51st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130336491 | GROUPING SYSTEM - Waveform generating section | 2013-12-19 |
20130336492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU EVALUATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE HEARING INSTRUMENT ACTUATOR - There is provided a system for in-situ evaluation of the performance of an actuator of a hearing instrument to be implanted in the middle ear cavity of a patient and to be mechanically coupled to an ossicle or to the cochlea, comprising: a hydrophone for being inserted into the middle ear cavity for picking up sound waves in the middle ear cavity generated by vibrations of the actuator and for providing for an output signal corresponding to the picked-up sound waves, and means for analyzing the output signals of the hydrophone in order to evaluate the actuator performance. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336493 | FLEXIBLE MICROPHONE AND AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM - A flexible microphone and amplification system is disclosed. The system includes a first end supporting a first device and a second end supporting a second device. A flexible portion connects the first end to the second end. The flexible portion is bendable and twistable and can be contorted into various shapes to support the first end and second end in various positions. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336494 | AGC Circuit for an Echo Cancelling Circuit - An amplifier circuit and a method of amplification using automatic gain control (AGC) are disclosed. A method for reducing distortions incurred by an audio signal when being rendered by an electronic device is described. The method comprises receiving an input signal; determining signal strength; determining a frequency-dependent AGC filter; wherein the frequency-dependent AGC filter is adapted to selectively attenuate the input signal within a number N of predetermined frequency ranges, according to corresponding N degrees of attenuation; wherein N predetermined frequency ranges depend upon a rendering characteristic of the electronic device; and wherein the N-degrees of attenuation depend upon the signal strength; and attenuating the input signal using the frequency-dependent AGC filter to obtain an output signal for rendering by the electronic device. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336495 | EARPHONES AND EARBUDS WITH PHYSIOLOGIC SENSORS - An earphone with a physiologic sensor includes a housing; a speaker in the housing; an enhancer comprising a body mounted on the housing and adapted to be secured in the ear to acoustically couple the speaker to the user's ear; and an optical physiologic sensor disposed inside the enhancer, the enhancer having an aperture or window aligned with the optical physiologic sensor, so that the sensor can optically couple with the user's ear when the enhancer is secured in the user's ear. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336496 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AUDIO BROADCAST TRANSMISSION SIGNAL COVERAGE - Computer implemented methods and systems for the prediction of the reception of a desired in-band on-channel digital audio broadcast signal (IBOC DAB) are described. A method includes computing a first ratio of a weaker undesired adjacent broadcast signal to a stronger undesired adjacent broadcast signal; computing a second ratio of the desired IBOC DAB signal to the stronger undesired adjacent broadcast signal. The method also includes computing a minimum allowable reception ratio based on the second ratio and the slope and intercept of a line, wherein the slope and intercept of the line is based on both (i) a plurality of ratios of a weaker adjacent broadcast signal to stronger adjacent broadcast signal and (ii) a plurality of ratios of a desired IBOC DAB signal to a stronger adjacent broadcast signal. Reception is predicted when the computed minimum allowable reception ratio is less than the first ratio. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336497 | DYNAMIC SONIC SIGNAL INTENSITY ADJUSTMENT - Transmitting a sonic signal is disclosed. An ambient audio level is detected. A signal intensity is determined. The signal intensity is determined based at least in part on the detected ambient audio level. A sonic signal encoding data is transmitted to a mobile device. The sonic signal is transmitted at the determined signal intensity. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336498 | Data transfer method and system for loudspeakers in a digital sound reproduction system - The present publication describes a data transfer method and system in a digital sound reproduction system. The method comprises method steps for generating a digital audio stream for multiple channels in a host data source, e.g. a computer, the audio stream is formed by multiple consecutive samples, receiving the digital audio stream sent by the host data source through a digital data transmission network by several digital receivers each of which including a microcontroller with a clock, the receivers further including means for generating an audio signal. In accordance with the invention the host data source sends repeatedly a synchronization sample to at least one receiver, the receiver replies to the synchronization sample by a return sample, the host calculates a latency (T) for each receiver based on the sending time (Th | 2013-12-19 |
20130336499 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO PROVIDE LOW-LATENCY AUDIO - Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide for low-latency delivery and playback of audio are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example audio system includes multiple playback devices including a primary device and one or more secondary devices, whereby, the primary device establishes and controls a peer-to-peer network that connects, wirelessly or wired, to each of the satellite devices. An example audio device contains a channel selector, a control interface, and an audio interface. In some embodiments the control interface is used to transmit control information to another device on a first frequency channel, and the audio interface is used to transmit audio information to another device on a second frequency channel. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336500 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - One embodiment provides a signal processing apparatus, including: a speaker; a vibration sensor; and a controller. The speaker is configured to output a sound. The vibration sensor is configured to detect a vibration that is caused by a solid propagation of the sound from the speaker, and to output a reference signal based on the detected variation. The controller is configured to perform a noise suppress control which suppresses a noise due to the vibration using the reference signal. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336501 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE - An electronic device capable of audio files with different formats includes a power supply, a switching circuit, an audio control module, an audio output module, and a detecting module. The power supply supplies a first voltage and a second voltage. The detecting module detects whether the format of the audio file is changed. The detecting module generates a first detecting signal within a first predetermined time period from a point in time when the format of the audio file is changed time point, and the switching circuit transmits the first voltage to the audio control module in response to the first detecting signal. The audio control module receives the second voltage and generates a first signal based on the first voltage and the second voltage. The audio output module is disabled from outputting audio signal of the audio file. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336502 | AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH AUTO VOLUME CONTROL FUNCTION - An audio reproduction method and apparatus, in which an audio volume is automatically controlled based on audio energy and human auditory characteristics. The audio reproduction method includes splitting a reproduction audio signal into audio signals corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands, extracting audio energy for each of the frequency bands, and comparing the audio energy for each of the frequency bands with a predetermined threshold and controlling the volume of the audio signal corresponding to each of the frequency bands. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO NOTIFICATION FILE - A method and apparatus for generating an audio notification file for a computing device are provided. A first audio file associated with a first mental state is selected as a first section of the audio notification file. The audio notification file enabled for storage in a memory. The audio notification file is further enabled for processing by a processing unit to control a speaker. A final state of the audio notification file is determined, the final state designated as a final section of the audio notification file, the final state associated with a second mental state. At least one intermediate section of the audio notification file is generated, between the first section and the second section, by morphing the first audio file to the final state by processing the first audio file using a digital signal processor. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336504 | COMPACT STAND-ALONE STEREO LOUDSPEAKER - Stereo loudspeaker in a single cabinet (CB), such as a portable stereo loudspeaker. Two dipole loudspeaker units (DLL, DLR) generate respective acoustic dipole signals (L+, L−, R+, R−) in accordance with two channels on an input signal. The two dipole loudspeaker units (DLR, DLL) are closesly spaced and oriented such in relation to each other that their respective main axes are angled (α) 70°-110°, such as 80°-100°, preferably substantially 90°, relative to each other. By placing such stereo loudspeaker in a room in front of a wall (W), reflections (RL, RR) from one side of the two dipole units' (DLL, DLR) diaphragms will reach a listener and thus serve to provide, together with the direct sound (L, R) from the opposite side of the diaphragms, a stereo image in a wide area in the room. The dual dipole arrangement enables a one-cabinet stereo loudspeaker with a narrow design. The dipole arrangement may be a two-way system with dipole tweeter units and dipole mid range units. A mono low frequency unit (WF) may be included in the cabinet (CB). The stereo loudspeaker can be configurable to either play stereo or to play mono, i.e. the dipole units (DLL, DLR) playing the same signals. Hereby the loudspeaker can play one channel while a similar loudspeaker plays another channel, thus allowing such set of loudspeakers to be used in a traditional stereo setup. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336505 | PASSIVE GROUP DELAY BEAM FORMING - A loudspeaker array and methods for generating sound in an arc pattern. The loudspeaker array includes a plurality of loudspeakers. A delay network is included, the delay network having a plurality of stages. Each stage has a stage input and a stage output. The stage output of each stage is coupled to the stage input of a next stage. Each stage output is also connected to at least one of the plurality of loudspeakers. The stage input of the first stage is coupled to an audio signal input. Each stage is configured to add an electrical delay of the audio signal at each subsequent stage. The electrical delay is adjusted such that the plurality of loudspeakers generates sound in a desired radiation pattern. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336506 | NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONE DEPLETION-MODE SWITCH - This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods including a depletion-mode switch configured to pass an audio signal from an input to an output in a low-impedance state when a power source is below a threshold and to isolate the input from the output in a high-impedance state when the power source is above the threshold and a noise-cancelation circuit configured to receive the audio signal from the input and to provide a modulated audio signal at the output when the power source is above the threshold. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336507 | BEAMFORMING IN HEARING AIDS - A hearing aid system includes a first microphone and a second microphone for provision of electrical input signals, a beamformer for provision of a first audio signal based at least in part on the electrical input signals, the first audio signal having a directional spatial characteristic, wherein the beamformer is configured to provide a second audio signal based at least in part on the electrical input signals, the second audio signal having a spatial characteristic that is different from the directional spatial characteristic of the first audio signal, and a mixer configured for mixing the first audio signal and the second audio signal in order to provide an output signal to be heard by a user. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336508 | USER ADJUSTMENTS TO A TINNITUS THERAPY GENERATOR WITHIN A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for user adjustments to a tinnitus therapy generator within a hearing assistance device. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method of providing therapy for tinnitus to a patient. A user interface is provided for patient input to adjust settings of a tinnitus therapy generator. Sound is transmitted from the tinnitus therapy generator to the patient via a hearing assistance device receiver to provide therapy for tinnitus. In various embodiments, settings adjustable by the patient include output levels and frequency response. Other aspects are provided without departing from the scope of the present subject matter. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336509 | FREQUENCY TRANSLATION IN HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES USING ADDITIVE SPECTRAL SYNTHESIS - Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system for frequency translation by high-frequency spectral envelope warping in hearing assistance devices. The present subject matter relates to improved speech intelligibility in a hearing assistance device using frequency translation by high-frequency spectral envelope warping. The system described herein implements an algorithm for performing frequency translation in an audio signal processing device for the purpose of improving perceived sound quality and speech intelligibility in an audio signal when presented using a system having reduced bandwidth relative to the original signal, or when presented to a hearing-impaired listener sensitive to only a reduced range of acoustic frequencies. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336510 | DOCKING STATION - A docking station for docking of a plurality of portable media devices includes a main body, a plurality of accommodation units to accommodate the plurality of portable media devices, the plurality of accommodation units being provided in one side of the main body, and a plurality of docking ports to provide electrical connection between the plurality of portable media devices and the docking station, the plurality of docking ports being installed in the plurality of accommodation units, wherein each of the plurality of docking ports supports electrical connection between the docking station and any one of the plurality of portable media devices belonging to different product groups. Accordingly, a plurality of portable media devices belonging to different product groups is freely connected to one docking station to reproduce a sound signal, thereby improving user convenience. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336511 | Micro-Sensor Package And Associated Method Of Assembling The Same - A micro-sensor package is provided that includes a micro-sensor and printed circuit board (PCB), or that includes an array of micro-sensors and PCB. The micro-sensor includes a first substrate having opposing front and back surfaces, a sensing element on the front surface of the first substrate, and a through-chip via disposed within the first substrate and electrically connected to the sensing element. The PCB includes a second substrate to which the back surface of the first substrate is bonded. The second substrate defines a recess within which a bond pad is disposed, and the through-chip via of the micro-sensor is electrically connected to the bond pad of the PCB. The micro-sensor package may further include a shim bonded to the PCB, and that may surround an outer boundary of the micro-sensor and have approximately the same thickness as the micro-sensor. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336512 | EARPHONE - Provided is an earphone capable of protecting a user's tympanic membrane, improving the durability thereof, and enjoying the further improved quality of sound by adjusting a medium-low pitched sound. In the earphone, a micro speaker mounted on a partition wall dividing an inner space is embedded in a housing. An earpiece is connected to the housing and is inserted into an external auditory canal, and a sound band adjustment unit is provided in the housing. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336513 | Noise Reducing Earphone - Earphone apparatus ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336514 | EARBUDS SECURABLE TO USERS' OUTER EARS AND RELATED HEADPHONE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Earbud headphones may be configured to be secured to a user's outer ear. The earbud headphones may comprise a speaker assembly configured to convert an audio signal into a sound wave audible to the human ear. A main body portion may support the speaker assembly. An extension may extend from the main body portion away from the speaker assembly to define a gap between the extension and the speaker assembly. The gap may be sized and positioned to receive a portion of a user's outer ear within the gap such that the portion of the user's outer ear is disposed between the extension and the speaker assembly and retains the earbud headphone in the ear of the user when the earbud headphone is worn by the user. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336515 | Y-SHAPED HEADPHONE / EARBUD CORD SLEEVE - The present invention relates generally to a Y-shaped cord sleeve. More particularly, the invention encompasses a Y-shaped headphone/earbud cord sleeve. The present invention is also directed to a novel placement of at least one opening at or near a Y-junction of the Y-shaped cord sleeve. The present invention is also directed to a novel Y-shaped cord sleeve that has at least one accommodation or opening for a microphone and/or volume control or similar electronic input/output type device. The Y-shaped cord sleeve could also have at least one tab, medallion, or tongue to cover at least a portion of the opening for the headphone/earbud cord. The user could also personalize or individualize, or create an expression using any of the features of this invention. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, apparatus is provided comprising a ground plane, a loudspeaker driver mounted in a loudspeaker driver aperture of the ground plane, and a grille positioned relative to the ground plane such that a distance between the grille and the ground plane decreases with increasing distance from the loudspeaker driver. The loudspeaker assembly can be used to replace ceiling tiles having any size or configuration, and can also me mounted in other surfaces, such as ceiling walls, floors, table tops, etc. made of drywall, hard decking, wood, stone, cement, glass, or any other material or type of construction, or configured in a stand-alone loudspeaker frame or cabinet. The loudspeaker assembly of the present invention can be mounted in any orientation. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336517 | SPEAKER HAVING A HORIZONTAL FORMER - A speaker includes a frame, a sound radiating surface, and a suspension that couples the sound radiating surface to the frame. A horizontal former is coupled to the radiating surface. The former extends substantially horizontally outward of a peripheral portion of the radiating surface, to a peripheral portion that is separate from the suspension. A coil is coupled to the peripheral portion of the horizontal former. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336518 | LOUDSPEAKER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A loudspeaker includes a back panel and a plurality of thin loudspeakers mounted onto the back panel. The back panel has an aspect ratio of 6 or higher, and has a wiring unit formed thereon and wire-connecting the thin loudspeakers. The thin loudspeakers are arranged on the back panel in series in a straight line. Accordingly, a thin-type loudspeaker can be realized. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336519 | Willpower Watch (TM) -- A Wearable Food Consumption Monitor - This invention is a wearable, automatic, and tamper-resistant device and method for monitoring and measuring food consumption and caloric intake. It can help people to manage their energy balance and weight. It can be embodied as: (a) one or more automatic-imaging members that are worn on a person from which these members collectively and automatically take pictures of the person's mouth and pictures of a reachable food source when the person eats; (b) a tamper-resisting mechanism which detects and responds if the operation of the one or more automatic-imaging members is impaired; and (c) an image-analyzing member which automatically analyzes pictures of the person's mouth and pictures of the reachable food source in order to estimate the types and quantities of food that are consumed by the person. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTEXTUAL SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT BASED ON IMAGE CONTENT - An image-based content item is analyzed to determine one or more interests of a viewer of the content item. The analysis may include performing image analysis on the content item to determine geographic information that is relevant to an image of the content item. The one or more interests may be determined based on an assumption or probabilistic conclusion about a subject of the content item. Further, the one or more interests may be determined by applying one or more rules that utilize the geographic information. For some embodiments, a supplemental content item may be provided to the viewer based on the one or more interests. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336521 | STEGANOGRAPHIC ENCODING AND DECODING - This patent document relates generally to steganography and digital watermarking. One claim recites a method comprising: receiving data representing image or video, in which the data comprises first data corresponding to first color data, second data corresponding to second color data and third data corresponding to third color data, the image or video to host auxiliary information; weighting the first data, the second data and the third data according to at least the following two factors: i) a color direction biased toward an expected embedding direction; and ii) expected image or video distortion introduced to the first data, second data or third data through image capture or signal processing; and determining from weighted first data, weighted second data and weighted third data, changes in an image or video attribute, in which the auxiliary information is conveyed through the changes to sample values representing the image or video. Of course, other claims are provided too. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336522 | STEGANOGRAPHIC ENCODING AND DECODING - This patent document relates generally to steganography and digital watermarking. One claim recites, in a watermark encoder, a method of encoding auxiliary information in an image or video comprising: using a programmed electronic processor, computing a change in an attribute of an image or video sample to encode auxiliary information in the image or video; and changing color values of the image or video sample to effect the change in the attribute, in which changes to color values are determined based at least in part on both: i) visibility of the changes, and ii) anticipated watermark detection. Of course, other claims are provided too. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336523 | NORMALIZED IMAGES FOR ITEM LISTINGS - Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving a selection of an outline template; displaying the outline template in an image preview screen of a digital image capture device; responsive to a capture of an image of the digital image capture device, cropping the image to an outline of the outline template; positioning the cropped image over a second image and sending a combined image formed from the image positioned over the second image to a commerce server, the combined image for use as a product image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336524 | Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition Using Depth Data - The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which dynamic hand gestures are recognized by processing depth data, including in real-time. In an offline stage, a classifier is trained from feature values extracted from frames of depth data that are associated with intended hand gestures. In an online stage, a feature extractor extracts feature values from sensed depth data that corresponds to an unknown hand gesture. These feature values are input to the classifier as a feature vector to receive a recognition result of the unknown hand gesture. The technology may be used in real time, and may be robust to variations in lighting, hand orientation, and the user's gesturing speed and style. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336525 | SPECTRAL EDGE MARKING FOR STEGANOGRAPHY OR WATERMARKING - A system for detecting visibly hidden content on a print media ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336526 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WILDFIRE DETECTION USING A VISIBLE RANGE CAMERA - Wildfires are detected by controlling image scanning within the viewing range of a video camera to generate digital images that are analyzed to detect gray colored regions, and then to determine whether a detected gray colored region is smooth. Further analysis to determine movement in a gray colored smooth region uses a past image which is within a slow moving time range, as determined by a strategy for controlling the image scanning. Additional analysis connects a candidate region to a land portion of the image, and a support vector machine is applied to a covariance matrix of the candidate region to determine whether the region shows smoke from a wildfire. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336527 | FACIAL IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT - An example method includes capturing, by a camera of a mobile computing device, an image, determining whether the image includes a representation of at least a portion of a face, and, when the image includes the representation of at least the portion of the face, analyzing characteristics of the image. The characteristics include at least one of a tonal distribution of the image that is associated with a darkness-based mapping of a plurality of pixels of the image, and a plurality of spatial frequencies of the image that are associated with a visual transition between adjacent pixels of the image. The method further includes classifying, by the mobile computing device, a quality of the image based at least in part on the analyzed characteristics of the image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING INPUT FEATURES FOR LATER RECOGNITION - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses to recognize actors during normal system operation. The method includes defining actor input such as hand gestures, executing and detecting input, and identifying salient features of the actor therein. A model is defined from salient features, and a data set of salient features and/or model are retained, and may be used to identify actors for other inputs. A command such as “unlock” may be executed in response to actor input. Parameters may be applied to further define where, when, how, etc. actor input is executed, such as defining a region for a gesture. The apparatus includes a processor and sensor, the processor defining actor input, identifying salient features, defining a model therefrom, and retaining a data set. A display may also be used to show actor input, a defined region, relevant information, and/or an environment. A stylus or other non-human actor may be used. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING IMAGES - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for searching images. An image is received and a first search path is defined for the image. The first search path may be a straight line, horizontal, and/or near the bottom of the image, and/or may begin at one edge and move toward the other. A transition is defined for the image, distinguishing a feature to be found. The image is searched for the transition along the first search path. When the transition is detected, the image is searched along a second search path that follows the transition. The apparatus includes an image sensor and a processor. The sensor is adapted to obtain images. The processor is adapted to define a first search path and a transition for the image, to search for the transition along the first search path, and to search along a second search path upon detecting the transition, following the transition. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336530 | Data Capture and Identification System and Process - An identification method and process for objects from digitally captured images thereof that uses data characteristics to identify an object from a plurality of objects in a database. The data is broken down into parameters such as a Shape Comparison, Grayscale Comparison, Wavelet Comparison, and Color Cube Comparison with object data in one or more databases to identify the actual object of a digital image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336531 | SEQUENTIAL EVENT DETECTION FROM VIDEO - Human behavior is determined by sequential event detection by constructing a temporal-event graph with vertices representing primitive images of images of a video stream, and also of idle states associated with the respective primitive images. A human activity event is determined as a function of a shortest distance path of the temporal-event graph vertices. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336532 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a detector configured to set a plurality of detection areas to a single piece of face image included in a video image that is based on input video data, with reference to a position of the face image to detect movements of an operator giving an operation instruction in the detection areas; and an output module configured to output operation data indicating the operation instruction based on a combination of the movements detected in the detection areas. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336533 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336534 | MULTI-MODE VIDEO EVENT INDEXING - Multi-mode video event indexing includes determining a quality of object distinctiveness with respect to images from a video stream input. A high-quality analytic mode is selected from multiple modes and applied to video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images if the determined level of detected quality of object distinctiveness meets a threshold level of quality, else a low-quality analytic mode is selected and applied to the video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images, wherein the low-quality analytic mode is different from the high-quality analytic mode. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336535 | MULTI-MODE VIDEO EVENT INDEXING - Multi-mode video event indexing includes determining a quality of object distinctiveness with respect to images from a video stream input. A high-quality analytic mode is selected from multiple modes and applied to video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images if the determined level of detected quality of object distinctiveness meets a threshold level of quality, else a low-quality analytic mode is selected and applied to the video input images via a hardware device to determine object activity within the video input images, wherein the low-quality analytic mode is different from the high-quality analytic mode. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A STREAM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES, AND DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH A DETECTION SYSTEM AND INTENDED FOR ELECTROMAGNETICALLY GUIDING AMMUNITION TOWARD A TARGET - A method for detecting a stream of electromagnetic pulses emitted, according to a predefined occurrence law, in a scene observed using a detection system comprising a matrix detector and a processing unit for processing signals comprising the electromagnetic pulses. The method includes the following steps: acquiring and transmitting the signals from the matrix detector to the processing unit, and for each pixel of the detector calculating a subtraction signal between two signals acquired during two consecutive time windows of the same length, calculating a signal for accumulating the subtraction signals spaced apart in time by an interval defined by the predefined occurrence law, and thresholding the accumulation signal, the pulse being detected if the accumulation signal is greater than a predetermined threshold for at least one pixel, and locating the pulse detected in the observed scene from the coordinates of the pixel including the detected pulse. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336537 | System and Method for Guiding a Mobile Device - A method, apparatus and system for guiding a number of mobile devices. An image of a portion of an environment around a mobile device in the number of mobile devices is received from a sensor system associated with the mobile device. A set of pixels in the image that meets a standard is identified. A centroid for the set of pixels that meets the standard is identified. A number of commands for guiding the mobile device within the environment is generated based on the centroid. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336538 | Occupancy detection for managed lane enforcement based on localization and classification of windshield images - A system for detecting a vehicle occupancy violation includes an image capture module that acquires an image including a vehicle cabin from a camera positioned to view oncoming traffic. The system includes a violation determination device, which includes a feature extraction module that processes the image pixels for determining an image descriptor. The process is selected from a group consisting of a Successive Mean Quantization Transform; a Scale-Invariant Feature Transform; a Histogram of Gradients; a Bag-of-Visual-Words Representation; a Fisher Vector Representation; and, a combination of the above. The system further includes a classifier that determines a distance that the vehicle image descriptor/representation is positioned in the projected feature space relative to a hyper-plane. The classifier determines whether the distance meets a threshold and classifies the image when the threshold is met. A processor implements the modules. A graphic user interface outputs the classification. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336539 | POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a position estimation device includes first and second obtaining units, first and second calculators, and an estimating unit. The first obtaining unit is configured to obtain first data about a size and a position of an object in a first image. The second obtaining unit is configured to obtain second data about a distance to or a position of the object in a second image. The first calculator is configured to calculate, based on the first and second data, weights for first and second actual sizes of the object estimated respectively from the first and second data. The second calculator is configured to calculate a third actual size of the object by using the first and second actual sizes and the weights. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the object by using the third actual size. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336540 | DECOMPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REFINING COMPOSITION OF MIXED PIXELS IN REMOTE SENSING IMAGES - To achieve space correlation of pixel decomposition results and reduce noise problem caused by isolation, there is provided a decomposition apparatus and method for refining composition of mixed pixels in remote sensing images, including: a preprocessing step for temporarily determining the provability value of the composition ratio of the different land cover types of each pixel in the image, based on a received remote sensing image and spectral information, to obtain first material composition information; and a neighborhood correlation calculation step for analyzing the correlation between a main pixel and the neighboring areas by using the first material composition information of each of the pixels present in the neighboring areas within a predetermined range in which the pixels are adjacent to each other, and optimizing the first material composition information of the main pixel by the result of the correlation analysis, to obtain second material composition information. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336541 | GEOLOGICAL LOG DATA PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES - A method of processing geological log data to construct missing information from destroyed or occluded parts using cues from observed data comprises the steps of: a. in respect of one or more data dimensions associated with missing values in a log data set, decomposing the signal into a plurality of morphological components; and b. morphologically reconstructing the signal such that missing values are estimated. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336542 | INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED BY SAME - The present invention is an individual product identification method, comprising: previously storing epidermal pattern images in a predetermined scope with a predetermined location of a registered product taken as a reference; imaging the epidermal pattern in the predetermined scope with the predetermined location of the product, being a target of individual product identification, taken as a reference; correcting the imaged epidermal pattern image of the product, being a target of individual product identification to an image for collation with the registered product with the predetermined location of the product taken as a reference: and collating an image characteristic of the epidermal pattern image of the registered product with the image characteristic of the corrected epidermal pattern image, and identifying whether the product, being a target of individual product identification, is one of the registered products. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336543 | AUTOMATED MEMORY BOOK CREATION - Embodiments of a system and method for automatic creation of a multimedia presentation or highlight collection from a collection of candidate contents are generally described herein. In some embodiments, each one of a plurality of videos or images in the candidate contents are automatically evaluated for quality, content, metadata, and desirability based on user specified inclusion factors. Inclusion factors may be utilized to generate one or more scores for the candidate contents, which provide for automatic ranking of the candidate contents. Based on scores generated from the selected inclusion factor criteria a highlight collection of images is automatically generated. The highlight collection can be included in a multimedia presentation, in the form of a memory book, slideshow, or digital narrative, and can be automatically generated from the plurality of videos or images. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a first managing unit that manages specific person information, the specific person information being information regarding a specific person, a second managing unit that manages attention object information, the attention object information being information regarding an attention object candidate, a searching unit that searches for the specific person information, using the attention object information as a search key, an evaluating unit that evaluates an attention object, on the basis of a search result obtained by the searching unit, and a storage control unit that stores the specific person, the attention object, and an evaluation value obtained by the evaluating unit in association with each other. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336545 | USER INTERFACE FOR COMBINED BIOMETRIC MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device is able to capture a plurality of different biometric identifiers of a subject. The mobile device displays a user interface on a screen of the device to guide the user in the capture of valid biometric identifiers. The user interface includes several different displays configured to guide users through the capture process to improve the chance that the user will capture valid biometric identifiers. The user interface includes displays for iris image capture, face image capture, voice capture, and fingerprint capture. The displays streamline the capture process, decreasing the overall knowledge and time required of the user to capture valid biometric identifiers. This also decreases the risk to the user in hostile environments. The device also processes the captured biometric identifiers to determine if they are valid, and updates the display of the user interface accordingly. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336546 | BIOMETRIC ENCLOSURE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - An enclosure works in conjunction with a mobile device to capture biometric identifiers. The mobile device has a screen on a first side and a camera on a second side opposite the first side. The enclosure at least partially covers the mobile device on the first and second sides. The enclosure includes a fingerprint subsystem configured to capture fingerprints with sufficient resolution for biometric identification. The fingerprint subsystem is located on a portion of the enclosure covering the second side of the mobile device. The enclosure includes an iris imaging subsystem configured to capture iris images with sufficient resolution for biometric identification. The iris imaging subsystem includes an iris imaging aperture facing outward from the portion of the enclosure covering the second side of the mobile device. The enclosure includes an electronic data interface configured to communicatively couple the fingerprint and iris imaging subsystems to the mobile device. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336547 | PERSON IDENTIFICATION USING OCULAR BIOMETRICS WITH LIVENESS DETECTION - A method of assessing the identity of a person by one or more of: internal non-visible anatomical structure of an eye represented by the Oculomotor Plant Characteristics (OPC), brain performance represented by the Complex Eye Movement patterns (CEM), iris patterns, and periocular information. In some embodiments, a method of making a biometric assessment includes measuring eye movement of a subject, making an assessment of whether the subject is alive based on the measured eye movement, and assessing a person's identity based at least in part on the assessment of whether the subject is alive. In some embodiments, a method of making a biometric assessment includes measuring eye movement of a subject, assessing characteristics from the measured eye movement, and assessing a state of the subject based on the assessed characteristics. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336548 | DEPTH-PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD OF DETECTING HUMAN FACE OR HEAD - A depth-photographing method of detecting human face or head includes the steps of using the specific light to illuminate the target under an environmental light, receiving and detecting the reflected light from the target with the detector, generating first depth detecting information corresponding to the depth of the target, turning off the specific light, detecting another reflected light from the target, generating second depth detecting information corresponding to the depth of the target, performing the detection/calculation process based on the first and second depth detecting information to generate the appearance of the target, determining if the appearance of the target represents a human face or head, and if yes, generating depth-photographing detection information used to cancel a lock state, thereby avoiding unintentionally entering power saving (or standby mode), speeding up entering the desired power saving or dynamically changing/adjusting the display content. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336549 | Data Security System - A data security system comprises a host processor, and a plurality of remote computers. Each remote computer provides biometric authentication of a user prior to responding to the user request for data access. The remote computers are handheld when in operational mode. A sensor in the handheld computer captures a biometric image while the remote computer is being used. The biometric sensor is positioned in such a way that the sensor enables the capture of the biometric image continually during computer usage with each request for access to secure data. The biometric authentication occurs in a seamless manner and is incidental to the data request enabling user identity authentication with each request to access secure data. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336550 | MONITORING PHYSICAL BODY CHANGES VIA IMAGE SENSOR - Embodiments related to monitoring physical body changes over time are disclosed. One embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive a depth image representing an observed scene comprising a user and detect a representation of the user in the depth image. The computing device is further configured to determine an adjusted body model based on a comparison between an initial body model and the representation of the user, and output to a display device a representation of the adjusted body model. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336551 | System and method for acquiring optoacoustic data and producing parametric maps thereof - A method is disclosed for generating sinograms by sampling a plurality of transducers acoustically coupled with the surface of a volume of tissue over a period of time after a light pulse at one wavelength, and after another light pulse at a different wavelength, and for processing those sinograms, reconstructing at least two optoacoustic images from the two sinograms, processing the two optoacoustic images to generate two envelope images and generating a parametric map from information in the two envelope images. In an embodiment, motion and tracking are determined to align the envelope images. In an embodiment, at least a second parametric map is produced from information in the same two envelope images. In an embodiment an ultrasound image is also acquired, and the parametric map is coregistered with and overlayed upon the ultrasound image, and then displayed. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336552 | REGION-SELECTIVE FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGE COMPRESSION - A method for displaying a sequence of fluoroscopic images of a subject defines, within the image area of a digital image receiver and in response to one or more viewer instructions, a region of interest and a background region that lies outside the defined region of interest. A succession of fluoroscopic images is obtained from the digital image receiver and, for image pixels within each of the succession of fluoroscopic images, background region pixel data are encoded and transmitted to the display apparatus using a lossy encoding. Region of interest pixel data is transmitted to the display apparatus using a lossless encoding. The succession of fluoroscopic images is displayed. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336553 | DETECTION OF ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS - A method includes accessing image data representing tissue and identifying one or more features of the tissue indicated by the image data. A model is selected for the tissue based on the one or more identified features. The image data is segmented and, using the model, one or more anatomical landmarks of the tissue indicated by the segmented image data are identified. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336554 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, MARKING, AND INVENTORYING LARGE QUANTITIES OF UNIQUE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - An apparatus for automatically identifying a surgical instrument, the apparatus comprising a capture module, an attribute database, a comparison module, and an exporting module, the capture module comprising hardware operable to capture multiple attributes of the surgical instrument, the attribute database comprising multiple stored attributes of a plurality of reference surgical instruments, the comparison module programmed to generate a comparison score for the surgical instrument, wherein the comparison module is programmed to generate the comparison score by receiving multiple attributes captured by the capture module and comparing it to the multiple attributes stored in the attribute database, and the exporting module configured to receive and export the comparison score generated by the comparison module. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336555 | INJECTION AMOUNT MEASURING APPARATUS - An injection amount measuring apparatus for a syringe indicated with injection amount absolute value information is provided. The injection amount measuring apparatus includes an injection amount absolute value information extracting unit configured to extract the injection amount absolute value information; a control unit configured to analyze the extracted injection amount absolute value information to determine injection amount information for an injection amount to be injected from the syringe; and a storage unit configured to store the injection amount information. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336556 | Human Pose Estimation in Visual Computing - The present invention discloses a method of estimating human pose comprising: modeling a human body as a tree structure; optimizing said tree structure through importance proposal probabilities and part priorities; performing foreground detection to create image region observation; and performing image segmentation to provide image edge observations. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336557 | INFLAMMATORY EYE DISORDERS - Provided herein are methods of evaluating efficacy of a treatment in a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome) and selecting a subject for participation in a clinical study. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome). | 2013-12-19 |
20130336558 | VISUALIZATION FOR NAVIGATION GUIDANCE - The present invention relates to visualizing information of an object. In order to provide spatial information and in addition situation specific data to the user while ensuring an effective perceptibility, a method ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LEVEL EYE REGISTRATION - A method for performing multi-level eye registration comprising: obtaining a first initial reference eye image by a first diagnostic device and defining a reference coordinate system; obtaining a second eye image by a surgery device, said second eye image being obtained in a pre-surgery phase before the surgery has started; performing a first registration between said first eye image and said second eye image to obtain a first registration result; obtaining a third eye image by said surgery device, said third eye image being obtained after surgery has started; performing a second registration between said second eye image and said third eye image to obtain a second registration result; combining said first and second registration results to obtain a combined registration result to thereby obtain a registration between said initial reference eye image obtained by said diagnostic device and said third eye image obtained by said surgery device after surgery has started. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336560 | Motion Artifact Suppression in Ultrasound Diagnostic Imaging - Motion artifacts are suppressed for motion imaging in medical diagnostic ultrasound. Spatial correlation is used to detect motion, including any lateral motion. Some aspect of clutter filtering may be set based on the amount of spatial correlation or detected motion. The shift for frequency mixing, wall filter cutoff frequency, and/or velocity threshold may be set. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336561 | CONCURRENT UPDATE ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION (IR) METHOD AND SYSTEM - The CT imaging system optimizes its image generation by updating an image with the current application of a data fidelity update and a regularization update together in a single step in an iterative reconstruction algorithm. The iterative reconstruction algorithm includes the ordered subsets simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (OS SART) and the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART). The data fidelity update and the regularization update are independently obtained using some predetermined statistical information such as noise and or error in matching the real data. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336562 | ADAPTIVELY DETERMINED PARAMETER VALUES IN ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The CT imaging system optimizes its image generation by adaptively changing parameters in an iterative reconstruction algorithm based upon certain information such as statistical information. The coefficients for the parameters include at least a first coefficient for a predetermined data fidelity process and a second coefficient for a predetermined regularization process in an iterative reconstruction algorithm. The iterative reconstruction algorithm includes the ordered subsets simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (OSSART) and the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART). The first coefficient and the second coefficient are independently determined using some predetermined statistical information such as noise and or error in matching the real data. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336563 | Medical Diagnostic Image Change Highlighter - Systems and methods are disclosed which enable more accurate examination of medical diagnostic images, for example x-ray, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. The systems and methods highlight anomalies that have changed between the collection times of two or more diagnostic images, and can also provide objective scoring of the degree of change. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336564 | MR SEGMENTATION USING NUCLEAR EMISSION DATA IN HYBRID NUCLEAR IMAGING/MR - When generating a magnetic resonance (MR) attenuation map (39), an MR image is segmented to identify a patient's body outline, soft tissue structures, and ambiguous structures comprising bone and/or air. To distinguish between bone and air in the ambiguous structures, a nuclear emission image (e.g., PET) of the same patient or region of interest is segmented. The segmented functional image data is correlated to the segmented MR image data to distinguish between bone and air in the ambiguous structures. Appropriate radiation attenuation values are assigned respectively to identify air voxels and bone voxels in the segmented MR image, and an MR attenuation map is generated from the enhanced segmented MR image, in which ambiguity between air and bone has been resolved. The MR attenuation map is used to generate an attenuation-corrected nuclear image, which is displayed to a user. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336565 | 2D/3D IMAGE REGISTRATION - The present invention relates to interactive registration of 2D images with 3D volume data, and in particular relates to the registration of two 2D images with 3D volume data. In order to provide 2D/3D registration with a facilitated workflow for the user, an example of a method is provided comprising the steps of providing ( | 2013-12-19 |
20130336566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING IMAGE AND MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD - A method and apparatus for reconstructing an image and a medical image system are provided. An image reconstruction processing method may include acquiring an initial value with respect to a tomographic image of an object to be inspected, initializing an auxiliary variable, acquiring one or both of a weighted value and an error value, based on a measured value, transforming a measured image signal, updating the auxiliary variable using a transform coefficient used to transform the measured image signal, and updating the measured value using the updated auxiliary variable, and one or both of the acquired weighted value and the error value. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336567 | INTERNAL FOCUS REFERENCE BEADS FOR IMAGING CYTOMETRY - The invention generally relates to analytical and monitoring systems useful for analyzing and measuring cells and biological samples. More particularly, the invention provides systems and methods for internal calibration and focus reference for cytometry imaging. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336568 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE NORMALIZATION USING A GAUSSIAN RESIDUAL OF FIT SELECTION CRITERIA - An apparatus and method for image normalization using a Gaussian residual of fit selection criteria. The method may include acquiring a two-dimensional image of a plurality of particles, where the plurality of particles comprises a plurality of calibration particles, and identifying a calibration particle by correlating a portion of the image corresponding to the calibration particle to a mathematical model (e.g. Gaussian fit). The measured intensity of the calibration particle may then be used to normalize the intensity of the image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336569 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The recognition rate is improved and recognition errors are suppressed when recognizing magnetic ink characters. A character recognition unit | 2013-12-19 |
20130336570 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - The recognition rate is improved when recognizing magnetic ink characters. The character recognition unit of a check reader scales and adjusts the waveform of the reference waveform data for each magnetic ink character referenced to a scaling point set in each character, recognizes the read magnetic ink character based on the difference between the reference waveform data after adjustment and the character waveform data, and when there are three peaks exceeding a specific level in the reference waveform data, sets two scaling points F1, F2 in the waveform of the reference waveform data and scales the waveform of the reference waveform data referenced to the two scaling points F1, F2. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336571 | MASK PATTERN ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING MASK PATTERN - A pattern analysis method includes the steps of: grouping a plurality of polygons in a circuit layout into a plurality of polygon groups; locating a potential defect area of each polygon group according to an aerial image of the circuit layout; determining a representing point of the potential defect area of each polygon group; determining representing points of the plurality of polygons in each polygon group; and comparing a distribution pattern of the representing points of the plurality of polygons relative to the representing point of the potential defect area in one of the polygon groups with a distribution pattern of the representing points of the plurality of polygons relative to the representing point of the potential defect area in another of the polygon groups. The steps aforesaid are executed by a processor in a computer system. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336572 | Focus Monitoring Method Using Asymmetry Embedded Imaging Target - A method for monitoring mask focus includes measuring profile asymmetries in a target feature including sub-resolution assist features and deriving a focus response based on a known correlation between the profile and focus of a corresponding mask. A computer system in a lithographic process may adjust mask focus based on such derived information to conform to a desired fabrication process. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336573 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFECT DETECTION INCLUDING PATCH-TO-PATCH COMPARISONS - A system receives, based on processing of an inspected frame of an inspected image generated by collecting signals indicative of a pattern on an article, at least one candidate defect location in the inspected frame. The system defines a candidate patch within the inspected frame. The candidate patch is associated with the candidate defect location. The system identifies at least one similar patch in the inspected frame using a predefined similarity criterion and determines whether a defect exists at the candidate defect location based on a comparison of at least a portion of the candidate patch with at least a corresponding portion of the at least one similar patch. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336574 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INSPECTING EXTREME ULTRA VIOLET RETICLES - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) reticle is disclosed. An optical inspection tool is used to obtain a phase defect map for the EUV reticle before a pattern is formed on the EUV reticle, and the phase defect map identifies a position of each phase defect on the EUV reticle. After the pattern is formed on the EUV reticle, a charged particle tool is used to obtain an image of each reticle portion that is proximate to each position of each phase defect as identified in the phase defect map. The phase defect map and one or images of each reticle portion that is proximate to each position of each phase defect are displayed or stored so as to facilitate analysis of whether to repair or discard the EUV reticle. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336575 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTION OF DEFECTS WITHIN INSPECTION IMAGES - An analysis system for detection of defects within an inspection image of an inspected object, the inspection image comprising a plurality of pixels, the system including: a computerized segmentation module configured to segmentize the inspection image based on multiple anchor locations and on a mask which defines multiple mask-segments, by assigning each part out of multiple parts of the inspection image to a respective image-segment selected out of a multiple image segments, wherein the multiple image segments correspond to at least one mask-segment of said multiple mask-segments; and a defect detection processor configured to determine a presence of a defect in the inspection image based on the segmentation at least by assessing each pixel out of a plurality of pixels of the inspection image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336576 | METALLOGRAPHIC METHOD FOR ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF PORE SIZES AND DISTRIBUTIONS IN METAL CASTINGS - A quantitative metallographic method to measure pore sizes and pore distributions in cast aluminum components. An image of a location of interest in a cast component sample is first obtained using an image analyzer. Spacing criteria, such as a measure of the secondary dendrite arm spacing, may be used with the received image to provide evidence of pore clustering. This allows the system to performing calculations to determine if multiple pores can be clustered or grouped together as a single pore in three-dimensional space. From this, the total area of the pores in each of these groups or clusters is calculated and used as a representation of the pore area for that cluster. In general, pore size and pore distribution measurements in cast components achieved by the present invention show accurate predictions of pore size and spacing, and in particular evidence a reduced tendency to under-predict the size and distribution of actual pores. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336577 | Two-Dimensional to Stereoscopic Conversion Systems and Methods - In one embodiment, a two-dimensional to stereoscopic conversion method, comprising: estimating a local motion region in a first image relative to one or more second images, the first and the one or more second images comprising two-dimensional images; generating a color model based on the local motion region; calculating a similarity value for each of at least one image pixel selected from the first image based on the color model; and assigning a depth value for each of the at least one image pixel selected from the first image based on the calculated similarity value to generate a stereoscopic image, the method performed by one or more processors. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336578 | MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS DEVICE - Porous body data | 2013-12-19 |
20130336579 | Methods for Efficient Classifier Training for Accurate Object Recognition in Images and Video - An object recognition system and method is provided which uses automated algorithmically determined negative training. Negative training with respect to a particular object classifier allows for more streamlined and efficient targeted negative training, enabling time and cost savings while simultaneously improving the accuracy of recognition based on the targeted negative training. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336580 | WEIGHTED FEATURE VOTING FOR CLASSIFICATION USING A GRAPH LATTICE - A system and method classify a test image. At least one processor receives a data graph computed from the test image. Further, a graph lattice is received. The graph lattice includes a plurality of nodes, each including a subgraph, a weight and at least one mapping of the subgraph to data graphs of a plurality of training images. The training images correspond to a plurality of classes. The data graph of the test image is mapped by the subgraphs of the nodes. Mappings between the graph lattice and the data graphs of the training images are compared with mappings between the graph lattice and the data graph of the test image to determine weighted votes of similarity between the data graphs of the training images and the data graph of the test image. The class of the test image is determined from the weighted votes. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336581 | MULTI-CUE OBJECT DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - Foreground objects of interest are distinguished from a background model by dividing a region of interest of a video data image into a grid array of individual cells that are each smaller than that a foreground object of interest. More particularly, image data of the foreground object of interest spans a contiguous plurality of the cells. Each of the cells are labeled as foreground if accumulated edge energy within the cell meets an edge energy threshold, if color intensities for different colors within each cell differ by a color intensity differential threshold, or as a function of combinations of said determinations in view of one or more combination rules. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336582 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided with an image processing apparatus. A setting unit sets a parameter indicating a likelihood of being foreground or a likelihood of being background for each pixel of the input image. A selection unit selects a first cluster, wherein the first cluster has color information indicating a color similar to a color which is indicated by color information of any cluster out of the second group of clusters. An adjustment unit configured to adjust the parameter of each of pixels which belong to the selected first cluster. An estimation unit estimates a region corresponding to the foreground part using the parameters associated with respective pixels after adjustment of the parameters by the adjustment unit. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336583 | DETERMINING MODEL PARAMETERS BASED ON TRANSFORMING A MODEL OF AN OBJECT - Apparatus for determining model parameters, the apparatus comprising an object model transformer, a region comparator, and a model parameter determiner. The object model transformer is configured to receive an object model of a known object and to transform the object model based on a set of model parameters from a first frame of reference to a second frame of reference, and is further configured to determine as result of this transformation a transformed object model comprising at least one region that is associated to an object region of the object. The region comparator is configured to receive the transformed object model and an image depicting the object, to determine for a selected region of the transformed object model a region-related similarity measure. The model parameter determiner is configured to determine an updated set of model parameters on the basis of the region-related similarity measure and an optimization scheme. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336584 | Image Procesing Apparatus and Image Compressing Method - Provided is an image processing apparatus for compressing an image. The apparatus includes a compressing section configured to compress an image based on N representative colors to generate N-representative-color-based compression data and calculate an indicator for evaluating an image quality of the image compressed based on M representative colors during compressing the image based on N representative colors, where M2013-12-19 | |
20130336585 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BILATERAL IMAGE FILTERING - A method includes generating a first principle bilateral filtered image component from a source image. The first principle bilateral filtered image component corresponds to a second pixel value of a set, the second pixel value greater than or equal to a first pixel value. The method includes selectively updating a result pixel of a result image based on the first principle bilateral filtered image component and deallocating the first principle bilateral filtered image component. After deallocating the first principle bilateral filtered image component, a second principle bilateral filtered image component is generated from the source image. The second principle bilateral filtered image component corresponds to a third pixel value. The third pixel value is greater than the second pixel value. The third pixel value is less than or equal to a fourth pixel value. The result pixel is selectively updated based on the second principle bilateral filtered image component. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336586 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes following units. The extraction unit extracts, from image data including a plurality of pixels, wavelength signal values of the plurality of pixels. The light attenuation amount calculation unit calculates a light attenuation amount based on a ratio of a wavelength signal value of a target pixel to a representative signal value obtained from wavelength signal values of a local region around the target pixel. The pigment amount calculation unit calculates a pigment amount of a predetermined pigment component at the target pixel by resolving the light attenuation amount using an absorbance base of the predetermined pigment component. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336587 | REGION GROWING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MULTI-CORE - A region growing apparatus using multi-core includes a plurality of cores, each core including an operation controller configured to perform an operation for region growing of a 2D pixel region or 3D pixel region and an inner memory configured to store a queue associated with a seed pixel as a target of the operation; and a shared memory connected to the plurality of cores over a network and shared by the plurality of cores. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336588 | Method for Representing Images Using Quantized Embeddings of Scale-Invariant Image Features - Scale-invariant features are extracted from an image. The features are projected to a lower dimensional random projection matrix by multiplying the features by a matrix of random entries. The matrix of random projections is quantized to produce a matrix of quantization indices, which form a query vector for searching a database of images to retrieve metadata related to the image. | 2013-12-19 |
20130336589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of improving the image quality of decoded images of images from multiple viewpoints. A warping unit | 2013-12-19 |
20130336590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VISUAL STORY BOARD IN REAL TIME - An embodiment includes a method and an apparatus for the generation of a visual story board in real time in an image-capturing device including a photo sensor and a buffer, wherein the method includes the consecutively performed steps: starting the recording of a video, receiving information on an image frame of the video, comparing the information on the received image frame with information on at least one of a plurality of image frames wherein the information on the plurality of image frames has previously been stored in the buffer, storing the information on the received image frame in the buffer depending on the result of the comparison, and finishing the recording of the video. | 2013-12-19 |