| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7856466 |
Information processing apparatus and method for solving simultaneous linear equations |
December 21, 2010 |
| First, calculations to solve a given set of simultaneous linear equations are performed using a conjugate gradient method and it is determined, each time the calculations are iterated, whether or not the calculations diverge. If it is determined that the calculations diverge, the initial |
| 7610169 |
Regression analysis apparatus and method |
October 27, 2009 |
| A variance-covariance matrix of a matrix having a combination of multivariate data and objective variables is obtained, and multiple eigenvalues and their corresponding eigenvectors are calculated by eigenvalue decomposition of the variance-covariance matrix. Accumulated contribution |
| 6898326 |
Image processing apparatus and method |
May 24, 2005 |
| A transformation unit 102 transforms an entered image to multi-resolution space. A quantizer 105 performs vector quantization on a local pattern of an image of a multi-resolution representation. A perspective-order calculating unit 107 extracts a plurality of code words, positions co |
| 6578031 |
Apparatus and method for retrieving vector format data from database in accordance with similari |
June 10, 2003 |
| A list of data of a database arranged in an order of a value of each component of a vector is formed for each component. For each component sequentially selected from base indexes, a pointer indicating data in an ascending order of a difference between data in the list and a test data |
| 6493031 |
Visual information processing method and apparatus for extracting feature quantities from a two- |
December 10, 2002 |
| A visual information processing method and apparatus for acquiring and processing visual information by successively changing the amount of visual information entered with regard to a desired target position in space, reading image data at each position at which an image is formed and |
| 6466692 |
Method and apparatus for processing visual information |
October 15, 2002 |
| A 2D image supplied from an image input unit including a wide view lens is sampled into a discrete form by an array sensor, and then mapped to a multi-resolution space by a 2D filter. The feature of the supplied image is detected, and then the mapped image is transformed to a local patte |
| 6347315 |
Method and apparatus for selecting and utilizing one of computers or databases |
February 12, 2002 |
| In an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of computer systems, an input interpreter separates an input character string from a user into commands and parameters, and a first degree of similarity calculating unit calculates the degree of similarity |
| 6338060 |
Data processing apparatus and method for outputting data on the basis of similarity |
January 8, 2002 |
| In order to output a predetermined number of candidate data elements similar to an inquiry vector from a set of data in a vector form stored in a database, a list of data in which data of a database is arranged in a descending order of the intensity of one component of a vector is create |
| 6334129 |
Data processing apparatus and method |
December 25, 2001 |
| A data processing apparatus for extracting, from a set of data having a vector format stored in a database, a first prescribed number of items of data having a high degree of similarity with a query vector includes a list creation unit and a candidate output unit. The list creation unit |
| 6198847 |
Apparatus and method for recognizing a nonuniformly sampled pattern |
March 6, 2001 |
| In a pattern recognition apparatus, light from an original on which a pattern to be recognized is depicted is focused by an optical system. The focused image is sampled by a two-dimensional array sensor. The pattern depicted on the original is recognized based on a multiresolution partia |
| 6115480 |
Method and apparatus for processing visual information |
September 5, 2000 |
| A 2D image supplied from an image input unit including a wide view lens is sampled into a discrete form by an array sensor, and then mapped to a multi-resolution space by a 2D filter. The feature of the supplied image is detected, and then the mapped image is transformed to a local patte |
| 5917943 |
Image processing apparatus and method |
June 29, 1999 |
| A transformation unit 102 transforms an entered image to multi-resolution space. A quantizer 105 performs vector quantization on a local pattern of an image of a multi-resolution representation. A perspective-order calculating unit 107 extracts a plurality of code words, positions co |
| 5502710 |
Recording bit extraction by calculating curvature of pixels in scanning probe microscope |
March 26, 1996 |
| An image information processing apparatus for processing image information includes a total curvature calculating unit, mean curvature calculating unit, a logical product computing unit and a median filter. A total curvature at each pixel of the image information is calculated by the |
| 5481521 |
Information recording and reproducing apparatus utilizing a tunneling current or interatomic for |
January 2, 1996 |
| An information recording and reproducing apparatus for reproducing information recorded on a recording medium by two-dimensionally scanning the surface of the recording medium with a probe electrode includes a detector to detect data indicative of the surface information of the recor |
