US_Patent
* *US Patent and Trademark Office
* Adaptive Method and System for Real Time Verification of Dynamic Human Signatures
* Adaptive predictive coding system for television signals
* Adaptive transform coding using variable block size
* Apparatus and method for character recognition
* Apparatus and method for compressing still images without multiplication
* Apparatus and method for detecting a velocity of a moving object
* Apparatus and method for encoding halftone and line copy data
* Apparatus and method for matching image characteristics such as fingerprint minutiae
* Apparatus and method for recognizing facial expressions and facial gestures in a sequence of images
* Apparatus and method for segmenting an input image in one of a plurality of modes
* Apparatus and method for skew control of document images
* Apparatus and method for tracking facial motion through a sequence of images
* Apparatus for extracting/combining change region in image corresponding to moving object
* Apparatus for measuring the dynamic state of traffic
* Apparatus for performing a discrete cosine transform of an input signal
* Apparatus for providing an indication that a color represented by a Y, R-Y, B-Y color television signal is validly reproducible on an RGB color display device
* Apparatus for reading a license plate
* Automated camera-based tracking system for sports contests
* Automated extraction of airport runway patterns from radar imagery
* Automatic feature detection and age classification of human faces in digital images
* Automatic image segmentation for color documents
* Automatic image segmentation with smoothing
* Automatic signature verification
* Biometric personal identification system based on iris analysis
* Block boundary artifact reduction for block-based image compression
* Browsing contents of a given video sequence
* Camera calibration system using planar concentric circles and method thereof
* Character discrimination system employing height-to-width ratio and vertical extraction position information
* Character information separating apparatus for printed character reading systems
* Character reader
* Character Reading System
* Character Reading System
* Character reading system
* Character Reading System
* Character Reading System
* Character reading system and method
* Character Reading System Controlled by Preprinted Program Control Characters on Document Form
* Character recognition apparatus
* Character recognition apparatus for serially comparing an unknown character with a plurality of reference characters
* Character recognition equipment
* Character Recognition Method
* Character recognition method and apparatus
* Character recognition method and system capable of recognizing slant characters
* CMOS-compatible three-dimensional image sensor IC
* Coded video signal transmitting and receiving system
* Coherent correlation addition for increasing match information in scene matching navigation systems
* Collision avoidance using optical pattern growth rate
* Computer aided drawing in three dimensions
* Computer-based video compression system
* Cooperative camera network
* Correlation techniques
* Defect Inspection of Objects Such as Electronic Circuits
* Depth-of-focus imaging process method
* Device for examining securities
* Device for focus detection or distance detection
* Device for monitoring disregard of a traffic signal
* Device for photographic monitoring of cross-roads
* Device for the detection of objects in a sequence of images
* Digital video compression system and methods utilizing scene adaptive coding with rate buffer feedback
* Digital video compression system and methods utilizing scene adaptive coding with rate buffer feedback
* Discrete cosine transformer
* Distance detecting apparatus and method for a vehicle
* Distance detection system for vehicles
* Distance determining and automatic focusing apparatus
* Document character reading system
* Document layout processing method and device for carrying out the same
* Document segmentation system
* Document skew detection/control system for printed document images containing a mixture of pure text lines and non-text portions
* Double Read System for Character Recognition Systems
* Driving way judging device and method
* Dual mode facsimile coding system and method
* Dynamic shadow removal from front projection displays
* Edge enhancement error diffusion thresholding for document images
* Electro-optical range finding and speed detection system
* Electronic Character-Reading System
* Extraction of radar targets from clutter
* Eye image recognition method, eye image selection method and system therefor
* Fast digital pan tilt zoom video
* Feature extracting method
* Filter-Subtract-Decimate Hierarchical Pyramid Signal Analyzing and Synthesizing Technique, A
* Fingerprint verification method
* Focal length estimation method and apparatus for construction of panoramic mosaic images
* Focus detecting apparatus
* Fractal-Based Image Compression and Interpolation
* Geometric and photometric calibration of cameras
* Hand gesture machine control system
* Handheld iris imaging apparatus and method
* Handwriting recognition employing pairwise discriminant measures
* Hierarchical tracker and method
* Hierarchical variable block size address-vector quantization using inter-block correlation
* High efficiency technique for coding a digital video signal
* High speed character matcher and method
* High-Accuracy Optical Character-Recognition Using Neural Networks with Centroid Dithering
* Identification system
* Image Character Reader System
* Image coding by use of discrete cosine transforms
* Image comparison system
* Image data compression method and apparatus with pre-processing to compensate for the blocky effect
* Image data processor
* Image interpolation system
* Image motion vector detecting apparatus
* Image processing architecture
* Image processing device and method for sensing moving objects and rangefinder employing the same
* Image processing method using a collapsed Walsh-Hadamard transform
* Image query system and method
* Image query system and method
* Image recognition system
* Image retrieval systems and methods with semantic and feature based relevance feedback
* Image segmenting apparatus and methods
* Image signal decoding device capable of removing block distortion with simple structure
* Image skeletonization method
* Image subtraction to remove ambient illumination
* Image tracking system and method and observer tracking autostereoscopic display
* Image transmission system with line averaging preview mode using two-pass block-edge interpolation
* Image-based detection and tracking system and processing method employing clutter measurements and signal-to-clutter ratios
* Image-dependent sharpness enhancement
* Immersive video, including video hypermosaicing to generate from multiple video views of a scene
* Information retrieval apparatus and interface for retrieval of mapping information utilizing hand-drawn retrieval requests
* Installation for quality control of printed sheets, especially security paper
* Instrument for Automatically Inspecting Integrated Circuit Masks for Pinholes and Spots
* Inter-frame adaptive prediction system for television signals
* Inter-frame predictive encoding system with encoded and transmitted prediction error
* Interactive try-on platform for eyeglasses
* Interfield image motion detector for video signals
* Inverse texture mapping using weighted pyramid blending
* Iris Identification System and Method of Identifying a Person Through Iris Recognition
* Iris imaging telephone security module and method
* Line follower
* Line scan area signature detection method
* Machine dynamic selection of one video camera/image of a scene from multiple video cameras
* Machine synthesis of a virtual video camera/image of a scene from multiple video cameras/images
* Matcher
* Matcher
* Matrix Character Reading System
* Method and apparatus for a layout of a document image
* Method and apparatus for a panoramic camera to capture a 360 degree image
* Method and apparatus for adaptive transform coding of picture signals
* Method and apparatus for automatic extraction of fingerprint cores and tri-radii
* Method and apparatus for automatic language determination of Asian language documents
* Method and apparatus for character recognition employing a dead-band correlator
* Method and apparatus for detecting object movement within an image sequence
* Method and apparatus for detection of parallel edges in image processing
* Method and Apparatus for Determining Ambient Light and Surface Reflectance
* Method and apparatus for document segmentation by background analysis
* Method and apparatus for generating 3D face models from one camera
* Method and apparatus for generating a database of road sign images and positions
* Method and apparatus for generating consistent image registration
* Method and apparatus for generating representations of 3-dimensional objects
* Method and apparatus for handwritten character recognition
* Method and apparatus for identifying objects depicted in a videostream
* Method and apparatus for image registration
* Method and apparatus for image registration
* Method and apparatus for image registration using large deformation diffeomorphisms on a sphere
* Method and apparatus for monitoring traffic flow
* Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional shape representation via shock flows
* Method and apparatus for on-line recognizing handwritten patterns
* Method and apparatus for rapidly determining whether a digitized image frame contains an object of interest
* Method and apparatus for recognition of graphic symbols
* Method and apparatus for recognizing gestures on a computer system
* Method and apparatus for registering color separation film
* Method and apparatus for registering color separation film 1
* Method and apparatus for simplifying runlength data from scanning of images
* Method and apparatus for standardization of inputs to word recognition systems
* Method and apparatus for vectorizing documents and symbol recognition
* Method and apparatus for video signal encoding with motion compensation
* Method and apparatus for video signal encoding with motion compensation
* Method and device for handwritten letter recognition
* Method and device for supervising the speed of an object
* Method and device for the recognition of characters, preferably of figures
* Method and device for use in detecting moving targets
* Method and Means for Recognizing Complex Patterns
* Method and system for calibrating digital cameras
* Method and system for detecting changes in three dimensional shape
* Method and system for determining connection states of straight short vectors representing figure in curve fitting
* Method and system for document segmentation
* Method and system for imaging target detection
* Method and System for Panoramic Viewing with Curved Surface Mirrors
* Method and system for searching for images based on color and shape of a selected image
* Method and system using meta-classes and polynomial discriminant functions for handwriting recognition
* Method for analyzing stored image details
* Method for automatically checking the printing quality of a multicolor image
* Method for comparing image sections to determine similarity therebetween
* Method for detecting a human face and an apparatus of the same
* Method for detecting a movement of a television signal
* Method for detecting and separating the shadow of moving objects in a sequence of digital images
* Method for detecting and tracking moving objects in a digital image sequence having a stationary background
* Method for extracting features from on-line handwritten characters
* Method for fusing images and apparatus therefor
* Method for generating a personalized 3-D face model
* Method for high-dimensionality indexing in a multi-media database
* Method for identifying objects in motion, in particular vehicles, and systems for its implementation
* Method for identifying word bounding boxes in text
* Method for locating a subject's lips in a facial image
* Method for measuring the maximum gross weight of a motor vehicle
* Method for the determination of motion vector fields from digital image sequences
* Method for transmitting a high-resolution image over a narrow-band communication channel
* Method of bridging between contour elements in an image
* Method of deriving wordshapes for subsequent comparison
* Method of detecting a space between words with optical character reader
* Method of determining the trajectory of a body suitable for moving along a portion of a path, and apparatus for implementing the method
* Method of encoding an image at full resolution for storing in a reduced image buffer
* Method of enhancing image sharpness for image reproduction using sharp/unsharp signal processing
* Method of Estimating Chromaticity of Illumination Using Neural Networks
* Method of grouping handwritten word segments in handwritten document images
* Method of optical character recognition
* Method of recognizing handwritten symbols
* Method of recognizing images of faces or general images using fuzzy combination of multiple resolutions
* Method of segmenting characters in lines which may be skewed, for allowing improved optical character recognition
* Methods and apparatus for gesture recognition based on templates
* Methods and apparatus for selecting semantically significant images in a document image without decoding image content
* MICR data lift system
* Monitoring and Correction of Geometric Distortion in Projected Displays
* Motion vector detector employing image subregions and median values
* Motion-compensated interframe coding system
* Movement compensation predictive coding/decoding method
* Moving target detection method using two-frame subtraction and a two quadrant multiplier
* Multi-windowing technique for thresholding an image using local image properties
* Multifont optical character recognition using a box connectivity approach
* Multimedia database retrieval system which maintains a posterior probability distribution that each item in the database is a target of a search
* Multiple-Scanner Character Reading System
* Multiple-Scanner Character Reading System
* Non-contact measurement of surface profile
* Object extraction in images
* Object recognition system and abnormality detection system using image processing
* Object recognition system and abnormality detection system using image processing
* Omni directional vision photograph device
* Omnidirectional imaging apparatus
* Omnidirectional imaging apparatus
* Omniview Motionless Camera Surveillance System
* Optical Character Reading System
* Optical Character Reading System and Bar Code Font Therefor
* Optical Character Reading System [First of two]
* Optical character recognition device
* Optical range and speed detection system
* Optical vehicle detection system
* Optics Assembly for Observing a Panoramic Scene
* Page segmentor
* Panoramic camera
* Panoramic Imaging Block for Three-Dimensional Space
* Panoramic Television Viewing System
* Panoramic video
* Panoramic viewing system with offset virtual optical centers
* Parallel-pipelined image processing system
* Passive vehicle presence detection system
* Passive velocity measuring device
* Pattern recognition apparatus
* Pattern recognition system
* Perceptual similarity image retrieval
* Personal identification
* Personal identification
* Positional, Rotational and Scale Invariant Optical Correlation Method and Apparatus
* Post-processing method and apparatus for removing a blocking effect in a decoded image signal
* Pre-processing and feature extraction system for character recognition
* Predictive codec capable of selecting one of at least three prediction signals in two steps
* Predictive coding system for television signals
* Prestored area correlation tracker
* Procedure for producing a reference model intended to be used for automatically checking the printing quality of an image on paper
* Progressive image transmission
* Progressive image transmission
* Progressive image transmission
* Progressive image transmission
* Pyramid processor for building large-area, high-resolution image by parts
* Pyramid processor integrated circuit
* Quantizied Transmission with Variable Quanta
* Range finding device
* Range Imaging Laser Radar
* Real-Time Tracking of Non-Rigid Objects using Mean Shift
* Real-time video object generation for smart cameras
* Recognition of characters in cursive script
* Recognition system for run-on handwritten characters
* Recognition system, particularly for recognising people
* Recognition Unit for Optical Character Reading System
* Resolution enhancement system for combined binary and gray scale halftone images
* Scene tracker using multiple independent correlators
* Searching for object images with reduced computation
* Segmentation method for use against moving objects
* Segmentation of text, picture and lines of a document image
* Segmentation-based JPEG image artifacts reduction
* Shape modeling system
* Signature verification
* Signature verification algorithm
* Signature verification apparatus and method utilizing relative angle measurements
* Signature verification apparatus and method utilizing relative angle measurements
* Similarity determination among patterns using affine-invariant features
* Single lens range imaging method and apparatus
* Skew detection of text in a noisy digitized image
* Spline-Based Image Registration
* Super-resolution overlay in multi-projector displays
* System and method for bidirectional adaptive thresholding
* System and method for calibrating a camera with one-dimensional objects
* System and Method for Determining Ridge Counts in Fingerprint Image Processing
* System and method for displaying, and interactively excavating and examining a three dimensional volume
* System and method for fusing video imagery from multiple sources in real time
* System and Method for Generation of a Three-Dimensional Solid Model
* System and method for storing and retrieving three dimensional shapes using two dimensional contrast images
* System for automatically aligning images to form a mosaic image
* System for automatically generating database of objects of interest by analysis of images recorded by moving vehicle
* System for extracting shape features from an image
* System for identifying freehand drawings
* System for measuring and detecting printed circuit wiring defects
* System for monitoring the front or rear parking space of a motor vehicle
* System for optical acquisition of the road
* System for recognizing handwritten character strings containing overlapping and/or broken characters
* Target acquisition system and method
* Target discrimination utilizing median filters
* Target recognition system enhanced by active signature measurements
* Technique for estimation of displacement and/or velocity of objects in video scenes
* Television Images Positioning and Combining Systems
* Television signal coder
* Television signal encoder utilizing a correlation between frames
* Television System Having Reduced Bandwidth
* Text/image separation method
* Threshold-based comparison
* Tracking and/or guidance systems
* Traffic flow measuring method and apparatus
* Traffic monitoring device
* Traffic surveillance system
* Transmission Systems Employing Quantization
* Truncated Subband Coding of Images
* Two-dimensional digital linear interpolation system
* Unitary Catadioptric Objective Lens System
* Variable length codes for high quality image encoding
* Vector coding of computer graphics material
* Vehicle detection through image processing for traffic surveillance and control
* Vehicle tracking driver assistance system
* Vehicular security access system
* Video bandwidth reduction system employing interframe block differencing and transform domain coding
* Video coder
* Video correlation tracker
* Video recognition system
* Video signal compressing and coding apparatus
* Video signal interpolation using motion estimation
* Visual information processing apparatus
* Visual Method of Locating Faults in Printed Circuit Boards
* Word recognizer
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