| 04th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20110019836 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sound emission and collection device includes a main housing and two sub-housings. In the main housing, a microphone array is provided. Microphone arrays are also provided in the sub-housings. Sound collection directions of the microphone arrays are outer directions which are opposite a side of the main housing. The sub-housings are rotatably connected to the main housing. The sound emission and collection device generates a plurality of collected sound beam signals MB | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019837 | MULTI-LEVEL OUTPUT SIGNAL CONVERTER - The present invention discloses a multi-level output signal converter, which is connected to an audio amplifier. The audio amplifier comprises a comparing/measuring device, an encoder and an output unit. The multi-level output signal converter comprises a timing processing unit and a multi-level converter. The timing processing unit is connected to the comparing/measuring device and the encoder. The timing processing unit includes a plurality of flip-flops and a timing summing element. The flip-flop receives a first signal from the comparing/measuring device and outputs the first signal to the timing summing element. The encoder converts the first signal into a second signal. The multi-level converter is connected to the encoder and the output unit. The encoder transmits the second signal to the multi-level converter, and the multi-level converter thus outputs a third signal to the output unit. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019838 | AUDIO PROCESSING IN A PORTABLE LISTENING DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of processing an audio signal in a portable listening device, the audio signal comprising a low frequency part having an LF-bandwidth Δf | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019839 | ADAPTIVE GAIN CONTROL FOR DIGITAL AUDIO SAMPLES IN A MEDIA STREAM - An adaptive gain control system and related operating method for digital audio samples is provided. The method is suitable for use with a digital media encoding system that transmits encoded media streams to a remotely-located presentation device such as a media player. The method begins by initializing the processing of a media stream. Then, the method adjusts the gain of a first set of digital audio samples in the media stream using a fast gain adaptation scheme, resulting in a first group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation. The method continues by adjusting the gain of a second set of digital audio samples in the media stream using a steady state gain adaptation scheme that is different than the fast gain adaptation scheme, resulting in a second group of gain-adjusted digital audio samples having normalized volume during presentation. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019840 | Mixing Console - N input channel signals from an input channel section having N input channels are selectively supplied to M mixing buses and cue buses. Mixed outputs from the mixing buses are supplied, via talkback input sections, to an output channel section having M output channels, and M output channel signals from the output channel section are patched to output ports via an output patch section. Talkback signal from a talkback supply section is supplied to the talkback input sections. When a talkback function is ON, a talkback signal is mixed with the mixed outputs from the mixing buses and then output to the output channels, during which time the mixed outputs are temporarily attenuated. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019841 | MIXING CONTROL DEVICE - A mixing control device has a plurality of input channels for processing and mixing audio signals according to parameters specified in the respective input channels. In the mixing control device, a plurality of channel strips are grouped into a first portion and a second portion, each channel strip having a fader operable for controlling a parameter. An allocating part allocates the plurality of the input channels to the plurality of the channel strips so that the fader of the channel strip is operable to control the parameter of the input channel allocated to the channel strip. An instructing part provides an instruction to switch the parameter to be controlled by the fader. In response to the instruction, a switching part switches a parameter controlled by the faders of channel strips belonging to the second portion to another parameter of channels allocated to channel strips belonging to the first portion, so that both of the faders of the channel strips belonging to the first portion and the second portion are operable to control the parameters of the channels allocated to the channel strips belonging to the first portion. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019842 | Audio System - In an audio system, a control device includes a setting part that sets automatic compensation of each of a plurality of input ports of the input device into either ON state or OFF state and an adjusting part that adjusts an analog gain of each of the plurality of input ports. The input device includes the plurality of input ports, each input port including an amplifier that controls a level of an analog signal input to the input port based on the analog gain adjusted by the adjusting part, an AD converter that converts the analog signal from the amplifier into a digital signal, a compensator that controls a level of the digital signal from the AD converter based on a digital gain of the input port, and a selector that selects one of the digital signal from the AD converter and the digital signal from the compensator. when the automatic compensation of an input port of the input device is set into the ON state from the OFF state by the setting part of the control device, the digital gain of the input port varies in accordance with the analog gain of the input port so that a value change in the analog gain of the input port by the adjusting part is compensated by a value change in the digital gain of the input channel. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019843 | High Efficiency Audio Amplifier and Method thereof - A high efficiency audio amplifier is disclosed. The high efficiency audio amplifier includes an input end for receiving an input audio signal, an output end for outputting an output audio signal, a signal generator coupled to the input end for determining a frequency of an oscillating signal according to the distribution of the input audio signal and a reference voltage, and generating the oscillating signal accordingly, a waveform transformer coupled to the input end and the signal generator for comparing the input audio signal with the oscillating signal to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a pre-drive circuit for generating a pre-drive signal according to the PWM signal, an output stage coupled to the pre-drive circuit for generating an output signal, and a filter coupled to the output stage for filtering the output signal to generate the output audio signal to the output end. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019844 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SOUND EMISSION SYSTEM - A multi-directional sound emission system comprises a speaker body and sound emission devices coupled to both ends of the speaker body. The sound emission devices each include a sound emission means for directionally emitting sound towards multiple directions. The sound emission means includes a plurality of hollow mechanical sound conducting elements. Each hollow mechanical sound conducting element has an inner opening end and an exterior opening end opposite to the inner opening end. The exterior opening ends of the sound conducting elements are directed towards desired multiple directions, respectively. The sound emission means is configured for receiving sound signals from the speaker body and emitting sound along the desired multiple directions through the sound conducting elements. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019845 | DIRECTING SOUND FIELD OF ACTUATOR - The invention relates to a plate-like electrostatic actuator which comprises at least one plate-like stator with an electrode formed on its surface and at least one moving diaphragm, and in which a signal is transmitted to the electrode along a signal line. In the solution of the invention, the delay directing the sound field of the actuator is formed at least partly of an RC circuit composed of components of the actuator. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019846 | HEARING AIDS CONFIGURED FOR DIRECTIONAL ACOUSTIC FITTING - Hearing aids and a method of acoustically fitting the hearing aids comprises providing a plurality of audible tones, each having a predetermined frequency through a pair of hearing aids being worn by a patient. The tones are provided at specific sound pressure in each ear. The patient changes the relative sound pressure in each ear until a perceived direction of source of the tone is in front of the patient. The amplification or attenuation requirements of a hearing aid are modified based on the difference in the sound pressures required for the left and right ears of the patient for perceived directional sameness for each frequency band-pass channel. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019847 | HEARING AID DEVICE AND PROCESSING UNIT AND RECEIVING UNIT FOR THE HEARING AID DEVICE - A hearing aid device includes a processing unit and a receiving unit adapted to be coupled to transmit an electrical signal from the processing unit to the receiving unit. The processing unit has a wireless transmitter and a transmitter seal for covering the wireless transmitter and the receiving unit has a wireless receiver and a receiver seal for covering the wireless receiver. The electrical signal is transmitted from the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver wirelessly. The electrical signal may be transmitted by induction. The transmitter seal and the receiver seal prevent any environmental influences from acting on the hearing aid device and thus protect the hearing aid device from malfunctioning or becoming short circuited. Magnetic connectors and/or mechanical connectors are provided for a stable contact between the processing unit and the receiving unit. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019848 | HEARING AID AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VOLUME OF HEARING AID - A hearing aid ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019849 | MODULAR HEARING INSTRUMENT - A set of hearing instrument parts includes a trunk part that is selectively placeable in a left ear canal or a right ear canal or a user, an elongate member having a first end and a second free end, a left ear connector configured to connect the trunk part and the elongate member to form a first configuration that is suitable for a left ear of the user, and a right ear connector configured to connect the trunk part and the elongate member to form a second configuration that is suitable for a right ear of the user, wherein the elongate member is configured for placement in a pinna for retention of the trunk part in a selected one of the left ear canal and the right ear canal. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019850 | HEARING AID - In an embodiment, a hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid may include a behind-the-ear component, a sound tube coupled with the behind-the-ear component at its one end, and a loudspeaker coupled with the sound tube at the other end of the sound tube opposite to the behind-the-ear component. The hearing aid may further include a joint connected between the loud-speaker and the sound tube, wherein the joint is moveable or flexible such that a degree of freedom in movement is provided in a direction substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the loudspeaker into an ear canal. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019851 | OPEN EAR CANAL HEARING AID - The invention provides systems and methods for providing hearing aid. An open ear canal hearing aid may be provided in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The hearing aid may include a part that contains electronic components, a passive amplifier, and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism may include bristles or balloons. The securing mechanism may have various configurations and be adjustable. In some embodiments, the hearing aid may transmit sound via bone conduction and air conduction. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019852 | HEARING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - For particularly good adaptation to a given hearing situation, an in-the-ear hearing device which has a housing with a channel in the housing that is designed as a through-opening for sound and air between the interior of the ear and the environment outside the ear, the channel is provided with a structural element for changing the size of the through-opening at at least one position. The structural element is a valve formed with electroactive material and the size of the through-opening is adjusted by application of a voltage to the valve. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019853 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SOUND EMISSION MEANS AND MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SOUND EMISSION SYSTEM - A multi-directional sound emission means and a system having same are disclosed. The system comprises a speaker body and sound emission devices coupled to both ends of the speaker body. The sound emission devices each include a sound emission means for directionally emitting sound towards multiple directions. The sound emission means includes a base, a loudspeaker disposed on the base, and a plurality of hollow mechanical sound conducting elements. The loudspeaker has an opening where the sound is emitted. Each hollow mechanical sound conducting element has an inner opening end and an exterior opening end opposite to the inner opening end. The exterior opening ends are directed towards desired multiple directions, respectively. The inner opening ends are in sound communication with the opening of the loudspeaker such that sound from the loudspeaker is emitted along the desired multiple directions through the sound conducting elements. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019854 | Blended waveguide and reflector - A blended acoustic folded horn and reflector provides for throughput of higher frequency bands without giving rise to standing waves. The horn includes a parabolic region intersected by a first direct radiant axis centered on the throat. The parabolic region is shaped and oriented to define a reflected radiant axis through the mouth for frequency components of the acoustic input above a cut-off frequency. The parabolic region operates to focus sound in the upper portion of the operational frequency range of the loudspeaker and to reflect the resulting focused sound beam along a second radiant axis through the mouth of the folded horn. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019855 | BASS SOUND AMPLIFYING ENCLOSURE, WOOFER INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE WOOFER - Provided is an enclosure including a rear chamber, a speaker unit chamber disposed adjacent to the rear chamber and connected to the rear chamber such that air flows between the speaker unit chamber and the rear chamber, a front chamber disposed adjacent to the speaker unit chamber and connected to the speaker unit chamber such that air flows between the speaker unit chamber and the front chamber, and a duct having a first side connected to the front chamber such that air flows between the front chamber and the duct and a second side opened to the outside, wherein the rear chamber, the speaker unit chamber, the front chamber, and the duct are disposed between a first plate and a second plate that are spaced apart from each other. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019856 | BOUNDARY MICROPHONE - A boundary microphone including: a base made of metal; a cover that is made of metal and has a plurality of holes through which a sound wave is guided; a microphone unit that is disposed on the base and converts sound into an electric signal; and a pressing material that presses the cover against the base. The cover has a flange portion on a peripheral portion. The pressing material presses the flange portion of the cover against the base make the flange portion of the cover surface to surface contact with the base. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019857 | BOUNDARY MICROPHONE - A boundary microphone includes: a base made of metal; a cover that is made of metal and has a plurality of holes through which a sound wave is guided; a microphone unit that converts sound into an electric signal; and a microphone unit holder slidably provided on the base and holds the microphone unit. The microphone unit holder has a knob. The base has a hole through which the knob of the microphone unit holder penetrates the base. The knob of the microphone unit holder and the hole the base are so provided that the microphone unit holder can be moved with the microphone unit by a movement of the knob within a range defined by the hole. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION IN THE OPERATING ROOM - A communication system is provided for a patient featuring a cushion with an opening for receiving the face of the patient. The cushion includes a microphone for receiving audible signals from the patient and one or more speakers for delivering audible signals to the patient. The microphone and speaker(s) are integrated with the cushion to avoid interfering with the comfort of the patient. In one embodiment, the audible signals are delivered to and from the patient via a communication port. In another embodiment, the system includes a display device, so the patient may view parts of the patient's body on the device and then communicate with system operators through the microphone and speaker(s). | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019859 | HEADSET WITH FOLDABLE MICROPHONE ARM - A headset ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019860 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COMBINED ELECTRICAL SOCKET AND MICROPHONE OPENING - A communication device ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019861 | Garment With Built-In Audio Source Wiring - An audio source device may be used with a garment such as a hooded garment by passing the audio wires into a channel in the hood and having them exit the hood inside hollow lanyards with earbuds at the ends. A means to fix the wires and the lanyards to each other inside the hood is shown; and a means is shown to prevent lateral movement inside the hood. The wires and lanyard are crimped at the earbuds to prevent relative movement, the wires also being slacked inside the lanyard. The wire inside one or both of the lanyards can have an activatible microphone and the a source device can be a Bluetooth equipped device. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019862 | CEILING-MOUNTED LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURE - A ceiling-mounted loudspeaker includes a horn-shaped enclosure, an acoustic driver, and a front module. The tubular or horn-shaped enclosure carries a slanted woofer or loudspeaker driver which radiates into an angled or slanted first opening. The tubular enclosure terminates at bottom in a second, circular opening substantially parallel to a second plane, wherein the woofer's slanted plane is inclined with respect to the second plane. The slanted woofer can be oval and radiates sound through the enclosure's interior lumen and outwardly through ports defined in a substantially circular baffle carrying the front module and connected to the second opening. The baffle carries a midrange and tweeter near the ceiling where they can provide enhanced sound dispersion. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019863 | Microphone-Shaped Speaker - A microphone-shaped speaker device preferably for use by children, teenagers, young adults and even adults for leisure and fun. The microphone shaped device can be electrically connected and appear to be a regular microphone for receipt of lyrics of a song or a voice for playing through and out of a speaker but, in fact, it necessarily is also an audio speaker, located at or adjacent to the mouth of the entertainer. The device is connected to a source of audio, digital or analog, signals of the voices of pre-recorded entertainers. In this manner, an extremely realistic effect/illusion is provided, the user seems to be singing (when suitably lip synched to the lyrics of the pre-recorded songs), with the voice, tone, harmony, melody, etc. of the professional singer. When the microphone-shaped speaker device (a speaker contained at the head of the handle of an otherwise conventionally looking microphone) is selectively connected to a source of lyrics, normally with music such as an i-pod® or mp | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019864 | SPEAKER - A loudspeaker includes a frame coupled to a magnetic circuit, a cone diaphragm coupled to an outer periphery of the frame, a voice coil coupled to the cone diaphragm, the voice coil having a portion placed in a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit, a tubular port having an end coupled to the voice coil, and a diameter of another end of the tubular port is larger than a diameter of a connecting portion at which the end of the tubular port is coupled to the voice coil, and a dome covering an upper end of the tubular port. A center axis of the tubular port inclines at least by 5° with respect to a center axis of the voice coil. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019865 | SPEAKER - A speaker includes an elongated diaphragm and a coupling member including forward and rearward segments, wherein at least two protrusions are provided at the rear side of the diaphragm along the major axis direction, the forward segment is engagingly disposed between the opposing end faces of two adjacent protrusions and also between the two portions of a rib of the diaphragm opposing each other in the minor axis direction, and wherein the outer circumferential surface of the voice coil bobbin is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the rearward segment, whereby the voice coil bobbin having a diameter larger than the dimension of the diaphragm measured along the minor axis direction can be successfully attached to the diaphragm. In the speaker described above, the diameter of the voice coil bobbin can be increased without decreasing the width of a surround thus enabling the withstanding of higher power input. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019866 | MEMBRANE FOR AN ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A membrane for an electroacoustic transducer is disclosed having a first area, a second area, which is arranged for translatory movement in relation to said first area, and a third area, which connects said first area and said second area, wherein local, planar spring constants along a closed line within said third area encompassing said second area, are determined in such a way that local, translatory spring constants along said line in a direction of said translatory movement are substantially constant or exclusively have substantially flat, mutual changes. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019867 | ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER WITH MULTI-FACED DIAPHRAGM ASSEMBLY - One mode of the present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer composed of a multifaced diaphragm assembly and a multifaced speaker housing assembly that is housed inside the multifaced diaphragm assembly. The multifaced speaker housing is configured by combining the outer peripheral surface of a plurality of individual speaker drive units into a nearly spherical shell. The multifaced diaphragm assembly, which has thereinside the multifaced speaker housing assembly, is configured to have a plurality of regular pentagonal diaphragm segments that are combined together into a nearly spherical shape shell, and a plurality of speaker drive units opposing the diaphragm segments from inside in one-to-one relation. Each speaker drive unit has a bobbin, the one end portion of which is adhered to the center portion of the inner surface of each diaphragm segment. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019868 | Method for Image Positioning - A method for image positioning is provided. The method is configured for positioning image data captured by a C-arm device and includes the steps of: providing an indication module, providing a database, reading the image data, comparing the image data, deriving a coordinate conversion system, and calculating the image data. Steel balls in the indication module have known template coordinates. Plural sets of template triangle data, each set composed by three of the steel balls, are stored in the database. Steel ball image data presented in the image data form indication triangle data. The indication triangle data are compared with the template triangle data to produce comparison results. The coordinate conversion system is derived from the comparison result with the highest similarity. Thus, image coordinates in the image data can be converted into and from the template coordinates via the coordinate conversion system, allowing the image to be orientated precisely. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019869 | Method and Systems for Processing Text Found in Images - An image containing text (e.g., a surveillance camera photo that includes a vehicle license plate) is analyzed to determine the text (e.g., by an OCR technique). The recognized text is then stored in a database. The image is digitally watermarked with an identifier that associates the image with the database location where the text is stored. In addition to surveillance contexts, this technology can be employed in indexing the World Wide Web. Images used in web pages can be watermarked to link to associated text or other data. When the web page is crawled by an indexer, the watermark can be decoded and the associated data repository accessed to obtain information that can augment the web index for that page. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019870 | EMBEDDING INTERACTIVE DATA INTO AN AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT BY WATERMARKING - A method for referencing and interconnecting contents, applications and metadata to an audiovisual content is described, especially for iTV of for distribution on DVD, which comprises the step of inserting a digital watermark into the audiovisual content during an audiovisual content encoding step, the digital watermark being possibly used for allowing a user to reproduce or exploit additional contents supplementing those provided by the audiovisual content, wherein the digital watermark is inserted into the audiovisual content as data frame with header and body by subdividing it into a plurality of consecutive ‘I’ frames and forcing the parity of LSBs of mid-frequency providing an auxiliary watermark channel, e.g. in an MPEG2 transport stream. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019871 | DEVICE FOR CREATING AND/OR PROCESSING AN OBJECT SIGNATURE, MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to a device ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019872 | PAPER IDENTIFYING APPARATUS AND PAPER IDENTIFYING METHOD - A bill identification apparatus which accurately identifies an authenticity of a watermarked area formed on a bill is provided. The bill identification apparatus has light receiving parts ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019873 | PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE AND PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD - A flow calculating section | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019874 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GAZE DIRECTION - An eye tracker device ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019875 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - On a table type image display device A, a display ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019876 | Systems And Methods For Detecting Alignment Errors - A method of detecting an alignment error includes the steps of controlling a first portion of one or more imaging units to image on a substrate a first plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along a first direction and a second plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along a second direction and controlling a second portion of one or more imaging units to image a third plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along the first direction and a fourth plurality of substantially parallel lines extending along the second direction. One or more distances between adjacent lines of the second plurality of lines are varied and one or more distances between adjacent lines of the fourth plurality of lines are varied. Further, the lines imaged by the first and second portions form an alignment pattern. The method further includes the steps of collecting data relating to the alignment pattern and analyzing the collected data to determine an alignment error between the first and second portions of the one or more imaging units. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019877 | Method and Apparatus For Monitoring a Production Line - A method for monitoring a production line, in which objects are conveyed over conveyance paths between machines, whereby digital images of the production line are created, is characterized by the steps of (a) generating a reference image sequence, such that it images at least one area of a conveyance path to be monitored between machines, (b) determining the speed or acceleration of an object or a quantity derived therefrom for the reference image sequence, (c) generating a test image sequence, which images the same area of a conveyance path between the machines, (d) determining the speed or acceleration of an object or a quantity derived therefrom for the test image sequence, and (e) comparing the speed or acceleration determined for the test image sequence or a quantity derived therefrom with the corresponding quantity determined for the reference image sequence. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPENSATE FOR RESPIRATORY MOTION IN ACQUIRED RADIOGRAPHY IMAGES - A system and method to compensate for respiratory motion in imaging of instruments introduced into the subject anatomy is provided. The system can include an imaging system in communication with a controller. The controller can include a memory with program instructions for execution by the processor to perform the steps of: detecting an illustration of at least a portion of the plurality of instruments introduced into the subject anatomy in a first image and a second image, comparing and calculating a displacement of the plurality of instruments between the first and second images, calculating one of an average or median displacement of the plurality of instruments between the first and second images, and applying one of the average and the median displacement to adjust at least a portion of the first or second images or a pre-acquired three-dimensional model of the internal region of | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019879 | Adaptive Motion Estimation - Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for adaptively performing motion estimation. In some embodiments, the method initially performs a first motion estimation operation. It then determines whether the estimated error in the result of the first motion estimation is greater than a particular threshold. If not, the method uses the results of the first motion estimation operation. Otherwise, the method selects another motion estimation operation. The method continues in this manner until it performs a motion estimation operation that results in an acceptable estimated error, or until it tries all the motion estimation operations at its disposal. When the method cannot identify a motion estimation operation that produces results with an acceptable estimated error, the method selects the result of the motion estimation operation that produced the best results. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image processing apparatus for performing registration processing on a plurality of images by calculating a motion vector between the plurality of images includes a motion vector measurement region setting unit that sets a plurality of motion vector measurement regions for measuring the motion vector, a motion vector calculation unit that calculates motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions, a motion vector reliability calculation unit that calculates a reliability of the motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions on the basis of information relating to a local magnification of an optical system used to obtain the images, and a motion vector integration processing unit that determines an inter-image motion vector by integrating the motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions in accordance with the reliability of the motion vectors. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019881 | METHOD OF CREATING DICTIONARY FOR SOIL DETECTION OF A SHEET, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a method of creating a dictionary for soil detection of a sheet includes dividing a sensible area in first and second adjustment images into a plurality of areas, calculating a first characteristic amount of each divided area of the first adjustment image, calculating a second characteristic amount of each divided area of the second adjustment image, calculating a mean and a variance of the first and second characteristic amounts of each area, setting weight data for each area based on the calculated mean and variance, and storing the weight data together with threshold values for soil detection of a sheet. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A report concerning the contents obtained by interpretation based on a medical image can be efficiently created without any constraints of expression. An information processing apparatus according to this invention includes an image analysis unit which acquires information concerning a region name or disease name based on an analysis result on the input medical image, an input unit which inputs the result obtained by interpreting the medical image as character information, a conversion candidate prediction unit which outputs conversion candidates concerning the input character information, and a display control unit which displays the input character information upon converting the character information into character information selected from the conversion candidates. The apparatus further includes a priority level setting unit which sets priority levels in advance for character information output as the conversion candidates. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019883 | IMMUNOASSAY ANALYSIS METHOD - A method and system for analysis of immunoassays, and more specifically to an improved analysis of chromatographic assays, often referred to as a lateral flow assay is disclosed. These assays commonly employ a test strip utilizing visible particles as the labels for the analytes to be detected, where, as an additional feature, the analytical strip is removable for reading the quantity of analytes captured therein and for archival purposes. An image of the test strip is analysed automatically. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019884 | Stereotactic Computer Assisted Surgery Based On Three-Dimensional Visualization - A computer assisted surgical system that includes an apparatus ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019885 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES - In methods and an apparatus for registering two medical images of a subject, a first image is compared with a first anatomical atlas and a second image with a second anatomical atlas, to generate labels for anatomical features in each image. The first anatomical atlas has at least two anatomical features in common with the second, and each label includes a suggested location of the anatomical feature to which it relates. A number of labels are identified for each image, and a value of a similarity function between labels of the respective images is calculated. The two images are registered based on the value of the similarity function. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019886 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method of detecting a pleural plaque candidate from a medical image, which includes the steps of obtaining a medical image representing a subject, extracting a lung field area from the obtained medical image, comparing a contour of the extracted lung field with a comparison contour obtained by causing an active curve, having an initial shape in the lung field area and repeats deformation according to a certain deformation trend, to converge after repeating the deformation and detecting a depressed portion of the lung field, and determining the detected depressed portion as a first pleural plaque candidate. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019887 | Displaying And Navigating Computer-Aided Detection Results On A Review Workstation - Display and navigation for multiple computer-aided detection (CAD) detections is described. A medical image is displayed to a viewer, and a request is received to instantiate CAD-assisted viewing. A timewise presentation sequence for the CAD detections is automatically computed according to a predetermined sequencing criterion. For each CAD detection, an expanded presentation window is displayed for its associated location in the medical image, the expanded presentation windows being displayed according to the timewise presentation sequence. Also described is a navigational tool comprising a plot of an operating curve onto which a computed feature associated with the CAD algorithm can be mapped, the operating curve characterizing an application of the CAD algorithm to a reference database of mammographic cases having known diagnoses. The navigational tool further comprises a plurality of CAD pointer icons spatially distributed therealong according to mappings of the computed feature for the CAD detections onto the operating curve. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019888 | REDUCING NOISE IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A target digital image is received from an image sensor. The image is contaminated by noise of unknown magnitude that is represented by a reference digital image. A process is applied that uses statistical analysis of the target digital image and of the reference digital image to estimate a magnitude of the noise for at least some pixels of the target digital image. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019889 | System and method of applying anatomically-constrained deformation - System and method of generating a warp field to generate a deformed image. The system and method use segmentation in a new method of image deformation with the intent of improving the anatomical significance of the results. Instead of allowing each image voxel to move in any direction, only a few anatomical motions are permissible. The planning image and the daily image are both segmented automatically. These segmentations are then analyzed to define the values of the few anatomical parameters that govern the allowable motions. Given these model parameters, a deformation or warp field is generated directly without iteration. The warp field is applied to the planning image or the daily image to deform the image. The deformed image can be displayed to a user. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019890 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A processing is executed for identifying an image area which blocks an observation target, and removing the identified area. An image processing apparatus | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019891 | MEDICAL IMAGING PROCESS FOR TRIPLE-ENERGY MODELING, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A PROCESS - A method for X-ray imaging of a body using an imaging device comprising an image sensor and an X-ray emitter which operates at different emission spectra, wherein the method includes: acquiring a first image resulting from the passage through the body of X-rays emitted by the X-ray emitter with a first emission spectrum; calculating characteristics of the body on the basis of the first image, and calculating a second and a third emission spectrum based on the characteristics of the body, wherein the first, second and third emission spectra are distinct from one another; acquiring a second and third image resulting from the passage through the body of X-rays emitted by the X-ray emitter with the second and third emission spectrum respectively; and modeling the body by generating thickness charts for different materials comprising the body on the basis of the three images. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY SUPPORTING AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CATHETER APPLICATION - A method for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application is provided. An electroanatomical 3D mapping data of a region of interest in the heart is visualized. A 3D image data of the region of interest is captured before the catheter application. A 3D surface profile of objects in the region of interest is extracted from the 3D image data by segmentation. The electroanatomical 3D mapping data and 3D image data forming at least the 3D surface profile is assigned by registration and visualized superimposed on one another. Characteristic parameters are measured for catheter guidance during the catheter application. The characteristic parameters are compared with at least one predefined threshold value and regulation data for catheter guidance is generated as a function of the comparison result. The regulation data is integrally displayed and represented in the superimposed visualization. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019893 | Method and Device for Controlling the Ablation Energy for Performing an Electrophysiological Catheter Application - A device and a method for controlling ablation energy for performing an electrophysiological catheter application are provided. Measured parameters that are characteristic for guidance of a catheter are received by a communication module. The characteristic parameter values are compared with at least one predefined threshold value by a control module. The control module generates control data for guidance of the catheter as a function of the result of the comparison. The control data is output to at least one control station by output interfaces for controlling the guidance of the catheter for the purpose of adjusting the ablation energy of the catheter. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019894 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a physical quantity calculator for setting correlation windows to echo signals via ultrasound of a biological tissue and lying on the same sound rays which belong to frames different in time, and performing a correlation arithmetic operation between the correlation windows to calculate a physical quantity related to elasticity of the biological tissue, and an elastic image data generator for generating elastic image data of the biological tissue, based on the physical quantity. Upon setting each correlation window to the echo signal on one sound ray which belongs to either one of the frames, the physical quantity calculator sets the each correlation window using a correlation arithmetic operation on an immediately preceding correlation window adjacent to the correlation window on one sound ray and previously subjected to a correlation arithmetic operation, and a correlation arithmetic operation on another sound ray correlation window. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019895 | TOMOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH, AND IMAGING DATA ACQUISITION METHOD - A cross-sectional area calculation section calculates a cross-sectional area of a subject as physical quantity with respect to a size of the subject, and an NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image. The C-NEC calculation section calculates a noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC as physical quantity for evaluating an image as per size of the subject in accordance with the cross-sectional area of the subject calculated in the cross-sectional area calculation section and the noise equivalent count NEC calculated in the NEC calculation section. Accordingly, the noise equivalent count per unit area C-NEC is calculated as noted above, whereby an index may be determined that is independent of the cross-sectional area of the subject in evaluating the image. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019896 | PRECISION REGISTRATION OF X-RAY IMAGES TO CONE-BEAM CT SCAN FOR IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION TREATMENT - A method for precision registration of X-ray images to cone-beam CT scan for image-guided radiosurgery includes acquiring 2-D pre-treatment X-ray images of a region of interest, acquiring a 2-D X-ray image of the region of interest at approximately a time of treatment, registering the 2-D X-ray image with a corresponding 2-D pre-treatment X-ray image to obtain a 2-D registration result at approximately the time of treatment, and converting the 2-D registration result into a 3-D tracking result to track the region of interest. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019897 | CELL-IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS - A cell-image analyzing apparatus is intended to analyze, using a cell image, a cell collective that forms a colony, and is provided with a computer. The cell-image analyzing apparatus has an image analysis software that makes the computer function as a boundary element extracting means for extracting boundary elements of subjects upon analyzing the cell image; a possible colony region determining means for determining, as a possible colony region, a region surrounded by boundary elements of subjects and having a size greater than a first criterion value; and a colony region determining means for determining, in the possible colony region, a region containing more than a predetermined number of clustered regions each being surrounded by boundary elements of subjects and having a size smaller than a second criterion value, as a colony region. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019898 | CELL-IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS - A cell-image analyzing apparatus is provided with a computer, for classifying cells using plural channels of fluorescence cell images on a specimen that contains plural kinds of cells and is stained with specific fluorochromes in accordance with the kinds of cells. The cell image analyzing apparatus has an image analysis software that makes the computer function as a region delimiting mean for delimiting cell nucleus regions and cytoplasm regions in each of the plural channels of fluorescence cell images; a morphologic characteristic detecting means for detecting a morphologic characteristic on the cell nucleus regions or the cytoplasm regions delimited via the region delimiting means; and a cell classifying means for classifying the cells into kinds in accordance with the morphologic characteristic on the cell nucleus regions or the cytoplasm regions detected via the morphologic characteristic detecting means. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019899 | Money Handling System - In a money handling system in which the number of stacking units is smaller than the number of denomination, banknotes are efficiently sorted by denomination while a deposit process is performed. A money handling system comprises: an operation unit | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019900 | DEVICE FOR PROCESSING PAPER SHEETS OR THE LIKE - A paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing conveyance failure of a paper sheet. The apparatus includes a bill insertion slot, a bill conveyance mechanism capable of conveying a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, a bill reader reading the bill conveyed by the bill conveyance mechanism, an authenticity determination mechanism determining the authentication of the bill read by the bill reader, a bill determination processing part for determining, before the reading of the banknote by the banknote reader is completed, damage to the bill based on a shape of a portion of the bill which is read and on a shape of a reference bill, and a controller controlling conveyance of the bill by the bill conveyance mechanism based on a result of the determination by the bill determination processing part. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019901 | MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM - In order to intuitively inform a reject reason, a money handling system | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019902 | PHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - A method is disclosed comprising: imaging a feature of a component of an electrical power transmission system for example in combination with a reference component or feature of known dimensions, the reference component or feature comprising a reference, to produce one or more images; analyzing the one or more images with a photogrammetry algorithm to measure the feature of the component; and placing a protector at least partially over the component, the protector being selected to fit the component based on the measurement of the feature. In some embodiments the method may further comprise making the protector based on the measurement of the feature. A method is also disclosed comprising: remotely placing a reference object into a position that is inside a safe Limit of Approach and in the vicinity of a feature of a component of an energized live electrical power transmission system, the reference object comprising a reference; imaging a combination of the reference and the feature of the component to produce one or more images; and analyzing the one or more images with a photogrammetry algorithm to measure the feature of the component. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019903 | Method for Processing a Three-Dimensional Image of the Surface of a Tire so That It Can be Used to Inspect the Said Surface - Method for inspecting a zone of the surface of a tire, said surface comprising markings in relief, wherein the three-dimensional profile of the surface to be inspected is determined, characteristic points on the surface to be inspected are located and these points are matched with the corresponding points originating from the three-dimensional data of a reference surface, so as to create a set of pairs of matched points, in an iterative manner, a first affine transformation function is sought, applied to the characteristic points of the reference surface, so that the value representing the sum of the distances between each of the characteristic points of the reference surface, which points are transformed with the aid of said first transformation function, and the points of the surface to be inspected that are matched with them, is minimal, and said first transformation function is applied to all of the points of the reference surface in order to obtain a transformed reference surface. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019904 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL IMAGE - A method for displaying a virtual image of three dimensional objects in an area using stereo recordings of the area for storing a pixel and a height for each point of the area. A method is obtained of enabling displaying of vertical surfaces or even slightly downwards and inwards inclined surfaces. Stereo recordings from at least three different stereo recordings of different solid angles are used. For each different solid angle at least one data base including data about texture and height pixel point wise is established. Data for displaying the virtual image are combined from the different data bases in dependence of the direction in which the virtual image is to be displayed. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019905 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL AUTHENTICATION OF MIRCOPARTICLE MARK - A system, method, and apparatus for authenticating microparticle marks or marks including other three-dimensional objects. The authentication utilizes two or more sets of information captured or acquired for the mark in response to illumination of the mark by electromagnetic energy such as in the visible frequency range. These sets of information are then used to verify that the mark includes three-dimensional objects such as microparticles. The two or more sets of information about the mark preferably vary from each other in time, space/directionality, color, frequency or any combinations thereof, and can be captured or acquired as part of one, two, or more images of the microparticle mark. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019906 | METHOD FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYNTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF OBJECTS EXPOSED TO AN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND/OR ELASTIC WAVE - A method for synthetic reconstruction of objects includes: extracting criteria from a knowledge base; extracting, from sensed signals filtered by the criteria, weak signals; extracting, from the weak signals, weak signals of interest; removing noise from and amplifying the weak signals of interest and obtaining useful weak signals; identifying useful direct information, from useful weak signals filtered by the criteria and supplying optimum criteria; reconstructing, using the useful direct information, information of interest; reconstructing, using the information of interest, useful information and supplying optimum criteria; reconstructing, based on the useful information, three-dimensional information, supplying a recognition state file and supplying the optimum criteria; and updating the criteria with the optimum criteria. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019907 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MARKED IMAGES USING STATISTICAL MOMENTS BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON A JPEG ARRAY - Briefly, embodiments of a method of identifying marked images, in which higher order statistical moments based at least in part on a JPEG array are employed, is described | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019908 | Multi-Class Poisson Disk Sampling - A multi-class sampling component (MCSC) is described for selecting samples associated with two or more sampling classes to produce output information. The overall set of samples in the output information exhibits a desirable Poisson distribution. Further, each subset of samples associated with each respective class exhibits a Poisson distribution. The MCSC selects samples based on intra-class radius information (describing the minimum allowed distances between same-class samples) and inter-class radius information (describing the minimum allowed distances between different-class samples). The MCSC can be applied to different applications, such as an object placement application, a color stippling application, a sensor design application, and so on. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019909 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WHETHER AN IMAGE IS BLURRED - The present invention is directed to a method for detecting or predicting ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019910 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system capable of reducing an operation time required to generate a high image quality image, includes an image obtaining section that obtains an input image having been captured; a characteristic region information obtaining section that obtains information indicating a characteristic region in the input image; a model storage section that stores a model representing an object by a character parameter; an image generating section that converts an image of an object included in the characteristic region in the input image into a high image quality image having an image quality higher than an image quality of the input image, by adapting the image of the object included in the characteristic region in the input image to the model; and an output section that outputs an image including the high image quality image and an image other than the characteristic region. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019911 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises a division unit configured to divide an input image into a plurality of tiles of a predetermined size; a resolution conversion unit configured to convert the input image into a low-resolution image; and a determination unit configured to determine an attribute of a tile of interest from a pixel feature in the tile of interest, the tile of interest being included in the plurality of tiles obtained by the division unit dividing the input image; a generation unit configured to generate a histogram for pixels in a low-resolution tile that is obtained by converting an image of the same region as the tile of interest into a low-resolution image, the histogram indicating a relationship between each color of pixels and the number of pixels of that color. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019912 | Detecting And Correcting Peteye - Peteye is the appearance of an unnatural coloration (not necessarily red) of the pupils in an animal appearing in an image captured by a camera with flash illumination. Systems and methods of detecting and correcting peteye are described. In one aspect a classification map segmenting pixels in the input image into peteye pixels and non-peteye pixels is generated based on a respective segmentation condition on values of the pixels. Candidate peteye pixel areas are identified in the classification map. The generating and the identifying processes are repeated with the respective condition replaced by a different respective segmentation condition on the pixel values. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019913 | System and Method of Generating Color Correction Matrix for an Image Sensor - A system and method of generating a color correction matrix (CCM) for an image sensor are disclosed. Quantum efficiency (QE) spectra of pixels of the image sensor illuminated by a physical light source are measured. Subsequently, color values of the image sensor and color values in a predetermined color space are determined according to the QE spectra and predetermined reference data essential for deriving the color values. Finally, the CCM for the image sensor is generated by applying a fitting algorithm on the color values of the image sensor and the color values in the predetermined color space. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019914 | METHOD AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR OPTICAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A method and an illumination device is provided for optical contrast enhancement of an object through a spatially and/or temporally modulated illumination of the object by way of at least one light projection unit, wherein the spatial and/or temporal modulation of the illumination of the object is determined using a set of image data associated with the object. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019915 | Methods and data structures for multiple combined improved searchable formatted documents including citation and corpus generation - Searchable annotated formatted documents are produced by correlating documents stored as photographic or scanned graphic representations of an actual document (evidence, report, court order, etc.) with textual version of the same documents. A produced document will provide additional details in a data structure that supports citation annotation as well as other types of analysis of a document. The data structure also supports generation of citation reports and corpus reports. Methods of creating searchable annotated formatted documents including citation and corpus reports by correlating and correcting text files with photographic or scanned graphic of the original documents. Data structures for correlating and correcting text files with graphic images. Generation of citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports. Data structures for citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports generation. Multiple document data structures are used to create multiple citation documents and reports. Embodiments of citation reports and corpus reports contain correlated, comprehensive multiple citations. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019916 | Interactive document reading - A system for assisting a user in extracting information from a document set including at least one original document 2 having content comprises: a pen | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING DOCUMENT SEARCH AND REPORT GENERATION - A method for processing a customer request comprises receiving a request, sending the requests to a data provider; receiving a document image from the data provider, performing pattern data extraction on the document image, and preparing a customized report. Additionally, a system for processing customer requests comprises a receiving module for receiving customer requests, a data acquisition module for receiving data from plural sources, an image distribution module for distributing data to appropriate entities, a pattern data extraction module for performing pattern detection and extraction, and a data output module for formatting data. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019918 | PATTERN MATCHING SYSTEM, PATTERN MATCHING METHOD, AND PATTERN MATCHING PROGRAM - A problem to be solved is to provide a pattern matching system and the like which can match patterns including time change with high accuracy and safety. The problem can be solved by a pattern matching system which includes a template storage unit, a feature extraction unit, and a matching unit. The template pattern stores a template pattern. The feature extraction unit extracts features of an input pattern. The matching unit performs a first matching in which a first feature not changing with time among the features of the input pattern is matched with the template pattern and performs a second matching other than the first matching, in which a second feature changing with time among the features of the input pattern is matched with the template pattern. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019919 | AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF WEB PAGES - Systems and methods for quickly and easily getting information about, or included in, a paper document into a public or private digital page. One embodiment of an example system includes a scanner that generates scan information from at least a portion of a paper document and a processing system that receives the generated scan information from the scanner, accesses a database of digital documents, searches the database based on the received scan information, locates a digital document corresponding to the paper document, and sends either the digital content or a hyperlink to the digital content to a predetermined web page. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019920 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING OBJECT - A region where a detecting target object exists is extracted by a comparison between an evaluated value indicating a probability that the detecting target object exists and a threshold, through the process of producing a differential image between different frames in plural frames constituting a continuous image, of setting an average value in an averaging region extended around each pixel of the differential image as a new value of each pixel, of obtaining the evaluated value by applying a filter that acts on a search region on an image to a search region extended around a search pixel that is extracted by comparing the new value and the threshold, on the differential image. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019921 | IMAGE MATCHING DEVICE, IMAGE MATCHING METHOD AND IMAGE MATCHING PROGRAM - Image matching device | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019922 | System and method for defining a search window - A system and method for defining a window to search a region of interest for processing a road image, the search window having a longitudinal orientation directed according to the height of the image and being laterally delimited by two edges. The shape of the search window is adapted to the road configuration by defining at least one non-vertical portion on one of the edges. A preferred application is the processing of road images for determining visibility distances in foggy weather. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019923 | Method for analyzing image for cell observation, image processing program, and image processing device - The contour of a cell being observed is extracted from a cell observation image obtained by an imaging device, and a cell model made by modeling the outer shape of the cell is adapted. The direction in which the cell being observed is predicted to move is derived using the adapted cell model. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019924 | PRIORITIZER SYSTEM FOR TARGET ACQUISITION - A system having an approach for prioritizing targets for an order of capturing the targets photographically or otherwise. Prioritizing is based on cost of obtaining or capturing the target for viewing or photographing in high resolution. One acquisition mechanism is for obtaining a wide field of view of a scene of targets and another acquisition mechanism is for obtaining a narrow field of view of a target for capture. The cost for prioritizing is based on the time that the narrow field of view acquisition mechanism takes to pan and tilt to get a close-up image of a target divided by the width of the target. The targets may be faces of people. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019925 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A CLOSEST MATCH SEARCH - A system to generate an index for a closest match search is described. The system receives a corpus of information that includes member information. The system parses the member information to generate signatures for each of the members and stores the signatures in the index. The signatures are unique to the members. Accordingly, the signatures signify the respective members. The system subsequently utilizes the index to identify input information that matches signatures in the index to identify a closest match of the input information to one or more members in the corpus information. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019926 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A document processing device includes: an extraction unit that extracts a first image of an element from a read image of a medium to which the element is affixed; an accepting unit that accepts first information for specifying processing to be performed to a document, the first information being to be associated with the first image of the element; a determination unit that determines whether an image of an element identical to or similar to the first image of the element has been registered in a memory, or not; and a registration unit that registers the first image of the element and the first information for specifying the processing in association with each other in the memory when the determination unit determines that the image of the element identical to or similar to the first image of the element has not been registered in the memory. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019927 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The performance of image processing is assured by executing region segmentation of an image at high speed. Pixels are classified into clusters conforming to a feature such as color. In a case where a suitable cluster for classifying a pixel is undefined, a new cluster is defined and the pixel is classified into this cluster. An upper-limit value on number of clusters is set prior to classification. If the number of clusters exceeds the upper-limit value, clusters already defined are merged. This limits an increase in the number of clusters. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019928 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - Every time clustering processing for a predetermined number of pixels is complete, a small cluster having the number of allocated pixels, which is equal to or smaller than a pixel count threshold, is discriminated. The small cluster, which is discriminated to have the number of allocated pixels equal to or smaller than the pixel count threshold, is merged to a cluster having the nearest representative feature vector. With this arrangement, the number of clusters which are to undergo distance calculations of feature vectors is reduced. According to this arrangement, region segmentation of an image can be executed faster by the clustering processing. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019929 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image encoding device includes: a first encoding unit for encoding image data using a fixed-quantizing parameter to calculate a generated code amount; a second encoding unit for encoding the image data using multiple different quantizing parameters for each of the quantizing parameters as the image data of an intra picture to calculate a generated code amount; a code amount control unit for determining a quantizing parameter by predicting a quantizing parameter for realizing a target generated code amount, and a generated code amount when employing this quantizing parameter based on the generated code amount calculated at the first encoding unit, and correcting this predicted generated code amount according to the generated code amount calculated at the second encoding unit so as to realize the target generated code amount; and a third encoding unit for encoding the image data using the quantizing parameter determined at the code amount control unit. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019930 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image encoding device includes: a first encoding unit for calculating a generated code amount by encoding image data for each GOP (Group of Picture); a code amount control unit for setting quantization information for realizing a target generated code amount based on the generated code amount; a quantization information distinguishing unit for calculating a DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) coefficient, and distinguishing quantization information that minimizes the summation for each picture of remainders when performing division of the DCT coefficient, as quantization information used for performing the last encoding; a picture-type setting unit for setting a picture type to the image data for each GOP, and when this set picture type differs from the picture type of the distinguished quantization information, matching the picture types by controlling the settings of the subsequent picture types; and a second encoding unit for encoding the image data based on the set picture type. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019931 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image recording device, including: a highly-gradating unit for highly-gradating an input image having a first gradation depth, thereby generating a high gradation image having a second gradation depth higher than the first gradation depth; an image quantizing unit for quantizing the high gradation image generated by the highly-gradating unit such that a quantization error is modulated into a band with relatively low sensitivity of human visual characteristics, thereby generating a recording target image having a third gradation depth lower than the second gradation depth; an encoding unit for encoding the recording target image generated by the quantizing unit; and a recording unit for recording the recording target image encoded by the encoding unit in a recording medium. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019932 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DEFOCUS BLUR SIZE IN AN IMAGE - A method for estimating a defocus blur size ( | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019933 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LINE NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus performs first filter processing to combine pixels of an image along a predetermined direction. A line noise image is extracted by executing second filter processing for the processed image along a direction different from the predetermined direction. The extracted line noise image is subtracted from the image to acquire a line noise reduced image. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019934 | BLOCK ARTIFACT REDUCER - A block artifact reduction system is provided. An apparatus for reducing block artifact in an image sequence according to some embodiments of the present invention includes a motion detection unit that detects a motion signal from a first frame of an image signal and a second frame of the image signal; a block border offset and motion-based correction determination (BOMCS) unit that determines block border locations based on the second frame and a correction strength based on the second frame and the motion signal; and an intensity filter that filters the second frame based on the block border locations and the correction strength to output a corrected image signal. | 2011-01-27 |
| 20110019935 | Reducing Noise in an Image - A computer-implemented method for reducing noise in an image includes receiving a first image in a computer system. The first image depicts an interior of an item and is generated using a technique that provides imaging at selected depths in the item. The first image represents a first interior section having a first thickness. The method includes determining a modification for the first image using a second image of the interior. The second image represents a second interior section encompassing the first interior section and has a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The method includes storing the modification in association with the first image. | 2011-01-27 |
