31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120195432 | System And Method For Effectively Performing Data Restore/Migration Procedures - A system and method for effectively supporting data transfer procedures includes a source device that registers with an account server to participate in a data backup service. The source device then encrypts and stores user data onto a datacenter. The source device later may request a data transfer task from a vendor. The datacenter responsively transfers the encrypted user data to a vendor server, and an escrow server generates and sends a temporary key to the vendor server. A destination device may then utilize the temporary key to decrypt and securely store the user data onto the destination device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195433 | DETECTION OF AUDIO CHANNEL CONFIGURATION - For an audio file that includes multiple channels of audio data, a novel device for detecting the configuration of the audio channels in the multi-channel audio file is presented. The device performs one or more algorithms to determine whether two or more channels are related. Such algorithms are used to distinguish stereo recordings from dual mono recordings. The algorithms are also used to detect any number of related channels, such as distinguishing six related channels from a set of surround sound microphones versus six unrelated channels (e.g., mono or a mixture of stereo and mono audio channels, etc.) These algorithms compare audio channels in pairs in order to determine which channels are sufficiently related as to constitute a stereo pair or a group. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195434 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN AMBIENCE SIGNAL - A transient detector is provided for generating an ambience signal suitable for being emitted via loudspeakers for which there is no special loudspeaker signal to detect a transient period. A synthesis signal generator produces a synthesis signal which fulfils the transient condition on the one hand and the continuity condition for the synthesis signal on the other hand. A signal substituter will then substitute a portion of the examination signal by the synthesis signal to obtain an ambience signal for the surround channels. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195435 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Processing Multi-Channel Signals - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus in which samples of at least a part of an audio signal of a first channel and a part of an audio signal of a second channel are used to produce a sparse representation of the audio signals to increase the encoding efficiency. In an example embodiment one or more audio signals are input and relevant auditory cues are determined in a time-frequency plane. The relevant auditory cues are combined to form an auditory neurons map. Said one or more audio signals are transformed into a transform domain and the auditory neurons map is used to form a sparse representation of said one or more audio signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195436 | Sound Source Position Estimation Apparatus, Sound Source Position Estimation Method, And Sound Source Position Estimation Program - A sound source position estimation apparatus includes a signal input unit that receives sound signals of a plurality of channels; a time difference calculating unit that calculates a time difference between the sound signals of the channels, a state predicting unit that predicts present sound source state information from previous sound source state information which is sound source state information including a position of a sound source, and a state updating unit that estimates the sound source state information so as to reduce an error between the time difference calculated by the time difference calculating unit and the time difference based on the sound source state information predicted by the state predicting unit. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195437 | STAND-ALONE MICROPHONE TEST HOUSING FOR A HEARING DEVICE - A stand-alone microphone test housing includes a housing adapted to receive a hearing device and a sound source, wherein the housing includes a sound channel to operatively direct sound from the sound source to at least one microphone such that the sound passes directly from the sound source to the at least one microphone via the sound channel, and wherein the housing is further adapted to do at least one of disposing the sound source at a repeatable distance from the hearing device and disposing the sound source in a repeatable orientation relative to the hearing device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195438 | Echo suppression for wireless handsets and headsets - The enhancements provided herein are designed to allow an acoustic echo suppressor algorithm to operate with significant echo path delay between an audio block R | 2012-08-02 |
20120195439 | ACTIVE VIBRATION NOISE CONTROL DEVICE - An active vibration noise control device is preferably used for cancelling a vibration noise by making a speaker generate a control sound. The active vibration noise control device includes a step-size parameter changing unit which changes a step-size parameter used for updating a filter coefficient. The step-size parameter changing unit calculates a parameter-for-change based on the filter coefficient updated by using a basic step-size parameter, and changes the basic step-size parameter by a minimum value in the previously calculated parameter-for-change. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately change the step-size parameter by using the minimum value of the parameter-for-change. Hence, it becomes possible to effectively suppress a divergence of an adaptive notch filter due to a secular change of the speaker. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195440 | EARPHONE - A technology which improves frequency characteristics by an acoustic method so that, when a sound-isolating earphone is attached to a human ear, the sound is heard with natural frequency characteristics is provided. In a sound path from a diaphragm of an electro-acoustic transducer inside a sound-isolating earphone to the eardrum passing through a cylindrical sound leading pipe via the external auditory canal, two independent paths for sound waves are provided in the sound leading pipe, and transfer of the sound with a specific frequency is suppressed by adjusting a difference in length of the paths, whereby the frequency characteristics of the sound passing through this sound path are improved. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195441 | METHOD OF OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL AND AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - An audio signal output apparatus includes a modulation signal generator for generating a first modulation signal by pulse-modulating an input audio signal of one channel using a first carrier signal or a first sampling clock, which has a first frequency; a vacuum tube filter unit comprising a vacuum tube and for generating a vacuum tube signal by allowing the first modulation signal to pass through the vacuum tube; a frequency modulation unit for generating a second modulation signal by pulse-modulating the vacuum tube signal; and a power switching amplifier for outputting an amplification signal corresponding to the second modulation signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195442 | OVERSAMPLING IN A COMBINED TRANSPOSER FILTER BANK - The present invention relates to coding of audio signals, and in particular to high frequency reconstruction methods including a frequency domain harmonic transposer. A system and method for generating a high frequency component of a signal from a low frequency component of the signal is described. The system comprises an analysis filter bank ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL - An audio signal output apparatus including an audio signal input unit which receives an audio signal; a digital signal processor (DSP) which estimates an output power corresponding to the received audio signal, and adjusts at least one of a gain value to be applied to the received audio signal and the output power of the received audio signal according to a period for which the estimated output power exceeds a rated maximum output power and a difference between the estimated output power and the rated maximum output power; and an audio signal output unit which generates, amplifies, and outputs a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal corresponding to the received audio signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195444 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CORRECTING AUDIO OUTPUT OF AUDIO DEVICES - An electronic device and method of dynamically correcting audio output of audio devices creates a coordinate system in relation to cameras and audio devices, and obtains coordinates of each camera and each audio device. The cameras detects a user. A distance between the user and each audio devices is computed. One audio device is considered as a first audio device. A ratio of audio intensities and a difference of audio transmitting time between the first audio device and each of the other audio devices are computed. Delaying the audio output starting time of each of the other audio devices according to the differences and adjust the audio intensity of each of the other audio devices according to the ratios. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195445 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN AUDIO MIXER - A system for wirelessly controlling an audio mixer is disclosed. The system includes a controller disposed between audio input lines and a conventional audio mixer. The controller is wirelessly controlled via a remote computing device. The computing device may be a tablet, smartphone, laptop, personal computing device, or other computing device. Ideally, the computing device includes a graphic user interface and transmits signals to the controller via a wireless protocol such as the IEEE 802.15.1 standard protocol currently known as BLUETOOTH. Thus, a user may operate the wireless computing device while in an audience area or off stage area during a performance. The mixer may remain on stage with the performers, thus avoiding the need for wired connections leading from a stage area to an off stage area. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195446 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION, POSITIONING AND MONITORING OF USER STATUS - A communication apparatus includes a bone conduction communication apparatus with a housing having a shape which is conformable to at least a portion of at least one tooth of a user; a transceiver mounted in the housing; and a transducer disposed within or upon the housing and in vibratory communication with a surface of the at least one tooth to transmit sound through the at least one tooth. A positioning system is provided to transmit positional information to the transceiver to be delivered to the transducer; and a communication device links the transceiver with a second person. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195447 | SOUND FIELD CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sound field control apparatus is provided with a control filter and a calculation unit. The filter executes an FIR computation for an acoustic signal using coefficients to output a main signal and control signals. The unit calculates the main coefficient and the coefficients based on Spatial transmission characteristics and a sound increase factor n, to set a composite sound pressure from a main speaker and control speakers to a first area to be n times of a coming sound pressure from only the main speaker, and to set a composite sound pressure from the main speaker and control speakers to a second area to be equal to the coming sound pressure from only the main speaker. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195448 | Tinnitus masking systems - Tinnitus masking systems for treating tinnitus are described where a device is coupled to a surface of a bone or to a tooth or several teeth. Such a device may comprise an oral appliance having an electronic and/or transducer assembly for generating sounds via a vibrating transducer element. Generally, the transducer may generate one or more frequencies of sound via the actuatable transducer to transmit a modified audio signal via vibratory conductance to an inner ear of the patient to mask tinnitus during a peak of the audio signal and to allow the user to perceive the tinnitus during a trough of the audio signal. The audio signal is also modified to account for any hearing loss of the patient as well as a bone conductance profile measured from the patient. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195449 | HEARING AID SYSTEM WITH LOST PARTNER FUNCTIONALITY - A hearing aid system includes a first ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195450 | METHOD FOR CONTROL OF ADAPTATION OF FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION IN A HEARING AID, AND A HEARING AID - A method for controlling adaptation of a feedback suppression filter in a hearing aid comprises the step of suspending the adaptation of the feedback suppression filter when the level of a hearing aid reference signal is below a predetermined threshold. The invention further provides a hearing aid with a feedback suppression filter and with means for suspending adaptation of the feedback suppression filter. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195451 | WATERPROOF STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A waterproof structure for an electronic device according to the present invention includes: a housing in which a sound-transmitting hole is formed; a sound producing member and/or sound collecting member stored at a position facing the sound-transmitting hole in the housing; a sheet of nonwoven fabric arranged from the outside of the housing to seal the sound-transmitting hole; and a water-proofing sheet arranged on an outer surface of the sheet of nonwoven fabric. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195452 | ENCLOSURE FOR ACOUSTIC INSULATION OF AN APPARATUS CONTAINED WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE - The invention relates to an enclosure with a substantial rectangular configuration, adapted to contain an apparatus sensitive to acoustic vibrations, the enclosure comprising walls and acoustic damping material located within the wall, wherein the acoustic damping material comprises at least one absorbing body of acoustic energy absorbing material located adjacent to a rib of the enclosure. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195453 | Unidirectional Microphone - A unidirectional microphone includes a cylindrical capsule, a front plate blocking one end of the cylindrical capsule, a front plate sound hole formed in the front plate, a vibrating membrane and a first rear pole plate that are housed in the cylindrical capsule and form capacitance, a substrate blocking another open end of the capsule, and a rear plate sound hole formed in the substrate. The front plate sound hole and the rear plate sound hole are placed on mutually opposite sides of a central axis of the capsule so as to be offset relative to the central axis. The directional axis can be significantly offset relative to the central axis of the microphone using the microphone alone. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195454 | EAR PAD - An ear pad includes an exterior body which is mounted on a headphone and is formed in a ring shape having a hollow internal space, at least a contact surface of the exterior body with a user's temporal region having air permeability when the headphone is worn; and air permeable members placed in the exterior body. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195455 | HEADPHONE - With an object to provide easy-to-assemble headphones with a stable waterproof performance, a headphone is formed of a mechanical attaching mechanism mechanically putting a front housing | 2012-08-02 |
20120195456 | SPEAKER TERMINAL MOUNT STRUCTURE AND SPEAKER UNIT - A speaker terminal mount structure has a frame having a slit, and a terminal supported by the frame when inserted into the slit. The slit has a shape including two first side support sections, and at least one second side support section abutting on a second surface and positioned on an inner side of a region sandwiched between the two first side support sections when viewed from a direction in which the terminal is inserted. Assuming that a first virtual straight line is formed by connecting the two first side support sections, and a second virtual straight line extends in parallel to the first straight line at a distance smaller than a thickness of the terminal from the first straight line in a first direction, the second side support section is positioned in a second direction with respect to the second straight line. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195457 | SLIMLINE SPEAKER - A slimline speaker comprises: a magnetic circuit having a magnet and yoke disposed to form a separating space in the horizontal direction; a bobbin on which a voice coil is mounted and of which the lower side is inserted in the separating space between the magnet and yoke; a base frame for mounting the magnetic circuit; a damper having an inside edge coupled to the bobbin and an outside edge coupled to the base frame; and a diaphragm having an inside edge coupled to a point lower down than the point where the damper is coupled on the bobbin, and an outside edge coupled to the base frame. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195458 | RECONSTRUCTION METHOD USING DIRECT AND ITERATIVE TECHNIQUES - A system and method for forming volumetric images of an imaged object based on multiple radiation measurements of the object taken from different angles. A first volumetric image of the object may be calculated using a direct reconstruction method from a plurality of radiation measurements of the object. At least one iteration of an iterative reconstruction method may be performed to compute a second volumetric image of the object. The iterative reconstruction method may be initialized with the first volumetric image of the object. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195459 | CLASSIFICATION OF TARGET OBJECTS IN MOTION - A method for classifying objects in motion that includes providing, to a processor, feature data for one or more classes of objects to be classified, wherein the feature data is indexed by object class, orientation, and sensor. The method also includes providing, to the processor, one or more representative models for characterizing one or more orientation motion profiles for the one or more classes of objects in motion. The method also include acquiring, via a processor, feature data for a target object in motion from multiple sensors and/or for multiple times and trajectory of the target object in motion to classify the target object based on the feature data, the one or more orientation motion profiles and the trajectory of the target object in motion. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195460 | CONTEXT AWARE AUGMENTATION INTERACTIONS - A mobile platform renders different augmented reality objects based on the spatial relationship, such as the proximity and/or relative positions between real-world objects. The mobile platform detects and tracks a first object and a second object in one or more captured images. The mobile platform determines the spatial relationship of the objects, e.g., the proximity or distance between objects and/or the relative positions between objects. The proximity may be based on whether the objects appear in the same image or the distance between the objects. Based on the spatial relationship of the objects, the augmentation object to be rendered is determined, e.g., by searching a database. The selected augmentation object is rendered and displayed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195461 | CORRELATING AREAS ON THE PHYSICAL OBJECT TO AREAS ON THE PHONE SCREEN - A mobile platform renders an augmented reality graphic to indicate selectable regions of interest on a captured image or scene. The region of interest is an area that is defined on the image of a physical object, which when selected by the user can generate a specific action. The mobile platform captures and displays a scene that includes an object and detects the object in the scene. A coordinate system is defined within the scene and used to track the object. A selectable region of interest is associated with one or more areas on the object in the scene. An indicator graphic is rendered for the selectable region of interest, where the indicator graphic identifies the selectable region of interest. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195462 | FLAME IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING IMAGE ANALYSES IN HSI COLOR SPACE - In a flame identification method and device for identifying any flame image in a plurality of frames captured consecutively from a monitored area, for each image frame, intensity foreground pixels are obtained based on intensity values of pixels, a fire-like image region containing the intensity foreground pixels is defined when an intensity foreground area corresponding to the intensity foreground pixels is greater than a predetermined intensity foreground area threshold, and saturation foreground pixels are obtained from all pixels in the fire-like image region based on saturation values thereof to obtain a saturation foreground area corresponding to the saturation foreground pixels. Linear regression analyses are performed on two-dimensional coordinates each formed by the intensity and saturation pixel areas associated with a corresponding image frame to generate a determination coefficient. Whether a flame image exists in the image frames is determined based on the determination coefficient and a predetermined identification threshold. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195463 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The image processing device includes a three-dimensional image data input unit which enters three-dimensional image data representing a three-dimensional image, a subject extractor which extracts a subject from the three-dimensional image data, a spatial vector calculator which calculates a spatial vector of the subject from a plurality of planar image data having different viewpoints contained in the three-dimensional image data, and a three-dimensional image data recorder which records the spatial vector and the three-dimensional image data in association with each other. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195464 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY SHARING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - An augmented reality (AR) system and method for remotely sharing an AR service is provided. The AR system includes a plurality of client devices and a host device. The AR system allows information related to a marker and information related an AR object to be shared between client devices participating in an AR session, which may be separated by a reference distance, through a host device. Accordingly, an AR service may be shared between the client devices. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195465 | PERSONNEL SECURITY SCREENING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED PRIVACY - The present invention is directed towards processing security images of people subjected to X-ray radiation. The present invention processes a generated image by dividing the generated image into at least two regions or mask images, separately processing the at least two regions of the image, and viewing the resultant processed region images either alone or as a combined image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195466 | IMAGE-BASED SURFACE TRACKING - A method of image-tracking by using an image capturing device ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195467 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195468 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195469 | FORMATION OF A TIME-VARYING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF AT LEAST VARIATIONS IN A VALUE BASED ON PIXEL VALUES - A method of forming a time-varying signal representative of at least variations in a value based on pixel values from a sequence of images, the signal corresponding in length to the sequence of images, includes obtaining the sequence of images. A plurality of groups ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195470 | HIGH CONTRAST RETROREFLECTIVE SHEETING AND LICENSE PLATES - The present disclosure relates to the formation of high contrast, wavelength independent retroreflective sheeting made by including a light scattering material on at least a portion of the retroreflective sheeting. The light scattering material reduces the brightness of the retroreflective sheeting without substantially changing the appearance of the retroreflective sheeting when viewed under scattered light. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195471 | Moving Object Segmentation Using Depth Images - Moving object segmentation using depth images is described. In an example, a moving object is segmented from the background of a depth image of a scene received from a mobile depth camera. A previous depth image of the scene is retrieved, and compared to the current depth image using an iterative closest point algorithm. The iterative closest point algorithm includes a determination of a set of points that correspond between the current depth image and the previous depth image. During the determination of the set of points, one or more outlying points are detected that do not correspond between the two depth images, and the image elements at these outlying points are labeled as belonging to the moving object. In examples, the iterative closest point algorithm is executed as part of an algorithm for tracking the mobile depth camera, and hence the segmentation does not add substantial additional computational complexity. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195472 | MOTION ADAPTIVE DE-INTERLACING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A motion adaptive de-interlacing apparatus includes a motion detection unit, an adaptation unit and a motion recursion unit. The motion detection unit is for calculating multiple current motions of multiple pixels of an image block. The adaptation unit analyzes at least one image characteristic of the image block to accordingly adjust and determine an adaptive factor. The motion recursion unit blends the current motions and multiple previous motions corresponding to the pixels according to the adjusted adaptive factor to obtain multiple blending motions. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL INCLUDING AT LEAST A COMPONENT REPRESENTATIVE OF A PERIODIC PHENOMENON IN A LIVING BEING - A method of processing a signal including at least a component representative of a periodic phenomenon in a living being includes obtaining at least one first signal having at least a component representative of a periodic phenomenon in a living being. Separate data representative of at least a periodic component of motion of the living being are obtained by obtaining a sequence of images showing the living being, synchronized with the at least one first signal, and carrying out video-based motion analysis of the sequence of images. The data are used at least to suppress a component of the first signal corresponding to the periodic component of motion of the living being. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING HUMAN POSE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY - A method and apparatus for evaluating a human pose recognition technology, where this method comprises: a loading step of loading a pose recognition module with the human pose recognition technology to be evaluated; a pose recognizing step of recognizing a human pose for each test image in a test image set using the pose recognition module to obtain pose data for each test image; a pose classifying step of classifying the pose data for each test image in terms of a predetermined pose category set to obtain a pose category value for each test image; a pose classification evaluating step of calculating a pose classification accuracy rate by comparing the pose category value for each test image with a pose category true value; and a pose recognition comprehensive evaluating step of calculating a comprehensive evaluation score for the human pose recognition technology according to the pose classification accuracy rate. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195475 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A biometric information processing apparatus includes: a biometric information acquiring unit which acquires biometric input data representing a user's biometric input information; and a processing unit. The processing unit executes: extracting a feature quantity characterizing a feature of the biometric information from the biometric input information; classifying, based on the extracted feature quantity, the biometric input information into at least one of a plurality of classes categorized according to common features of biometric information, computing a confidence level for each class into which the biometric input information has been classified; judging whether or not a maximum value of the confidence level is larger than a threshold value predefined for the class corresponding to the maximum value among the plurality of classes; and, if the maximum value is not larger than the threshold value, prompting the user to have the user's biometric information reacquired. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195476 | SENSOR FINGERPRINT MATCHING IN LARGE IMAGE AND VIDEO DATABASES - Several promising techniques have been recently proposed to bind an image or video to its source acquisition device. These techniques have been intensively studied to address performance issues, but the computational efficiency aspect has not been given due consideration. Considering very large databases, the efficiency of the sensor fingerprint based source device identification technique is described. Novel schemes that improve search complexity as compared to a conventional approach are described. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195477 | FINGER VEIN AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - An authentication device including: a finger presenting unit to which a finger to be authenticated is presented; an opening formed on the finger presenting unit; a light source that irradiates light onto the finger; an image capture unit that captures a picture including a vein of the finger, by the light; and a finger placement table capable of placing a finger thereon, except the finger to be authenticated, wherein the finger placement table has a surface, a height of which is higher than the finger presenting unit, wherein the light source is placed inside the finger placement table, and wherein the finger placement table has a sidewall having a window that is used to allow an irradiation axis of the light from the light source upon the image capture unit. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195478 | HIGH-SPEED FINGERPRINT FEATURE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF ACCORDING TO TRIANGLE CLASSIFICATIONS - A fingerprint feature identification system and method utilizes multiple feature points on a fingerprint to build feature triangles. Each of the feature triangles are classified as one of predetermined triangle classifications according to geometric data thereof. Every new feature triangle built from a new fingerprint is classified first and then compared with its geometric data to multiple filed feature triangles with the same triangle classification to shorten overall comparison duration. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195479 | OPTICAL IMAGER AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING A MEDICATION PACKAGE WITH A PATIENT - A system is provided to correlate a medication package with a prescribed medication for a patient. The medication package accommodates an intended patient medication. The system includes an optical imager adapted to read an encoded symbol character comprising encoded patient information and further adapted to image an attribute of the medication package. The optical imager comprises a two-dimensional image sensor array and an imaging lens for focusing an image on the two-dimensional image sensor array. The two-dimensional image sensor array has a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels. The optical imager further includes a digital link to transmit a segment of data. The segment of data includes the patient information encoded in the encoded symbol character and the attribute of the medication package. The system further includes a host computer connected to the digital link to receive the segment of data from the optical imager, and a database coupled to the host computer via a digital connection. The database correlates the segment of data to (a) a patient record, and (b) a medication package attribute library. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195480 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RETINAL IMAGE ANALYSIS - Disclosed embodiments include a method for retinal image analysis implemented in a medical system with one or more processors comprising the method steps of: (a) locating an optical disk on the retinal images and establishing a plurality of circumferences centered at the disk; (b) detecting a plurality of vessels within a region defined by said circumferences' radii using a crease-based algorithm; (c) extracting a plurality of vessel segments based on a deformable models (snakes) algorithm; (d) measuring a plurality of vessel calibers; (e) classifying each vessel as a vein and an artery; and (f) computing an arteriolar-to-venular ratio. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195481 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC RETINAL IMAGE ANALYSIS - Disclosed embodiments include a method for retinal image analysis implemented in a medical system with one or more processors comprising the method steps of: (a) locating an optical disk on the retinal images and establishing a plurality of circumferences centered at the disk; (b) detecting a plurality of vessels within a region defined by said circumferences' radii using a crease-based algorithm; (c) extracting a plurality of vessel segments based on a deformable models (snakes) algorithm; and d) automatically classifying the vessels and computing clinical parameters. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195482 | IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image diagnosis apparatus includes a line shape information generating unit and a comparing unit. The line shape information generating unit is configured to generate first line shape information corresponding to a first medical image and second line shape information corresponding to a second medical image, respectively. The comparing unit is configured to compare the generated first line shape information with the second line shape information. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195483 | Method And Computer System For The Reduction Of Artifacts In Reconstructed CT Image Datasets - A method and computer system are disclosed with software for artifact reduction in CT image datasets for spiral scans from a CT system with an inclined gantry. In at least one embodiment, for each of at least two positions of the center of rotation, which is moved during the spiral scan, the removal of annular artifacts is carried out around these positions, during which the position concerned is used as the center point of the annular artifacts to be removed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195484 | MATCHING GEOMETRY GENERATION AND DISPLAY OF MAMMOGRAMS AND TOMOSYNTHESIS IMAGES - A method and a system for using tomosynthesis projection images of a patient's breast to reconstruct slice tomosynthesis images such that anatomical structures that appear superimposed in a mammogram are at conforming locations in the reconstructed images. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195485 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - When brain images are inputted through MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and subjected to image processing to assist the diagnosis of brain diseases, functional and morphological images in an ASL coordinate system are inputted from the head of a subject by an ASL (Arterial Spin Labeling) imaging method using an MRI device. The inputted functional images are subjected to mask processing to extract only the region of cerebral parenchyma, and functional images of only the extracted region of the cerebral parenchyma are thereby produced and displayed to be overlaid on the morphological images. In this manner, a functional image such as a perfusion weighted image of only the region of the cerebral parenchyma can be extracted and displayed overlaid on a morphological image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A FIRST SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE AT LEAST ONE PERIODIC COMPONENT THEREOF - A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195487 | SHIFT COMPENSATION IN MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method for positionally correlating, with computer assistance, patient image information included in image data generated by a magnetic resonance scanner and fiducial patient markers represented in the image data, wherein a positional relationship between the patient image information and the fiducial markers is determined by taking into consideration at least the following parameters: a) the material properties of the fiducial markers; b) image generation data included in the image data or provided with the image data; c) the resonance frequency recording mode of the magnetic resonance scanner; and d) any relative positional shift between the patient data and the fiducial markers resulting from the combination of the parameters a) to c). The invention also relates to the use of such a positional correlation in a method for registering patient image data and in a method for navigationally assisting a medical procedure. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195488 | Methods and Compositions Related to Cellular Assays - The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and cancer. More specifically, the invention concerns methods and compositions useful for diagnosing and assessing a subject's response to therapy. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE HEMATOCRIT OF A BLOOD SAMPLE UTILIZING THE INTRINSIC PIGMENTATION OF HEMOGLOBIN CONTAINED WITHIN THE RED BLOOD CELLS - A method and apparatus for determining the hematocrit of a blood sample disposed within an analysis chamber, the method comprising the steps of: a) imaging at least a portion of the sample that contains one or more red blood cells contacting the interior surfaces of the chamber and one or more areas void of red blood cells; b) determining a representative optical density value for a plurality of image units optically aligned with portions of the red blood cells that are in contact the interior surfaces, and assigning an optical density first boundary value to those image units; c) determining a representative optical density value of a plurality of image units optically aligned with the one or more regions of the sample devoid of red blood cells, and assigning a second optical density boundary value to those image units; and d) determining the hematocrit of the sample. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195490 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WAFER REGISTRATION - A method for wafer registration, the method may include: moving a wafer by an X-Y stage and acquiring wafer edge area images; and processing the wafer edge area images to locate an edge of the wafer. A system that includes a camera, an X-Y stage for moving a wafer; wherein the camera is arranged to acquire wafer edge area images; and a processor that is arranged to process the wafer edge area images to locate an edge of the wafer. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195491 | System And Method For Real-Time Mapping Of An Indoor Environment Using Mobile Robots With Limited Sensing - A system and method for real-time mapping of an indoor environment using mobile robots with limited sensing are provided. Raw trajectory data comprising a plurality of trajectory points is received from wall-following. Trace segmentation is applied to the raw trajectory data to generate line segments. The line segments are rectified to one another. A map is generated from the rectified line segments. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195492 | Method and apparatus for generating a dense depth map using an adaptive joint bilateral filter - A method and apparatus for generating a dense depth map. In one embodiment, the method includes applying a joint bilateral filter to a first depth map to generate a second depth map, where at least one filter weight of the joint bilateral filter is adapted based upon content of an image represented by the first depth map, and the second depth map has a higher resolution than the first depth map. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195493 | STEREO MATCHING METHOD BASED ON IMAGE INTENSITY QUANTIZATION - A stereo matching method based on image intensity quantization is revealed. The method includes several steps. Firstly, provide computer an image pair of an object for image intensity quantization of the image pair to get a quantization result. Then according to the quantization result, a first extracted image pair is generated and used to get a first disparity map. A second extracted image pair is generated similarly to get a second disparity map. Next the two disparity maps are compared with each other to get an image error data. When an error contained in the image error data is smaller than or equal to an error threshold value, the computer outputs the second disparity map. Moreover, accuracy of disparity maps is improved by iteration processing. Therefore, the amount of information for processing is minimized and efficiency of data access/transmission is improved. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195494 | PSEUDO 3D IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195495 | Hierarchical Tree AAM - An active appearance model is built by arranging the training images in its training library into a hierarchical tree with the training images at each parent node being divided into two child nodes according to similarities in characteristic features. The number of node levels is such that the number of training images associated with each leaf node is smaller than a predefined maximum. A separate AAM, one per leaf node, is constructed using each leaf node's corresponding training images. In operation, starting at the root node, a test image is compared with each parent node's two child nodes and follows a node-path of model images that most closely matches the test image. The test image is submitted to an AAM selected for being associated with the leaf node at which the test image rests. The selected AAM's output aligned image may be resubmitted to the hierarchical tree if sufficient alignment is not achieved. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195496 | VARIABLE RATE SPRAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VARIABLY APPLYING AGROCHEMICALS - Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a variable-rate sprayer for precision agriculture. Highly efficient digital image processing enables rapid and reliable control of the variable rate sprayer. In one embodiment, image processing uses only a subset of luminance, hue, saturation and intensity textural features to provide rapid image recognition. In another embodiment, an image is decomposed into RGB components and a G is ratio determined. For example, the textural method is useful in growing season where colour differentiation is difficult. The G ratio method is useful in early spring and late fall where colour differentiation is possible. These rapid computationally light methods enable a mobile sprayer system to identify crop or field conditions in real-time and to dispense an appropriate amount of agrochemical in a specific section of the sprayer boom where the target has been detected as the mobile sprayer advances. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195497 | Slide Processing Apparatus and Method - A basket processing apparatus that includes a basket storage portion in a form of a horizontal load rail. A plurality of slide storage baskets can be located in series on the rail. Each basket is ‘side loading’ and the side loading aperture of each basket can be selectively covered by a slide retaining bar. When the baskets are placed on the load rail, the basket can be moved along the horizontal rail by a basket moving means. The arrangement of the rail and the basket moving means is such that the baskets can be pushed together and move as a ‘train’. Baskets moved to the pick-up end of the rail can then be removed from the rail and processed. A vertical lift mechanism can be used to remove the basket and transport it to a processing device, for example a coverslipper. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195498 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROFILE GENERATION METHOD - When a grid point that is the object to be mapped is present in a first division region a color of which has lightness equal to or higher than the lightness at the maximum chroma point in the color gamut and has chroma higher than the chroma at that point, the intersection of a straight line connecting the grid point to the maximum chroma point and an achromatic axis is calculated and a point having lightness equal to or higher than the lightness of the intersection is set as the focal color. Then, the intersection of a straight line connecting the object grid point to the focal color and the boundary of color gamut is set as an output color for the grid point. The output colors are prevented from being separated into color on the high and on the low lightness sides with respect to the maximum chroma point. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195499 | COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS DEVICE, COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS PROGRAM - The present invention provides a color description analysis device which converts a natural language description as a description regarding colors expressed in a natural language into data representing distribution of values in a prescribed color space, comprising color ratio determining means which determines the ratio of each area occupied by each color included in the natural language description in the whole area of an image as the object of the natural language description by use of words and phrases indicating relationship between colors and included in the natural language description. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195500 | MOTION-BASED, MULTI-STAGE VIDEO SEGMENTATION WITH MOTION BOUNDARY REFINEMENT - A motion-based, multi-stage segmentation of a video frame is provided. A first segmentation stage identifies motion boundaries in a plurality of sub-blocks of the video frame. The motion boundaries are identified by computing an occlusion-insensitive localized motion cost and minimizing a MAP-MRF energy based on the localized motion cost. A second segmentation stage refines the motion boundaries by adding a color cost to the localized motion cost in the MAP-MRF energy. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195501 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFINING DISTORTION FUNCTION FOR SYNTHESIZED IMAGE OF INTERMEDIATE VIEW - An apparatus and method for processing an image are provided. The apparatus may determine a distortion region based on warped pixels in a synthesized image of an intermediate view; and define a surface area of the distortion region as a distortion function of the synthesized image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195502 | DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSORS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A system for processing images may comprise a pixel configuration circuitry enabled to set for each pixel in a pixel array one of a plurality of integration times and one of a plurality of signal gains. A column analog-to-digital converter may be enabled to generate a corresponding digital data for a pixel in the pixel array, and digital processing circuitry may be enabled to interpolate output data from the corresponding digital data for pixels grouped into pixel groups, wherein the pixel group comprises a target pixel and neighboring pixels in a same color plane. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195503 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a first image enhancer and a second image enhancer. The first image enhancer receives first image data and generates first image enhancement information by analyzing the first image data. The second image enhancer receives second image data and generates second image enhancement information by analyzing the second image data. The first image enhancer converts the first image data into first enhanced image data based on the first image enhancement information and the second image enhancement information. The second image enhancer converts the second image data into second enhanced image data based on the first image enhancement information and the second image enhancement information. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195504 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND CUTTING OUT FIGURES IN DESIGN PATENT DOCUMENT - A method for isolating and cutting out figures in a design patent document divides each page of a figure section of the design patent document into a multiplicity of areas according to histograms, which are created based on information of black pixels and white pixels in a black-and-white image of the page. The method selects the areas that include the figures of the design patent, and displays the selected areas on a display device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195505 | TECHNIQUES INCLUDING URL RECOGNITION AND APPLICATIONS - Methods are systems are provided that include obtaining a digital image from a digital photograph, such as may be taken by a digital camera or a camera phone. The digital image includes, for example, a URI or URL, which may be contained within a visible frame. A character recognition technique, such as an optical character recognition technique, may be used to recognize the URI or URL from the digital image. The URI or URL may be used to access a corresponding Web page. The character recognition technique may be applied on the digital camera or cell phone itself, or remotely. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195506 | REGIONAL INFORMATION EXTRACTION METHOD, REGION INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Provided are a regional information extraction method, a regional information output method, and an apparatus for the same. The regional information output method includes obtaining a regional image through the processing unit, transmitting the regional image to a server through the transmitting/receiving unit, receiving regional information on a geographical position that a regional image feature extracted from the regional image represents through the transmitting/receiving unit, and outputting the regional information through the output unit, wherein the geographical position represents one feature matching to the regional image feature, which is selected from a plurality of features representing a plurality of regional images. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195507 | MICROBEAD AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION METHOD AND MICROBEAD - A microbead automatic recognition method includes the steps of: acquiring an image of a circular surface of a cylindrical microbead having a recognition pattern created on the circular surface and a plurality of reference points also created on the circular surface; and acquiring information on the rear/front and/or orientation of the cylindrical microbead from the acquired image on the basis of the positions of the reference points. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195508 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLE PASS SYMBOL AND COMPONENTS-BASED VISUAL OBJECT SEARCHING OF DOCUMENTS - A method of computerized searching for visual objects on an electronic document is disclosed. After receiving a selection of a template visual object, a template raster image is generated therefrom. The template visual object is comprised of one or more template object components. A document raster image is generated from the document, which includes document object symbols comprised of one or more document object components. A broad match candidate subset of document object symbols is generated based upon comparisons to the template object symbol. Then, a narrowed match candidate set is generated from those document object symbols of the broad match candidate subset based upon a comparison of the template object component to the document object components. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195509 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - According to one exemplary embodiment, an image signal processing apparatus is provided with: a classification module which classifies texture information representing texture of an object; an analyzer which analyzes, based on the classified texture information, material information that represents a material of the object and is included in an input image signal; and a generator which generates a parallax image signal from the input image signal based on the material information. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a separating unit, a first encoding unit, and a second encoding unit. The receiving unit receives information to be encoded. The separating unit separates the information received by the receiving unit into first information and second information on the basis of a predetermined condition. The first encoding unit encodes the first information using a first coding scheme. The second encoding unit encodes the second information using a second coding scheme that is different from the first coding scheme used by the first encoding unit. The first encoding unit encodes the first information using the first coding scheme that is more efficient than the second coding scheme used by the second encoding unit. The second encoding unit encodes the second information using the second coding scheme that is less efficient than the first coding scheme used by the first encoding unit. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195511 | LOSSLESS IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION METHOD FOR HIGH DEFINITION IMAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A lossless image compression method for a high definition image is provided. The image compression method generates a minimum value of values produced by subtracting a current virtual pixel value from an average of neighbor pixels designated by a plurality of directions, as the prediction value of a current pixel. Thus, the image compression more efficient than the current JPEG-LS can be achieved. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195512 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image rotation apparatus includes a first storage unit adapted to store compressed image data, and a decompression unit adapted to decompress the image data read out from the first storage unit, and segments the image data obtained from the decompression unit into a plurality of areas. The apparatus further includes a second storage unit adapted to sequentially perform a rotation process on the image data of segmented area, and store the rotated image data, a compression unit adapted to compress the image data of each area read out from the second storage unit, and a third storage unit adapted to sequentially store the image data of each area obtained from the compression unit. There is provided the image data processing apparatus having the above configuration, which rotates the image data while reducing the storage capacity of the buffer memory for storing the image data. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195513 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and an image processing method that enable a set of images of multiple visual points which images form a stereoscopic image to be recognized in a case of multiplexing and coding the images of the multiple visual points which images form the stereoscopic image even when the coded data is decoded from the middle in a decoding device. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195514 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195515 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - Disclosed is an image encoding device that aims to increase encoding efficiency and to increase mode estimation accuracy using the characteristics of transformation coefficients. In response to an assessment value calculated on the basis of the characteristics of transformation coefficients, the range of estimated modes and selectable modes is limited, a mode that minimizes encoding cost is selected from among predetermined modes within the limited range of modes, when the number of the aforementioned limited modes is one, a flag for mode identification is not encoded, and when there are a plurality of modes, the aforementioned selected mode is encoded. As a result, the amount of encoding cost of the mode-identifying flag is decreased and encoding can be performed with a high encoding efficiency, mode estimation accuracy is increased, and furthermore, the amount of flag encoding is decreased and encoding efficiency is increased. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195516 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM - An image processing apparatus and method providing a high speed pipeline structure having a low level of complexity is described. The image processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store a plurality of data in a plurality of memory locations, where an ordinally specified data is in a corresponding ordinal memory location. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTORTING A CLOCKFACE FOR CAPTCHA VALIDATION - A system and method of generating a challenge/response test to determine if a computer user is human provides the following steps performed for each instance of the challenge/response test: selecting a graphical image representing an analog clock face with an indicated time; storing the indicated time; applying a distortion filter to the graphical image to generate a distorted graphical image; presenting the distorted graphical image to the computer user with a challenge to identify the indicated time; receiving input from the computer user; and comparing the input to the stored indicated time to determine if the computer user is human. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195518 | IMAGE COMPENSATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to an image compensation method and system. A first frame of a plurality of first pixels is provided. A compensation step is performed on the first pixels to generate a second frame of a plurality of second pixels, wherein any two of the adjacent second pixels have a same distance therebetween. A frame resizing step is performed before and/or after the compensation step. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195519 | Method of Generating Corrected Image Data and Display Apparatus - There is provided a method of generating corrected image data and a display apparatus which is capable of displaying a pre-corrected image which is corrected in advance, which enables to carry out diopter adjustment for farsightedness due to old age at a practically sufficient level. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195520 | IMAGE RESTORATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE RESTORATION METHOD - The present invention makes it possible to stably prevent the development of ringing artifacts while reducing an increase in processing load. An image restoration apparatus ( | 2012-08-02 |
20120195521 | ROW NOISE FILTERING - Apparatus and a method for processing image data where row data is received corresponding to a target row of pixels and to one or more reference rows of pixels. A target row average is generated based on the target row data and a reference row average is generated for each of the one or more reference rows based on each reference row's respective row data. A row correction value is generated based on the target row average of the target row and the reference row average of the one or more reference rows. Corrected target row data is generated by applying the row correction value to the target row data. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195522 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLOSED-FORM SINGLE-SCAN CALCULATION OF OBLONG-SHAPE ROTATION ANGLES FROM BINARY IMAGES OF ARBITRARY SIZE AND LOCATION USING RUNNING SUMS - A method and system for calculating oblong-shape rotation angles from binary images of arbitrary size using running sums is described without the need of eigenvector routines and storage of the image data. The oblong shape may be of arbitrary size and location and need not be precisely elliptical. A few running sums are calculated and stored throughout each scan, and the results are obtained in closed form by simple post-scan computation. An algorithmic embodiment can execute on one or more hardware processors with limited or otherwise constrained computation power, available instruction cycles, available memory, etc. Hardware processors may CPUs found in desktops, laptops, tablets, or handheld computing devices. The resulting arrangement may be used for touch or optical user interfaces, real-time image recognition, real-time machine vision, and other purposes. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195523 | System And Method For Real-Time Image Retensioning And Loop Error Correction - Due to an accumulated error from the pair-wise registration, the stitched image may be blurred or have a gap when a loop is encountered. In order to remove the accumulated error, we identify a closed loop where a first image frame overlaps with a second image frame, the second image frame being captured earlier in a scanning sequence than the first image frame; register the first image frame with the second image frame; and apply a global optimization to adjust registration parameters for the plurality of pair-wise registrations of image frames within the closed loop using global constraints. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195524 | VALIDATING STORED COPIES OF DATA IMAGES TO LOAD INTO MEMORY - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for validating stored copies of data images to load into memory. An image of data is maintained in a memory, wherein the image in the memory includes a generation number. The image in the memory is written to at least two copies of the image to storage locations in response to a first event, wherein the generation number for the image in the memory is stored in the storage locations having the copies of the image. A check generation number is stored in a storage location. The image is loaded from at least one of the copies of the image in one of the storage locations to the memory in response to a second event The generation number for the image loaded into the memory. The check generation number is incremented in response to the second event. The generation numbers for the copies of the image in the storage locations and the check generation number are used to validate the copies of the image. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195525 | CAROUSEL ORGANIZER WITH STRAPPED SHELVES - A suspended, collapsible carousel has a plurality of horizontal panels joined by vertical flexible walls to form a plurality of collapsible compartments. Hinged shelves have an inner side fastened to the outside of the walls so as to rotate upward toward and downward away from the outer walls. A pair of supports each fastens to an outer side of the shelf and to the panel above the shelf or the adjacent container wall. A strip of material is fastened to the container at the panel perimeters. The strip of material has a fastener with first and second releasably engaging parts which are spaced apart on the strip of material a distance sufficient to form a loop large enough to encircle a purse strap during use when the first and second parts releasably engage. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195526 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Discrete Strip and Die-Cut Web - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete strip, between first and second side panels, including a sealing segment, a backing segment, and an intermediate layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive; a first portion of the strip anchored to the first panel at a first location, and a second portion of the strip anchored to the first panel at a second location; a die cut in the first panel defining a die cut segment, so arranged that when the package is opened, the sealing segment is partially removed from the discrete strip, the intermediate layer comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive is partially exposed, and the package can be reclosed by adhering at least one of the first and second panels to the adhesive; and a product in the pouch. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195527 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Discrete Laminate Having a Panel Section with a Sealant - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete laminate including a base strip and a panel section; a first and second anchor seal; the base strip including a sealing segment, backing segment, and intermediate layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive; and a product in the pouch. The inner surface of the panel section has a sealant. When the package is opened, the sealing segment is at least partially removed from the base strip, the pressure sensitive adhesive is at least partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by adhering any of a first side panel, second side panel, and panel section to the pressure sensitive adhesive. Methods of making the package, and a pouch, are also disclosed. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195528 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF PACKAGES MADE FROM FLEXIBLE MATERIAL AND RESULTING PACKAGE - The invention relates to a method for continuously manufacturing containers made of a flexible material from a single continuous laminar band, or from several continuous laminar bands which will be longitudinally attached to form a single continuous laminar band, which will subsequently be transversely cut. In both cases, in a stage of the production phase a single laminar band, folded over itself along longitudinal fold lines, is obtained, the cross-section of which, open or closed according to the embodiment variant, forms a planar figure in which there is distinguished the upper base of the container, which in a variant of the method comprises a portion of band previously provided with holes and corresponding spouts, collapsed on one side, said single laminar band being susceptible of being driven by means of two drive rollers. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195529 | EVACUATBLE CONTAINER | 2012-08-02 |
20120195530 | Shieldable bag system and devices - One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a shielding apparatus including a double-lined container having an outer pocket and an inner pocket mounted within the outer pocket. The inner and outer pockets each form an enclosure having a continuous closed edge interrupted by an opening. The continuous closed edge of the outer pocket is adjacent the continuous closed edge of the inner pocket, and the opening of the outer pocket is adjacent the opening of the inner pocket. The adjacent openings are interconnected and include a device for simultaneously opening and closing the interconnected adjacent openings. A first plurality of stitches and folds are included in the continuous closed edge of the inner pocket and a second plurality of stitches and folds are included in the continuous closed edge of the outer pocket. | 2012-08-02 |
20120195531 | Easy Open and Reclosable Package with Discrete Laminate with Die-Cut - An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete laminate including a base strip, a panel section, and a die cut defining a die cut segment; a first and second anchor seal; the base strip including a sealing segment, backing segment, and intermediate layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive; and a product disposed in the pouch. The die cut segment is so arranged that when the package is opened, the sealing segment is partially removed from the base strip, the pressure sensitive adhesive is partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by adhering any of the first side panel, second side panel, and panel section to the pressure sensitive adhesive. Methods of making the package, and a pouch, are also disclosed. | 2012-08-02 |