41st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090252333 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CELL - The present invention relates to a method for generating a downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence determined by a first synchronization signal; generating a second scrambling sequence determined by a group to which the first short sequence belongs, the wireless communication system using a plurality of short sequences and the plurality of short sequence being divided into a plurality of groups; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence; scrambling the second short sequence with at least the second scrambling sequence; and mapping a second synchronization signal including the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence in the frequency domain. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252334 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CELL - The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the second short sequence with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence to a frequency domain. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252335 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CELL - The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence and a fourth scrambling sequence determined by the second short sequence; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the second short sequence with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence; scrambling the second short sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the first short sequence with the second scrambling sequence and the fourth scrambling sequence; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the first short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence and the first short sequence scrambled by the second scrambling sequence and the fourth scrambling sequence to a frequency domain. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252336 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CELL - The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by a short sequence group-a wireless communication system uses a plurality of short sequences and the plurality of short sequences are grouped into a plurality of short sequence group-to which the first short sequence is assigned; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the second short sequence with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence to a frequency domain. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252337 | MULTI-CHANNEL DECODING SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF REDUCING NOISE AND METHODS THEREOF - A multi-channel decoding method includes: receiving an input signal to generate a first channel output signal and a second channel output signal, wherein the input signal is mixed with a specific clock signal; and gradually changing an amplitude of the specific clock signal from a first value to a second value when switching from a first mode corresponding to a first number of channels to a second mode corresponding to a second number of channels. Systems utilizing the method and another method further comprising calibration are also disclosed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252338 | SWEET SPOT MANIPULATION FOR A MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL - An apparatus, such as a decoder is arranged to modify the sweet-spot of a spatial M-channel audio signal by modifying spatial parameters. Specifically, a receiver ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252339 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In this signal processing apparatus, a first-audio-parameter calculating unit calculates a first audio parameter based on two audio signals. A second-audio-parameter calculating unit calculates a second audio parameter based on the two audio signals. A surround-signal generating unit generates surround components to be respectively allocated to surround signals. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252340 | System, apparatus, and method of speaker - A system, and an apparatus of speaker, and a method for forming a virtual audio is provided. An audio source is processed by a second audio source processing program according to parameters which are entered by the user, and filtered to be a high frequency audio signal. The audio source with orientation is outputted by the orientation speaker. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252341 | Adaptive Primary-Ambient Decomposition of Audio Signals - A stereo audio signal is processed to determine primary and ambient components by transforming the signal into vectors corresponding to subband signals, and decomposing the left and right channel vectors into ambient and primary components by matrix and vector operations. Principal component analysis is used to determine a primary component unit vector, and ambience components are determined according to a correlation-based cross-fade or an orthogonal basis derivation. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252342 | Method and apparatus to measure differential phase and frequency modulation distortions for audio equipment - A testing method or apparatus utilizes multiple frequencies applied to a device under test for measuring newly discovered frequency modulation effects. An embodiment may include a lower frequency signal with a smaller amplitude higher frequency signal to test a dynamic change in frequency response, gain, and or phase. This dynamic test can reveal frequency modulation effects. Another embodiment may include the use of a multiple frequency signal to dynamically induce a time varying phase or frequency distortion for the device that has differential phase distortion. The device's output is then measured with an FM detector to measure a shift in one of the frequencies used in the test signal or to measure frequency modulation effects of any signals, including distortion products, from the device. Yet another embodiment of the invention may include biasing a device with a voltage to span the output voltage range of the device while measuring harmonic or intermodulation distortion or phase or frequency response at the various operating points. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252343 | INTEGRATED LATENCY DETECTION AND ECHO CANCELLATION - In an audio system having a microphone, a speaker coupled to a source of audio output, and an echo canceller coupled to the speaker and microphone, latency between the source of audio output and the speaker may be compensated in echo cancellation performed by the echo canceller. The echo canceller may use a reference signal derived from a signal from the source of audio output in echo cancellation. The latency may be compensated by measuring the latency between the signal from the source of audio output and the speaker, determining a delay amount from the latency, delaying the reference signal by the delay amount to produce a delayed reference signal, and using the delayed reference signal as the reference signal in the echo canceller. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252344 | GAMING HEADSET AND CHARGING METHOD - An audio headset may comprise a case, near field microphone and far field microphone. A speaker, processor, memory, battery, charging interface and cradle detection circuit may be mounted to the case. Processor-executable instructions embodied in the memory, may be configured to implement a battery charging method. The headset may be shut off in response to placement of the headset in a charging cradle. The far-field microphone is turned on but not the near-field microphone. The battery may then be charged from the cradle. A headset having near-field and far-field microphones may be used to distinguish between user speech and competing sounds by generating signals from the sounds detected by each microphone and comparing the strengths of the signals. The signals may be processed as user speech if they are of comparable strength. Otherwise, the near-field signal may be processed as user speech and the far-field signal as competing sounds. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252345 | Wearable Computer System and Modes of Operating the System - A wearable computer system has a user interface with at least an audio-only mode of operating, and that is natural in appearance and facilitates natural interactions with the system and the user's surroundings. The wearable computer system may retrieve information from the user's voice or surroundings using a passive user interface. The audio-only user interface for the wearable computer system may include two audio receivers and a single output device, such as a speaker, that provides audio data directly to the user. The two audio receivers may be miniature microphones that collaborate to input audio signals from the user's surroundings while also accurately inputting voice commands from the user. Additionally, the user may enter natural voice commands to the wearable computer system in a manner that blends in with the natural phrases and terminology spoken by the user. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252346 | METHOD OF PROCESSING AUDIO FILES - A method of processing audio files includes the steps of providing an audio frequency adjusting section, via which one or more first audio files may be changed in the frequency property thereof to create one or more second audio files without the need of opening the first audio files. In this manner, a plurality of audio files may be easily and quickly modified at one time via the audio frequency adjusting section to shorten the time needed to optimize the tone quality of the audio files. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252347 | Method and Apparatus For Automatic Gain Control - A method and apparatus for Automatic Gain Control (AGC) that provides an output signal having a smooth gain variation for any input signal. The various embodiments assure that the output signal will reach a required output level in a specified attack or decay period. A curvilinear reference gain characteristic is applied to the gain variations. One example uses an exponential curve and sets an initial and final value of the gain law for both attack and decay periods as presets. The various embodiments further compute intermediate gain values of the curvilinear paths that archives the smooth variations is also proposed. Other possible curvilinear characteristics may be used such as, but not limited to, logarithmic, hyperbolic, sinusoidal, etc. that are expressible as exponentials. Intermediate gain values may be determined either by table lookup or by on the fly computation of the curvilinear characteristic. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252348 | ANTENNA IMPLEMENTATIONS IN INTERCONNECTING CABLES - Antenna system having as one element a conductors in an interconnecting cable, wherein that conductor is isolated at RF from the device at the opposite cable end, while also being tightly coupled to that device at audio frequencies and/or DC. Such an antenna is suited for use in wireless transmitters and receivers for transmitting a signal from an audio playback device to a remote audio out put device having multiple conductors interconnecting the wireless transmitter and media device, or multiple conductors interconnecting the receiver and headphones/speakers. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252349 | METHOD OF LIMITING THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED SOUND VOLUME IN AN EARPHONE, AND AN EARPHONE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method of limiting the maximum permitted sound volume in an earphone, a headset or the like, includes the step that the size of the driving signal for driving the earphone is sensed. The driving signal has a voltage that is less than approx. 0.7 V. If the driving signal exceeds a certain level, a part of the driving signal is shunted past the earphone. A second part of the driving signal is diverted. Either the voltage of the diverted part is increased and controls the shunt device by which the first part of the driving signal is shunted past the earphone, or it is supplied to a unit with a detector device and the shunt device. The unit is sensitive to work at voltages below approx. 0.7 V. An earphone or the like for the above-mentioned method comprises a shunt device and a detector device whose current source is the signal source of the earphone. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252350 | FILTER ADAPTATION BASED ON VOLUME SETTING FOR CERTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT IN A HANDHELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A handheld wireless communications device has an adjustable volume setting. The communications device also has a downlink audio processor containing a digital audio filter. Storage in the device contains a first set of filter coefficients that configure the filter to enable the device to pass a wireless communications device certification process while sacrificing sound quality, at a low volume setting. The storage also contains a second set of filter coefficients that configure the filter to enhance sound quality while sacrificing passing the wireless communications device certification process, at a high volume setting. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252351 | Voice Activity Detection With Capacitive Touch Sense - A voice activity detection apparatus having a capacitive sensor and a voice activity detector sensor. The voice activity detector sensor detects vibration of human tissue associated with user speech. Utilization of the voice activity detector sensor output is tied to the output of the capacitive sensor, where the capacitive sensor detects whether it is in contact with user skin. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252352 | EAR CUP - An ear cup with a bone conduction function comprising a cup ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252353 | BONE CONDUCTION DEVICES GENERATING TANGENTIALLY-DIRECTED MECHANICAL FORCE USING A LINEARLY MOVING MASS - A bone conduction device, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and a transducer, comprising a mass configured to move in a rotational direction, configured to generate a vibrational force in a tangential direction with respect to a recipient's bone. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252354 | SPEAKER CONFIGURATION - A system and method for speaker configuration in an audio and video housing, wherein the audio and video housing may be supported by stands located on top of a gas pump. The audio and video housing may have an audio and video source, at least one video display, and circuitry to drive the pair of speakers. The speakers may have a covering to provide protection from moisture and foreign particles. The speakers may be positioned to output sound downward directed towards the top of a gas pump. The sound may then be redirected to a first and second listening area. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252355 | TARGETED SOUND DETECTION AND GENERATION FOR AUDIO HEADSET - In an audio headset having one or more far-field microphones mounted to the headset; and one or more speakers mounted to the headset environmental sound may be recorded using the one or more far-field microphones and mixed with source media sound to produce a mixed sound. The mixed sound may then be played over the one or more speakers. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252356 | SPATIAL AUDIO ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS FOR BINAURAL REPRODUCTION AND FORMAT CONVERSION - A frequency-domain method for format conversion or reproduction of 2-channel or multi-channel audio signals such as recordings is described. The reproduction is based on spatial analysis of directional cues in the input audio signal and conversion of these cues into audio output signal cues for two or more channels in the frequency domain. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252357 | Method for switching a hearing device between two operating states and hearing device - Switching a hearing device from a first operating state into a second operating state is to be configured in an acoustically-friendly fashion. A first output signal power of a first audio data stream is determined for the first operating state and a second output signal power of a second audio data stream is determined for the second d operating state. Furthermore, a fading function, which represents the overall output power during a fading process, and the initial value of which corresponds to the first output signal power and the end value of which corresponds to the second output signal power, is defined. The fading process is finally implemented by mixing the audio data streams such that the overall output power corresponds to the fading function or a corresponding approximation function. Volume jumps can thus be avoided to a large degree during a switchover between operating states | 2009-10-08 |
20090252358 | Multi-stage estimation method for noise reduction and hearing apparatus - The noise reduction for signals which can contain speech at least part of the time is to be improved. To this end a hearing apparatus and especially a hearing device with a first estimation device for estimating a first value of an input signal with a first estimation algorithm and a noise reduction device for reducing noise in the input signal are provided. A second estimation device, which is parameterized with the estimated first value, is used for estimating a second value of the input signal with a second estimation algorithm. The noise reduction device receives the estimated second value from the second estimation device for reducing the noise. The two-stage estimation method enables an adaptive estimation to be carried out which is always currently adapted to an input signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252359 | Battery compartment door - A battery compartment door for an electronic device, said door being operable between open and closed conditions of use with respect to the device, including a cradle shaped to at least partially receive a terminal of a battery, wherein the cradle is adapted to electrically couple the terminal to an electric circuit of the device when the door is arranged in the closed condition of use. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252360 | HEARING AID GLASSES USING ONE OMNI MICROPHONE PER TEMPLE - Hearing glasses with a left temple and a right temple connected to a front portion supporting a pair of lenses, at least one temple with one single microphone and a processor connected to the single microphone. The single microphone is an omnidirectional microphone and located in the temple such that, when the hearing glasses are worn by a human's head where the at least one temple is at a predetermined side of the head, the single microphone can receive sound substantially unblocked by the head from sound sources both at a left and right frontal side of the head, as well as from one back side of the head corresponding to the predetermined side of the head. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252361 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SOUND EMITTER AND TWO SOUND DETECTORS - The invention relates to an assembly comprising a sound emitter and at least two sound detectors fixed to each other, wherein each detector has a sound receiving opening. The sound receiving openings of at least two of the detectors point in opposite directions. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252362 | HEARING DEVICE TO BE CARRIED IN THE AURICLE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL MOLD - The wearing comfort of a hearing device designed as a mass-produced product, in particular a hearing aid, is improved. The hearing device is provided to be carried in an auricle. It comprises a housing which houses a sound signal processing device. A conductor conducts an acoustic or electric signal from the housing into an auditory canal of the user. A mold, which is individually fitted to a portion of the auricle of the user and provided with the housing in the form of a two-part design, is attached to the housing. The mold evenly distributes the pressure which the hearing aid exerts on adjacent sections of the auricle. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252363 | Loudspeaker Assembly - A loudspeaker assembly comprises a base supporting at least one electro-acoustic transducer and at least one waveguide segment detachably supported by the base. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252364 | VOICE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS - A voice signal transmitting/receiving apparatus includes: a device body; a speaker array arranged in the device body and including a plurality of arrayed speaker units; and a microphone array arranged in the device body and including a plurality of arrayed microphones. By thus integrating the speaker array and the microphone array, it is possible to improve the operability of a user, to acquaint the user relatively easily with the error in the set position and to make the device compact. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MICROPHONES SHARING A COMMON ACOUSTIC VOLUME - The present subject matter provides method and apparatus for improved microphones sharing an acoustic volume. Some embodiments are useful for hearing assistance devices. Examples of an improved microphone module offering omnidirectional and directional microphone capsules are provided. Different mounting and interconnection embodiments are provided. Different electrical connector embodiments are discussed. Improvements in space and performance, and other efficiencies, are provided by the teachings set forth herein. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252366 | DECORATIVE AND REMOVABLE EARBUD COVER - A decorative and removable earbud cover is disclosed that can attach to earbuds, earpieces, headphones, or the like. The earbud cover includes two major components: an attachment portion and a decorative portion. The attachment portion snaps over a cylindrical earbud portion of a user's earbud such that the attachment portion grips the earbud and is prevented from falling off. A particularly preferred embodiment of the invention has the attachment portion with a tapered end which mates neatly with the contours of an iPod earbud. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252367 | Ear Phone/Bud Lanyard - An earphone system includes an audio device that is connected via an audio chord with at least one ear-bud Also, the system includes a lanyard that is attached to the chord at a distance “L” from the ear-bud In particular, the lanyard is hung on the ear of a user to position the ear-bud at a distance “d” from the point where the lanyard is connected to the chord Importantly, the distance “L” is adjustable, and the distance “d” is less than the distance “L” | 2009-10-08 |
20090252368 | Ribbon transducer with improved dispersion, excursion and distortion characteristics - A ribbon-type electroacoustic transducer such that the acoustic dispersion in the window roughly parallel to the transducers' diaphragm surface is superior to the dispersion of other similar ribbon-type electroacoustic transducers is described. In addition, methods of improving the symmetry of the magnetic field within the motor of the electroacoustic transducer are described. In addition, methods of employing flexible suspension elements attached to a ribbon-type electroacoustic transducer diaphragm such that a shape is created in the diaphragm by the compliance of the flexible suspension elements roughly approximating a smooth curve similar to the smoothly curved diaphragm as described above is described. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252369 | Loudspeaker driver - A loudspeaker driver that includes a suspended diaphragm and at least one voice coil disposed lateral to the suspended diaphragm, suspended in a magnetic field and coupled to the diaphragm. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252370 | Video watermark detection - A method and system for detecting watermarks in video images including preparing a signal, extracting and calculating property values, detecting bit values and decoding a payload, where the payload is a bit sequence generated and embedded by enforcing relationships between property values in a volume of video are described. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252371 | Mobile device with color detection capabilities - A mobile device comprising a camera and color detection software stored in memory of the mobile device, wherein the color detection application analyzes and displays component colors in a captured image and compares component colors in two such captured images. The color detection application displays component colors in a specific format such as red, green and blue and displays percentage of these colors in each of the compared images. The color detection also provides textual and audio feedbacks of the extent of match between colors of the two images. The two captured images that are to be compared are displayed in split windows. When the captured images are multicolored, the color detection application provides an arrow on these images to identify a specific location and compares the component colors at these locations. Also, an independent electronic device analyzes and displays component colors in a captured image and compares component colors in two such captured images. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252372 | Terrain Correction Systems - Methods, apparatus and computer program code for terrain correction for geophysical surveys, in particular potential field surveys. A method of terrain correction for a geophysical survey involves capturing a multi- or hyperspectral image of a region to be surveyed; determining a surface geological composition of the surveyed region using the captured image multi- or hyperspectral image; determining terrain correction data for the geophysical survey using the determined surface geological composition; and using the terrain correction data for performing the terrain correction for the geophysical survey. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252373 | Method and System for detecting polygon Boundaries of structures in images as particle tracks through fields of corners and pixel gradients - A stochastic method and system for detecting polygon structures in images, by detecting a set of best matching corners of predetermined acuteness α of a polygon model from a set of similarity scores based on GDM features of corners, and tracking polygon boundaries as particle tracks using a sequential Monte Carlo approach. The tracking involves initializing polygon boundary tracking by selecting pairs of corners from the set of best matching corners to define a first side of a corresponding polygon boundary; tracking all intermediate sides of the polygon boundaries using a particle filter, and terminating polygon boundary tracking by determining the last side of the tracked polygon boundaries to close the polygon boundaries. The particle tracks are then blended to determine polygon matches, which may be made available, such as to a user, for ranking and inspection. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252374 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a motion vector of a tracking point provided in an object in a moving image, a computing unit configured to compute a reliability parameter representing the reliability of the detected motion vector, a determining unit configured to determine whether the detected motion vector is adopted by comparing the computed reliability parameter with a boundary, an accumulating unit configured to accumulate the reliability parameter, and a changing unit configured to change the boundary on the basis of the accumulated reliability parameters. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252375 | Position Detection System, Position Detection Method, Program, Object Determination System and Object Determination Method - There is provided a position detection system including an imaging unit to capture an image of a projection plane of an electromagnetic wave, an electromagnetic wave emission unit to emit the electromagnetic wave to the projection plane, a control unit to control emission of the electromagnetic wave by the electromagnetic wave emission unit, and a position detection unit including a projected image detection section to detect a projected image of an object existing between the electromagnetic wave emission unit and the projection plane based on a difference between an image of the projection plane captured during emission of the electromagnetic wave fay the electromagnetic wave emission unit and an image of the projection plane captured during no emission of the electromagnetic wave, and a position detection section to detect a position of the object based on a position of the projected image of the object. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252376 | System for Road Sign Sheeting Classification - A system for classifying different types of sheeting materials of road signs depicted in a videostream compares estimated retroreflectivity values against known minimum retroreflectivity values for each of a plurality of colors. Once a road sign has been identified in the videostream, the frames associated with that road sign are analyzed to determine each of a plurality of colors present on the road sign. An estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors present on the road sign is then determined. By comparing the estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors against known minimum retroreflectivity values for the corresponding color for different types of sheeting materials, an accurate determination of the classification of the sheeting material of the road sign is established. Preferably, certain conditions of gross failure of the sheeting material are filtered out before classification of the sheeting material is determined. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252377 | MOBILE OBJECT RECOGNIZING DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT RECOGNIZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile object recognizing device comprises a camera ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252378 | Operating method for an imaging system for the time-resolved mapping of an iteratively moving examination object - The invention relates to an operating method for an imaging system for the time-resolved mapping of an iteratively moving examination object. First recordings of the object are generated by the imaging system from various angles while simultaneously recording a phase signal. Multiple static 3D-image data sets corresponding to a sequence of defined phases are reconstructed from the first recordings. Three-dimensional motion fields are calculated from the 3D-image data sets, by which two 3D-image data sets are mapped onto one another. Second recordings of the object are generated by the imaging system from various angles while simultaneously recording a phase signal. 3D-image data sets from the second recordings in a previously determined reference phase of the phase signal using the motion fields is generated which is a sequence of motion-compensated 3D-image data sets. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252379 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a feature value detecting section, an image processing section, and an audio processing section. The feature value detecting section determines, when a first image and a second image that are captured at different positions include a specific subject, a feature value of the subject included in the supplied first and second images. The image processing section detects motion of the subject on the basis of the feature value determined by the feature value detecting section. The audio processing section localizes a sound image of the subject in accordance with the motion of the subject detected by the image processing section. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252380 | MOVING OBJECT TRAJECTORY ESTIMATING DEVICE - A moving object trajectory estimating device has: a surrounding information acquisition part that acquires information on surroundings of a moving object; a trajectory estimating part that specifies another moving object around the moving object based on the acquired surrounding information and estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object; and a recognition information acquisition part that acquires recognition information on a recognizable area of the specified moving object, and the trajectory estimating part estimates a trajectory of the specified moving object, based on the acquired recognition information of the specified moving object. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252381 | PAPER-SHEET STAIN DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an apparatus for detecting a stain on a paper-sheet, a type and a transportation direction of the paper sheet are identified, and the information on whether each extraction target area of a read image corresponds to a white portion or a patterned portion of the paper sheet are stored. When the extraction target area corresponds to the white portion, a pixel having a lowest pixel value is extracted from a plurality of pixels constituting the extraction target area, and the read image is compressed into the pixel values of the extracted pixels as representative values, to generate a compressed image including a characteristic of a fine graffiti line drawn with a pencil or the like. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252382 | SEGMENTATION OF IRIS IMAGES USING ACTIVE CONTOUR PROCESSING - Aspects of the present invention are generally directed to processing of an obtained iris image. An iris is image is segmented for use in a biometric recognition scheme. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252383 | Method and Apparatus to Incorporate Automatic Face Recognition in Digital Image Collections - A method and apparatus for creating and updating a facial image database from a collection of digital images is disclosed. A set of detected faces from a digital image collection is stored in a facial image database, along with data pertaining to them. At least one facial recognition template for each face in the first set is computed, and the images in the set are grouped according to the facial recognition template into similarity groups. Another embodiment is a naming tool for assigning names to a plurality of faces detected in a digital image collection. A facial image database stores data pertaining to facial images detected in images of a digital image collection. In addition, the naming tool may include a graphical user interface, a face detection module that detects faces in images of the digital image collection and stores data pertaining to the detected faces in the facial image database, a face recognition module that computes at least one facial recognition template for each facial image in the facial image database, and a similarity grouping module that groups facial images in the facial image database according to the respective templates such that similar facial images belong to one similarity group. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252384 | Fingerprint Sensing Circuit Having Programmable Sensing Patterns - A fingerprint sensor with programmable sensing patterns is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a fingerprint sensing circuit having multiple I/O interconnects. The I/O interconnects are configured to sequentially drive a plurality of fingerprint sensing elements. A memory device may be operably coupled to the fingerprint sensing circuit. A programmable data structure, such as a table, file, character string, numeric value, array, or the like may be stored in the memory device to designate a pattern for driving the fingerprint sensing elements. The fingerprint sensing circuit is configured to drive the fingerprint sensing elements according to the designated pattern. In selected embodiments, the fingerprint sensing elements may include transmitting elements, receiving elements, or a combination thereof. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252385 | Apparatus and Method for Reducing Noise In Fingerprint Sensing Circuits - An apparatus for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a fingerprint sensing area onto which a user can apply a fingerprint. An analog front end is coupled to the fingerprint sensing area and is configured to generate an analog response signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) samples the analog response signal and converts the sample to a digital value, which may be received by a digital device such as a processor or CPU. To reduce the amount of the noise that is present in the analog response signal and therefore reflected in the digital value, the digital device may be shut down while the ADC is sampling the analog response signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252386 | Apparatus and Method for Reducing Parasitic Capacitive Coupling and Noise in Fingerprint Sensing Circuits - A fingerprint sensing circuit for reducing noise and parasitic capacitive coupling is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a plurality of transmitting elements to sequentially emit a probing signal. A digital ground is provided to ground digital components in the fingerprint sensing circuit. A quiet ground, separate from and quieter than the digital ground, is provided to ground transmitting elements that are not transmitting the probing signal. Similarly, control logic is provided to connect, to the quiet ground, transmitting elements that are not transmitting the probing signal, while disconnecting, from the quiet ground, transmitting elements that are emitting the probing signal. The quiet ground helps to reduce the adverse effects of parasitic capacitive coupling and noise on the inactive transmitting elements. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252387 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION OF USER - The imaging apparatus for authenticating a user can quickly perform matching step of the inputted biometric data. This apparatus for authenticating the user includes an imaging unit for imaging a guided finger and a guided palm, a matching data storing unit for storing the determined finger image and the determined palm image, and a matching unit for matching the imaged finger image and the imaged palm image with the stored finger image and the stored palm image. The matching unit selects the finger image having the similar feature amount based on the imaged finger image and authenticates a user based on the result of matching of the palm image corresponding to the selected finger image with the imaged palm image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252388 | Finger identification apparatus - An identification apparatus that keeps the conditions for imaging uniform among successive identifications and requires a user to perform only a series of simple maneuvers. An identification apparatus comprising a guide member, a light source, and an imaging unit. The guide member includes a pattern or a structure that inspires a user to position his/her finger thereon or to approach his/her specific finger region thereto. A contact member such as a button switch is preferably located at a position in the guide member at which a fingertip is to be positioned. An optical opening is formed at a position coincident with a position at which a portion of a finger to be imaged for identification should be placed. The light source radiates near-infrared light through the portion of the finger to be imaged. The imaging means acquires an image of the finger, and the apparatus compares the image to previously registered images. The apparatus may also include dual light sources power saving functionality, and means for limiting the interference of external light sources. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252389 | Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method and computer readable medium - A signal processing apparatus includes an optical intensity detecting section that detects an intensity of light from a subject at a first wavelength and a second wavelength, where the first wavelength is different from the second wavelength, a pigment component identifying section that identifies a pigment component in the light from the subject, based on (i) a difference between a first absorptance of the subject at the first wavelength and a second absorptance of the subject at the second wavelength and (ii) a difference between the intensity at the first wavelength and the intensity at the second wavelength that are detected by the optical intensity detecting section, and an illumination light component identifying section that identifies an illumination light component in the light from the subject, based on a subject image obtained by image-capturing the subject and the pigment component identified by the pigment component identifying section. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252390 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for extracting images from a continuous image sequence includes a storage unit that stores image information about images constituting the image sequence; an image reading unit that reads the image information from the storage unit; and an image change amount calculating unit that calculates a predetermined image change amount between at least two images using the image information read by the image reading unit. The apparatus also includes an image change amount information adding unit that adds information about the image change amount calculated by the image change amount calculating unit to a corresponding image; and an image extracting unit that extracts a preset number of images from the image sequence based on the information added to each image by the image change amount information adding unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252391 | Method for assisting in diagnosis of cerebral diseases and apparatus thereof - Input MRI brain images are positioned so as to correct a spatial deviation, gray matter tissues are extracted from these images to effect a first image smoothing, the thus-obtained images are subjected to anatomical standardization, a second image smoothing is effected, the gray level is corrected, brain images after correction are statistically compared with MRI brain images of normal cases, thereby providing the diagnosis result. In this instance, the brain images are automatically checked for input images regarding the resolution dot density and the like, the result of gray matter tissue extraction and the result of anatomical standardization, by which specifications of input images and the like can be confirmed objectively and automatically to make a diagnosis automatically by image processing. Further, an ROI-based analysis is made to provide the analysis result as the diagnosis result. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252392 | System and method for analyzing medical images - A system and method are provided for analyzing medical images and monitoring pregnancies for a plurality of animal patients. Medical images obtained from medical imaging devices are scanned, and extracted data are stored in a database. A color histogram is generating characterizing the image based on placental blood flow. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252393 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNISING PRENEOPLASTIC ABNORMALITIES IN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A process for the automatic recognition of abnormalities in anatomical structures is described together with a processing system and a computer program for implementing the aforesaid process, comprising the operations of:
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20090252394 | Computer Aided Detection of Pulmonary Embolism with Local Characteristic Features in CT Angiography - A method for computer aided detection of pulmonary emboli includes acquiring medical image data. A pulmonary embolism candidate comprising a cluster of voxels is identified. It is determined whether the candidate is a true pulmonary embolism or a false positive based on a spatial distribution of intensity values for the voxels of the cluster of voxels. The pulmonary embolism candidate is presented to a user when the candidate is determined to be a true pulmonary embolism. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252395 | System and Method of Identifying a Potential Lung Nodule - A computer assisted method of detecting and classifying lung nodules within a set of CT images to identify the regions of the CT images in which to search for potential lung nodules. The lungs are processed to identify a subregion of a lung on a CT image. The computer defines a nodule centroid for a nodule class of pixels and a background centroid for a background class of pixels within the subregion in the CT image; and determines a nodule distance between a pixel and the nodule centroid and a background distance between the pixel and the background centroid. Thereafter, the computer assigns the pixel to the nodule class or to the background class based on the first and second distances; stores the identification in a memory; and analyzes the nodule class to determine the likelihood of each pixel cluster being a true nodule. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252396 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method, and recording medium - An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining device which obtains a breast image obtained by radiography of a breast; a mammary gland region extracting device which extracts a mammary gland region from the breast image; a local region setting device which sets a plurality of local regions around pixels belonging to the extracted mammary gland region; a local contrast value calculating device which calculates a plurality of local contrast values in a local regions, for each of the set plurality of local regions; and an image processing device which applies image processing to the breast image on the basis of the calculated plurality of local contrast values. Thus, considering a contrast between a mammary gland and a fat region, a stable image processing result can be obtained while enhancing viewability of a local mammary gland structure and a lesion. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252397 | Imaging system and image defect correcting method - An imaging system comprises: an imaging unit for producing an image within a given field of view; an image defect detector for detecting a defective area from a first image that is produced by the imaging unit without a subject in the given field of view; a size enlarging unit for forming a deemed defective area having an enlarged size consisting of pixels of the first image corresponding to a defective area detected by the image defect detector and at least one of pixels adjacent to these pixels; and an image defect correcting unit for correcting a second image produced by the imaging unit with a subject located within the given view of field according to a deemed defective area formed by the size enlarging unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252398 | Method and System for Creating a Three-Dimensionally-Perceived Image of a Biological Sample - A method and system are provided for enhancing a two-dimensional digital image to render the image as a three-dimensionally perceived image, which is apparent with both monocular and binocular vision. The method, as applied to images of samples captured in a laser-based imaging system (such as a laser scanning cytometry system, for example), produces images with improved spatial resolution, facilitating improvements in both digital and visual analyses. The method comprises offsetting an image by either hardware or data processing techniques, along with additional data processing, including subtraction, scaling, and addition of digital representation of the two-dimensional image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252399 | SELF-CALIBRATING GRADIENT DILUTION IN A CONSTITUENT ASSAY AND GRADIENT DILUTION APPARATUS PERFORMED IN A THIN FILM SAMPLE - A method and apparatus for measuring antibody titers in a thin film sample in an automated system which does not require multiple dilutions. The system provides a simple method for creating an in-situ dilution within a sample analysis chamber without the use of any precision fluid-handling components, and further, to use the same principles to provide a wide range of sample dilutions within the chamber so as to obviate the need for additional dilution steps when dealing with samples possibly containing wide ranges of analyte concentrations. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252400 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In order to recognize grid-like reference marks on a jig plate positioned in a mounting area by means of a substrate recognizing camera respectively, to obtain a positional shift amount of a mounting head with respect to XY coordinates on an apparatus of each of the reference marks, and to correct a mounting position, thereby carrying out a mounting operation, a jig component positioned and mounted sequentially on each of the reference marks formed on the jig plate by means of a nozzle head is recognized by the substrate recognizing camera, a shift amount of XY coordinates acquired by the camera recognition of the jig component from XY coordinates on the apparatus of the corresponding reference mark is obtained as corrected data on the nozzle head with respect to the reference mark, and a correction is carried out based on the corrected data when an electronic component is to be mounted on a substrate by means of the nozzle head. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252401 | Methods, Objects and Apparatus Employing Machine Readable Data - The present invention relates generally to steganography and data hiding. One claim recites an object including: electronic processing circuitry having an operating or performance metric associated therewith; and steganographic indicia carried by the object, the steganographic indicia is usable as an index to verify the operating or performance metric. Another claim recites an apparatus including: electronic memory; and machine-readable indicia usable as a registry index including data that provides an indication regarding an expected capacity of the electronic memory. Other combinations are described and claimed as well. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252402 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS, PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A pattern inspection method includes: acquiring an image of a pattern; performing matching of CAD data for the pattern and the image; extracting coordinates of a plurality of points on a line segment constituting a polygon figure in the CAD data, to be defined as a first coordinate group; specifying coordinates of edge points in the image corresponding to the plurality of points to be defined as a second coordinate group; calculating differences between the coordinates corresponding to each other from the first and second coordinate group, and calculating statistics each representing a degree of deviation in the matching based on the differences; correct the polygon figure when it is determined that a correction is required as a result of judgment based on the statistics; and inspecting the pattern by comparing the corrected polygon figure with the image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252403 | METHOD AND ITS APPARATUS FOR REVIEWING DEFECTS - A method for reviewing a defect on a sample involves the steps of imaging a defect image containing the defect in first magnification by using an image acquisition unit, synthesizing a reference image not containing the defect from the defect image, comparing the defect image acquired with the reference image synthesized to detect a defect applicant, executing a processing for classifying the defect applicant into a defect and a normal portion and imaging only the portion identified as the detect in second magnification. The method makes it possible to specify a defect position without error from the image taken in the first magnification and to image the defect in the second magnification when a large number of defects are observed within a short time by using the image acquisition unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252404 | Model uncertainty visualization for active learning - An active learning system and method are disclosed for generating a visual representation of a set of unlabeled elements to be labeled according to class. The representation shows the unlabeled elements as data points in a space and each class as a class point in the space. The position of each of the data points in the space reflects the uncertainty of a model regarding the classification of the respective element. The color of each data point also reflects the uncertainty of the model regarding the classification of the element and may be a mixture of the colors used for the class points. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DICTIONARY-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and system for processing a digitized image including multiple pixels is provided. Image processing involves determining a characteristic value for a set of image pixels, determining a classification for the set of pixels based on the characteristic value, accessing a dictionary including transforms, and retrieving transforms for the set of pixels based on said classification, and applying the transforms to the set of pixels to obtain output pixels. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252406 | Spectral Characteristic Calculating Device and Method - A spectral characteristic calculation device stores a plurality of conversion matrices used to calculate the spectral characteristic values based on brightness values of a digital color image, and a plurality of pieces of brightness value information respectively corresponding to a plurality of sample groups. The plurality of conversion matrices are generated based on the sample color image information contained in the plurality of sample groups, respectively. An evaluating unit is configured to evaluate similarity of brightness value information of the target data with respect to each of the plurality of pieces of brightness value information of the plurality of sample groups. A conversion matrix corresponding to the sample group that is evaluated to have the highest similarity is selected as the conversion matrix. Then, a calculating unit calculates the spectral characteristic values of the target data using the conversion matrix selected by the selecting unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252407 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image detecting device receives a video signal stream including at least one frame. Each frame includes rows of data, and each row of data has a plurality of pixels. The frame has an image portion and a blank portion. The image detecting device includes a characterizing unit and a searcher. The characterizing unit receives the pixels and determines pixel characterization values thereof. The searcher includes an image comparator and a blank comparator. The image comparator and the blank comparator evaluate the pixel characterization value of a current pixel to determine whether the current pixel belongs to the image portion or the blank portion. The searcher derives a position of the image portion based on determined results of the image comparator and the blank comparator. An image detecting method is also disclosed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252408 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PATTERN INTERPOLATION - Apparatus and method for pattern interpolation are disclosed. Horizontally interpolated green, red and blue pixel values, and vertically interpolated green, red and blue pixel values are generated according to the pixels received from a pattern color filter. Subsequently, a direction is selected for the green value interpolation according to the horizontally and vertically interpolated pixel values. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252409 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus of the invention includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a HDD, a network connection unit, an operation panel, a JOB execution unit, a surrounding color correction coefficient storage unit, an area correction function storage unit and a database. The CPU functions as an image processing unit (image processing apparatus) by an image processing program. The image processing unit includes a noted color extraction unit, an area calculation unit, an area correction coefficient calculation unit, and a color correction unit. The area calculation unit calculates an area of the noted color region. The area correction coefficient calculation unit calculates an area correction coefficient based on a function stored in the area correction function storage unit, the area of the noted color region and the like. Based on the area correction coefficient received from the area correction coefficient calculation unit, the color correction unit corrects a skin color of image data to a skin color taking the area into consideration. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252410 | SATURATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND RELATED COLOR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A saturation adjustment method is disclosed for compensating over-saturation adjustment. The saturation adjustment method includes: adjusting a first full-scale saturation corresponding to a hue of a color wheel to become a second full-scale saturation wherein the second full-scale saturation is greater than the first full-scale saturation; setting a critical saturation corresponding to the hue based on the first and second full-scale saturations; and adjusting a first saturation within a range between the critical and second full-scale saturations corresponding to the hue to become a second saturation based on the first full-scale, second full-scale and critical saturations. Furthermore, disclosed is a color adjustment system essentially including a saturation adjuster for adjusting the first saturation greater than the critical full-scale saturation to become the second saturation based on an adjusted full-scale saturation and the critical saturation. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252411 | INTERPOLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Interpolations systems and methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes an input to receive image data. The system also includes an image processing system responsive to the image data and including a demosaicing module. The demosaicing module is configured to use adaptive bi-cubic spline interpolation. The system further includes an output responsive to the image processing system and adapted to provide output data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When the range of luminance values that can be expressed by an image is divided into a plurality of levels, a histogram measurement unit generates histogram data indicating the numbers of pixels for respective levels by calculating, for respective levels, total of the number of pixels in the image, which have luminance values belonging to an identical level. A microcomputer calculates, for respective levels, the difference between the numbers of pixels belonging to an identical level using the histogram data of a first frame image and that of a second frame image input immediately before the first frame image. The microcomputer determines based on the differences for respective levels whether or not to update a tone correction table held by a tone correction unit, and then converts the tone characteristic of the first frame image using the tone correction table, and outputs the converted image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252413 | IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - Images are classified as photos (e.g., natural photographs) or graphics (e.g., cartoons, synthetically generated images), such that when searched (online) with a filter, an image database returns images corresponding to the filter criteria (e.g., either photos or graphics will be returned). A set of image statistics pertaining to various visual cues (e.g., color, texture, shape) are identified in classifying the images. These image statistics, combined with pre-tagged image metadata defining an image as either a graphic or a photo, may be used to train a boosting decision tree. The trained boosting decision tree may be used to classify additional images as graphics or photos based on image statistics determined for the additional images. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252414 | FLUORESCENT SIGNAL ANALYZING APPARATUS AND FLUORESCENT SIGNAL ANALYZING METHOD - A fluorescent signal analyzing apparatus includes an image input unit, a storage unit, an extracting unit, and an analyzing unit. At least one fluorescent image of a sample is input to the input unit. The storage unit stores data on the at least one fluorescent image input to the image input unit. The extracting unit extracts, for each of the fluorescent images, data on a fluorescence intensity in a desired region on the at least one fluorescent image from the data on the at least one fluorescent image stored in the storage unit. The analyzing unit calculates at least one of a correlation and a photon counting histogram for the desired region by use of the data on the fluorescence intensity. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252415 | Method for retrieving text blocks in documents - To classify text blocks in printed material which is part of bulk postal items structure-related characteristics of one of the text blocks of a postal item are extracted, wherein the characteristics are characterized by graphical properties of the overall text block. The extracted structure-related characteristics are assigned to a characteristic data record of the postal item, and a characteristic data record of a reference text block is compared to the characteristic data record of the postal item. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252416 | System and Method for Optimizing Single and Dynamic Markov Random Fields with Primal Dual Strategies - A method for determining an optimal labeling of pixels in computer vision includes modeling an image by a graph having interior nodes and edges where each image point p is associated with a graph node, each pair of nearest neighbor points p, q is connected by a graph edge, each graph node p is associated with a singleton potential c(p), and each graph edge is associated with a pairwise potential function d(p,q). A label is randomly assigned to each point to initialize unary variables including an indicator function that indicates which label is assigned to which point and dual variables including height variables associated with each node p and label a, and balance variables associated with each edge (p,q) and label a. For each label, a new label c is selected, a capacitated graph is constructed and solved. The label selection divides the image into disjoint regions. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252417 | UNSUPERVISED WRITER STYLE ADAPTATION FOR HANDWRITTEN WORD SPOTTING - A word spotting system includes a semi-continuous hidden Markov model configured to model a handwritten word of interest. A writing segments extractor is configured to extract writing segments generally comprising images of handwritten character strings from a received document image. A word model adaptation processor is configured to adjust a shared pool of Gaussians of the semi-continuous hidden Markov model respective to the extracted writing segments. A modeler is configured to model extracted writing segments using the semi-continuous hidden Markov model with the adjusted shared pool of Gaussians to identify whether each modeled writing segment matches the handwritten word of interest. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252418 | DETECTION OF EDGES IN AN IMAGE - A system locates an edge of an object in a two- or three dimensional image, in particular a medical image. Through an input ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252419 | DETECTING A BORDER REGION IN AN IMAGE - Systems and methods for detecting a border region in an image. A blank border in a video picture is determined by summing luminance or other pixel measures in a direction parallel to the border and looking for the maximum gradient of those summed measures in a direction perpendicular to the border. Sensitivity can be enhanced by increasing (relative to other pixels) the gain of pixels around the present pixel value of the border. The location of the maximum gradient may be weighted by other measures before a decision on border location is taken. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252420 | RECOGNITION SYSTEM, RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A recognition system of this invention has feature point detection means ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252421 | Image Analysis - An image, represented by an ordered set of elements (x | 2009-10-08 |
20090252422 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND EXPOSURE DEVICE - An exposure method capable of performing accurate exposure without using a large photomask. The exposure method performs exposure while relatively moving a photomask above a substrate and includes a step of performing position correction of the photomask by performing, on a front side of the photomask relatively moved in a moving direction, image recognition of a pattern prearranged on the substrate such as a line and a black matrix and by correcting deviation of the photomask with respect to the pattern, and a step of checking the position correction of the photomask by performing image recognition of a reference mark arranged on the photomask and by determining whether or not the position correction of the photomask is accurately performed in the step of performing the position correction of the photomask. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252423 | Controlled human pose estimation from depth image streams - A system, method, and computer program product for estimating human body pose are described. According to one aspect, anatomical features are detected in a depth image of a human actor. The method detects a head, neck, and trunk (H-N-T) template in the depth image, and detects limbs in the depth image based on the H-N-T template. The anatomical features are detected based on the H-N-T template and the limbs. An estimated pose of a human model is estimated based on the detected features and kinematic constraints of the human model. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252424 | COMPUTER-AIDED IMAGE INTERPRETATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A computer-aided image interpretation method and a device thereof to easily obtain an accurate image interpretation result are provided. An automatic classification means of the image interpretation device performs automatic classification by one of spectral characteristics, radiometric characteristics, diffuse characteristics, textures and shapes, or combinations thereof and accumulates data to an interpretation result database, for plural features of the same kind obtained by interpreting a remote sensing image obtained with an observation sensor. A means for extracting candidate of modification of interpretation result extracts the candidate of modification of interpretation result by comparing likelihoods that are the automatic classification results. A reinterpretation is performed for the candidate of modification of interpretation, and an interpretation result database is updated by an interpretation result update means. As a result, modification of the interpretation work can be efficiently performed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252425 | SCALABLE PICTURE ENCODING - An encoding device ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090252426 | LINEAR TEMPORAL REFERENCE SCHEME HAVING NON-REFERENCE PREDICTIVE FRAMES - The method, system, and apparatus of linear temporal reference scheme having non-reference predictive frames is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a temporal reference scheme includes creating a non-reference predictive frame and a reference predictive frame from a reference frame, increasing a quantization factor of the non- and reference predictive frame by a threshold value, and decreasing the quantization factor of the reference predictive frame by the threshold value. The method may include toggling between the temporal reference scheme and another temporal reference scheme in which there may be no non-reference predictive frames and only reference predictive frames based on a scenario. The method may also include calculating a target bit rate across a communication channel through a bit rate calculation algorithm that considers a bandwidth capacity across the communication channel. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252427 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention enables to generate encoded data without noticeable image quality degradation when reproducing an image at a lower resolution not to mention the original resolution. To accomplish this, when setting is done to transmit an image captured by a digital camera to a network, code stream forming information CF is set to “2” to arrange the encoded data of each tile in a resolution order. To suppress image quality degradation when reproducing at an intermediate resolution, stream conversion information SC is set to “2”. When encoding image data in compression processing, block overlap processing of suppressing discontinuity of data at the boundary between adjacent blocks is executed as many times as the count set in the stream conversion information. The obtained encoded data is arranged in accordance with the code stream forming information CF and output. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252428 | IMAGE DESCRIPTOR QUANTIZATION - Image descriptor quantization technique embodiments are presented which quantize an image descriptor defined by a vector of number elements. This is generally accomplished by lowering the number of bits per number element to a prescribed degree. The resulting quantized image descriptor exhibits minimal loss of matching reliability while at the same time reducing the amount of storage space needed to store the descriptor in a database. Lowering the number of bits per number element also allows for increased matching speed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RESULTS OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT HAS MULTIPLE RESULTS TO ALLOW SELECTION FOR SUBSEQUENT IMAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods for processing an initial digital image that comprises a foreground object and a background are provided in which the initial image is displayed on a display. A plurality of instances of an image segmentation technique are performed to the initial image, where the segmentation technique differentiates between the foreground object and the background in the initial image, thereby creating a plurality of processed images of the initial image. A first instance of the image segmentation technique uses a different parameter set than a second instance of the image segmentation technique. Each respective instance of the image segmentation technique creates a processed image corresponding to the respective instance of the image segmentation technique. Each such processed image is concurrently displayed at a time when the initial image is also displayed. A selection of a processed image in the plurality of processed images is then received for further processing. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252430 | Automated Underwater Image Restoration Via Denoised Deconvolution - A method for simultaneously optimizing a digital image taken in or through a scattering medium and obtaining information regarding optical properties of the scattering medium is provided. Data of the digital image is received by a computer. The digital image is evaluated according to an objective image quality metric and a resulting image quality value is compared to a previously stored image quality value for the image. A revised optical transfer function is derived by modeling the optical properties of the medium to be used to generate a restored digital image, which is derived from the original image and the revised optical transfer function. The restored digital image is evaluated according to the objective image quality metric and an optimized restored image is identified. The optical properties associated with the optical transfer function producing the optimized restored image are retrieved and represent a close approximation of the true optical properties of the medium. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252431 | Image Resizing for Web-based Image Search - Image resizing for web-based searching is described. In one implementation, a system resizes a user-selected thumbnail image into a larger version of the image that emulates the quality of a large, original image, but without downloading the original image. First, the system extracts resizing parameters when each thumbnail image is created. Then, the system creates a codebook of primitive visual elements extracted from a collection of training images. The primitive visual elements in the codebook provide universal visual parts for reconstructing images. The codebook and a resizing plug-in can be sent once to the user over a background channel. When the user selects a thumbnail image for enlargement, the system resizes the thumbnail image via interpolation and then refines the enlarged image with primitive visual elements from the codebook. The refinement creates an enlarged image that emulates the quality of the large, original image, without downloading the original image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090252432 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - Apparatus and method for contrast enhancement are disclosed. An adjustable blending unit is utilized for adjustably blending a linear contrast function with a nonlinear contrast function, thereby resulting in an adjustable contrast curve. The nonlinear contrast function is adjustable by a blending parameter such that distance of the contrast curve to linear contrast curve may be changed. | 2009-10-08 |