| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7492944 |
Extraction and tracking of image regions arranged in time series |
February 17, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for effectively identifying the occlusion of objects, such as persons, having a high degree of freedom. In an example embodiment, after initialization, an image is input, and an image region is extracted from image data. The distance is employed that is obtained |
| 7313278 |
Content generation, extraction and distribution of image region segments from video images |
December 25, 2007 |
| The present invention provides methods for extracting an image region segment from a video image, a system for extracting an image region segment, a program for extracting an image region segment, a method for distributing an extracted video image, and a method for generating content |
| 7251364 |
Image processing method, image processing system and storage medium therefor |
July 31, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for effectively identifying the occlusion of objects, such as persons, having a high degree of freedom. In an example embodiment, after initialization, an image is input, and an image region is extracted from image data. The distance is employed that is obtained |
| 7231088 |
Method for team play analysis |
June 12, 2007 |
| The object of the invention is to extract from a moving picture and display at least a portion of team play, especially in a field sport, that is considered to be important for detailed analysis, so that the teamwork involved is easily discerned. A team play analysis apparatus compri |
| 7199798 |
Method and device for describing video contents |
April 3, 2007 |
| An object of the present invention is to provide a description method for efficiently representing contents of motion picture with a small data volume. The organization of the present invention (1) represents a trajectory of how each object has moved over time by using reference plan |
| 7072901 |
Index generation method, index generation apparatus, index addition system, and program and stor |
July 4, 2006 |
| An index generator that generates an index, which is data description contents, such as video contents, comprises: an index description device, for defining in advance basic index information concerning an index; a video display device for the input, the display or the output of contents |
| 6833849 |
Video contents access method that uses trajectories of objects and apparatus therefor |
December 21, 2004 |
| A method and an apparatus for using the trajectory of an object to access video contents, for example, to specify and display a specific video image scene. Such a video contents access method comprises the steps of: extracting objects from video contents; displaying movements of the |
| 6606412 |
Method for classifying an object in a moving picture |
August 12, 2003 |
| The invention provides a method for classifying the motion of an object such as a human being in a moving picture. A template is prepared in advance, which includes the Gabor wavelet expansion coefficients of an object image in a plurality of frames of a video image sequence represen |
| 5960119 |
Method of and system for encoding digital images |
September 28, 1999 |
| Edge information sensitive to a visual characteristic is efficiently stored, block artifacts are reduced, and highly efficient compression is accomplished by an image compressing method. The system encodes a digital image and includes: an image input for inputting the digital image; a |
| 5915046 |
System for and method of processing digital images |
June 22, 1999 |
| An encoding method is provided with which users can select picture quality and a quantity of data in multiple stages and with which an image of higher picture quality can be regenerated by scalable selection, i.e., by further adding data to compressed data that can be decoded. Image data |
| 5748868 |
Two-dimensional management pattern, information display tag, and image processing method and dev |
May 5, 1998 |
| An apparatus and method for efficiently displaying information for an object two-dimensionally. A two-dimensional pattern displayed in a two-dimensional tag comprises a first region consisting of a locational reference region that is square and located in the center of the first regi |
| 5525882 |
Method and system for maneuvering a mobile robot |
June 11, 1996 |
| A method and system for maneuvering a mobile robot are disclosed, which include a mobile robot having a plurality of sensors, including a sensor which detects the presence of an object and a sensor which detects image information related to the object. Utilizing data acquired by the |
