Abstract: A writing apparatus to which an external writing unit is connected comprises a writing unit that write, to a write object provided to a conveyed item, identification information thereof; a first reading unit in downstream side in a conveying direction than the writing unit, that reads identification information from the write object; a determination unit that determines whether the read identification information is consistent with identification information having to be written to the write object; and a notification unit configured to, when it is determined that identification information written to a first write object and read by the first reading unit is inconsistent with identification information having to be written to the first write object, notify the external writing unit of recovery information including the identification information having to be written to the first write object and/or a write content thereof.

Abstract: A system for evaluating a user-marked document including a user-marked response sheet having a response area and at least one image marker, a means for obtaining a digital image of the user-marked response sheet, a computer having programming to perform steps which include identifying three-dimensional position information of the at least one image marker in an obtained digital image, calculating position information of the response area in an obtained digital image using the three-dimensional position information of the at least one image marker, identifying position information of a user created mark within the response area using the calculated position information of the response area, and evaluating whether the position information of the user created mark corresponds with position information of a first predefined mark or a second predefined mark.

Abstract: A method for evaluating, by an radio frequency identification reader (1), a data stream signal (DS) in respect of data and/or collision, comprises comparing the data stream signal (DS) with at least one threshold level, particularly a data bit level and/or a collision level, and evaluating the results of the comparison, wherein both the threshold level and its adaptation speed (?(n)) are adapted in dependence of the course of the data stream signal (DS) and/or the course of said threshold level.

Abstract: An imaging engine for an indicia reader that includes a dual-purposed housing is disclosed. The housing is configured to provide support and alignment for the imaging engine's optical modules. In addition, the housing includes an integrated optical structure to focus or project light to or from the various optical modules.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for decoding machine-readable optical codes that have an aesthetic component that is integrated into the codes themselves. In this manner, the machine-readable optical codes can be designed to be aesthetically pleasing and/or can convey information to human viewers, and can even be disguised so that they do not appear to be machine-readable optical codes at all. Such information can be (but need not be) distinct from the information encoded for reading by a machine, even when the information is integrated into the code itself. The techniques described herein can be applied to any type of machine-readable optical code.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for capturing fingerprint images having a platen (21) sized for at most two fingers of a hand, and an imaging system for enabling capture of fingerprint images presented to the platen (21), in which images of two different finger pairs are captured for each hand of a subject when presented to the platen. At least one processor (27) which determines for each of the images captured a difference in height of at least one characteristic of the fingers in the image. Using said difference in height of the fingers in each of the images, the processor (27) verifies that the correct sequence of specific ones of finger pair was provided by the subject to the platen when images were captured. Fingerprint images acquired from the images may be stored in an electronic record along with thumb prints and subject information, and optionally the height differences for the images.

Abstract: A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic.

Abstract: An authentication device may include a housing and a finger sensor carried by the housing and including first processing circuitry and a finger sensing area coupled thereto. The first processing circuitry may be configured to generate finger image data based upon a finger positioned adjacent the finger sensing area, and generate and store a first template based upon the finger image data. The authentication device may include second processing circuitry carried by the housing and configured to obtain the finger image data from the first processing circuitry. The second processing circuitry may be configured to generate a second template based upon the finger image data. The first processing circuitry may further be configured to obtain the second template from second processing circuitry, and validate the second template against the first template.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, a method, and a program for allowing cells to be quantitatively observed. A computer obtains a cell membrane image obtained by performing fluorescent observation on a cell membrane of a cell serving as a sample and a tricellular tight junction (tTJ) image obtained by performing fluorescent observation on a protein localized in a tTJ of the cell. The computer derives the size of area of a region of the cell by identifying the region of each cell from the cell membrane image, derives the size of area of the region of the protein localized in the cell from the tTJ image, and dividing the obtained size of area of the region of the protein by the size of area of the region of the cell, thus calculating an index of adhesion strength of the cells. The invention can be applied to an observation system.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for mapping coordinates of various imaging stations are described. In some implementations, cells (e.g., red blood cells) in a biological specimen can be used for determining the mapping information between the imaging stations. The use of cells allows a target image (e.g., an image of a sub-region of cells in the biological specimen) taken by one imaging station to be pattern-matched to a reference image (e.g., an image showing a larger region of cells in the biological specimen that also includes the sub-region) taken by another imaging station. Once the target image is matched to the reference image, point by point correspondence (and therefore coordinates) between the target image and the reference image can be established for computing the coordinate transformation to map the imaging stations.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for verifying an input signature are provided. The method includes generating signature data based on a real touch event and a proximity touch event that occur on a touch input unit of and apparatus, extracting a feature of the input signature based on the signature data, and determining whether to authenticate the input signature based on a similarity between the feature of the input signature and a corresponding feature of a previously stored reference signature.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for sorting face images of different individuals into different groups includes obtaining face images comprising faces of unknown individuals by a computer processor; calculating similarity functions between pairs of face images by the computer processor; joining face images that have values of the similarity functions above a predetermined threshold into a hypothetical face group, wherein the face images in the hypothetical face group hypothetically belong to a same person; conducting non-negative matrix factorization on values of the similarity functions in the hypothetical face group to test truthfulness of the hypothetical face group; and identifying the hypothetical face group as a true face group if a percentage of the associated similarity functions being true is above a threshold based on the non-negative matrix factorization.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: obtaining a first image in which a user is included, a second image which is imaged in an imaging condition different from that of the first image, a third image which is continuously imaged at a different point of time from that of the first image, and in the same imaging condition as that of the first image, and a fourth image which is continuously imaged at a different point of time from that of the second image, and in the same imaging condition as that of the second image; extracting a first feature amount of a user which is included in the first image, a second feature amount of the user which is included in the second image, a third feature amount.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for tracking a location of a hand, includes: a skin color image detector for detecting a skin color region from an image input from an image device using a predetermined skin color of a user; a face tracker for tracking a face using the detected skin color image; a motion detector for setting a ROI using location information of the tracked face, and detecting a motion image from the set ROI; a candidate region extractor for extracting a candidate region with respect to a hand of the user using the skin color image detected by the skin color image detector and the motion image detected by the motion detector; and a hand tracker for tracking a location of the hand in the extracted candidate region to find out a final location of the hand.

Abstract: During a pairing procedure between an electronic device and a host system, the host system may output audiovisual data that communicates wireless pairing information. The electronic device may detect the audiovisual data and determine the wireless pairing information by processing the audiovisual data that it detects. The wireless pairing information may facilitate pairing the electronic device to the host system in accordance with the short-range wireless communication protocol.

Abstract: Disclosed is a picture quality evaluation method that evaluates the quality of a second image based on alternating current component measurements for a pixel set in a first image and alternating current component measurements for a pixel set in a second image in the same location as the pixel set in the first image.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards methods and systems for capturing images of an iris and a scene using a single image sensor. An image sensor may capture a view of a scene and a view of an iris in at least one image. An image processing module may apply a level of noise reduction to a first portion of the at least one image to produce an image of the scene. The image processing module may apply a reduced level of noise reduction to a second portion of the at least one image to produce an image of the iris for use in biometric identification.

Abstract: The average value calculation section acquires luminance information and color information, from captured images continuously captured in frame as a unit by an image capture unit. The detection method determination section determines either one or both among the luminance information and color information to use in order to detect movement of the predetermined object, based on the luminance information and color information acquired. The motion detection section detects movement of the predetermined object using either one or both among the luminance information and color information based on the result determined.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing collaborative recognition using media segments. The recognition platform causes, at least in part, a generation of a request to determine recognition information for one or more media items associated with a device, one or more segments of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof. Next, the recognition platform determines to transmit the request to one or more other devices based, at least in part, on one or more device selection criteria. Then, the recognition platform receives the recognition information in response to the request. Further, the recognition platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the recognition information to determine one or more identities of one or more users, one or more objects, or a combination thereof represented in the one or more media items.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of easily adding an annotation to content. A feature amount extracting unit 21 extracts an image feature amount of each frame of an image of learning content and extracts word frequency information regarding frequency of appearance of each word in a description text describing a content of the image of the learning content (for example, a text of a caption) as a text feature amount of the description text. A model learning unit 22 learns an annotation model, which is a multi-stream HMM, by using an annotation sequence for annotation, which is a multi-stream including the image feature amount of each frame and the text feature amount. The present invention may be applied when adding the annotation to the content such as a television broadcast program, for example.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may allow an autonomous vehicle to discern a school bus from image data. An example method may include receiving image data indicative of a vehicles operating in an environment. The image data may depict sizes of the vehicles. The method may also include, based on relative sizes of the vehicles, determining a vehicle that is larger in size as compared the other vehicles. The method may additionally include comparing a size of the determined vehicle to a size of a school bus and based on the size of vehicle being within a threshold size of the school bus, comparing a color of the vehicle to a color of the school bus. The method may further include based on the vehicle being substantially the same color as the school bus, determining that the vehicle is representative of the school bus.

Abstract: Driver assistance systems for detecting a structural barrier extending along a road. The driver assistance system may be mountable in a host vehicle. The camera may capture multiple image frames in the forward field of view of the camera. A processor may process motion of images of the barrier in the image frames. The camera may be a single camera. The motion of the images may be responsive to forward motion of the host vehicle and/or the motion of the images may be responsive to lateral motion of the host vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a lane is provided. The apparatus performs a near-field white line recognition process and calculates road parameters (lane position, lane inclination, lane curvature and lane width) near the vehicle. The road parameters are calculated using the extended Kalman filter. In the calculation, the calculated lane curvature is used as a lane curvature to be included in predicted values. The apparatus outputs the calculated road parameters to a warning/vehicle-control apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing an image mounted in a vehicle include a camera mounted in the vehicle to acquire image data around the vehicle. A controller is configured to analyze the image data to extract at least one light region having an elliptical shape or a closed surface shape formed of a free curve, separates the light region into a point source and reflected light, and then corrects and outputs the image data of a location at which the reflected light is confirmed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an identification system which includes an image sensor, a storage unit and a comparing unit. The image sensor captures a plurality of images of the motion trajectory generated by a user at different timings. The storage unit has stored motion vector information of a group of users including or not including the user generating the motion trajectory. The comparing unit compares the plurality of images with the motion vector information to identify the user. The present invention also provides an identification method.

Abstract: A biometric database corroborator is disclosed. In one embodiment, a biometric digital representation receiver receives a biometric digital representation representative of an individual. A biometric information gatherer collects biometric data from a first biometric database and at least a second different biometric database. A biometric comparator compares the biometric digital representation representative of the individual with the biometric data gathered from the first biometric database and at least the second different biometric database, the biometric comparator utilizing a predefined match percentage threshold to determine a match. A result provider provides a result from the biometric comparator in a tangible user output.

Abstract: In an entry assistance apparatus, when the user makes handwritten entry on a medium, a detector detects person condition information on a condition regarding the body of the user. The person condition information may include either or both of positional information on the position of the user and postural information on the posture of the user. Based on the person condition information, a condition estimator estimates one or more conditions of the user. Based on the condition of the user, a presentation information selector selects presentation information on one or more information contents to be presented to the user. The information content indicated by the presentation information will be presented to the user by an information presenter.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a computing device. One or more images of a scene captured by an image capturing device of the computing device is processed. The scene includes an object of interest that is in motion and that has a rounded shape. The one or more images are processed by detecting a rounded object that corresponds to the object of interest. Position information is determined based on a relative position of the rounded object in the one or more images. One or more processes are implemented that utilize the position information determined from the relative position of the rounded object.

Abstract: A system and method for automating an appropriate voxel prescription in a uniquely definable region of interest (ROI) in a tissue of a patient is provided, such as for purpose of conducting magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the ROI. The dimensions and coordinates of a single three dimensional rectilinear volume (voxel) within a single region of interest (ROI) are automatically identified.

Abstract: Foreground and background image segmentation is described. In an example, a seed region is selected in a foreground portion of an image, and a geodesic distance is calculated from each image element to the seed region. A subset of the image elements having a geodesic distance less than a threshold is determined, and this subset of image elements are labeled as foreground. In another example, an image element from an image showing at least a user, a foreground object in proximity to the user, and a background is applied to trained decision trees to obtain probabilities of the image element representing one of these items, and a corresponding classification assigned to the image element. This is repeated for each image element. Image elements classified as belonging to the user are labeled as foreground, and image elements classified as foreground objects or background are labeled as background.

Abstract: A method includes a state determination step of determining the quality of an object in image data, an extraction step of extracting feature information from the object, and a registration step of registering, in a dictionary, the feature information extracted in the extraction step. In the registration step, when the quality of the object determined in the determination step is lower than a predetermined reference, registration of the feature information of the object in the dictionary by the registration step is not performed.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining the position of an edge in or on an object surface region of interest by optical scanning. The reflectivity of the object surface region is evaluated. Light is emitted onto the object surface region under different illumination conditions, in particular different light incidence directions, and in each illumination condition a sequence S1 to Sn of camera images B is recorded. Each camera image B of a sequence S1 to Sn is recorded at another illumination intensity I. Subsequently in each case one reflectivity image R1 to Rn is produced from a plurality of or from all camera images B of a sequence S1 to Sn. Thereafter, a resulting reflectivity image E is produced from a plurality of or from all reflectivity images R1 to Rn by weighted addition, in which resulting reflectivity image E the position of an edge is determined.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for accelerating bitmap remoting by extracting non-grid tiles from source bitmaps. A server takes a source image, identifies possibly repetitive features, and tiles the image. For each tile that contains part of a possibly repetitive feature, the server replaces that part with the dominant color of the tile. The system then sends to a client a combination of new tiles and features, and indications to tiles and features that the client has previously received and stored, along with an indication of how to recreate the image based on the tiles and features.

Abstract: The techniques introduced here include a system and method for transcoding multimedia content based on the results of content analysis. The determination of specific transcoding parameters, used for transcoding multimedia content, can be performed by utilizing the results of content analysis of the multimedia content. One of the results of the content analysis is the determination of image type of any images included in the multimedia content. The content analysis uses one or more of several techniques, including analyzing content metadata, examining colors of contiguous pixels in the content, using histogram analysis, using compression distortion analysis, analyzing image edges, or examining user provided inputs. Transcoding the multimedia content can include adapting the content to the constraints in delivery and display, processing and storage of user computing devices.

Abstract: A pose classification apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a first image analyzer and a second image analyzer configured to estimate a body part for each pixel of an input image including a human body, a body part decider configured to calculate reliabilities of analysis results of the first image analyzer and the second image analyzer, and configured to decide the body part for each pixel of the input image based on the calculated reliabilities, and a pose estimator configured to estimate a pose of the human body included in the input image, based on the decided body part for each pixel.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a network creating unit that creates a network in which respective characters of plural character recognition results are represented as nodes, and in which nodes of adjacent character images are connected with a link, a first determining unit that determines a first candidate boundary in the network, a second determining unit that determines a second candidate boundary different from the first candidate boundary in the network, and an extracting unit that extracts, as to-be-searched objects, plural candidate character strings from a set of candidate character strings each formed of nodes between the first candidate boundary and the second candidate boundary.

Abstract: An on-line automated analyzer of macrocontaminants is described. The analyzer is for a pulp and/or a white water stream, the analyzer comprises: a pulp classifier separating a sample from the stream into a fraction of macrocontaminants; a contaminant chamber enclosing a contaminant cell receiving the fraction; an optical chamber comprising an optical detector connected to the cell capturing at least one detected image; and a control chamber taking the at least one detected image and conducting an image analysis to determine type and quantity of at least one macrocontaminant in the fraction. The method of analysis of macrocontaminants is also described herein, the method comprises: separating a sample from the stream into a fraction of macrocontaminants; producing at least one detected image by optical measurement of the fraction; and analyzing the at least one detected image and determining the quantity and type of at least one macrocontaminant in the fraction.

Abstract: A information processing unit includes: a control unit configured to control operation processing of individual units through a user interface; a print set value storage unit configured to store a print set value that is set by operation of an operation unit on a basic setting screen displayed on a display unit on which setting relating to the color printing is performed at a basic level and a print detail set value that is set by operation of the operation unit on a detail setting screen as another dialog on which the setting is performed at a detail level under operation control of the control unit; and a print data creating unit configured to create print data of the color printing based on the print set value and the print detail set value under operation control of the control unit.

Abstract: While calibration is being executed in an image forming apparatus, it is not possible to execute printing until the calibration is completed, and therefore, usability of a user is poor. An image forming apparatus including Media Direct Print function to print data stored in a portable storage medium. The image forming apparatus includes a connection detection unit configured to detect connection of the portable storage medium and a control unit configured to control calibration from being executed in response to the connection detection unit detecting the connection of the portable storage medium.

Abstract: A method of creating a sample page in an image system, the method includes: a step of holding a color measurement result of a colorimeter, with respect to an output image of a special color, as a history color measurement result; a step of determining whether a creation condition of the sample page is satisfied; and a step of creating the sample page having a first color sample image and a second color sample image formed on a recording medium, the first color sample image being according to printer device values calculated based on the history color measurement result of the special color, and the second color sample image being according to printer device values of the special color determined from a special color table, when the creation condition of the sample page is determined to be satisfied.

Abstract: There are provided a printing apparatus which holds a job, determines whether attribution information of a sheet to be used by the stored job is registered for a sheet storage unit, judges whether a sheet exists in a sheet storage unit to be used by the job, and notifies a result of the determination and a result of the judgment.

Abstract: An image forming system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a user registration portion, a user detection portion, and a printing control portion. The user registration portion is configured to register a user so as to associate the user with a print setting. The user detection portion is configured to detect that the user registered by the user registration portion has entered a specific area. The printing control portion is configured to cause an image forming apparatus to print a specific document with the print setting registered by the user registration portion so as to be associated with the user, when entry of the user into the area is detected by the user detection portion.

Abstract: A LAN control unit receives print data from a client device or the like. An input job storage unit registered on a hard disk a series of PDL commands included in the print data received. An input job queue management unit registers print job specifying information specifying a print job represented by the print data received to the end of an input job queue. A PDL interpretation/execution unit successively executes from the head of the series of PDL commands stored on the hard disk device. When it is determined that the PDL command that has been executed is a re-execution unnecessary command, the PDL interpretation/execution unit overwrites the PDL command stored on the hard disk with a NOP command.

Abstract: Provided is an image interpolating unit including: a first interpolation pixel generator that generates a first pixel value; a second interpolation pixel generator that detects, based on a total of differences between pixel values in a pixel group centered around a lost pixel and pixel values in pixel groups centered around a single pixel around the lost pixel, reference pixels of the lost pixel, and generate, based on the reference pixels, a second pixel value on the lost pixel; a reference pixel edge amount calculator; and an interpolator that inserts, as an interpolation pixel value, one of the first and the second pixel values into a position corresponding to the lost pixel, based on edge amounts of the reference pixels and a total of differences between pixel values in a pixel group centered around the reference pixels and the pixel values in the pixel group centered around the lost pixel.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a print device, a tone correction unit, a peripheral light quantity drop detecting unit, and a color value correction unit. The tone correction unit corrects a tone characteristic of the print device based on color values of a plurality of color patches of each of a reference chart and a test chart in an image. The image is generated by simultaneously taking a reference sheet and a test sheet by an imaging device. The reference chart is drawn on the reference sheet. The test chart is printed on the test sheet by the print device. The peripheral light quantity drop detecting unit detects the amount of the peripheral light quantity drop in each of the patches based on the positions and luminances of the plurality of reference regions in the image and the positions of the patches in the image.

Abstract: An image formation apparatus configured to execute print processing, includes an information storage configured to store print-limit information and notification-destination information set for each user. The print-limit information includes at least one of a print condition and a limit on a printable amount. A user-information acquisition unit is configured to acquire print-instructing-user information, which is information on a print-instructing user instructing a print-executing user to execute printing. An information-acquisition unit is configured to acquire, from the information storage, the print-limit information and the notification-destination information corresponding to the print-instructing-user information acquired by the user-information acquisition unit, and a notification unit is configured to notify the print-instructing user of a result of print control by the print controller, based on the notification-destination information acquired by the information-acquisition unit.

Abstract: The present method enables an RFID repeater to be used in conjunction with an RFID tag to allow data in the RFID tag to be read using wireless packet switched technologies. For example, the present method enables an RFID repeater to be coupled with an RFID tag. The RFID repeater reads and records the data from the RFID tag and then transmits the retrieved data from the RFID tag over a wireless packet network.

Abstract: A system in package (SIP) structure, an electroplating module thereof and a memory storage device are provided. The SIP structure includes a first layout layer, a second layout layer and a rewritable non-volatile memory module. The first layout layer includes a first pad and a wire. The first pad is close to a first side of the first layout layer, and the first pad is configured to couple to a ground voltage. One terminal of the wire is coupled to the first pad, and another terminal of the wire is coupled to an opening of the SIP structure, wherein the opening is located at a second side of the first layout layer opposite to the first side, and the opening is configured to couple to an external voltage.

Abstract: An identification tag for attaching to a tool to automatically identify the tool, including, a base with a small footprint for attaching to the tool on one end of the base, an identification attachment with a larger footprint that is attached to the tool by the base at a second end of the base. Wherein the identification attachment includes, an encasement that is connected to the second end of the base, an identification circuit that fits into the encasement, a cover to seal the encasement, and wherein the identification circuit accepts communication queries and transmits identification information related to the tool wirelessly from within the encasement.

Abstract: The present invention envisages a system and method for automating the generation of business decision analytic models. The system uses a plurality of predictor variables stored in a plurality of data sets, to automatically create a business decision analytic model. The system includes a processor configured to process the data sets and determine the total number of records present in each of the data sets and the number of columns containing only numerical values. The processor selects a column containing only numerical values, from a dataset under consideration, and counts the number of unique numerical values in the selected column, and the total number of records present in the selected column. The two counts are compared and the selected column is transformed using a non-linear transformation to obtain a column of transformed values. The transformed values and corresponding time stamps are utilized for the purpose of model generation.