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A method of modifying the viewing parameters of digital images using face detection for achieving a desired spatial parameters based on one or more sub-groups of pixels that correspond to one or more facial features of the face. Such methods may be used for animating still images, automating and streamlining application such as the creation of slide shows and screen savers of images containing faces.

The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus for compressing image data used in an image generating apparatus for generating a free-viewpoint image. According to the invention, the apparatus has a selecting unit that selects one image as a first image, and defines other images as second images, a projective transformation unit that generates a projected depth map of a second image from a depth map of the first image, a subtracting unit that creates a difference map of the second image, and a storage unit that stores the depth map of the first image and the difference map of the second image. Here, the difference map is a difference between a depth map of the second image and the projected depth map of the second image, and the depth map indicates a depth value of each pixel of a corresponding image.

The application pertains to detecting the fill level of a container for transporting and / or storing objects. This is achieved by determining an estimate of the number of objects in the container with the aid of a value of the container volume occupied by the objects or the already emptied container volume, on the basis of an average object volume of one or of a predetermined number of the objects, as long as the container bottom is covered by objects situated in the container. When a predetermined portion of the container bottom is visible, the objects in the container are counted, by identifying the individual objects on the container bottom. In addition, a container that is particularly suitable for the proposed methods and a system with a plurality of such containers are proposed.

In-vivo optical molecular imaging methods for producing an image of an animal are described. A time series of image data sets of an optical contrast substance in the animal is acquired using an optical detector Each image data set is obtained at a selected time and has the same plurality of pixels, with each pixel having an associated value. The image data sets are analyzed to identify a plurality of distinctive time courses, and respective pixel sets are determined from the plurality of pixels which correspond to each of the time courses. In one embodiment, each pixel set is associated with an identified anatomical or other structure, and an anatomical image map of the animal can be generated which includes one or more of the anatomical structures.

Provided is an image generating device for generating an image of an object including a plurality of elements connected to one another. The image generating device includes: a calculating section for iteratively calculating a motion of each element of the plurality of elements based on a physical constraint condition of the each element with respect to another connected element; a parent-child information acquiring section for acquiring parent-child information corresponding to a connection between the each element and the another element based on information indicating an element having a predetermined relationship with another object; a correcting section for correcting a position of a child element with respect to a parent element based on the parent-child information and the motion of the each element; and an image generating section for generating information on the image of the object based on the corrected position of the each element.

The present invention relates to an assistant monitor method for vehicle, comprising steps of: projecting a light beam to illuminate objects surrounding a transportation means; receiving the reflected light of the light beam so as to generate an electric image signal accordingly; generating a status signal by detecting and sensing the status of the transportation means; processing the status signal so as to correspondingly generate a control signal; and adjusting the projecting angle of the light beam and the receiving angle to receive the reflected light beam according to the control signal. Moreover, according to the method, the present invention also provides an assistant monitor apparatus of for vehicle to implement the foregoing method. By means of the aforesaid apparatus provided in the present invention, the projecting direction of the light projector and a sensing angle of the image sensor for receiving the reflected light can be controlled to reduce blind spots of a rear mirror of the transportation means while avoiding the whitening effect to be generated on the rear mirror, such that safety of the driver driving the transportation mean along with the ambient vehicles and pedestrians can be ensured.

A system and method for obtaining an image of an object out of line of sight, the method comprising directing a chaotic light beam at a first area containing the object; measuring the light from the chaotic light beam at a plurality of instances in time; using a photon detector, detecting light from a second area over a plurality of instances in time; the photon detector not being in the line of sight with the first area but in line-of-sight with a second area; using a processor, correlating the information received by the photon detector with the measurement of light from the chaotic light beam at specific instances in time; and producing an image of the object. The system for imaging information comprising a spatial receiver, a chaotic photon light source for producing light; the light comprising a first beam adapted to be directed at a first predetermined area containing an object, and a second beam which is received by the spatial receiver and measured at specific intervals in time; at least one processor operatively connected to the spatial receiver, the spatial receiver operating to transmit spatial information correlated to specific intervals of time to the processor; and a first receiver operatively connected to the at least one processor and operative to detect the influence of the object on the first portion of the light beam; the first receiver not being in the line of sight with the first predetermined area and adapted to detect light from a second predetermined area spaced from and coplanar with the first predetermined area, the at least one processor operating to correlate the outputs of the first receiver with spatial information derived from the spatial receiver at correlating intervals of time to create an image of the object.

A device implemented with the present invention senses and converts unseeable electromagnetic (EM) energy such as high frequency radio, infrared, ultraviolet, etc. to an image in the human visual spectrum (red to violet—i.e. the rainbow). The size of the image and quality of the image is improved by rotating or oscillating the sensors in order to scan a broader array of electrometric energy.The electromagnetic radiation detector (EMR) comprises: a sensor circuit that generates EMR signals of the scanned electromagnetic energy of the desired band of electromagnetic spectrum. The EMR detector further comprises processors that convert the EMR signals into image data that is used to generate the visible image of the scanned electromagnetic energy; and a motor that allows the sensor circuit to scan the electromagnetic energy. The sensor circuit may be a plug-in PCB module to allow ready selection of the desired frequency band.

Overexpression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) has been associated with a number of pathophysiologies, including those associated with cancer and the cardiovascular system. Thus, targeted imaging of ACE is of crucial importance for monitoring tissue ACE activity as well as treatment efficacy. To this end, lisinopril-coated gold nanoparticles were prepared to provide a new type of probe for targeted molecular imaging of ACE by tuned K-edge computed tomography (CT) imaging.

An apparatus, system, and method for autonomously maintaining a single system image in a parallel systems complex. A computer program product causes the relevant systems in a parallel systems complex to receive requests with a global scope from a user. The request is sent to each IMS system in the sysplex, and each IMS system applies the resource information and logs the resource information for recovery. The request is written to a shared medium which IMS sysplex members can access. When an IMS member is brought online, the IMS member restores status information first from local recovery logs. The IMS member then checks the information against the global medium to determine if requests were issued while the IMS was offline. If so, the IMS inherits the information in the global medium before processing work. An IMS added into the sysplex applies the information from the global medium before processing work.

An erosion image is generated from an original digital image utilizing a processing image (b) and a target image (T), where each pixel in the target image is processed in parallel. The process entails, for each target pixel, i) determining coordinate values for the target pixel, ii) determining a surrounding pixel area for the target pixel, iii) and processing each pixel in the surrounding pixel area to determine whether or not to updated the value of the target pixel. In processing each surrounding pixel, a determination is made whether the pixel has a value of 1. If not, then the next surrounding pixel is processed. If so, then a determination is made which pixel element of a structuring element overlays the target pixel, and whether that SE pixel has a value of 1. If so, then the value of the target pixel is updated. If not, then the next pixel in the surrounding pixel area is processed. Once the target pixel has been updated a set number of times to a predetermined value (e.g., 2), the processing of the remaining surrounding pixels is terminated. After all target pixels have been processed, an output image is obtained by setting target pixels having a value of 2 to a binary value of 1, and setting the other pixels to a binary value of 0. The resultant output image is an erosion image that is then output.

It is the object of an arrangement and a method for the recording and reproduction of images of an object to be examined to record the images of the object to be examined with reduced light stress and lower expenditure on adjustments and to generate secondary images which are substantially independent from brightness, are highly suitable for spectrometric studies of metabolism and microcirculation at the eye as well as for functional imaging, and can be adapted to the medical inquiry and make it possible to provide complex secondary image information while also enabling simple, practicable and extremely economical constructional variants. An illumination system contains at least one beam path with a device for simultaneous illumination of the object to be examined by at least one reference wavelength region and at least one information wavelength region, each of which is adapted, respectively, to a color channel of an image-generating recording system. While the at least one reference wavelength region is at least approximately invariant with respect to medically relevant information, the at least one information wavelength region is provided for detecting the medically relevant information. The method according to the invention combines the image values of evaluation windows or individual image points of simultaneously recorded images to form secondary images and image sequences while generating spatially-resolved dynamic characteristic values which are combined to form functional images.

From an image pickup element, pixel signals of Bayer array are outputted. A correlation calculation part calculates correlation values with respect to a specified pixel in vertical and horizontal directions. A first interpolation part performs a pixel interpolation process while evaluating the correlation highly. A second interpolation part performs a pixel interpolation process while evaluating the correlation relatively low. A complete signal of RGB outputted from the first interpolation part is converted into a luminance signal in a first color space conversion part, and a complete signal of RGB outputted from the second interpolation part is converted into a color difference signal in a second color space conversion part.

A method and a device for detecting copies or near-copies of images, comprises receiving an initial image, converting the initial image to grayscale, resizing the grayed image to a reduced image having a plurality of rows and an even number of columns, computing an overall signature for the reduced image, and determining whether the initial image is a copy or near-copy of an image according to the result of a comparison between the overall signature of the reduced image and reference image signatures. The step of computing the overall signature comprises the steps of computing a row signature for each row of the reduced image, the computation being based on a comparison of values obtained statistically across subsets of symmetrical pixels in each row, and concatenating the row signatures in order to obtain an overall signature.

A method and a device for detecting copies or near-copies of images, comprises receiving an initial image, converting the initial image to grayscale, resizing the grayed image to a reduced image having a plurality of rows and an even number of columns, computing an overall signature for the reduced image, and determining whether the initial image is a copy or near-copy of an image according to the result of a comparison between the overall signature of the reduced image and reference image signatures. The step of computing the overall signature comprises the steps of computing a row signature for each row of the reduced image, the computation being based on a comparison of values obtained statistically across subsets of symmetrical pixels in each row, and concatenating the row signatures in order to obtain an overall signature.

A radiographic image capturing system includes the following. A capturing stand includes a holder which can hold a plurality of radiographic image capturing devices. A radiation irradiator is able to apply radiation to the radiographic image capturing devices loaded in the holder at once. A console carries out image processing on image data acquired by the radiographic image capturing devices. The console carries out the image processing through application of a parameter applied to image data acquired by a radiographic image capturing device assigned with a predetermined number to image data acquired by the other radiographic image capturing devices. The predetermined number is a number from multiple numbers assigned to the radiographic image capturing devices loaded in the holder in an ascending order from a head to toe of a patient.

An apparatus for converting a diagnostic image according to some embodiments of the present invention includes an input unit for inputting a CT image, a converting module configured to convert the CT image inputted via the input unit into an MRI image, and an output unit configured to output the MRI image converted by the converting module.

An arrangement and a corresponding method for cleaning a front of an optical instrument using a movable cap for directing a cleaning fluid to the front of the optical instrument.

Disclosed is an imaging apparatus which performs efficient JPEG compression encoding by dividing an image after an image processing into a plurality of blocks and then performing JPEG compression, and also generates a natural compressed image. The imaging apparatus includes an image processor for generating image data from a light input into an imaging device, an encoder for encoding the image data to generate encoded image data, and a storage unit for storing the encoded image data.