plurality of decoders that each decode various types of image files. The portable terminal transmits to the image output apparatus information indicating the image file formats that can be decoded in the portable terminal, and the image output apparatus, having received the information indicating the image file formats that was transmitted from the portable terminal, transmits converted image files in which images held by the image output apparatus are converted to an image file format that was indicated by the received information. The portable terminal then receives and decodes image files transmitted from the image output apparatus and displays the images on the display unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120008876 | EVALUATING SUBJECT INTERESTS FROM DIGITAL IMAGE RECORDS - A method of evaluating a user subject interest is based at least upon an analysis of a user's collection of digital image records and is implemented at least in part by a data processing system. The method receives a defined user subject interest, receives a set of content requirements associated with the defined user-subject-interest, and identifies a set of digital image records from the collection of digital image records each having image characteristics in accord with the content requirements. A subject-interest trait associated with the defined user-subject-interest is evaluated based at least upon an analysis of the set of digital image records or characteristics thereof. The subject-interest trait is associated with the defined user-subject-interest in a processor-accessible memory. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008875 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MNEMONIC CONTACT IMAGE ASSOCIATION - The present invention pertains to method and a communication device ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120114268 | DEVICE FOR SEARCHING PRINT TARGET IMAGE ADAPTED FOR PRINTABLE AREA - The present invention provides an image searching device that searches a print target image adapted for a printable area only by setting a template for the printable area and a search condition necessary to search the print target image. The image searching device inputs shape information on the printable area. Then, the image searching device sets the image search condition. Then, the image searching device searches the print target image from a plurality of images on the basis of the shape information on the printable area, and the image search condition. According to the image searching device, upon printing of an image in a specially-shaped printable area, a print target image adapted for the printable area can be automatically searched only by setting a shape of the printable area, and an image search condition, resulting in improvement of searching efficiency. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120301054 | Image Tile Server - An image tile server importantly includes an image tile cache, to support a tiled map display in a user device. Instead of the conventional user device client (e.g., an Ajax client) making image requests directly to a mapping server (MS), a display device initiates an image request of a tile server (TS), and the tile server returns the requested image. However, importantly, the tile server (TS) also retains a cached copy of the returned image for faster retrieval at a later time relating to another image request by the same or different user device. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120163735 | MEMORY AND IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - A memory may include an interface unit to which setup information, an image file corresponding to the setup information, and instruction information are input from a device including a memory interface performing input/output with the memory, the setup information being used for setup for a connection to a wireless network, the instruction information indicating an instruction to process the image file, a storage unit that stores the setup information and the image file that have been input to the interface unit, a processing unit that processes the image file, which has been stored in the storage unit, based on the instruction information that has been input to the interface unit, a communication unit that performs wireless communication, and a setting unit that performs network setup based on the setup information corresponding to the image file processed by the processing unit among the setup information stored in the storage unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120314976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE FILES OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a system and method for processing images, a double-sided image format is set, and a new file with the double-sided image format is established. Specific content identifying the double-sided image format is written into a name domain of the new file, and data of a first image file is written as front image data into a data domain of the new file. The system further writes data of a second image file as back image data into the data domain after the front image data. Memory position of the front image data in the new file may be written into a front description domain of the new file according to a first byte number of the front image data. Memory position of the back image data may be written into a back description domain according to a second byte number of the back image data. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20090060393 | IMAGE SEARCHING DEVICE, IMAGE SEARCHING METHOD, IMAGE SEARCHING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE IMAGE SEARCHING PROGRAM - An image searching device including a database, a user interface, a search unit, and an output unit. The search unit includes a data management unit configured to manage data on a model to be searched and acquired from the database and create an image to be displayed on a screen of the user interface; a determination unit configured to determine and extract parts each having a boundary included in a closed region as candidate parts; a part selection unit configured to display single images of the candidate parts on the screen of the user interface to enable selection of a target part; and an image switching unit configured to create data on a part emphasis frame and switch the screen displayed on the user interface from the single images of the candidate parts to a full image in which the target part is highlighted with the part emphasis frame. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060392 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING-TRANSMITTING METHOD - The present technique provides an image reading device that allows an image transmission destination terminal to be designated simply from a console. The communication unit of the image reading device receives verification data from terminals via a network. The storage unit stores each of the received verification data in association with the terminal which had transmitted the verification data. The user inputs authentication data to the console after setting the document in place. When the authentication data is input to the console, a list of terminals associated with the verification data matching the authentication data is displayed. The user may select from the displayed list, via the console, the transmission destination terminal to which the image is to be transmitted. When the transmission destination terminal is selected by the user, the reading control unit reads out an image and transmits the image to the selected transmission destination terminal. The number of terminals displayed as candidates for the image transmission destination can be limited. The user is therefore able to easily designate the image transmission destination terminal. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060391 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a receiving unit, a search unit, a processing unit and an output unit. The storage unit stores information of drawn image elements. The receiving unit receives a transformation instruction to transform a part of the image elements specified by the information of the image elements. The search unit searches the storage unit for an image element that (i) has a relation, being based on a predetermined condition, with the image elements, which are a target of the transformation instruction, and (ii) is not the target of the transformation instruction. The processing unit performs a transformation process on (i) the image elements, which are the target of the received transformation instruction, and (ii) the image element, which is found as the search result, based on the received transformation instruction. The output unit outputs the result of the transformation process. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090016648 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for processing image - A first combination of feature and processing content of image data is stored in a storing unit in a first period, and a second combination of feature and processing content of image data is stored in the storing unit in a second period that is later in terms of time. When a change in processing content is detected between the first period and the second period, an updating unit updates the first combination to the second combination. An acquiring unit acquires a processing content for target image data based on a combination of feature and processing content stored in the storing unit. An output unit outputs the processing content acquired by the acquiring unit. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090016647 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Each page image of image data including a plurality of pages is divided into a plurality of areas by block selection, and meta information associated with at least one of the coordinate position, size, and type of each of the plurality of areas is held. As a combining condition, at least a direction to retrieve areas to be combined is set, area combining processing for combining two or more areas which satisfy the combining condition of the plurality of areas of the image data into one area is executed, and information associated with the areas of the image data including the combined area is stored. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120230610 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image retrieval method applies an application server, one or more calculating servers, and a sorting server to perform image retrieval. The application server extracts visual features of an exemplary image. The one or more calculating servers calculate similarities of available images according to the visual features of the exemplary image. The sorting server sorts the available images according to the similarities so as to obtain images similar to the exemplary image. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20080298723 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processor includes a memory calculating unit, a storing unit, a mode selecting unit, and a Retinex process performing unit. The memory amount calculating unit calculates, based on an original size of an original image having an original pixels, a required memory amount required for performing a Retinex process on the original image. The storing unit has a usable memory area that can be used in performing the Retinex process on the original image. The usable memory area has a usable memory amount. The mode selecting unit selects a mode from among a plurality of modes based on both the usable memory amount and the required memory amount. The Retinex process performing unit performs the Retinex process on the original image in the selected mode. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20120328215 | IMAGE-BASED RETRIEVAL FOR HIGH QUALITY VISUAL OR ACOUSTIC RENDERING - The embodiments of the invention relate to method for image-based retrieval of an image or text, comprising capturing a digital image; matching the digital image against digitally-stored documents; and retrieving one or more of the digitally-stored documents that match the digital image. Other embodiments relate to a device for image-based retrieval and rendering, comprising an image capturing device for capturing digital image; a device for processing the digital image to match it against digitally-stored documents; a device for retrieving a digitally-stored document that matches the digital image; and a device for rendering the selected retrieved image. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120321223 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display for displaying an image layouted in accordance with arrangement information, an editing unit for editing the displayed image, a storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of arrangement information, an arrangement information selecting unit for selecting the arrangement information used for layouting the image after editing in accordance with the arrangement information of the displayed image and editing information, and an image layouting unit for layouting the image in accordance with the selected arrangement information. With such a configuration, an image having no sense of discomfort after editing can be displayed upon editing such as adding or deleting of an image on a page or double pages displayed in a photo book or the like. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321221 | DIGITAL IMAGE COMMUNICATION - A server analyzes a received digital image to determine and store one or more first image attributes. The image is transmitted to at least one recipient and pertinent information is recorded, including one or more image attributes and the one or more first image recipients. A second image is received and analyzed in a similar fashion as the first. Second image communication information is generated that is relevant to the second image based on a comparison with the first image communication information and the one or more first image attributes. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120321222 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE IMAGES OF A SAME SCENE - 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 a sequence of image files depicting images of a same scene, in a computer memory, determining correspondence information relevant to the same scene across the sequence of images, and generating individual intrinsic images for each one of the sequence of images, as a function of the correspondence information. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20110293201 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT OF IMAGE RECORDING - An image recording device includes: a recording unit that records into a first image file that contains a plurality of sets of image data, common information that can be set by a user as information commonly applicable to all sets of image data in the first image file and individual information that can be individually set by the user for each set of image data in the first image file; and an information modifying unit that modifies the common information based upon information set for the first image file and modifies the individual information corresponding to image data in the first image file based upon information set for the image data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130011083 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CREATING A COLLECTION OF IMAGES - System and method for creating a collection of images are described, the method comprising: receiving images from at least one source of images; processing the images to produce an output collection of images, the processing comprising grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and outputting the output collection of images, the output collection of images comprising the clusters of related images and indication of the preferred images in the clusters. The system for creating a collection of images comprising: a storage medium to receive images from at least one source of images; a processor to produce an output collection of images by grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and a collection output medium for outputting the output collection of images. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016921 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED IMAGES FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTSAANM Beltowski; PiotrAACI KrakowAACO PLAAGP Beltowski; Piotr Krakow PLAANM De Gaetano; RossellaAACI RomeAACO ITAAGP De Gaetano; Rossella Rome ITAANM Knapp, JR.; David W.AACI PiasecznoAACO PLAAGP Knapp, JR.; David W. Piaseczno PLAANM Kocjan; WojciechAACI RybnikAACO PLAAGP Kocjan; Wojciech Rybnik PL - A method for producing a specified image includes generating a first file segment for an imaging file, the first file segment containing graphic information that is locale independent. A plurality of locale dependent files is generated that each contains information representing locale dependent graphic content. Graphic content information of each locale dependent file is incorporated into the image file as a locale dependent file segment. The method further includes selecting the first file segment and each of the locale dependent file segments that pertain only to a particular locale. The selected file segments are then rendered into respectively corresponding image layers, the layers corresponding to a given selected file segment containing the graphic content information thereof. Each of the image layers are then combined to produce the specified image. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20110158558 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT-BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating content-based image retrieval. A method may include determining a selected target image. The method may further include generating a candidate region of interest set including one or more regions of interest within the target image. The method may additionally include determining a recommended region of interest set including one or more recommended regions of interest selected from the candidate region of interest set based at least in part upon evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria may be determined based at least in part upon analysis of maintained region of interest-based searching history. The method may also include providing the recommended region of interest set for user selection of one or more target regions of interest from the recommended region of interest set as query criteria for searching an image library for one or more result images. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158557 | IMAGE SERVER AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - An image server including a storage unit and a processing unit is disclosed. The storage unit stores at least one image and sub-images corresponding to each image. Each sub-image is assigned with a priority value. The processing unit includes an image searching module, an order determining module, and an image transmitting module. The image searching module is configured to search the sub-images of an image in the storage unit responding to a request for images from a terminal device. The order determining module is configured to determine an order of transmitting the searched sub-images according to the priority value of each of the searched sub-images. The image transmitting module is configured to transmit the searched sub-images in the predetermined order to the terminal device via a network. | 06-30-2011 |
