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05-01-2012 дата публикации

Data collation apparatus

Номер: US20120002846A1

Автор: Hironori Yokoi, Toshio Endoh

Принадлежит: Fujitsu Ltd

A data collation apparatus has: a collation unit which calculates a similarity between input data measured by a measurement apparatus and each of registered data; and a calculation unit which adjusts, if a similarity of first registered data of which similarity with the input data is highest is lower than a first threshold, and a difference between the similarities of the first registered data and second registered data of which similarity with the input data is second highest is smaller than a predetermined value, or if a degree of separation to indicate a distance between the similarity of the first registered data and a similarity distribution of a group of registered data items of which similarities with the input data are second highest or lower is smaller than a predetermined value, the parameters of the measurement apparatus, and instructs the measurement apparatus to remeasure the measurement subject.

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Номер записи: 1

23-10-2017 дата публикации

Монитор многофункциональный компьютеризированный

Номер: RU0000174590U1

Автор: Алексей Игоревич Егоров, Андрей Сергеевич Козырев, Дмитрий Владимирович Давыдов, Евгений Михайлович Глуховский, Татьяна Сергеевна Медведева

Принадлежит: Общество с ограниченной ответственностью (ООО) "АЛЬТОНИКА"

Полезная модель относится к медицинской технике, а именно к биомедицинским измерениям для диагностических целей в кардиореспираторных исследованиях сердца.Технический результат заключается в упрощении, удешевлении, снижении энергопотребления, массы и уровня побочных излучений в многофункциональном компьютизированном медицинском мониторе при использовании в нем современных программно-аппаратных средств обработки, отображения и компьютеризированного анализа медицинской информации. Этот результат достигается благодаря тому, что в известном многофункциональном компьютеризированном мониторе, питаемом от сети и от аккумуляторной батареи, который содержит материнскую плату с портами для сменных карт памяти и включения в локальную вычислительную сеть, процессорный модуль SOM, многоканальный модуль ECGP измерителей биосигналов человека, клавиатуру, динамик и ЖКИ-дисплей, вход питания которого подключен к соответствующему выходу питания дисплея материнской платы, материнская плата выполнена с дополнительным интерфейсом USB HUB с возможностью подключения модулей дополнительных измерителей биосигналов человека и с возможностью применения вместо свинцовых аккумуляторов одной Li-Ion аккумуляторной батареи, процессорный модуль SOM выполнен на основе ARM-процессора с интерфейсом низковольтной дифференциальной передачи сигналов (LVDS) и установлен на материнской плате, многоканальный модуль ECGP измерителей биосигналов человека выполнен с интерфейсами USB2.0, при этом клавиатура подключена непосредственно к процессорному модулю SOM, а ЖКИ-дисплей выполнен с возможностью приема информации по каналу LVDS и подключен к соответствующему выходу процессорного модуля SOM кабелем на основе медной витой пары. 2 ил. Ц 1 174590 ко РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ 19 11 зе а в ва за (13 7 ВУ “174 59041 (51) МПК ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ А61В 5/04 (2006.01) (12) ОПИСАНИЕ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ (21)(22) Заявка: 2017102024, 23.01.2017 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия ...

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29-01-2018 дата публикации

Устройство регистрации ЭКГ человека для непрерывного контроля

Номер: RU0000176791U1

Автор: Анастасия Сергеевна Хафизова, Владимир Львович Кодкин

Принадлежит: федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Южно-Уральский государственный университет" (национальный исследовательский университет) (ФГАОУ ВО "ЮУрГУ" (НИУ))

Полезная модель относится к области медицинской техники и предназначена для бесконтактного контроля функционального состояния человека, в частности для бесконтактного снятия электрокардиограммы.Технический результат заявляемой полезной модели заключается в обеспечении непрерывного контроля функционального состояния пациента. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (13) 176 791 U1 (51) МПК A61B 5/04 (2006.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ОПИСАНИЕ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ (52) СПК A61B 5/04 (2006.01) (21)(22) Заявка: 2017113865, 20.04.2017 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: 29.01.2018 Приоритет(ы): (22) Дата подачи заявки: 20.04.2017 (45) Опубликовано: 29.01.2018 Бюл. № 4 Адрес для переписки: 454080, Челябинск, пр. им. В.И. Ленина, 76, ЮУрГУ, патентный отдел (56) Список документов, цитированных в отчете о поиске: RU 163596 U1, 27.07.2016. US U 1 1 7 6 7 9 1 R U (54) Устройство регистрации ЭКГ человека для непрерывного контроля (57) Реферат: Полезная модель относится к области бесконтактного снятия электрокардиограммы. медицинской техники и предназначена для Технический результат заявляемой полезной бесконтактного контроля функционального модели заключается в обеспечении непрерывного состояния человека, в частности для контроля функционального состояния пациента. Стр.: 1 U 1 2007078324 А1, 05.04.2007. CA 2620578 A1, 12.04.2007. US 20050010096 А1, 13.01.2005. US 2006111640 A1, 25.05.2006. 1 7 6 7 9 1 (73) Патентообладатель(и): федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Южно-Уральский государственный университет" (национальный исследовательский университет) (ФГАОУ ВО "ЮУрГУ" (НИУ)) (RU) Дата регистрации: R U 20.04.2017 (72) Автор(ы): Кодкин Владимир Львович (RU), Хафизова Анастасия Сергеевна (RU) U 1 U 1 1 7 6 7 9 1 1 7 6 7 9 1 R U R U Стр.: 2 RU 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 176 791 U1 Полезная модель относится к области медицинской техники и предназначена для бесконтактного контроля ...

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17-03-2022 дата публикации

Система мониторинга участков сельскохозяйственных угодий с использованием машинного обучения и беспилотного летательного аппарата

Номер: RU0000209619U1

Автор: Алиев Михаил Александрович, Арлазаров Владимир Викторович, Безматерных Павел Владимирович, Булатов Константин Булатович, Лимонова Елена Евгеньевна, Усилин Сергей Александрович, Чернышова Юлия Сергеевна, Шешкус Александр Владимирович

Принадлежит: Федеральное государственное учреждение "Федеральный исследовательский центр "Информатика и управление" Российской академии наук" (ФИЦ ИУ РАН)

Полезная модель относится к области автоматики и вычислительной техники, в частности к системе мониторинга участков сельскохозяйственных угодий с использованием машинного обучения и беспилотного летательного аппарата. Техническим результатом, обеспечиваемым заявляемой полезной моделью, является повышение быстродействия системы путем выдачи в реальном масштабе времени результатов обработки получаемых данных по каждому из участков сельскохозяйственных угодий. Технический результат достигается тем, что система содержит модуль приема данных с беспилотного летательного аппарата, модуль селекции адресов участков сельскохозяйственных угодий в базе данных сервера системы, модуль выдачи адресов считывания данных участков сельскохозяйственных угодий, модуль приема изображений участков сельскохозяйственных угодий из базы данных сервера системы, модуль задания количества участков сельскохозяйственных угодий для проведения мониторинга, модуль верификации изображений участков сельскохозяйственных угодий с беспилотного летательного аппарата и из базы данных сервера системы, модуль фиксации результатов верификации участков сельскохозяйственных угодий и модуль выдачи результатов мониторинга участков сельскохозяйственных угодий. 4 ил. РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ (19) RU (11) (13) 209 619 U1 (51) МПК G06T 7/00 (2006.01) G06V 10/00 (2022.01) ФЕДЕРАЛЬНАЯ СЛУЖБА ПО ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНОЙ СОБСТВЕННОСТИ (12) ОПИСАНИЕ ПОЛЕЗНОЙ МОДЕЛИ К ПАТЕНТУ (52) СПК G06T 7/00 (2022.01); G06V 10/00 (2022.01) (21)(22) Заявка: 2021131814, 29.10.2021 (24) Дата начала отсчета срока действия патента: Дата регистрации: 17.03.2022 (45) Опубликовано: 17.03.2022 Бюл. № 8 (73) Патентообладатель(и): Федеральное государственное учреждение "Федеральный исследовательский центр "Информатика и управление" Российской академии наук" (ФИЦ ИУ РАН) (RU) Адрес для переписки: 119333, Москва, ул. Вавилова, 44, корп. 2, Федеральное государственное учреждение "Федеральный исследовательский центр "Информатика и управление" Российской академии ...

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Номер записи: 4

12-01-2012 дата публикации

Manually-assisted automated indexing of images using facial recognition

Номер: US20120008837A1

Автор: David A. Goldberg, Jeffrey Rose, Joe Angell, Robert Gray

Принадлежит: Youfinder Intellectual Property Licensing LLC

The present method relates to the manual assistance for the automated indexing ( 100 ) of a collection of images using facial recognition. In a first automated indexing step, automated indexing of faces within a collection of images is performed, creating sets of faces each of which comprises faces that are determined by the automated process to be representative of the same person. In a second splitting step ( 200 ), sets are displayed to an operator, who determines whether there are false-positive associations within a set. If false-positive associations are found, the faces representing different people are manually split into different sets, hi this way, there will be no false-positive associations within the collection of images, hi a third merging step ( 300 ), sets that have some degree of similarity are presented to the operator, who determines whether the two sets comprise representations of the same person. If so, the two sets are manually merged, thereby eliminating false-negative errors. In this way, all of the faces in the image collection can be completely and accurately indexed.

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Номер записи: 5

12-01-2012 дата публикации

Object recognition system with database pruning and querying

Номер: US20120011119A1

Автор: Ashwin Swaminathan, Pawan K. Baheti, Serafin Diaz Spindola, Xia Ning

Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

A database for object recognition is generated by performing at least one of intra-object pruning and inter-object pruning, as well as keypoint clustering and selection. Intra-object pruning removes similar and redundant keypoints within an object and different views of the same object, and may be used to generate and associate a significance value, such as a weight, with respect to remaining keypoint descriptors. Inter-object pruning retains the most informative set of descriptors across different objects, by characterizing the discriminability of the keypoint descriptors for all of the objects and removing keypoint descriptors with a discriminability that is less than a threshold. Additionally, a mobile platform may download a geographically relevant portion of the database and perform object recognition by extracting features from the query image and using determined confidence levels for each query feature during outlier removal.

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Номер записи: 6

12-01-2012 дата публикации

Feedback to improve object recognition

Номер: US20120011142A1

Автор: Ashwin Swaminathan, Murali Ramaswamy Chari, Pawan K. Baheti, Serafin Diaz Spindola

Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

A database for object recognition is modified based on feedback information received from a mobile platform. The feedback information includes information with respect to an image of an object captured by the mobile platform. The feedback information, for example, may include the image, features extracted from the image, a confidence level for the features, posterior probabilities of the features belonging to an object in the database, GPS information, and heading orientation information. The feedback information may be used to improve the database pruning, add content to the database or update the database compression efficiency. The information feedback to the server by the mobile platform may be determined based on a search of a portion of the database performed by the mobile platform using features extracted from a captured query image.

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Номер записи: 7

19-01-2012 дата публикации

Efficient method for tracking people

Номер: US20120014562A1

Автор: Dror Shapira, Erez Berkovich

Принадлежит: RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD

In accordance with one embodiment, a method to track persons includes generating a first and second set of facial coefficient vectors by: (i) providing a first and second image containing a plurality of persons; (ii) locating faces of persons in each image; and (iii) generating a facial coefficient vector for each face by extracting from the images coefficients sufficient to locally identify each face, then tracking the persons within the images, the tracking including comparing the first set of facial coefficient vectors to the second set of facial coefficient vectors to determine for each person in the first image if there is a corresponding person in the second image. Optically the method includes using estimated locations in combination with the vector distance between facial coefficient vectors to track persons.

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Номер записи: 8

26-01-2012 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for producing and reproducing augmented reality contents in mobile terminal

Номер: US20120019526A1

Автор: Dae-Kyu Shin, Ik-Hwan Cho, Jin-He Jung, Kwang-Cheol Choi, Seung-Pyo Ryu, Shin-Jun Lee, Sung-Joo Ahn, Tae-Hwan Son

Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A method and an apparatus produce and reproduce Augmented Reality (AR) contents in a mobile terminal. In the method, contents are produced. An image including an object corresponding to the contents is recognized. Recognition information for the object corresponding to the contents is obtained based on a recognition result. AR contents including the contents and the recognition information are generated. Therefore, AR contents for an input image may be easily produced and reproduced, and the AR contents may be used as independent multimedia contents, not an auxiliary means of other contents.

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Номер записи: 9

26-01-2012 дата публикации

Systems, methods, and apparatus for otoacoustic protection of autonomic systems

Номер: US20120023581A1

Автор: Michael G. HINCHEY, Roy Sterritt

Принадлежит: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments an autonomic unit transmits an otoacoustic signal to counteract a potentially harmful incoming signal.

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Номер записи: 10

02-02-2012 дата публикации

Image contrast enhancement in depth sensor

Номер: US20120026085A1

Автор: Scott McEldowney

Принадлежит: Microsoft Corp

Embodiments related to the enhancement of contrast in an image pattern in a structured light depth sensor are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, in a structured light depth sensor system comprising a structured light depth sensor, a method comprising projecting a light pattern onto an object, detecting via an image sensor an image of the light pattern as reflected from the object, increasing a contrast of the light pattern relative to ambient light present in the image of the light pattern as reflected from the object to form a contrast-enhanced image of the light pattern as reflected from the object, and based upon a motion of the object as detected via the contrast-enhanced image of the light pattern, controlling an application that is providing output to a display.

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Номер записи: 11

02-02-2012 дата публикации

Image segmentation

Номер: US20120027272A1

Автор: Akinola Akinyemi, Costas Plakas, Ian Poole, Jim Piper

Принадлежит: Individual

According to one embodiment there is provided a method of selecting a plurality of M atlases from among a larger group of N candidate atlases to form a multi-atlas data set to be used for computer automated segmentation of novel image data sets to mark objects of interest therein. A set of candidate atlases is used containing a reference image data set and segmentation data. Each of the candidate atlases is segmented against the others in a leave-one-out strategy, in which the candidate atlases are used as training data for each other. For each candidate atlas in turn, the following is carried out: registering; segmenting; computing an overlap; computing a value of the similarity measure for each of the registrations; and obtaining a set of regression parameters by performing a regression with the similarity measure being the independent variable and the overlap being the dependent variable. The M atlases are then selected from among all the N candidate atlases to form the multi-atlas data set, the M atlases being those atlases determined to collectively provide the highest aggregate overlap over all the training data image sets.

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Номер записи: 12

01-03-2012 дата публикации

System and method for video-assisted identification of mobile phone users

Номер: US20120051604A1

Автор: Boaz Dudovich, Gideon Hazzani

Принадлежит: Individual

Methods and systems for identifying and tracking individuals in a area-of-interest that may be covered by a video surveillance subsystem and by a communication location subsystem, and a correlation system correlates the outputs of the two subsystems. The communication location subsystem may monitor communication of mobile phones. The video subsystem captures video images of the area-of-interest, and processes the video images so as to identify individuals who are present in the area. The correlation system correlates a given mobile phone with a given individual who was identified by the video subsystem as being engaged in a phone conversation. After correlating the mobile phone with the individual using the phone, the correlation system outputs correlated information regarding the phone and its user to an operator.

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Номер записи: 13

01-03-2012 дата публикации

System for background subtraction with 3d camera

Номер: US20120051631A1

Автор: Daniel Palmer Dabbelt, Dennis Jinn Lin, Minh Ngoc Do, Quang Huu Nguyen, Sanjay Jeram Patel

Принадлежит: University of Illinois

A system for background image subtraction includes a computing device coupled with a 3D video camera, a processor of the device programmed to receive a video feed from the camera containing images of one or more subject that include depth information. The processor, for an image: segments pixels and corresponding depth information into three different regions including foreground (FG), background (BG), and unclear (UC); categorizes UC pixels as FG or BG using a function that considers the color and background history (BGH) information associated with the UC pixels and the color and BGH information associated with pixels near the UC pixels; examines the pixels marked as FG and applies temporal and spatial filters to smooth boundaries of the FG regions; constructs a new image by overlaying the FG regions on top of a new background; displays a video feed of the new image in a display device; and continually maintains the BGH.

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Номер записи: 14

01-03-2012 дата публикации

Storing and Searching Fingerprints Derived from Media Content Based on a Classification of the Media Content

Номер: US20120054194A1

Автор: Claus Bauer, Regunathan Radhakrishnan, Tianshi Gao, Wenyu Jiang

Принадлежит: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp

Attributes are identified in media content. A classification value of the media content is computed based on the identified attributes. Thereafter, a fingerprint derived from the media content is stored or searched for based on the classification value of the media content.

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Номер записи: 15

08-03-2012 дата публикации

Single-shot photometric stereo by spectral multiplexing

Номер: US20120056994A1

Автор: Graham Leslie Fyffe

Принадлежит: University of Southern California USC

Single-shot photometric stereo techniques are disclosed in which chromaticity is assumed to be a variable. Scene illumination includes three or more spectrally distinct light sources. A scene image is taken with a camera system configured to measure five or more different bands, or channels, of the visible light spectrum. The light sources can include narrow-band colored LED lights, possibly combined with color filters to refine the spectral distributions. In each configuration, a beam splitter assembly is used to align two or more color cameras having different color filters placed over their lenses. By use of such techniques, a single multispectral photograph of a subject provides enough information to recover both the full-color reflectance and the surface normals on a per-pixel basis.

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Номер записи: 16

08-03-2012 дата публикации

Re-calibration of pre-recorded images during interventions using a needle device

Номер: US20120059251A1

Автор: Adrian Emmanuel Desjardins, Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Levinus Pieter Bakker

Принадлежит: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

Re-calibration of pre-recorded images during interventions is proposed, utilizing an interventional system comprising an imaging device providing images of an object, a needle device, and a processing device. The needle device comprises a sensor for providing data corresponding to tissue properties. The processing device is adapted to perform an overlay registration of pre-recorded images and live images provided by the imaging device, utilizing the data from the sensor. Thus, the accuracy of an overlay of images is increased.

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Номер записи: 17

15-03-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for acquiring high quality eye images for iris recognition

Номер: US20120062720A1

Автор: Dae Hoo Kim, Hwan Pyo Moon, Hyeong In Choi, Jung Kyo Sohn, Seung Min Paik, Song Hwa Kwon, Sung Jin Lee

Принадлежит: Individual

The present invention provides a method for acquiring high quality eye images, comprising the steps of: dividing a camera mode for eye image acquisition into a pre-photographing mode and a main photographing mode, comparing the degree of eye capture, actual eye, resolution, contrast ratio, noise level, angle of the face when an object to be photographed stares at a lens, location of the pupil in the eye, and the degree of exposure of the iris in the eye, etc., with a preset reference quality condition to evaluate the quality of eye images acquired in the pre-photographing mode, and switching from the pre-photographing mode to the main photographing mode if the preset reference quality condition is satisfied; capturing a plurality of eye images in the main photographing mode, finishing the main photographing mode if the preset condition for finishing the main photographing mode is satisfied, and setting a candidate group from the stored plurality of images; comparing the images with the preset reference quality condition if no candidate group is set, and returning to the main photographing mode or pre-photographing mode in accordance with the result of the comparison; and selecting final images from the candidate group if the candidate group is set.

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Номер записи: 18

15-03-2012 дата публикации

Deep belief network for large vocabulary continuous speech recognition

Номер: US20120065976A1

Автор: Dong Yu, George Edward Dahl, Li Deng

Принадлежит: Microsoft Corp

A method is disclosed herein that includes an act of causing a processor to receive a sample, wherein the sample is one of spoken utterance, an online handwriting sample, or a moving image sample. The method also comprises the act of causing the processor to decode the sample based at least in part upon an output of a combination of a deep structure and a context-dependent Hidden Markov Model (HMM), wherein the deep structure is configured to output a posterior probability of a context-dependent unit. The deep structure is a Deep Belief Network consisting of many layers of nonlinear units with connecting weights between layers trained by a pretraining step followed by a fine-tuning step.

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Номер записи: 19

22-03-2012 дата публикации

Gesture recognition system for tv control

Номер: US20120069168A1

Автор: Kuang-Man Huang, Liangyin Yu, Ming-Chang Liu

Принадлежит: Sony Corp

A gesture recognition system using a skin-color based method combined with motion information to achieve real-time segmentation. A Kalman filter is used to track the centroid of the hand. The palm center, palm bottom, as well as the largest distance from the palm center to the contour from extracted hand mask are computed. The computed distance to a threshold is then compared to decide if the current posture is “open” or “closed.” In a preferred embodiment, the transition between the “open” and “closed” posture to decide if the current gesture is in “select” or “grab” state.

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Номер записи: 20

22-03-2012 дата публикации

Foreground/Background Separation Using Reference Images

Номер: US20120069222A1

Автор: Adrian Capata, Adrian Zamfir, Alexandru Drimbarean, Eran Steinberg, Mihai Ciuc, Peter Corcoran, Petronel Bigioi

Принадлежит: Tessera Technologies Ireland Ltd

A technique involves distinguishing between foreground and background regions of a digital image of a scene. First and second images are captured of nominally a same scene. The first image is a relatively high resolution image taken with the foreground more in focus than the background, while the second image is a relatively low resolution reference image taken with the background more in focus than the foreground. Regions of the captured images are assigned as foreground or background. In accordance with the assigning, one or more processed images are rendered based on the first image or the second image, or both.

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Номер записи: 21

22-03-2012 дата публикации

Image processing based on visual attention and reduced search based generated regions of interest

Номер: US20120070075A1

Автор: Lalitha M. Eswara

Принадлежит: Honeywell International Inc

A system for complexity reduction in images involving concepts of visual attention based most probable region detection for object presence and perspective-view based reduced scale-search approaches. Visual attention concept in context uses gradient and contrast of an image. A pixel meeting certain criteria for gradient or contrast values may be further processed for object presence. Limiting image processing to such regions may reduce the complexity of digitized images. Post processing the outcome using morphological operations like dilation and erosion appropriately may help retain some of the missed object pixels in the resultant image. Typically image blocks at different scales are searched for object presence. Reduced-scale search involves removing certain scales during search. As object size in image varies with its location scales within a given scale-range if searched, may lead to higher chances of object presence. This is implemented using relative heights and widths estimation using the perspective view concept.

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Номер записи: 22

22-03-2012 дата публикации

System and method for comparing and reviewing documents

Номер: US20120072859A1

Автор: Cynthia Ann Thompson, Glenn Ricart, Keith Wishon, Lever Wang, Sheldon Laube

Принадлежит: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

A document processing system for accurately and efficiently analyzing documents and methods for making and using same. Each incoming document includes at least one section of textual content and is provided in an electronic form or as a paper-based document that is converted into an electronic form. Since many categories of documents, such as legal and accounting documents, often include one or more common text sections with similar textual content, the document processing system compares the documents to identify and classify the common text sections. The document comparison can be further enhanced by dividing the document into document segments and comparing the document segments; whereas, the conversion of paper-based documents likewise can be improved by comparing the resultant electronic document with a library of standard phrases, sentences, and paragraphs. The document processing system thereby enables an image of the document to be manipulated, as desired, to facilitate its review.

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Номер записи: 23

29-03-2012 дата публикации

Optoelectronic sensor

Номер: US20120074296A1

Автор: Ingolf Braune, Markus Hammes, Shane Macnamara, Stephan Schmitz

Принадлежит: SICK AG

An optoelectronic sensor ( 10 ) for monitoring a working area ( 42 ) is provided, the working area ( 42 ) being located within a detection area ( 20 ) of the sensor ( 10 ) and in a first distance from the sensor ( 10 ), wherein the sensor ( 10 ) comprises an illumination unit ( 22 ) with a light source ( 24 ) for at least partially illuminating the working area ( 42 ), and an object detection unit ( 30 ) for detecting forbidden objects in the working area ( 42 ), wherein an illumination control ( 28 ) of the illumination unit ( 22 ) is configured to, during a startup period, initially activate the illumination unit ( 28 ) with a lower power such that a provisional working area ( 40, 40 a - c ) in a second distance from the sensor ( 10 ) less than the first distance is illuminated at most with a predetermined maximum light output; test whether there is a forbidden object intrusion into the provisional working area ( 40, 40 a - c ); and if no forbidden object intrusion is detected, activate the illumination unit ( 28 ) with a higher power such that the working area ( 42 ) is illuminated at most with the predetermined maximum light output. The illumination control ( 28 ) comprises a short range object detection unit ( 39 ) configured to test the provisional working area ( 40, 40 a - c ) in a different way than the object detection unit ( 30 ) tests the working area ( 42 ).

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Номер записи: 24

29-03-2012 дата публикации

Method and Apparatus of Neural Signal Determination and Therapy Enhancement

Номер: US20120078132A1

Автор: Mark Zdeblick, Robert White

Принадлежит: Proteus Biomedical Inc

A method and device are provided that detect and identify a neural signal by type and optionally or automatically provide a signal that affects a nerve carrying the neural signal. A plurality of electrodes is positioned along a nerve and monitors the electrical activity of the nerve. The invented system analyzes the monitored data to determine when the monitored activity can be identified as a known type of bioelectric signal, e.g., a pain nerve signal. The system may optionally attempt to affect, disrupt, diminish, nullify or block transmission of bioelectric signals along the nerve, e.g., by directing electrical energy through an electrode to nullify a bioelectric signal along a pain nerve.

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Номер записи: 25

05-04-2012 дата публикации

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program

Номер: US20120082388A1

Автор: Kitahiro Kaneda, Makoto Enomoto, Tomotoshi Kanatsu

Принадлежит: Canon Inc

This invention generates a digital document by applying character recognition to character images in a document image, and rendering the character recognition result on the document image in a transparent color. This digital document allows to specify a part corresponding to a search keyword on the document image upon conducting a search. When this digital document is generated, it includes a description required to use glyph data (font data) of a simple character shape commonly to a plurality of character types as font data used upon rendering the character recognition result. Therefore, even when the digital document needs to save font data, an increase in file size can be minimized. Also, by rendering using a simple character shape, the data size of the font data itself can be reduced.

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Номер записи: 26

12-04-2012 дата публикации

Digital image analysis using multi-step analysis

Номер: US20120087556A1

Автор: Akira Nakamura, Jun Yokono, Shengyang Dai, Su Wang, Takeshi Ohashi

Принадлежит: Sony Corp

Systems and methods for implementing a multi-step image recognition framework for classifying digital images are provided. The provided multi-step image recognition framework utilizes a gradual approach to model training and image classification tasks requiring multi-dimensional ground truths. A first step of the multi-step image recognition framework differentiates a first image region from a remainder image region. Each subsequent step operates on a remainder image region from the previous step. The provided multi-step image recognition framework permits model training and image classification tasks to be performed more accurately and in a less resource intensive fashion than conventional single-step image recognition frameworks.

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Номер записи: 27

12-04-2012 дата публикации

Eliminating Clutter in Video Using Depth Information

Номер: US20120087573A1

Автор: Bruce Edward Flinchbaugh, Goksel Dedeoglu, Vinay Sharma

Принадлежит: Texas Instruments Inc

A method of clutter elimination in digital images is provided that includes identifying a foreground blob in an image, determining a depth of the foreground blob, and indicating that the foreground blob is clutter when the depth indicates that the foreground blob is too close to be an object of interest. Methods for obstruction detection in depth images such as those captured by stereoscopic cameras and structured light cameras are also provided.

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Номер записи: 28

12-04-2012 дата публикации

Image processing device

Номер: US20120087576A1

Автор: Akira Kumagai, Hiroshi Abe

Принадлежит: Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd

An image processing device has a classification unit that generates a lookup table by dividing color palettes correlating RGB data with indices into a plurality of groups based on a relationship among R values, G values and B values of the RGB data; a storage unit that stores the lookup table; and a conversion unit that determines to which of the plurality of groups pixel data having the RGB data corresponds based on a relationship among R values, G values and B values of the pixel data, and searches for RGB data that is similar to the RGB data of the pixel data in the determined group, and outputs an index corresponding to the searched RGB data as pixel data.

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Номер записи: 29

12-04-2012 дата публикации

Video Signature Based on Image Hashing and Shot Detection

Номер: US20120087583A1

Автор: Dapeng Oliver Wu, Hong Heather Yu, Jun Tian, Lei Yang, QIAN CHEN

Принадлежит: FutureWei Technologies Inc

In accordance with an embodiment, A method of comparing a first group of frames to a second group of frames includes electronically receiving the first group of frames, selecting a group of frames from the first group of frames as a first key frame set, calculating a hash distance between an image hash for each frame in the first key frame set to an image hash of each frame of a second key frame set taken from second group of frames, and choosing frames in the first group of frames with a minimum hash distances to respective reference frames to form a series of minimum hash distances.

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Номер записи: 30

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Biocompatible electrode

Номер: US20120091011A1

Автор: Anthony H.D. Graham, Chris R. Bowen, John Taylor, Jon Robbins

Принадлежит: University of Bath Research and Innovations Services

A biocompatible electrode formed from an integrated circuit, the electrode comprising: a semiconductor substrate; and an electrode layer at least partially comprising porous valve metal oxide.

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Номер записи: 31

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Method and apparatus for scanning optical code

Номер: US20120091207A1

Автор: Hiroshi Hayakawa, Kazunori Noborio, Masayoshi Yamanouchi, Yo Tanaka, Zhihui Duan

Принадлежит: Opticon Inc, Optoelectronics Co Ltd

An optical aberration is intentionally introduced into the optical system which produces the scanning beam of an optical code scanner, in order to produce a scanning beam which has plural focal points or waists at different distances from the scanner. The operating range of the scanner can thereby be increased by taking advantage of different beam waist locations when the optical code is at different distances from the scanner. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, coma is intentionally introduced to an optical system providing a light beam for an optical code scanner. This provides a scanning beam with plural beam waists at different distances from the scanner. This may be accomplished by orienting the light source and focusing optical system so that their optical axes intersect or by introducing an optical member, such as a prism, between the original light source and the focusing optical system.

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Номер записи: 32

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Sample and Hold Circuitry for Monitoring Voltages in an Implantable Neurostimulator

Номер: US20120092031A1

Автор: Emanuel Feldman, Jess W. Shi, Jordi Parramon

Принадлежит: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp

Sample and hold circuitry for monitoring electrodes and other voltages in an implantable neurostimulator is disclosed. The sample and hold circuitry in one embodiment contains multiplexers to selected appropriate voltages and to pass them to two storage capacitors during two different measurement phases. The capacitors are in a later stage serially connected to add the two voltages stored on the capacitors, and voltages present at the top and bottom of the serial connection are then input to a differential amplifier to compute their difference. The sample and hold circuitry is particularly useful in calculating the resistance between two electrodes, and is further particularly useful when resistance is measured using a biphasic pulse. The sample and hold circuitry is flexible, and can be used to measure other voltages of interest during biphasic or monophasic pulsing.

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Номер записи: 33

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Automatically tracking user movement in a video chat application

Номер: US20120092445A1

Автор: Brian McDowell, Darren Apfel

Принадлежит: Microsoft Corp

A system for automatically tracking movement of a user participating in a video chat application executing in a computing device is disclosed. A capture device connected to the computing device captures a user in a field of view of the capture device and identifies a sub-frame of pixels identifying a position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user in a capture frame of a capture area. The sub-frame of pixels is displayed to a remote user at a remote computing system who is participating in the video chat application with the user. The capture device automatically tracks the position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user as the user moves to a next location within the capture area. A next sub-frame of pixels identifying a position of the head, neck and shoulders of the user in the next location is identified and displayed to the remote user at the remote computing device.

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Номер записи: 34

19-04-2012 дата публикации

System And Method For Alerting Visually Impaired Users Of Nearby Objects

Номер: US20120092460A1

Автор: Andrew Mahoney

Принадлежит: Individual

A system and method for assisting a visually impaired user including a time of flight camera, a processing unit for receiving images from the time of flight camera and converting the images into signals for use by one or more controllers, and one or more vibro-tactile devices, wherein the one or more controllers activates one or more of the vibro-tactile devices in response to the signals received from the processing unit. The system preferably includes a lanyard means on which the one or more vibro-tactile devices are mounted. The vibro-tactile devices are activated depending on a determined position in front of the user of an object and the distance from the user to the object.

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Номер записи: 35

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Batch Detection Association for Enhanced Target Descrimination in Dense Detection Environments

Номер: US20120093359A1

Автор: Steven T. Cummings, Thomas Kurien

Принадлежит: Raytheon Co

The embodiments described herein relate to systems and techniques for processing batch detection information received from one or more sensors configured to observe objects of interest. In particular the systems and techniques are configured to enhance track performance particularly in dense target environments. A substantially large number of batch detections can be processed in a number of phases of varying complexity. An initial phase performs relatively low complexity processing on substantially all detections obtained over an extended batch period, approximating object motion with a simplified model (e.g., linear). The batch detections are divided and redistributed into swaths according to the resulting approximations. A subsequent phase performs greater complexity (e.g., quadratic) processing on the divided sets of detections. The subdivision and redistribution of detections lends itself to parallelization. Beneficially, detections over extended batch periods can be processed very efficiently to provide improved target tracking and discrimination in dense target environments.

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Номер записи: 36

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Event determination by alignment of visual and transaction data

Номер: US20120093370A1

Автор: Arun Hampapur, Lei DING, Prasad Gabbur, Quanfu Fan, Sachiko Miyazawa, Sharathchandra U. Pankanti

Принадлежит: International Business Machines Corp

Determination of human behavior from an alignment of data streams includes acquiring visual image primitives from a video input comprising visual information relevant to a human activity. The primitives are temporally aligned to an optimally hypothesized sequence of primitives transformed from a sequence of transactions as a function of a distance metric between the observed primitive sequence and the transformed primitive sequence. More particularly, transforming includes comparing the distance metric costs and choosing and performing the lowest cost of temporally matching the observed primitives to one or more transactions, deleting a primitive, or associating a primitive with a pseudo transaction marker. Accordingly, alerts are issued based on analysis of the transformation of primitives.

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Номер записи: 37

19-04-2012 дата публикации

Digital image analysis utilizing multiple human labels

Номер: US20120093396A1

Автор: Akira Nakamura, Jun Yokono, Shengyang Dai, Su Wang, Takeshi Ohashi

Принадлежит: Sony Corp

Systems and methods for implementing a multi-label image recognition framework for classifying digital images are provided. The provided multi-label image recognition framework utilizes an iterative, multiple analysis path approach to model training and image classification tasks. A first iteration of the multi-label image recognition framework generates confidence maps for each label, which are shared by the multiple analysis paths to update the confidence maps in subsequent iterations. The provided multi-label image recognition framework permits model training and image classification tasks to be performed more accurately than conventional single-label image recognition frameworks.

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Номер записи: 38

19-04-2012 дата публикации

System and method for multi-agent event detection and recognition

Номер: US20120093398A1

Автор: Changjiang Yang, FENG HAN, Harpreet Singh Sawhney, Hui Cheng

Принадлежит: SRI International Inc

A method and system for creating a histogram of oriented occurrences (HO2) is disclosed. A plurality of entities in at least one image are detected and tracked. One of the plurality of entities is designated as a reference entity. A local 2-dimensional ground plane coordinate system centered on and oriented with respect to the reference entity is defined. The 2-dimensional ground plane is partitioned into a plurality of non-overlapping bins, the bins forming a histogram, a bin tracking a number of occurrences of an entity class. An occurrence of at least one other entity of the plurality of entities located in the at least one image may be associated with one of the plurality of non-overlapping bins. A number of occurrences of entities of at least one entity class in at least one bin may be into a vector to define an HO2 feature.

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Номер записи: 39

26-04-2012 дата публикации

Electronic device and image capture control method using the same

Номер: US20120098966A1

Автор: Chang-Jung Lee, Chih-Ping Lo, Hou-Hsien Lee

Принадлежит: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd

A method for controlling an image capture device obtains an image captured by a camera of an electronic device, detects an eye area in the obtained image, and determines a matching subject template by comparing the detected eye area with a plurality of subject templates. The method further determines a control command corresponding to the matching subject template, and sends the control command to the image capture device to adjust movements of the image capture device.

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Номер записи: 40

26-04-2012 дата публикации

Method and system of video object tracking

Номер: US20120099765A1

Автор: Qinfen Zheng

Принадлежит: SET Corp

Methods and systems are provided to determine a target tracking box that surrounds a moving target. The pixels that define an image within the target tracking box can be classified as background pixels, foreground pixels, and changing pixels which may include pixels of an articulation, such as a portion of the target that moves relatively to the target tracking box. Identification of background image pixels improves the signal-to-noise ratio of the image, which is defined as the ratio between the number of pixels belonging to the foreground to the number of changing pixels, and which is used to track the moving target. Accordingly, tracking of small and multiple moving targets becomes possible because of the increased signal-to-noise ratio.

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Номер записи: 41

26-04-2012 дата публикации

Object detection device and system

Номер: US20120099790A1

Автор: Chun-Gi LYUH, Ik Jae CHUN, JUNG Hee Suk, Sanghun Yoon, Sung-jea Ko, Tae Moon Roh, You-Sun Kim

Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

Provided are an object detection device and system. The object detection device includes an outline image extraction unit, a feature vector calculation unit, and an object judgment unit. The outline image extraction unit extracts an outline image from an input image. The feature vector calculation unit calculates a feature vector from the outline image by using histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) representing a frequency distribution of gradient vectors with respect to pixels of the outline image, and pixel coordinate information varying according to a spatial distribution of the gradient vectors. The object judgment unit judges a target object corresponding to the feature vector with reference to pre-learned data.

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Номер записи: 42

03-05-2012 дата публикации

Face or Other Object Detection Including Template Matching

Номер: US20120106790A1

Автор: Bogdan Sultana, Corneliu Zaharia, Mihnea Gangea, Peter Corcoran, Petronel Bigioi, Radu Nicolau, Stefan Petrescu, Szabolcs Fulop, Vlad Ionut Ursachi

Принадлежит: DigitalOptics Corp Europe Ltd

A template matching module is configured to program a processor to apply multiple differently-tuned object detection classifier sets in parallel to a digital image to determine one or more of an object type, configuration, orientation, pose or illumination condition, and to dynamically switch between object detection templates to match a determined object type, configuration, orientation, pose, blur, exposure and/or directional illumination condition.

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Номер записи: 43

03-05-2012 дата публикации

Systems and methods to improve feature generation in object recognition

Номер: US20120106847A1

Автор: Yingyong Qi

Принадлежит: Qualcomm Inc

Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to improve feature generation for object recognition. Particularly, present embodiments contemplate excluding and/or modifying portions of images corresponding to dispersed pixel distributions. By excluding and/or modifying these regions within the feature generation process, fewer unfavorable features are generated and computation resources may be more efficiently employed.

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Номер записи: 44

03-05-2012 дата публикации

Form image managing system and method

Номер: US20120106855A1

Автор: Tomonori Gotoh, Tsutomu Togo, Yosuke Arimura

Принадлежит: Fujitsu Ltd

A form image managing system includes a master image storing unit configured to store a plurality of types of master images, a obtaining unit configured to obtain a form image, a searching unit configured to search the master image storing unit for a master image having the highest correlation with the form image obtained by the obtaining unit among the plurality of types of master images, a generating unit configured to generate differential data of the form image, obtained by the obtaining unit, from the master image searched by the searching unit, and a differential data storing unit configured to associate identification information for identifying the master image searched by the searching unit from the plurality of types of master images stored in the master image storing unit with the differential data generated by the generating unit, and to store the identification information and the differential data.

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Номер записи: 45

03-05-2012 дата публикации

Trainable hierarchical memory system and method

Номер: US20120109857A1

Автор: Dileep George, Jeffrey C. Hawkins

Принадлежит: Numenta Inc

Memory networks and methods are provided. Machine intelligence is achieved by a plurality of linked processor units in which child modules receive input data. The input data are processed to identify patterns and/or sequences. Data regarding the observed patterns and/or sequences are passed to a patent module which may receive as inputs data from one or more child modules. the parent module examines its input data for patterns and/or sequences and then provides feedback to the child module or modules regarding the parent-level patterns that correlate with the child-level patterns. These systems and methods are extensible to large networks of interconnected processor modules.

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Номер записи: 46

10-05-2012 дата публикации

Counterfeit detection system

Номер: US20120114170A1

Автор: Jason S. Aronoff, Malgorzata M. Sturgill, Steven J. Simske

Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A counterfeit detection system is disclosed herein. The system includes an image reduction system for minimizing size of at least one original image using a plurality of different reduction strategies to generate a plurality of minimized images. The system further includes a classification system which includes a first sub-system for generating at least one accuracy comparative assessment metric for each of the plurality of minimized images, a second sub-system for comparing the at least one accuracy comparative assessment metric for each of the plurality of minimized images with an accuracy assessment metric for the at least one original image, and a third sub-system for determining if at least one of the plurality of minimized images can be transmitted with improved or equivalent classification accuracy at a reduced bandwidth when compared to the original image are also part of the system.

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Номер записи: 47

10-05-2012 дата публикации

Image processing system, image capture apparatus, image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program

Номер: US20120114177A1

Автор: Keiji Adachi

Принадлежит: Canon Inc

There is provided an image processing system in which an image capture apparatus and an image processing apparatus are connected to each other via a network. When a likelihood indicating the probability that a detection target object detected from a captured image is a predetermined type of object does not meet a designated criterion, the image capture apparatus generates tentative object information for the detection target object, and transmits it to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus detects, from detection targets designated by the tentative object information, a detection target as the predetermined type of object.

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Номер записи: 48

17-05-2012 дата публикации

Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and computer readable medium

Номер: US20120120456A1

Автор: Yuichi Shiho

Принадлежит: Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit and a first difference extracting unit. The receiving unit receives images of a document. The first difference extracting unit performs difference extracting processing for extracting a difference between images of a document having 2n (n=2, 3, . . . ) pages received by the receiving unit by comparing the image of the first page and the image of the (n+1)-th page, the image of the second page and the image of the (n+2)-th page, the image of the third page and the image of the (n+3)-th page, . . . , and the image of the n-th page and the image of the 2n-th page.

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Номер записи: 49

17-05-2012 дата публикации

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Номер: US20120121201A1

Автор: Akira Ichimura

Принадлежит: Canon Inc

M-value image data is inputted; a value of a pixel of interest in the inputted image data is quantized to N(N>M) value by an error diffusion method; it is determined whether both of a value of the pixel of interest to be quantized and an error value to be added to the pixel of interest are zero; and if it is determined that the value of the pixel of interest and the error value are zero, zero is outputted as a quantization result without performing quantization by the error diffusion method.

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Номер записи: 50

17-05-2012 дата публикации

Importance filtering for image retargeting

Номер: US20120121204A1

Автор: Jing Xiao, Yuanyuan Ding

Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A content-aware image retargeting technique uses an “importance filtering” technique to preserve important information in the resizing of an image. The image saliency is first filtered, guided by the image itself to achieve a structure-consistent importance map. The pixel importance is then used as the key constraint in computing the gradient map of pixel shifts from the original resolution to the target resolution. Finally the shift gradient is integrated across the image by a weighted filtering process to construct a smooth pixel shift-map and render the target image. The weight is again controlled by the pixel importance. The two filtering processes enforce the maintaining of structural consistency while preserving the important contents in the target image. The simple nature of the present filter operations allow for real-time applications and easy extension to video retargeting, as the structural constraints from the original image naturally convey the temporal coherence between frames.

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Номер записи: 51

31-05-2012 дата публикации

Automatic recognition of images

Номер: US20120134576A1

Автор: Anjaneyulu Seetha Rama Kuchibhotla, Avinash SHARMA, Serene BANERJEE

Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

Presented is a method of automatically performing an action, based on graphical input. The method comprises: receiving, for a user, an input image; comparing the input image with the contents of a user-customized database comprising a plurality of records, each record representing a predefined class of image, wherein the user has previously associated records in the database with respective specified actions; attempting to recognize the image, based on the similarity of the input image to one of the predefined classes of image represented in the user-customised database; and if the image is recognized, performing the action previously associated by the user with the class. Also presented is apparatus for recognizing an image and a method of constructing a user-customized database.

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Номер записи: 52

07-06-2012 дата публикации

Methods and Systems for Discovering Styles Via Color and Pattern Co-Occurrence

Номер: US20120140987A1

Автор: Nima Sarshar, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Vwani Roychowdhury

Принадлежит: Haileo Inc

Methods and systems for discovering styles via color and pattern co-occurrence are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises collecting a set of fashion images, selecting at least one subset within the set of fashion images, the subset comprising at least one image containing a fashion item, and computing a set of segments by segmenting the at least one image into at least one dress segment. Color and pattern representations of the set of segments are computed by using a color analysis method and a pattern analysis method respectively. A graph is created wherein each graph node corresponds to one of a color representation or a pattern representation computed for the set of segments. Weights of edges between nodes of the graph indicate a degree of how the corresponding colors or patterns complement each other in a fashion sense.

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Номер записи: 53

07-06-2012 дата публикации

Methods and apparatus for automated true object-based image analysis and retrieval

Номер: US20120140990A1

Автор: Jamie E. Retterath, Robert A. Laumeyer

Принадлежит: Google LLC

An automated and extensible system for analysis and retrieval of images based on region-of-interest (ROI) analysis of one or more true objects depicted by an image is provided. The system uses an database that is a relational or analytical database containing searchable vectors that represent the images stored in a repository. Entries in the database are created by an image locator and ROI classifier working together to locate images within the repository and extract relevant information to be stored in the ROI database. The ROI classifier analyzes objects in an image to arrive at actual features of the true object. Graphical searches are performed by the collaborative workings of an image retrieval module, an image search requestor and an ROI query module. The image search requestor is an abstraction layer that translates user or agent search requests into the language understood by the ROI query.

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Номер записи: 54

07-06-2012 дата публикации

Code Recognition Method, Device and Computer Readable Storage Medium for Storing Code Recognition Method

Номер: US20120141030A1

Автор: Jing-Fung CHEN, Yi-Chong Zeng

Принадлежит: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY

A code recognition method includes the following steps: a first code-image block is received. Wherein, several first codes are displayed on the first code-image block. The first code-image block is partitioned into several second code-image blocks. Wherein, each of the second code-image blocks displays a second code respectively. Each of the second codes is one of the first codes. Each of the second code-image blocks is recognized as several third codes corresponding to each of the second codes respectively. Some of the neighboring second code-image blocks are combined to form several third code-image blocks. Wherein, each of the third code-image blocks displays a first code set, which comprises some of the second codes. Each of the third code-image blocks is recognized as a second code set corresponding to each of the first code sets respectively. Wherein, each of the second code sets includes the codes selected from the third codes.

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Номер записи: 55

07-06-2012 дата публикации

Technique for determining the state of a cell aggregation image processing program and image processing device using the technique, and method for producing a cell aggregation

Номер: US20120142095A1

Автор: Hideki Sasaki, Kazuhiro Yano, Kei Ito, Masafumi Mimura

Принадлежит: Nikon Corp

An image processing program (GP) attains (S 10 ) time lapse images, extracts (S 20 ) a cell aggregation from each of the obtained images, and calculates (S 50 ), for the entire region of the cell aggregation, the spatial distribution in pixel values and temporal change in pixel values of a small region in the extracted cell aggregation. The program determines (S 70 ) the state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered, on the basis of the calculated spatial distribution and time lapse change of pixel values, and outputs (S 80 ) the results of the determination. The image processing program (GP) is configured so as to determine and output, from time lapse images, the state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered.

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Номер записи: 56

14-06-2012 дата публикации

Gesture recognition apparatus, gesture recognition method, control program, and recording medium

Номер: US20120146903A1

Автор: Masahiro Abe, Masahiro Kinoshita, Takeshi Arihara

Принадлежит: Omron Corp

A gesture recognition apparatus has a temperature sensor in which a plurality of infrared sensors are arranged, a change region specifying unit that specifies a change region where a temperature change is generated as a region indicating a hand based on a temperature detected by each infrared sensor of the temperature sensor, and a gesture recognition unit that specifies a movement locus of the change region specified by the change region specifying unit and recognizes a gesture of the hand.

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Номер записи: 57

14-06-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for automatic object detection and subsequent object tracking in accordance with the object shape

Номер: US20120148103A1

Автор: Andre Kaup, Hermann Hampel, Katharina Quast, Ulrich Berold

Принадлежит: IAD Gesellschaft fuer Informatik Automatisierung und Datenverarbeitung mbH

A method and system for automatic object detection and subsequent object tracking in accordance with the object shape in digital video systems having at least one camera for recording and transmitting video sequences. In accordance with the method and system, an object detection algorithm based on a Gaussian mixture model and expanded object tracking based on Mean-Shift are combined with each other in object detection. The object detection is expanded in accordance with a model of the background by improved removal of shadows, the binary mask generated in this way is used to create an asymmetric filter core, and then the actual algorithm for the shape-adaptive object tracking, expanded by a segmentation step for adapting the shape, is initialized, and therefore a determination at least of the object shape or object contour or the orientation of the object in space is made possible.

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Номер записи: 58

14-06-2012 дата публикации

Image matching devices and image matching methods thereof

Номер: US20120148164A1

Автор: Chun-Gi LYUH, Ik Jae CHUN, JUNG Hee Suk, Sanghun Yoon, Tae Moon Roh

Принадлежит: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI

Provided is an image matching method of matching at least two images. The image matching method extracts feature points of a reference image and feature points of a target image, changes a feature point, selected from among the feature points of the reference image, to a reference point in the target image, sets a matching candidate region on the basis of the reference point, in the target image, and performs a similarity operation between the selected feature point in the reference image and a plurality of feature points included in the matching candidate region among the feature points of the target image. The image matching method decreases the number of similarity operations performed in the image matching operation, thereby guaranteeing a high-speed operation.

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Номер записи: 59

21-06-2012 дата публикации

Method of detecting defect in pattern and apparatus for performing the same

Номер: US20120155740A1

Автор: Dong-ryul Lee, Jin-Seo CHOI, Yong-min Cho

Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A method and apparatus for detecting a defect in a pattern are provided. The method includes: obtaining a pattern image from a pattern in a region of interest on a semiconductor substrate and obtaining a reference image are obtained; matching the obtained pattern image and the obtained reference image to select a pixel group including pixels indicating defect information of the pattern image; adjusting a defect detection threshold of the selected pixel group; comparing the obtained pattern image and the obtained reference image to detect a pattern defect in a detection region corresponding to the selected pixel group of the pattern image, according to the adjusted defect detection threshold.

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Номер записи: 60

21-06-2012 дата публикации

Lead having a conductive polymer conductor

Номер: US20120158107A1

Автор: Jared Rud, Peter J. Wolf, Shrojalkumar Desai

Принадлежит: Cardiac Pacemakers Inc

A medical electrical lead includes a conductive polymer conductor fabricated from a conductor-filled polyisobutylene urethane, urea or urethane/urea copolymer.

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Номер записи: 61

21-06-2012 дата публикации

Validation analysis of human target

Номер: US20120159290A1

Автор: Charles Claudius Marais, Craig Carroll Peeper, James Chadon Foster, Jon D. Pulsipher, Joseph Bertolami, Kien Toan Huynh, Michael Taylor Janney, Nazeeh Amin ElDirghami, Parham Mohadjer, Patrick Orville Cook, Robert John Fitzgerald, Ronald Omega Forbes, JR., Shao Liu, Spencer Dean Perreault, Szymon P. Stachniak, Tommer Leyvand, Wayne Richard Bisson

Принадлежит: Microsoft Corp

Technology for testing a target recognition, analysis, and tracking system is provided. A searchable repository of recorded and synthesized depth clips and associated ground truth tracking data is provided. Data in the repository is used by one or more processing devices each including at least one instance of a target recognition, analysis, and tracking pipeline to analyze performance of the tracking pipeline. An analysis engine provides at least a subset of the searchable set responsive to a request to test the pipeline and receives tracking data output from the pipeline on the at least subset of the searchable set. A report generator outputs an analysis of the tracking data relative to the ground truth in the at least subset to provide an output of the error relative to the ground truth.

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Номер записи: 62

12-07-2012 дата публикации

Method of detecting logos, titles, or sub-titles in video frames

Номер: US20120177249A1

Автор: Avi Levy, Konstantin Levit-Gurevich

Принадлежит: Intel Corp

Detecting a static graphic object (such as a logo, title, or sub-title) in a sequence of video frames may be accomplished by analyzing each selected one of a plurality of pixels in a video frame of the sequence of video frames. Basic conditions for the selected pixel may be tested to determine whether the selected pixel is a static pixel. When the selected pixel is a static pixel, a static similarity measure and a forward motion similarity measure may be determined for the selected pixel. A temporal score for the selected pixel may be determined based at least in part on the similarity measures. Finally, a static graphic object decision for the selected pixel may be made based at least in part on the temporal score.

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Номер записи: 63

19-07-2012 дата публикации

Distributed image acquisition for postal processing

Номер: US20120182588A1

Автор: John J. Mampe, Stanley W. Sipe

Принадлежит: Siemens Industry Inc

Mail processing methods and systems. A method includes receiving a mailpiece at a local system and scanning the mailpiece by the local system to produce an image. The method can include receiving payment information from the customer by the local system for mailing the mailpiece. The method includes applying an identification code to the mailpiece by the local system, and after the mailpiece is delivered to a central processing facility, processing the mailpiece, using the image, by a central server system at the central processing facility. Related apparatuses and systems are discussed.

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Номер записи: 64

19-07-2012 дата публикации

Identifying descriptor for person or object in an image

Номер: US20120183212A1

Автор: Gianfranco Doretto, Jens Rittscher, Peter H. Tu, Thomas B. Sebastian, Xiaogang Wang

Принадлежит: Lockheed Martin Corp

A device and method for processing an image to create appearance and shape labeled images of a person or object captured within the image. The appearance and shape labeled images are unique properties of the person or object and can be used to re-identify the person or object in subsequent images. The appearance labeled image is an aggregate of pre-stored appearance labels that are assigned to image segments of the image based on calculated appearance attributes of each image segment. The shape labeled image is an aggregate of pre-stored shape labels that are assigned to image segments of the image based on calculated shape attributes of each image segment. An identifying descriptor of the person or object can be computed based on both the appearance labeled image and the shape labeled image. The descriptor can be compared with other descriptors of later captured images to re-identify a person or object.

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Номер записи: 65

09-08-2012 дата публикации

Device and method for directing radiation in the direction of an optical element of an image sensing device of a vehicle

Номер: US20120200704A1

Автор: Gian Antonio D'Addetta, Thomas Friedrich, Thomas Lich

Принадлежит: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

A device for directing radiation in the direction of an optical element of an image sensing device of a vehicle. The device includes a central area for directing at least one portion of a first incident radiation onto the optical element. The device also includes at least one border area for directing at least one portion of at least one second incident radiation onto the optical element. The at least one second incident radiation runs in the opposite direction or at an obtuse angle with respect to the first incident radiation.

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Номер записи: 66

23-08-2012 дата публикации

Subject designating device and subject tracking apparatus

Номер: US20120213406A1

Автор: Hiroshi KINTOU, Ryuichi OHMIYA

Принадлежит: Nikon Corp

A subject designating device includes: a representative value calculation unit that calculates a representative value for each image of a brightness image and chrominance images based upon pixel values indicated at pixels present within a first subject area; a second image generation unit that creates a differential image by subtracting the representative value from pixel values indicated at pixels present within a second subject area; a binarizing unit that binarizes the differential image; a synthesizing unit that creates a synthetic image by combining binary images in correspondence to the brightness image and the chrominance images; a mask extraction unit that extracts a mask constituted with a white pixel cluster from the synthetic image; an evaluation value calculation unit that calculates an evaluation value indicating a likelihood of the mask representing the subject; and a subject designating unit that designates the subject in the target image based upon the evaluation value.

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Номер записи: 67

23-08-2012 дата публикации

Method for Implementing a High-Level Image Representation for Image Analysis

Номер: US20120213426A1

Автор: Hao Su, LI FEI-FEI, Li-Jia Li

Принадлежит: Leland Stanford Junior University

Robust low-level image features have been proven to be effective representations for a variety of visual recognition tasks such as object recognition and scene classification; but pixels, or even local image patches, carry little semantic meanings. For high-level visual tasks, such low-level image representations are potentially not enough. The present invention provides a high-level image representation where an image is represented as a scale-invariant response map of a large number of pre-trained generic object detectors, blind to the testing dataset or visual task. Leveraging on this representation, superior performances on high-level visual recognition tasks are achieved with relatively classifiers such as logistic regression and linear SVM classifiers.

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Номер записи: 68

23-08-2012 дата публикации

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Номер: US20120213427A1

Автор: Cheng Du

Принадлежит: Ricoh Co Ltd

Disclosed are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. The image processing apparatus comprises a matching degree calculation unit configured to calculate respective matching degrees between an image waiting for processing and plural training images whose Kansei scores are pre-designated; and a Kansei score calculation unit configured to extract, from the plural training images, a predetermined number of training images corresponding to the maximum matching degree, and then based on the Kansei scores of the extracted training images with regard to a selected Kansei type, calculate a Kansei score of the image waiting for processing.

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Номер записи: 69

23-08-2012 дата публикации

System and method for visual recognition

Номер: US20120213444A1

Автор: Simon Melikian

Принадлежит: RECOGNITION ROBOTICS

A method for visual recognition of an object in an electronic image includes extracting unique points of an object to be learned and/or a target object. The unique points are obtained by cross-correlating the image with a structure. Generally, the structure and/or the size of the structure may vary to detect extremum information associated with the learned object and/or target object. An icon corresponding to each of the unique points is extracted. The size of the icon corresponds to the scale of the unique point. After extraction of the various icons, an object becomes a collection of icons. Each of these icons is un-rotated and normalized or resized to a constant size so it can be compared with other icons.

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Номер записи: 70

30-08-2012 дата публикации

Local Difference Pattern Based Local Background Modeling For Object Detection

Номер: US20120219224A1

Автор: Jing Xiao, Yuanyuan Ding

Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

Systems and methods for object detection that consider background information are presented. Embodiments of the present invention utilizing a feature called Local Difference Pattern (LDP), which is more discriminative for modeling local background image features. In embodiments, the LDP feature is used to train detection models. In embodiments, the LDP feature may be used in detection to differentiate different image background conditions and adaptively adjust classification to yield higher detection rates.

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Номер записи: 71

30-08-2012 дата публикации

Computer-readable storage medium, image recognition apparatus, image recognition system, and image recognition method

Номер: US20120219226A1

Автор: Satoru Osako

Принадлежит: Nintendo Co Ltd

First, it is determined whether or not a contour or vertices have been detected from a certain image. Then, when it is determined that a contour or vertices have been detected from the certain image, a pattern matching process is performed on, in the image, an area surrounded by the contour or the vertices detected from the image. Then, when it is determined that a predetermined object or a predetermined design is displayed in the area, detection position information indicating a position related to the area is stored in a storage area. On the other hand, when it is determined that a contour or vertices have not been detected from the certain image, a pattern matching process is performed on the image on the basis of the detection position information stored in the storage area.

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Номер записи: 72

06-09-2012 дата публикации

Method for visual image detection

Номер: US20120224769A1

Автор: Ashok Ramadass, Dilip Raghavan, Steven White

Принадлежит: Ashok Ramadass, Dilip Raghavan, Steven White

The method uses several steps to collect, analyze, compare, and flag an image for inappropriate content. The image is first collected based on detection and is analyzed via a database of inappropriate images. The collected image is scanned for skin-tone and/or texture, then the method eliminates the background of the image. The method then analyzes the curvature of the image. The next step is body part detection for inappropriate body parts. The image is then given a score based on all of the above steps. If the score is above a point, the image is flagged. If it is below a preselected point, the image is released. If the score is between the two points, it is withheld for further analysis.

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Номер записи: 73

06-09-2012 дата публикации

Meibomian gland imaging

Номер: US20120226156A1

Автор: Benjamin T. Gravely, Donald R. Korb, Stephen M. Grenon, Timothy R. Willis

Принадлежит: TearScience Inc

A method of evaluating dry eye in humans wherein the flow of naturally occurring secretion to the eye is reduced or stopped due to the presence of an obstruction of a meibomian gland in the eyelid involves applying a pressure to the eyelid that mimics pressure applied during blinking; and simultaneously imaging the glands to diagnose the condition of the meibomian gland. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

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Номер записи: 74

06-09-2012 дата публикации

Empirical data modeling

Номер: US20120226643A1

Автор: Jeffrey Brian Adams

Принадлежит: Neural ID LLC

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to pattern identification and pattern recognition. In some particular implementations, the invention provides a flexible pattern recognition platform including pattern recognition engines that can be dynamically adjusted to implement specific pattern recognition configurations for individual pattern recognition applications. In some implementations, the present invention also provides for a partition configuration where knowledge elements can be grouped and pattern recognition operations can be individually configured and arranged to allow for multi-level pattern recognition schemes.

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Номер записи: 75

06-09-2012 дата публикации

Accurate and Fast Neural network Training for Library-Based Critical Dimension (CD) Metrology

Номер: US20120226644A1

Автор: Junwei Bao, Leonid Poslavsky, Lie-Quan Lee, Vi Vuong, WEN Jin

Принадлежит: KLA Tencor Corp, Tokyo Electron Ltd

Approaches for accurate neural network training for library-based critical dimension (CD) metrology are described. Approaches for fast neural network training for library-based CD metrology are also described.

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Номер записи: 76

13-09-2012 дата публикации

Apparatus and method for detecting eye state

Номер: US20120230553A1

Автор: Deepak Chandra Bijalwan

Принадлежит: LG Innotek Co Ltd

The present invention is directed to an eye state detecting apparatus and method, that is, including the step of preliminarily discriminating an eye opening and an eye closure by setting an automatic threshold from an eye region and thus dividing an image, and obtaining boundary points of divided zones and using an ellipse most properly equal to the boundary points and consecutively the step of in a case preliminarily discriminated as the eye closure, if an eye closure time is greater than a preset threshold time, the eye state is discriminated into an eye closure, and if not greater, discriminated into an eye blinking.

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Номер записи: 77

13-09-2012 дата публикации

Computer-readable storage medium storing image processing program, image processing method, and image processing device

Номер: US20120230589A1

Автор: Daiki Masumoto, Masahiko Sugimura, Masaki Ishihara, Shigemi Nagata, Shugo Nakamura, Susumu Endo, Takayuki Baba, Yusuke Uehara

Принадлежит: Fujitsu Ltd

A computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program that causes a computer to execute a process includes acquiring the same object identification information included in a plurality of image data items by referring to a storage unit that stores each of the image data items, object identification information that identifies an object included in the image data item, and a location information item that identifies a location of the object in the image data item in association with one another; acquiring the location of the object identified by the acquired object identification information in each of the image data items by referring to the storage unit; computing a difference between the acquired location information items; comparing the difference between the location information items with a predetermined location threshold value; and determining whether the image data items are to be in the same group.

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Номер записи: 78

13-09-2012 дата публикации

Medical implanatble lead with fixation detection

Номер: US20120232373A1

Автор: Marcus Helgesson, Sara Hallander

Принадлежит: St Jude Medical AB

The invention relates to a medical implantable lead of the kind being adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body for monitoring and/or controlling of an organ inside the body. The lead comprises in a distal end a tubular header ( 3 ) inside which a shaft ( 7 ) is rotatable as well as extendable and retractable arranged and carries in a distal end a combined fixation means and electrode member in form of a helix ( 4 ), which is provided with a first contact surface being electrically connectible to a connector at the proximal end of the lead by means of an electric conductor ( 8 ), and which by means of the shaft is rotatable in relation to the lead and extendable out from the distal end to be able to fixate the distal end of the lead to the organ by being screwed into the tissue. The shaft also carries a second contact surface ( 13 ) being positioned on or adjacent a proximal portion of the helix and being connectible to a connector at the proximal end of the lead by means of an electric conductor ( 8 ). The lead comprises a conduction controlling means ( 14 ), which at least during an initial stage after implantation is capable of render the first contact surface electrically inactive and which is capable of render the first contact surface electrically active after the initial stage. By means of the inventive lead it is possible to detect whether the helix is sufficient screwed into the tissue ( 12 ) or not.

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Номер записи: 79

20-09-2012 дата публикации

Oral optical diagnosing apparatus and operating method thereof

Номер: US20120238881A1

Автор: Chung-Cheng Chou, Chung-Ping Chuang, William Wang

Принадлежит: Crystalvue Medical Corp

An oral optical diagnosing apparatus and operating method are disclosed. The oral optical diagnosing apparatus includes a positioning module, an optical sensing module, a processing module, and a display module. After the positioning module selects a region to be diagnosed in a mouth, the optical sensing module will perform optical sensing on the region to be diagnosed to obtain optical information related to the region to be diagnosed. The processing module is used to analyze the optical information to generate an optical diagnosed result. The display module is used to display the optical diagnosed result.

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Номер записи: 80

27-09-2012 дата публикации

Agricultural sprayer and method

Номер: US20120241533A1

Автор: Bradley J. Hitchler, Michael L. Moeller

Принадлежит: Deere and Co

A system for agricultural spraying including a solution reservoir and primary pump for delivering fluid to a plurality of laterally spaced nozzles interconnected by supply conduits. A chemical reservoir and chemical injection pump are interconnected to the output of the primary pump through a mixer. Controllers for the primary pump and chemical injection pump are coordinated to run the pumps a predetermined time to fill each of the supply conduits from the chemical injection pump and primary pump so as to automatically prime the injection system.

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Номер записи: 81

27-09-2012 дата публикации

Method of analyzing cell structures and their components

Номер: US20120243768A1

Автор: Ida-Maria Sintorn, Mohammed Homman

Принадлежит: Intelligent Virus Imaging Inc

A cell is provided that contains a plurality of virus particles. A first image of a first virus particle and a second image of a second virus particle are taken by electron microscopy technology. The first virus particle is characterized as being in a first maturity stage and the second virus particle as being in a second maturity stage. The first image and the second image are transformed to first and second gray scale profiles, respectively, based on pixel data. The first and second gray scale profiles are then saved as first and second templates, respectively. A third virus particle in a third image is identified. The third image is transformed into a third gray scale profile. The third gray scale is compared to the first and second template to determine a maturity stage of the third virus particle.

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Номер записи: 82

04-10-2012 дата публикации

Method for Designating a Target for a Weapon Having Terminal Guidance Via Imaging

Номер: US20120250935A1

Автор: Etienne Payot

Принадлежит: Thales SA

A method for designating a target in an area, intended for a weapon having terminal guidance via imaging, by means of an airborne optronic system comprising an imager associated with geolocation means and a processing unit. It comprises the steps of: acquisition of an image of the area by the imager of the system, and geolocation of this image by the geolocation means; extraction from a database of an orthoimage of the geolocated area, called the reference virtual image; designation of the position of the target in the reference virtual orthoimage; extraction from the reference virtual orthoimage of primitives around the position of the target, called virtual primitives; determination of the position of the target with respect to these virtual primitives; transferring the virtual primitives and the position of the target to the weapon having terminal guidance via imaging.

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Номер записи: 83

11-10-2012 дата публикации

Face recognition system and method using face pattern words and face pattern bytes

Номер: US20120257800A1

Автор: Yufeng Zheng

Принадлежит: Alcorn State University

The present invention provides a novel system and method for identifying individuals and for face recognition utilizing facial features for face identification. The system and method of the invention comprise creating facial features or face patterns called face pattern words and face pattern bytes for face identification. The invention also provides for pattern recognitions for identification other than face recognition. The invention further provides a means for identifying individuals based on visible and/or thermal images of those individuals by utilizing computer software implemented by instructions on a computer or computer system and a computer readable medium containing instructions on a computer system for face recognition and identification.

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Номер записи: 84

11-10-2012 дата публикации

Electronic device and facial image display apparatus

Номер: US20120257801A1

Автор: Kouetsu Wada

Принадлежит: Toshiba Corp

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage device which stores face thumbnail indexing information including face images and time stamp information, extracting module configure to assign time zones to a video content data and to extract face images belonging to each time zone based on a time stamp information, classifying module configure to classify facial images of the same person from the extracted facial images, calculating module configure to calculate a frequency of appearance of each classified facial image, and facial image indication module configure to display a list of the facial images included in the facial image indexing information in a facial image indication in a two-dimensional display area, the facial image indication having time-zone-specific display areas in columns corresponding to the time zones, each facial image displayed in each time-zone-specific display area being displayed in a size based on the frequency of appearance.

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Номер записи: 85

11-10-2012 дата публикации

System and method for determining the informative zone of an image

Номер: US20120257830A1

Автор: Aibo Tian, Xuemei Zhang

Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A system and a method are disclosed that determine the informative zone of an image. A system and method include receiving image data representative of an image, determining the non-redundant regions of the image based on analysis of patterns of the image data, and determining an area of the image that encompasses the non-redundant regions of the image as the informative zone of the image.

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Номер записи: 86

18-10-2012 дата публикации

Manually-assisted detection of redeye artifacts

Номер: US20120263378A1

Автор: Kunal A. Desai, Matthew D. Gaubatz, Stephen L. Laszlo

Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A machine-implemented method of processing an input image includes receiving user input that manually identifies a location in the input image that corresponds to a potential redeye artifact. A set of detected redeye artifacts in the input image is received. One of the detected redeye artifacts that is closest to the manually identified location is identified. The identified detected redeye artifact is stored in a list of redeye artifacts that are identified with manual assistance if the identified detected redeye artifact is within a threshold distance from the manually identified location.

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Номер записи: 87

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for identifying a license plate

Номер: US20120269398A1

Автор: Aaron M. Burry, Vladimir Kozitsky, Zhigang Fan

Принадлежит: Xerox Corp

A license plate localization method and system based on a combination of a top-down texture analysis and a bottom-up connected component. An image with respect to a vehicle captured by an image capturing unit can be processed in order to locate and binarize a busy area. A black run with respect to the binarized image can be analyzed and classified and one or more objects (connected components) can be generated based on the black run classification. The objects can be further classified in accordance with their size utilizing a run-length based filter to filter out a non-text object. The leftover objects can then be spatially clustered and the uniformity and linearity of the clustered objects can be examined based on a linearity test. The clustered objects can be rejected if they fail the linearity test and the detected objects can further be matched with a plate edge characteristic in order to locate a license plate.

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Номер записи: 88

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Methods and systems for analyzing the quality of digital signature confirmation images

Номер: US20120269401A1

Автор: Robert S. Zimmerman

Принадлежит: US Postal Service (USPS)

Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information.

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Номер записи: 89

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Determining document fitness using illumination

Номер: US20120269403A1

Автор: Ronald Bruce Blair

Принадлежит: De la Rue North America Inc

According to an illustrative embodiment, a method for detecting a document includes capturing a first plurality of images of a document at a first wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, capturing a second plurality of images of the document at a second wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, and assembling the first and second pluralities of images to form one or more images of the document.

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Номер записи: 90

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Collision detection system, robotic system, collision detection method and program

Номер: US20120269422A1

Автор: Mitsuhiro Inazumi

Принадлежит: Seiko Epson Corp

A collision detection system includes a processing section, a drawing section, and a depth buffer. Depth information of an object is set to the depth buffer as depth map information. The drawing section performs a first drawing process of performing a depth test, and drawing a primitive surface on a reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of primitive surfaces constituting a collision detection target object with reference to the depth buffer. Further, the drawing section performs a second drawing process of drawing the primitive surface on the reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of the primitive surfaces constituting the collision detection target object without performing the depth test. The processing section determines whether or not the collision detection target object collides with the object on the target side based on the result of the first drawing process and the second drawing process.

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Номер записи: 91

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Surgically Implantable Electrodes

Номер: US20120271391A1

Автор: Giancarlo Barolat

Принадлежит: Individual

The present inventions provide for paddle lead electrodes that are capable of performing peripheral nerve stimulation, thereby modulating, controlling and/or reducing neuropathic pain in a patient, that are also surgically implantable, and that will remain fixed in place at the site of implantation when in use. More specifically, one or more embodiments of the electrodes of the present inventions are capable of being surgically implanted underneath a sheath of protective connective tissue that covers electrically excitable tissues and are adapted to electrically stimulate those tissues. Electrodes contemplated by embodiments of the present inventions are particularly well suited for perineurial implantation. Embodiments of the present inventions include methods of use associated with the electrodes.

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Номер записи: 92

25-10-2012 дата публикации

Analyzing the expression of biomarkers in cells with clusters

Номер: US20120271553A1

Автор: Colin Craig Mcculloch

Принадлежит: GE Global Research USA

A data set of cell profile data is stored. The cell profile data includes multiplexed biometric image data describing the expression of a plurality of biomarkers. Cell profile data is generated from tissue samples drawn from a cohort of patients having an assessment related to the commonality. Multiple sets of clusters of similar cells are generated from the data set; the proportion of cells in each cluster is examined for an association with a diagnosis, a prognosis, or a response; and a predictive set of clusters is selected based on model performance. One predictive set of clusters is selected based on a comparison of the performance of at least one model of the plurality of sets of clusters. Display techniques that aid in understanding the characteristics of a cluster are disclosed.

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Номер записи: 93

01-11-2012 дата публикации

Object Recognition Method and Recognition Apparatus

Номер: US20120274782A1

Автор: Kunihiko Suzuki, Takahiro Kitaguchi, Toshiaki Uejima

Принадлежит: Hitachi Information and Communication Engineering Ltd

A target fish-eye image for object recognition is split into regions in accordance with the distortion direction. An object recognition portion performs object recognition by using databases prepared in accordance with the regions respectively. The same process is applied to a plurality of target fish-eye images created by rotation of the target fish-eye image. A detected coordinate transformation portion restores the obtained position of an object into the original position by inverse rotation, and outputs a thus obtained result as a detection result. Detection accuracy in object recognition is improved, and the quality of data in databases is reduced. Rotated object images required for database creation are used for creation of databases for object recognition for the fish-eye image. Thus, a distorted fish-eye image for object recognition is directly used without projective conversion or image conversion based on corrective operation to the fish-eye image.

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Номер записи: 94

08-11-2012 дата публикации

Method, material, and apparatus to improve acquisition of human frontal face images using image template

Номер: US20120281874A1

Автор: Yuan-Ming F. Lure

Принадлежит: Individual

The present invention provides a method and apparatus to improve the image acquisition by utilizing frontal facial image template to improve acquisition of human frontal facial images. Once image data is pre-reviewed in a display window from a human frontal facial image, the data is subjected to this biometric template matching process to allow users to aim the image capture device to features of human face such as eyes, nose, mouth, eyes, etc. This biometric template can guide users to properly position target object on image capture device, to properly position frontal facial features on image capture device, and to fast position target in the right position. Once the frontal facial images are captured, it can improve automatic image matching between two images. It provides the highest quality of the captured facial images to be prepared for face matching with strong confidence.

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Номер записи: 95

08-11-2012 дата публикации

Method and apparatus to detect coronary artery calcification or disease

Номер: US20120283530A1

Автор: Baqiyyah Conway, John D. Maynard, Nathaniel Matter, Trevor Orchard

Принадлежит: Individual

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) occurs at an earlier age in diabetes and is a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) in subjects with or without diabetes. One postulated mechanism for the increased CAC is the accelerated accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the vasculature. As certain collagen AGEs fluoresce, skin intrinsic fluorescence (SIF) can act as a novel maker of collagen AGEs levels. The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for detecting SIF that can be a useful marker of CAD risk and a therapeutic target.

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Номер записи: 96

15-11-2012 дата публикации

Multi-touch input discrimination

Номер: US20120287074A1

Автор: Wayne Carl Westerman

Принадлежит: Individual

Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described.

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Номер записи: 97

15-11-2012 дата публикации

Method and system for selecting a video analysis method based on available video representation features

Номер: US20120288140A1

Автор: Alexander Hauptmann, Boaz J. Super

Принадлежит: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Motorola Solutions Inc

A method is performed for selecting a video analysis method based on available video representation features. The method includes: determining a plurality of available video representation features for a first video output from a first video source and for a second video output from a second video source; and analyzing the plurality of video representation features as compared to at least one threshold to select one of a plurality of video analysis methods to track an object between the first and the second videos.

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Номер записи: 98

15-11-2012 дата публикации

Detecting Streaks in Printed Images

Номер: US20120288200A1

Автор: Alexander Berkovich, Pavel Kisilev

Принадлежит: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP

A method of detecting streaks in printed documents comprises, with an imaging device, capturing an image of a printed document, transmitting the image data representing the printed document to a computing device, with the computing device, dividing the image data into a number of rectangles horizontally across the image data so that the rectangles overlap in the horizontal direction, and with the computing device, determining if a rectangle comprises a streak. A system for detecting and evaluating streaks in printed document comprises a printing device that prints a document based on image data received from a computing device, an imaging device that captures an image of the printed document, and a streak detector that detects streaks within the captured image of the printed document.

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Номер записи: 99

22-11-2012 дата публикации

Component mounting system, image recognition data preparation apparatus, and image recognition data preparation method

Номер: US20120293648A1

Автор: Atsushi Tanabe, Hirotake Nakayama

Принадлежит: Panasonic Corp

It is an objective to provide a component mounting system capable of enhancing work efficiency by diminishing work load stemming from preparation of image recognition data, an image recognition data preparation apparatus, and an image recognition data preparation method. A line camera structurally similar to a line camera used in a component mounting machine outputs image data while a component is irradiated with reflective illumination light and transmissive illumination light. The thus-output image data are acquired and subjected to recognition processing, to thus prepare image recognition data on the basis of a result of recognition processing. Subsequently, a recognition test using the thus-prepared image recognition data is performed, thereby determining whether or not the image recognition data are appropriate. A recognition test which would be performed in an actual component mounting machine thereby becomes unnecessary. Data readjustment operation which would be required when a result of recognition test is determined to be inappropriate is precluded, so that work efficiency can be enhanced by diminishing work load stemming from preparation of image recognition data.

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Номер записи: 100