1154 results about "Imaging condition" patented technology

A system and method for capturing image data captures images responsive to programmed sequences. The sequences are performed on a periodic basis as well as in response to inputs corresponding to alarm conditions and transactions conducted at automated banking machines or other devices. Image data may also be captured in response to image conditions including the sensing of motion or the loss of usable video from selected cameras. Image data is stored in connection with data corresponding to circumstances associated with each triggering event. Stored image data may be searched by one or more parameters. Parameters include data stored in association with each image, types of events causing image data to be stored, as well as other image conditions in stored images.

In a digital camera, control operations, such as an AF (automatic focusing) operation which is performed immediately after zooming or panning of the camera, can be performed quickly in an appropriate manner. When a zoom lens 3 is driven to zoom “up”(“in”), a control processor and timing generator 40 uses, of imaging conditions data, such as distance measuring data and photometering data, which are obtained at a wide viewing angle before zooming up, a portion of the imaging conditions data corresponding to a “tele” (telephoto) viewing angle after zooming up, to thereby perform AF, AE, and / or AWB operations after zooming up. When the user pans the camera to shift the viewing angle out of the range of the original wide viewing angle, the data of an area of the image plane of the wide viewing angle closest to the image plane of a new post-panning viewing angle is reused. In a digital camera having a plurality of image capturing optical systems which are switched in response to a zoom position, data obtained by the pre-switching image capturing optical system is reused by a selected post-switching image capturing optical system.

The invention discloses a face recognition method, device, system and apparatus based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). The method comprises the following steps: S1, face detection: using a multilayer CNN feature architecture; S2, key point positioning: obtaining the key point positions of the face by using connecting reference frame regression networks in a cascaded way in deep learning; S3, preprocessing: obtaining a face image with a fixed size; S4, feature extraction: obtaining a feature representative vector by means of a feature extraction model; and S5: feature comparison: determining the similarity according to a threshold or giving a face recognition result according to distance sorting. The method adds a multilayer CNN feature combination to a traditional CNN single-layer feature architecture to treat different imaging conditions, trains a face detection network with good robustness in the monitoring environment from massive image data sets based on a deep convolution neural network algorithm, reduces a false detection rate, and improves detection response speed.

A system and method captures image data in association with the operation of an automated banking machine. Image data associated with users and documents may be acquired, analyzed and transferred. Images may be captured responsive to programmed sequences. The sequences may be performed on a periodic basis as well as in response to inputs corresponding to alarm conditions and transactions conducted at automated banking machines or other devices. Image data may also be captured in response to image conditions including the sensing of motion or the loss of usable video from selected cameras. Image data may be stored in connection with data corresponding to circumstances associated with each triggering event. Stored image data may be searched by one or more parameters. Parameters may include data stored in association with each image, types of events causing image data to be stored, as well as other image conditions and properties.

A device and method for automatically adjusting an image condition in a display is, disclosed. The present device and method optimizes the image condition of a display according to individual preferences by taking into account the brightness and color temperature set initially by a user. Particularly, the present invention includes a photo sensor to detect the environmental illumination and a micro processor utilizing the detected data to appropriately adjust the image condition with respect to a user <CUSTOM-CHARACTER FILE="US06292228-20010918-P00001.TIF" ID="CUSTOM-CHARACTER-00001"> preference.

A device and method of displaying images and data on a display device. The device and method displays still and moving images in which at least one icon is associated and displayed with each image on a screen. A single screen may contain several images which change over time. As the images change so do the icons associated with them. Upon selection of an icon by a viewer, the device and method will display one of several possible advertisements or information associated with the icon. The selection of which advertisement or piece of information is based on information stored about the viewer. This information would include data concerning the viewer's age, income, address and hobbies. A list of selections made by a viewer is maintained and may be displayed at the viewer's request. The system may also force the display of advertisements if desired by advertisers.

A jacket for radio frequency (RF) shielding a Magnetic Resonance Device (MRD) from external environment electromagnetic interference during its operation, which allows for homogenized imaging conditions. The RF shielding jacket is sized and shaped like an envelope to accommodate the MRD, with at least a portion of the RF shielding jacket including an electromagnetic interference shield. The RF shielding jacket is also combined with passive temperature insulating properties.

An image processing apparatus is configured to reduce a color blur in a color image, and includes a color blur process determination part configured to change at least one of a color blur that serves as a reduction object and an estimation method of an amount of the color blur according to at least one of a characteristic of an image and an imaging condition.

This invention provides a radiographic apparatus and method, which can suitably set a grid in radiography or fluoroscopy and execute fluoroscopy or radiography of an object under optimum imaging conditions. The radiographic apparatus includes an X-ray unit (102) which irradiates an object with radiation (X-rays), a two-dimensional detector (106) which detects, through a grid, the radiation which has passed through the object, and a read control unit (107) which acquires an image of the object from the detected X-rays. The apparatus further includes a user interface (113) capable of setting imaging conditions such as an X-ray condition, grid condition, and read condition, a grid switching unit (105) which selects one of a plurality of grids on the basis of the set imaging conditions, and a grid stripe reduction unit (109) which reduces grid stripes generated on the image by the grid.

A method for calculating angle domain common image gathers (ADCIGs). The method includes calculating a source wavefield pF of a seismic source; calculating a receiver wavefield pB of a seismic receiver; applying an algorithm of anti-leakage Fourier transform (ALFT) to transform the source wavefield pF to a wavenumber domain; applying the ALFT algorithm to the receiver wavefield to transform the receiver wavefield in the wavenumber domain; determining an imaging condition to the ALFT source and receiver wavefields in the wavenumber domain; computing a reflection angle θ and an azimuth angle φ of the source wavefield pF and receiver wavefield pB in the wavenumber domain; calculating the ADCIGs in the wavenumber domain; and applying an inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT) to determine the ADCIGs in the space domain.

An imaging method includes: calculating an amount of parallax between a reference optical system and an adjustment target optical system; setting coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image outputted by the reference optical system; calculating coordinates of an imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image outputted by the adjustment target optical system, based on the set coordinates of the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, and on the calculated amount of parallax; and adjusting imaging conditions of the reference optical system and the adjustment target optical system, based on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the first viewpoint image, at the set coordinates, and on image data in the imaging condition evaluation region corresponding to the second viewpoint image, at the calculated coordinates, and outputting the viewpoint images in the adjusted imaging conditions.

A apparatus for obtaining an image of a blood cell is described, a representative one of which includes image obtainer for obtaining an image of a predetermined blood cell in a blood sample smeared on a sample holder; an analysis result obtainer for obtaining an analysis result of the blood sample; and a controller for controlling the image obtainer such that the image obtainer obtains the image under a first imaging condition when the analysis result does not indicate a presence of a predetermined anomalous cell, and obtains the image under a second imaging condition to be different from the first imaging condition when the analysis result indicates the presence of the predetermined anomalous cell.

A magnetic resonance imaging system includes an MR signal reception apparatus comprising a receiving multi-coil and a switchover member. The receiving multi-coil receives MR signals and is composed of a plurality of element coils. The switchover member is configured to switch reception states of the MR signals received by the plurality of element coils in response to imaging conditions. The switchover member connects output paths of the MR signals from the plurality of element coils to a receiver, to reception channels in the receiver in response to the imaging conditions. The reception channels is less in number than the element coils. The imaging conditions are for example directed to parallel MR imaging.

In a medical imaging system including plural imaging section, detection accuracy and examination efficiency for breast cancer are improved by setting appropriate imaging condition. The system includes: a first imaging section for imaging an object to be inspected by using one of radiation, ultrasonic waves, nuclear magnetic resonance, positron, infrared light and fluorescence to generate a medical image; a second imaging section for imaging the object by using another one of radiation, ultrasonic waves, nuclear magnetic resonance, positron, infrared light and fluorescence to generate a medical image; and an imaging condition setting section for setting imaging condition in the second imaging section based on the medical image generated by the first imaging section.

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit, a scan performing unit and a blood flow image generating unit. The imaging condition setting unit sets a sequence accompanying application of a motion probing gradient pulse as an imaging condition. The scan performing unit performs an imaging scan according to the sequence. The blood flow image generating unit generates a blood flow image based on data acquired by the imaging scan.

The invention discloses a seamless video display spliced wall. The seamless video display spliced wall is formed by splicing a plurality of displays; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the brightness and the color of which are matched with the display image conditions of the adjacent displays, are arranged in the spliced seams of the displays. The LEDs are connected with a main control computer through control wires. The main control computer sends corresponding data to each LED according to the actual image displayed by the video display spliced wall, and independently adjusts the LEDs so that the LEDs display the brightness and the color matched with the images displayed by the adjacent displays. Therefore, the purpose of eliminating and reducing the spliced seams between the displays is fulfilled. Or, each LED can be connected with an independent optical detector. The optical detector detects the image information of the adjacent display and transmits the image information to the LED connected with the optical detector, and the LED displays the brightness and the color matched with the image displayed by the adjacent display. The original spliced seams of the video display spliced wall are greatly faded, and an integral effect of seamless splicing is achieved.

An image with a wide visual field can be captured without causing deterioration in measurement accuracy. There are provided: a stage on which an object is placed; a display unit for displaying a height image or an observation image; a measurement unit for performing measurement on the height image; an image connecting unit configured to, by moving the stage and capturing a different region, acquire a plurality of height images, and connect the obtained plurality of height images and observation images to generate a connected image; a measurement error region display unit configured to superimpose and display a measurement error region, on an image of the object; and a measurement-image imaging condition setting unit for adjusting an imaging condition for a striped image required for generation of the height image to reduce the measurement error region.

An imager (200) including a spatially varying optical element (204) which moves while the imager records a sequence of images. The optical element (204) can be an intensity reduction filter, a spectral or polarization filter, or a refractive or reflective element. Because the optical element (204) moves between frames, each scene portion is captured under a range of imaging conditions. A spatially varying intensity reduction filter enables imaging of each scene portion using multiple, different exposure to generate a high dynamic range image. A spatially varying spectral or polarization filter enables measurement of the spectral or polarization characteristics of radiation from each scene portion. A refractive or reflective element enables imaging of scene portions under various focal characteristics, thereby providing depth information and producing an image which is focused everywhere. A refractive or reflective element is used to apply different vertical and / or horizontal shifts to the different frames, thereby generating an enhanced-resolution image.

The invention discloses an elastic reverse time migration imaging method by combining seismic multi-component and belongs to the field of exploration geophysics. The method comprises the following steps: directly inputting seismic multi-component data; without performing the wave field separation on the input data, extrapolating forwards at inverse time based on an elastic wave equation; building an underground elastic vector seismic wave field by combining with multi-component; acquiring four elastic wave imaging results having specific physical significance, such as longitudinal wave, transverse wave, transition longitudinal wave and transition transverse wave, by applying an elastic wave cross-correlation imaging condition of lighting compensation; and suppressing the low wave number noise in the elastic reverse time migration by performing low-pass angle filtering, thereby acquiring an imaging result of final elastic wave migration. By directly inputting the seismic multi-component data and building the underground elastic vector seismic wave field by combining with multi-component, the method can be used for accurately imaging for complex earth medium.

A high tone image is saved in a versatile image file format to enhance usability. There are provided an imaging unit that images an original image having a predetermined dynamic range, which is a ratio between minimum luminance and maximum luminance; a synthesized image generating part that generates a synthesized image data that is higher in tone than a tone width of the original image by synthesizing a plurality of original images imaged under different imaging conditions at the same observation position; a display unit that displays the images imaged by the imaging unit; a tone conversion part that converts the synthesized image data generated by the synthesized image generating part to low tone image data having a tone width capable of being displayed on the display unit; and a tone data saving part that generates a high tone data-attached display file including a high tone image region for saving the synthesized image data serving as a basis as an image file for saving the low tone image data.

An imaging device includes an imaging section including an imaging sensor section of a rolling shutter system, a condition designator that sets an imaging condition using first auxiliary light which is non-visible light as an imaging condition for the imaging section and an imaging condition using visible light with the first auxiliary light as non-emitted light, and alternately designates the imaging condition and a light emission condition of the first auxiliary light at a cycle of at least two frames in a time division basis, a first light emitter that emits the first auxiliary light according to the light emission condition; and an image composer that composes a non-visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the first auxiliary light during a first period in which the first auxiliary light is emitted and a visible light image captured by the imaging section under the imaging condition using the visible light during a second period subsequent to the first period.

A calibration algorithm is provided for calibrating a machine vision system including a color camera, a framegrabber and an illumination source wherein subsequently acquired images are processed on a pixel-by-pixel basis. After framegrabber offsets are measured to obtain initial or offset calibration data, the camera is pointed at a target monotone patch of known reflectance such as pure white and the camera outputs for red, green and blue are determined while observing the monotone patch to obtain spatial calibration data. The gain for each of the output channels of the color camera is automatically determined from the initial calibration data. Applying the three gain factors to a subsequent image on the pixel-by-pixel basis allows one to end up with a color-corrected image without incurring any time performance penalty. At any time during an inspection process, a small area of white reflectance can be observed. The resulting dynamic white calibration data is used to correct for any medium to long term temporal variation in imaging conditions.

An endoscope unit includes a sequence pattern setting section in which a combination of sequence pattern which includes a plurality of parameters, each corresponding to imaging conditions of the image sensor on a frame-by-frame basis according to the type of the light source and control signal is set, an imaging condition setting section in which imaging conditions corresponding to each parameter are set, and an imaging control section that obtains the sequence pattern based on a control signal outputted from a control section of a processor unit, reads out the imaging conditions corresponding to each parameter included in the sequence pattern from the imaging condition setting section, and controls the imaging operation of the image sensor on a frame-by-frame basis based on the imaging conditions.

A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit configured by arranging plural unit pixels including charge generating units and output transistors that output processing object signals corresponding to charges generated by the charge generating units, an imaging-condition determining unit that determines whether a large light-amount imaging condition, when an amount of light larger than that of light representing a saturation level is made incident on the charge generating units, is satisfied, and a control unit that performs control, on condition that the imaging-condition determining unit determines that the large light-amount imaging condition is satisfied, to correct an output signal based on processing object signals outputted from the unit pixels such that a harmful effect due to the large light-amount imaging condition is suppressed in the output signal.

An image file arrangement for identifying image defects in a plurality of imaged documents, where each imaged document includes at least one image rendition. The image file arrangement comprises an image quality flag file having a record entry for each of the plurality of imaged documents that has at least one image rendition with at least one identified image defect, wherein each record entry includes information about the at least one identified image condition for the least one flagged image rendition and an image index file including an image index file record for each imaged document, wherein for each imaged document having at least one image rendition having at least one identified image defect, the image index file record for that document includes a reference to the corresponding image quality flag file record and the image quality flag file record includes a reference to the corresponding image index file record.

A apparatus for obtaining an image of a blood cell is described, a representative one of which includes image obtainer for obtaining an image of a predetermined blood cell in a blood sample smeared on a sample holder; an analysis result obtainer for obtaining an analysis result of the blood sample; and a controller for controlling the image obtainer such that the image obtainer obtains the image under a first imaging condition when the analysis result does not indicate a presence of a predetermined anomalous cell, and obtains the image under a second imaging condition to be different from the first imaging condition when the analysis result indicates the presence of the predetermined anomalous cell.

The invention is a biometric system based on iris texture analysis, which overcomes the defects in the prior art that lack the support of iris image quality analysis mechanism and cannot complete the evaluation of iris texture image quality. The invention acquires iris texture images, automatically locates iris, evaluates and analyzes the quality of iris texture images, automatically tracks and detects living iris, standardizes polar coordinate transformation of iris analysis area, demodulates and expresses iris texture features, and generates feature code IrisID by quantization coding. Encoding IrisID similarity measurement, similarity measurement judgment and other steps are realized. The invention realizes the basic characteristic requirements of an ideal system: automaticity, non-invasiveness, friendly man-machine operation interface and high-quality imaging image; no correlation between geometric affine transformation and nonlinear affine deformation; no dependence on external imaging conditions ; Random probability distribution coding; High-precision false acceptance rate and false rejection rate performance.