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| 20100298977 | MOBILE ROBOT AND PATH PLANNING METHOD THEREOF FOR MANIPULATING TARGET OBJECTS - A mobile robot and a path planning method are provided for the mobile robot to manipulate the target objects in a space, wherein the space consists of a periphery area and a central area. With the present method, an initial position is defined and the mobile robot is controlled to move within the periphery area from the initial position. Next, the latest image is captured when the mobile robot moves, and a manipulating order is arranged according to the distances estimated between the mobile robot and each of target objects in the image. The mobile robot is controlled to move and perform a manipulating action on each of the target object in the image according to the manipulating order. The steps of obtaining the image, planning the manipulating order, and controlling the mobile robot to perform the manipulating action are repeated until the mobile robot returns to the initial position. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100310123 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVELY DETECTING AND RECOGNIZING PLACARDS - A method and a system for actively detecting and recognizing a placard are provided. In the present method, an image capturing device is moved according to a maneuver rule, wherein the image capturing device captures an image continuously during the movement. Then whether a placard exists in the image or not is determined. If a placard exists in the image, a content of the placard is identified and a corresponding action is executed. The method repeatedly processes the foregoing steps to further continuously move the image capturing device and determine whether the placard exists in a newly captured image so as to achieve a purpose of detecting and recognizing placards actively. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100313737 | MUSIC SCORE RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A music score recognition method and a system thereof are provided. In the present method, a music score is detected and at least one measure in the music score is obtained by searching bar lines, so as to plan a recognition order according to the position of each measure in the music score. Next, an image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture one of the measures according to the recognition order, and music information in the captured measure is recognized and outputted immediately. The method follows the recognition order to repeatedly perform the steps of controlling the image apparatus, recognizing the captured measure, and outputting the music information on the other measures until each of the measures has been processed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100329509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method and a system for gesture recognition are provided for recognizing a gesture performed by a user in front of an electronic product having a video camera. In the present method, an image containing the upper body of the user is captured and a hand area in the image is obtained. The hand area is fully scanned by a first couple of concentric circles. During the scanning, a proportion of a number of skin color pixels on an inner circumference of the first couple of concentric circles and a proportion of a number of skin color pixels on an outer circumference of the first couple of concentric circles are used to determine a number of fingertips in the hand area. The gesture is recognized by the number of fingertips and an operation function of the electronic product is executed according to an operating instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110157179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY BASED ON MARKER TRACKING, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A method, a system, and a computer program product for providing augmented reality based on marker tracking are provided. In the method, an image is captured by an image capturing unit, and whether a quadrangle is present in the image is determined. If the quadrangle is found in the image, whether the quadrangle is a marker that complies with a marker definition is determined. If the quadrangle is the marker, an identity of the marker and four vertice coordinates of a marker image are identified. A rotation state of the marker is determined according to the vertex coordinates of the marker image, and a relative displacement between the marker and the image capturing unit is calculated. A three-dimensional object is combined into the image according to the relative displacement, the rotation state, and the identity of the marker, so as to provide an augmented reality image. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158476 | ROBOT AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING HUMAN FACES AND GESTURES THEREOF - A robot and a method for recognizing human faces and gestures are provided, and the method is applicable to a robot. In the method, a plurality of face regions within an image sequence captured by the robot are processed by a first classifier, so as to locate a current position of a specific user from the face regions. Changes of the current position of the specific user are tracked to move the robot accordingly. While the current position of the specific user is tracked, a gesture feature of the specific user is extracted by analyzing the image sequence. An operating instruction corresponding to the gesture feature is recognized by processing the gesture feature through a second classifier, and the robot is controlled to execute a relevant action according to the operating instruction. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158534 | METHOD FOR LABELING CONNECTED COMPONENTS AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - A method for labeling connected components and a computer system using the method are provided. With the method, during a process of scanning an image for the first time, each object pixel in the image is assigned a temporary label, and a relationship between each temporary label and a representative label is established after the completion of the process of scanning the image for the first time. Thereafter, the temporary label of each object pixel is replaced by the corresponding representative label during a process of scanning the image for the second time. As a result, the labeling of the connected components can be accomplished by only scanning the image twice such that the efficiency of labeling the connected components can be significantly improved. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161443 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Data management systems and methods for mobile devices are provided. The system includes at least a mobile device and a management system. The mobile device at least includes an image capture unit for capturing an image, and a processing unit for transmitting the image to the management system via a network. The management system at least includes a processing unit for retrieving data corresponding to the image according to the received image, and transmitting the data corresponding to the image to the mobile device via the network. | 06-30-2011 |
