http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-analysis-dtnewntc382.php USPTO Class 382 - Image analysis en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Authentication-of-objects-using-steganography-dt20080717ptan20080170746.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Steganographic methods for encoding auxiliary data into a host signal are used to authenticate physical and electronic objects. One claim recites an object comprising: a first graphic provided on an object surface, and a storage device carried by the object. The storage device includes a second graphic stored therein. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Object-verification-method-and-system-dt20080717ptan20080170747.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Provided is a method and system for detecting an object in a conveying system, where the object is one of a plurality of similar but otherwise distinctly individualized objects. The method comprises the steps of: sequentially conveying a group of objects past a first and optionally a second identification station... http://www.freshpatents.com/Controlling-a-document-based-on-user-behavioral-signals-detected-from-a-3d-captured-image-stream-dt20080717ptan20080170748.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a behavior processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user within a particular environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined by using at least one image capture device aimed at the user. The behavior processing system identifies a three-dimensional object... http://www.freshpatents.com/Controlling-a-system-based-on-user-behavioral-signals-detected-from-a-3d-captured-image-stream-dt20080717ptan20080170749.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A computer-implemented method, system, and program includes a behavior processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user within a particular environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined by using at least one image capture device aimed at the user. The behavior processing system identifies a three-dimensional object properties... http://www.freshpatents.com/Identifying-spurious-regions-in-a-video-frame-dt20080717ptan20080170751.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 In a digital video surveillance system, a number of processing stages are employed to identify foreground regions representing moving objects in a video sequence. An object tracking stage 5 is also provided in order to identify a correspondence between candidate objects in a current frame and those that have already... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-device-image-movement-instructing-method-and-information-storage-medium-dt20080717ptan20080170752.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 To provide an information processing device, an image movement instructing method, and an information storage medium for selecting any of a plurality of images in a simple operation and for designating a destination to which to move the selected image or images. The image processing device comprises an image displaying... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-image-prediction-of-multi-view-video-codec-and-computer-readable-recording-medium-therefor-dt20080717ptan20080170753.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Provided are a method for image prediction of a multi-view video codec capable of improving coding efficiency, and a computer readable recording medium therefor. The method for image prediction of a multi-view video codec includes partitioning an image to a plurality of base blocks, acquiring information of reference images which... http://www.freshpatents.com/Segment-tracking-in-motion-picture-dt20080717ptan20080170750.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Segment tracking in motion picture, including: applying a marking material having a known pattern to a surface; acquiring a sequence of image frames, each image frame of the sequence including a plurality of images of the known pattern covering the surface; deriving position and orientation information regarding the known pattern... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-for-determining-the-presence-of-fog-using-image-obtained-by-vehicle-mounted-device-dt20080717ptan20080170754.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An apparatus that determines the presence of an element such as fog interfering with the visibility of a frontal view of an driver in an vehicle in an environmental atmosphere in ahead of the vehicle equipped with the apparatus in the daytime is provided. In this apparatus, the determination of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-apparatus-for-collecting-media-site-data-dt20080717ptan20080170755.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Example methods and apparatus for collecting media site data for use with media exposure measurement systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves displaying a first image of a scene and receiving a user-provided selection of a location in the first image. An object of interest in the scene is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-hierarchical-determination-of-coherent-events-in-a-seismic-image-dt20080717ptan20080170756.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 The invention concerns the determination of coherent events in a seismic image comprising the following operational phases: a phase of selecting a segmentation criterion based on a variable and at least one sliding window on said zone and its characteristics, a phase of hierarchical segmentation, for overlapping positions of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-to-avoid-mixed-contours-in-pile-fabrics-dt20080717ptan20080170757.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 The purpose of the invention consists in defining a method in which, in the process of producing pile fabrics in accordance with card designs having been made, support is given, before or during processing, by a file activating the Jacquard machine in order to avoid that mixed contours are occurring.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-selecting-and-allocating-high-confidence-biometric-data-dt20080717ptan20080170758.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method and system for selecting and allocating high confidence biometric data. A combination of presented identification information along with gathered biometric data are associated with an entity separated by a sensor trigger. For example, presenting a driver's license in addition to automated gathering and identification of face, iris, voice,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Shape-representation-using-cosine-transforms-dt20080717ptan20080170759.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method of approximating the inner or outer boundary of an iris comprises generating an approximate boundary representation (20) comprising a least squares approximation by a cosine transform series of a function of the angle (θ) about a fixed point (A) of the distance of measured points (10) on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Shape-representation-using-fourier-transforms-dt20080717ptan20080170760.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method of approximating the inner or outer boundary of an iris comprises generating an approximate boundary representation (20) comprising a least squares approximation by a Fourier Series of a function of the angle (θ) about a fixed point (A) of the distance of measured points (10) on the boundary... http://www.freshpatents.com/Alcohol-test-system-alcohol-test-device-alcohol-test-method-and-program-dt20080717ptan20080170762.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 In order to provide an alcohol test device which can keep evidence that an identical person has been surely tested in an alcohol test, the alcohol test device includes an alcohol test unit which measures alcohol concentration from breath exhaled by a subject; a drinking determination unit which determines whether... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-image-auto-selection-and-computer-system-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170761.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for image auto-selection and a computer system thereof are provided. In the method, a characteristic value of each of the images is compared with the predetermined characteristic value stored in a characteristic value database, and the images with less difference between the characteristic value and the predefined characteristic... http://www.freshpatents.com/method-for-tissue-culture-extraction-dt20080717ptan20080170770.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image guidance system is provided for improving tissue culture extraction where the tissue is extracted under the guidance of first and second knowledge-based systems. The first knowledge-based system provides initial suggested regions of interest for tissue biopsy in an internal organ. These regions of interest are then confirmed as... http://www.freshpatents.com/Medical-image-processing-apparatus-and-medical-image-processing-method-dt20080717ptan20080170771.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A medical image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit which acquires an anatomical malignant grade of an abnormality candidate region that is possibly an anatomical abnormality included in an image showing the inside of a subject based on a candidate region characteristic amount indicative of characteristics concerning the abnormality candidate... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-image-processing-system-for-producing-result-images-of-an-examination-object-dt20080717ptan20080170769.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for producing result images of an examination object, in the case of which a number of magnetic resonance images, determined by a magnetic resonance recording device, of the examination object are acquired, and radionuclide emission tomography image data, determined... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-automatic-analysis-of-blood-vessel-structures-and-pathologies-in-support-of-a-triple-rule-out-procedure-dt20080717ptan20080170763.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method of automatically performing a triple rule-out procedure using imaging data is provided. Imaging data is received that includes a heart region, a pulmonary artery region, an ascending aorta region, and a thoraco-abdominal aorta region of a patient. The heart region, an ascending aorta object, an abdominal aorta object,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-detecting-cancer-regions-in-tissue-images-dt20080717ptan20080170766.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A pixel of an image is classified between a first kind and a second kind by centering a sample mask on the pixel and applying each of a population of R given basis functions to the mask pixels to generate, for each basis function, a bucket of values. A probability... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-gleason-scale-pattern-recognition-dt20080717ptan20080170767.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A gradient is calculated for a pixel image representing a cancer area, the gradient having magnitude and direction. Local extrema of the gradients are identified, remaining pixels are zeroed. Significant gradients among the local extrema are identified, based on thresholds obtained through training. Probability distributions are calculated for the local... http://www.freshpatents.com/Region-correction-method-dt20080717ptan20080170768.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 In a region correction method of correcting a three-dimensional region on volume data, the region correction method includes: (a) acquiring a first region as a guide and a second region as a work region; (b) rendering the first region and the second region separately from each other; (c) acquiring a... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-early-detection-of-dental-caries-dt20080717ptan20080170764.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method is disclosed for processing of images to detect dental caries, that includes the following steps. Directing incident light (16) toward a tooth (20), where this light excites a fluorescent emission from the tooth. Obtaining a fluorescence image (35) from the fluorescent light component (19), and obtaining a reflectance... http://www.freshpatents.com/Targeted-additive-gain-tool-for-processing-ultrasound-images-dt20080717ptan20080170765.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Ultrasound image processing system including a processor (16) for receiving a sequence of ultrasound image frames each including an object with a border and causing the ultrasound image frames to be displayed, and a user input device (20) for designating variable local regions of the displayed ultrasound image frames. A... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-for-determining-positions-of-objects-contained-in-a-sample-dt20080717ptan20080170772.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 The invention relates to an apparatus for determining positions of objects contained within a sample. The apparatus comprises an image sensor configured to transform incident light to image data, an optical system comprising a lens arrangement and an aperture, a light emitting device configured to generate light towards said image... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-detecting-lithographically-significant-defects-on-reticles-dt20080717ptan20080170773.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for identifying lithographically significant defects. A photomask is illuminated to produce images that experience different parameters of the reticle as imaged by an inspection tool. Example parameters include a transmission intensity image and a reflection intensity image. The images are processed together to recover a band limited mask... http://www.freshpatents.com/Photomask-inspection-and-verification-by-lithography-image-reconstruction-using-imaging-pupil-filters-dt20080717ptan20080170774.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method and tool for generating reconstructed images that model the high NA effects of a lithography tool used to image patterns produced by a mask. Comparison of the reconstructed images with reference images characterize the mask. The method involves providing a mask reticle for inspection. Generating matrix values associated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Wafer-scale-image-archiving-and-receiving-system-dt20080717ptan20080170775.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A system for the long-term storage and high-speed retrieval of images stored on silicon wafers. The images are stored by utilizing semiconductor fabrication techniques. These images are organized and managed using metadata in the form of a barcode. Each barcode is a unique identifier that contains the location information for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Combining-multiple-session-content-for-animation-libraries-dt20080717ptan20080170777.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A computer-implemented method includes comparing content captured during one session and content captured during another session. A surface feature of an object represented in the content of one session corresponds to a surface feature of an object represented in the content of the other session. The method also includes substantially... http://www.freshpatents.com/Controlling-resource-access-based-on-user-gesturing-in-a-3d-captured-image-stream-of-the-user-dt20080717ptan20080170776.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a gesture processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one stereoscopic image device aimed at the user to identify and track at least one particular three-dimensional movement of the user.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-detection-and-removal-of-redeyes-dt20080717ptan20080170778.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Systems and methods for detecting and correcting redeye defects in a digital image are described. In one aspect, the invention proposes a color image segmentation method. In accordance with this method, pixels of the input image are segmented by mapping the pixels to a color space and using a number... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-method-and-program-storage-medium-for-color-conversion-device-method-and-program-storage-medium-for-color-conversion-coefficient-generation-dt20080717ptan20080170779.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A color conversion device is provided including: a setting unit that sets a conversion mode, based on characteristics of a source color region related to an input image signal in a color space, for converting the input image signal to an image signal that falls within at least one color... http://www.freshpatents.com/Inspection-method-and-apparatuslithographic-apparatus-lithographic-processing-cell-and-device-manufacturing-method-dt20080717ptan20080170780.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Building of a model profile for a target is disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes importing an image of a known object and superimposing, on this image, either by hand or automatically, an estimated profile. The estimated profile is defined mathematically and adjusted segment by segment in order to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-apparatus-information-management-system-process-for-processing-image-computer-readable-medium-and-computer-data-signal-dt20080717ptan20080170782.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image processing apparatus includes: an image reading unit that reads an information image on which a plurality of sets each of which comprises image information and additional information are displayed according to a predetermined rule; an image information acquiring unit; an additional information acquiring unit; a positional relationship acquiring... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-selection-on-a-screen-dt20080717ptan20080170781.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method of bounding a select area (202, 204, 206) of an image on a display (200) by a select area boundary (208, 210). The select area boundary comprises at least one select area boundary portion (212, 214, 216). The method comprises actuating one of a plurality of keypad buttons... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-detecting-objects-in-an-image-dt20080717ptan20080170784.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method of detecting generally rectangular objects in an image comprises determining candidate rectangles in the image based on detected corners in the image, ranking the candidate rectangles on the basis of a set of differentiating factors and detecting objects in the images based on the ranked candidate rectangles.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-processing-an-image-dt20080717ptan20080170783.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Provided are an image processing method and apparatus capable of improving the result of segmenting an image and discriminatively determining the extent of processing the image. In the method, the extent of segmentation of the image is calculated; the result of segmentation is compensated for and the extent of processing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Converting-text-dt20080717ptan20080170785.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Converting text may be provided. A user selectable element may be used to select a text. The selected text may include a first text within an electronic document and a second text within an image. The second text within the image may be converted to character information by receiving the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-system-image-processing-method-and-image-processing-program-dt20080717ptan20080170786.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A technique that can contribute to a reduction in an operation burden in managing a processing result of semantic determination processing applied to objects included in an image is provided. An object included in an image of image data is extracted. A semantic of the object in a layout of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-image-separating-dt20080717ptan20080170787.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for image separating, said method being applied to an electronic apparatus to separate a foreground and a background of an image displayed on said apparatus, comprising the steps of scanning pixels in said image, applying arithmetic algorithm on said pixels and forming a plurality of segments on said... http://www.freshpatents.com/Chinese-character-learning-system-dt20080717ptan20080170788.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A system of materials facilitates teaching Chinese characters to a child in progressive stages, whether or not the teacher is fluent in Chinese. Each stage associates a multi-colored object with a correspondingly multi-colored Chinese character that represents the object. For a child from birth to two years, a first stage... http://www.freshpatents.com/Organizing-editing-and-rendering-digital-ink-dt20080717ptan20080170789.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A pen-based computing system supports organizing, editing, and rendering handwritten digital ink. A given page of text may include several word flows, but the flows may be prevented from overlapping one another, and each word and stroke may be assigned to only one flow on the page. Various functions are... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-system-and-method-for-calculating-straightness-of-facial-dt20080717ptan20080170790.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A computer system and a method for calculating straightness of facial are provided. In the method, an image is processed to obtain a facial area and eyes locations. The facial area is divided into two sub-areas. Then, each of the sub-area and the corresponding symmetric image thereof are coupled together... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computerised-cortex-boundary-extraction-from-mr-images-dt20080717ptan20080170791.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Method for processing digital images, such as magnetic resonance images of a brain. The images contain a first object, for example the cerebrum white matter, a second object, for example the cerebral cortex, and a third object, for example the cerebrospinal fluid. The method involves providing a digital dataset representing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-identifying-marker-dt20080717ptan20080170792.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A mobile application (13) and a matching processing section (21) execute template matching on an image input by an image input section (11), using classification templates (51) registered in a classification TP data management DB (22) and corresponding to classification information on markers. The mobile application (13) and matching processing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-encoding-device-and-image-encoding-method-dt20080717ptan20080170793.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 There are provided an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, and a decoding method that enhance optimality in a case of encoding moving image signals having no sample ratio distinction between color components such as a 4:4:4 format. In a case of conducting compression encoding by inputting digital... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-pickup-apparatus-image-recording-program-image-data-recording-medium-image-processing-apparatus-and-image-processing-program-dt20080717ptan20080170794.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image pickup apparatus is provided that allows image data to represent colors within the human visible region adequately. The apparatus includes an encoding part which encodes a color of each of pixels forming an image represented by image data that are input from an image pickup part, using an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Feature-block-compression-decompression-dt20080717ptan20080170795.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A compressor for compressing a block of feature vectors representing a feature associated with image elements, includes means (20, 22) for determining the distribution of the feature vectors, means (20, 24, 26, 28) for transforming each point pattern in a predetermined set of point patterns to fit the determined distribution... http://www.freshpatents.com/Edge-enhancement-system-and-method-and-imaging-system-dt20080717ptan20080170797.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A plurality of bandpass filters extract high frequency components of a digital image signal sampled every predetermined unit, thus generating a plurality of high frequency signals. The high frequency signals are added to produce a resultant high frequency signal. On the basis of the value of the resultant high frequency... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-detecting-edge-of-image-and-computer-readable-medium-processing-method-dt20080717ptan20080170796.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a noise distribution of an image close to a true distribution, and detecting an edge of the image precisely and quickly based on the detected noise distribution without performing a smoothing process for the image, and a computer readable medium... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-calibrating-a-response-curve-of-a-camera-dt20080717ptan20080170799.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for calibrating a response curve of a camera is provided. A homography relationship of an image sequence captured by the camera is calculated using a coplanar information including feature correspondence blocks of the image sequence. An intensity mapping function is then obtained from the intensity information of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-adaptive-contrast-enhancement-of-video-signals-dt20080717ptan20080170798.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for contrast enhancement of a video signal comprises receiving a video signal frame, gathering statistics about the video signal frame, calculating the effective input dynamic range of the video signal frame, calculating the effective output dynamic range of the video signal frame, and constructing a transform to enhance... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-digital-film-and-video-restoration-dt20080717ptan20080170801.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method, system, and computer program for automatic restoration of digital film and video frames, by operation of a sequence of five main interactive computer program blocks, mainly separating moving objects from still objects, separating smooth texture from regions containing edges using the coherency map, and detecting and removing defects... http://www.freshpatents.com/One-pass-filtering-and-infrared-visible-light-decorrelation-to-reduce-noise-and-distortions-dt20080717ptan20080170800.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A scanning device includes a scanning mechanism and a processing mechanism. The scanning mechanism scans an image fixed on a medium to generate a digital infrared representation of the image and a digital visible light representation of the image. The processing mechanism substantially reduces effects of noise and distortions within... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-for-processing-raw-images-or-tensor-images-dt20080717ptan20080170802.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of data constituting initial tensor images, each tensor being a real symmetric and positive definite matrix representing an elementary part of a received tensor image. This device (D) comprises, on the one hand, a first calculating module (MCI) capable of performing a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-method-and-medium-for-processing-image-dt20080717ptan20080170804.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for processing an image. In the apparatus, at least one image selected from images to be stitched so as to make colors of overlapped sections of the images as identical with each other as possible and operating again in response to a re-alignment... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-adding-dynamic-pictures-to-real-time-image-dt20080717ptan20080170805.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for adding a dynamic picture to a real-time image and a system thereof are disclosed. First, a source image is obtained, and an image processing is executed on the source image to produce an image with a specific format. Then, a dynamic signet image is produced by integrating... http://www.freshpatents.com/Panoramic-imaging-techniques-dt20080717ptan20080170803.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A wireless device or camera phone device that is adapted to create in the device a larger, panoramic image of two photographic images provided the two images have a common overlapping region. The panoramic image can be created even if the two images are at different rotations or perspectives. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/3d-image-processing-apparatus-and-method-dt20080717ptan20080170806.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A 3d image processing apparatus and method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) image from two-dimensional (2D) images are provided. An image file format of the present invention includes an image start segment for indicating a start of an image file; an image information segment for storing information on the image... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-sliced-inpainting-dt20080717ptan20080170807.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 A method for replacing image data in a destination region that is divided into sub-pieces along one or more cutting paths, which start and end at two different points on the border, and finding replacement data for the sub-pieces. The cutting paths may be determined as a function of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Program-apparatus-and-method-for-determining-interpolation-method-dt20080717ptan20080170808.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 According to a program, a computer determine an interpolation method for interpolating respective pixel values of plural pixels not existing in an input image and positioned on a straight line. Specifically, the computer selects a target pixel from among the plural pixels sequentially; calculates a local correlation value for each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-system-with-an-address-snooping-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170809.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image processing system includes a first image processor that reads out a first image written in a main memory to apply a first process to the first image and write in the main memory as a second image, a second image processor that reads out a second image written... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-capture-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170811.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image capture apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image capture, a memory unit, a sampling unit, and an image coder. The image capture captures a plurality of image data. The memory unit is coupled to the image capture and stores the image data output by the image capture.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-composition-processing-method-computer-system-with-image-composition-processing-function-dt20080717ptan20080170812.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image composition processing method is disclosed. The image composition processing method includes the steps of obtaining a template from a template database, producing a background in the image displaying area according to the template, wherein the image displaying area has at least a photo reserved area, obtaining a object... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-document-processing-device-image-document-processing-method-program-and-storage-medium-dt20080717ptan20080170810.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:04:27 -0700 An image document processing device extracts a character sequence image having M number of characters in an image document, divides the image into individual character images, extracts features of the individual character images, and based on the features, selects N (N is an integer more than 1) character images in...