43rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120269344 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING MUSIC MELODIES - A method of operating a music creation system is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input of characters, executing an algorithm to transform the characters into a string of musical notes, displaying the string of musical notes in a human readable format through the at least one output device, and acoustically outputting the string of musical notes. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269345 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) CARD - There is provided an integrated circuit (IC) card including a modulating unit that modulates an optical pulse and outputs the modulated optical pulse to a quantum communication path, a communication unit that performs classical communication via a classical communication path, and a control unit that changes a modulation state of the optical pulse, performs quantum communication, and generates a common key based on the classical communication of information according to a communication result of the quantum communication. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269346 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING WITHIN A SECURE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates generally to facilitating secure voice and data communication by way of a commercially available communication device (i.e., smartphone/smartdevice). Specifically, the device and system for pairing a specialized cryptographic device with a non-specialized communication device, wherein the two devices engage in bidirectional communication to facilitate encryption of voice and data for secure transmission over a network. While providing the sensitive cryptographic features for secure communications, the cryptographic device further implements and enforces security policies for the communication device by way if an intermediary native application executed at the communication device. The encryption device is suitably designed to be carried discreetly and may be used in conjunction with a commercially available communication device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269347 | Medical device with secure data transmission - Secure transmission of electronic data via a data communication link is provided between a device and an additional device with independent transmission channels, wherein at least one of the devices is a medical device. Secure transmission comprises the following steps or means: providing a password in the device, receiving the password in the a additional device separate from the data communication link, selecting one of the independent transmission channels, encrypting the channel identification of the selected independent transmission channel using the received password in the additional device, transmitting the encrypted channel identification from the additional device to the device via the data communication link and decrypting the encrypted channel identification in the device, providing a session key in the device and the additional device and transmitting encrypted electronic data between the device and the additional device via the independent transmission channel. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269348 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AN ENCRYPTED INFORMATION UNIT - This invention relates to system for securing an information unit and applications thereof. The system comprising at least one encrypting means for applying a first encryption key to the information unit thus provided an encrypted information unit, wherein said at least one encryption means is adapted to apply at least two second information encryption keys to the encrypted information unit, said at least two second encryption keys being calculated so as to decrypt the encrypted information unit when all of said first and second encryption keys have been applied to the information unit, the encryption keys being distributed to chosen users of the system. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND FIELD - Provided is a method and apparatus for reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) sound field. A method of reproducing a 3D sound field may determine a control region based on a wavelength of an excitation frequency, set, based on a loudspeaker array, at least one candidate control point in the control region, and determine a non-uniform control point corresponding to a non-uniform loudspeaker. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269350 | AUDIO DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND AUDIO DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An audio data processing apparatus and the like are provided in which waveform distortion generated when a virtual sound source moves is resolved so that noise caused by waveform distortion is reduced remarkably. The present invention includes: a step of calculating distances measured at different time points between the position of the virtual sound source and a speaker; a step of, when these distances are different from each other, judging whether the virtual sound source is departing or approaching relative to the speaker; and a step of identifying and correcting the part of waveform distortion depending on departing or approaching. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269351 | AUDIO DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND AUDIO DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An audio data processing apparatus and the like are provided in which waveform distortion generated when a virtual sound source moves relative to a speaker is processed by linear interpolation so that the speed of correction processing is achieved. This apparatus has: calculating means calculating first and second distances measured at two time points from the position of the speaker to the position of the virtual sound source; identifying means, when the first and the second distances are different from each other, identifying a distorted part in the audio data at the two time points; and correcting means correcting the audio data of the identified part by interpolation using a function. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD OF AUDIO DATA THEREOF - A decoding method of audio data is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: calculating difference values of the left and right channel audio signal values; determining time slots, wherein each of the first difference values exceeds a threshold value and a time length of the time slots exceeds a preset time; respectively multiplying the time slots with the left channel audio signal values and the right channel audio signal values to obtains and then making subtraction to obtain DM | 2012-10-25 |
20120269353 | AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN UPMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DOWNMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND BITSTREAM USING A COMMON INTER-OBJECT-CORRELATION PARAMETER VALUE - An audio signal decoder for providing an upmix signal representation on the basis of a downmix signal representation and an object-related parametric information and in dependence on a rendering information has an object parameter determinator. The object parameter determinator is configured to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of audio objects. The object parameter determinator is configured to evaluate a bitstream signaling parameter in order to decide whether to evaluate individual inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter values to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects, or to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects using a common inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter value. The audio signal decoder also has a signal processor configured to obtain the upmix signal representation on the basis of the downmix signal representation and using the inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related objects and the rendering information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269354 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING MUSIC REPAIR AND ERROR CONCEALMENT - A method is provided for analysing the self-similarity of an audio file. The method involves obtaining the audio spectrum envelope data of an audio file to be analysed; performing a clustering operation on the spectrum envelope data to produce a clustered set of data; for a first portion of the clustered data, performing a string matching operation on at least one other portion of the clustered data; and based on the results of the string matching operation, determining the at least one other portion of the clustered data most similar to said first portion of the clustered data. There is also provided a method of repairing an audio stream received over a network using similarity data to replace damaged or missing portions of data with similar “good” portions of data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269355 | Methods and systems for direct-to-indirect acoustic radiance transfer - Methods, systems, and computer program products for simulating propagation of sound in a static scene can be operated for pre-computing a transfer operator for simulating results of sound reflection within a modeled scene, simulating distribution of sound energy from a sound source positioned within the scene, applying the transfer operator to the distribution of sound energy from the sound source to compute simulated sound at a plurality of points within the scene, and simulating collection of sound energy from the plurality of points within the scene to a listener positioned within the scene. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269356 | SELF CALIBRATING MULTI-ELEMENT DIPOLE MICROPHONE - A self calibrating dipole microphone formed from two omni-directional acoustic sensors. The microphone includes a sound source acoustically coupled to the acoustic sensors and a processor. The sound source is excited with a test signal, exposing the acoustic sensors to acoustic calibration signals. The responses of the acoustic sensors to the calibration signals are compared by the processor, and one or more correction factors determined. Digital filter coefficients are calculated based on the one or more correction factors, and applied to the output signals of the acoustic sensors to compensate for differences in the sensitivities of the acoustic sensors. The filtered signals provide acoustic sensor outputs having matching responses, which are subtractively combined to form the dipole microphone output. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269357 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE - A method and system for generating and/or performing music in real time can include receiving one or more audio signals, receiving one or more virtual instrument trigger signals, and selecting one or more plug-ins and/or one or more virtual instruments. A processing scheme may be selected from a set of operations. The received audio signals and instrument trigger signals are processed in real time as a function of the selected plug-ins, virtual instruments and processing scheme, and outputted in real time as music signals. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269358 | ACTIVE SOUND CONTROL - An apparatus for controlling sound within a vehicle includes an acoustical damping device operable to determine a measured sound. The acoustical damping device is operable to output a noise canceling signal to a vehicle audio system to dampen the measured sound. A sound controller is operably coupled to the acoustical damping device and is configured to automatically receive an environment signal from an environment sensor. The sound controller is configured to determine an operating mode of the vehicle based on the environment signal. The operating mode is selectable from an operating mode list that includes a stress operating mode and a calm operating mode. The sound controller is configured to cause alteration of the noise canceling signal and reduction in damping in the stress operating mode with respect to the calm operating mode. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269359 | MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system and method for distributing audio data from a first audio output device to a second audio output device. The first audio output device receives data from a data source, outputs the data as audio to a user, and transmits the data to the second audio output device for output to a second user. A system and method for conducting conference calling utilising a single wireless connection to a telephone are also disclosed. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269360 | Large Scale Participatory Entertainment Systems For Generating Music Or Other Ordered, Discernible Sounds And/Or Displays Sequentially Responsive To Movement Detected At Venue Seating - The seats in a seating venue, e.g. a large sports stadium, are designated into a plurality of distinct sound triggers. Sensors detect predetermined movement of participants at the sound triggers and generate signals which are sent to a broadcast device which broadcasts different, predetermined sounds in response to signals received from different sound triggers. Groups of people at a large seating venue can move together to generate a single sound, e.g. a musical instrument sound. By coordinating the sequential movement of different sound triggers, musical compositions are broadcast. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269361 | Network Addressible Loudspeaker and Audio Play - Methods and systems for network addressable loudspeakers and audio play are presented. One or more network addressable loudspeakers are registered at a server. An end user selects a network addressable loudspeaker to output audio, and an audio file is streamed from an audio source to the selected network addressable loudspeaker. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269362 | SHARING PUBLIC ADDRESSING SYSTEM USING PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN AN AD-HOC NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product for using a personal communication device as a microphone in a seminar or conference setting. A client is electrically connected to a PA system and one of many hosts can access the PA system by associating with the client. The association can be transferred by the client or the host. Tokens can be generated for each transfer and a map can be created and stored. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269363 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED MICROPHONE - A method and a device for eliminating or minimizing the sensitivity changes in a microphone due to temperature changes. The temperature-induced changes in the sensitivity can be caused by the changes in the sound-to-electrical signal transducer, in the microphone membrane, in the ASIC or other reasons. One or more temperature dependent components in the microphone or in a microphone module are used to offset the temperature-induced changes in the sensitivity. Sensitivity of a microphone is defined as the output voltage for a specific acoustic stimulus and load condition. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269364 | COMPOSITE AUDIO WAVEFORMS - A technique for aligning a plurality of media clips is provided. One or more intra-clip points of interest (POIs) are identified in at least a first media clip. When aligning a first point in the first media clip with a second point in a second media clip, the first point may be snapped to the second point, wherein at least one of the first point and second point is an intra-clip POI. When a snap occurs, at least one of a visual or audible indication is generated, such as a “pop” sound, a snap line, or automatically aligning the first point with the second point when the first point is within a specified number of pixels of the second point. Techniques for representing multiple channels of an audio clip as a single waveform and caching waveforms are also provided. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269365 | ACOUSTIC APPARATUS, ACOUSTIC SYSTEM, AND AUDIO SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD - An acoustic apparatus includes: a first amplification unit; and an audio signal control unit that controls an audio signal input to the first amplification unit, wherein if a second amplification unit is connected to an output of the first amplification unit, a level control of the audio signal by the audio signal control unit is terminated. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269366 | RIBBON MICROPHONE - To suppress the transverse displacement of a ribbon due to an impact to a level smaller than that achieved by electromagnetic damping. The switch | 2012-10-25 |
20120269367 | Condenser Microphone Unit and Condenser Microphone - A condenser microphone includes multiple condenser microphone units. Each unit includes an impedance converter. The condenser microphone units are connected in series such that outputs of the impedance converter in one of the condenser microphone units drive another of the condenser microphone units. A polarization voltage is accumulated to a DC voltage supplied from a DC voltage supply through a voltage adjuster to be applied to one of a diaphragm and a fixed electrode, and a voltage applied to the one of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is adjusted by the voltage adjuster. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269368 | LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY SYSTEM - The invention is a multi-channel loudspeaker system that provides a compact loudspeaker configuration and filter design methodology that operates in the digital signal processing domain. Further, the loudspeaker system can be designed as a multi-way loudspeaker system comprised of a symmetric arrangement of loudspeaker drivers in a two-dimensional plane and can achieve high-quality sound, constant directivity over a large area in both the vertical and horizontal planes and can be used in connection with stereo loudspeaker systems, multi-channel home entertainment systems and public address systems. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269369 | PROGRAMMABLE INTERFACE FOR FITTING HEARING DEVICES - A graphical interface is provided to select parameters for fitting a hearing device. The graphical interface provides a mechanism to visually represent and control values of these parameters. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269370 | HEARING DEVICE WITH REDUCED ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK DUE TO VIBRATION-RELATED SHORTENING OF THE HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device has a housing, in which an earpiece and a battery are disposed. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part. The housing parts are connected to one another by way of a connection. At least one housing part or an attenuation element provided in the connection between the housing parts is formed of an elastic material. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269371 | SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN AUDIBLE FREQUENCY RANGE-BASED SOUND COMMUNICATION, AND APPARATUS APPLIED THERETO - Provided is a synchronization system and method for acoustic communication in audible frequency range, and an apparatus applied thereto. The synchronization system for acoustic communication in audible frequency range is configured to prevent deterioration of a synchronization performance and to reduce an amount of calculation by calculating a correlation based on a few samples as opposed to calculating a correlation for each sample when a receiver of the acoustic communication performs synchronization while the acoustic communication is performed in the audible frequency range through modification of an audio signal or adding of a predetermined signal to an audio signal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269372 | MICROMACHINED HORN - An acoustic device includes a transducer formed on a first surface of a substrate and an acoustic horn formed in the substrate by a dry-etching process through an opposing second surface of the substrate. The acoustic horn is positioned to amplify sound waves from the transducer and defines a non-linear cross-sectional profile. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269373 | Apparatus - An apparatus comprises: a transducer configured to generate sound; and a housing defining a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity and the second cavity being connected to the transducer; wherein the first cavity comprises a first sound outlet at a first surface of the housing; and the second cavity comprises a second sound outlet at the first surface of the housing and a third sound outlet at a second surface of the housing wherein the first and second cavities and the first and second sound outlets are configured to limit a sound pressure level of the generated sound at the first and second outlets at one or more frequencies. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269374 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING HEADPHONES - This invention provides continuously adjustable headphones that utilize a ball and socket hinge arrangement that allows the ear cup shell portion of the headphone to rotate in any direction, allowing the speaker housing to articulate about the ball joint in any directional plane to provide comfort and superior acoustic performance. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269375 | EARPHONE - There is provided an earphone comprising a housing having a fist and a second end. The housing has a first opening at the first end and a second opening at the second end for receiving an electroacoustic reproduction transducer. The earphone further has a second pressure reducing unit which is placed over the second opening to reduce the dynamic water pressure on the second opening, and a first pressure reducing unit which is placed over the first opening to reduce the dynamic water pressure on the first opening. In addition a second water-tight but acoustically transparent film is provided in the interior of the housing over the second opening to water-tightly close the second opening. A first water-tight but acoustically transparent film is placed in the interior of the housing over the first hole to water-tightly close the first hole. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269376 | EARPHONE DEVICE - An earphone device includes a housing having a driver unit, and a sound guide tube mounted on a front surface of the housing to protrude from the front surface, in which the sound guide tube is disposed at a position deviated from a center position of the housing. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269377 | MICRO-SPEAKER - A micro-speaker includes a case having a ring wall forming a receiving cavity, a number of restricting apertures formed in the ring wall, a magnetic plate received in the case and having a main plate, a plurality of auxiliary plates extending from the main plate, and a number of protrusions extending from edges of the auxiliary plates, a first gap formed between two adjacent auxiliary plates communicating with the receiving cavity of the case, the main plate and the auxiliary plates being surrounded by the ring wall of the case, and the protrusions being located in the restricting apertures for restricting the magnetic plate in proper position. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269378 | LOUDSPEAKER MAGNET ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker magnet assembly for a loudspeaker transducer having a voice coil is provided that has a low profile construction. The loudspeaker magnet assembly may include: a first magnet assembly; top plate position below the first magnet assembly; second magnet assembly positioned below the top plate; and bottom plate positioned below the second magnet assembly. The first magnet assembly may include an annular outer magnet and a circular inner magnet. The top plate may include an annular outer top plate and a circular inner top plate and the second magnet assembly may include an annular outer magnet and a circular inner magnet. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269379 | DIAPHRAGM USED IN A LOUDSPEAKER AND A LOUDSPEAKER - A diaphragm and a loudspeaker using the diaphragm are disclosed. The diaphragm has a diaphragm body with at least one projection formed thereon, to reduce peaks in the medium-high frequency section of the frequency response curve for the loudspeaker, and make the frequency response curve smooth in medium-high frequency. Thereby the sound effect of medium-high frequency section is improved, and the original sound can be reflected more veritably | 2012-10-25 |
20120269380 | Encoding and Decoding Data in an Image for Social Networking Communication - “A printed medium comprises an encoded image, the encoded image including a value encoded therein, wherein the value is referenced to at least a marketing database and an associated social networking environment and wherein the value further enables communication through the social networking environment.” | 2012-10-25 |
20120269381 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WATER LEVEL - The present invention relates to a water level monitoring device and method, which has an advantage of efficient water level monitoring and high device reliability by setting a portion of an area including the water area and the shore area in the image data, monitoring an area in the horizontal direction other than the vertical direction through the image, decreasing complexity by significantly reducing the computational amount over an existing vertical direction water level measuring system, excluding noises such as floating matters, irregular reflection and so on through a water level model generating process for area distinction, and generating a water level model adaptive to environmental factors such as algal bloom, muddy water and so on. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269382 | Object Recognition Device and Object Recognition Method - An object recognition device includes; an image-capturing unit mounted to a mobile body; an image generation unit that converts images captured by the image-capturing unit at different time points to corresponding synthesized images as seen vertically downwards from above; a detection unit that compares together a plurality of the synthesized images and detects corresponding regions; and a recognition unit that recognizes an object present upon the road surface from a difference between the corresponding regions. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269383 | RELIABILITY IN DETECTING RAIL CROSSING EVENTS - A method, data processing system, apparatus, and computer program product for monitoring objects. A plurality of images of an area is received. An object in the area is identified from the plurality of images. A plurality of points in a region within the area is identified from a first image in the plurality of images. The plurality of points has a fixed relationship with each other and the region. The object in the area is monitored to determine whether the object has entered the region. A determination that the object has not entered the region is made in response to identifying an absence of a number of the plurality of points in a second image in the plurality of images. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269384 | Object Detection in Depth Images - A method for detecting an object in a depth image includes determining a detection window covering a region in the depth image, wherein a location of the detection window is based on a location of a candidate pixel in the depth image, wherein a size of the detection window is based on a depth value of the candidate pixel and a size of the object. A foreground region in the detection window is segmented based on the depth value of the candidate pixel and the size of the object. A feature vector is determined based on depth values of the pixels in the foreground region and the feature vector is classified to detect the object. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT IMAGING - A method for imaging an object is provided. The method includes acquiring tomographic image data of the object at a plurality of frequencies, generating a composite image of the object at each of the plurality of frequencies using the acquired tomographic image data, determining a scaling factor for a first material at each of the plurality of frequencies, determining a scaling factor for a second material at each of the plurality of frequencies, and decomposing the composite images into a first discrete image and a second discrete image using the determined scaling factors, wherein the first discrete image contains any region of the object composed of the first material and the second discrete image contains any region of the object composed of the second material. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269386 | Motion Tracking - In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive an identifying feature of a target entity, the identifying feature requiring that the target entity to be in a line of sight of a camera for the camera to recognize the identifying feature; locate the target entity using the camera based on the identifying feature; and track the target entity using the camera based on the identifying feature. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT - Systems and methods are provided for detecting a movement of an object marked with a marker. The system includes a sensor configured to capture a first image of the marker and to capture a second image of the marker after the first image, each of the first and second images having pixels each having a visual intensity. A controller is configured to compare the first image and the second image by comparing the visual intensity of each of the pixels of the first image and the second image, determine an area of overlap between the first image and the second image based on the comparison, calculate a change in position of the marker in the second image relative to the marker in the first image based on the area of overlap, and detect the movement of the object based on the change in position of the marker. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269388 | ONLINE REFERENCE PATCH GENERATION AND POSE ESTIMATION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A reference patch of an unknown environment is generated on the fly for positioning and tracking. The reference patch is generated using a captured image of a planar object with two perpendicular sets of parallel lines. The planar object is detected in the image and axes of the world coordinate system are defined using the vanishing points for the two sets of parallel lines. The camera rotation is recovered based on the defined axes, and the reference patch of at least a portion of the image of the planar object is generated using the recovered camera rotation. The reference patch can then be used for vision based detection and tracking. The planar object may be detected in the image as sets of parallel lines or as a rectangle. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain image data; a detection unit configured to detect an object from the image data; an attribute determination unit configured to determine an attribute indicating a characteristic of the object detected by the detection unit; a registration unit configured to register the image data in at least one of a plurality of dictionaries based on the attribute determined by the attribute determination unit; and an adding unit configured to add, when the image data is registered in not less than two dictionaries, link information concerning the image data registered in the other dictionary to the image data registered in one dictionary. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising a storage unit configured to store image data; a readout unit configured to read out the image data stored in the storage unit; a detection unit configured to detect a target object from the image data read out by the readout unit; a conversion unit configured to convert a resolution of the image data read out by the readout unit; and a write unit configured to write the image data having the resolution converted by the conversion unit in the storage unit, wherein the readout unit outputs the readout image data in parallel to the detection unit and the conversion unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269391 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD - An environment recognition device obtains a luminance of a target portion existing in a detection area, obtains a height of the target portion, and provisionally determines a specific object corresponding to the target portion or determines a specific object corresponding to grouped target objects, according to the luminance and the height of the target portion based on the association (specific object table) of a range of luminance and a range of height from a road surface with the specific object which is retained in a data retaining unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of images obtained by capturing a recognition target object from different viewpoint positions is acquired, and a portion set on the recognition target object in the image is received as a set portion for each of the images. A plurality of feature points is set in each of the images so as to set a larger number of feature points at the set portion than at an unset portion other than the set portion. The recognition target object is learned using image feature amounts at the feature points. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269393 | ARTICULATION REGION DISPLAY APPARATUS, ARTICULATION REGION DETECTING APPARATUS, ARTICULATION REGION BELONGINGNESS CALCULATING APPARATUS, ARTICULATED OBJECT REGION BELONGINGNESS CALCULATING APPARATUS, AND ARTICULATION REGION DISPLAY METHOD - An articulation region display apparatus includes: an articulatedness calculating unit calculating an articulatedness, based on a temporal change in a point-to-point distance and a temporal change in a geodetic distance between given trajectories; an articulation detecting unit detecting, as an articulation region, a region corresponding to a first trajectory based on the articulatedness between the trajectories, the first trajectory being in a state where the regions corresponding to the first trajectory and a second trajectory are present on the same rigid body, the regions corresponding to the first trajectory and third trajectory are present on the same rigid body, and the region corresponding to the second trajectory is connected with the region corresponding to the third trajectory via the same joint; and a display control unit transforming the articulation region into a form visually recognized by a user, and output the transformed articulation region. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269394 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED SCREENSHOTS - Systems and methods for generating and providing enhanced screenshots may include executing instructions stored in memory to evaluate at least a portion of a viewing frustum generated by the instructions to determine one or more objects included therein, obtain metadata associated with the one or more objects, and generate at least one enhanced screenshot indicative of the at least a portion of the viewing frustum by associating the metadata of each of the one or more objects with a location of each of the one or more objects within the at least one enhanced screenshot to create hotspots indicative of each of the one or more objects such that selection at least one hotspot by a computing system causes at least a portion of the metadata associated with the at least one hotspot to be displayed on a display device of a computing system. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269395 | Automated Service Measurement, Monitoring and Management - In a method and system of service management, a radiative sensor is positioned to observe an area of interest. At least one frame of data of the area of interest is electronically acquired from the radiative sensor. The acquired frame of data is electronically processing to determine the presence or absence of at least one object in the area of interest. Based on the presence or absence of the object in the area of interest, (1) an alert is electronically caused to be generated in response to also electronically detecting another object in another area of interest, and/or (2) a timer is electronically caused to initiate or terminate counting a period of time. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269396 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269397 | DETECTION OF AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE - The invention provides a method, system, and program product for detecting an object in a digital image. In one embodiment, the invention includes: deriving an initial object indication mask based on pixel-wise differences between a first digital image and a second digital image, at least one of which includes the object; performing an edge finding operation on both the first and second digital images, wherein the edge finding operation includes marking added edges; generating a plurality of straight linear runs of pixels across an image containing the object, wherein each of the plurality of straight linear runs starts and ends on an added edge and is contained within the initial object indication mask; and forming a final object indication mask by retaining only pixels that are part of at least one of the plurality of straight linear runs. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269398 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A LICENSE PLATE - A license plate localization method and system based on a combination of a top-down texture analysis and a bottom-up connected component. An image with respect to a vehicle captured by an image capturing unit can be processed in order to locate and binarize a busy area. A black run with respect to the binarized image can be analyzed and classified and one or more objects (connected components) can be generated based on the black run classification. The objects can be further classified in accordance with their size utilizing a run-length based filter to filter out a non-text object. The leftover objects can then be spatially clustered and the uniformity and linearity of the clustered objects can be examined based on a linearity test. The clustered objects can be rejected if they fail the linearity test and the detected objects can further be matched with a plate edge characteristic in order to locate a license plate. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269399 | ABOVE-WATER MONITORING OF SWIMMING POOLS - An above-water system provides automatic alerting for possible drowning victims in swimming pools or the like. One or more electro-optical sensors are placed above the pool surface. Sequences of images are digitized and analyzed electronically to determine whether there are humans within the image, and whether such humans are moving in a manner that would suggest drowning. Effects due to glint, refraction, and variations in light, are offset automatically by the system. If a potential drowning incident is detected, the system produces an alarm sound, and/or a warning display, so that an operator can determine whether action must be taken. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269400 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Motion Between Video Images - Systems and methods of determining motion vectors, such as for video encoding, are disclosed. In one example, motion vectors are determined for a current frame, using sampled pixel information from a reference frame. Sampled pixel information is obtained using a sampling pattern. The sampling pattern, in one example, includes subsampling pixels at different rates for horizontal and vertical directions. The subsampling rate can differ, based on an amount of motion represented by a matching block (e.g., the farther a match is found away from an origin of the block, the more subsampling can be done). In another example, a full pixel resolution is maintained proximal an original location of the block; as distance increases in one or more directions, subsampling can begin and/or increase. Sampled pixels can be stored. Interpolation of the sampled pixels can be performed and the sampled and resulting interpolated pixels can be used for comparison. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269401 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269402 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING A SECURED DOCUMENT - A device for checking a secured object provided with at least one security element for generating sequential or dynamic optical effects according to the orientation thereof and/or the movements applied thereto, has a display screen, a position and/or motion sensor and a device for generating and displaying on the screen a simulation of the nominal security element associated with the secured object, the display depending on the orientation of the device as determined by the position and/or motion sensor, so as to be able to compare the security element of the object to be checked and the simulation according to the respective orientations or movements thereof. A method for checking the secured object is by means of such a device. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269403 | DETERMINING DOCUMENT FITNESS USING ILLUMINATION - According to an illustrative embodiment, a method for detecting a document includes capturing a first plurality of images of a document at a first wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, capturing a second plurality of images of the document at a second wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, and assembling the first and second pluralities of images to form one or more images of the document. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269404 | System and method for 3D imaging using structured light illumination - A biometrics system captures and processes a handprint image using a structured light illumination to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. A processing unit calculates 3D coordinates of the hand from the plurality of images and maps the 3D coordinates to a 2D flat surface to create a 2D representation equivalent of a rolled inked handprint. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a face detection unit configured to detect a face of a person from an image; a storage unit configured to store dictionary data which holds information relating to faces and line-of-sight correction data corresponding to respective persons; an authentication unit configured to authenticate a person corresponding to the face detected by the face detection unit, using the information relating to faces in the dictionary data; a line-of-sight detection unit configured to detect information relating to a line of sight from the face detected by the face detection unit; and a line-of-sight correction unit configured to correct the information relating to a line of sight detected by the line-of-sight detection unit, using the line-of-sight correction data in the dictionary data corresponding to the person authenticated by the authentication unit. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269406 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINGER DATA AND DISPLAYING A FINGER MOVEMENT TRACE AND RELATED METHODS - An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269407 | AUTOMATIC ORGAN LOCALIZATION - Automatic organ localization is described. In an example, an organ in a medical image is localized using one or more trained regression trees. Each image element of the medical image is applied to the trained regression trees to compute probability distributions that relate to a distance from each image element to the organ. At least a subset of the probability distributions are selected and aggregated to calculate a localization estimate for the organ. In another example, the regression trees are trained using training images having a predefined organ location. At each node of the tree, test parameters are generated that determine which subsequent node each training image element is passed to. This is repeated until each image element reaches a leaf node of the tree. A probability distribution is generated and stored at each leaf node, based on the distance from the leaf node's image elements to the organ. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269408 | METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A diagnosis image generation apparatus is provided. The diagnosis image generation apparatus includes a low resolution image signal synthesis unit configured to synthesize each of a plurality of low resolution image signals by using a signal reflected from a subject, a weight calculation unit configured to calculate a weight, which is used to synthesize a high resolution image signal, with a signal value which corresponds to each of positions of some pixels among a plurality of signal values corresponding to respective positions of a plurality of pixels forming each of the synthesized low resolution image signals, and a high resolution image signal synthesis unit configured to synthesize the high resolution image signal by applying the calculated weight to each of the low resolution image signals. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269409 | SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IN DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGE ANALYSIS - A digital slide analysis system comprises an algorithm server that maintains or has access to a plurality of image processing and analysis routines. The algorithm server additionally has access to a plurality of digital slide images. The algorithm server executes a selected routine on an identified digital slide and provides the resulting data. Prior to the application of selected routine, the system employs a digital pre-processing module to create a metadata mask that reduces undesirable image data such that the image data processed by the selected routine has an improved signal to noise ratio. The pre-processing module uses a classifier that may be implemented as a pattern recognition module, for example. Undesirable image data is therefore excluded from the image data that is processed by the digital pathology image processing and analysis routine, which significantly improves the digital pathology image analysis. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269410 | TREE STRUCTURE CREATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A predetermined structure repeatedly branching from an origin and extending in directions away from the origin in such a manner to become wider is extracted, as a candidate of a tree structure defined by a plurality of nodes including a root node corresponding to the origin and a plurality of edges, from medical image data. A tree structure is created by reevaluating the definition of the tree structure, with respect to each of the plurality of nodes defining the candidate of the tree structure, by using a cost function that weights a probability that the plurality of nodes are connected to each other by evaluating a relationship between each of the plurality of nodes and the root node based on a geometric characteristic that the predetermined structure repeatedly branches from the origin and extends in directions away from the origin in such a manner to become wider. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269411 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LAYER ORIENTATION FOR A 2D LAYER IMAGE - A layer orientation is determined for a 2D layer image that is to be generated from 3D image data of an anatomical object in the body of a patient. First, a model resembling the object that is imaged in the 3D image data is selected from a model pool. The model has an assigned default orientation in a permanently selected relative position with respect to the model. While the relative position is being maintained, the model is aligned with the 3D image data so as to match the model to the object with maximum coincidence. The default orientation established relative to the 3D image data is then selected as the layer orientation for the 3D image data. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269412 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SECURITY FOR TRANSMITTING A DIGITAL MEDICAL IMAGE - A method of preparing a digital medical image for secure transmission, the method comprising embedding data into the digital medical image using a reversible watermarking process, generating a code for tamper detection and localization from the digital medical image using a computational function, and embedding the code for tamper detection and localization into the digital medical image using the reversible watermarking process; and a method of reviewing a digital medical image prepared by the method of preparing, the method of reviewing comprising retrieving the code for tamper detection and localization from the digital medical image; reversing the watermarking processes to obtain a restored image; generating a code from the restored image using the computational function; and comparing the retrieved code for tamper detection and localization with the code generated from the restored image to detect and locate tampering. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269413 | PROCESSING AN IMAGE DATASET BASED ON CLINICALLY CATEGORIZED POPULATIONS - A system for generating a processed image dataset is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of parameter datasets ( | 2012-10-25 |
20120269414 | MRI GIBBS' RINGING FILTERING WITH EDGE-PROTECTION - A magnetic resonance image (MRI) data array representing an image is filtered in k-space (Fourier space) domain to produce a low-pass filtered data array, a band-pass filtered data array and a high-pass filtered data array. These filtered k-space arrays are two-dimensionally Fourier-Transformed into the image domain where the magnitude of the band-pass filtered data array is thresholded and feathered to produce a fuzzy continuous valued (“gray-scale”) edge mask data array, and the real part of the high-pass filtered data array may, if desired, be soft-thresholded to produce a soft thresholded sharpening mask data array. The edge mask data array is multiplied with the sharpening mask data array and the result is added to the magnitude of the low-pass filtered data array in the image domain to produce a Gibbs' ringing and noise-filtered image to better represent the underlying anatomy. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269415 | Method for Magnetic Resonance Elastography Using Transient Waveforms - A dynamic magnetic resonance elastography (“MRE”) method for quantifying liver stiffness using intrinsic transient waveforms imparted on the liver by the beating heart is provided. The method includes synchronizing motion-encoding gradients in an MRE pulse sequence to the subject's cardiac cycle. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269416 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC RATIO CALCULATING METHOD - In order to three-dimensionally quantify the elastic information indicating the hardness or softness of tissue of an object with a simple operation, two three-dimensional regions of interest are set on a displayed elastic rendering image. A three-dimensional distortion ratio measuring unit | 2012-10-25 |
20120269417 | COMPUTER-AIDED STAINING OF MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES - A system and method for digital staining of an image of biological tissue acquired with the use of multispectral imaging system. The method includes spectral enhancement of the originally-acquired image, which results in differentiation of colorimetrically-similar components of the tissue, and a linear mapping of the spectrally-enhanced image to an estimated target image that represents the spectral response of the tissue manually stained with a target stain. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269418 | ANALYZING THE EXPRESSION OF BIOMARKERS IN CELLS WITH CLUSTERS - A data set of cell profile data is stored. The cell profile data includes multiplexed biometric image data describing the expression of a plurality of biomarkers with respect to a field of view in which individual cells are delineated and segmenting into compartments. Each cell in the field is assigned to a single cluster in a selected set of clusters based on cell similarity; cell similarity is determined based on a plurality of selected cell attributes. The proportion of cells in each cluster is observed. The observed proportions are examined for an association with a diagnosis, a prognosis, or a response derived from a known association of the selected set of clusters with at least one piece of meta-information including a field of view level assessment or a patient-level assessment. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269419 | ANALYZING THE EXPRESSION OF BIOMARKERS IN CELLS WITH MOMENTS - A stored data set comprises cell profile data including multiplexed biometric image data describing the expression of biomarkers. The data set includes an association of the cell profile data with a field of view level or a patient-level assessment. Cell features are calculated based on the cell's expression of each of the biomarkers. Moments of cell features are calculated from the data set, and combinations are examined for an association with an assessment. A predictive set of moments is selected based on the performance of the combination. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269420 | Image Processing and Machine Learning for Diagnostic Analysis of Microcirculation - Automated quantitative analysis of microcirculation, such as density of blood vessels and red blood cell velocity, is implemented using image processing and machine learning techniques. Detection and quantification of the microvasculature is determined from images obtained through intravital microscopy. The results of quantitatively monitoring and assessing the changes that occur in microcirculation during resuscitation period assist physicians in making diagnostically and therapeutically important decisions such as determination of the degree of illness as well as the effectiveness of the resuscitation process. Advanced digital image processing methods are applied to provide quantitative assessment of video signals for detection and characterization of the microvasculature (capillaries, venules, and arterioles). The microvasculature is segmented, the presence and velocity of Red Blood Cells (RBCs) is estimated, and the distribution of blood flow in capillaries is identified for a variety of normal and abnormal cases. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269421 | System and Method for Lithography Simulation - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a technique of, and system for simulating, verifying, inspecting, characterizing, determining and/or evaluating the lithographic designs, techniques and/or systems, and/or individual functions performed thereby or components used therein. In one embodiment, the present invention is a system and method that accelerates lithography simulation, inspection, characterization and/or evaluation of the optical characteristics and/or properties, as well as the effects and/or interactions of lithographic systems and processing techniques. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269422 | COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM, ROBOTIC SYSTEM, COLLISION DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A collision detection system includes a processing section, a drawing section, and a depth buffer. Depth information of an object is set to the depth buffer as depth map information. The drawing section performs a first drawing process of performing a depth test, and drawing a primitive surface on a reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of primitive surfaces constituting a collision detection target object with reference to the depth buffer. Further, the drawing section performs a second drawing process of drawing the primitive surface on the reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of the primitive surfaces constituting the collision detection target object without performing the depth test. The processing section determines whether or not the collision detection target object collides with the object on the target side based on the result of the first drawing process and the second drawing process. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269423 | Analytical Multi-View Rasterization - Multi-view rasterization may be performed by calculating visibility over a camera line. Edge equations may be evaluated iteratively along a scanline. The edge equations may be evaluated using single instruction multiple data instruction sets. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269424 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image generation method and a stereoscopic image generation system that can generate, from an original image, a stereoscopic image that allows the viewer to perceive a natural stereoscopic effect are provided. The method includes a characteristic information acquisition step of acquiring characteristic information for each of pixels, a depth information generation step of generating depth information for each of the pixels on the basis of the characteristic information, and a stereoscopic image generation step of generating a stereoscopic image on the basis of the pieces of depth information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269425 | PREDICTING THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF AN IMAGE - A system and method for determining the aesthetic quality of an image are disclosed. The method includes extracting a set of local features from the image, such as gradient and/or color features and generating an image representation which describes the distribution of the local features. A classifier system is used for determining an aesthetic quality of the image based on the computed image representation. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269426 | FEATURE SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PATTERN DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A feature selection apparatus, which selects features to be used to discriminate an object by a discriminator using learning data including the object, extracts a plurality of partial data from the learning data, and obtains discrimination values obtained by controlling the discriminator to process the plurality of extracted partial data as features of the plurality of partial data. The feature selection apparatus evaluates the obtained features based on discrimination degrees on a discrimination space defined by the discriminator, and selects features to be used to discriminate the object from a plurality of features obtained in association with the plurality of partial data based on an evaluation result. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269427 | PRINTED INFORMATION DEVICE - A printed information device includes a region of interest in an image, and at least two channels assigned to the region of interest by different means of logical partitioning. The region of interest represents a physical area of the image. Each of the channels has a different error tolerance. Continuous and/or cyclic information is independently encoded in each of the at least two channels. The deterrent is configured to be read substantially simultaneously by at least two distinct reading strategies. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269428 | Mouth Corner Candidates - A device to apply detection schemes to texture information of a face detected within an image to generate mouth corner candidates and identify best matching mouth corners by applying a geometric model to the moth corner candidates. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269429 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING IMAGE - Provided is an image search method, including: receiving query image information associated with at least one query image; computing feature information based on color information of the query image information; and retrieving similar image information using feature information of raw image information associated with at least one raw image and feature information of the query image information. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING COLOR INFORMATION WITH SPATIAL INFORMATION IN MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES - An image processing system combines higher-resolution panchromatic images and lower resolution multispectral images using a hyperspherical color space pan-sharpening technique. By converting the multispectral images into a hyperspherical color space, the intensities of the multispectral images can be intensity matched to the intensities of the panchromatic image and then retransformed back to the original color space. The intensity matching can utilize a number of techniques, including, but not limited to, direct substitution of the intensities of the panchromatic image for the intensities of the multispectral images, modification of the intensities of the multispectral images based on predefined statistical models and modification of the intensities of the multispectral images based on dynamically generated statistical models and a selected sharpening parameter β. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269431 | METHODS AND APPARTUSES FOR RESTORING COLOR AND ENHANCING ELECTRONIC IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses for color image restoration and enhancement. In at least one embodiment, color signals for individual channels of an image (e.g., red, green, or blue) are adjusted based on a weighted set of averages (e.g., of the entire image, the center portion, the surrounding portion, or other portions). In one example, pixels with extreme values of color signals (e.g., pure black or white pixels) are ignored for the purposes of restoring color; and, the different averages are weighted according to the pixel location (e.g., the distance from the pixel to a center point). In one example, after color restoration for individual channels, the luminance of each pixel is adjusted back to their original levels; and the range of luminance of the image is further adjusted to provide improved brightness and contrast, where in determining the luminance the red, green and blue color channels are given an equal weight. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269432 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL USING SPATIAL BAG-OF-FEATURES - Local features of retrieved images are identified and for each image, an ordered bag-of-features is created that describes the features of the image. Spatial relationships between features of an image are captured in histogram descriptors created from linear or circular projections. Using the histogram descriptors, ordered bags-of-features describing the features of the images are developed. Calibrating the ordered bags-of-features to account for spatial variance leads to spatial bags-of-features. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269433 | UNAUTHORIZED TEXT ALTERATION PREVENTION WITH CONTOUR FOLLOWING BACKGROUND PATTERNS - Described herein is a level I (overt) feature for security printing intended to deter unauthorized modification of text documents. The exemplary method includes generating a textured background that follows the contour of the text it surrounds and is difficult to modify. The background patterns may be generated with a two-step procedure that first creates a smooth function and then modulates it to produce patterns with sharp contrast. Tampering will be deterred as visible artifacts will be created when text is altered. Compared to the levels II and III features, the exemplary method relies on human vision for detection and does not require any special tools and instruments. It can be used in applications where fast, simple and inexpensive inspection is essential, or combined with other technologies for enhancing overall effectiveness. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269434 | Graphic Object Layout Templates for Arranging Images - A method for characterizing an arrangement of template regions includes identifying a first bounding box that includes one or more template regions, identifying a second bounding box of one or more template regions that are not in the first bounding box, organizing the first and second bounding boxes into a new bounding box, and designating the new bounding box as the characterized arrangement of template regions. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269435 | Contact Text Detection in Scanned Images - A device and method for identifying text pixels that are erroneously classified as non-text pixels, includes accessing an image region containing a non-text component. For each non-text component within the image region component, only one determines if there are any long line structures within the bounding box defined by the non-text component. If the long line structures are greater than a predefined percentage of the span of the dimension of the bounding box parallel to the line structure, then the line structure is removed. Any remaining non-text pixels within the bounding box are reclassified as text-pixels. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269436 | LEARNING STRUCTURED PREDICTION MODELS FOR INTERACTIVE IMAGE LABELING - A system and a method are provided for labeling images and for generating an annotation system. The labeling method includes providing a graphical structure, such as a tree structure, which graphically represents predictive correlations between labels in a set of labels. The predictive correlations can, for example, estimate the likelihood, in a training set, that knowing one label has a given value, another label will have a given value. An image to be labeled is received. Feature-based predictions for values of labels in the set of labels are computed for the image. A value for at least one label for the image from the set of labels is computed based on the feature-based label predictions and inference on the structured prediction model. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269437 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide an image processing device, an image processing method and an image processing program for achieving user convenience in a terminal. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269438 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The object of this invention is to provide an image processing apparatus in which, in processing of a document image read by a document reading device, an inclination of a character string in the document image which is recognized in character recognition is obtained more accurately. The image processing apparatus includes a similar character extraction portion which extracts and outputs a character group comprised of characters having a shape and a size that are same with or similar to each other from among characters constituting a character string comprised of a character recognized in optical character recognition from a document image read by a document reading device; and an inclination calculation portion which calculates an inclination value of the character string based on position information of each character of the character group output from the similar character extraction portion. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269439 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EMBEDDED MEDIA MARKER IDENTIFICATION - Methods and apparatuses for identifying an image based on Embedded Media Marker (EMM) identification. A hierarchal comparison including a first coarse comparison and a second refining comparison is used. The first coarse comparison compares an image with an EMM to images in a database at a low resolution. The results are fed to the second refining comparison, which conducts a comparison at a higher resolution than the first coarse comparison. By utilizing this hierarchical comparison approach, it is possible to identify the image with fewer false positives. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269440 | DEVICE AND METHOD THAT COMPARE FACIAL IMAGES - A first normalizing means generates a first normalized image by performing a normalizing process with fixed aspect ratios on given facial images. A feature extracting means generates feature images including features to be used for comparing faces, from the first normalized image. A second normalizing means generates a second normalized image by performing a normalizing process with variable aspect ratios on the feature images. A first comparing means calculates a first comparing result as an index as to whether or not faces in two images belong to one person, using the feature images. A second comparing means calculates a second comparing result as an index as to whether or not the faces in the two images belong to one person, using the second normalized image. A judging means judges whether or not the faces in the two images belong to one person, based on the first and second comparing result. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269441 | IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT - A computer-implemented system and method for predicting an image quality of an image are disclosed. For an input image, the method includes generating a first descriptor based on semantic content information for the image and generating a second descriptor based on aesthetic features extracted from the image. With a categorizer which has been trained to assign a quality value to an image based on first and second descriptors, a quality value is assigned to the image based on the first and second descriptors and output. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269442 | Method and System for Detecting the Open or Closed State of the Eyes of a Face - Method of detecting the open or closed state of at least one eye of a face, comprising a detection of an eye of a face and associated system. The method comprises a detection of vertical contours of the eye, and a determination of the open or closed state of the eye on the basis of the vertical contours detected. | 2012-10-25 |
20120269443 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING FACIAL CHARACTERISTIC POINTS - First, a face within an image, which is a target of detection, is detected. Detection data of the face is employed to detect eyes which are included in the face. Detection data of the eyes are employed to detect the inner and outer corners of the eyes. Detection data of the inner and outer corners of the eyes is employed to detect characteristic points of the upper and lower eyelids that represent the outline of the eyes. | 2012-10-25 |