37th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150254796 | COFICE - A method and system of doing business in which, services provided to patrons in same place and under one name and at the same time includes: | 2015-09-10 |
20150254797 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AND USE CONTENT-AWARE WATERMARKS - Methods and apparatus to generate and use content-aware watermarks are disclosed herein. An example disclosed method includes detecting a watermark in a first media composition, the watermark encoded with a word present in an audio track of the first media composition, the word audible during playback of the audio track. The example method also includes retrieving the word from the watermark. The example method also includes determining whether the word retrieved from the watermark matches a keyword, and presenting a second media composition when the word matches the keyword. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254798 | RENDERING HARDWARE ACCELERATED GRAPHICS IN A WEB APPLICATION - The subject disclosure is directed towards providing a web application with access to hardware accelerated graphics. A rendering format for a set of video frames is established. A graphics component, which is coupled to a graphics device and associated with an unsupported file type, is identified. The graphics component generates image data compromising the hardware accelerated graphics. When the web application requests a set of video frames, the image data is transformed into the set of video frames in accordance with the format. Then, the set of frames is communicated to a display device | 2015-09-10 |
20150254799 | FLEXIBLE FIXED-CONTENT DYNAMICALLY CHANGEABLE WALL MODULE USER INTERFACE - A flexible fixed-content dynamically changeable wall module user interface having a memory with a table driven structure. The structure may incorporate an objects table subject to a dynamic object table capable of rendering display objects such as labels or button icons based on arbitrary comparison conditions against the value of a variable at run time. Also, the structure may incorporate a screen actions table subject to a dynamic actions table to similarly determine an action of the user interface based on arbitrary comparison conditions against the value of a variable. An action may be, for example, going to a next screen, where the next screen is determined by the value of the variable at run time. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254800 | NITROGEN STATUS DETERMINATION IN GROWING CROPS - In one example, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, image data for a region of interest that includes growing crops, and identifying, by the computing device, one or more portions of the image data that correspond to the growing crops and one or more portions of the image data that correspond to an absence of the growing crops. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, based on the one or more portions of the image data that correspond to the growing crops and excluding the one or more portions of the image data that correspond to the absence of the growing crops, a nitrogen stress status of the growing crops within the region of interest. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254801 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device may acquire original image data representing an original image including M lines of original character strings, and combine M items of original character string image data representing the M lines of original character strings so as to create target character string image data representing one line of target character string. The image processing device may divide the target character string image data so as to create N items of divided character string image data representing N lines of divided character strings into which the one line of target character string is divided, and create output image data representing the N lines of divided character strings by using the N items of divided character string image data. A number of characters of a leading line of divided character string may be different from a number of characters of a leading line of original character string. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254802 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING A WIDE FIELD OF VIEW - It is disclosed a method for displaying input image data on a display device. The display device comprises a main display and a border display which at least partly surrounds the main display. The method comprises extrapolating the input image data to obtain extrapolated image data, displaying at least part of the input image data on the main display, and displaying at least part of the extrapolated image data on the border display. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254803 | PROCESS FOR TRUE-TO-SCALE SCALING OF A RECORDING OF A CAMERA SENSOR - A method for true-to-scale scaling of a map includes creating the map by a recording an image with a camera sensor installed on a vehicle, providing a reference variable with a true-to-scale sensor, and scaling the map with the reference variable. A system with a camera sensor, a true-to-scale sensor and a computing unit as well as vehicle using this system for true-to-scale scaling of a map are also disclosed. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254804 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device may judge whether to execute a first type of enlarging process or a second type of enlarging process based on M lines of letter strings in an original image, in a case of judging to execute the first type of enlarging process, generate a first type of processed image data indicating a first type of processed image by executing the first type of enlarging process, and in a case of judging to execute the second type of enlarging process, generate a second type of processed image data indicating a second type of processed image by executing the second type of enlarging process. A layout of the plurality of letters in the second type of processed image is different from a layout of the plurality of letters in the first type of processed image. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254805 | MANAGING EXPOSE VIEWS IN DUAL DISPLAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling maximizing and minimizing of exposé views. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254806 | Efficient Progressive Loading Of Media Items - A set of media items may be matched with a media arrangement that displays the media items in the set in a group of frames having various sizes and positions. The media arrangement may extend across an area that is larger than a viewable area of a display device on which the media arrangement is displayed. A user may adjust (e.g., scroll) the viewable portion of the media arrangement. Because the media arrangement may include a large number of media items, it may not be feasible or possible to retrieve and load all of the media items into media frames in advance. Thus, a method and system may be used to progressively load media items into media frames for the viewable area and to pre-fetch media items for areas of the media arrangement that may be displayed after the current viewable area. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254807 | Systems and Methods for Generating an Interactive Mosaic Comprising User Visual Content Data on a Portable Terminal and an Image Sharing Platform - There is disclosed an image processing method for generating a mosaic of images. The method includes selecting a cover image from a plurality of images and dividing the cover image into a number of grid blocks. For each grid block, the average color (or other parameter) is calculated and each grid block is assigned a sub-content based on the color matching. Mosaic generation information is transmitted to a server, the mosaic generation information including a list of sub-content to be displayed in the mosaic, each sub-content including corresponding grid block location information. A server verifies whether each of the sub-content exists on the server and transmits sub-content not present on the server, to the server. The mosaic is displayed on a display of a portable terminal the sub-content using the mosaic generation information so that the cover image is reproduced to form of a mosaic of sub-content that represents the cover image and each sub-content includes additional information specific to each sub-content. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254808 | REAL-TIME IMAGE PROCESSING FOR OPTIMIZING SUB-IMAGES VIEWS - An image processor and method for processing a sub-image ( | 2015-09-10 |
20150254809 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a document to be displayed on a display, a detector that detects at least one user present in a surrounding area of the display, and a display controller that controls a display angle of the document based on an orientation of the user with respect to the document displayed on the display. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLVING INVERSE IMAGING PROBLEMS - There is provided a computer-implemented method for solving inverse imaging problems to compensate for distortions in an image. The method comprises: minimizing a cost objective function containing a data fitting term and one or more image prior terms to each of the plurality of channels, the one or more image prior terms comprising cross-channel information for a plurality of channels derived from the image. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254811 | DEPTH AWARE ENHANCEMENT FOR STEREO VIDEO - Systems, methods, and devices for enhancing an image are described herein. In some aspects, a device comprises a memory unit configured to store a left image and a right image. The left image and right image each depict a same scene from a different viewpoint. The device further comprises a coder configured to retrieve the left image and the right image from the memory unit. The coder is configured to determine a depth map based on a difference in spatial orientation between the left and right image. The device further comprises a processor coupled to the coder. The processor is configured to identify a portion of the left or right image selected by a user. The processor is further configured to determine an enhancement region surrounding the portion selected by the user based on the depth map. The processor is further configured to enhance the enhancement region. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254812 | Automated Selection of Filter Parameters for Seismic Analysis - A filter selection technique is described for automatically selecting filters and filter parameters to apply to a given input data. The technique first receives input data and accesses a library storing information from previously analyzed data. The technique selects an entry from the library where the entry contains data that is correlated with the input data. The technique then applies a filter to the input data. The filter and filter parameters are determined by the selected entry. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254813 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPRESSING ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE IN IMAGES - Various techniques are disclosed to suppress distortion in images (e.g., video or still images), such as distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence. For example, similar image blocks from a sequence of images may be identified and tracked along motion trajectories to construct spatiotemporal volumes. The motion trajectories are smoothed to estimate the true positions of the image blocks without random displacements/shifts due to the distortion, and the smoothed trajectories are used to aggregate the image blocks in their new estimated positions to reconstruct the sequence of images with the random displacements/shifts suppressed. Blurring that may remain within each image block of the spatiotemporal volumes may be suppressed by modifying the spatiotemporal volumes in a collaborative fashion. For example, a decorrelating transform may be applied to the spatiotemporal volumes to suppress the blurring in a transform domain, such as by alpha-rooting or other suitable operations on the coefficients of the spectral volumes. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254814 | GLOBALLY DOMINANT POINT SPREAD FUNCTION ESTIMATION - A group point spread function ( | 2015-09-10 |
20150254815 | IMAGE DOWNSAMPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image downsampling apparatus and an image downsampling method are provided. The image downsampling apparatus includes a one-directional downsampling circuit, a multi-directional downsampling circuit and an output circuit. The one-directional downsampling performs one-directional downsampling by using an original image signal to obtain and output a first adjusted image signal. The multi-directional downsampling circuit performs multi-directional downsampling by using the original image signal to obtain and output a second adjusted image signal. The output circuit outputs a downsampled image signal according to the first adjusted image signal and the second adjusted image signal. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254816 | ALIGNMENT OF MIXED-MODALITY DATA SETS FOR REDUCTION AND REMOVAL OF IMAGING ARTIFACTS - Methods and systems are described for removing reflective artifacts from an imaging model of a patient's teeth. A first volumetric model and a second volumetric model of the patient's teeth are accessed from a computer-readable memory. The orientation and scale of at least one of the two models is repeatedly and automatically adjusted until an optimized orientation and scale is determined that correlates the first volumetric model and the second volumetric model. The second volumetric model is then overlaid onto the first volumetric model. Any data points in the first volumetric model that extend beyond a surface of the patient's teeth in the second volumetric model are detected and removed to create an artifact-reduced volumetric model. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254817 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN OBJECT - The invention relates generally to the measurement and dimensional analysis of an object and, more particularly, to the correction of distortion in volumetric data of the object using dimensional data of the object. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of analyzing an object, the method comprising: acquiring volumetric data of an object using an X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging system; acquiring dimensional data of the object using a vision-based system; determining whether the volumetric data include a distortion; and in the case that the volumetric data are determined to include a distortion, correcting the distortion in the volumetric data using the dimensional data. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254818 | Image Transformation And Multi-View Output Systems And Methods - An image transformation and multi-view output system and associated method generates output view data from raw image data using a coordinate mapping that reverse maps pixels of the output view data onto the raw image data. The coordinate mapping is stored in a lookup table and incorporates perspective correction and/or distortion correction for a wide angle lens used to capture the raw image data. The use of the lookup table with reverse mapping improves performance of the image transformation and multi-view output system to allow multi-view video streaming of images corrected for one or both of perspective and distortion. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254819 | PROJECTION IMAGE CORRECTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE TO BE PROJECTED, AND PROGRAM - A projection image correcting apparatus for correcting, according to a three-dimensional shape of a projection surface, an original image to be projected, includes a projecting unit configured to project a pattern image on the projection surface, by controlling an image projecting device; a capturing unit configured to obtain a captured image of the projection surface on which the pattern image is projected, by controlling an image capturing device; a feature point extracting unit configured to extract feature points in the captured image corresponding to feature points in the pattern image; a three-dimensional coordinates measuring unit configured to measure, by triangulation using the extracted feature points, three-dimensional coordinates of a plurality of measuring points on the projection surface corresponding to the feature points; a reliability calculating unit configured to calculate reliabilities of the measuring points; a reliability area defining unit configured to convert the three dimensional coordinates of the measuring points into two-dimensional coordinates as defined in a view from an arbitral viewpoint and define a reliability area including the converted measuring points that respectively have the reliabilities exceeding a certain threshold; a reference table creating unit configured to create a reference table in which a distortion of a projection image viewed from the arbitral viewpoint is expressed by association of the two-dimensional coordinates on the reliability area with two-dimensional coordinates on an image projecting coordinate system; and an image correcting unit configured to correct the original image so that a distortion for offsetting the distortion expressed in the reference table is given to the original image. The reliabilities are defined based on at least one of lens aberration and detection errors of the feature points. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254820 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MULTI-ANGLE VIDEO SYSTEM - The present invention is provided to lessen load on a bus in the case of storing image data captured by a plurality of cameras into a semiconductor memory. To a semiconductor integrated circuit, a plurality of cameras and a semiconductor memory can be coupled. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of first interfaces, a second interface, a bus, and a plurality of image processing modules. The image processing modules include a process of performing distortion correction on image data in a pre-designated region, and writing the image data in the region subjected to the distortion correction into the semiconductor memory via the bus and the second interface. By excluding image data out of the pre-designated region from an object of distortion correction in the image processing modules, the amount of image data transferred to the semiconductor memory is reduced. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254821 | Processing method of pressure-sensitive light and shadow imaging system and formed footprint image - The pressure-sensitive light and shadow imaging system is comprised of carrier medium ( | 2015-09-10 |
20150254822 | MULTI-SCALE LARGE RADIUS EDGE-PRESERVING LOW-PASS FILTERING - A method of large-radius edge-preserving low-pass filtering a digital signal having data points, including computing weighted averages of a signal layer at vertices in at least two grids, the vertices in each grid being a different subset of the data points such that in each grid an amount of the vertices is less than an amount of the data points; and producing, for each of the data points, a large-radius edge-preserving low-pass filtered signal based on the weighted averages of the signal layer at vertices in the at least two grids neighboring the data point. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254823 | Image Range Expansion Control Methods And Apparatus - Image data is adjusted for display on a target display. Maximum safe expansions for one or more attributes of the image data are compared to maximum available expansions for the attributes. An amount of expansion is selected that does not exceed either of the maximum safe expansion and the maximum available expansion. Artifacts caused by over expansion may be reduced or avoided. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MULTI-LEVEL INTEGRATION - A particular method includes generating a first result of a first integration operation performed on a first subset of elements of the plurality of elements. The first integration operation is associated with a first level of integration. The method includes generating a second result of a second integration operation performed on the first subset of elements. The second integration operation is associated with a second level of integration. The method further includes performing a third integration operation on a second subset of elements of the plurality of elements. The third integration operation is associated with the second level of integration. The third integration operation is performed based on the first result and the second result. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254825 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A DISPLAY FROM A SURROUND VIEW CAMERA SOLUTION - A method, apparatus and a system multi-camera image processing method. The method includes performing geometric alignment to produce a geometric output, performing photometric alignment to produce a photometric output and blending output, using data from the geometric alignment and the photometric alignment for performing synthesis function for at least one of blending and stitching images from the multi-cameras, and displaying an image from the synthesis function. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254826 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus processes an image obtained by capturing inside of a lumen of a living body. The image processing apparatus includes: a contour edge region extracting unit configured to extract a contour edge region of an examination target from the image; an examination region setting unit configured to set an examination region in the image so as not to include the contour edge region; and an abnormal structure identifying unit configured to identify whether a microstructure of a surface of the examination target is abnormal, based on texture information of the examination region. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254827 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD - An image inspection apparatus is provided with an image sensing unit, a determination unit, and a reference image generation unit. The image sensing unit captures an inspection target. The determination unit takes a difference between a reference image that includes a solid image of the inspection target and a captured image that is captured of the inspection target. The determination unit thereby extracts an image that is not included in an image of the inspection target in the reference image, and determines the quality of the inspection target based on the extracted image. The reference image generation unit generates the reference image that is used by the determination unit by performing predetermined image processing to change to an image showing the inspection target that is included in the captured image into a solid image. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254828 | MACHINE VISION SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND SORTING PROJECTILES AND OTHER OBJECTS - A machine vision system for automatically identifying and inspecting objects is disclosed, including composable vision-based recognition modules and a decision algorithm to perform the final determination on object type and quality. This vision system has been used to develop a Projectile Identification System and an Automated Tactical Ammunition Classification System. The technology can be used to create numerous other inspection and automated identification systems. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254829 | MEASURING METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring unit ( | 2015-09-10 |
20150254830 | Shape Inspecting Device And Shape Inspecting Method - Information concerning a height of a shape of a workpiece is acquired accurately at high speed. A plurality of segments arrayed in one direction are set on a distance image including height information in a surface shape of a workpiece (S | 2015-09-10 |
20150254831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises a first feature extraction unit configured to extract, as a first feature, a feature of a component assembly in which components are assembled for each of viewpoints; a second feature extraction unit configured to extract a feature of the components as a second feature for each of the viewpoints; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the first feature and the second feature, a viewpoint for inspecting an assembled state of the components. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254832 | Composite Defect Classifier - Methods and systems for classifying defects detected on a wafer are provided. One method includes inputting information for defects detected on a wafer into each of at least two defect classifiers included in a composite defect classifier. Such a method also includes, for at least one of the defects that is assigned to two or more bins in the composite defect classifier, determining a bin for the at least one of the defects based on a rank assigned to the two or more bins. The rank is assigned to the two or more bins based on one or more characteristics determined for the two or more bins, and the one or more characteristics are determined based on a comparison of predetermined defect classifications for defects in a training set and defect classifications determined for the defects in the training set by the at least two defect classifiers. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254833 | Programmable Digital Machine Vision Inspection System - A programmable digital machine vision inspection system is disclosed having a programmable automatic feeding system that supplies elements to be inspected, a programmable robot system, a programmable inspection system, a qualified product receiving container, and an unqualified product receiving container. The programmable robot system has a first vision system with an inspection area, and a robot that grips the supplied element and moves the gripped element to and from the inspection area. The programmable inspection system has a second vision system that identifies features of the elements in the inspection area, and determines whether the element is a qualified product based on the identified features. The qualified product receiving container receives identified qualified products from the robot, and the unqualified product receiving container that receives identified unqualified products from the robot. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254834 | HIGH ACCURACY MONOCULAR MOVING OBJECT LOCALIZATION - Methods and systems for moving object localization include estimating a ground plane in a video frame based on a detected object within the video frame and monocular structure-from-motion (SFM) information; computing object pose for objects in the frame based on the SFM information using dense feature tracking; and determining a three-dimensional location for the detected object based on the estimated ground plane and the computed object pose. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254835 | COMPOSITE INSPECTION AND STRUCTURAL CHECK OF MULTIPLE LAYERS - Provided are methods, systems, and computer program products for inspecting composite items. Specifically, a method involves analyzing an image of or, more generally, data characterizing condition of a top layer, which is disposed over a bottom layer. The method also involves performing a structural integrity check based on any anomalies detected in the top layer during this analysis as well as based on any anomalies previously detected in the bottom layer. As such, this structural integrity check accounts for characteristics of multiple layers, in some embodiments, all layers applied up to point of this inspection. In addition to the detected anomalies, the structural integrity check may account for previously performed repairs. The structural integrity check may be performed on individual portions of a composite item while, for example, other portions continue receiving a new composite layer, which may be referred to as an inline inspection. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254836 | IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an imaging control apparatus including an imaging control section configured to control an imaging section to capture a predetermined area in a body cavity, a comparison section configured to compare a captured image captured by the imaging section with a reference image, and a storage control section configured to execute a control to store the captured image in response to a comparison result by the comparison section. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING STROKES - The invention relates to systems and methods for diagnosing strokes. In particular, systems and methods for acquiring timely patient status information are described that enable a physician to make diagnostic and treatment decisions relating to ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. The systems and methods enable the efficient and quantitative assessment of arterial collaterals within the brain for aiding these decisions in the case of ischemic strokes. In the case of hemorrhagic strokes, the systems and methods are effective in determining if there is a leak and what is the rate of leaking. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254838 | MATCHING PATIENT IMAGES AND IMAGES OF AN ANATOMICAL ATLAS - A data processing method for determining a matching transformation for matching a set of one or more images of an anatomical body structure of a patient, referred to as a patient image set, and a set of one or more images of a general anatomical structure, referred to as an atlas image set, wherein the general anatomical structure comprises a plurality of anatomical elements referred to as atlas elements, and each patient image is associated with one of a plurality of different parameter sets, wherein the parameter sets comprise one or more parameters which obtain when the patient images are generated, and the parameters influence representations of anatomical elements in the patient images, the method comprising the following steps performed by a computer: acquiring atlas data (S | 2015-09-10 |
20150254839 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE BY USING THE APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus for processing a medical image, and a method of processing a medical image by using the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an image obtainer that receives a first image obtained by photographing an object; and an image processor that calculates a scaling factor for adjusting a magnification of the first image based on statistic information corresponding to the object and generates a second image to be displayed by normalizing a size of the object by applying the calculated scaling factor to the first image. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254840 | Co-Occurrence of Local Anisotropic Gradient Orientations - Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with distinguishing disease phenotypes using co-occurrence of local anisotropic gradient orientations (CoLIAGe) are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that acquires a radiologic image (e.g., MRI image) of a region of tissue demonstrating disease pathology (e.g., cancer), computes a gradient orientation for a pixel in the MRI image, computes a significant orientation for the pixel based on the gradient orientation, constructs a feature vector that captures a discretized entropy distribution for the image based on the significant orientation, and classifies the phenotype of the disease pathology based on the feature vector. Embodiments of example apparatus may generate and display a heatmap of entropy values for the image. Example methods and apparatus may operate substantially in real-time. Example methods and apparatus may operate in two or three dimensions. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254841 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a medical video image obtained by imaging of lungs, a holding unit configured to hold a lung field motion model, the lung field motion model simulating lung field motion, and a processing unit configured to process the medical video image by using the lung field motion model. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF LUNG NODULES IN MEDICAL IMAGES - A system and method for automatically segmenting a computed tomography (CT) image of a patient's lung. The method includes the steps of segmenting the CT image to acquire one or more lung regions, intensity thresholding the lung regions to generate a mask region comprising high-intensity regions corresponding to anatomical structures within the lung regions, computing a Euclidean distance map of the mask region, performing watershed segmentation of the Euclidean distance map to generate one or more sub-regions, identifying a seed point for each sub region, growing candidate regions from the seed point of each sub-region, and classifying one or more candidate regions as a lung nodule based on one or more geometric features of the candidate regions. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254843 | LUNG, LOBE, AND FISSURE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An automated or semi-automated system and methods are disclosed that provide a rapid and repeatable method for identifying lung, lobe, and fissure voxels in CT images, and allowing for quantitative lung assessment and fissure integrity analysis. An automated or semi-automated segmentation and editing system and methods are also disclosed for lung segmentation and identification of lung fissures. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254844 | READING TEST STRIP WITH REACTION AREA, COLOR CALIBRATION AREA, AND TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION AREA - A method is provided for a computing device with an imaging device to read a specimen test strip. The method includes capturing an image of the specimen test strip, wherein the image includes a reaction area, a color calibration area, and a temperature calibration area on the specimen test strip, determining a color of the reaction area based on one or more colors of the color calibration area, and determining a value of a characteristic of an analyte by correlating the color of the reaction area to the value and then adjusting the value based on the color of the temperature calibration area, or adjusting the color of the reaction area based on the color of the temperature calibration area and then correlating the color of the reaction area to the value. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254845 | READING TEST STRIP WITH MULTIPLE REACTION AREAS UNDER DIFFERENT EXPOSURES OR LIGHT INTENSITIES - A method is provided for a computing device with an imaging device to detect a characteristic of an analyte in a specimen sample from a specimen test strip with reaction areas that have colors based on the characteristic of the analyte in different ranges of values. The method includes capturing images of the specimen test strip under different exposures or light intensities, selecting an image comprising captured reaction areas that have a proper exposure or a proper lighting intensity from the images, selecting a captured reaction area from the image, and correlating a color of the captured reaction area to a value of the characteristic of the analyte. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254846 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A diagnostic imaging apparatus and method are provided. The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a lesion from a medical image, an interpretation unit configured to acquire a shape feature value by interpreting a shape of the detected lesion in a frequency domain, and a diagnosis unit configured to determine whether the detected lesion is benign or malignant based on the acquired shape feature value. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254847 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETECTION OF EPIDERMIS PATTERN - An epidermis pattern detection unit detects epidermis patterns in an epidermis image captured from the epidermis of skin by an epidermis image capturing unit. An acquired element analysis unit analyzes uniformity of shapes of the epidermis patterns in the epidermis image. A texture evaluation unit evaluates a texture state of the skin based on the uniformity of shapes of the epidermis patterns. The present technology, for example, may be applied to systems that evaluate the texture state of the skin. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254848 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device. Pixels serving as a candidate for a nucleus are extracted from pixels included in a captured image obtained by imaging a sample including a target cell having the nucleus. A connected pixel group constituted of adjacent connected pixels is extracted from the extracted pixels. A value indicating a possibility that the target cell is included within a region surrounding the connected pixel group is determined. The value indicates the possibility being determined based on a value obtained by aggregating image feature amounts expressing luminance gradients determined based on luminance distribution with respect to a blue component within different partial regions included in the region surrounding the connected pixel group without performing normalization on each partial region. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254849 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND LASER SCANNING OPHTHALMOSCOPE HAVING AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A laser scanning ophthalmoscope obtains images of a retina. An image is processed by (i) mapping an image along a one dimensional slice; (ii) computing a wavelet scalogram of the slice; (iii) mapping ridge features from the wavelet scalogram; repeating steps (i), (ii) and (iii) for one or more mapped image slices. The mapped ridge features from the slices are superimposed. Textural information is derived from the superimposed mapped ridge features. The analysis can be tuned to detect various textural features, for example to detect image artefacts, or for retinal pathology classification. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254850 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BLOOD VESSEL STRUCTURES IN MEDICAL IMAGES - The invention relates to method for detecting blood vessel structures in medical images obtained from a medical imaging device, wherein the method comprises determining image parts in a selected medical image, where the image parts are determined by processing intensity values of the image, determining first and second feature values of each of one or more of the image parts, determining one or more feature values of each of one or more of the image parts, where the features values indicate if the image part from which the feature values are determined pictures a desired blood vessel structure, based on the feature values, determine if the selected medical image shows the desired blood vessel structure. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254851 | SKIN IMAGE ANALYSIS - Method of processing an image of the skin is disclosed. The method comprises the receipt of skin image data, the generation of simulated images with artificial transformation and the analysis of the simulated images to form a vector from extracted features. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254852 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a base period extracting unit extracting a first target region period based on a first periodic change being a periodic change of a target region in a base moving image acquired by a base moving image acquiring unit; a reference period extracting unit extracting a second target region period based on a second periodic change being a periodic change of the target region in a reference moving image acquired by a reference moving image acquiring unit; a period adjusting unit performing period adjusting processing of synchronizing, for the first target region period or the second target region period, the first periodic change and the second periodic change with each other at a particular phase; and a display image generating unit generating a display image allowing for comparison between the base moving image and the reference moving image after the period adjusting processing is performed. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254853 | CALIBRATION METHOD AND CALIBRATION DEVICE - A calibration method for calibrating an attitude of a camera mounted on a vehicle using markers each arranged vertically and each positioned at a pre-designated height from a road surface is provided. The method includes: a first process including shooting an image of the markers with the camera, thereby generating a two-dimensional image; a second process including converting the two-dimensional image into a bird's eye view image on a specific plane so that the bird's eye view image reflects the height of each of the markers; and a third process including calculating a parameter of the camera based on a position difference between the markers in the specific plane obtained in the second process. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254854 | CAMERA CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A COLOR-CODED STRUCTURE - A method and an apparatus for camera calibration using a color-coded structure are described. The camera calibration method comprises: receiving from a camera an image, in which a color-coded structure is captured; determining a plurality of coordinate points in the image; and performing camera calibration using the coordinate points. The color-coded structure includes at least two sets of patterns in different color channels. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING AN IMAGE CAPTURING BOUNDARY IN A PROPOSED IMAGE - A method and a system for optimizing an image capturing boundary in a proposed image for enhancing user experience while capturing an image are provided. The method includes locating an image capturing boundary in a proposed image and computing a composition measure for the image capturing boundary. Further, the method includes identifying at least one missing portion in the image capturing boundary based on the composition measure. Further, the method includes providing an indication, associated with an image capturing device, to optimize the image capturing boundary based on the identified at least one missing portion. Furthermore, the method includes computing an optimal zoom level automatically in response to actions performed by the user and captures the image by including the at least one missing portion. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254856 | SMART MOVING OBJECT CAPTURE METHODS, DEVICES AND DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image capture system includes: an image sensor; a scene separation circuit; and an image selector. The image sensor is configured to capture a plurality of images of a scene including an object portion and a background portion. The scene separation circuit configured to: calculate a sharpness value for pixels of each of the plurality of images; and calculate, for each of the plurality of images, a distance between a sharpness of the background portion and a sharpness of the object portion based on the calculated sharpness values for the pixels. The image selector is configured to select an output image from among the plurality of images based on the calculated distances. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254857 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH REGISTRATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An image processing system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a feature selection module for determining subsets of point clouds, the subsets selected based on key points of a three-dimensional object; a feature matching module, coupled to the feature selection module, for generating matched results based on a matching transformation of the subsets; and a point registration module, coupled to the feature matching module, for refining the matched results based on a refinement transformation to optionally align different data sets of the point clouds for displaying the aligned data sets on a device, wherein the refinement transformation includes a refinement error less than a matching error of the matching transformation. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254858 | AUTO LEVELING IMAGE CAPTURE OF A HAND-HELD DEVICE - In some implementations, a mobile device such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, will capture a substantially horizontal image when the user indicates initiation of an auto-leveling-image-capture mode and when an orientation detection component, such as a gyroscope, indicates that the mobile device is horizontal. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254859 | TEMPLATE-LESS METHOD FOR ARBITRARY RADIOPAQUE OBJECT TRACKING IN DYNAMIC IMAGING - A method for localizing a fiducial marker in a medical image includes: obtaining the medical image; and performing an analysis, using an analysis unit, to localize the fiducial marker in the medical image; wherein the fiducial marker is localized by the analysis unit without use of a marker template. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254860 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THERMAL IMAGES - This invention provides a device and method for diagnosing thermal images, which relates to a thermal imaging device and an applied field of infrared detection. The conventional thermal imaging device is excessively dependent on subjective experience of users to set an analysis area and mode of a thermal image during photographing, causing complicated operation and affecting assessments of thermal images. In the invention, a reference image reflecting morphological characters of a photographed body is superimposed and displayed in an infrared thermal image, and is as a visual reference of the photographed thermal image. The thermal image is diagnosed according to a corresponding analysis area and a specified diagnosis mode, to acquire a diagnosis result. Thereby, the common users can achieve the better photographing level. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254861 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SPATIAL INFORMATION ABOUT ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus includes a first device including light sources that are configured to project one or more references onto a surface. There is a second device including a camera that is configured to capture an image of the one or more projected references and is further configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the surface and/or an object disposed thereon or therewithin. A processing unit is operatively coupled to at least one of the first and second devices and configured to receive and process all images so as to determine an information about the at least portion of the surface and/or the object or objects disposed at least one of on, within and adjacent the surface. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254862 | IMAGE ESTIMATING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE ESTIMATING APPARATUS - The image estimating method is configured to estimate, using image data generated by capturing an object via an image-pickup optical system at a plurality of positions that are spaced at first intervals in an optical-axis direction of the image-pickup optical system, image data at a position different from the plurality of positions. The image estimating method includes an image acquiring step of acquiring image data, a frequency analyzing step of calculating a transverse cutoff frequency in a direction perpendicular to the optical-axis direction based on the image data acquired in the image acquiring step, and an interval calculating step of calculating the first interval based on the transverse cutoff frequency calculated by the frequency analyzing step. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254863 | METHOD OF DETECTING EXCESSIVE DISPARITY OBJECT - Disclosed is a method of detecting an excessive disparity object, which separates and detects only an object having an excessive disparity. The method includes a disparity-map forming step of forming disparity-maps for left and right images by analyzing the left and right images included in a 3-D image, a binarization step of setting an excessive disparity candidate region having a disparity value equal to or greater than a preset threshold value in each disparity-map, a masking step of maintaining a pixel value of a region of one selected from the left and right images, which is overlapped with the excessive disparity candidate region, as an original pixel value, and substituting a pixel value of a region of the one selected from the left and right images, which is not overlapped with the excessive disparity candidate region, with a reference pixel value, and a region division step of performing region division with respect to the region having the maintained pixel value based on pixel brightness and disparity. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPARITY ESTIMATION - A method for hierarchical disparity estimation on an image pair, wherein image pyramids are created by successively downscaling each image of the image pair, and an apparatus configured to perform the method are described. An initial disparity estimator applies a full search on a highest level of the image pyramids to determine initial disparity estimates, the highest level having the lowest resolution. A disparity propagator passes the initial disparity estimates to a next lower level of the image pyramids. An allocator then partitions the pixels of each remaining hierarchy level of the image pyramids into two or more groups of pixels, where each pixel in a group of pixels can be processed independently from remaining pixels of that group of pixels. A disparity estimator estimates disparity values for the pixels of a first group of pixels utilizing disparity estimates from a next higher level of the image pyramids. The disparity estimator further estimates disparity values for the pixels of remaining groups of pixels utilizing disparity estimates from a previously processed group of pixels in that hierarchy level. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254865 | Image Binarization - Systems and methods convert to binary an input image having pixels defining text and background. Thresholds are determined by which pixels in the input image and a corresponding blurred image will be defined as either binary black or binary white. Thresholds derive from grouped together neighboring pixels having pixels separated out that correspond to the background. For pixels of the input image defined as binary black and having corresponding pixels in the blurred image defined as binary black relative to their thresholds, those are set to black in the binary image, else they are set white. Techniques for devising thresholds, blurring images, grouping together pixels, statistical analysis, etc., typify the embodiments. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for determining parameters for image analysis are provided. One method includes obtaining ultrasound data of an object, generating an image of the object, and identifying a region of interest in the image. The method also includes determining a plurality of spatially varying parameters for image analysis of the region of interest using prior information for one or more objects of interest, including prior location information for the one or more objects of interest, and wherein the plurality of spatially varying parameters are determined for a plurality of sections of the region of interest and different for at least some of the plurality of sections. The method further includes using the plurality of spatially varying parameters for performing image analysis of the region of interest in the image to determine the location of the one or more objects of interest. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254867 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION OF BLOOD FLOW INCLUDED IN REGION OF INTEREST BASED ON SELECTION INFORMATION - Disclosed is an ultrasound image processing method. The ultrasound image processing method includes generating an ultrasound image indicating a region of interest (ROI) by using echo signals which corresponds to ultrasound waves irradiated onto the ROI, sequentially setting respective indexes in a plurality of blood flows included in the ROI detected based on the ultrasound image, determining blood flow corresponding to a selected index, based on an external signal for selecting one of the set indexes, and displaying information corresponding to the determined blood flow. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254868 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DEPTH REGULARIZATION AND SEMIAUTOMATIC INTERACTIVE MATTING USING RGB-D IMAGES - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of this invention perform depth regularization and semiautomatic interactive matting using images. In an embodiment of the invention, the image processing pipeline application directs a processor to receive (i) an image (ii) an initial depth map corresponding to the depths of pixels within the image, regularize the initial depth map into a dense depth map using depth values of known pixels to compute depth values of unknown pixels, determine an object of interest to be extracted from the image, generate an initial trimap using the dense depth map and the object of interest to be extracted from the image, and apply color image matting to unknown regions of the initial trimap to generate a matte for image matting. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254869 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects segments from a first image; a selection unit that selects pairs of segments formed of a predetermined number of segments counted from a higher priority in an order of length among the detected segments and segments in a second image, the second image being a model of the first image; and a calculation unit that calculates distortion of the first image with respect to the second image by using the pairs of segments. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254870 | Latency Reduction in Camera-Projection Systems - Various methods and systems for reducing the effects of latency in a camera-projection system are described herein. A method includes recording, via a camera, a plurality of frames of one or more moving objects, wherein at least one of the moving objects is a target object to have an image projected thereupon. The method can include analyzing the recorded frames of the one or more moving objects to determine a predicted path of the target object. Additionally, the method can include projecting, via a projection device, an image onto the target object using the predicted path of the target object to compensate for a predetermined system latency. The method can include recording a plurality of frames of the target object and the image. The method can include adjusting the predicted path of the target object until an offset between the target object and the image is below a predetermined threshold. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254871 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF VIDEO FROM SPHERICAL CONTENT USING LOCATION-BASED METADATA - A spherical content capture system captures spherical video content. A spherical video sharing platform enables users to share the captured spherical content and enables users to access spherical content shared by other users. In one embodiment, captured metadata or video/audio processing is used to identify content relevant to a particular user based on time and location information. The platform can then generate an output video from one or more shared spherical content files relevant to the user. The output video may include a non-spherical reduced field of view such as those commonly associated with conventional camera systems. Particularly, relevant sub-frames having a reduced field of view may be extracted from each frame of spherical video to generate an output video that tracks a particular individual or object of interest. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254872 | Method for Aligning and Tracking Point Regions in Images with Radial Distortion that Outputs Motion Model Parameters, Distortion Calibration, and Variation in Zoom - The present invention relates to a method for matching point regions in images with radial distortion that, given two frames acquired by a camera with radial distortion, estimates the global image distortion and the local transformations undergone by the image regions between frames, with the objective of accurately tracking an aligning these image regions in a sequence of frames, calibrating the radial distortion using only moving image points, or estimating the relative change in focal length in cameras with radial distortion and variable zoom using only moving image points, and that comprises the following steps: extracting local image features; tracking local features; and determining the radial distortion calibration based on a computational efficient procedure that uses the information for all local features being tracked. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254873 | Parallel image compression - Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are provided for image compression. Edge elements of an image comprising pixels are established by analysing pixel values associated with the pixels of the image. The edge elements are organised in an edge data structure having at least two dimensions. The edge data structure is compacted along a first dimension by arranging the established edge elements adjacent to each other along the first dimension in a compacted edge data structure. Compressed edges in a second dimension in the compacted edge data structure are determined by: determining edge elements to be joined along a second dimension in the compacted edge data structure based on pixel values of neighbouring edge elements, along the second dimension, in the compacted edge data structure; and compressing the image by encoding formed edges, the edges being formed by joining the determined edge elements. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254874 | System Comprising Providing Means for Providing Data to a User - The present invention relates to a system comprising providing means for providing data to a user, comprising display means for displaying said provided data and comprising assessment means for assessing at least one characteristic of at least one of said displayed data, wherein the system further comprises at least one means for providing a colour in at least one part of the area displayed by said display means, wherein the colour or at least one characteristic of the colour is dependend on said characteristic of said data. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a first identifier indicating time information on a display unit of an electronic device; acquiring first operating state information indicating a first operating state of a first functional unit of the electronic device; determining a first display state of the first identifier based on the first operating state information; and controlling the first identifier to be displayed at the first display state to indicate that the first functional unit is in the first operating state. With the method and electronic device of the disclosure, the display area of the display unit can be efficiently used without occupying a specified display area on the display unit to indicate operating state information of the electronic device. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254876 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Capturing conditions and capturing of an imaging apparatus, which captures a plurality of color patches displayed on a monitor, are controlled. Imaging data is inputted from the imaging apparatus. Measurement values of the plurality of color patches are calculated from the imaging data using color conversion characteristics corresponding to the capturing conditions. First capturing conditions used at start of the capturing for the calculation of measurement values based on the imaging data captured by the imaging apparatus using initial capturing conditions. After the capturing for the calculation of measurement values is started, when the imaging data is input, it is determined whether or not perform the capturing by changing the capturing conditions. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254877 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSFORMS OF FREQUENCY-SPACE AND IMAGE/AUDIO/VIDEO-SPACE DATA - A method and system for data processing and reconstruction, uses arbitrary frequency-space or image/audio/video-space (inverse frequency-space) sample points in N dimensions. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a subset of optionally pre-processed and pre-conditioned N-dimensional frequency-space (or image/audio/video-space) data is acquired ( | 2015-09-10 |
20150254878 | GENERATING OBJECT TIME SERIES AND DATA OBJECTS - Systems and methods are presented for representing non-numerical data objects in an object time series. An object time series of can be created by establishing one or more associations, each association including a mapping of at least one point in time with one or more objects that include properties and values. Visual representation of an object time series may include displaying non-numerical values associated with objects in the object time series in association with respective points in time. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254879 | PROGRAM INFORMATION GENERATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION GENERATION, PROGRAM FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION GENERATION, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system according to an embodiment may include: a generation unit that acquires axis information in a coordinate system drawing execution status of a program, and generates an axis object representing the coordinate system based on the axis information; a display event information generation unit that acquires event information related to each of the two or more events and program structure information related to a section of the program generating the two or more events, and generates display event information related to one or more display events representing the two or more events; and an object generation unit that acquires the display event information and display event unit information indicating a display unit of the display event, and generates one or more event objects based on the display event information and the display event unit information. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254880 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING TREND AND VARIABILITY IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL DATASET - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and devices for displaying trends and variability in a physiological dataset. The method comprises obtaining the physiological dataset, applying a smoothing algorithm to the physiological dataset to obtain a trend of the physiological dataset, applying a variability algorithm to the physiological dataset to obtain the variability of the physiological dataset, outputting a graph of the trend of the physiological dataset, and outputting a graph of the variability of the physiological dataset. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for processing information and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining parameter information of an operator located in the front of a mirror display screen by using an image acquisition apparatus; calculating a first digital image matching with a virtual image of the operator based on the parameter information by using a predetermined algorithm; and determining a first instruction corresponding to a first input operation performed by the operator. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254882 | WIRELESS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE CAPTURE AND VIEWING - Aspects capture, view, present and display photo-realistic, fully-immersive panoramic virtual environments, displaying to a user via a display screen, in a first layer at a first level of opacity, an image of current surroundings of the user from image data captured from the current surroundings of the user by an image capture device; and in a second layer at a second level of opacity, an image of another environment that differs from the current surroundings of the user as a function of time or of place, wherein the second layer is located coextensive with the first layer. The first level of opacity is selected to present image data of the panoramic image within the first layer as transparent relative to image data of the panoramic image within the second layer; or as opaque relative to image data of the panoramic image within the second layer. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254883 | INTELLIGENT MIRROR - A rearview mirror housing of an automobile includes an apparatus that allows for efficient projection of images on a windshield of a vehicle, and/or includes an apparatus that allows for interaction between a human and a computing or communication system using a touchscreen. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254884 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a selecting unit, a degree-of-association calculating unit, and a display. The selecting unit selects at least one of multiple components constituting electronic information. The degree-of-association calculating unit calculates the degree of association representing a strength of association between a different component associated with the component selected by the selecting unit and the selected component. The display displays associated-component information regarding the different component which is associated with the selected component, in a form based on the degree of association which is calculated by the degree-of-association calculating unit. When at least one of the components has a description indicating a conjunctive relation with the different component, the degree-of-association calculating unit associates the component with the different component. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254885 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of processing an image involves detecting a face from a first image; determining a composition of the first image; selecting a composition of a second image according to the composition of the first image; and generating the second image including the face by trimming the first image, according to the composition of the second image. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ANIMATED CONTENT - A method for generating an animated content is provided. The method comprises receiving a first base headshot photo, the first base headshot photo exhibiting a first emotion; receiving a second base headshot photo, the second base headshot photo exhibiting a second emotion different from the first emotion; generating a first derivative headshot photo by adjusting a facial feature of the first base headshot photo; generating a second derivative headshot photo by adjusting a facial feature of the second base headshot photo; forming a first set of photos by selecting photos from the first base headshot photo, the second base headshot photo, the first derivative headshot photo and the second derivative headshot photo; and generating a first animated content based on the first set of photos. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING EMOTION - In some embodiments, a social networking system including an internet server is provided. The internet server includes an I/O port for transmitting and receiving electrical signals to and from a client device. The internet server further includes one or more processing units and a memory storing one or more programs. When executed by the one or more processing units, the one or more programs enable the internet server to receive a first headshot photo and a second headshot photo from the client device. The first headshot photo is attached to a body figure, which is configured to perform a series of motions associated with the body figure. The first headshot photo is switched by the second headshot photo during the series of motions of the body figure at a random moment or a predetermined moment. The facial expressions of the first and second headshot photos are different. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254888 | DEPTH IDENTIFICATION OF PIXELS IN ONE OR MORE THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - The present application includes a computer implemented method including at least two modes for analyzing a stereoscopic image corresponding to a two dimensional image. The method includes analyzing one or more layers of the two dimensional image to determine a depth pixel offset for every pixel in the two dimensional image and creating by the processing element a depth map, such as a gray scale map, by coloring every pixel a color shade based on the respective depth pixel offset for the pixel. The method further includes displaying on a display an output image corresponding to the stereoscopic image, receiving a first user selection corresponding a first depth pixel offset, determining a plurality of pixels of the output image corresponding to the first depth pixel offset, and applying a first identifier to the plurality of pixels on the output image corresponding to the first depth pixel offset. Additionally, in a first mode the output image displayed includes the first identifier and in a second mode the output image displayed includes the depth map and the first identifier. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254889 | Method and System for a Separated Shadowing in Ray Tracing - The present disclosure describes a new ray tracing shadowing method. The method is unique as it separates the shadowing from the tracing stages of primary and secondary rays. It provides high data locality, reduced amount of intersection tests, no traversals and no reconstruction of complex acceleration structures, as well as improved load balancing based on actual processing load. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254890 | CLASSIFICATION METHOD, CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A classification method includes: setting a position of a projective point based on information on a domain of definition of a feature value space, using a processor; and projecting a vector present in the feature value space to a sphere present in a space of dimensions higher by at least one dimension than a dimension of the feature value space by using the set position of the projective point, using the processor. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254891 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - Thresholds b | 2015-09-10 |
20150254892 | Image Transformation Systems and Methods - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable medium are provided that cause a two dimensional image to appear three dimensional and also create a dynamic or animated illustrated images. The systems, methods, apparatuses and computer readable mediums implement displacement maps in a number of novel ways in conjunction with among other software, facial feature recognition software to recognize the areas of the face and allow the users to then customize those areas that are recognized. Furthermore, the created displacement maps are used to create all of the dynamic effects of an image in motion. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254893 | MEDICAL DEVICES FOR MAPPING CARDIAC TISSUE AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING MAPPING DATA - Methods for displaying physiological mapping data are disclosed. An example method may include storing a set of three-dimensional positional data on a memory, storing a set of metric data on the memory, and storing a set of electrogram data on the memory. The method may also include outputting the set of three-dimensional positional data, the set of two-dimensional metric data, and the set of electrogram data from the memory to a display unit and displaying the set of three-dimensional positional data, the set of two-dimensional metric data, and the set of electrogram data on the display unit as a dynamic display. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254894 | Shape and Material Recovery from Object Motion with Application to Relighting - A method for shape and material recovery from motion includes modeling the correct dichromatic dependence of surface reflectance on surface normal, lighting and viewing directions to derive a differential flow relation; determining a rank deficiency in a sequence of differential flow relations and using the rank deficiency to handle complex bidirectional reflectance distribution functions (BRDFs); estimating BRDF-derivatives from the differential flow relations to recover the complex BRDF; and reconstructing depth of objects without knowledge of the BRDFs for joint shape and material recovery. | 2015-09-10 |
20150254895 | POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHY - One method embodiment comprises storing data on a storage system that is representative of a point cloud comprising a very large number of associated points; organizing the data into an octree hierarchy of data sectors, each of which is representative of one or more of the points at a given octree mesh resolution; receiving a command from a user of a user interface to present an image based at least in part upon a selected viewing perspective origin and vector; and assembling the image based at least in part upon the selected origin and vector, the image comprising a plurality of data sectors pulled from the octree hierarchy, the plurality of data sectors being assembled such that sectors representative of points closer to the selected viewing origin have a higher octree mesh resolution than that of sectors representative of points farther away from the selected viewing origin. | 2015-09-10 |