| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7620208 |
System and method for detecting features from images of vehicles |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method of detecting a feature of a vehicle in an image of a vehicle includes providing a digitized image of a vehicle, providing a first filter mask over a first subdomain of the image, where the filter mask is placed to detect a feature in the image, calculating a function of a gr |
| 7616807 |
System and method for using texture landmarks for improved markerless tracking in augmented real |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method of tracking a pose of a moving camera includes receiving a first image from a camera, receiving a sequence of digitized images from said camera, recording, for each of said sequence of digitized images, the pose and 2D correspondences of landmarks, reconstructing a location and |
| 7613638 |
Automated systems and methods to support electronic business transactions for spare parts |
November 3, 2009 |
| Systems and methods are provided for implementing electronic business applications for managing and selling spare parts, wherein electronic catalogs of spare parts are used to present static and/or real-time spare parts data from disparate backend data sources in a uniform, integrated |
| 7605826 |
Augmented reality guided instrument positioning with depth determining graphics |
October 20, 2009 |
| There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. At least one graphics proximity marker is determined for indicating a proximity of a predetermined portion of an instrument to a target. The at least one graphics proximity marker is rendered such that th |
| 7602941 |
Component fusion for face detection |
October 13, 2009 |
| A system and method for object detection are provided where the system includes a component detection unit for detecting components in an image, a component fusion unit in signal communication with the component detection unit for fusing the components into an object, and a CPU in si |
| 7593547 |
Video-based encroachment detection |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method and system for video-based encroachment detection are provided, the method including receiving first and second images, modeling a background from the first image, subtracting the background from the second image to provide a detection map, calibrating the size of an object |
| 7590273 |
Estimation of solitary pulmonary nodule diameters with a hybrid segmentation approach |
September 15, 2009 |
| A method for estimating a diameter of an object of interest, includes extracting a sub-volume of voxels around a marker identifying a location of the object of interest, and determining a segmentation result identifying an edge of the object of interest by a reactive-diffusion method |
| 7574019 |
Method for scene modeling and change detection |
August 11, 2009 |
| A method for dynamic scene modeling and change detection applicable to motion analysis utilizes optical flow for capturing and modeling the dynamics of the scene. Uncertainties in the measurements are evaluated and utilized in order to develop a robust representation of the scene in |
| 7567878 |
Evaluating anomaly for one class classifiers in machine condition monitoring |
July 28, 2009 |
| A method for monitoring machine conditions provides additional information using a one-class classifier in which an evaluation function is learned. In the method, a distance is determined from an anomaly measurement x to a boundary of a region R.sub.1 containing all acceptable measuremen |
| 7565262 |
Bayesian sensor estimation for machine condition monitoring |
July 21, 2009 |
| A method for monitoring a system includes receiving a set of training data. A Gaussian mixture model is defined to model a probability distribution for a particular sensor of the system from among a plurality of sensors of the system based on the received training data. The Gaussian |
| 7555046 |
Method and system for searching and verifying magnitude change events in video surveillance |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method for detecting events in a video sequence includes providing a video sequence, sampling the video sequence at regular intervals to form a series of snapshots of the sequence, measuring a similarity of each snapshot, measuring a similarity change between successive pairs of sn |
| 7552035 |
Method to use a receiver operator characteristics curve for model comparison in machine conditio |
June 23, 2009 |
| A method to use a receiver operator characteristics curve for model comparison in machine condition monitoring. The method and systems of using this method may be used to evaluate different monitoring models. These models may be used to monitor a variety of different systems such as |
| 7536050 |
Using graph cuts for editing photographs |
May 19, 2009 |
| An image editing system comprises an input device for inputting an image, a graphical user interface for selecting background and object seeds for the image, and an image processor for editing the image. The image processor has various editing routines, including a segmentation routine |
| 7526414 |
Density morphing and mode propagation for Bayesian filtering |
April 28, 2009 |
| A system and method for modeling a dynamic system using Bayesian filtering, includes a prediction module to predict a state model of the dynamic system, the prediction module generates a prediction density having at least one mode, the state model includes a conditional density funct |
| 7526140 |
Model-based localization and measurement of miniature surface mount components |
April 28, 2009 |
| A system and method for object inspection includes an object modeler; an iterative object segmentor in signal communication with the object modeler for receiving an input image and model parameters and producing a segmented image; a moment transformer in signal communication with the |
| 7524061 |
System and method for robust optic disk detection in retinal images using vessel structure and r |
April 28, 2009 |
| A method for optic disk detection in retinal images, includes: extracting a vessel tree from a retinal image; locating an optic disk in the retinal image using the vessel tree; enhancing a contrast of the optic disk; removing vessels from the contrast enhanced optic disk; detecting a |
| 7512250 |
System and method for fast illumination-invariant background subtraction using two views |
March 31, 2009 |
| A method for eliminating errors in foreground object detection in digitized images comprises providing a reference camera and a secondary camera, vertically aligning each said camera with a baseline that is approximately perpendicular to a ground plane, wherein said reference camera |
| 7508979 |
System and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors |
March 24, 2009 |
| A system and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors is disclosed. In the training stage, pairs of images taken simultaneously from a pair of stereo cameras are received and components in each pair of images are identified. Features are associated with each |
| 7499570 |
Illumination invariant change detection |
March 3, 2009 |
| A system and method for illumination invariant change detection are provided, the system including a processor, an energy ranking unit in signal communication with the processor for extracting block coefficients for the first and second images and computing an energy difference respo |
| 7484128 |
Inducing diversity in replicated systems with software rejuvenation |
January 27, 2009 |
| A computer-implemented method for triggering a software rejuvenation system or method in a computer-system including a plurality of replicates includes receiving a request for resources at a first replicate, determining an estimated response time to the request for resources, and det |
| 7481368 |
Systems, devices, and methods for managing RFID data |
January 27, 2009 |
| Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a database table comprising a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records comprising an identification of an object, and an identification of a particular location of the object, each particular location of the object automatically de |
| 7480893 |
Rule-based system and method for checking compliance of architectural analysis and design models |
January 20, 2009 |
| A method for extracting requirements of an architectural software model comprises providing a use case model as a directed graph of the architectural software model comprising nodes corresponding to use cases and relations between nodes, and creating, automatically, a tree comprising |
| 7480079 |
System and method for sequential kernel density approximation through mode propagation |
January 20, 2009 |
| A system and method for sequential kernel density approximation uses mode propagation to determine mode locations by the mean-shift method and reduce the generated modes. Hessians are calculated corresponding to the mode locations to determine the covariance. Density is approximated to |
| 7475292 |
System and method for triggering software rejuvenation using a customer affecting performance me |
January 6, 2009 |
| A computer-implemented method for triggering a software rejuvenation system and/or method includes receiving a plurality of requests for resources, determining to take a sample of the requests with a probability, determining an estimated average response time to the sample of the req |
| 7474756 |
System and method for non-square blind source separation under coherent noise by beamforming and |
January 6, 2009 |
| A system and method for non-square blind source separation (BSS) under coherent noise. The system and method for non-square BSS estimates the mixing parameters of a mixed source signal and filters the estimated mixing parameters so that output noise is reduced and the mixed source si |
| 7466841 |
Method for traffic sign detection |
December 16, 2008 |
| A method for detecting and recognizing at least one traffic sign is disclosed. A video sequence having a plurality of image frames is received. One or more filters are used to measure features in at least one image frame indicative of an object of interest. The measured features are |
| 7457674 |
System, device, and methods for updating system-monitoring models |
November 25, 2008 |
| A system for updating a plurality of monitoring models is provided. The system includes a model association module that, for each of a plurality of monitored systems determines, an association between a particular monitored system and at least one of a plurality of estimation models. |
| 7457436 |
Real-time crowd density estimation from video |
November 25, 2008 |
| A system and method for automated and/or semi-automated analysis of video for discerning patterns of interest in video streams. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is directed to identifying patterns of interest in indoor settings. In one aspect, the present invention deals |
| 7454386 |
Learning management server using Bayesian methods for adaptive hypermedia |
November 18, 2008 |
| A learning management system includes a content storage unit for storing learning content, a user modeling unit in signal communication with the content storage unit and having a user model, a personalization unit in signal communication with the content storage unit for personalizing th |
| 7447333 |
Video and audio monitoring for syndromic surveillance for infectious diseases |
November 4, 2008 |
| We present, in exemplary embodiments of the present invention, novel systems and methods for syndromic surveillance that can automatically monitor symptoms that may be associated with the early presentation of a syndrome (e.g., fever, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sniffling, rashes |
| 7446798 |
Real-time obstacle detection with a calibrated camera and known ego-motion |
November 4, 2008 |
| A method and system of real-time obstacle detection from a moving vehicle is provided. The method and system use a calibrated image capturing device. The method and system use a motion estimation technique to pick points with reliable image motion flows, and performs very fast sparse |
| 7437006 |
Error propogation and variable-bandwidth mean shift for feature space analysis |
October 14, 2008 |
| The present invention comprises using error propagation for building feature spaces with variable uncertainty and using variable-bandwidth mean shift for the analysis of such spaces, to provide peak detection and space partitioning. The invention applies these techniques to construct |
| 7436980 |
Graphical object models for detection and tracking |
October 14, 2008 |
| A computer implemented method for object detection includes providing a spatio-temporal model for an object to be detected, providing a video including a plurality of images including the object, and measuring the object as a collection of components in each image. The method further |
| 7428337 |
Automatic design of morphological algorithms for machine vision |
September 23, 2008 |
| The present invention provides a technique for automated selection of a parameterized operator sequence to achieve a pattern classification task. A collection of labeled data patterns is input and statistical descriptions of the inputted labeled data patterns are then derived. Classi |
| 7424153 |
Shape priors for level set representations |
September 9, 2008 |
| This invention relates to shape priors for level set representations. An embodiment of the invention comprises a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, a shape model can be built directly on level set space using a collection of samples. The shape model can be constructed |
| 7421415 |
Methods and systems for 3D object detection using learning |
September 2, 2008 |
| In a method of 3D object detection, a learning procedure is used for feature selection from a feature set based on an annotated image-volume database, generating a set of selected features. A classifier is built using a classification scheme to distinguish between an object location |
| 7418305 |
Method of generating a component of a component-based automation system |
August 26, 2008 |
| A computer-implemented method for generating a description of a component of an automation system comprises describing the component as a plurality of inputs and outputs, generating a vendor-independent component description file based on a description of the component as the plurality |
| 7392181 |
System and method for nonlinear signal enhancement that bypasses a noisy phase of a signal |
June 24, 2008 |
| A system and method for nonlinear signal enhancement is provided. The method comprises: performing a linear transformation on a measured signal comprising a source component and a noise component; determining a modulus of the linear transformed signal; estimating a noise-free part of |
| 7379077 |
Augmented and virtual reality guided instrument positioning using along-the-line-of-sight alignm |
May 27, 2008 |
| There is provided a method for augmented reality guided instrument positioning. A viewpoint is established, from which a line of sight to a point on a target defines a path for an instrument to follow during a positioning of the instrument to the point on the target. The instrument i |
| 7374103 |
Object localization |
May 20, 2008 |
| A computer-implemented method for object localization includes providing a plurality of tags having fixed positions within an environment and known identifications, and providing a reader, for detecting the tags and reading the identifications, wherein the reader detects a plurality of |
| 7370061 |
Method for querying XML documents using a weighted navigational index |
May 6, 2008 |
| A technique for optimizing the archival and management of data stored as XML documents is capable of handling mixed data including highly structured data and unstructured data. The technique maps the structured data to a relational database while storing the unstructured data in its |
| 7346385 |
Method and apparatus for needle placement and entry point determination in percutaneous procedur |
March 18, 2008 |
| A method for determining the best entry point for a percutaneous procedure, such as with a biopsy needle, comprises selecting first and second arbitrary entry points on a patient; determining the three dimensional (3-D) orientation of the needle at the first arbitrary entry point for |
| 7336803 |
Method for scene modeling and change detection |
February 26, 2008 |
| A method for dynamic scene modeling and change detection applicable to motion analysis utilizes optical flow for capturing and modeling the dynamics of the scene. Uncertainties in the measurements are evaluated and utilized in order to develop a robust representation of the scene in |
| 7321386 |
Robust stereo-driven video-based surveillance |
January 22, 2008 |
| A method of tracking an object comprises providing a plurality of cameras, determining an image from each camera, and determining a common plane in the images. The method further comprises determining a parallax for scene points across the images, incorporating the parallax as a feature |
| 7305612 |
Systems and methods for automatic form segmentation for raster-based passive electronic document |
December 4, 2007 |
| Systems and methods for automatically extracting form information (document structure, elements, format, etc.) from electronic documents such as raster-based passive documents, and storing such form information in a file in accordance with a predetermined DTD (document type definitio |
| 7305317 |
Joint approach of out-of-range detection and fault detection for power plant monitoring |
December 4, 2007 |
| A joint approach of out-of-range detection and fault detection for power plant monitoring. The method initially determines whether a sensor is an independent sensor or a dependent sensor. If the sensor is an independent sensor, then an operating range is established for each independent |
| 7302066 |
Method for eliminating an unwanted signal from a mixture via time-frequency masking |
November 27, 2007 |
| A method is presented for eliminating an unwanted signal (e.g., background music, interference, etc.) from a mixture of a desired signal and the unwanted signal via time-frequency masking. Given a mixture of the desired signal and the unwanted signal, the goal of the present invention |
| 7299162 |
Method and apparatus for providing a polynomial based virtual age estimation for remaining lifet |
November 20, 2007 |
| A method for providing a virtual age estimation for predicting the remaining lifetime of a device of a given type, comprises the steps of monitoring a predetermined number of significant parameters of respective ones of a training set of devices of the given type, the parameters cont |
| 7298868 |
Density estimation-based information fusion for multiple motion computation |
November 20, 2007 |
| A fusion estimator is determined as the location of the most significant mode of a density function, which takes into account the uncertainty of the estimates to be fused. A mode detection method relies on mode tracking across scales. The fusion estimator is consistent and conservati |
| 7296239 |
System GUI for identification and synchronized display of object-correspondence in CT volume ima |
November 13, 2007 |
| Disclosed is a graphical user interface, comprising a plurality of main displays, each for displaying an image set, a user interactive system for receiving from a user a first location of an object-of-interest in one of said image sets, and a correlation system for finding and displaying |
