Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090067705 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Processing a Stereoscopic Image Using First and Second Images to Facilitate Computing a Depth/Disparity Image - The processing of a stereoscopic image using first and second images to facilitate computing a corresponding depth/disparity image can be facilitated by providing ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090172606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-HANDED COMPUTER USER INTERFACE WITH GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method and apparatus for manipulating displayed content using first and second types of human-machine interface in combination are disclosed. Machine operations are divided into two sets and the first type of user interface controls a first set and a second set of operations, while the second type of user interface controls only the second set. In a preferred method embodiment, one hand controls the first set via a mouse interface and the other hand controls the second set via a stereo camera based hand gesture recognition interface. In a preferred apparatus embodiment, the apparatus has a manipulable input device capable of interacting with displayed content and visualization of the displayed content. Additionally, the apparatus has a gesture based input device capable of interacting only with the visualization of the displayed content. | 07-02-2009 |
20090297061 | REPLACING IMAGE INFORMATION IN A CAPTURED IMAGE - Described herein are systems and methods for expanding upon the single-distance-based background denotation to seamlessly replace unwanted image information in a captured image derived from an imaging application so as to account for a selected object's spatial orientation to maintain an image of the selected object in the captured image. | 12-03-2009 |
20100056188 | Method and Apparatus for Processing a Digital Image to Select Message Recipients in a Communication Device - There is disclosed a communication device for processing a digital image to select recipients for the digital image or a modified digital image. The communication device comprises an input device, a processor, and a transmitter. The input device obtains the digital image, and receives an indication based on a user input that pertains to a region on the digital image. The processor processes the indicated region of the digital image, and determines an object corresponding to one or more recipients of the digital image. The transmitter transmits a message that includes the digital image or a modified digital image to the recipient corresponding to the determined object. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067782 | COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST ORIGINAL BACKGROUND RETRIEVAL - A device and method of modifying an image containing a foreground and an original or substitute background are disclosed. Boundary pixels contain only the original background or the original background and the foreground. The original background is replaced by a predetermined or random color or by a color corresponding to the substitute background. The entire boundary pixel can be replaced by the replacement color. Alternatively, the ratio of the foreground to the original background can be estimated from the neighboring pixels and only the original background replaced by the replacement color. Once some or all of the boundary pixels are replaced, the image can be transmitted or otherwise transferred to other devices or viewers. Some or all of the images in a video can be modified. | 03-18-2010 |
20100208943 | PERSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A system and method for reducing distance-based distortion in a camera image of an object, where the distanced-based distortion is due to differences in distance from the camera to different parts of the object. In one approach, the distortion is reduced by estimating distances to different parts of the object and then generating a reprojected image of the object dependent upon the estimated distances and upon a virtual viewpoint that is more distant than the camera from the object. In a further approach, the image is warped such that points in the image match corresponding points in one or more stored templates. In a still further approach, if excessive distortion is present in the image, the camera zoom is increased and a magnified image is displayed, prompting a person to move farther from the camera thereby reducing the distortion. | 08-19-2010 |
20100306335 | DEVICE RECRUITMENT FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPLICATIONS - A method of providing three dimensional (3D) information is disclosed in which a master recruits a local slave to provide contemporaneous images. The images are collected and 3D information extracted therefrom. The 3D information or various images may be transmitted to a remote device and is employed to provide a substitute background that replaces the background of the original image. Either the new image is displayed on one or both devices. The images can be collected and the 3D information extracted at either of the master or slave or at a separate device. To recruit the slave, the master broadcasts a query to all local devices, determines the available devices and their characteristics, automatically or manually selects a particular device, requests authorization from the selected device, and pairs with the selected device when authorization is received. Devices of the same or different types may be paired. | 12-02-2010 |
20110169986 | PERSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A system and method for reducing distance-based distortion in a camera image of an object, where the distanced-based distortion is due to differences in distance from the camera to different parts of the object. In one approach, the distortion is reduced by estimating distances to different parts of the object and then generating a reprojected image of the object dependent upon the estimated distances and upon a virtual viewpoint that is more distant than the camera from the object. In a further approach, the image is warped such that points in the image match corresponding points in one or more stored templates. In a still further approach, if excessive distortion is present in the image, the camera zoom is increased and a magnified image is displayed, prompting a person to move farther from the camera thereby reducing the distortion. | 07-14-2011 |
20120288140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A VIDEO ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON AVAILABLE VIDEO REPRESENTATION FEATURES - A method is performed for selecting a video analysis method based on available video representation features. The method includes: determining a plurality of available video representation features for a first video output from a first video source and for a second video output from a second video source; and analyzing the plurality of video representation features as compared to at least one threshold to select one of a plurality of video analysis methods to track an object between the first and the second videos. | 11-15-2012 |
20130111509 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT BASED ON FACE CLUSTERING FOR TIME-VARYING VIDEO | 05-02-2013 |
20130156299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PEOPLE WITHIN VIDEO FRAMES BASED UPON MULTIPLE COLORS WITHIN THEIR CLOTHING - A video analytic device performs a method for detecting people within frames of video based upon multiple colors within their clothing. The method includes: receiving a frame of video; and determining that a first color region within the frame matches a first color of interest for a clothing uniform, wherein the determining is based on a first set of color representation constraints. The method further includes determining that a second color region within the frame matches a second color of interest for the clothing uniform, wherein the determining is based on a second set of color representation constraints and the first and second colors of interest are different. In addition, the method includes applying a set of geometric constraints to the first and second color regions to determine a count of people within the frame wearing the clothing uniform. | 06-20-2013 |
20130329043 | TRANSMISSIONS OF IMAGES IN A REMOTE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for selective transmission of color information to a remote recognition system is provided herein. During operation, a central server may determine that at least one region in an image is ambiguously recognized, or unrecognized. In response, the central server will send a request for the image/video to be provided in color, or alternatively for a portion of the image/video to be provided in color. Because only selective images, or portions of images will be transmitted in color, the above transmission scheme enables reduction of bandwidth, and hence cost, required for transmitting images to the analytics server, without compromising the accuracy of the analytics. | 12-12-2013 |