Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080219596 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SEARCHING FOR IMAGES - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for searching a set of image data from a database which contains a plurality of sets of image data, at least one of the sets of the image data being associated with text data, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining keyword information; detecting first set of image data in said database associated with text data corresponding to said keyword information; and detecting second set of image data in said database on the basis of the feature of an image represented by said first set of image data. | 09-11-2008 |
20080222113 | IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for searching image data representing an image from a database by using a query image, the image data including information indicative of a shape of a contour of the image, comprising: obtaining a query image data representing the query image; extracting information indicative of a shape of a contour of the query image; and determining the image data in the database on the basis of correlation of the topological characteristics of the shapes of the contours of the images and the query image. | 09-11-2008 |
20090110297 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DIFFERENCE EMPHASIZING PROGRAM, DIFFERENCE EMPHASIZING METHOD, AND DIFFERENCE EMPHASIZING APPARATUS - A difference emphasizing apparatus aligns a first three-dimensional model and a second three-dimensional model in orientation and position in accordance with a predetermined rule, and gets data of respective apices of the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model. Based on the gotten data, the apparatus finds a corresponding point on the first three-dimensional model, which corresponds to the apex of the second three-dimensional model in a direction of a particular axis. When the corresponding point is detected, the apparatus calculates a difference between the first three-dimensional model and the second three-dimensional model in the direction of the particular axis based on the corresponding point and the apex of the second three-dimensional model. The apparatus enlarges the difference in the direction of the particular axis, and calculates a position of the apex of the second three-dimensional model after the enlargement. | 04-30-2009 |
20090169117 | IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of operating an apparatus having a display device for analyzing a plurality of images each representing a similar item, includes the steps of: displaying the plurality of the images in parallel by the display device; enabling a user to select partial regions of the images such that each of the partial regions represents a similar portion of the each item; extracting information associated with each of the partial regions of the images; and displaying data of the information of each of the partial regions in parallel in a format different from that appeared in the images. | 07-02-2009 |
20090244640 | DOCUMENT EDITING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EDITING DOCUMENT - A computer-readable recording medium that stores a program for causing a computer to edit an electronic document including a plurality of hierarchically arranged objects. The program makes a computer execute extracting an object from the electronic document including the hierarchically arranged objects representing one of a text, an image, a drawing and a table; determining whether the extracted object is superimposed by a user specified area serving as a masking area of a target document input by a user; and converting, into different information, information included in an area of the object determined to be superimposed by the user specified area. | 10-01-2009 |
20100027960 | VIDEO REPRODUCING DEVICE AND VIDEO REPRODUCING METHOD - A television personal computer | 02-04-2010 |
20100027963 | VIDEO REPRODUCING DEVICE AND VIDEO REPRODUCING METHOD - A television personal computer | 02-04-2010 |
20100050102 | SYMBOL DISPLAY METHOD AND SYMBOL DISPLAY DEVICE - A symbol display device that displays a symbol for data while disposing the symbol at a coordinate position indicated by the data concerned, includes a pre-movement image position obtaining unit that records into a recording unit a pre-movement coordinate position at which the symbol is disposed; an image moving unit that moves the symbol to a coordinate position indicated by an instruction upon reception of the instruction; a post-movement image position obtaining unit that records, into the recording unit, a post-movement coordinate position of the symbol moved by the image moving unit; and a connection line drawing unit that connects the post-movement coordinate position and a pre-movement coordinate position by a line, and changing the line thickness of the connecting line or the size of the symbol. | 02-25-2010 |
20100153449 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING IMAGE - An image retrieval method includes reading from a first database a first image group mapped to an object as a retrieval target, and extracting an image feature quantity of a plurality of images of the first image group. A second image group mapped to an object as a search key is read from a second database and an image feature quantity of a plurality of images of the second image group is extracted. Similarity is determined between the first image group and the second image group, based on the image feature quantity of the plurality of images of the first image group and the image feature quantity of the plurality of images of the second image group. On an output device, as retrieval results, the plurality of images of the first image group are displayed in order of similarity of the object as the retrieval target based on determined similarity. | 06-17-2010 |
20100250569 | APPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATED RETRIEVAL PROGRAM - A multimedia integrated retrieval apparatus includes a feature value extracting unit calculating a feature value of single media data; a media information storage unit storing the feature value and storing composite media data in association with the single media data; a retrieval processing unit identifying other pieces of single media data corresponding to the single media data; a retrieval controlling unit, generating structural body data that includes a first node indicative of the single media data, a second node indicative of the another piece of single media data, a first link connecting the first node to the second node, a third node indicative of another composite media data, and a second link connecting the third node to the second node, if the another piece of composite media data including the another piece of single media data is present; and a display unit displaying the structural body data. | 09-30-2010 |
20100272411 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A playback apparatus that divides the content into scenes;
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20120062767 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an image data processing apparatus, a conversion unit generates first image data of a first image format and second image data of a second image format and supplies the first and second image data on a time division basis with respect to each image taken by using an image sensor. An operating unit acquires the first and second image data produced on a time division basis from the conversion unit, performs a process for displaying the taken image on a display device by using the first image data, and performs a process for storing the taken image in a storage device by using the second image data. | 03-15-2012 |