Abstract: Provided are an edge-induced visual illusion generation apparatus, a method, a program, and a recording medium capable of being applied to any image, automatically generating an edge-induced visual illusion without complicated work, and improving contrast using the edge-induced visual illusion. A two-dimensional digital filter, which is a filter with no orientation or an even filter with orientation and is a filter that allows a band of a relatively high frequency to pass or a high pass filter, or is an orientation-selective wavelet frame or an orientation-selective filter bank that are a set of an approximation filter with no orientation and detail filters with orientations, is applied to image data, and a component of a relatively high frequency band or a high frequency component is extracted, and/or coloring is applied to an edge of the extracted band component or the high frequency component, thereby generating an edge-induced visual illusion image.

Abstract: Provided are an edge-induced visual illusion generation apparatus, a method, a program, and a recording medium capable of being applied to any image, automatically generating an edge-induced visual illusion without complicated work, and improving contrast using the edge-induced visual illusion. A two-dimensional digital filter, which is a filter with no orientation or an even filter with orientation and is a filter that allows a band of a relatively high frequency to pass or a high pass filter, or is an orientation-selective wavelet frame or an orientation-selective filter bank that are a set of an approximation filter with no orientation and detail filters with orientations, is applied to image data, and a component of a relatively high frequency band or a high frequency component is extracted, and/or coloring is applied to an edge of the extracted band component or the high frequency component, thereby generating an edge-induced visual illusion image.

Abstract: In the present invention, subband signals are obtained by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data by using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and that has a degree. When an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, the reconstructed image data is generated by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of filters that have predetermined frequency characteristics and/or a predetermined orientation among the filters.

Abstract: According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa.

Abstract: The present invention obtains subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations on image data, and, when an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, generates reconstructed image data that creates a floating illusion by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation relative to a floating direction, in which an image is desired to be floated due to an illusion, among the detail filters.

Abstract: According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa.

Abstract: When obtaining subband signals by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet or a pinwheel wavelet frame, having a degree, that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and acquiring processed image data by the subband signals in a decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition, or processed image data that has been reconstructed into an image by summing the subband signals in a synthesis phase of the multiresolution decomposition, the present invention performs attenuation or amplification of the subband signals in the decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition that correspond to at least one of the filters.

Abstract: When obtaining subband signals by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet or a pinwheel wavelet frame, having a degree, that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and acquiring processed image data by the subband signals in a decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition, or processed image data that has been reconstructed into an image by summing the subband signals in a synthesis phase of the multiresolution decomposition, the present invention performs attenuation or amplification of the subband signals in the decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition that correspond to at least one of the filters.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, processed image data in which distortion due to breast cancer is enhanced is generated by performing, on mammographic image data, image processing using a filter that relatively amplifies medium band components between high and low frequency bands and/or a filter that increases or reduces components having predetermined orientations. According to an aspect of the invention, a processed image for supporting breast cancer diagnosis is printed or recorded on a printing medium or a computer-readable recording medium and, in the processed image, band components between high and low frequency bands in a mammographic original image are relatively amplified and/or components having predetermined orientations in the mammographic original image are increased or reduced.

Abstract: According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa.

Abstract: When obtaining subband signals by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet or a pinwheel wavelet frame, having a degree, that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and acquiring processed image data by the subband signals in a decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition, or processed image data that has been reconstructed into an image by summing the subband signals in a synthesis phase of the multiresolution decomposition, the present invention performs attenuation or amplification of the subband signals in the decomposition phase of the multiresolution decomposition that correspond to at least one of the filters.

Abstract: In the present invention, subband signals are obtained by performing multiresolution decomposition on image data by using a broad-sense pinwheel framelet that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, and that has a degree. When an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, the reconstructed image data is generated by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of filters that have predetermined frequency characteristics and/or a predetermined orientation among the filters.

Abstract: The present invention obtains subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations on image data, and, when an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, generates reconstructed image data that creates a floating illusion by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation relative to a floating direction, in which an image is desired to be floated due to an illusion, among the detail filters.

Abstract: The present invention obtains subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations on image data, and, when an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, generates reconstructed image data that creates a floating illusion by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation relative to a floating direction, in which an image is desired to be floated due to an illusion, among the detail filters.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus for determining dimensional data for use in designing a coupler which is manufactured to be fitted between the free ends of already assembled pipes in a pipe system is disclosed. A first joint on which a first arm is slidably supported is pivotally connected to one end of a rod adapted for gauging the distance between the points of bend in the coupler to be manufactured. A first joint on which a second arm is slidably supported is itself slidably mounted on the rod for movement therealong. With this arrangement, measurement of the angle defined by relative rotation of the rod about its axis to the arms is limited to one point, that is, at either of the joints. In addition, this apparatus permits easy installation on the site of measurement. The relative movement between the rod and the second arm and that between each arm and its associated attachment plate for engaging to the respective free end, are automatically measured by an electrical detection device.