Abstract: A method of determining a physical property of a finger using a sensor comprising a two-dimensional measuring arrangement including a plurality of measuring elements, each defining a measuring element position in the measuring arrangement, and each comprising a finger electrode spaced apart from the finger by a dielectric structure. For each measuring element position, the method comprises the steps of performing a first sensing operation using a first capacitive configuration, acquiring a first measurement value for the first capacitive configuration, performing a second sensing operation using a second capacitive configuration, acquiring a second measurement value for the second capacitive configuration. The physical property of the finger is determined based on the first and second measurement values for each measuring element position.

Abstract: A technique to remove fog from an image more appropriately has been called for. An image processing system is provided, including: a haze depth estimating unit that derives a haze depth estimate value of one frame among a plurality of frames included in a moving image; a parameter adjusting unit that adjusts a parameter to be used in a haze removal process of the one frame based on a haze depth estimate value of the one frame, and a relationship between the one frame and a past frame of the one frame; and a haze removing unit that executes a haze removal process on the one frame based on the parameter adjusted by the parameter adjusting unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reconstructing a 3D image from 2D X-ray images acquired with an X-ray imaging system, said method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a set of 2D X-ray images of a region of a patient with said X-ray imaging system, b) computing an initial 3D image within the coordinate system of the X-ray imaging system by using at least part of said 2D X-ray images with their respective projective geometry data; c) projecting said initial 3D image on at least part of said 2D X-ray images and adjusting the respective projective geometry data of said images, said adjustment comprising registration of said images with the projection of the initial 3D image using an image-to-image registration technique; d) computing an updated 3D image using the complete set of 2D X-ray images with their respective adjusted projective geometry data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reconstructing a 3D image from 2D X-ray images acquired with an X-ray imaging system, said method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a set of 2D X-ray images of a region of a patient with said X-ray imaging system, b) computing an initial 3D image within the coordinate system of the X-ray imaging system by using at least part of said 2D X-ray images with their respective projective geometry data; c) projecting said initial 3D image on at least part of said 2D X-ray images and adjusting the respective projective geometry data of said images, said adjustment comprising registration of said images with the projection of the initial 3D image using an image-to-image registration technique; d) computing an updated 3D image using the complete set of 2D X-ray images with their respective adjusted projective geometry data.

Abstract: Aircraft system and method detecting and present information relating to adverse airborne phenomena along an aircraft flight route. An imaging unit that includes an IR detector and a tunable spectral filter acquires IR images of the external environment, by acquiring wideband IR images when operating in a first mode and narrowband IR images respective of difference IR spectral bands when operating in a second mode. A data analysis unit detects and determines characteristics of adverse airborne phenomena in the environment based on at least the spectral signatures of environmental features in the acquired narrowband IR images. A display unit dynamically displays a visual representation of the detected adverse airborne phenomenon and its determined characteristics, overlaid onto a view of the external environment displayed to an operator of the aircraft.

Abstract: A method and system for associating an image of a face of at least a person with Point-of-Sale (PoS) data by aligning a first event time series with a second event time series based on a dynamic time disparity. An exemplary embodiment can generate an event time series containing facial recognition data for a person or persons during the PoS transaction process. These data can form a vision-based checkout event time series. An embodiment can also collect PoS transaction data from the retail checkout system, using timestamp information to create a second event time series. As there may be a time disparity between the time series, they can then be aligned in order to match events from one time series to the other. Faces identified in checkout events in the first time series can be registered to PoS events and the results stored in a database.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for removing a natural lens and inserting an Intraocular Lens (IOL) into the lens capsule of an eye. Specifically, this is accomplished by inserting the IOL through an opening on the posterior capsule that is created using a focused laser beam. The system includes a laser unit, a detector for creating images of the interior of the eye, and a computer that controls the cooperative functions of the detector and the laser unit. Based on images of the posterior capsule provided by the detector, the computer is used to control movements of the focal point through tissue of the posterior capsule to perform Laser Induced Optical Breakdown (LIOB) on posterior capsule tissue. The result is a laser capsulotomy that creates an opening through the posterior capsule allowing the natural lens to be removed and the IOL to be implanted.

Abstract: A capacitive fingerprint sensor which includes capacitive sensing units is disclosed. Each of the capacitive sensing unit includes a sensing electrode; a first switch; a voltage follower; and a reference capacitor. The voltage follower includes an adjustable current source, for providing at least two distinct current levels; and a MOS transistor. The MOS transistor includes a source node, connected to ground via the adjustable current source and serves as an output node of the voltage follower; a gate node, connected to the sensing electrode and serves as an input node of the voltage follower; a drain node, connected to a power source, for providing power to the voltage follower; and a bulk node, connected to the source node.

Abstract: Devices with a fingerprint sensor paired with a handle or a hand support. The fingerprint sensor is arranged in the vicinity of the handle or the hand support surface at a distance from the handle or hand support surface such that when an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand grips the handle or an index, and/or middle, and/or ring, and/or little finger of a hand is placed on the support surface, the thumb the hand can be placed on the fingerprint sensor such that a longitudinal axis of the thumb substantially coincides with a main axis of the fingerprint sensor. The thumb is placed either next to the handle and thus on the fingerprint sensor or the fingerprint sensor is arranged on a housing side of the device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal module with fingerprint identification function includes an array glass substrate, a colored light filtering glass substrate, a liquid crystal material layer, a pixel display layer and a detection wire and sensation electrode layer. The liquid crystal material layer, the pixel display layer and the detection wire and sensation electrode layer are disposed between the array glass substrate and the colored light filtering glass substrate. The pixel display layer cooperates with the internal wiring and electrode structures of the detection wire and sensation electrode layer to achieve complex functions of displaying, fingerprint detection/identification and touch control.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device with fingerprint identification function includes an array glass substrate, a colored light filtering glass substrate, an organic light-emitting layer, a pixel display layer and a detection wire and sensation electrode layer. The organic light-emitting layer, the pixel display layer and the detection wire and sensation electrode layer are disposed between the array glass substrate and the colored light filtering glass substrate. The pixel display layer cooperates with the internal wiring and electrode structures of the detection wire and sensation electrode layer to achieve complex functions of displaying, fingerprint detection/identification and touch control.

Abstract: A shape measuring device includes: a predetermined pattern; an image pick-up section that captures reflected images of the predetermined pattern on the front face and back face of a transparent measurement object; a calculating section that calculates an inclination angle of at least the front face or the back face from the reflected images; and a determining section that determines a shape of at least the front face or the back face. The predetermined pattern includes a plurality of elements, and one end and the other end of each element of the plurality of elements, which are formed in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction, are deviated from each other in the extension direction.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus and method is provided. The video processing apparatus divides video data and then processes a current divided area of the divided video data by referring to pixels in an adjacent divided area while processing the current divided area, thereby minimizing artifacts generation along a boundary between divided areas when the processed divided areas are subsequently merged.

Abstract: An optical biometric sensor is disclosed. The optical biometric sensor includes a filter layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The filter layer includes a light filter including a blocking material forming an array of apertures; a substrate including an electrical interconnect comprising a set of electrical conductors. The biometric sensor further includes an optical sensor including an array of sensing elements mounted to the bottom surface of the substrate, wherein sensing elements in the array of sensing elements sensors are aligned with the array of apertures and electrically connected to the electrical interconnect.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in an authentication system supported by or configured with authentication servers or platforms. The systems interact to identify access and retrieve data across platforms, which data can be used to improve the quality of results data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed anti-spoofing systems and methods provide improved functionality to facial recognition systems by enabling enhanced “spoof” (or attempts to impersonate a user) detection while authenticating a user. The disclosed systems and method provide additional functionality to existing facial recognition systems that enables such systems to actually determine whether the image being captured and/or recorded is that of an actual person, as opposed to a non-human representation.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products that provide for element level presentation of elements of a payment instrument for exceptions processing. More specifically, the invention involves identifying an exception element from an image of a financial document, determining the location of the exception element based on its coordinates within the image of the financial document, and providing a zoomed-in view of the exception element to the user along with information and resources to allow a user to conveniently conduct accurate analysis of the exception element. The system then receives a correct element from the user to replace the exception element, and then processes the financial document using the replaced correct element instead of the exception element.

Abstract: A method of predicting action labels for a video stream includes receiving the video stream and calculating an optical flow of consecutive frames of the video stream. An attention map is generated from the current frame of the video stream and the calculated optical flow. An action label is predicted for the current frame based on the optical flow, a previous hidden state and the attention map.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of matching a tagged target group, selected from a plurality of gallery groups in a first camera field of view, with probe groups in a second camera field of view, by determining a group context for the tagged target group, determining, in the second camera field of view, probe contexts for the respective local probe groups in the second camera field of view; matching the group context against the probe contexts to produce respective similarity scores; and identifying based upon the similarity scores, the probe group that matches the tagged target group.

Abstract: A medication monitoring system including a patient information unit having a processor, a memory and a patient monitoring unit and a program executing in the memory executing the steps of communicatively coupling a first device with a second device, transmitting live images from the first device to the second device, analyzing the content of the live images to identify at least one biometric attribute of a user in the image and at least one bar code on a container in the image, determining whether the bar code is associated with at least one biometric attribute, and notifying the user whether to consume the contents of the container based on the association of the bar code with the biometric attribute.

Abstract: An image decoding apparatus includes a unit configured to set an unreferenced region depending on whether information concerning a horizontal direction is defined, out of information indicating the unreferenced region. The image decoding apparatus further includes a unit configured to decode a flag that is to be set depending on whether a loop filter is related as information indicating the unreferenced region.