35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130223684 | OVERLAY-BASED ASSET LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A network asset location system and methods of its use and operation are disclosed. In one aspect, the network asset location system includes a mobile application component executable on a mobile device including a camera and a display, the mobile application component configured to receive image data from the camera and display an image on the display based on the image data and overlay information identifying one or more network assets identifiable in the image data. The network asset location system also includes an asset management tracking engine configured to receive the image data and generate the overlay information including an identification of a location of at least one of the one or more network assets within the image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223685 | CALIBRATION OF A PROBE IN PTYCHOGRAPHY - A method of providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a target object, comprising providing a reference diffraction pattern of a reference target object; determining an initial guess for a probe function based upon the reference diffraction pattern; and determining, by an iterative process based on the initial guess for the probe function and an initial guess for an object function, image data for a target object responsive to an intensity of radiation detected by at least one detector. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223686 | MOVING OBJECT PREDICTION DEVICE, HYPOTHETICAL MOVABLE OBJECT PREDICTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, MOVING OBJECT PREDICTION METHOD AND HYPOTHETICAL MOVABLE OBJECT PREDICTION METHOD - A position, behavior state and movement state of a moving object are detected, together with plural categories of track segment region and stationary object regions, using an environment detection section. A presence probability is applied to the detected track segment regions and stationary object regions and a presence probability map is generated, using a map generation section. A moving object position distribution and movement state distribution are generated by a moving object generation section based on the detected moving object position, behavior state and movement state, and recorded on the presence probability map. The moving object position distribution is moved by a position update section based on the moving object movement state distribution. The moved position distribution is changed by a distribution change section based on the presence probabilities of the presence probability map, and a future position distribution of the moving object is predicted on the presence probability map. Consequently, the future position of the moving object can be predicted with good precision under various conditions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223687 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a lung field region extracting unit, a lung field bottom region extracting unit, and a detecting unit. The lung field region extracting unit is configured to extract, based on pixel values of pixels constituting a three-dimensional medical image capturing a chest of a subject, a lung field region from the three-dimensional medical image. The lung field bottom region extracting unit is configured to extract a lung field bottom region from the lung field region. The detecting unit is configured to detect a vertex position of the lung field bottom region on the head side of the subject. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223688 | System and Method for Capturing, Storing, Analyzing and Displaying Data Related to the Movements of Objects - A system and method for the capture and storage of data relating to the movements of objects, in a specified area and enables this data to be displayed in a graphically meaningful and useful manner. Video data is collected and video metadata is generated relating to objects (persons) appearing in the video data and their movements over time. The movements of the objects are then analyzed to detect the movements within a region of interest. This detection of movement allows a user, such as a manager of a store, to make informed decisions as to the infrastructure and operation of the store. One detection method relates to the number of people that are present in a region of interest for a specified time period. A second detection method relates to the number of people that remain or dwell in a particular area for a particular time period. A third detection method determines the flow of people and the direction they take within a region of interest. A fourth detection method relates to the number of people that enter a certain area by crossing a virtual line, a tripwire. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223689 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - Provided is an exterior environment recognition device including: a parallax deriving unit for obtaining parallax by means of the pattern matching; a position information deriving unit for deriving a relative distance from the parallax; a grouping unit for grouping a block of which difference of the relative distance is included within a predetermined range, and specifying specified objects; a specified object selection unit for selecting a specified object; an offset amount deriving unit for, when the relative distance of the selected specified object becomes less than a threshold value determined in advance, deriving an amount of offset in accordance with the relative distance; and an offset execution unit for offsetting the image by the amount of offset. When the amount of offset is not zero, the position information deriving unit limits deriving of the relative distance in an image other than an image range corresponding to the selected specified object. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223690 | COMPUTING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE PHOTOGRAPHS - Computing high dynamic range photographs is described for example, to enable high ranges of intensities to be represented in a single image. In various embodiments two or more photographs of the same scene taken at different exposure levels are combined in a way which takes into account intensity or other gradients in the images to form a high dynamic range image. In embodiments geodesic distances (which take into account intensity or other image gradients) are computed and used to form weights for a weighted aggregation of the photographs. In some embodiments a user configurable parameter is operable to control a degree of mixing of the photographs as the high dynamic range image is formed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223691 | Systems and Methods for Sketching Designs in Context - A method, a system, and a computer program product for graphically representing physical objects in a contextual setting are disclosed. A first data for a predetermined location, at least one distance measurement between at least two location points at the predetermined location, and at least one image of at least one portion of the predetermined location can be received. Based on the receiving and information obtained from at least one publicly available resource, a spatial representation of the predetermined location configured to include at least one existing feature can be generated. Spatial representation of the predetermined location includes a detailed representation of the at least one portion of the predetermined location having the at least one existing feature. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223692 | METHOD FOR LOGO DETECTION IN MEMC - A method for detecting a static logo is provided. The method includes following steps. An edge detection is performed on each of a plurality of blocks to be detected in an image frame so as to obtain edge detection information. A motion estimation is performed on a plurality of blocks within a respective surrounding area of each of the blocks to be detected so as to obtain distribution information of motion vectors. Whether a logo is a static logo is determined according to the edge detection information and the distribution information of motion vectors. Accuracy of the logo detection can be increased by using the method. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223693 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FISH CATCHES - The present disclosure is directed towards determining, at sea, the respective weights of fish species that are part of a fish catch. By way of the present disclosure, images of a fish catch are taken using triangulation techniques involving stereo-photogrammetry. According to one embodiment, a method for estimating a total weight of a fish catch includes receiving a fish catch on a fishing vessel and capturing images of the fish catch. From the images, fishes are identified and the species to which the corresponding fishes belong are also identified. Using the images, lengths of the identified fishes as well as the total volume occupied by the fish catch are determined, which can be used to estimate the total weight of the fish catch. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223694 | Demographic Analysis of Facial Landmarks - A set of training vectors may be identified. Each training vector may be mapped to either a male gender or a female gender, and each training vector may represent facial landmarks derived from a respective facial image. An input vector of facial landmarks may also be identified. The facial landmarks of the input vector may be derived from a particular facial image. A feature vector may containing a subset of the facial landmarks may be selected from the input vector. A weighted comparison may be performed between the feature vector and each of the training vectors. Based on a result of the weighted comparison, the particular facial image may be classified as either the male gender or the female gender. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223695 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION OF IMAGE INCLUDING A FACE - A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes obtaining an image including a face, obtaining information about whether a preset condition is satisfied after the image is obtained, obtaining location information of a face part in the image when the preset condition is satisfied, and obtaining a synthesis image by adding an image corresponding to the satisfied condition at a location of the face part to the image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING FACIAL BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND SCREEN GESTURE - A system and method for providing secure authorization to a device ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223697 | FACE DETECTION-PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A face detection-processing circuit includes a down-scaler, a face detection unit, a control unit and a down-scaling ratio controller. The down-scaler is configured to scale down a resolution of an input image including at least one subject person according to a down-scaling ratio to provide a first image. The face detection unit is configured to detect a face of the least one subject person in the first image and generate coordinate information on a region of the detected face part (face region). The control unit is configured to calculate a face detection index indicating a ratio of the face region to the first image based on the coordinate information to provide control signals based on the face detection index and a face detection signal indicating whether a face is detected. The down-scaling ratio controller is configured to adjust the down-scaling ratio in response to the control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223698 | Face Tracking for Controlling Imaging Parameters - A method of tracking faces in an image stream with a digital image acquisition device includes receiving images from an image stream including faces, calculating corresponding integral images, and applying different subsets of face detection rectangles to the integral images to provide sets of candidate regions. The different subsets include candidate face regions of different sizes and/or locations within the images. The different candidate face regions from different images of the image stream are each tracked. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223699 | FACIAL VALIDATION SENSOR - A facial validation sensor includes an imaging element, a validating unit and a feedback unit. The validating unit performs validation of an individual to be validated based on facial image data of the individual, imaged by the imaging element, and facial image data registered in advance. The feedback unit guides a face of the individual to be within an imaging range that is imaged by the imaging element. The feedback unit is an indicator providing unit that provides an indicator that is viewable from a specific direction within the imaging range that is imaged by the imaging element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223700 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA VIA FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION - A method protects personal data of an electronic device. Different capacitance values between a plurality of points of a fingertip and an electrode layer of a capacitive touch screen of the electronic device are detectable when the capacitive touch screen is touched by the fingertip, and a representation of a fingerprint is acquired according to distribution of the detected capacitance values. If the acquired fingerprint does not match with any predetermined fingerprint, predetermined personal data of the electronic device is protected. If the acquired fingerprint matches with at least one of the predetermined fingerprints, the protection of the personal data is released. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223701 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus comprises a structure identifying part, an image generator, and a display controller. The structure identifying part identifies a tubular structure inside a subject and a core line in the axial direction of the tubular structure based on medical image data. The image generator generates medical images when viewing a predetermined observation object from a desired view point position inside the tubular structure. The display controller causes the display to display medical images. Furthermore, at each timing, the image generator identifies view point position at which the relative distance between the position of the observation object and the view point position becomes even among each of the timings, and generates a medical image from the view point position for each timing. Moreover, the display controller causes the display to display a plurality of the medical images generated for each of the timings in chronological order. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223702 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING RESPIRATORY-GATED POINT CLOUD FOR FOUR DIMENSIONAL SOFT TISSUE NAVIGATION - A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient, wherein the surgical instrument, as provided, may be a steerable surgical catheter with a biopsy device and/or a surgical catheter with a side-exiting medical instrument, among others. Additionally, systems, methods and devices are provided for forming a respiratory-gated point cloud of a patient's respiratory system and for placing a localization element in an organ of a patient. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223703 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The storage stores three-dimensional image data at a plurality of time points indicating the flexible site of a biological body. A reconstruction processor subjects the projection data to reconstruction processing to generate three-dimensional image data regarding the flexible site for each of a plurality of timing points. An extracting part extracts a plurality of construction sites constructing the flexible site from the image data. An analyzing part calculates positional information indicating the position of the first site in the plurality of construction sites extracted from the image data at the first timing point, and the position of the first site extracted from the image data at the second timing point. An image processor generates a plurality of medical images indicating temporal changes in the relative position of the second site in the plurality of construction sites to the first site based on the positional information. A display controller causes a display to display the plurality of medical images along the time sequence. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223704 | Method and System for Joint Multi-Organ Segmentation in Medical Image Data Using Local and Global Context - A method and system for segmenting multiple organs in medical image data is disclosed. A plurality of landmarks of a plurality of organs are detected in a medical image using an integrated local and global context detector. A global posterior integrates evidence of a plurality of image patches to generate location predictions for the landmarks. For each landmark, a trained discriminative classifier for that landmark evaluates the location predictions for that landmark based on local context. A segmentation of each of the plurality of organs is then generated based on the detected landmarks. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223705 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Non-Invasive Determination of Blood Flow Distribution Using Speckle Imaging Techniques and Hemodynamic Modeling - A non-invasive method for measuring blood flow in principal vessels of a heart of a subject is provided. The method includes illuminating a region of interest in the heart with a coherent light source, wherein the coherent light source has a wavelength of from about 600 nm to about 1100 nm; sequentially acquiring at least two speckle images of the region of interest in the heart during a fixed time period, wherein sequentially acquiring the at least two speckle images comprises acquiring the at least two speckle images in synchronization with motion of the heart of the subject; and electronically processing the at least two acquired speckle images based on the temporal variation of the pixel intensities in the at least two acquired speckle images to generate a laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) image and determine spatial distribution of blood flow rate in the principal vessels and quantify perfusion distribution in tissue in the region of interest in the heart from the LSCI image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223706 | QUANTIFICATION OF A CHARACTERISTIC OF A LUMEN OF A TUBULAR STRUCTURE - A method includes generating, based on a distance map, a signal indicative of a quantification of a characteristic of a lumen of a tubular structure of interest over a pre-determined extent of the tubular structure of interest represented in volumetric imaging data. A system includes a quantifying component ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods are provided for evaluating and correcting physical performance of an activity by a human. A user performing one or more physical activities may be evaluated based on criteria relating to their movement, such as strength and technique. The user's performance in relation to these criteria is then rated, and the values for the criteria are combined to provide an overall performance score. The performance score is used to determine a user's overall readiness and ability to perform the physical activity which was evaluated or an overall ability to perform physical activities. Performance scores for more than one physical activity may be combined to provide an overall performance ready score that captures the person's overall physical ability. Comparisons of performance scores over time may provide information as to whether a user is improving, and could be applied to evaluating physical rehabilitations from injuries. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223708 | MEDICAL REPORT WRITING SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL REPORT WRITING UNIT, AND MEDICAL IMAGE OBSERVATION UNIT - According to one embodiment, a medical report writing support system comprises an analyzing unit which analyzes a difference regarding at least one of a change in key images between a first report and a second report regarding a predetermined patient and a change in hyperlinks, and acquires an analyzed result, and a difference information generation unit which generates difference information based on the analyzed result. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223709 | SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A CONDITION - The invention generally relates to systems for measuring impedance change in order to detect a condition. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems for monitoring tissue and detecting a condition that include at least one energy source, a transduction unit, and a pattern recognition component that compares impedance signatures recorded from the transduction unit with a database of impedance signatures associated with medical conditions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONFIDENCE MEASUREMENTS OF SINGLE VOLUME ELEMENTS IN COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY - A method for determining confidence values for volume units includes acquiring real projections of an object in a tomography system, reconstructing an image of the object from the real projections, generating artificial projections, for each volume unit comparing the real projections with the artificial projections and generating a confidence measure for each of the volume units. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223711 | Maching Learning Techniques for Pectoral Muscle Equalization and Segmentation in Digital Mammograms - Image analysis techniques may provide for equalization of images, e.g., medical images, such as mammograms, which may be used, e.g., for pectoral muscle segmentation. The disclosed techniques may also be used in many other contexts. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223712 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - In a first search area, the center of which is a pixel of interest within a first projected image, a first evaluation area having the pixel of interest at its center is set. A pixel at which a target the same as that of the pixel of interest has been projected is specified from the second projected image, and a second search area having this pixel at its center is set. Similarity between the area having the pixel at its center and the first evaluation area is calculated for each pixel in the first and second search areas, and the pixel values of the pixels is weighted using weight values based on the similarity. The pixel value of the pixel of interest is updated using a total value of weighted pixel values of pixels within the first and second search areas. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223713 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT SYSTEM - A medical apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a setting part, a creating part, and a display controller. The setting part is used for setting an insertion route of a puncture needle for a subject onto an image based on volume data. The creating part creates a graphic schematically indicating the volume data. The display controller displays the graphic on a display, and displays a route image corresponding to the insertion route. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223714 | METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF VOLUMETRIC IMAGE FROM A SUBJECT AND USES THEROF - Methods and systems are disclosed for assessing a quantitative image volume from an individual subject comprising comparing the image from the subject to images from a control group of subjects using voxel-wise comparison. The methods allow detection of pathologies or lesions in the individual subject being assessed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223715 | IMAGE DATA DETERMINATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING WORKSTATION, TARGET OBJECT DETERMINATION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A second form of image data is determined from a first form of image data of an examination object in a radiological imaging system. A set of a defined plurality of input pixels in the image data of the first form is determined. In addition, a set of target form parameters of a target form model with a defined plurality of target form parameters is prognostically determined by way of a data-driven regression method from the plurality of input pixels. The number of target form parameters is smaller than the number of input pixels. The second form of image data is determined from the set of target form parameters. There is also described a method in radiological imaging for determining the geometric position of a number of target objects in a second form of image data and an image processing workstation for determining a second form of image data from a first form of image data as well as an imaging device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223716 | IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE - An embodiment of the current invention includes a non-invasive imaging system, comprising: an imaging scanner suitable to generate an image representing a tissue region of a subject under observation, the tissue region having at least one substructure and the image comprising a plurality of image voxels; a signal processing system in communication with the imaging scanner to receive the imaging signal from the imaging scanner; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit is configured to store: an atlas comprising spatial information of the at least one substructure in the tissue region, and a database comprising a plurality of pre-stored medical images representing the tissue region, and wherein the signal processing system is adapted to: identify, based on the atlas and for each of the at least one substructure, a corresponding portion of image voxels in the image; provide a computed quantification of the corresponding portion of image voxels for each of the at least one substructure of the tissue region by performing spatial filtering on the image; and search the database to provide at least one selected medical image from the plurality of pre-stored medical images, the at least one selected medical image having a corresponding quantification that is substantially similar to the computed quantification. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223717 | Method for Correction of Digital Images - The method for correction of a digital image acquired with the use of electromagnetic radiation including X-rays, converted into electric signal and sent to digital imaging device, is provided, comprising pyramidal decomposition of a digital image into detailed and approximation images, removal of scattered radiation in approximation part of the images, contrast enhancement in detailed part of the images, merging of processed detailed and approximation images, the following reconstruction and generation of the final image. The results of the embodiment of this method comprise removal (reduction) of the scattered radiation component, noise reduction, correction of the dynamic range of the output image in accordance with the dynamic range of the output device, and scaling of the dynamic range of the output image in accordance with the dynamic range of the original image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223718 | Patient-Specific Three-Dimensional Dentition model - A method and system for generating a color-textured three-dimensional dental model is specific to a patient is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional dental model that is deficient of volumetric data for a three-dimensional anatomical landmark is obtained. A two-dimensional anatomical landmark of a two-dimensional intra-oral photograph that corresponds to the three-dimensional anatomical landmark of the three-dimensional dental model is identified. The two-dimensional intra-oral photograph is projected onto the three-dimensional dental model. The three-dimensional anatomical landmark is calculated from the projection of the two-dimensional anatomical landmark of the two-dimensional intra-oral photograph. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223719 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A medical image processing device according to an embodiment includes a first reconstruction unit, a second reconstruction unit, and an image combining unit. The first reconstruction unit generates a first reconstructed image on the basis of an X-ray collection image using a first reconstruction filter. The second reconstruction unit generates a second reconstructed image on the basis of the X-ray collection image, using a second reconstruction filter having a high-frequency emphasis effect more than that of the first reconstruction filter. The image combining unit combines the first reconstructed image with the second reconstructed image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223720 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BOUNDARY SURFACE NETWORK - A method is disclosed for determining a boundary surface network of the tubular object. In an embodiment, a representation of the tubular object is initially provided on the basis of image data and local dimension information is provided for points of the representation. A subdivided division structure presentation of the tubular object with division cells is then created, which based on the local dimension information, including a different spatial extent. Finally a boundary surface network is derived on the basis of the division structure presentation. Also described are a boundary surface network determination system and a division structure determination system for performing such a method. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223721 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AND VERIFYING IMAGE PROCESSING STANDARDS FOR MOBLE DEPOSIT - Systems and methods are provided for assessing whether mobile deposit processing engines meet specified standards for mobile deposit of financial documents. A mobile deposit processing engine (MDE) is evaluated to determine if it can perform technical capabilities for improving the quality of and extracting content from an image of a financial document. A verification process then begins, where the MDE performs the image quality enhancements and text extraction steps on sets of images from a test deck. The results of the processing of the test deck are then evaluated by comparing confidence levels with thresholds to determine if each set of images should be accepted or rejected. Further analysis determines whether any of the sets of images were falsely accepted or rejected in error. An overall error rate is then compared with minimum accuracy criteria, and if the criteria are met, the MDE meets the standard for mobile deposit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223722 | METHOD AND EVALUATION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A STRUCTURE LOCATED IN AN OBJECT TO BE EXAMINED BY MEANS OF X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY - In a method and an evaluation device for determining the position of a structure located in an object to be investigated by means of X-ray computer tomography, a cutting data record, which images the object in a cutting plane, is determined from a volume data record of the object. The cutting data record is binarized to form a binary data record, in which the structure voxels imaging the structure and the surface voxels imaging an object surface are determined. To determine the position, a distance data record is produced in such a way that a distance value, which characterizes the smallest distance of the respective distance voxel from the surface voxels, is assigned to each distance voxel of the distance data record. The distance voxels corresponding to the structure voxels are then determined and the associated distance values evaluated. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223723 | PATTERN MEASURING APPARATUS, AND PATTERN MEASURING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a pattern measuring apparatus ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223724 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A MULTITUDE OF IMAGES RECORDED BY A CAMERA OBSERVING A PROCESSING AREA AND LASER MATERIAL PROCESSING HEAD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for classifying a multitude of images recorded by a camera observing a processing area of a workpiece processed by a processing beam, comprising the steps of: recording a first pixel image and a multitude of subsequent pixel images by the camera during a processing operation; detecting mismatches of a position and orientation of a keyhole generated by the processing beam in the workpiece within an image plane of the subsequent pixel images in comparison to the first pixel image; compensating the mismatches of the position and orientation of the respective keyholes in the subsequent pixel images with regard to the first pixel image, to produce a set of pixel images having each a normalized keyhole position and orientation; classifying the set of normalized pixel images into at least two classes by means of a classifier. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223725 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISPARITY USING VISIBILITY ENERGY MODEL - An apparatus and method for estimating disparity based on a visibility energy model includes an energy calculator to calculate energy related to stereo matching of each of a left image and a right image which constitute a stereo image, a map generator to generate a visibility map for determining an error in disparity between the left image and the right image using the energy, an energy recalculator to recalculate energy with respect to a region including a visibility error generated due to the error in disparity in the visibility map, and a disparity determiner to determine disparity from the stereo image using recalculated energy of each of the left image and the right image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLASSIFICATION AND OBJECT DETECTION, IMAGE PICKUP AND PROCESSING DEVICE - A maximum hypersphere is created in the feature space according to support vectors, wherein the support vectors are one or more feature vectors in a feature space. A center of the created maximum hypersphere is calculated according to the support vector(s). A decision hyper sphere is created with the same center as the calculated center of the created maximum hypersphere. Feature vector(s) are classified within the decision hypersphere, as positive feature vector(s). False positive rate is kept to a predetermined level to provide effective object detection. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223727 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEARNING OF A CLASSIFIER, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - Unlabeled samples are added to existing samples. Candidate samples for new support vectors are extracted from the added unlabeled samples using a plurality of existing support vectors. The new support vectors are selected from the candidate samples using the plurality of existing support vectors. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223728 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a reduction unit and a compression unit. The reduction unit is configured to execute color-number reduction processing for each block configured by a plurality of pixels included in a processing target image expressed by processing target image data, the color-number reduction processing including reducing the number of colors expressed by the plurality of pixels in the block to generate image data having the reduced number of colors from the processing target image data, a gradation-number of each color value included in the image data having the reduced number of colors being the same as a gradation-number of each color value included in the processing target image data. The compression unit is configured to execute compression processing using the image data having the reduced number of colors to generate compressed image data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223729 | IDENTIFYING POINTS OF INTEREST IN AN IMAGE - Points of interest are identified in an image to characterise that image by dividing the image tiles, each tile including adjacent pixels. The position of a pixel with an extremum value is determined or located within each tile and that extremal value is ascribed to the tile. A tile with an extremal value which is more extreme than that of all adjacent tiles is identified; and the position within the image of the pixel with the extremum value in that identified tile is selected as the point of interest. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223730 | SCALABLE FEATURE DESCRIPTOR EXTRACTION AND MATCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A feature descriptor extracting method in a feature descriptor extracting apparatus is provided. The feature descriptor extracting method involves receiving an image from which a feature descriptor will be extracted, extracting a point at which a change in a pixel statistical value of the image is large as a feature point, and extracting a patch centered on the feature point, blocking the patch to calculate a statistical value of each of a plurality of patch blocks, calculating a morphological gradient by using a statistical value of the block-converted patch, and extracting a feature descriptor by using the morphological gradient in consideration of required feature descriptor complexity. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223731 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A CFA pattern is extracted from captured image data for each first unit region. A first altered region is detected from disturbance of the periodicity of the CFA pattern, and the first altered region is an image region in which copying has been performed from image data different from the captured image data to the captured image data. The feature amount of the captured image data is extracted for each second unit region different in size from the first unit region. The feature amounts are compared for each second unit region to detect a second altered region, and the second altered region is an image region in which copying has been performed from the captured image data to the captured image data. Information concerning the first and second altered regions are output as alteration detection results in the captured image data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223732 | IMAGE PROCESSOR CAPABLE OF CLASSIFYING ORIGINAL AS COLOR ORIGINAL QUICKLY - An image processor reads an image from an original, divides the image into a plurality of blocks, and performs a determination process on each block. Through the determination process, a block is classified as a first color block or second color block. The image processor classifies the original as a color image when a number of first color blocks reach a prescribed number before the determination processes for all of the plurality of blocks have been completed. The image processor classifies the original as the color image when a number of first color blocks determined through the determination processes for all of the plurality of blocks is fewer than the prescribed number and a color ratio is greater than a prescribed ratio. The color ratio is the sum of the number of the first color blocks and the number of the second color blocks to the plurality of blocks. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223733 | PIXEL NORMALIZATION - Methods and apparatuses for performing lossless normalization of input pixel component values. The apparatus includes a normalization unit for converting pixel values from a range of 0 to (2 | 2013-08-29 |
20130223734 | Upscaling Natural Images - A natural input image is upscaled, first by interpolation. Second, edges in the interpolated image are sharpened by a lion-parametric patch transform. The result is decomposed into an edge layer and a detail layer. Only pixels in the detail layer enhanced, and the enhanced detail layer is merged with the edge layer to produce a high resolution version of the input image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING CHROMATIC ABERRATION - A method and an apparatus for eliminating chromatic aberration are provided. The method includes: calculating out a position weight of a pixel according to the position of the pixel in an image, calculating out an edge response of the pixel and converting a chrominance of the image pixel into a hue; using the edge response of the pixel to calculate out a hue range; and finally correcting the hue of the image pixel by using the position weight, the edge response and/or the hue range. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223736 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device may create corrected image data by correcting object image data by utilizing base image data. The image processing device may determine a first polar coordinate value which represents first pixels in the object image data, calculate a first orthogonal coordinate by executing an orthogonal transformation on the first polar coordinate value, determine a second polar coordinate value which represents second pixels in the base image data, calculate a second orthogonal coordinate value by executing an orthogonal transformation on the second polar coordinate value, and create the corrected image data by correcting the object image data such that a coordinate value of each particular pixel in the object image data approaches the second orthogonal coordinate value. The each particular pixel may be included in a surrounding area of the first orthogonal coordinate value. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223737 | LOCAL FEATURE AMOUNT CALCULATING DEVICE, METHOD OF CALCULATING LOCAL FEATURE AMOUNT, CORRESPONDING POINT SEARCHING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF SEARCHING CORRESPONDING POINT - A local feature amount calculating device includes a local feature amount calculating unit that acquires a local feature amount of a feature point for each pixel by giving a vote of a strength of the direction of a pixel, which is calculated by a direction strength calculating unit, to a vote cell to which a pixel of interest belongs out of vote cells of a rotated vote cell pattern that is acquired by rotating a reference vote cell pattern by an angle corresponding to a main axis direction along a corrected edge gradient direction that is acquired by correcting an edge gradient direction of the pixel that is calculated by a direction strength calculating unit in accordance with the main axis direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223738 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a detail extraction module, a detail addition control module, and a detail component addition module. The detail extraction module extracts a detail component from an image signal of one frame. The detail addition control module controls an addition quantity of a detail component. The detail component addition module adds a detail component controlled by the detail addition control module to the image signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223739 | EXPOSURE CONTROL FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A device that analyzes an image. The device includes a circuit that receives an image that includes a plurality of pixels. The circuit creates a histogram of the image and analyzes the histogram to determine an acceptable exposure of the image. The histogram may include a plurality of bins versus a population of pixels associated with each bin. By way of example, the bins may be associated with an intensity of light. The images and histograms may include data defined by low dynamic range number of bits and/or an extended dynamic range number of bits. Certain features and criteria of the image may be determined and analyzed to determine whether the image has an acceptable exposure. If the image is unacceptable, an exposure characteristic can be changed and the process can be repeated until an acceptable image is obtained. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223740 | Salient Object Segmentation - Techniques for identifying a salient object with respect to its context are described. A process receives an input image that includes a salient object. The process segments the input image into multiple regions and calculates a saliency value for each of the segmented regions based on scale image levels. The process constructs saliency maps based at least in part on the calculated saliency value, and combines the saliency maps to construct a total saliency map. Next, the process connects a set of line segments computed from the input image and utilizes the total saliency map to compute a closed boundary, which forms a shape prior from the closed boundary, and extracts the salient object from the total saliency map and the shape prior. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING AN IMAGE IN ORDER TO LOCATE A PART THEREOF - A method is disclosed to automatically segment 3D and higher-dimensional images into two subsets without user intervention, with no topological restriction on the solution, and in such a way that the solution is an optimal in a precisely defined optimization criterion, including an exactly defined degree of smoothness. A minimum-cut algorithm is used on a graph devised so that the optimization criterion translates into the minimization of the graph cut. The minimum cut thus found is interpreted as the segmentation with desired property | 2013-08-29 |
20130223742 | MOVING IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND MOVING IMAGE EXTRACTING METHOD - There is provided a moving image extracting apparatus including a blur value obtaining unit to obtain a blur value which indicates a blur degree of each frame constituting a moving image, a segment determining unit to discriminate the moving image between a stable segment of which variance of the blur values obtained by the blur value obtaining unit is lower than a first value and an unstable segment which is not the stable segment, and an extracting unit to perform segment extraction from the moving image based on the stable segment or the unstable segment obtained by the segment determining unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223743 | MODEL-BASED METHODS OF DOCUMENT LOGICAL STRUCTURE RECOGNITION IN OCR SYSTEMS - The invention relates to methods for determining a logical structure of a document. The system stores a collection of models, each of which describes one or more possible logical structures. At least one document hypothesis is generated for the whole document. For each document hypothesis, the system verifies the document hypothesis on each page, for example, by generating at least one block hypothesis for each block in the document based on the document hypothesis, selecting a best block hypothesis for each block, selecting the model that corresponds to a best document hypothesis the document hypothesis that has a best degree of correspondence with the selected best block hypotheses for the document, and forming a representation of the document based on the best document hypothesis described. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223744 | DATA ACCESS BASED ON CONTENT OF IMAGE RECORDED BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to using image data and contextual data to determine information about a scene, based on one or more previously obtained images. Contextual data, such location of image capture, can be used to determine previously obtained images related to the contextual data and other location-related information, such as billboard locations. With even low resolution devices, such as cell phone, image attributes, such as a histogram or optically recognized characters, can be compared between the previously obtained images and the newly captured image. Attributes matching within a predefined threshold indicate matching images. Information on the content of matching previously obtained images can be provided back to a user who captured the new image. User profile data can refine the content information. The content information can also be used as search terms for additional searching or other processing. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223745 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING TARGET PATTERNS IN AN IMAGE - Methods and apparatus for efficiently locating QR code finder patterns and/or code QR alignment patterns in an image are described. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223746 | SAMPLE BASED TONE MAPPING METHOD FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - The disclosure relates to adjusting intensities of images. The method includes receiving information identifying of a plurality of regions within an image; receiving an intensity adjustment of at least one of the plurality of regions; adjusting the intensities of the at least one plurality of regions based on the received intensity adjustment; interconnecting at least two of the plurality of regions by applying a two-dimensional method; generating intensity adjustments for at least one pixel outside the plurality of regions based on the received intensity adjustment of at least one of the plurality of regions and the interconnection of at least two of the plurality of regions; and applying the generated intensity adjustments to the image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223747 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A SURFACE PATTERN OF A SOLAR CELL - A surface pattern detecting method includes: capturing a surface image of a sample element to be detected, wherein the surface image containing N grayscale pixels and wherein the N is a positive integer; selecting f×N pixels with small grayscale value based on a selection ratio f in order to define a pattern zone and further calculating a pattern mean of the pattern zone based on pixel amount and grayscale value of the pattern zone; selecting f×N pixels with big grayscale value in order to define a background zone and further calculating a background mean of the background zone based on pixel amount and grayscale value of the background zone; and determining whether the surface image has a defect based on the pattern means of the pattern zone and the background mean of the background zone. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223748 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BOUNDARY SURFACE NETWORK - A method is disclosed for determining a boundary surface network of a tubular object. An ordered series of contours is first supplied on the basis of image data in a source space. A transformation function is created for at least two consecutive contours in the series, and a unit space segment object is created in the unit space on the basis of the consecutive contours. A local signed distance function is determined in the unit space. In addition, a relative positional information of a query point is determined in the source space from a surface of a segment object in the source space, the segment object being based on the consecutive contours, on the basis of the local signed distance function in the unit space and using the transformation function. Finally, the boundary surface network is created on the basis of the relative positional information that has been determined. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223749 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SCALABLE COMPACT LOCAL DESCRIPTOR - An image recognition apparatus using a scalable compact local feature descriptor is provided. The image recognition apparatus includes a feature descriptor generator, a database, and a descriptor matcher. The feature descriptor generator extracts scalable compact local feature descriptor information for recognizing an object from input image information. The database includes information on a plurality of feature descriptors. The descriptor matcher compares a feature descriptor output from the feature descriptor generator with a plurality of feature descriptors stored in the database to recognize an object included in an image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223750 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN TWO IMAGES - A computerized method determines similarities between a first image and a second image. The first image is converted into a first grayscale image, and the second image is converted into a second grayscale image, where a number of pixels of the second image is not less than a number of pixels of the first image. Each pixel of the first grayscale image is matched with a pixel of the second grayscale image to create a pixel pair sequence. A similarity value indicating the similarities between the first image and the second image is calculated according to the grayscale value of each pixel in the pixel pair sequence S. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223751 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING PATTERN DETECTION WITH UNKNOWN NOISE LEVELS - An apparatus for providing pattern detection may include a processor. The processor may be configured to iteratively test different models and corresponding scales for each of the models. The models may be employed for modeling parameters corresponding to a visually detected data. The processor may be further configured to evaluate each of the models over a plurality of iterations based on a function evaluation of each of the models, select one of the models based on the function evaluation of the selected one of the models, and utilize the selected one of the models for fitting the data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223752 | BASIS VECTOR SPECTRAL IMAGE COMPRESSION - Computer implemented methods for compressing 3D hyperspectral image data having a plurality of spatial pixels associated with a hyperspectral image, and a number of spectral dimensions associated with each spatial pixel, include receiving, using a processor, the 3D hyperspectral image data, a set of basis vectors associated therewith, and either a maximum error amount or a maximum data size. The methods also include partitioning the 3D hyperspectral image data into a plurality of 2D images, each associated with one of the number of spectral dimensions, and an associated one of the set of basis vectors. The methods additionally include ranking the set of basis vectors if not already ranked. The methods may further include iteratively applying lossy compression to the 2D images, in an order determined by the ranking. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223753 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING DATA - Methods and systems for data analysis using covarying data. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of one or more lagged covariance matrices of data obtained over time may be generated and used to enhance the data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223754 | Removing Blur from an Image - Embodiments related to the removal of blur from an image are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of performing an iterative non-blind deconvolution of a blurred image to form an updated image. The method comprises downsampling the blurred image to form a blurred image pyramid comprising images of two or more different resolution scales, downsampling a blur kernel to form a blur kernel pyramid comprising kernels of two or more different sizes, and deconvoluting a selected image in the blurred image pyramid according to a Richardson-Lucy deconvolution process in which a bilateral range/spatial filter is employed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223755 | COMMUNICATION SIGNAL IMAGE SUPPRESSION FOR MULTI-FREQUENCY OPERATION - A method and system for image suppression and digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) of a radio frequency (RF) signal is disclosed. In one embodiment, a digital input signal having undesired image spectra is input to two paths. In one path, the digital input signal is phase shifted so that an output of each path are out of phase by substantially 180 degrees at a frequency of the undesired image spectra, so that the undesired image spectra are substantially suppressed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223756 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system which can remove jaggies not only from binary images but also from gray scale images, color images and images upscaled by an unknown scaler. When the center pixel of the local area clipped from a processing target image is decided to be the jaggy removal target pixel, a base filter computing means | 2013-08-29 |
20130223757 | Automated Underwater Image Restoration Via Denoised Deconvolution - A method for calculating an image quality metric for evaluating the quality of a digital image including the steps of denoising the data of the image, identifying edges in the denoised data, determining an edge profile of the edges, determining a grayscale angle for each identified edge in the edge profile that is associated with the edge, and calculating the image quality metric based on a weighted average of the grayscale angles for all the edges. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223758 | Stitched Digital Images - Disclosed is a method of blending stitched document image portions. The method identifies background pixels and foreground pixels on each boundary of the image portions. Pixels of the image portions are then modified based on a pixel value difference between corresponding background pixels on the respective boundary of the first and second portions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223759 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - In image processing of multi-viewpoint image data including image data captured with different focal lengths, an image of high quality, distance information with high precision, etc., are obtained by utilizing image data with different angles of view (focal lengths). An image processing device for generating combined image data using multi-viewpoint image data including image data acquired with different focal lengths, includes a resolution converting unit configured to perform resolution conversion for at least part of image data in multi-viewpoint image data in accordance with a focal length to be output and an image combining unit configured to generate combined image data with the focal length to be output using the resolution-converted image data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223760 | Microscopic image fusion method based on region growing - A microscopic image fusion method based on region growing judges the fuzzy degree of the microscopic image and determines the fuzzy seed block by evaluating the definition of every image block in the microscopic image. Then, the fuzzy region and clear region are exactly segmented by region growing and are marked. Finally, a clear and high-quality microscopic image, fused by a plurality of microscopic images, is obtained. Due to the combination of the definition evaluation of the microscopic image, and segmentation of the fuzzy region and clear region by region growing, the fusion results of the microscopic image of the present invention show great advantages at the subjective human perception and the objective evaluation. Furthermore, the present invention has simple calculation and stable result, is easy to be implemented and adapted for fusing the digital optical microscopic images which are shot by shallow depth of field. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223761 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING BORDER POINTS FOR MEASURING IMAGES OF OBJECTS - In a method of determining border points for measuring an image of an object using a computing device, grayscale values of pixel points in an image being measured are acquired, and definition values of the pixel points are computed according to the grayscale values. A line which intersects with the image being measured is constructed, and the definition values of the pixel point values in the lines are obtained. A location range of a border point of the image being measured is determined according to the definition values of the pixel point values in the line, and the border point is selected from the location range. A border line of the image being measured is fitted using the border points. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223762 | IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image conversion apparatus calculates, based on a first value for obtaining first coordinate values in a second image before first conversion, which correspond to coordinate values of one pixel in a first image after first conversion, a second value for obtaining second coordinate values in the second image, which correspond to coordinate values of a pixel adjacent to the one pixel in the first image. The apparatus converts the second coordinate values into third coordinate values for second conversion of converting a third image into the second image and converts the third image into the first image. In the calculation of the second value, addition or subtraction using a constant and a result of the calculation is iteratively executed for sequentially outputting values corresponding to results of multiplication of coordinate values of each pixel in the first image and the constant. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223763 | IMAGE ALIGNMENT METHOD AND IMAGE ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - An image alignment method includes steps of receiving a first image and a second image; scaling the first image and the second image by a ratio to generate a first downsized image and a second downsized image respectively; determining a first offset between the first downsized image and the second downsized image; selecting a first saliency region and a second saliency region from the first downsized image and the second downsized image; determining a second offset between a first sub-region within the first image and a second sub-region within the second image, the first sub-region and the second sub-region corresponding to the first saliency region and the second saliency region respectively; determining a final offset according to the ratio, the first offset and the second offset; and aligning the first image and the second image by the final offset. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223764 | PARALLEL SCALER PROCESSING - A parallel scaler unit for simultaneously scaling multiple pixels from a source image. The scaler unit includes multiple vertical scalers and multiple horizontal scalers. A column of pixels from the source image is presented to the vertical scalers, and each vertical scaler selects appropriate pixels from the column of pixels for scaling. Each vertical scaler scales the selected pixels in a vertical direction and then conveys the vertically scaled pixels to a corresponding horizontal scaler. Each horizontal scaler scales the received pixels in a horizontal direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223765 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire original image data expressing an original image that comprises a first type pixel and a second type pixel; and an enlargement processing unit configured to execute enlargement processing for the original image data to generate enlarged image data expressing an enlarged image that is obtained by enlarging the original image in a first direction. The enlargement processing unit includes: a pixel group selection unit configured to select a pixel group extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction in the enlarge image when a specific pattern configured by the first type pixel and the second type pixel is included in the original image; and a setting unit configured to set a pixel configuring the pixel group in the enlarged image as the second type pixel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223766 | PLASTIC BAG WITH EASY OPEN MEANS, SYSTEM FOR OPENING BAGS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An easily open-able plastic bag is provided. The bag comprises a notch or opening in its front panel that allows the user to touch the back panel of the bag and pull the bag open. The notch is designed to remove the connection between the front panel of the bag and the means to hold it in place on the dispenser such that the front panel can be freely opened. The rear panel of the bag has a more strenuous connection to the means holding the bag to the dispenser such that the force of opening the bag does not cause the bag to be released from the dispenser. The invention also provides a system to aid in the easy opening of the bag, including a device to help push the notch out from the plane of the bags and a method to manufacture the bags. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223767 | Zippered Film And Bag - Reclosable bags, plastic film for making the bags, and a method and apparatus for making the bags are disclosed. The bag has a reclosable fastener ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223768 | PACKAGE BAG AND METHOD FOR FILLING AND PACKING LIQUID MATERIAL TO BE PACKED - There are provided a package bag capable of surely preventing stay of ambient air or the like in the package bag and intake thereinto even in the filling by handwork or the like of an operator as well as a method for filing and packing the liquid material to be packed into the package bag. A package bag is characterized by comprising a bag main body made of thin laminate films for packing, a fusion part formed at a position spaced from a bottom portion of the bag main body not forming a nozzle through fusion and extending in a widthwise direction of the bag main body, an insert port for a pipe-like filling nozzle provided in a middle portion of the fusion part, a filling part of one-way function formed between the fusion part and an opening end of the bag main body. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223769 | BAG ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAME - A bag assembly includes a base member configured to be releasably coupled to a horizontal surface to maintain a position of the bag assembly with respect to the surface. The bag assembly further includes a support member attached to and extending outwardly from the base member. A bag member is disposed adjacent the support shaft and includes at least one compartment, the compartment having at least two openings for access into the compartment. The bag member rotates about the support shaft to access the at least two openings. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223770 | Seal Device and Linear Guide Device - A non-contact seal device is provided such that when attaching an end seal to a slider, positioning members can be used for positioning in the vertical and horizontal directions. Due to this, the end seal can be positioned with respect to the outer surfaces of the guide rail without using a specialized positioning fixture and then attach the end seal to the slider. Further, the projecting length of the positioning members is the same as the distance of the clearance between the guide rail and the end seal. Due to this, it becomes possible to attach the end seal to the slider so that the clearance between the guide rail and the end seal becomes the same as the distance of the clearance without using a specialized positioning fixture. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223771 | Linear Guide Bearing Device and Seal Member Used for the Same - There is provided a linear guide bearing device, and a seal member used for the same, in which the entry of foreign matter to the inside the slider and leakage of lubricant from the inside of the slider are prevented and the manufacturing costs are reduced. For this end, a linear guide bearing device | 2013-08-29 |
20130223772 | SCREWABLE BEARING HOUSING COVER FOR A SUPERCHARGING DEVICE - A bearing housing may have a bearing housing cover formed of metal. A first thread may be arranged on the bearing housing cover and a second thread may be arranged on the bearing housing and designed complementarily to the first thread so that the bearing housing cover may be screwed on and fixed on the bearing housing through a rotational movement. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223773 | BEARING DEVICE - A bearing device includes a cylindrical body. The body defines an axial hole for rotatably receiving a rotatable member therein. The body defines a guiding groove at a side wall thereof. The guiding groove has a bottom end communicating a bottom of the axial hole and a top end at the body. The body defines a bore in a middle portion thereof to communicate the axial hole and the top end of the guiding groove, whereby lubricant can flow in a loop in the body. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223774 | Cu-BASED OIL-IMPREGNATED SINTERED BEARING - There is provided a Cu-based oil-impregnated sintered bearing which can be used for high-load applications such as an ABS system and a wiper motor system in automobile, can be manufactured at low cost, and is excellent in abrasion resistance and seizure resistance. The bearing contains 5 to 40% by mass of Ni, 3 to 15% by mass of Sn, 0.5 to 4.0% by mass of P, or further 0.3 to 5.0% by mass of a solid lubricant, and a remainder comprising Cu and inevitable impurities, and has a metallic structure in which a phase mainly composed of Ni and P is dispersed in a matrix, and has a 5 to 25% porosity. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223775 | Journal Bearing Device - In a journal bearing device having an upper bearing liner, a lower bearing liner, an upper base metal and a lower base metal, the lower bearing liner is divided into a sliding portion having a sliding surface and a clearance portion provided with a space between the lower bearing liner and a rotor, and is provided with an oil path formed on a back side of the sliding portion and extending from a border portion between the sliding portion and the clearance portion toward an upstream side in the rotational direction of the rotor, and an oil supply hole extending from an upstream end portion of the oil path to the sliding surface, and the lower base metal has an oil supply path and extending from an outer circumferential side of the lower base metal to the oil path at the border portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223776 | PLAIN BEARING AND BEARING DEVICE - A plain bearing for supporting a crank shaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The plain bearing is constituted by a pair of semicylindrical members. A crush relief is formed in an inner circumferential surface of the semicylindrical member, and a main cylindrical surface is formed in a region aside from the crush relief. The crush relief includes an outwardly convex curved surface and an inwardly convex curved surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223777 | DIRT GROOVES IN LUBRICATED SLIDING BEARINGS - A lubricated plain bearing having at least one dirt guide groove formed on the sliding surface, which dirt guide groove extends at least partially to a greater extent in the circumferential direction of the bearing shell than in the axial direction of a shaft mounted therein, extends as far as an edge of the bearing and is open at the edge, such that dirt particles transported by the dirt guide groove to the edge can be discharged to the outside. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223778 | WHEEL BEARING WITH SENSOR - Provided is a sensor-equipped wheel support bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a wheel, including a sensor unit associated with one of outer and inner members that serve as a stationary member. The sensor unit includes a strain generator member that has at least three fixation contact segments fixedly in contact with the stationary member and at least two strain sensors mounted on the strain generator member. A first load estimator is provided to estimate load acting on the bearing assembly, using an average value of output signals of the sensors. A second load estimator is provided to estimate load acting on the bearing assembly, using the average value and an amplitude value of output signals of the sensors. An estimated load provider is provided to sum these outputs from the load estimators in a ratio that depends on wheel rotation speed, for outputting an estimated load. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223779 | ROLLER BEARING - A rolling bearing assembly in which the number of components is reduced, and a high speed operation can be enabled with an increase of the stirring resistance being avoided by a sufficient discharge of lubricant oil and with an increase of temperature within the bearing assembly being suppressed. The rolling bearing assembly includes a pair of raceway rings, which are inner and outer rings, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the inner and outer rings and a retailer for retaining the rolling elements. Each of the inner and outer rings is provided with an axially extending raceway ring extension portion and an oil supply and drainage mechanism for supplying a lubricant oil, which concurrently serves as a bearing cooling medium, to the bearing assembly and for discharging the lubricant oil to outside of the bearing assembly is provided in the raceway ring extension portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223780 | ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ROLLING BEARING - The invention relates to a rolling bearing cage ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223781 | BEARING PROTECTION SYSTEM - A constant velocity joint support bearing system having a bearing assembly supporting a first shaft connected to one member of the constant velocity joint. A first labyrinth seal on one axial side of the bearing assembly is formed by a shoulder that is unitary with the outer member of the constant velocity joint and by a radially inward projection on a bearing support bracket holding in place the outer race of the bearing assembly. A second labyrinth seal is formed between a cylindrical section of the bearing support bracket and an annular member that axially retains the bearing on the first shaft. Both the bearing support bracket and the annular member are formed from stamped sheet metal. The shoulder and the annular member are shaped to promote centrifugal slinging of contaminants away from the bearing assembly. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223782 | MECHANICAL FACE SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR BEARINGS - A seal assembly is provided for sealing a space between a housing and a shaft, the housing having a bore with centerline and the shaft being disposed within the bore and rotatable about a central axis. The seal assembly includes an annular rotary seal member coupled with the shaft and having a radial rotary sealing surface. An annular static seal member is coupled with the housing, disposed about the shaft and has a radial static sealing surface disposed against the rotary sealing surface so as to prevent passage of substances between the two sealing surfaces. The rotary sealing surface is slideable against the static sealing surface as the shaft rotates about the axis and the static member is movable with respect to the housing such that the rotary and static sealing surfaces are substantially juxtaposed when the shaft axis defines an acute angle with respect to the housing centerline. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223783 | TURNING BEARING WITH SEPARATOR - The turning bearing has a separator whose leading and trailing sides are concaved to fit over circular rolling surfaces of the rollers to provide concavities where concaved surfaces lying either in parallel with and in perpendicular to the axis of the roller. The rollers fit in the separator in either of two different directions. The separator can be easier installed into the raceway through a loading hole without the posture of the separator in mind. The separator has a quadrilateral in a transverse cross-section perpendicular to a traveling direction of the separator of which a peripheral surface is in opposition to the outer ring and the inner ring. The separator has a center through-hole. The concaved surfaces in the separator are contoured in arced or curved profiles and bulge gradually closer to a circular edge of the through-hole to form arcing bulges at bottoms of the curved surfaces. | 2013-08-29 |