Abstract: A computer-implemented method for image-guided delivery of a nanoparticle mixture to a target tumor located in a region of interest includes selecting a non-hypoxic delivery location within the region of interest for delivery of a non-bacteria-associated nanoparticle component included in the nanoparticle mixture and selecting a hypoxic delivery location within the region of interest for delivery of a bacteria-associated nanoparticle component included in the nanoparticle mixture. An image-guided delivery and monitoring process may then be performed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating objects are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a depth image including a plurality of objects; obtaining a two-dimensional image including the objects; performing pixel-clustering using depth values of pixels in the depth image and pixel values of pixels in the two-dimensional image to obtain a plurality of sub-regions; performing region-clustering for the sub-regions to obtain a clustering result as an object separation result; and outputting the object separation result.

Abstract: A method and a system of capturing an image of a card having a magnetic stripe is provided. The method includes obtaining a first image by an imaging device of the card, obtaining a plurality of images of the card via color delta analysis, and obtaining a third image of the card by comparing the first and the plurality of images.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for performing a Fourier transform. A method of performing a Fourier transform may include generating intermediate data by performing a one-dimensional fast Fourier transform (1D FFT) on data in a column direction, storing the intermediate data in a cell array in the column direction, reading out the intermediate data from the cell array in a row direction; and generating final data by performing a 1D FFT on the read-out intermediate data.

Abstract: A device is provided that includes a light-sensing layer including photodetectors, a light guide arranged to direct light beams towards a document area, and an angle-selective layer arranged to filter light beams reflected from the document area based on respective angles of incidence of the reflected light beams. The device also includes a controller configured to: operate the light guide to emit light, such that a plurality of light beams is directed towards the document area, where a portion of the light beams is reflected off of the document area and filtered by the angle-selective layer to direct a subset of the reflected light beams to the light-sensing layer. The controller is also configured to receive data indicative of the subset of light beams, generate an image of a document in the document area, detect text in the image, translate the text, and display the translated text on a display.

Abstract: The disclosure features systems and methods for measuring and diagnosing target constituents bound to labeling particles in a sample. The systems include a radiation source, a sample holder, a detector configured to obtain one or more diffraction patterns of the sample each including information corresponding to optical properties of sample constituents, and an electronic processor configured to, for each of the one or more diffraction patterns: (a) analyze the diffraction pattern to obtain amplitude information and phase information corresponding to the sample constituents; (b) identify one or more particle-bound target sample constituents based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information; and (c) determine an amount of at least one of the particle-bound target sample constituents in the sample based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for facilitating optical character recognition (OCR) by identifying one or more regions in an electronic document to perform the OCR. For example a method for identifying information in an electronic document includes obtaining a set of training documents for each template of a plurality of templates for the electronic document, extracting spatial attributes for at least a first label region and at least a first corresponding value region from the set, and training a classifier model based on the extracted spatial attributes, wherein the classifier model is used to identify the information in the electronic document. The spatial attributes represent a position of at least the first label region and at least the first value region within the electronic document.

Abstract: To measure a three-dimensional shape of a measurement target object at high speeds, an information processing apparatus is configured to acquire an image captured while a pattern including first features and a second feature is projected onto the measurement target object; identify the first features in the captured image, and acquire an initial value of shape information on the measurement target object in an area including the first features; set a candidate for the shape information in a first area based on an initial value of shape information in an area surrounding the first area; decide an area in the pattern corresponding to the first area as a second area, and evaluate a correlation between the second area and the first area based on the second feature in the first area and the second feature in the second area; and derive the shape information in the first area.

Abstract: A method and a system of capturing an image of a card having a magnetic stripe is provided. The method includes obtaining a first image by an imaging device of the card, obtaining a plurality of images of the card via color delta analysis, and obtaining a third image of the card by comparing the first and the plurality of images.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting pesticide residue in agricultural products. The system includes a chromatographic and mass-spectrometric system and a computer. The system inspects first and second sample solutions prepared from two identical extracts of an agricultural product. The first sample solution includes no additives while the second sample is added with a pesticide standard which is intended to be detected by the system for comparison. The computer compares the mass chromatograms of the first and second sample solutions, and calculate an increased integral area by which the peak of the second sample solution in the second mass chromatogram exceeds the peak of the first sample solution in the first mass chromatogram at the same retention time. As such, the concentration of pesticide residue in the sample can be determined by a ratio between the increased integral area and the concentration of the pesticide standard.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.

Abstract: A method for mapping an environment by an electronic device is described. The method includes obtaining a set of sensor measurements. The method also includes determining a set of voxel occupancy probability distributions respectively corresponding to a set of voxels based on the set of sensor measurements. Each of the voxel occupancy probability distributions represents a probability of occupancy of a voxel over a range of occupation densities. The range includes partial occupation densities.

Abstract: A media editing device obtains a digital image, and a facial region of an individual in the digital image is identified by a facial region analyzer. A plurality of facial features of the facial region is identified by a facial feature identifier. A skin color of the facial region is determined, and eyebrow regions in the facial region are identified based on the facial features. Each of the eyebrow regions is partitioned into a plurality of segments, and a determination is made, for one or more of the segments, whether an area above or an area below the segment has a color matching the skin color. The segment is designated as a verified eyebrow region or as an overlapped region depending on whether the area above or the area below the segment has a color matching the skin color. A special effect is applied on the verified eyebrow region.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for correcting a difference image generated from a comparison of target and reference dies. In use, an intra-die inspection of a target die image is performed to generate, for each pattern of interest, a first representative image. An intra-die inspection of a reference die image is performed to generate, for each of the patterns of interest, a second representative image. Further, the target die image and the reference die image are compared to generate at least one difference image, and the at least one difference image is corrected using each of the generated first representative images and each of the generated second representative images. Detection is then performed using the corrected difference image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for correcting for artificial deformations in anatomical modeling. One method includes obtaining an anatomic model; obtaining information indicating a presence of an artificial deformation of the anatomic model; identifying a portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation; estimating a non-deformed local area corresponding to the portion of the anatomic model; and modifying the portion of the anatomic model associated with the artificial deformation, based on the estimated non-deformed local area.

Abstract: A technique to remove fog from an image more appropriately has been called for. An image processing system is provided, including: a high saturation pixel extracting unit that extracts, from one frame among a plurality of frames included in a moving image, a high saturation pixel having a saturation higher than a predetermined threshold; a high saturation pixel rate deriving unit that derives a high saturation pixel rate indicative of a percentage of the high saturation pixels in the one frame; and a scene change judging unit that judges whether or not a scene change is included in the moving image based on different criteria depending on whether or not the high saturation pixel rate in the one frame is higher than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a trabecular bone analyzer that can quantitatively determine the state of trabecular bone accurately. The trabecular bone analyzer of may perform trabecular bone analysis on a tomographic image D. In the tomographic image D, trabeculae forming a network may appear without overlapping. Therefore, such trabecular bone analysis may more accurately quantify trabecular bone.

Abstract: A compressor conduit layout system is disclosed which includes a handheld device operating in conjunction with a computer based application to obtain data of a conduit system and display a model of the system. The handheld device can include a range finder, a designator used to designate a point of interest so that the range finder can determine a distance between the point of interest and the handheld device, as well as a sensor(s) useful to determine an orientation of the handheld device. The computer based application can include a pallet-and-canvas type application which displays a computer model of the conduit system. The compressor conduit layout system can use or can alternatively include an indoor positioning system useful to determine the position of the handheld device.

Abstract: The medical imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a patient adaptive object model in which a statistical object model related to transformation of an object caused by a periodic movement is applied to characteristics of the object of a target patient; an image obtainer configured to acquire a first image of the target patient; and an image fuser configured to transform a second image of the target patient based on differences between a shape of the object extracted from the patient adaptive object model and a shape of the object displayed on the first image.

Abstract: Apparatus for identifying a person who wishes to receive information, where identifying information for each of a plurality of registered individuals is stored in a database, calls for capturing images of an individual requesting information, and determining whether this individual is the same as one of the registered individuals. The stored identifying information includes images of a unique, observable biologic identifier on a body portion of each registered individual. The specificity of the identification process is enhanced by storing registered examples of altered biological information in the database, by allowing the information provider to induce an alteration in a biologic identifier of a requesting person at the time of the request, and by comparing the altered requesting person information to stored information.