Andrew W Johns

US Patent 11170223 System and method for fixed camera and unmanned mobile device collaboration to improve identification certainty of an object

US Patent 11170497 Work layer imaging and analysis for implement monitoring, control and operator feedback

US Patent 11170526 Method and apparatus for estimating tool trajectories

US Patent 7088855 Method and system for removal of red eye effects

US Patent 7092551 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7092552 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7092557 Method and device for selectively targeting cells within a three-dimensional specimen

US Patent 7092560 Automated document processing system using full image scanning

US Patent 7092561 Character recognition, including method and system for processing checks with invalidated MICR lines

US Patent 7092585 Method and apparatus for processing both static and moving images

US Patent 7095877 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7103197 Arrangement for embedding subliminal data in imaging

US Patent 7103205 Breast cancer screening with ultrasound image overlays

US Patent 7103218 Image processing methods and apparatus for detecting human eyes, human face, and other objects in an image

US Patent 7103235 Extended range image processing for electro-optical systems

US Patent 7110029 Processing of a data set

US Patent 7110570 Application of human facial features recognition to automobile security and convenience

US Patent 7110571 Smart optical sensor for airbag systems

US Patent 7113615 Watermark embedder and reader

US Patent 7116802 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7120293 Interactive images

US Patent 7123739 Copy protection via multiple tests

US Patent 7123758 Method and system for monitoring breathing activity of a subject

US Patent 7123762 Method and system for risk-modulated diagnosis of disease

US Patent 7127094 Method of controlling data gathered at remote locations

US Patent 7130087 Methods and apparatus to produce security documents

US Patent 7130442 Protecting images with an image watermark

US Patent 7130445 Systems and methods for authenticating and verifying documents

US Patent 7130450 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7130451 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7130453 Eye position detection method and device

US Patent 7133550 Pattern inspection method and apparatus

US Patent 7133573 Document skew accommodation

US Patent 11175148 Systems and methods to accommodate state transitions in mapping

US Patent 11175516 Object recognition for improving interfaces on an eyewear device and other wearable and mobile devices

US Patent 11176701 Position estimation system and position estimation method

US Patent 11176702 3D image reconstruction processing apparatus, 3D image reconstruction processing method and computer-readable storage medium storing 3D image reconstruction processing program

US Patent 11176716 Multi-source image data synchronization

US Patent 7136502 Printing media and methods employing digital watermarking

US Patent 7136503 Encoding hidden data

US Patent 7136507 Video surveillance system with rule-based reasoning and multiple-hypothesis scoring

US Patent 7136511 System and method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7139407 Image generation apparatus, image file generation method, image verification apparatus and image verification method

US Patent 7139412 Image synthesis display method and apparatus for vehicle camera

US Patent 7142706 Method for processing a radiation image sequence composed of a number of successively acquired radiation images acquired with a dynamic image converter

US Patent 7146049 Making the apparent speed of elements imaged at different speeds approximately the same for image recognition

US Patent 7149328 Method and apparatus for tracking moving objects in spatial differential frame pictures

US Patent 7149332 Method and apparatus for internet, intranet, and local viewing of virtual microscope slides

US Patent 7151842 Watermark embedding and extracting method and embedding hardware structure used in image compression system

US Patent 7158654 Image processor and image processing method

US Patent 7158689 Correlating captured images and timed event data

US Patent 7162062 Method of processing images

US Patent 7162067 Image reading system and method for radiography with preregistration and post-registration options

US Patent 7162092 System and method for processing image data

US Patent 7162098 System and method for increasing temporal and spatial capacity of systems that amplitude quantize data prior to processing

US Patent 7164803 Method for encoding digitized images

US Patent 7167587 Sequential classifier for use in pattern recognition system

US Patent 7171020 Method for utilizing fragile watermark for enhanced security

US Patent 7171023 Illumination-invariant object tracking method and image editing system using the same

US Patent 7171032 Automated document processing system using full image scanning

US Patent 7174031 Methods for using wireless phones having optical capabilities

US Patent 7177443 Method and apparatus for associating identifiers with content

US Patent 7177471 Shape priors for level set representations

US Patent 7181022 Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same

US Patent 7181045 Method and device for reading the addresses of items of mail

US Patent 7184569 Marking articles using a covert digitally watermarked image

US Patent 7184570 Methods and systems for steganographic processing

US Patent 7184572 Using steganographic encoded information with maps

US Patent 7187780 Image processing methods using reversible watermarking

US Patent 7190821 Negotiable instrument processing apparatus

US Patent 7190836 Efficient ordering of data for compression and visualization

US Patent 7194111 Hyperspectral remote sensing systems and methods using covariance equalization

US Patent 7194124 Reconstruction and motion analysis of an embryo

US Patent 7194142 Selective thickening of dark features by biased sharpening filters

US Patent 7197164 Time-varying video watermark

US Patent 7197169 Method for detecting a response of each probe zone on a test strip

US Patent 7197180 System or method for selecting classifier attribute types

US Patent 7200253 Motility analysis within a gastrointestinal tract

US Patent 7206430 Data processing apparatus and method of processing data

US Patent 7209572 Digital watermark embedding apparatus, digital watermark extraction apparatus, and methods thereof

US Patent 7209580 Fast computed tomography method

US Patent 7209581 System and method for ground glass nodule (GGN) segmentation

US Patent 7215792 Systems for spectral multiplexing of source images to provide a composite image with gray component replacement, for rendering the composite image, and for spectral demultiplexing of the composite image

US Patent 7215801 Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects

US Patent 7218754 Visual copyright protection

US Patent 7218793 Reducing differential resolution of separations

US Patent 7224831 Method, apparatus and program for detecting an object

US Patent 7231060 Systems and methods of generating control signals

US Patent 7231061 Adaptive prediction filtering for digital watermarking

US Patent 7231074 Method for determining the efficacy of an anti-cancer treatment using image analysis

US Patent 7231076 ROI selection in image registration

US Patent 7239717 Lossless embedding of data in digital objects

US Patent 7239724 Security identification system and method

US Patent 7239734 Authentication of identification documents and banknotes

US Patent 7242790 Video steganography

US Patent 7242791 Method and system for guiding a vehicle with vision enhancement

US Patent 7245740 Electronic watermark embedding device, electronic watermark detection device, electronic watermark embedding method, and electronic watermark detection method

US Patent 7245747 Image processing method and apparatus and program for image processing

US Patent 7248728 Abnormal shadow detecting system

US Patent 7251347 System and method for authentication of a workpiece using three dimensional shape recovery

US Patent 7254284 Image processing apparatus and image processing method for processing digitized image data

US Patent 7257234 Watermark-based goods authentication

US Patent 7257235 Monitoring apparatus, monitoring method, monitoring program and monitoring program recorded recording medium readable by computer

US Patent 7257245 Image position matching method and apparatus therefor

US Patent 7260238 Digital watermark embedding method, apparatus, digital watermark extraction method and apparatus

US Patent 7260242 Spatial surface prior information reflectance estimation (SPIRE) algorithms

US Patent 7260245 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7260250 Computer-aided classification of anomalies in anatomical structures

US Patent 7263207 Method and apparatus for video object tracking

US Patent 7266219 Monitoring system

US Patent 7266221 Ranging device utilizing image processing

US Patent 7266222 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7269274 Digital watermark embedding method, digital watermark extraction method, digital watermark embedding apparatus, and digital watermark extraction apparatus

US Patent 7269275 Physical objects and validation of physical objects

US Patent 7269276 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7272244 Method and unit for the production of images with high resolution in jacquard fabric

US Patent 7272252 Automated system for combining bright field and fluorescent microscopy

US Patent 7277557 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium of image processing program

US Patent 7277559 Mobile apparatus

US Patent 7277560 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7277568 Method for suppressing ghost image artifacts in x-ray device for performing this method

US Patent 7280669 Digital image watermarking apparatus and method

US Patent 7280672 Image data processing

US Patent 7280675 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7280678 Apparatus and method for detecting pupils

US Patent 7280693 Document information input apparatus, document information input method, document information input program and recording medium

US Patent 7280706 Better picture for inexpensive cameras

US Patent 7283648 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7283649 System and method for image recognition using stream data

US Patent 7286684 Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information

US Patent 7286706 Device for detecting and representing movements

US Patent 7289653 Method and system for ground glass nodule (GGN) segmentation using a Markov random field and shape analysis

US Patent 7289655 Device for inspecting illumination optical device and method for inspecting illumination optical device

US Patent 7292715 Display of diagnostic data

US Patent 7292716 Medical simulation apparatus and method for controlling 3-dimensional image display in the medical simulation apparatus

US Patent 7292720 Method and magnetic resonance tomography apparatus for graphic planning of angiographic exposures using a contrast agent

US Patent 7292726 Recognition of electronic ink with late strokes

US Patent 7295681 Method and apparatus for providing improved workflow for digital watermarking

US Patent 7295689 System and method for real-time processing and display of digital medical images

US Patent 7295694 MICR-based optical character recognition system and method

US Patent 7295698 Three-dimensional image photographing apparatus and method capable of acquiring more natural pasted three-dimensional image including texture image

US Patent 7298908 Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of one or more images of a known predetermined kind of scene

US Patent 7302079 Stealthy secret key encoding and decoding

US Patent 7305106 Object detection apparatus, object detection method and recording medium

US Patent 7305107 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7305117 Methods and tangible objects employing machine readable data

US Patent 7305128 Anchor person detection for television news segmentation based on audiovisual features

US Patent 7308116 Method for measuring and quantizing document quality

US Patent 7308126 Use of computer-aided detection system outputs in clinical practice

US Patent 7310439 Robot having an imaging capability

US Patent 7313253 Methods and tangible objects employing machine readable data in photo-reactive materials

US Patent 7313255 System and method for optically detecting a click event

US Patent 7313260 Controlling thick-slice viewing of breast ultrasound data

US Patent 7315656 Methods and apparatus for enhanced viewing of aerial refueling operations

US Patent 7317811 Method to decode temporal watermarks in compressed video

US Patent 7319775 Wavelet domain watermarks

US Patent 7319779 Classification of humans into multiple age categories from digital images

US Patent 7321665 Method of and apparatus for extracting watermark from repeatedly watermarked data

US Patent 7321666 Multilayered digital watermarking system

US Patent 7321667 Data hiding through arrangement of objects

US Patent 7324680 Tooth identification in digital X-ray images and assignment of information to digital X-ray images

US Patent 7327860 Conjunctival scans for personal identification

US Patent 7327889 Image recognition apparatus

US Patent 7330563 Documents, articles and authentication of documents and articles

US Patent 7330575 Determination of subencoding MRI coil sensitivities in a lower order magnetic field

US Patent 7330576 Quantification method of vessel calcification

US Patent 7330577 Three-dimensional modeling of the oral cavity by projecting a two-dimensional array of random patterns

US Patent 7333629 Authentic document and method of making

US Patent 7333642 Method and apparatus for transforming coordinate systems in a telemanipulation system

US Patent 7336802 Digital watermarking system using scrambling method

US Patent 7336842 Method and apparatus for generating data representative of features of an image

US Patent 7346185 Optical content modulation for visual copyright protection

US Patent 7346189 Illumination-invariant object tracking method and image editing system using the same

US Patent 7346193 Method for detecting object traveling direction

US Patent 7346203 Methods and apparatus for processing image data to aid in detecting disease

US Patent 7346205 System and method for rapidly identifying pathogens, bacteria and abnormal cells

US Patent 7349552 Connected audio and other media objects

US Patent 7349555 Documents and apparatus to encode documents

US Patent 7352879 Conjugate cluster screens for embedding digital watermarks into printed halftone documents

US Patent 7352885 Method and system for multi-energy tomosynthesis

US Patent 7356158 Methods and apparatus for lossless data hiding

US Patent 7356164 Method and apparatus for finding feature correspondences between images captured in real-world environments

US Patent 7359528 Monitoring of video or audio based on in-band and out-of-band data

US Patent 7359539 Method for herniated inter-vertebral disc diagnosis based on image analysis of transverse sections

US Patent 7362891 Automated document processing system using full image scanning

US Patent 7362912 Method and system for immediately determining incorrect pixel values of a captured image

US Patent 11182638 Information processing device and material specifying method

US Patent 11182926 System and method of recognizing collision position of screen

US Patent 7366332 Surface shape recognition sensor

US Patent 7366338 Automated document processing system using full image scanning

US Patent 7369677 System reactions to the detection of embedded watermarks in a digital host content

US Patent 7369683 Imaging device

US Patent 7372985 Systems and methods for volumetric tissue scanning microscopy

US Patent 7372998 System and method for efficient non-overlapping partitioning of rectangular regions of interest in multi-channel detection

US Patent 7376242 Quantization-based data embedding in mapped data

US Patent 7376249 Determination of a motion of a background in a series of images

US Patent 7376262 Method of three dimensional positioning using feature matching

US Patent 7379561 Method and system for differentially and regularly modifying a digital image by pixel

US Patent 7379577 Method and apparatus for particle measurement employing optical imaging

US Patent 7379618 Image conversion method, texture mapping method, image conversion device, server-client system, and image conversion program

US Patent 7382910 Method of analysing a stack of flat objects

US Patent 7386149 Method and apparatus for embedding digital-watermark using robustness parameter

US Patent 7386157 Radiographic image processing method and apparatus

US Patent 7388971 Robust and low cost optical system for sensing stress, emotion and deception in human subjects

US Patent 7388972 Orthopaedic surgery planning

US Patent 7391881 Curve fitting for synchronizing readers of hidden auxiliary data

US Patent 7391885 Method for determining overall effectiveness of a document

US Patent 7394927 Iterative method of determining a spatial distribution of values of a property

US Patent 7394934 Recognition of electronic ink with late strokes

US Patent 7397934 Registration of thoracic and abdominal imaging modalities

US Patent 7400742 Animal identification and security system

US Patent 7400743 Methods to evaluate images, video and documents

US Patent 7400747 Method and apparatus for representing moving objects in a sequence of images

US Patent 7400748 Method for assisting visually impaired users of a scanning device

US Patent 7400756 Method for automatic calibration of perfusion parameter images

US Patent 7400758 Abnormal pattern detecting apparatus

US Patent 7400760 Image processing apparatus

US Patent 7403638 Method and system for monitoring breathing activity of a subject

US Patent 7403640 System and method for employing an object-oriented motion detector to capture images

US Patent 7406214 Methods and devices employing optical sensors and/or steganography

US Patent 7409075 Image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium

US Patent 7409101 Image enhancement for aerial refueling operations

US Patent 7409103 Method of reducing noise in images

US Patent 7412074 Hiding codes in input data

US Patent 7412086 Setting a relative position of a radiation device and a patient

US Patent 7415129 Providing reports associated with video and audio content

US Patent 7415131 Method and system for image processing

US Patent 7415144 Cell observation device and cell observation method

US Patent 7418111 Methods and apparatus to process media

US Patent 7424128 Electronic watermark embedding apparatus, electronic watermark embedding method, record medium having electronic watermark and manufacturing method of record medium

US Patent 7424132 Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media

US Patent 7424139 Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparatuses

US Patent 7424153 Shape priors for level set representations

US Patent 7424167 Tide filtering for video surveillance system

US Patent 7426291 Apparatus and method for binarizing images of negotiable instruments using a binarization method chosen based on an image of a partial area

US Patent 7433448 Method for the production of a corrected x-ray image data set

US Patent 7433491 Method and apparatus for associating identifiers with content

US Patent 7433500 Method for recognizing digital fingerprints by distortion and computer system for using said method

US Patent 7436976 Digital watermarking systems and methods

US Patent 7436983 Image recognition apparatus and image recognition program

US Patent 7436984 Method and system for stabilizing video data

US Patent 7436990 Blood flow dynamic analyzer and its method, and image diagnostic apparatus

US Patent 7440583 Watermark information detection method

US Patent 7440585 Autonomous vehicle and motion control therefor

US Patent 7440609 Method of segmenting a three-dimensional structure

US Patent 7444005 Apparatus and method for using optical mouse engine to determine speed, direction, position of scanned device and to obtain quantitative or qualitative data from same

US Patent 7444035 Better picture for inexpensive cameras

US Patent 7447332 Image distribution system of surveillance camera with privacy protection

US Patent 7447333 Video and audio monitoring for syndromic surveillance for infectious diseases

US Patent 7447340 Device and method for automatically producing a thermal recoil response in nematodes

US Patent 7447341 Methods and systems for computer aided targeting

US Patent 7447345 System and method for generating PET-CT images

US Patent 7447347 Method and system for retaining MICR code format

US Patent 7450762 Method and arrangement for determining an object contour

US Patent 7450768 Apparatus and method for processing image data based on object movement speed within a frame

US Patent 7454033 Quantization-based data hiding employing calibration and locally adaptive quantization

US Patent 7454043 Image processing unit and method of associating stored images with current images

US Patent 7454044 Volume visualization using tissue mix

US Patent 7454086 Techniques for positioning images in electronic documents

US Patent 7457475 Edge detecting apparatus, noise eliminating apparatus, edge detecting method, and noise eliminating method and program

US Patent 7460700 Image processing method and computer-readable recording medium containing image processing program

US Patent 7463754 Adaptive probabilistic visual tracking with incremental subspace update

US Patent 7463761 Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides

US Patent 7474801 Automatic generation of a photo album

US Patent 7477765 Method for visually displaying quantitative information in medical imaging data records

US Patent 7483552 Preventing signature repudiation in paper documents using smart pens

US Patent 7483589 Method for copying objects

US Patent 7489797 Method and apparatus for fragile watermarking

US Patent 7496217 Method and image processing system for segmentation of section image data

US Patent 7499566 Methods for steganographic encoding media

US Patent 7502491 Golf swing diagnosis system

US Patent 7502521 Image completion with structure propagation

US Patent 7505604 Method for detection and recognition of fog presence within an aircraft compartment using video images

US Patent 7508956 Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking movement and location of shipping containers and vehicles using a vision based system

US Patent 7508967 Radiation treatment planning using conformal avoidance

US Patent 7515734 Device, system and method for determining compliance with a positioning instruction by a figure in an image

US Patent 7515743 System and method for filtering a medical image

US Patent 11189042 Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program

US Patent 11189051 Camera orientation estimation

US Patent 7519216 Systems and methods of maintaining equipment for manufacturing semiconductor devices

US Patent 7522756 Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects

US Patent 7522758 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer

US Patent 7526115 System and method for toboggan based object segmentation using divergent gradient field response in images

US Patent 7529385 Marking articles using a covert digitally watermarked image

US Patent 7532739 Image processing apparatus, control method for the image processing apparatus, and storage medium storing computer program for executing the control method of the image processing apparatus

US Patent 7532741 Data hiding in media

US Patent 7536026 Image processing apparatus and method

US Patent 7536034 Gestural use of wireless mobile phone devices to signal to remote systems

US Patent 7539333 System and method for processing human body image

US Patent 7539351 Model-based line width control

US Patent 7542587 Content processing methods using reversible watermarking

US Patent 7542593 Offline signature verification using high pressure regions

US Patent 7542598 Automated check processing system with check imaging and accounting

US Patent 7545959 Systems and methods for handwriting analysis in documents

US Patent 7545975 Three-dimensional object recognizing system

US Patent 7548641 System and method for embedding check data in a check image

US Patent 7548643 Methods, objects and apparatus employing machine readable data

US Patent 7551771 Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional range information

US Patent 7551793 Methods and apparatuses for adaptive loop filtering for reducing blocking artifacts

US Patent 7551802 Map image matching method and apparatus

US Patent 7555139 Secure documents with hidden signals, and related methods and systems

US Patent 7555140 Image processing using object information

US Patent 7558417 Method and apparatus for analyzing three-dimensional images containing voxels

US Patent 7561718 Image search apparatus for images to be detected, and method of controlling same

US Patent 7561721 System and method for range measurement of a preceding vehicle

US Patent 7561728 Detection of intervertebral disk orientation in spine images using curve evolution

US Patent 7565294 Methods and systems employing digital content

US Patent 7567686 Hiding and detecting messages in media signals

US Patent 7567687 Outside-vehicle monitoring system

US Patent 7567690 Method of determining the living character of an element carrying a fingerprint

US Patent 7567697 Single-camera tracking of an object

US Patent 7567702 Data processing system and method

US Patent 7567726 Method and arrangement for suppressing stray light

US Patent 7567729 Photo image matching method and apparatus

US Patent 7570781 Embedded data in gaming objects for authentication and association of behavior information

US Patent 7570784 Identification and protection of security documents

US Patent 7570839 Tool range selection

US Patent 7570842 OCR apparatus and OCR result verification method

US Patent 7574063 Image coding method and apparatus

US Patent 7580581 Image data processing circuit and image processing apparatus including transfer control section for selective operation of transfer section

US Patent 7583814 Protecting images with an image watermark

US Patent 7583817 Object determining apparatus

US Patent 7583849 Lossless image compression with tree coding of magnitude levels

US Patent 7590259 Deriving attributes from images, audio or video to obtain metadata

US Patent 7593545 Determining whether two or more creative works correspond

US Patent 7593588 Edge preservation type image processing device

US Patent 7593592 Method of detecting blocking artifacts

US Patent 7596283 Fast parametric non-rigid image registration based on feature correspondences

US Patent 7599524 Method and apparatus for providing a robust object finder

US Patent 7599528 Offline signature verification using high pressure regions

US Patent 7599539 Anatomic orientation in medical images

US Patent 7602937 Image-based visibility measurement

US Patent 7606390 Processing data representing video and audio and methods and apparatus related thereto

US Patent 7616779 Method for automatic key posture information abstraction

US Patent 7616799 System and method for monitoring disease progression or response to therapy using multi-modal visualization

US Patent 7616800 Polyp identification through subtraction of models of medical images

US Patent 7616837 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium

US Patent 7616840 Techniques for using an image for the retrieval of television program information

US Patent 7620200 Authentication of identification documents

US Patent 7620269 Edge-based correlation image registration for multispectral imaging

US Patent 7620271 Image processing apparatus and method of controlling same, computer program and computer-readable storage medium

US Patent 7627173 GGN segmentation in pulmonary images for accuracy and consistency

US Patent 7630526 Method and apparatus for face description and recognition

US Patent 7630559 Confirmation system for authenticity of article and confirmation method

US Patent 7634106 Synthesized image generation method, synthesized image generation apparatus, and synthesized image generation program

US Patent 7634125 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer

US Patent 7634126 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer

US Patent 7636484 Method for the selective rendering of body structures

US Patent 7639837 Identification documents and authentication of such documents

US Patent 7643701 Imaging apparatus for correcting a distortion of an image

US Patent 7643703 Image change detection systems, methods, and articles of manufacture

US Patent 7643705 Techniques for using a captured image for the retrieval of recorded information

US Patent 7650010 Connected video and audio

US Patent 7650027 Fake document including fake currency detector using integrated transmission and reflective spectral response

US Patent 7650031 Method and system for detecting black frames in a sequence of frames

US Patent 7650042 Sign coring for contour reduction

US Patent 7653211 Digital watermark embedding apparatus and digital watermark detection apparatus

US Patent 7653226 Flexible generation of digitally reconstructed radiographs

US Patent 7653230 Methods and systems for image reconstruction using low noise kernel

US Patent 7653239 Image processing method and image processing apparatus for correcting for color shift occurring in color image data

US Patent 7653258 Enhanced isotropic 2D and 3D gradient method

US Patent 7657058 Watermark orientation signals conveying payload data

US Patent 7657066 Method of determining the living character of an element carrying a fingerprint

US Patent 7657108 Encoding of digital data combining a plurality of encoding modes

US Patent 7660430 Method and apparatus for determination of water pervious surfaces

US Patent 7660435 Damage analysis-supporting system

US Patent 7660454 Process for identifying FISH signals

US Patent 7660483 Method and apparatus for removing noise from a digital image

US Patent 7660484 Apparatus for removing false contour and method thereof

US Patent 7668336 Extracting embedded information from a document

US Patent 7668373 Pattern evaluation method, method of manufacturing semiconductor, program and pattern evaluation apparatus

US Patent 7668379 Image processing defined by a hierarchy of data processing nodes

US Patent 7668390 Systems and methods for image enhancement in multiple dimensions

US Patent 7668391 Image signal processor and image signal processing method

US Patent 7668392 Block noise detecting and reducing method and apparatus, using comparison of adjacent pixel boundary differences with predicted pixel boundary differences

US Patent 7668395 Image processing device, method, and program

US Patent 7668405 Forming connections between image collections

US Patent 7668407 Contextual resolution of character assignments

US Patent 7672477 Detecting hidden auxiliary code signals in media

US Patent 7672516 Statistical priors for combinatorial optimization: efficient solutions via graph cuts

US Patent 7672525 Image processing method, program, storage medium, and apparatus for executing a quantization process of image data by error diffusion

US Patent 7672534 Image processing device, method, and program

US Patent 7672542 Image frame abstraction model for image codecs

US Patent 7676059 Video steganography or encoding

US Patent 7676075 Quantitative single image-based magnetization transfer weighted imaging using an inter-subject normalization reference within the image

US Patent 7676084 Apparatus for processing dead pixel

US Patent 7676112 Optical device for correcting geostationary satellite imagery for earth curvature effects

US Patent 7680355 Detection of artifacts resulting from image signal decompression

US Patent 7684595 Method of facial recognition

US Patent 7684607 Fake currency detector using visual and reflective spectral response

US Patent 7688998 Adjustable marker arrangement

US Patent 7689001 Method for recognizing location using built-in camera and device thereof

US Patent 7689013 Identifying device by biometrics information

US Patent 7689016 Automatic detection of critical dermoscopy features for malignant melanoma diagnosis

US Patent 7689022 System, method, and product for scanning of biological materials

US Patent 7689024 Systems and methods for creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides

US Patent 7689039 Image processing equipment

US Patent 7689058 Conversion of a sub-pixel format data to another sub-pixel data format

US Patent 7693325 Transprojection of geometry data

US Patent 7693330 Anti-piracy image display methods and systems with sub-frame intensity compensation

US Patent 7693337 Multi-mode alpha image processing

US Patent 7693342 Evaluating method of image information, storage medium having evaluation program stored therein, and evaluating apparatus

US Patent 7702128 System and method for scanning a business card from within a contacts address book and directly inserting into the address book database

US Patent 7702511 Watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same

US Patent 7706634 Method and camera (apparatus) for optically capturing a screen

US Patent 7711146 Method and system for performing image re-identification

US Patent 7711164 System and method for automatic segmentation of vessels in breast MR sequences

US Patent 7711165 System and method for coronary artery segmentation of cardiac CT volumes

US Patent 7711170 Method and system for filtering scan data

US Patent 7711180 Three-dimensional image measuring apparatus and method

US Patent 7711211 Method for assembling a collection of digital images

US Patent 7720255 Methods and apparatus to process video and audio media

US Patent 7724918 Data obfuscation of text data using entity detection and replacement

US Patent 7724919 Methods and systems for steganographic processing

US Patent 7724920 Digital authentication with analog documents

US Patent 7724921 Vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus

US Patent 7724928 Device, system and method for motility measurement and analysis

US Patent 7724932 Three-dimensional modeling of the oral cavity

US Patent 7724937 Systems and methods for volumetric tissue scanning microscopy

US Patent 7729510 Method for distinguishing a smoke condition from a dust condition using video images

US Patent 7729527 Method for correcting an image data set, and method for generating an image corrected thereby

US Patent 7729556 Method for improving image quality and image processor for same

US Patent 7734094 Techniques for filtering handwriting recognition results

US Patent 7742631 Adaptive sampling along edges for surface rendering

US Patent 7747038 Method and apparatus for associating identifiers with content

US Patent 7747045 Method and apparatus for diffusion based illumination normalization

US Patent 7747057 Methods and apparatus for BIS correction

US Patent 7751642 Methods and devices for image processing, image capturing and image downscaling

US Patent 7756310 System and method for segmentation

US Patent 7760905 Wireless mobile phone with content processing

US Patent 7760913 Geospatial modeling system providing non-linear in painting for voids in geospatial model frequency domain data and related methods

US Patent 7760946 Handwriting teaching data selection system

US Patent 7764810 Geospatial modeling system providing non-linear inpainting for voids in geospatial model terrain data and related methods

US Patent 7769197 Electronic watermark embedding method, electronic watermark detecting method, electronic watermark detecting apparatus and program

US Patent 7769202 Quantization-based data embedding in mapped data

US Patent 7773780 Augmented biometric authorization system and method

US Patent 7773794 Method and apparatus for candidate detection using Hessian peak characteristics

US Patent 7773802 Image processing system with multiple imaging modes

US Patent 7778455 Method of and system for reconstructing a digital optical image

US Patent 7778495 System and device for image processing

US Patent 7783078 Tunable object detection

US Patent 7783094 System and method of computer-aided detection

US Patent 7783118 Method and apparatus for determining motion in images

US Patent 7787656 Method for counting people passing through a gate

US Patent 7787657 SAR ATR treeline extended operating condition

US Patent 7787665 Image capturing apparatus, photograph quantity management method, and photograph quantity management program

US Patent 7787670 Radiation imaging device for correcting body movement, image processing method, and computer program

US Patent 7792325 Methods and devices employing content identifiers

US Patent 7792348 Method and apparatus of using probabilistic atlas for cancer detection

US Patent 7796794 Method for reducing exposure to infrared light beam, ultrasound or magnetic impulse rays in medical imaging devices

US Patent 7796798 Frequency domain based MICR reader

US Patent 7801326 Digital watermark and film mark

US Patent 7801360 Target-image search apparatus, digital camera and methods of controlling same

US Patent 7804986 System and method for detecting intervertebral disc alignment using vertebrae segmentation

US Patent 7805014 Image-encoding controlling apparatus for using a table reflecting statistical frequency of quantization parameter selection and method thereof

US Patent 7813535 System and method for fused PET-CT visualization for heart unfolding

US Patent 7817842 Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents

US Patent 7822253 Methods and apparatus for BMD measuring

US Patent 7822255 Method and apparatus for generation of an x-ray image

US Patent 7822257 Observation apparatus and observation method

US Patent 7826652 Method for forming an optimally exposed image of cytological specimen

US Patent 7826675 Feature-aware image defect removal

US Patent 7831062 Arrangement of objects in images or graphics to convey a machine-readable signal

US Patent 7831075 Imaging system

US Patent 7831079 Segmentation of anatomic structures using navigation table

US Patent 7831112 Sports video retrieval method

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US Patent 7853093 System, medium, and method encoding/decoding a color image using inter-color-component prediction

US Patent 7856133 X-ray attenuation correction method, image generating apparatus, X-ray CT apparatus, and image generating method

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US Patent 7860292 Creating and viewing three dimensional virtual slides

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US Patent 7873184 Method for automarking postal mail

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US Patent 7881492 Electronic watermark embedding apparatus and method and electronic watermark examining apparatus and method

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US Patent 7916921 Osteoporosis diagnosis support device

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US Patent 7925069 Blood and cell analysis using an imaging flow cytometer

US Patent 7925077 Generation of a disparity result with low latency

US Patent 7936900 Processing data representing video and audio and methods related thereto

US Patent 7940979 Aggregation of check image data

US Patent 7941003 Efficient calculation of ensquared energy in an imaging system

US Patent 7945072 Optical motion sensing process

US Patent 7945109 Image processing based on object information

US Patent 7953245 System, method and program product for camera-based object analysis

US Patent 7953247 Method and apparatus for wheel alignment

US Patent 7974437 Identifying steganographic data in an image

US Patent 7974439 Embedding hidden auxiliary information in media

US Patent 7974440 Use of statistical data in estimating an appearing-object

US Patent 7974495 Identification and protection of video

US Patent 7978584 Pattern recognition type optical memory and optical read/write device and method for reading and writing data from or to the memory

US Patent 7978876 Hiding codes in input data

US Patent 7978929 Device and method for outputting a private image using a public display

US Patent 7983442 Method and apparatus for determining highlight segments of sport video

US Patent 7983467 System, method, and product for scanning of biological materials

US Patent 7983476 Working apparatus and calibration method thereof

US Patent 7986807 Signal embedding and detection using circular structures in a transform domain of a media signal

US Patent 7987094 Audio encoding to convey auxiliary information, and decoding of same

US Patent 7991182 Methods for steganographic encoding media

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