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20090012840 | System and Method for Developing Loss Assumptions - A method for developing assumptions for use in evaluating the possible occurrence of an event comprises the steps of defining a plurality of factors correlated with each other to the event, assigning a plurality of levels to each factor, determining a relative occurrence rate for selected combinations of factors and levels, and assigning selected combinations to one of a plurality of cohorts. In certain embodiments, the method, and a corresponding system are used in designing an insurance product. The method may include the additional steps of assigning values to the levels and evaluating expected performance of the product based upon the values assigned to the levels and the expected loss distribution. The step of producing an expected loss distribution includes determining, for at least some of the selected combinations, a cumulative probability of occurrence, and determining, for at least one of the selected combinations, an incremental probability of occurrence. | 01-08-2009 |
20090177498 | System and Method for Developing Loss Assumptions - A method for developing assumptions for use in evaluating the possible occurrence of an event comprises the steps of defining a plurality of factors correlated with each other to the event, assigning a plurality of levels to each factor, determining a relative occurrence rate for selected combinations of factors and levels, and assigning selected combinations to one of a plurality of cohorts. In certain embodiments, the method, and a corresponding system are used in designing an insurance product. The method may include the additional steps of assigning values to the levels and evaluating expected performance of the product based upon the values assigned to the levels and the expected loss distribution. The step of producing an expected loss distribution includes determining, for at least some of the selected combinations, a cumulative probability of occurrence, and determining, for at least one of the selected combinations, an incremental probability of occurrence. | 07-09-2009 |
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20110080607 | System And Method For Print Production Sheet Identification - A system and method is disclosed for print production sheet identification. The method discloses: receiving a set of calibration sheets; collecting an array of pixel samples from at least one of the calibration sheets according to a set of pixel sampling rules to generate at least one reference sample array; capturing an image of a set of physical sheets generated from the set of calibration sheets; collecting an array of pixel samples from at least one of the imaged physical sheets according to the set of pixel sampling rules to generate at least one post-processing sample array; and comparing the post-processing sample array to the reference sample array to determine if the two arrays have less than or equal to a predetermined number of differences. The system discloses: a sampling module, operated by a processor, a scanner, and a comparison module, operated by a processor. | 04-07-2011 |
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20120020557 | CORRECTING AN ARTIFACT IN AN IMAGE - A method of correcting an artifact in a captured image includes generating a binary map that corresponds to the artifact in the captured image. The method also includes generating a luminance mask from the binary map, the luminance mask applying a level of correction near an edge of the artifact that is different from a level of correction applied at the center of the artifact and generating, a chrominance mask to correct a color of the artifact. The method further includes performing corrections to pixels according to the luminance and the chrominance masks. | 01-26-2012 |
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20110001850 | Automatic Redeye Detection - Candidate redeye areas ( | 01-06-2011 |
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20110069328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DATA-BEARING IMAGE - A system for creating a data-bearing image can include a reference image generator configured to apply a clustered-dot halftone screen to a continuous-tone image. The resulting reference halftone image includes carrier cells in which a pixel cluster can be shifted to at least two shift positions in the carrier cell. The system also includes a payload encoder configured to segment the data payload and encode data segments into one of the carrier cells by shifting the cluster to one of the shift positions. The system also includes an output device configured to output the resulting data-bearing halftone image. | 03-24-2011 |
20110073655 | Blur Resistant Barcode - A blur resistant barcode is disclosed. The blur resistant barcode comprise a plurality of parallel lines and spaces where information is encoded in the barcode by variations in the thicknesses of the plurality of parallel lines and by variations in the spacing between the plurality of parallel lines. The blur resistant barcode has at least one blur resistant feature that has a thickness in an axis of motion greater than a maximum thickness of any one of the plurality of parallel lines. The axis of motion is perpendicular to the plurality of parallel lines. | 03-31-2011 |
20120014604 | Blur Estimation - A method and apparatus for removing blur in an image is disclosed. The blur in the image is caused by relative motion between the imaging device and the object being imaged. A set of differences between the pixel values in the image is calculated. The set of differences in pixel values are divided into two groups, wherein the first group of differences in pixel values corresponds to differences in pixel values due to noise, and the second group of differences in pixel values corresponds to differences in pixel values due to noise and motion. An estimate of the motion blur is determined using the second group of differences in pixel values. The estimate of the blur is then used to remove the blur from an image. | 01-19-2012 |
20120070030 | PAYLOAD RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A payload recovery system includes a reference halftone image of a data-bearing halftone image and a reference map of the data-bearing halftone image. The system further includes a cell alignment system for receiving a scanned image of a hard copy of the data-bearing halftone image and for generating an aligned scan of the scanned image using the reference halftone image and the reference map. A raw payload recovery system determines possible shift positions of each carrier cell of the aligned scan using a shift rule and the reference map; and a reconstructed data-bearing halftone image is generated by the raw payload recovery system using the possible shift positions and the reference halftone. The system also includes a recovered raw payload generated by the raw payload recovery system using the shift rule and the reference map. | 03-22-2012 |
20120248193 | Blur Resistant Barcode - A blur resistant barcode is disclosed. The blur resistant barcode comprise a plurality of parallel lines and spaces where information is encoded in the barcode by variations in the thicknesses of the plurality of parallel lines and by variations in the spacing between the plurality of parallel lines. The blur resistant barcode has at least one blur resistant feature that has a thickness in an axis of motion greater than a maximum thickness of any one of the plurality of parallel lines. The axis of motion is perpendicular to the plurality of parallel lines. | 10-04-2012 |
20120281920 | PARALLEL TEST PAYLOAD - A parallel test payload includes a bit sequence configured to be segmented into a plurality of sub-sequences having variable bit length carriers. Respective carriers are represented uniformly in each one of the plurality of sub-sequences. | 11-08-2012 |
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20120263378 | MANUALLY-ASSISTED DETECTION OF REDEYE ARTIFACTS - A machine-implemented method of processing an input image includes receiving user input that manually identifies a location in the input image that corresponds to a potential redeye artifact. A set of detected redeye artifacts in the input image is received. One of the detected redeye artifacts that is closest to the manually identified location is identified. The identified detected redeye artifact is stored in a list of redeye artifacts that are identified with manual assistance if the identified detected redeye artifact is within a threshold distance from the manually identified location. | 10-18-2012 |
20130044948 | METHOD OF ROBUST ALIGNMENT AND PAYLOAD RECOVERY FOR DATA-BEARING IMAGES - An example provides a system and method of robust alignment and payload recovery for data-bearing images. The method includes digitizing a printed version of a stegatone, computing the transformation parameters of the stegatone, and processing individual local regions of the stegatone to determine local transformation parameters. The method also includes performing an alignment evaluation to compute a metric value that represents the quality of a local alignment between a reference halftone and the stegatone. Further, the method includes selecting alignment parameters based on optimization of the metric value, mapping the shift of clustered-dots in each cell in comparison to the reference halftone, and recovering the payload by decoding the stegatone. | 02-21-2013 |
20130070263 | RED-EYE REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE DATA PRINTING (VDP) WORKFLOWS - A VDP workflow system and method are disclosed. The system includes an image memory to store a photograph image. The system also includes a VDP document tool to access the photograph image from the image memory and to generate a VDP document comprising the photograph image. The system further includes a red-eye removal tool to process the VDP document to discover red-eye artifacts and to remove the red-eye artifacts from the photograph image on the VDP document based on a programmable red-eye sensitivity value. | 03-21-2013 |
20140064631 | Resized Image Compression Based on Frequency Content - Examples disclosed herein relate to compressing an image by resizing an image and compressing the resized image based on frequency content. A processor may resize an image to a target size if the pixel area of the image is greater than the sum of the target pixel area plus a resizing tolerance. The processor may compress the image using a first data removal rule for a portion of the image of a first frequency range and using a second data removal rule for a portion of the image of a second frequency range. | 03-06-2014 |
20140177006 | CARRIER IMAGES - In one example, a first directive is received at a system. The directive is to embed, into content selected via a printer application accessed at a network-connected printer, a network address. A carrier image that includes the network address in encoded form is generated. A second directive, to provide first content to the printer, is received via the application. The carrier image is merged into the first content. After the merging, the merged first content is sent to the printer for printing. | 06-26-2014 |
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20140348395 | Forensic Verification from Halftone Images - A forensic verification system ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140376811 | Classifying Images - Methods, and apparatus for performing methods, for classifying an image. Methods include determining a corresponding set of metrics for each region of two or more regions of a pattern of regions of an image, and classifying the image in response to at least the corresponding set of metrics for each of the two or more regions of the pattern of regions. | 12-25-2014 |