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A hybrid image is an image that is perceived in one of two different ways, depending on viewing distance, based on the way humans process visual input. A technique for creating hybrid images exhibiting this optical illusion was developed by Aude Oliva of MIT and Philippe G. Schyns of University of Glasgow, a method originally proposed by Schyns and Oliva in 1994. Hybrid images combine the low spatial frequencies of one picture with the high spatial frequencies of another picture, producing an image with an interpretation that changes with viewing distance.
Target orientation estimation using depth sensing
A system for estimating orientation of a target based on real-time video data uses depth data included in the video to determine the estimated orientation. The system includes a time-of-flight camera capable of depth sensing within a depth window. The camera outputs hybrid image data (color and depth). Segmentation is performed to determine the location of the target within the image. Tracking is used to follow the target location from frame to frame. During a training mode, a target-specific training image set is collected with a corresponding orientation associated with each frame. During an estimation mode, a classifier compares new images with the stored training set to determine an estimated orientation. A motion estimation approach uses an accumulated rotation / translation parameter calculation based on optical flow and depth constrains. The parameters are reset to a reference value each time the image corresponds to a dominant orientation.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD +1
Method and System for Propagation of Myocardial Infarction from Delayed Enhanced Cardiac Imaging to Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Hybrid Image Registration
ActiveUS20120121154A1Correction of deformationAccurate alignment and deformation correctionImage enhancementImage analysisCine mriCardiac phase
A method and system for propagation of myocardial infarction from delayed enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) to cine MRI is disclosed. A reference frame is selected in a cine MRI sequence. Deformation fields are calculated within the cine MRI sequence to register the frames of the cine MRI sequence to the reference frame. A DE-MRI image having an infarction region is registered to the reference frame of the cine MRI sequence. The DE-MRI image may be registered to the infarction region using a hybrid registration algorithm that unifies both intensity and feature points into a single cost function. Infarction information in the DE-MRI image is then propagated cardiac phases of the frames in the cine MRI sequence based on the registration of the DE-MRI image to the reference frame and the plurality of deformation fields calculated within the cine MRI sequence.
Owner:SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Method and system for propagation of myocardial infarction from delayed enhanced cardiac imaging to cine magnetic resonance imaging using hybrid image registration
ActiveUS8682054B2Accurate alignment and deformation correctionImage enhancementImage analysisCine mriCardiac phase
A method and system for propagation of myocardial infarction from delayed enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) to cine MRI is disclosed. A reference frame is selected in a cine MRI sequence. Deformation fields are calculated within the cine MRI sequence to register the frames of the cine MRI sequence to the reference frame. A DE-MRI image having an infarction region is registered to the reference frame of the cine MRI sequence. The DE-MRI image may be registered to the infarction region using a hybrid registration algorithm that unifies both intensity and feature points into a single cost function. Infarction information in the DE-MRI image is then propagated cardiac phases of the frames in the cine MRI sequence based on the registration of the DE-MRI image to the reference frame and the plurality of deformation fields calculated within the cine MRI sequence.
Owner:SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Hybrid infrared detector array and CMOS readout integrated circuit with improved dynamic range
ActiveUS20060181627A1High gainReduced dynamic rangeTelevision system detailsTelevision system scanning detailsIndium bumpDetector array
A hybrid image sensor includes an infrared detector array and a CMOS readout integrated circuit (ROIC). The CMOS ROIC is coupled to at least one detector of the IR detector array, e.g., via indium bump bonding. Each pixel of the CMOS ROIC includes a first, relatively lower gain, wide dynamic range amplifier circuit which is optimized for a linear response to high light level input signals from the IR detector. Each pixel also includes a second, relatively higher gain, lower dynamic range amplifier circuit which is optimized to provide a high signal to noise ratio for low light level input signals from the IR detector (or from a second IR detector). A first output select circuit is provided for directing the output of the first circuit to a first output multiplexer. A second output select circuit is provided for directing the output of the second circuit to a second output multiplexer. Thus, separate outputs of the first and second circuits are provided for each of the individual pixel sensors of the CMOS imaging array.
Owner:THE BF GOODRICH CO
Multiple exposure high dynamic range image capture
ActiveUS20110254976A1Increase influenceIncrease valueTelevision system detailsColor signal processing circuitsDisplay deviceExposure level
Techniques for creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image within a consumer grade digital camera from a series of images of a scene captured at different exposure levels, and displaying the HDR image on the camera's built-in display are provided. The approach employs mixing images of the series to incorporate both scene shadow and highlight details, and the removing of “ghost” image artifacts appearing in the mixed HDR image resulting from movement in the scene over the time the series images are captured. The low computational resource utilization of the image mixing and ghost removal processing operations, along with the ability to commence image mixing and ghost removal prior to the acquisition of all series images, can significantly reduce the time required to generate and display a tone mapped HDR image.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC
Multiple exposure high dynamic range image capture
ActiveUS20100271512A1Shorten the timeMeet high requirementsTelevision system detailsColor signal processing circuitsTone mappingDisplay device
Techniques for creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image within a consumer grade digital camera from a series of images of a scene captured at different exposure levels, and displaying the HDR image on the camera's built-in display, are provided. The approach employs mixing images of the series to incorporate both scene shadow and highlight details, and the removing of “ghost” image artifacts appearing in the mixed HDR image resulting from movement in the scene over the time the series images are captured. The low computational resource utilization of the present invention's image mixing and ghost removal processing operations, along with the present invention's ability to commence image mixing and ghost removal prior to the acquisition of all series images, can significantly reduce the time required to generate and display a tone mapped HDR image.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC
Target orientation estimation using depth sensing
A system for estimating orientation of a target based on real-time video data uses depth data included in the video to determine the estimated orientation. The system includes a time-of-flight camera capable of depth sensing within a depth window. The camera outputs hybrid image data (color and depth). Segmentation is performed to determine the location of the target within the image. Tracking is used to follow the target location from frame to frame. During a training mode, a target-specific training image set is collected with a corresponding orientation associated with each frame. During an estimation mode, a classifier compares new images with the stored training set to determine an estimated orientation. A motion estimation approach uses an accumulated rotation / translation parameter calculation based on optical flow and depth constrains. The parameters are reset to a reference value each time the image corresponds to a dominant orientation.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD +1
Method and apparatus for providing translucent images on a computer display
InactiveUSRE41922E1Apparent advantageCathode-ray tube indicatorsInput/output processes for data processingComputer graphics (images)Display device
A method and apparatus is described for producing a translucent image over a base image created on the display screen of a computer system by a selected first application program, and conducting image operations either on the base image created by the selected application program with reference to the translucent image produced, or conducting image operations on the translucent image with reference to the base image of the first application program. The first application program runs on a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system to produce a base image, and another application program referred to as the overlay program is run to produce the translucent image such that portions of the base image which are overlapped by the overlay image are at least partially visible through the translucent image. There is also a mechanism for blending the first video data and the second video data to produce a blended image on the screen assembly.
Owner:APPLE INC
Multiple exposure high dynamic range image capture
ActiveUS20110211732A1Increase influenceIncrease valueTelevision system detailsColor signal processing circuitsDisplay deviceImage Artifact
Techniques for creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image within a consumer grade digital camera from a series of images of a scene captured at different exposure levels, and displaying the HDR image on the camera's built-in display are provided. The approach employs mixing images of the series to incorporate both scene shadow and highlight details, and the removing of “ghost” image artifacts appearing in the mixed HDR image resulting from movement in the scene over the time the series images are captured. The low computational resource utilization of the image mixing and ghost removal processing operations, along with the ability to commence image mixing and ghost removal prior to the acquisition of all series images, can significantly reduce the time required to generate and display a tone mapped HDR image.
Owner:QUALCOMM INC
Method of Customizing 3D Computer-Generated Scenes
InactiveUS20090021513A1Low costRapid production3D-image renderingComputer graphics (images)The Internet
An automated method of rapidly producing customized 3D graphics images in which various user images and video are merged into 3D computer graphics scenes, producing hybrid images that appear to have been created by a computationally intensive 3D rendering process, but which in fact have been created by a much less computationally intensive series of 2D image operations. To do this, a 3D graphics computer model is rendered into a 3D graphics image using a customized renderer designed to automatically report on some of the renderer's intermediate rendering operations, and store this intermediate data in the form of metafilm. User images and video may then be automatically combined with the metafilm, producing a 3D rendered quality final image with orders of magnitude fewer computing operations. The process can be used to inexpensively introduce user content into sophisticated images and videos suitable for many internet, advertising, cell phone, and other applications.
Owner:PIXBLITZ STUDIOS
Method and Apparatus For Hybrid Image Compression
ActiveUS20080144952A1More disadvantageCharacter and pattern recognitionImage codingHybrid imageImage processor
A Hybrid Compressor (304) and method (500) of compressing a tile (2200) of pixels within an image are disclosed. An Edge Processor (404) of the Hybrid Compressor (304) analyses pixel runs (403) of the tile (2200) and generates boundary data defining one or more regions comprising pixels of substantially identical colour. A Palette Processor (411) of the Hybrid Compressor (304) generates data defining a colour value for each region. An Image Processor (416) of the Hybrid Compressor (304) generates a representation of pixels not included in the one or more regions.
Owner:CANON KK
A mixed image compression method based on block classification
InactiveCN101217668AImprove peak signal-to-noise ratioAccurate segmentationImage enhancementTelevision systemsGraphicsSignal-to-noise ratio (imaging)
Owner:ZHEJIANG UNIV
Hybrid infrared detector array and CMOS readout integrated circuit with improved dynamic range
ActiveUS7551059B2High gainReduced dynamic rangeTelevision system detailsTelevision system scanning detailsIndium bumpDetector array
A hybrid image sensor includes an infrared detector array and a CMOS readout integrated circuit (ROIC). The CMOS ROIC is coupled to at least one detector of the IR detector array, e.g., via indium bump bonding. Each pixel of the CMOS ROIC includes a first, relatively lower gain, wide dynamic range amplifier circuit which is optimized for a linear response to high light level input signals from the IR detector. Each pixel also includes a second, relatively higher gain, lower dynamic range amplifier circuit which is optimized to provide a high signal to noise ratio for low light level input signals from the IR detector (or from a second IR detector). A first output select circuit is provided for directing the output of the first circuit to a first output multiplexer. A second output select circuit is provided for directing the output of the second circuit to a second output multiplexer. Thus, separate outputs of the first and second circuits are provided for each of the individual pixel sensors of the CMOS imaging array.
Owner:THE BF GOODRICH CO
Generating image data
An apparatus, method, system, and article of manufacture provide the ability to process image data in a computer system. A user-operable representation of at least one image-processing function is configured with an adjustable opacity. The user-operable representation is created and processed as a three-dimensional object. The opacity of the representation is adjusted in response to user input. The representation is ten blended with image data to generate blended image data that is output to a display.
Owner:AUTODESK INC
Cytological methods for detecting a disease condition such as malignancy by Raman spectroscopic imaging
InactiveUS20060281068A1Superior resolution and intensitySensitive assessmentRadiation pyrometryMicrobiological testing/measurementEpitheliumCancer cell
Raman molecular imaging (RMI) is used to detect mammalian cells of a particular phenotype. For example the disclosure includes the use of RMI to differentiate between normal and diseased cells or tissues, e.g., cancer cells as well as in determining the grade of said cancer cells. In a preferred embodiment benign and malignant lesions of bladder and other tissues can be distinguished, including epithelial tissues such as lung, prostate, kidney, breast, and colon, and non-epithelial tissues, such as bone marrow and brain. Raman scattering data relevant to the disease state of cells or tissue can be combined with visual image data to produce hybrid images which depict both a magnified view of the cellular structures and information relating to the disease state of the individual cells in the field of view. Also, RMI techniques may be combined with visual image data and validated with other detection methods to produce confirm the matter obtained by RMI.
Owner:CHEMIMAGE CORP
Face-mounted display apparatus for mixed reality environment
A display apparatus for a mixed reality environment includes an image processor for mixing an actual image of an object around a user and a artificial stereo images to produce multiple external image signals, a user information extractor for extracting the user's sight line information including the user's position his / her eye position, direction of a sight line and focal distance; an image creator for creating a stereo image signal based on the extracted user's sight line information; an image mixer for synchronously mixing the multiple external image signals and the stereo image signal; and an image output unit for outputting the mixed image signal to the user.
Owner:ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST
Hybrid image data processing system and method
ActiveUS20070098283A1Efficient compressionCharacter and pattern recognitionDigital video signal modificationData processing systemLossless compression
An image data compression system, for compressing a frame represented as a plurality of blocks, can include: a lossless compression unit to receive the plurality of blocks and to perform lossless compression thereon resulting in a first code; a lossy compression unit to receive the plurality of blocks and to perform lossy compression thereon resulting in a second code; and a code selection circuit to selectively output one of the first and second codes based upon a figure of merit evaluated for at least one of the first and second codes.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
Hybrid image stabilization for video camera
ActiveUS20090309984A1Low costTelevision system detailsCharacter and pattern recognitionImaging processingGyroscope
The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the images of a scene, acquired by means of an observation device of an imaging system, comprising the step of digital processing of a stream of successive images. It comprises a step of acquiring gyrometric measurements by means of at least one gyrometric sensor secured to the observation device, of using these gyrometric measurements to determine so-called approximate shifts undergone between successive images, and the image processing step comprising a sub-step of using the approximate shifts and the image stream acquired to determine so-called fine shifts undergone between successive images.
Owner:THALES SA
Image processor
An image processor includes a memory that stores image layers, α-layers associated with the image layers, and pointers linking image areas of the image layers with the α-layer. A method for blending multiple image layers includes obtaining a transparency value for an image area by reading a pointer associated with the image area and blending the image layers using the obtained transparency value.
Owner:HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYST
Methods and Apparatus for Blending Images
Methods and apparatus for blending regions from multiple images to produce a blended image. An image blending module may obtain multiple digital images of a scene. A base image and a source image are selected, and a stroke is applied to the source image to indicate a desired region which is to be blended with the base image. A region in the source image is identified from the stroke using a segmentation technique such as a graph cut algorithm, and the identified region is blended with the corresponding region of the base image, for example using alpha blending. Additional strokes may be applied to the source image to select other regions to be blended with the base image. A different image may be selected as a source image, and a region from the different image may be selected for blending with the base image.
Owner:ADOBE INC
Mixed image processing process of structure light striation central line extraction
InactiveCN101178812AGuaranteed extraction accuracyReduce redundant calculationsImage analysisUsing optical meansThree dimensional measurementVisual perception
The invention relates to a hybrid image processing method of extracting the centric line of the structured-light stripe based on the ROI area, belonging to the field of machine vision technique. By combining the image threshold processing, communicated components extraction, shape factor constraint and expansion method, the invention automatically divides the structured light area as the ROI area of light stripe extraction, using the extraction method of fringe center based on Hessian matrix to realize the extraction of sub-pixel image space of the centric line of the structured-light stripe of the ROI area. The method has the advantages of high precision, good robustness, high automation degree and other advantages, avoiding the large formwork Gaussian convolution calculation of the pixel the non-light stripe area, thereby reducing the redundant calculation of the extraction of the structured light stripe and realizing the high speed and precision extraction of the centric line of the light stripe, laying a foundation for the real-time application of the structured light 3D vision measurement.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV
Three dimensional image data processing
ActiveUS20110181588A1Accurate detectionAdapt effectively3D-image renderingComputer graphics (images)Imaging quality
Three dimensional image data is provided which includes data representing a first image which specifically may be a background image. A mixed image which is a combination of the first image and a second image which specifically may be a foreground image, a transparency map related to the mixed image comprising transparency values for pixels of the mixed image and a depth indication map for the mixed image comprising depth indication values for pixels of the mixed image. The use of a mixed image may allow three dimensional processing while at the same time allowing 2D backwards compatibility. Image quality around image objects may be improved by modifying transparency values in response to depth indication values and / or depth indication values in response to transparency values. Specifically, an improved alignment of transitions of depth indication values and transparency values may provide improved three dimensional foreground image object edge data.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
Method and apparatus for blending images
A method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through ROI-based image alignment; detecting an ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned reference image and input image by using a plurality of weights which are attenuated according to a spatial distance from a boundary of the detected ROI. In addition, the method and apparatus may include aligning a reference image and an input image through image alignment based on an nth region of interest (ROI) which is detected at a previous stage; detecting another ROI associated with an incompletely aligned region in the aligned image; and blending the aligned image in the other ROI and an (n+1)th blended image, which is input from a next stage, in a region outside the other ROI, and outputting the last blended image to the previous stage.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
Portable wireless communication terminal, picked-up image editing apparatus, and picked-up image editing method
InactiveUS20050010568A1Television system detailsDigital data processing detailsData storingComputer science
A picked-up image editing apparatus comprises a memory which stores a mixture of multimedia data with processing disable information and multimedia data without processing disable information, an image pick-up device which picks-up an image of an object as one of a still picture and a motion picture, an image data producing unit which produces image data based on an image picked-up by the image pick-up device, a combining instruction issuing unit which issues a combining instruction to combine the produced image data with the multimedia data stored in the memory, and an output content storing unit which, when the multimedia data targeted to be combined has processing disable information, stores only output contents based on a processing result.
Owner:CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
Device and Method of Downscaling and Blending Two High Resolution Images
InactiveUS20070248284A1Downscaling and blendingTelevision system detailsCharacter and pattern recognitionJPEGHigh resolution image
The present invention relates to the field of downscaling and blending of two high resolution images, and particularly to a device and a method allowing for downscaling and blending of a HD JPEG background image and a HD bitmap image, which is overlaid on the JPEG background image. The device comprises means for downscaling the background image by a pre-determined factor n1, n2, . . . nN; means for uncompressing the downscaled background image and the high-resolution bitmap image; means for dividing the uncompressed high-resolution bitmap image into blocks of n1×n2× . . . ×nN pixels, whereby the size of each block correspond to the size of each pixel of the downscaled background image; and, means (16) for blending each of the blocks of the uncompressed high-resolution bitmap image with each of the pixels of the downscaled background image and thus producing a blended image.
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
System And Method For Creating Mixed Image From Dual-Energy CT Data
ActiveUS20090135994A1Improved contrast enhancementImprove noise levelMaterial analysis using wave/particle radiationRadiation/particle handlingFactor baseData set
A system and method for creating a combined or mixed-energy image using both low- and high-energy CT data sets acquired using a dual-energy CT system. The low- and high-energy datasets are mixed using desired weighting factors to mimic a “single-energy” image. The low-energy dataset provides data with improved contrast enhancement, but with increased noise level. The high-energy dataset provides data with lower contrast enhancement, but with better noise properties. By combining the low- and high-energy datasets in accordance with the present method, the resulting mixed-energy images utilize the information of full dose of radiation used in the dual-energy scan. A plurality of weighting metrics can be selected, including patient size, dose partitioning, or image quality, to determine the desired weighting factors based on the weighting metrics. By selecting the proper weight factors, image noise can be reduced and / or the contrast to noise ratio can be increased in the mixed-energy image.
Owner:MAYO FOUND FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION & RES
Hybrid image processing system
InactiveUS20080259086A1Increase choiceUseful imageMultiple digital computer combinationsProcessor architectures/configurationImaging processingImaging data
The present invention provides a hybrid image processing system, which generally includes an image processing unit for receiving image data corresponding to a set of images, generating commands for processing the image data, and sending the images and the commands to an image processing unit of the hybrid image processing system. Upon receipt, the image processing unit will recognize and interpret the commands, assign and / or schedule tasks for processing the image data to a set of (e.g., special) processing engines based on the commands, and return results and / or processed image data to the image interface unit.
Owner:KYNDRYL INC
Face-mounted display apparatus for mixed reality environment
Owner:ELECTRONICS & TELECOMM RES INST
Cytological analysis by raman spectroscopic imaging
Raman molecular imaging is used to differentiate between normal and diseased cells or tissue. For instance benign and malignant lesions of bladder and other tissues can be distinguished, including epithelial tissues such as lung, prostate, kidney, breast, and colon, and non-epithelial tissues, such as bone marrow and brain. Raman scattering data relevant to the disease state of cells or tissue can be combined with visual image data to produce hybrid images which depict both a magnified view of the cellular structures and information relating to the disease state of the individual cells in the field of view.
Owner:CHEMIMAGE
Methods and apparatus for noise reduction filtering of images
ActiveUS20060018526A1Reduce noise imagingNoise in imaged image can be reducedImage enhancementReconstruction from projectionImage segmentationNoise reduction
A method for reducing noise in images includes utilizing an original image to generate a segmentation mask and a filtered image, and utilizing the filtered image, the original image, the segmentation mask and separate blending parameters for structural and nonstructural portions of the filtered image to generate a blended image. The method further includes contrast matching the blended image with the original image to produce an output image.
Owner:GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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