| 17th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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| 20100104094 | CIPHERTEXT GENERATING APPARATUS, CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND GROUP PARAMETER GENERATING APPARATUS - The random number generating unit | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104095 | Novel Hash Function With Provable Resistance To Differential Attacks - A system and method for coding data to help resist differential attacks. Data in m columns may be initialized to an initialized value. One new column of data may be mixed with a new input word and input to an advanced mixer. The advanced mixer may include linear mixing having indexed bytes and performing of exclusive-OR operation and transposing. An output of the advanced mixer may be a new m column state. A value of m could be 0 through 30. The value of m may have a preferred range of 27 through 36. Systems to implement the foregoing method are also described. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104096 | Data Processing For Coding - A system and method for data processing for coding. The method may include providing a first plurality of bytes of data, non-linearly transforming the first plurality of bytes into a second plurality of bytes, multiplying each of the second plurality of bytes of data by a predetermined constant of a plurality of constants to generate a third plurality of bytes, and organizing in use the third plurality of bytes as a plurality of output bytes. Systems to practice the foregoing methods are also described. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UCC CONTENTS PROTECTION - The present invention relates to a user created contents protection system and method. Copyright protection for protecting contents on user created contents is performed by using a contents upload server or a user terminal including a digital rights management (DRM) packager. Therefore, copyright protection of the user created contents is performed, and a user that legally provides user created contents can be rewarded. Also, when illegally distributed user created contents are generated, a person having initially attempted to distribute the contents is tracked to clarify responsibility. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104098 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING AND COMPRESSING MESSAGE BASED ON SECURE HASH ALGORITHM - The present invention relates to a secure hash algorithm (SHA)-based message schedule operation method, a message compression operation method, and a cryptographic device performing the same. The present invention sequentially performs the message schedule operation by using an adder. Also, a memory for storing operation data input for the message schedule operation is used from a 17th round to store intermediate data generated by the message schedule operation. Further, the message compression operation is sequentially performed by using one adder. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104099 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SECURITY SETTING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a security setting method thereof, the method including: inputting an encryption key of a wireless network connection of the image forming apparatus; displaying a selection screen including one or more functions which the image forming apparatus provides; and selecting at least one of the displayed functions with which to share the encryption key as a password. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DECRYPTION KEYS - In a digital cinema system, a Secure Clock can drift over time, possibly presenting the ability to playout a digital cinema presentation near the end of the validity interval of a decryption key. To accommodate for the drift in the Secure Clock, the validity interval of the decryption key is adjusted in accordance with the time difference between a secure time value and a present time value. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104101 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SERVER WITH PROVISIONS FOR INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS - The invention is a cryptographic server providing interoperability over multiple algorithms, keys, standards, certificate types and issuers, protocols, and the like. Another aspect of the invention is to provide a secure server, or trust engine, having server-centric keys, or in other words, storing cryptographic keys on a server. The server-centric storage of keys provides for user-independent security, portability, availability, and straightforwardness, along with a wide variety of implementation possibilities. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104102 | Systems and Methods to Securely Generate Shared Keys - A method for secure bidirectional communication between two systems is described. A first key pair and a second key pair are generated, the latter including a second public key that is generated based upon a shared secret. First and second public keys are sent to a second system, and third and fourth public keys are received from the second system. The fourth public key is generated based upon the shared secret. A master key for encrypting messages is calculated based upon a first private key, a second private key, the third public key and the fourth public key. For re-keying, a new second key pair having a new second public key and a new second private key is generated, and a new fourth public key is received. A new master key is calculated using elliptic curve calculations using the new second private key and the new fourth public key. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104103 | Method And Apparatus For Billing And Security Architecture For Venue-Cast Services - A security system is applied to venue-cast content transmissions over a broadcast/multicast network infrastructure. The broadcast network infrastructure may be Evolution-Data Only Broadcast Multicast Services (BCMCS) that facilitates distribution of a subscription-based content delivery service. A venue-cast service can be part of the subscription-based content delivery service and has an associated service key. Upon subscribing to the content delivery service, the subscriber access terminal is given the service key. Such service key may be associated with a particular subscriber package and/or venue location. The same service key is provided to the broadcast network infrastructure that broadcasts venue-cast content. A broadcast access key is generated by the broadcast network infrastructure and used to encrypt venue-specific content to be broadcasted. Consequently, only access terminals that have received the service key (e.g., subscribe to the associated subscription package and/or are located at a specific venue or location) can decrypt the broadcasted content. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104104 | Method of Data Item Selection for Trade and Traded Item Controlled Access via Menu/Toolbar driven Interface - This invention provides a system that enable a trading network center and participating network operators as well as their selling-subscribers to select for-not-use/for-trade electronic information data items to trade by using an interactive button/menu/toolbar driven interface, such as a browser or onscreen widget; also it enable their buying-subscribers to select and access dealpack by using the same interface through a controlled access process controlled and operated by the trading network center via its trading portal. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104105 | DIGITAL CINEMA ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A repository is created and maintained that receives and stores a plurality of attributes associated with digital components resident at a display complex and associated with particular digital cinema systems within that display complex. These attributes can be accessed by clients which thereafter use that data to securely convey digital content to a particular digital cinema system. Each display complex collects attributes associated with the digital cinema systems resident at the complex and pushes the data to a service module hosted on a server on a wide area network. Upon receiving the attributes corresponding to each digital component of each cinema system, the server conveys the data to a repository for storage. Thereafter, responsive to a request from a client, data needed to securely convey content to a digital cinema system is retrieved from the repository and conveyed to the requesting client. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104106 | Audio processing apparatus and method of mobile device - An audio processing apparatus and method for a mobile device are provided. The audio processing apparatus and method may appropriately determine sound source localizations corresponding to a voice signal and an audio signal, and thereby may simultaneously provide a voice call service and a multimedia service. Also, the audio processing apparatus and method may guarantee quality of the voice call service even when simultaneously providing the voice call service and the multimedia service. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VOLUME SPIKE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for reducing volume spike during switching of audio output devices of an electronic device is provided. The system and method adjusts a volume level of a first audio output device currently adopted by the electronic device for audible output to a muted level, and switches the audible output from the first audio output device to a second audio output device with the muted level. The system and method further receives a desired volume level input by a user, and adjusts the second audio output device from the muted level to the desired volume level. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104108 | HIGH INTENSITY CALIBRATION DEVICE - A calibration device for calibrating a dynamic pressure sensor includes a power/control box and a portable calibration head disposed in electrical communication with the power/control box. The portable calibration head may include a calibration head housing having a housing opening and a speaker provided in the calibration head housing and communicating with the housing opening. The power/control box may be configured to induce emission of an acoustic calibration signal from the speaker of the calibration head. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104109 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF A WEAK SIGNAL FROM A SPEAKER - An apparatus for preventing leakage of a weak signal from a speaker is provided. The apparatus passes a normal speaker drive signal coming through speaker signal lines and blocks a weak signal generated by the sounds around the speaker, thereby preventing wiretapping the speaker. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104110 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM - It includes a microphone for detecting noise emitted from a noise source, a noise controller for generating control sound signal to reduce noise detected by the microphone based on information from the microphone, and a speaker for outputting control sound based on control sound signal from the noise controller, wherein a plurality of microphones and speakers are arranged for each seat, and a plurality of microphones are arranged in higher density for each seat in a specific direction. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104111 | AUDIO DEVICE - An acoustic system ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104112 | Variable Noise Masking During Periods of Substantial Silence - Methods and systems for masking audio noise are disclosed. One apparatus includes a silence detector configured to detect a period of substantial silence in an audio signal; a masking noise source operably coupled to the silence detector, the masking noise source configured to generate a noise signal in response to the silence detector detecting the period of substantial silence; and at least one combining device operably coupled to the masking noise source, the at least one combining device configured to contribute to combining the audio signal and the noise signal. A method includes detecting a period of substantial silence in an audio signal; and combining masking noise with the audio signal during the period of substantial silence. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104113 | NOISE SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD - In a noise suppression device, an audio detector detects presence or absence of audio in an input signal. A first noise spectrum estimator estimates a noise spectrum contained in the input signal based on the input signal and detection result of the audio detector. A second noise spectrum estimator estimates the noise spectrum based on the input signal regardless of the detection result of the audio detector. A noise spectrum calculator calculates a final noise spectrum estimation value according to a length of detecting time during which the audio detector continuously detects the audio and based on first and second noise spectrum estimation values that are obtained as estimation results by the first and second noise spectrum estimators. A gain calculator calculates a noise suppression gain based on the final noise spectrum estimation value. A noise suppressor suppresses noise contained in the input signal by applying the noise suppression gain to the input signal. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104114 | TIMBRAL CORRECTION OF AUDIO REPRODUCTION SYSTEMS BASED ON MEASURED DECAY TIME OR REVERBERATION TIME - The invention relates to a method and system for use in directly adjusting the timbre of a reproduced audio signal in any closed or partially enclosed space according to the measured reverberation time or other function describing the decay of sound within the space. The measurement of the reverberation time and the correction of the timbre are performed by a system that can be incorporated within the installed audio reproduction system, although a separate measuring system could alternatively be used. The measurement of decay time or reverberation time for the space is by known methods. The invention centres around the calculation and application of a correction filter determined directly from the measured decay time or reverberation time for the space. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104115 | MICRO MAGNETIC SPEAKER DEVICE WITH BALANCED MEMBRANE - A micro magnetic device with a micro magnetic speaker unit having a first element, a second element, and a membrane therebetween. Each of the elements comprises a body, a pole of soft magnetic material, an electrically conductive coil positioned around the pole, and a permanent magnet connected to the membrane. The first element and the second element are magnetically identical. A plurality of speaker units can be combined to provide a speaker array. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104116 | FLAT SPEAKER UNIT AND SPEAKER DEVICE THEREWITH - A reliable flat speaker unit and a speaker device with the same are provided herein. A conductive electrode of a vibrating membrane of the speaker unit is disposed on both utmost sides of the speaker unit to isolate the speaker unit from environmental moisture, which can significantly improve the reliance of the speaker device. A barrier layer can optionally be disposed on the external side of the conductive electrode to further isolating the speaker unit from moisture, which can improve the reliance and the lifetime of the speaker device. In an embodiment, at least a getter is disposed inside the flat speaker unit to absorb moisture therein. The speaker unit at least includes a electret vibrating membrane with a conductive electrode, a plurality of supporting members, and a electrode structure with a plurality of holes. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104117 | CONSTANT-BEAMWIDTH LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY - A loudspeaker is provided for receiving an incoming electrical signal and transmitting an acoustical signal that is directional and has a substantially constant beamwidth over a wide frequency range. The loudspeaker may include a curved mounting plate that has curvature over a range of angles. The loudspeaker may include an array of speaker drivers coupled to the mounting plate. Each speaker driver may be driven by an electrical signal having a respective amplitude that is a function of the speaker driver's respective location on the mounting plate. The function may be a Legendre function. Alternatively, the loudspeaker may include a flat mounting plate. In this case, the respective electrical signal driving each speaker may have a phase delay that virtually positions the speaker onto a curved surface. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104118 | EARPIECE BASED BINAURAL SOUND CAPTURING AND PLAYBACK - Methods and systems of earpiece based binaural sound capturing and playback are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for recording and playback of a binaural sound includes receiving a record command for a binaural sound, and recording electrical data which correspond to the binaural sound captured through an associated binaural sound capturing system. Further, the associated binaural sound capturing system includes two earpieces for a right ear and a left ear for a user. Each of the two earpieces includes a housing and a speaker embedded in the housing facing an inner ear of the user. In addition, the each of the two ear pieces also includes a microphone embedded in the housing at an ear canal of the user for converting the binaural sound received by the ear canal to the electrical data. Furthermore, the method includes playing back the electrical data in response to a playback command. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104119 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - An exemplary audio output device includes a microprocessor, a voltage divider, an analog switch and an audio amplifier, which forming a loop circuit, and an audio jack. The audio jack is connected to the microprocessor and the analog switch. The microprocessor is further connected to the audio amplifier. When a earphone is plugged into the audio jack, the microprocessor receives an output voltage from the voltage divider, and adjusts the power of the audio amplifier. The audio jack is switched to be connected to the audio amplifier, and audio signals are output from the audio jack. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104120 | HEARING APPARATUS WITH A SPECIAL SITUATION RECOGNITION UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING APPARATUS - A hearing apparatus and particularly a hearing aid intended to be able to recognize acoustic situations more reliably includes a microphone device for picking-up a sound signal, a reception device for picking-up an electrical or electromagnetic signal and a classification device for determining an acoustic situation from the signals of the microphone device and the reception device. A signal processing device processes the signals of the microphone device and the reception device as a function of an output signal of the classification device. In particular, the signals of the microphone device and the reception device are made available separately to the classification device for recognizing the situation. Thus, the individual input signals, or the correlation thereof, can be used for recognizing the situation. A method for operating a hearing apparatus is also provided. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104121 | Low Power Signal Transmission - A low-power implant system. The system includes an implant for implantation into a person, such as a cochlear implant or a middle ear implant. The implant is capable of communicating with a device via transmission of ultra wideband pulses. The device may be adapted to be worn external to the person, or may be a second implant. So as to conserve battery power, the transmitted ultra wideband pulses may have a low duty cycle of approximately 1/1000 or less. Power savings may also be realized by using time-gating amplifiers in the implant and/or device receiver. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104122 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING PERFORMANCE OF HEARING DEVICES - A method for establishing a performance characteristic of a hearing device ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104123 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING HEARING DEVICE - A method for adjusting a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid, to an individual user, includes firstly recording data relating to at least one setting of the hearing device together with direct or indirect temporal information. Thereupon, a period of time during which the at least one setting was/is active is automatically determined. Finally, at least one parameter of the hearing device is automatically adapted as a function of the determined period of time and the at least one setting. This affords the possibility of adapting, for example, time constants according to individual usage. A corresponding hearing device is also provided. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104124 | Item Mounting System - The invention relates to mounting apparatus to allow items, typically audio speakers to be mounted, and be positionable with respect to, a television set or display screen. At least one of a plurality of speakers is adjustable in position with respect to location means of the apparatus and the speakers and location means are adjustable with respect to fixing means of the apparatus. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104125 | Headset Systems And Related Methods - In one embodiment, a headset system comprises a headset comprising a body and an earpiece, and a docking station comprising a receiving mechanism sized to receive a portion of the body. The earpiece can be located outside of the receiving mechanism when the portion of the body is coupled to the receiving mechanism. Other examples and embodiments are described herein. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104126 | TANGLE RESISTANT AUDIO CORD AND EARPHONES - An audio cord for personal listening audio devices such as earpieces, resistant to tangling and knotting. The audio cords are constructed using shape memory metal alloys and other alloys that allow the audio cords to recover to their original shape after being deflected. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104127 | Loudspeaker - A loudspeaker including a bottom plate being formed from a material capable of transmitting a magnetic flux. The bottom plate has a bottom portion, a cylindrical inside portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion, and a cylindrical outside portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion and encircles the inside portion. A cylindrical magnet is positioned on the bottom portion. A top plate is formed from a magnetic flux-transmissive material and extends outwardly from the top of the magnet. The top plate is laterally spaced away from the outside portion so as to form an air gap between the top plate and the outside portion. A diaphragm has a bobbin portion that is positioned within the air gap and is capable of free movement in the air gap. The suspension portion of the diaphragm is positioned at the center of the magnet. The sound-producing portion of the diaphragm is affixed to the top of the bobbin portion and is affixed to the top of the suspension portion. A resilient spider extends between the suspension portion of the diaphragm and the magnet. A voice coil is wound around the bobbin portion within the air gap. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A STRUCTURE ON A CARRIER RELATIVE TO A REFERENCE POINT OF THE CARRIER - A method is provided for determining the position of a structure on a carrier, relative to a reference point of the carrier, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing an image including a reference structure; b) recording an image of the structure on the carrier by means of a recording device, with a known recording position relative to the reference points; c) superimposing the two images to form one superimposed image; d) determining the image distance of the two structures in the superimposed image; e) shifting the two structures in the superimposed image relative to one another, depending on the determined image distance; f) checking whether the determined image distance is below a predetermined maximum value; wherein, if the image distance is below the maximum value, the method is continued in step g), and, if the image distance is not below the maximum value, steps d)-f) are repeated, taking into account the determined image distance/distances: g) determining the position of the structure relative to the reference point, on the basis of the recording position in step b) and of the image distance/image distances determined in step(s) d). | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104129 | EMBEDDING AND DETECTING WATERMARKS - A watermark embedding method for embedding a secret message sequence in a document. The techniques include obtaining layout information of the document, extracting a digest of the document by using a Hash function, calculating embedded positions where the secret message sequence is embedded in the document, and dispersedly hiding the secret message sequence in each of the calculated embedded positions by altering the layout of the document. Also provided is a watermark embedding apparatus, a corresponding watermark detecting method and apparatus, and a method and system for detecting document integrity. The integrity of documents in various forms can be detected, and secret information to be hidden can be embedded therein and extracted therefrom. The techniques described are not limited to the document either in soft copy or in hard copy and have good robustness. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104130 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - Character spacing values in a document image are extracted and a variance is calculated for fluctuations in the character spacing values. When the calculated variance is lower than a preset threshold value, the document image is determined as having watermark information embedded therein. Such use of the variance in the character spacing values enables high-speed determination of the presence or absence of character-spacing watermark information. At this time, it is possible to speed up the determination by using only some character spacing values in the document, instead of using all character spacing values. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104131 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - Character string heights and line spacing values are acquired as character string information on a document image, and fluctuations in the character string height and fluctuations in the line spacing value are calculated as variances. If the calculated variance is equal to or lower than a threshold value, the character string information is determined as being appropriate for use in extracting line-spacing watermarks, and line-spacing watermark information is extracted from the character string information. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104132 | COMPUTER IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NDT/NDI TESTING DEVICES - A system and method suitable for producing color images of signals received from flaw detection devices with high efficiency that allow accurate image processing in real time by making use of a commercially available graphics accelerator and associated software. An exemplary S-scan scanned area is mapped into vertex coordinates and primitives to create a surface. The surface is then given a color texture representing S-scan signal amplitude information. An efficient commercially available graphics accelerator is used to render color image efficiently based the input of the vertex coordinates, primitives and the color texture. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104133 | Pre-Processed Information Embedding System - Auxiliary information ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104134 | Interaction Using Touch and Non-Touch Gestures - A computer interface may use touch- and non-touch-based gesture detection systems to detect touch and non-touch gestures on a computing device. The systems may each capture an image, and interpret the image as corresponding to a predetermined gesture. The systems may also generate similarity values to indicate the strength of a match between a captured image and corresponding gesture, and the system may combine gesture identifications from both touch- and non-touch-based gesture identification systems to ultimately determine the gesture. A threshold comparison algorithm may be used to apply different thresholds for different gesture detection systems and gesture types. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104135 | MARKER GENERATING AND MARKER DETECTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A marker generating system is characterized in having a special feature extracting element that extracts a portion, as a special feature, including a distinctive pattern in a video image not including a marker; a unique special feature selecting element that, based on the extracted special feature, selects a special feature of an image, as a unique special feature, that does not appear on the video image; and a marker generating element that generates a marker based on the unique special feature. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104136 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE PLACEMENT OF A GOLF BALL FOR A LAUNCH MONITOR - A novel method and apparatus for detecting the placement of a golf ball for a launch monitor is disclosed. The method comprises capturing an image of a scan zone that is adjacent to the launch monitor and in the field of view of the launch monitor's image sensor, analyzing the scan zone image for the placement of an object, and determining if the object is likely the golf ball. An apparatus is also disclosed that implements the golf ball detection method. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104137 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING PATCH APPROACH - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing an image generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the image, and generating a plurality of patches onto the image, wherein the patches are collectively arranged to substantially include the clear path of travel. Feature extraction is utilized to analyze the patches and includes convolving each of the patches with a feature detection filter generating a feature-based filter response, extracting features based upon the feature-based filter response, and determining each of the patches to represent the clear path of travel or to not represent the clear path of travel based upon the extracted features. The clear path of travel is determined based upon the plurality of patches, and is utilized to navigate the vehicle. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104138 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING PROGRAM, AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle periphery monitoring device is provided with an image processing target area setting portion for setting an image processing target area ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104139 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO-BASED ROAD LANE CURVATURE MEASUREMENT - A method and system for video-based road lane curvature measurement is provided. An image processing system receives roadway scene images from a vehicle-mounted video camera to measure road curvature. Road boundary indicators, such as lane markings, are used for identifying the road boundaries. The road curvature is approximated using a relation between the slope of a line connecting two points on a lane marking, and the average longitudinal distance from the camera to the line. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104140 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FRAME RATE USING MOTION TRAJECTORY - A frame rate improving apparatus and method use a motion trajectory. The frame rate improving apparatus determines forward feature point trajectory information through a feature point, and generates a new intermediate frame by performing backward motion estimation through the feature point trajectory information, thereby generating an interpolated image with high quality. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104141 | System for and method of processing laser scan samples an digital photographic images relating to building facades - A computer arrangement is disclosed, including a processor that can communicate with a memory. The memory stores a computer program that can be run by the processor, and stores a set of laser scan samples including a sub-set of laser scan samples relating to a façade of a building and stores location data as to each laser scan sample. The memory also stores a picture of the same façade including location data as to pixels of the picture. The picture includes data as to a wall of the façade and data as to texture elements in the wall. In at least one embodiment, the processor automatically identifies the wall and the texture elements in the picture while using the laser scan samples. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AUTHENTICITY - In an authenticity determining apparatus, an image-data acquiring unit acquires image data of a paper sheet; a block-value calculating unit divides the image data into a plurality of blocks each composed of a plurality of pixels and calculates a block value of each of blocks; an average-block-value calculating unit calculates an average block value of blocks composing a predetermined area of the image data; a correction-block-value calculating unit calculates a corrected block value of each of the blocks by correcting each of the block values so that the average block value is equal to a predetermined reference value; and an authenticity determining unit that determines authenticity of the paper sheet based on whether each of corrected block values of the blocks composing the predetermined area is within a predetermined allowable numerical range that is preliminarily defined for the predetermined area. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104143 | Method and System for Processing Operator Log Documents - Driver reporting documents are managed by a method comprising scanning a physical driver log sheet including an analog graph to obtain an electronic image data file which is stored on a system. A unique identifier is associated to the electronic image data file. The electronic image data file is processed to capture data regarding reported activity, wherein analog grid information is extracted as digital information and to capture data regarding non-grid activity. The data regarding reported activity is processed to determine compliance with activity standards and a report on compliance with activity standards is generated. A system for implementing this method is also disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104144 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a temporary storage module configured to extract performer names from a program information corresponding to a video content data, collate a extracted performer names with a names stored in a storage module, collate collation face images corresponding to the names that match the performer names with a plurality of face images, and temporarily store, out of the plurality of face images, coincident face images that match the collation face images, and a display module configured to, when displaying a list of video content data, display the program name and the coincident face images corresponding to each video content data together with the video content data. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104145 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, an image display processing module, a playback processing module, and a emphasizing processing module. The indexing module extracts face images which appear in a sequence of moving image data, and outputs time stamp information indicating a timing of appearance of each of the extracted face images. The image display processing module displays the extracted face images on a first display area. The playback processing module plays back the moving image data and displays the moving image data on a second display area. The emphasizing processing module emphasizes, when the moving image data is played back, a face image on the first display area, which appears within a predetermined period corresponding to a present playback position of the moving image data, based on the time stamp information corresponding to each face image which belongs to the extracted face images. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104146 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an image extraction module, a display control module, and a file processing module. The image extraction module extracts face images including a plurality of face images of persons in a video obtained by playing back a video data file from each of video data files. The display control module displays a selection screen which allows a user to select one or more video data files from the video data files, and displays the extracted face images on the selection screen to lay out the face images in correspondence with the video data files. The file processing module executes a process for the one or more video data files selected on the selection screen. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104147 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL - The present invention provides a system for identifying an individual provided with a portable communication device. In a system for identifying an individual using a portable communication device with a display, the display is a sensor-incorporated display, the sensor-incorporated display reads the biological information of a user, and, based on the read information, identifies an individual. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SPICULATED MASSES IN MAMMOGRAPHY - A method and apparatus detects one or more spiculated masses in an image using a processor. The image is received in the processor. The received image is filtered using one or more Gaussian filters to detect one or more central mass regions. The received image is also filtered using one or more spiculated lesion filters to detect where the one or more spiculated masses converge. In addition, the received image is filtered using one or more Difference-of-Gaussian filters to suppress one or more linear structures. An enhanced image showing the detected spiculated masses is created by combining an output from all of the filtering steps. The enhanced image is then provided to an output of the processor. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104149 | IMAGING OF A TURBID MEDIUM - An imaging system for imaging a turbid medium comprises a radiation source to illuminate an object to be imaged. A detection system to detect radiation from the object to produce a plurality of detected radiation levels at respective positions relative to the object. A distinction is made between (i) a central radiation component having passed mainly through an inner region of the object and (ii) a boundary radiation component having passed mainly through a boundary region of the object. On the basis of a comparison of the central radiation component and the boundary radiation component the optical properties, notably optical scattering and optical absorption are derived. From the detected radiation from the object and the optical properties an image of the interior or the object is reconstructed. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104150 | MEASUREMENT OF GEOMETRIC QUANTITIES INTRINSIC TO AN ANATOMICAL SYSTEM - A method for measuring geometric quantities intrinsic to an anatomical system of a patient, based on two stereoscopic images. Registration data are received on each of the two stereoscopic images. By using geometric calibration information, a three-dimensional geometric primitive is determined defined by at least a portion of the received registration data. Based on the three-dimensional geometric primitive, a value of geometric quantity intrinsic to the anatomical system is computed. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104151 | Method for Deriving Amount of Dense Tissue from Mammographic Image - A region of interest in the image is determined and for each pixel in each location (x,y) in that region of interest a value h | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104152 | AUTOMATIC VASCULAR TREE LABELING - A method to label a vascular tree from an image of an organ or group of organs that is acquired by a medical imaging device. The method includes generating at least one vascular tree model of a determined organ including a database of labels corresponding to each branch of the vascular tree models. The method also includes determining an acquired vascular tree of the organ or group of organs by segmenting the previously acquired image. The method also includes comparing the acquired vascular tree with the vascular tree model(s) of said organ or group of organs. The method also includes displaying the acquired vascular tree and the labels corresponding to the vascular tree model having the closest similarity with the acquired vascular tree. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104153 | ITERATIVE PROCESSING - A regional redefiner redefines a bounding area in sets of chromatographic/mass spectroscopic images. The redefiner defines and localizes peaks in the images which point to a common feature of interest. A redefined bounding area locates other peaks associated with the feature of interest. Peaks can be iteratively identified and extracted using constituent images or a composite image formed as a combination of a set of constituent images. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104154 | Computerized Detection of Breast Cancer on Digital Tomosynthesis Mamograms - A method for using computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) for digital tomosynthesis mammograms (DTM) including retrieving a DTM image file having a plurality of DTM image slices; applying a three-dimensional analysis to the DTM image file to detect lesion candidates; identifying a volume of interest and locating its center; segmenting the volume of interest by a three dimensional method; extracting one or more object characteristics from the object corresponding to the volume of interest; and determining if the object corresponding to the volume of interest is a breast lesion or normal breast tissue. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104155 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF LINEAR STRUCTURES AND MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A method for linear structure detection in mammographic images, comprising: locating a plurality of microcalcification candidate clusters in digital mammographic images; extracting a region of interest that encloses each of the candidate clusters; processing the region of interest to generate feature points that reveal geometric properties in the region; applying a line detection algorithm to the feature points to produce a line model; and analyzing the line model to determine whether a true linear structure is present in the first region of interest. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104156 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The medical image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a three-dimensional model estimating section that estimates a three-dimensional model based on a two-dimensional image; a local region setting section that sets a plurality of local regions around a target pixel in the two-dimensional image; a shape feature value calculating section that uses three-dimensional coordinate data corresponding to the plurality of local regions and calculates shape feature values of respective voxels corresponding to the target pixel; a shape feature value selecting section that selects, as a shape feature value of a voxel corresponding to the target pixel, a shape feature value calculated according to one local region including an optimum three-dimensional coordinate data amount among the plurality of shape feature values; and an elevated shape detecting section that detects an elevated shape existing in the two-dimensional image based on a selection result of the shape feature value selecting section. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104157 | Magnetic resonance imager using cylindrical offset region of excitation, and method - A magnetic resonance imager performing images of a patient imager includes imaging coils. The imager includes receiver coils The imager includes a computer that causes the imaging coils to produce a first steady-state free precession excitation slab with respect to a first position regarding a target of the patient during a first repetition time, and a second steady-state free precession excitation slab with respect to a second position different from the first position regarding the target during a second repetition time; and forming a first 3-D dataset of the target associated with the first excitation slab and a second 3-D image dataset of the target associated with the second excitation slab from information received from the receiver coils. The first 3-D image dataset and the second 3-D image dataset, together defining a series of 3-D image datasets for each repetition time; and producing an image of the target from the series of 3-D image datasets. A method for analyzing a patient. A method to evaluate coronary arteries to assess their degree of stenosis. A computer program which, when executed by a computer of a Magnetic Resonance Imager, forms an image of a patient. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATCHING LOCAL SELF-SIMILARITIES - A method includes matching at least portions of first, second signals using local self-similarity descriptors of the signals. The matching includes computing a local self-similarity descriptor for each one of at least a portion of points in the first signal, forming a query ensemble of the descriptors for the first signal and seeking an ensemble of descriptors of the second signal which matches the query ensemble of descriptors. This matching can be used for image categorization, object classification, object recognition, image segmentation, image alignment, video categorization, action recognition, action classification, video segmentation, video alignment, signal alignment, multi-sensor signal alignment, multi-sensor signal matching, optical character recognition, image and video synthesis, correspondence estimation, signal registration and change detection. It may also be used to synthesize a new signal with elements similar to those of a guiding signal synthesized from portions of the reference signal. Apparatus is also included. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104159 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus is configured capable of properly calculating a radiation dosed amount more approximating to an actually exposed radiation dose that includes scattering rays of an examined object from data measured at the scanning time. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104160 | IMAGE VIEWING WINDOW - A method for visualizing a region of interest within a viewport includes presenting tomographic image data as an image in a viewport using a set of global image processing operations, presenting a viewing window in the main viewport; and using a second, different set of image processing operations that is local to the viewing window, wherein the second, different set of image processing operations reduces image artifact with respect to a desired structure of interest in the viewing window. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104161 | PROJECTION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING ATTENUATION COMPONENTS - The invention relates to a projection system for producing attenuation components of projection data of a region of interest. The projection system comprises a projection data providing unit ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104162 | Systems And Methods For Ultrasound Simulation Using Depth Peeling - Systems and methods for ultrasound simulation using depth peeling are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a method includes the steps of receiving a sensor signal including a position and an orientation of a simulated ultrasound device, the position and orientation associated with a virtual physical environment comprising a first virtual object; determining a first peel associated with the first virtual object; determining a second peel associated with the first virtual object; determining a first characteristic of a pixel located between the first peel and the second peel; generating a display signal based on the first characteristic, the display signal configured to cause a visual display of the virtual physical environment; and outputting the display signal to a display device. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104163 | ORIENTATION DETECTION FOR CHEST RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A method for identifying the orientation of a radiographic image of a patient generates a reduced-scale image having a smaller number of pixel elements than the original radiographic image and generates a reduced bit-depth image from the reduced-scale image. The method determines whether the image has portrait or landscape orientation by sectioning either the reduced-scale image or the reduced bit-depth image into at least two sections and calculating at least one value related to relative symmetry for each of the at least two sections. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104164 | Method and device for obtaining a volume data set of a mobile tissue or organ of a patient - A method and a device for obtaining a volume data set of a mobile tissue or organ of a patient by a C-arm X-ray device are provided. An electromagnetic sensor of a position detection system is arranged indirectly on the tissue or organ. The X-ray device obtains a plurality of X-ray projections from the tissue or organ from various projection directions. A first method consists of reconstructing a volume data set from the X-ray projections, in which the electromagnetic sensor adopts a position characterizing a displacement phase of the tissue or organ. A second method consists of reconstructing a volume data set from the X-ray projections captured when the electromagnetic sensor was located in a position characterizing a displacement phase of the tissue or organ. A third method does not capture an X-ray projection for the reconstruction if the electromagnetic sensor is located in a position characterizing a displacement phase. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104165 | RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, X-RAY RADIOSCOPY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A radiation image processing apparatus which improves contrast and sharpness of radiation images is provided. According to this radiation image processing apparatus, comparison is made between a first image data obtained by radiation imaging without going through the subject but through a grid for removing scattered radiation from a subject, and a second image data which is obtained by radiation imaging through the subject and the grid, and a two-dimensional distribution of abundance of scattered component is calculated. Using this two-dimensional distribution of scattered component, abundance of scattered radiation is locally determined at each position, and a sharpening process is performed with sharpening intensities that are increased in response to abundance of scattered radiation. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104166 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STEREOTACTIC IMAGE IN A MAMMOGRAPHY DEVICE - In a method for producing a stereotactic image of a patient fixed in a mammography device for a biopsy, a computerized control and evaluation unit waits for a start signal to be given by an operator, and after receipt of the start signal, automatically implements the following steps. An x-ray apparatus of the mammography device is positioned in a first predetermined imaging position, and a first image of the patient is acquired with the x-ray apparatus in this position. The x-ray apparatus is then pivoted into a second imaging position, different from the first, and a second image of the patient is acquired at the second position. The first and second images are acquired to form a stereotactic image of the patient. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104167 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A marker-coordinate detecting unit detects coordinates of a stent marker on a new image when the new image is stored in an image-data storage unit; and then a correction-image creating unit creates a correction image from the new image through, for example, image transformation processing, so as to match up the detected coordinates with reference coordinates that are coordinates of the stent marker already detected by the marker-coordinate detecting unit in a first frame. An image post-processing unit then creates an image for display by performing post-processing on the correction image created by the correction-image creating unit, the post-processing including high-frequency noise reduction filtering-processing, low-frequency component removal filtering-processing, and logarithmic-image creating processing; and then a system control unit performs control of displaying a moving image of an enlarged image of a set region that is set in the image for display, together with an original image. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104168 | MEASUREMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MICROCIRCULATORY GEOMETRY AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS USING AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS - The invention provides analysis algorithms for quantitative assessment of microvasculatory video sequences that provide vessel thickness, vessel length and blood velocity per vessel segment. It further provides a method of for calculating the functional microvasculatory density and blood velocity as distributed over vessels with different thickness, in the field of view. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104169 | SPECIMEN PROCESSING SYSTEM AND BLOOD CELL IMAGE CLASSIFYING APPARATUS - A specimen processing system comprising: a blood cell counting apparatus; and a blood cell image classifying apparatus, wherein the blood cell image classifying apparatus comprises a controller to carry out operations, comprising: receiving a plurality of first count results of a predetermined type of the blood cell by the blood cell counting apparatus; obtaining a plurality of second count results of the predetermined type of the blood cell on the basis of the blood cell image; storing the plurality of the first count results and the second count results; reading at least one of the first count results, and at least one of the second count results obtained from a blood specimen corresponding to the first count result; generating and outputting a quality control screen on the basis of the read first count result and the read second count result. A blood cell image classifying apparatus is also disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104170 | FAKE DOCUMENT INCLUDING FAKE CURRENCY DETECTOR USING INTEGRATED TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTIVE SPECTRAL RESPONSE - A currency genuineness detection system using plurality of opto-electronic sensors with both transmission and reflective (including fluorescence) properties of security documents is developed. Both detection sensing strategies utilize integrated response of the wide optical band sensed under UV visible along with optional near infra red light illumination. A security document is examined under static condition. A window signal signature is thus possible from photodetectors responses for various kinds of documents of different denominations, kinds and country of origin. A programmable technique for checking the genuineness of a security document is possible by feeding a unique code of the currency under examination. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104171 | CHECK AND OTHER ITEM DESIGN FOR REFLECTANCE VALUES DETERMINATION PRIOR TO ITEM MANUFACTURE - A system for determining a plurality of reflectance values for an item design representing a physical item having at least one area of interest on a surface of the physical item for containing critical data and a background feature positioned on the surface, the physical item suitable for positioning in a digital image recorder, the system comprising: an input module configured for receiving one or more material reflectance values of a substrate for providing said surface and design parameters for said background feature, the design parameters including a color and a color density of said background feature; a memory configured for storing a plurality of color reflectance values assigned to a corresponding plurality of selected combinations of specified design parameters; a look-up module configured for determining from the memory one or more color reflectance values having the specified design parameters matching the design parameters for said background feature; a combination module configured for combining the one or more material reflectance values with the corresponding one or more color reflectance values to produce resultant one or more design reflectance values representative of the reflectance of physical item when having the background feature positioned on said surface of the substrate; wherein the one or more design reflectance values of the item design are for use in determining whether the design parameters would produce the physical item having an acceptable digital image when processed by the digital image recorder. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING WEIGHT OF VARIABLE SHAPE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED FROM PRODUCT BLANK - A computerized system, method, and computer-readable media implementing a method for determining a weight of a product, and optionally its shipping weight and postage are described. A product having a variable shape in two dimensions wherein the shape is defined in the two dimensions by a set of cutlines is manufactured from a product blank of known weight. The weight of the product is determined from the number of pixels in a scaled image of the cutlines, the image having the same aspect ratio as the product blank. The weight of the product blank and the ratio of the pixels corresponding to product surface area relative to the total number of pixels in the image are used to calculated the actual weight of the product. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104173 | Method And Apparatus For Inspecting A Pattern Formed On A Substrate - A pattern inspection method and apparatus in which a deep ultraviolet light or an ultraviolet light is irradiated onto a specimen on which a pattern is formed, an image of the specimen which is irradiated with the deep ultraviolet light or the ultraviolet light is formed and the formed image is detected with a rear-surface irradiation type image sensor, which is sensitive to wavelengths of no greater than 400 nmm. A signal outputted from the image sensor is processed so as to detect a defect of the specimen by converting an analog image signal outputted from the image sensor to a digital image signal with an A/D converter, and a display displays information of the defect detected. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104174 | Markup Language for Interactive Geographic Information System - Data-driven guarded evaluation of conditional-data associated with data objects is used to control activation and processing of the data objects in an interactive geographic information system. Methods of evaluating conditional-data to control activation of the data objects are disclosed herein. Data structures to specify conditional data are also disclosed herein. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104175 | Integrated image processor - A system is disclosed. An input interface is configured to receive pixel data from two or more images. A pixel handling processor disposed on the substrate is configured to convert the pixel data into depth and intensity pixel data. In some embodiments, a foreground detector processor disposed on the substrate is configured to classify pixels as background or not background. In some embodiments, a projection generator disposed on the substrate is configured to generate a projection in space of the depth and intensity pixel data. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104176 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - It is difficult to reproduce an input image more faithfully while enlarging a dynamic range and color gamut, in a reproduced image obtained by overlapping output images by a projector and printer. An image processing apparatus ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An input control unit that receives first content data from a content delivery apparatus via a communication unit, converts the first content data into first image data before causing a storage unit to store the first image data, receives second content data generated by a portion or all of the first content data being updated from the content delivery apparatus via the communication unit, and converts the second content data into second image data before causing the storage unit to store the second image data, a center of gravity candidate region extraction unit that calculates difference values of color information between corresponding pixels of the first image data and the second image data stored in the storage unit and extracts a center of gravity candidate region, which is a region constituted by pixels the difference values of which exceed a threshold value stored in the storage unit. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104178 | Methods and Systems for Demosaicing - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for image demosaicing. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104179 | NUMERICALLY ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECTRAL GAMUT MAPPING - Color management in which gamut mapping is performed in a spectral color space. The gamut mapping process includes a calorimetric gamut mapping step, in which a calorimetric projection of the source-side color is gamut-mapped into a calorimetric projection of the destination side's spectral gamut. To ensure that the resulting gamut-mapped calorimetric color can be inverted into a set of feasible points in the spectral gamut, an additional step is inserted into the gamut-mapping process. Specifically, a further projection is made of the gamut-mapped calorimetric projection, whereby the calorimetric color is projected onto within the numerical boundary of the calorimetric projection of the destination side's spectral gamut. This additional projection yields a numerically robust color space color, that largely avoids adverse effects that otherwise might be caused by “numerical voids” found in the floating point representation of numbers by digital computers. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104180 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image noise reduction method is provided. An image is received. A first-stage process is performed to the image to obtain a luminance information Y and a color information Cb and/or Cr corresponding to a pixel array in an YCbCr domain. A second-stage process is performed to the luminance information Y to reduce at least a luminance noise. A third-stage process is performed to the color information Cb and/or Cr to reduce at least a color noise. The luminance information Y and the color information Cb and/or Cr are then combined. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104181 | COLOR LOOK-UP TABLE ON FILM - A color look-up table includes a plurality of images recorded on a film. Each of the images being recorded on a separate picture of the film and containing at least a first level and a second level. The first and second levels having different pixel color values and are arranged to form a detectable geometric pattern on each of the pictures. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104182 | Restoring and synthesizing glint within digital image eye features - A digital camera device ( | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104183 | IMAGE ENLARGEMENT METHOD - A correlation value calculation circuit calculates respective correlation values of each pixel for color image or for gray image in four directions. A selection circuit determines respective correlation values (Cv, Ch, Cd | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104184 | Methods and systems for representation and matching of video content - The described methods and systems provide for the representation and matching of video content, including spatio-temporal matching of different video sequences. A particular method of determining temporal correspondence between different sets of video data inputs the sets of video data and represents the video data as ordered sequences of visual nucleotides. Temporally corresponding subsets of video data are determined by aligning the sequences of visual nucleotides. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104185 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF THE INSERTION, REMOVAL, AND CHANGE OF OBJECTS WITHIN A SCENE THROUGH THE USE OF IMAGERY - Methods and systems for detecting the insertion, removal, and change of objects of interest through the use of imagery are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes performing a scene registration including aligning image patterns in the first image to those in the second image; performing a feature content analysis to determine a likelihood of change for each pixel in the first and second images; performing a region identification to group pixels within the first and second images into one or more image regions based upon their likelihood of change; and performing an image region partitioning to prioritize the one or more image regions according to an image region score for each of the one or more image regions, the image region score being indicative of at least one of insertion, removal, and change of an object of interest within the common area of interest. Embodiments of the invention may advantageously provide an autonomous capability to detect the insertion, removal, and change of objects of interest. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING CONTINUOUS VALUED MRFS WITH NORMED PAIRWISE DISTRIBUTIONS - A method for segmenting a digital image includes initializing object and background seed nodes in an image, where the image is represented as a graph G=(V, E) whose nodes iεV correspond to image points and whose edges eεE connect adjacent points, where set M⊂V contains locations of nodes marked as seeds, set U⊂V contains locations of unmarked nodes, set O⊂M contains locations of object seed nodes, and set B⊂M contains locations of background seed nodes, assigning to each seed node a membership value such that ∀iεO,x | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104187 | Personal navigation device and related method of adding tags to photos according to content of the photos and geographical information of where photos were taken - A method of automatically adding tags to photos based on content of the photos and geographical information about where the photo was taken includes taking a photo with a camera of a personal navigation device, generating a geographical tag for the photo with the personal navigation device and attaching the geographical tag to the photo to generate a geotagged photo, transferring the geotagged photo to an optical character recognition (OCR) server, performing OCR on the geotagged photo with the OCR server and generating image description tags from text recognized in the geotagged photo, attaching selected tags to the geotagged photo, the selected tags being selected from the generated image description tags, and uploading the geotagged photo along with the attached selected tags to a photo sharing server, photos on the server being searchable by geographical tags or selected tags associated with the photos. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104188 | Systems And Methods For Defining And Processing Text Segmentation Rules - Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for text segmentation of textual data. Rules are accessed that define how the input stream is to be segmented into textual data elements through pattern matching. The one or more rules are applied to the input stream to determine the textual data elements in the input stream which are then provided as output. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104189 | Handwriting Identification Method, Program And Electronic Device - A method of identifying at least one handwritten character composed of at least one stroke is disclosed. The method comprises providing a database comprising a plurality of sequences of strokes, the strokes of each sequence defining at least one character, at least some of said sequences comprising a plurality of strokes; capturing a string of handwritten characters, said string comprising the at least one handwritten character; and matching at least a part of the string with a sequence from said plurality of sequences. This method enables the recognition of multi-stroke characters where the positions of the strokes relative to each other are unknown or at least unreliable. A computer program product implementing this method and an electronic device comprising this computer program product are also disclosed. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104190 | METHOD FOR MAKING MOSAICS - The method optimises the process of making mosaics, in terms of the quality and similarity of the image that is produced, making it possible to work manually, semi-automatically or fully automatically with optimum results. This is achieved by analysing each of the pieces that make up the tesserae according to a large number of parameters, including the existence of marks and their position in the pieces, and assigning a storage location to each of them. Computer software is used to divide the image to be depicted into graphic units, the characteristics of which are also analysed, comparing them with the available pieces and assigning the most similar piece thereto according to the available pieces and within a tolerance range. The final appearance of the mosaic is then displayed, it being possible to make changes to the assignation of pieces manually if necessary. Said software then assigns the exact position of each piece in the mosaic to be formed, based on the storage position of said pieces. The pieces are then glued in place by any conventional means. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104191 | DATA ANALYSIS PROCESS - An imaging or data processing method using statistical analysis to determine features of interest in an image or data set. Particular implementations of the imaging or data processing methods relate to refining the results of an image processing method using iterative examination of posterior probabilities or external feedback. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104192 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This method includes: extracting a feature vector for an input character from a reading result of the input character; calculating distances between the feature vector for the input character and vectors including average vectors stored in a system dictionary storing, for each character, the average vector and distribution information, and feature vectors stored in a user dictionary; extracting the top N character codes in an ascending order of the calculated distances; obtaining second distribution information for the character codes, which are included the user dictionary and in the top N character codes; calculating, for each of the top N character codes, a second distance with the feature vector for the input character, by using, for the character codes, which are included in the user dictionary and in the top N character codes, the second distribution information; and identifying a character code whose second distance is shortest. | 2010-04-29 |
| 20100104193 | MILLIMETRIC WAVE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAPTURED IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A millimetric wave imaging device includes: a lens antenna; a polygon mirror; a receiving portion; a scanning unit; and an image data generating unit. The receiving portion receives millimetric wave radiated from an object, transmitted through the lens antenna, and reflected on a mirror surface of the polygon mirror rotated by the scanning unit to detect a signal level of the millimetric wave. The image data generating unit generates image data representing an object image by receiving a detection signal from the receiving portion while driving the polygon mirror through the scanning unit. | 2010-04-29 |
