Editing, Error Checking, Or Correction (e.g., Postrecognition Processing) Patents (Class 382/309)
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Patent number: 9170731Abstract: A computer system and method for providing user feedback when creating, modifying, or editing electronic documents. An insertion point icon is placed in a document at a position for insertion and/or deletion of text, graphics, data, etc. Upon receiving a user input indicating movement, the insertion point icon is divided into two icons, one stationary at the position, and one moving with user input. When movement is complete, space contained between the icons may be deleted or inserted. The system may be used to shift handwritten text to subsequent lines on an electronic document containing handwritten text, and may be used to bring two groups of text together, deleting space in between. A connection line may be displayed between the icons to provide feedback regarding the action to be taken.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Marieke Iwema, Leroy B. Keely, Susanne Alysia Clark Cazzanti, F. David Jones, Charlton E. Lui, Rob Jarrett
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Patent number: 9171404Abstract: A computer-implemented method of acquiring electronic content for an augmented reality greeting card includes presenting, on a display screen of a mobile computing device that includes a camera, a camera viewer with an aspect ratio that matches an aspect ratio of a placeholder of a predefined greeting card template. A photograph with an aspect ratio that matches the aspect ratio of the placeholder is captured at a first resolution via the camera. A video is recorded via the camera at a second, lower resolution, where an aspect ratio of the recorded video matches the aspect ratio of the placeholder. The recorded video is uniquely associated with the captured photograph, and the captured photograph, the recorded video, and an indication of the unique association between the captured photograph and the recorded video are transmitted for receipt by a remote computer system via a transmitter of the mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: POPCARDS, LLCInventor: Kurt D. Johnson
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Patent number: 9082037Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically determining the issuing state of a license plate. An image of a license plate acquired by an ALPR engine can be processed via one or more OCR engines such that each OCR engine among the OCR engines is tuned to a particular state. Confidence data output from the OCR engine(s) can be analyzed (among other factors) to estimate the issuing state associated with the license plate. Multiple observations related to the issuing state can be merged to derive an overall conclusion and assign an associated confidence value with respect to the confidence data and determine a likely issuing state associated with the license plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Aaron Michael Burry, Vladimir Kozitsky
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Patent number: 9063950Abstract: A method for enabling raster image editing software to work with geospatial imagery includes identifying geospatial metadata for an image upon opening of the image, and monitoring all raster image editing operations performed on the image to determine if the geospatial metadata is affected. The geospatial metadata is updated if the geospatial metadata is affected by a raster image editing operation. In another aspect, a computer readable medium contains instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for enabling raster image editing software to work with geospatial imagery.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: AVENZA SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Edward Florence, Garvan Keeley, Ilya Varaev, Michael Yakubovsky, Andrew Patterson
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Patent number: 9025937Abstract: According to typical practice of the present invention, temporal identifiers are simultaneously associated with (i) video and (ii) numerical data while these data are contemporaneously collected by, respectively, (i) a video camera filming an event and (ii) a data acquisition system acquiring numerical data from sensor(s) obtaining sensory information relating to the event. Various modes of inventive practice provide for time codes and/or markers as the temporal identifiers. The video and the numerical data are each converted to a digital form that furthers their mutual compatibility, the video to a compressed/encoded video file, the numerical data to an Adobe XMP data file. The compressed/encoded video file and the XMP data file are merged whereby the temporal identifiers are aligned with each other. The merged video file has numerical data embedded therein and is displayable so that the video and the numerical data are synchronized in comportment with actual real-time occurrence.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Peter D. Congedo, David J. Fry, Calvin D. Krishen
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Patent number: 9014478Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a reading order of characters The method includes preparing a list of character information, which is character information extracted from image data by character recognition processing and preparing a list of line information, which is made up of a line box surrounding a set of characters which are continuously aligned in the same direction in image data and an alignment direction of characters in the line box. In response to a request for adding character information to the list of character information, extracting a line box containing a character region of the character to be added, obtaining all character information having the character region contained in the concerned line box from the list of character information and rearranging according to the position with respect to the alignment direction of characters corresponding to the line box to determine a new reading order of characters.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Toshinari Itoko, Daisuke Sato
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Patent number: 9008466Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for sharing digital image edit operations. In one aspect, a method includes storing a first digital image edit stack, which includes at least one digital image edit operation performed by a first user of a social network upon a first digital image hosted on the social network. The method further includes receiving indication of a first request for the first digital image edit stack, based upon an operation performed by a second user of the social network. The method further includes providing the digital image edit stack for the second user, in response to the received indication.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ajmal Arshan Asver, Chandrashekar Raghavan, Denise Ho, Darwin Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8989494Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a reading order of characters The method includes preparing a list of character information, which is character information extracted from image data by character recognition processing and preparing a list of line information, which is made up of a line box surrounding a set of characters which are continuously aligned in the same direction in image data and an alignment direction of characters in the line box. In response to a request for adding character information to the list of character information, extracting a line box containing a character region of the character to be added, obtaining all character information having the character region contained in the concerned line box from the list of character information and rearranging according to the position with respect to the alignment direction of characters corresponding to the line box to determine a new reading order of characters.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Toshinari Itoko, Daisuke Sato
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Patent number: 8983237Abstract: Non-destructive collaborative editing may include a node among a plurality of nodes in a distributed collaborative environment receiving an input indicating a change regarding a displayed image. The node may receive another input to finalize the change. In response to the other input, the node may generate a rendition that reflects the change applied to the image without replacing an original version of the image. The rendition may include a thumbnail and a rendered preview of an adjusted version of the image based on the change. In one embodiment, textual information that describes a change regarding an image of a plurality of images may be received from a node of a plurality of nodes in a distributed collaborative environment. The textual information may be stored. Application of the textual information to an image may result in a modified version of the image in addition to the original version.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Mark C. Hamburg, Eric A. Scouten, Matthew K. Albright
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Publication number: 20150063726Abstract: An image processing method includes: (a) reducing an original image to a reduced image; (b) generating a first correction value for each of pixels in the reduced image; (c) generating a second correction value for each of pixels in an intermediate image, using information on the pixel and the first correction value; (d) generating a third correction value for each of pixels in the original image, using the second correction value for the pixel in the intermediate image; and (e) correcting the original image, using the third correction value for each of the pixels in the original image. In step (d), the third correction value is generated with an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the original image smaller than an amount of calculation for each of the pixels in the intermediate image in generating the second correction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Kentaro MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 8971670Abstract: A system includes preparing respective proof reading tools for performing carpet proof reading and side-by-side proof reading of text data, recording a log of time to perform proof reading operations by using the first and second proof reading tools. The method further includes estimating, based on times stored in a log, times to perform proof reading of a character using 1) the first proof reading tool followed by using the second proof reading tool, and 2) the second proof reading tool. The method further includes determining for each character value, based on the estimated times, to use the first proof reading tool along with using the second proof reading tool and determining, or to use the second proof reading tool without using the first proof reading tool.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takashi Itoh, Toshinari Itoki, Takayuki Osogami
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Patent number: 8964205Abstract: Compressed data transmitted to a print control apparatus includes break data having information on a compressed size and a decompressed size for each page. When the compressed data is transferred to a decompressing unit, the break data is converted to NOP data. Information on the decompressed size included in each break data is provided to a checking unit. During a period in which a decompression process is performed, a decompression flag is turned on. The checking unit obtains the actual decompressed size by counting a period in which the decompression flag is turned on, to check whether the decompression process has been normally performed. During a period in which the decompressing unit and the checking unit perform processes for a certain page, a reading unit reads compressed data for the next page.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsuhisa Shimizu
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Patent number: 8958626Abstract: Currency bills are transported past an image scanner to one or more output receptacles. Each of the bills is imaged to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each bill can be reproduced. The serial number, denomination, and/or secondary identifiers of a bill is attempted to be extracted and/or determined from the image data associated with the bill. The serial number of the bill has an integer number, X, of characters. One or more of the X characters of the serial number of the currency bill is not extracted with a predetermined confidence. In response to failing to extract all of the X characters of the serial number of the bill with the predetermined confidence, a serial number field in an electronic record associated with the bill is populated with a serial number snippet image. The electronic record is stored in a non-transitory memory.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, Antony D. Susai, William J. Jones, Frank M. Csulits, Matthew L. Anderson, Robert J. Klein, Ralf H. Jaeger, David R. Badalamenti, Dale E. Beutel
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Patent number: 8953910Abstract: A method includes preparing respective proof reading tools for performing carpet proof reading and side-by-side proof reading of text data, recording a log of time to perform proof reading operations by using the first and second proof reading tools. The method further includes estimating, based on times stored in a log, times to perform proof reading of a character using 1) the first proof reading tool followed by using the second proof reading tool, and 2) the second proof reading tool. The method further includes determining for each character value, based on the estimated times, to use the first proof reading tool along with using the second proof reading tool or to use the second proof reading tool without using the first proof reading tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Takashi Itoh, Toshinari Itoki, Takayuki Osogami
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Patent number: 8953872Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of editing terrain data created by a procedure method, and particularly to a method of editing terrain data based on multiresolution for intuitively editing high-quality terrain data. To this end, the method of editing terrain data created by a procedure method includes: inputting terrain data in a form of a height map; processing a multiresolution analysis by dividing the input height map for each band; processing a terrain edition based on the multiresolution by adjusting a height value within a predetermined distance from a position selected from the multiresolution analyzed height map; and storing the multiresolution-based terrain edition processed height map in a form of a progressive mesh.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Seung Hyup Shin, Il Kwon Jeong
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Publication number: 20150030260Abstract: An analysis system of the present invention includes: an analysis process executing means for controlling operation of the analysis system configured by a plurality of analysis engines to execute an analysis process; and an input quality regulating means for determining quality characteristics of processing target data inputted into the respective analysis engines so as to satisfy a preset requirement for accuracy of an analysis result, and regulating the quality characteristic of the processing target data inputted into a given analysis engine configuring the analysis system based on the determined quality characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Arikuma, Kazuya Koyama, HIROSHI Yamada, YOICHI Nagai
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Patent number: 8929640Abstract: Currency bills are transported past an image scanner to one or more output receptacles. Each of the bills is imaged to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each bill can be reproduced. The serial number, denomination, and/or secondary identifiers of a bill is attempted to be extracted and/or determined from the image data associated with the bill. The serial number of the bill has an integer number, X, of characters. One or more of the X characters of the serial number of the currency bill is not extracted with a predetermined confidence. In response to failing to extract all of the X characters of the serial number of the bill with the predetermined confidence, a serial number field in an electronic record associated with the bill is populated with a serial number snippet image. The electronic record is stored in a non-transitory memory.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Douglas U. Mennie, Antony D. Susai, William J. Jones, Frank M. Csulits, Matthew L. Anderson, Robert J. Klein, Ralf H. Jaeger, David R. Badalamenti, Dale E. Beutel
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Patent number: 8923622Abstract: A method and system for orientation compensation of a mobile device within an environment includes providing a plurality of reference markers having straight edges and having a defined, regular orientation with respect to the environment. Information about the orientation of the reference markers is supplied to a mobile device operating within the environment. An orientation sensor disposed within the mobile device estimates an orientation of the mobile device. An image of one reference marker is captured, and at least one edge of that reference marker is located. The estimated orientation is compensated by correcting for the reference marker orientation and aligning the corrected estimated orientation to the at least one edge of the reference marker that is closest to being parallel to the corrected estimated orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael O'Haire, Russell E. Calvarese
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Patent number: 8923656Abstract: The production of a cutting pattern of a graphic placed upon a cutting mat is disclosed. A source image of the graphic overlaid on a cutting mat is received, and includes a plurality of registration marks as well as one or more distortions introduced during acquisition. The registration marks are identified from the source image by matching candidate sets of a plurality of center points of regions of adjacent groupings of pixels within the source image against predetermined positional relationships thereof corresponding to an actual arrangement of the registration marks on the cutting mat. An inverse transformation of the source image with values derived from the registration marks is applied. A corrected image aligned to physical coordinates of the cutting mat and referenced to the cutting machine is generated. A cut path is defined from vectors of the corrected image, and transmitted to the cutting machine for execution thereon.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Silhouette America, Inc.Inventors: Mitsuru Yokoyama, Thomas Richard Sanham
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Patent number: 8924851Abstract: Non-destructive manipulation of images in a web development environment (WDE) is disclosed. The WDE provides an image preview component for operating on the original source image data of an image desired for placement on a web page under development in the WDE. Image manipulation tools, such as cropping and scaling, are provided in the image preview component allowing the designer to adjust the appearance of the original source image data that will be presented by the web image object placed on the design canvas of the WDE. The web image objects are defined having a link to the original source image data by maintaining the display modification instructions used to manipulate the original image defined by the original source image data into the display of the web image object.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Heiko Wichmann
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Publication number: 20140369627Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for image editing. A frame is obtained from a frame sequence depicting at least one individual, and facial characteristics in the frame are analyzed. A utilization score is assigned to the frame based on the detected facial characteristics, and a determination of whether to utilize the frame is made based on the utilization score. A completeness value is assigned, and a determination is made based on the completeness value of whether to repeat the steps above for an additional frame in the frame sequence based on the completeness value. Regions from the frames are combined to generate a composite image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Cyberlink Corp.Inventors: Ho-Chao Huang, Huan-Wen Hsiao, Chung-Yi Weng, Cheng-da Chung
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Patent number: 8903200Abstract: The image processing device divides images into groups, generates image analysis information of the images, extracts a predetermined number of images from each group based on the image analysis information and arranges the images extracted from each group on a corresponding page of a photo book. The image display section displays an image editing area for displaying images arranged on a page to be edited and a candidate image display area for displaying candidate images included in a group corresponding to the page to be edited and being usable for editing the image, and the image editing section uses the candidate images displayed in the candidate image display area to edit the image layout on the page to be edited based on the user's instruction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Kei Yamaji, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kazuma Tsukagoshi
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Patent number: 8891909Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Daisuke Mochizuki, Kazuto Nishizawa, Mitsuo Okumura, Takaomi Kimura, Tomohiko Gotoh
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Patent number: 8886015Abstract: Some embodiments provide a media-editing application. The application receives a command to import a media file into the media-editing application. The media file includes a sequence of video images. The application copies the media file to a storage location associated with the media-editing application. The method performs several analysis and transcode operations on the media file in parallel. In some embodiments, the application identifies a video image on which to the operations. The application schedules a single set of image preparation operations for the video image to generate one or more sets of image data for the operations. The method sends the image data to the different operations. A same set of image data is sent to at least two of the operations.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nils Angquist, Giovanni Agnoli, Eric J. Graves
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Publication number: 20140321745Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal and a selector selects its input terminal. Then, a low-pass filter output signal of a programmable spatial filter is inputted to a spatial filter, and a low-pass filter output signal of the spatial filer is inputted to a spatial filter. That is, the programmable spatial filter and the spatial filters are connected in series (in cascade), and the cascade-connected three spatial filters perform filtering operation. In this example, low-pass filters with 5H5 taps are connected in cascade in three stages, which enables low-pass filtering with 13H13 taps.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MegaChips CorporationInventor: Gen SASAKI
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Publication number: 20140314337Abstract: In an image display method, when image editing is performed for image data of a captured still image by an image editing program, file data of the edited image data is transmitted from a personal computer for performing the image editing to a television. After the file data of the edited image is received by a television, the file data of the edited image data is decoded by a decoder, and a still image generated by decoding is displayed on a screen of the television.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Tatsuya Miyake, Tatsuhiro Nishioka, Shinzo Matsubara, Tan Wang, Toshihiro Morohoshi
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Patent number: 8867848Abstract: A display test apparatus includes a determination information storage unit that stores a determination information for use in determining correctness of content displaying, a file acquisition unit that acquires a file, a content image creation unit that creates an image of content to be displayed on the basis of the file, a content image analysis unit that analyzes a displaying of the content on the basis of the image of content, a determination unit that determines whether the content is correctly displayed on the basis of the determination information and a result of the analysis by the content image analysis unit, and an output unit that outputs a determination result information indicating a result of the determination by the determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Kenichi Tsujino, Hideki Sawano
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Patent number: 8867806Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for correcting segmentation errors in pre-existing contours and surfaces. Techniques are disclosed for receiving one or more edit contours from a user, identifying pre-existing data points that should be eliminated, and generating a new corrected surface. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to using received edit contours to generate a set of points on a pre-existing surface, and applying a proximity test to eliminate pre-existing constraint points that are undesirable.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Impac Medical Systems, Inc.Inventor: Lyndon S. Hibbard
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Patent number: 8867822Abstract: A system and method are provided for model-based coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring. A model image of a heart region is aligned with an image of a patient's heart region in order to more easily identify the coronary arteries and other relevant anatomical features in the image. Once the images are aligned, relevant calcium plaques are identified by their presence within a coronary artery, and the relevant plaques are then labeled by the specific coronary artery in which they are located. The coronary arteries with the labeled plaques are scored individually based on their size and X-ray attenuation, and an overall score based on all of the relevant plaques is then computed, which is related to the patient's risk for coronary artery disease.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Seungseok Oh, Daniel Russakoff
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Publication number: 20140294256Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit that stores a plurality images having supplementary information respectively, an image analysis unit that performs an image analysis of each image stored in the image storage unit; and a time correction unit that corrects an imaging time that is included in the supplementary information of the image in such a manner that the plurality of images are arranged in an actual imaging time of the images in a case where the plurality of images are arranged in an order of the imaging time among the supplementary information, based on at least one of a result of the image analysis by the image analysis unit and a GPS information that is included in the supplementary information of the images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: KEI YAMAJI, TOMOHIRO NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 8842135Abstract: Methods and systems of editing a set of images depicting a subject displayed at a plurality of rotational angles is disclosed, comprising defining degrees of angular rotation of the subject about a rotational axis; selecting a subset of images based on the degrees of angular rotation of the subject depicted in the subset; determining image transformation values for the subset; determining interpolated image transformation values by interpolating the image transformation values for at least one of the images in the image set based on the image transformation values for the subset; and transforming at least one of the images in the set based on the image transformation values, and/or the interpolated image transformation values. The methods and systems may further comprise transforming the other images in the set based on both the image transformation values and the interpolated image transformation values, so they appear more precisely centered.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Inventor: Joshua Morgan Jancourtz
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Patent number: 8839282Abstract: A system for monitoring the quality of DRM-protected multimedia data streams, the system comprising at least one computer having a network connection to receive at least one said DRM-protected multimedia data stream, program memory, working memory, and a processor coupled to said program memory, working memory, and wherein said program memory stores processor control code for a media player for said multimedia data stream and code to control said processor to: play said DRM-protected multimedia data stream to provide at least a decrypted video data output stream for display on a monitor; capture still image data from a succession of still images from said video data output stream; process said still image data to detect greater than a threshold difference between at least two of said still images; and output fault data identifying a potential video quality fault responsive to absence of detection of said greater than a threshold difference.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventor: Pawel Kosciewicz
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Patent number: 8824859Abstract: A method for data display includes storing an identification code and receiving encoded video content for playback. The encoded video content is decoded so as to output a series of video frames while modulating a background level of the video frames in the series according to the identification code. Related systems and methods are also included.Type: GrantFiled: January 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology Inc.Inventors: Zeev Geyzel, Daniel Ratner
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Patent number: 8823715Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for efficient writing of pixels to tiled planar pixel arrays. An image editing operation is performed by a first thread on an area of an image comprising a plurality of tiles within the area. A lock for write operation is performed by a second thread on each of the plurality of tiles. Results of the lock for write operations are sent from the second thread to the first thread. An output of the image editing operation is sent from the first thread to one or more third thread. The output of the image editing operation is stored in the plurality of tiles by the one or more third threads.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Jerry Glen Harris, Russell T. Williams
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Publication number: 20140241648Abstract: A photographing device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section that captures a subject image and outputs image data; a motion picture recording section that records a motion picture based on the image data; a parameter setting section that sets a photographing parameter to change a photographing state; and a parameter control section that automatically changes the photographing parameter during the recording of the motion picture regardless of the set photographing parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Olympus Imaging Corp.Inventors: Keiji KUNISHIGE, Satoshi MIYAZAKI, Masaomi TOMIZAWA, Osamu NONAKA
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Patent number: 8805125Abstract: Comparing extracted card data from a continuous scan comprises receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card; obtaining a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; performing an optical character recognition algorithm on each of the plurality of images; comparing results of the application of the optical character recognition algorithm for each of the plurality of images; determining if a configured threshold of the results for each of the plurality of images match each other; and verifying the results when the results for each of the plurality of images match each other. Threshold confidence level for the extracted card data can be employed to determine the accuracy of the extraction. Data is further extracted from blended images and three-dimensional models of the card. Embossed text and holograms in the images may be used to prevent fraud.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Henry Allan Rowley, Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, Alessandro Bissacco
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Patent number: 8792751Abstract: Embodiments of a computer system, a method and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments allow a user to provide an image of a document for use with software, such as an image of a financial document for use with financial software. In particular, the user can provide the image of the document, for example, by taking a picture of the document using a cellular telephone. This image may be converted into an electronic format that is suitable for text and numerical processing using a character-recognition technique, such as optical character recognition or intelligent character recognition. Errors in the electronic version of the document, if present, may be identified and corrected by comparing the electronic version to information maintained by a third party. This information may be accessed based at least on one or more items in the electronic version of the document.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Amir Eftekhari, Erikheath A. Thomas, Carol Ann Howe, George Thomas Ericksen, Gerald B. Huff, Gang Wang
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Patent number: 8786612Abstract: An animation editing device includes animation data including time line data that defines frames on the basis of a time line showing temporal display order of the frames, and space line data that defines frames on the basis of a space line for showing a relative positional relationship between a display position of each of animation parts and a reference position shown by a tag by mapping the relative positional relationship onto a one-dimensional straight line, displays the time line and the space line, and the contents of the frames based on the time line and the space line, and accepts an editing command to perform an editing process according to the inputted editing command.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akira Toyooka, Hiroki Konaka
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Patent number: 8774562Abstract: A method for creating a plurality of layer images from an input image is provided. The method includes analyzing an input image for color content to detect at least one dominant color in the image and for shape recognition to detect at least one object in the image. The method also includes generating a concentric grid for the input image based on the color content analysis and the shape recognition for a depth calculation of the input image. The concentric grid includes a center point, a plurality of lines that radiate from the center point, and a plurality of concentric circles that expand at a spatial distance in the input image. The concentric circles divide the input image into a plurality of sections, each of which represents an equal spatial depth. The method further includes generating a plurality of layer images using at least two of the plurality of sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventor: Kyran Daisy
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Patent number: 8769293Abstract: A system and method for rights protection of a dataset that includes multiple trajectory objects includes determining an intensity power for embedding a watermarking key in a data trajectory. The data trajectory is modified to embed a watermarking key at the intensity power such that the intensity power guarantees an original pair-wise relationship between distance-based neighboring objects before and after embedding of the key such that a modified trajectory provides a watermarked version of the data trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michail Vlachos, Philip Shi-Lung Yu
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Patent number: 8761583Abstract: For lower load in image encoding, the present invention causes the CPU core to function as the following sections: an editing execution section for an editing process, including shifting process, of an unprocessed image which may undergo previous editing process, under user's input; a shift amount calculation section for calculating the shift amount of the resultant edited image; a difference data calculation section for obtaining difference data between the processed image and an image obtained through shifting of the unprocessed image by the calculated shift amount; and an image addition section for storing, in the image storage section, the calculated shift amount, and the obtained difference data, so as to be associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 8749857Abstract: An image reader includes a light source that irradiates light to a recording material on which an image is formed, a generation section that receives light reflected from the recording material and generates image information from the received light, and a processing section that extracts information corresponding to a window region of the recording material set in advance, as correction information, from the image information generated by the generation section when light from the light source is irradiated to the recording material on which the image is formed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kazama, Kenji Hyoki, Masaki Fujise
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Patent number: 8731321Abstract: An image processing device (10) includes: a line segment extracting section (14) for generating a line segment image obtained by extracting contour line segments contained in a contour of a subject in a captured image; a candidate quadrilateral calculating section (15) for (i) putting at least one virtual line segment in the line segment image (ii) selecting four line segments from a set containing the at least one virtual line segment and the contour line segments, and (iii) identifying a quadrilateral defined by four straight lines containing respective selected four line segments; and an image correcting section (17) for correcting a distortion in perspective transformation of the captured image based on the quadrilateral identified by the candidate quadrilateral calculating section (15).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Fujiwara, Kazuyuki Nako
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Publication number: 20140133782Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for sharing digital image edit operations. In one aspect, a method includes storing a first digital image edit stack, which includes at least one digital image edit operation performed by a first user of a social network upon a first digital image hosted on the social network. The method further includes receiving indication of a first request for the first digital image edit stack, based upon an operation performed by a second user of the social network. The method further includes providing the digital image edit stack for the second user, in response to the received indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventor: Google Inc.
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Patent number: 8711451Abstract: An image correction method is applied to a scanner device. The scanner device includes a main case, a drive module, an optical module, an analog-to-digital converter, a first-in and first-out data buffer, a data flow control unit, a set unit, a data classification unit and a memory storage unit which are electrically connected and assembled in the main case. The scanner device executes a program statement set by the set unit in the memory storage unit to get values for building an update shading table. The scanner device utilizes the update shading table to compensate pixel values corresponding to red, green and blue light of each scanned line of an image for doing a luminance compensation of image pixels corresponding to the red, green and blue light of each scanned line of the image so as to complete an image correction of each scanned line of the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Foxlink Image Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chun Jen Lin, Yu Hsiang Lee
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Patent number: 8699043Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a blank document determination section determining whether or not input image data is image data of a blank document, regardless of a process mode set for setting a process with respect to the input image data; a storage device storing the input image data in association with a determination result made by the blank document determination section; and a control section (i) reading out the input image data from the storage device and (ii) excluding the input image data determined as image data of a blank document by the blank document determination section, from images to be displayed by the image display device, when the image display device carries out a preview display of the input image data. This configuration makes it possible to carry out a preview display in which a blank document (blank page document) is skipped, without reading the document again.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makio Gotoh, Yasutaka Hirayama, Sohichi Yoshimura
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Patent number: 8687924Abstract: Approaches for managing a library of digital images and information about any editing operations performed on those digital images are provided. A managed library of digital images and a referenced library of digital images may be maintained. Digital images may be moved from the managed library of digital images to the referenced library of digital images, and vice-versa. A preview digital image data may also be generated from master digital image data. Rather than performing image operations directly on the master digital image data, change data that identifies one or more operations to perform to a digital picture represented by either the preview digital image data or the master digital image data may be stored, thereby allowing operations to be performed on the preview digital image data when the master digital image data is not accessible. Digital image may be automatically renamed based on rules for doing so.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alexander David Wallace, Laurent Perrodin
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Publication number: 20140079341Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit which obtains an input image; a mask image obtaining unit which obtains a mask image indicating an unnecessary region in the input image; an image generation unit which (i) generates a first reversed image by performing, on a first region adjacent in a first direction to the unnecessary region, first processing for reversing and placing a first pixel group in a direction opposite the first direction, and (ii) generates a second reversed image by performing, on a second region adjacent in a second direction to the unnecessary region, second processing for reversing and placing a second pixel group in a direction opposite the second direction; and an image combining unit which generates a combined image by combining the first reversed image and the second reversed image which are generated by the image generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Tomohide Ishigami
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Patent number: 8671357Abstract: System and method for improving data input by using word frequency to text predict input. Other systems and methods include analyzing words already contained in a document (e.g. spell checking and OCR) and using word frequency to create a proxy system to reduce the space required to store data, allowing for more efficient usage of storage and enhancing the embedded content of matrix codes. The system displays the most common words in a language based upon the previously entered or displayed word(s), or the previously entered or displayed character or characters. Words with the most common frequency of use with the prior word(s) are displayed in a table to enable the user to quickly select one of the displayed words for rapid data entry. The input device can be a touch-sensitive display or non-touch sensitive type device.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Inventor: Jeffrey R. Spetalnick
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Publication number: 20140056540Abstract: Non-destructive collaborative editing may include a node among a plurality of nodes in a distributed collaborative environment receiving an input indicating a change regarding a displayed image. The node may receive another input to finalize the change. In response to the other input, the node may generate a rendition that reflects the change applied to the image without replacing an original version of the image. The rendition may include a thumbnail and a rendered preview of an adjusted version of the image based on the change. In one embodiment, textual information that describes a change regarding an image of a plurality of images may be received from a node of a plurality of nodes in a distributed collaborative environment. The textual information may be stored. Application of the textual information to an image may result in a modified version of the image in addition to the original version.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Mark C. Hamburg, Eric A. Scouten, Matthew K. Albright