Patents
Patents for G06K 9 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints (160,016)
06/2004
06/24/2004US20040121065 chromogenic dye, organic acid developer, and a barrier;
06/24/2004US20040120606 Imaging method and system for determining an area of importance in an archival image
06/24/2004US20040120604 Skew detection
06/24/2004US20040120603 Enhancing the resolution of measurement systems employing image capturing systems to measure lengths
06/24/2004US20040120599 Detection and enhancement of backlit images
06/24/2004US20040120598 Blur detection system
06/24/2004US20040120596 Image processing apparatus, image processing program and image processing method
06/24/2004US20040120591 Method of transmitting selected regions of interest of digital video data at selected resolutions
06/24/2004US20040120589 Method and apparatus for providing resource-optimized delivery of web images to resource-constrained devices
06/24/2004US20040120586 Processor and processing method for an image signal, image display apparatus, generation apparatus and generation method for coefficient data used therein, program for executing each of these methods, and computer-readable medium recording the program
06/24/2004US20040120585 Method and apparatus for sending additional sideband information in a codestream
06/24/2004US20040120583 System and method for recognizing word patterns based on a virtual keyboard layout
06/24/2004US20040120582 Systems and methods for style conscious field classification
06/24/2004US20040120581 Method and apparatus for automated video activity analysis
06/24/2004US20040120578 Adaptive SEM edge recognition algorithm
06/24/2004US20040120574 Systems and method for automatically choosing visual characteristics to highlight a target against a background
06/24/2004US20040120572 Method for using effective spatio-temporal image recomposition to improve scene classification
06/24/2004US20040120571 Apparatus and methods for the inspection of objects
06/24/2004US20040120569 Progressive self-learning defect review and classification method
06/24/2004US20040120568 Method for assessing fit and alignment of a manufactured part
06/24/2004US20040120566 Compact storage of projection matrix for tomography using separable operators
06/24/2004US20040120564 Systems and methods for tomographic reconstruction of images in compressed format
06/24/2004US20040120562 Automated method for image analysis of residual protein
06/24/2004US20040120561 Image diagnosis supporting device
06/24/2004US20040120559 Methods and apparatus for contrast agent time intensity curve analyses
06/24/2004US20040120556 Personal identification system
06/24/2004US20040120555 Slap print segmentation system and method
06/24/2004US20040120554 System and method for real time lip synchronization
06/24/2004US20040120553 Device for contactless optical acquisition of biometric characteristics of at least one body part
06/24/2004US20040120548 Method and apparatus for tracking features in a video sequence
06/24/2004US20040120547 Method and system for image processing
06/24/2004US20040120399 Image processing apparatus and method
06/24/2004US20040119968 Compact image pickup module
06/24/2004US20040119851 Face recognition method, face recognition apparatus, face extraction method, and image pickup apparatus
06/24/2004US20040119724 Digital prepress masking tools
06/24/2004US20040119695 Optical pointing system, signal transmission method of the same, and signal processing method of computing apparatus used in the same
06/24/2004US20040118928 System and method for imaging and decoding optical codes using at least two different imaging settings
06/24/2004US20040118927 Miniature auto focus voice coil actuator system
06/24/2004US20040118920 System and method for verifying optical character recognition of optical code reads
06/24/2004US20040118916 System and method for verifying RFID reads
06/24/2004US20040118898 Spatial integration of pipeline datasets
06/24/2004DE10260186B3 Biometrischer Sensor Biometric Sensor
06/24/2004DE10258032A1 Bilderkennung und-beschreibung Image detection and description
06/24/2004CA2509580A1 Identifying critical features in ordered scale space
06/24/2004CA2509511A1 Methods and apparatus to count people appearing in an image
06/23/2004EP1431915A1 Parameter estimation apparatus and data collating apparatus
06/23/2004EP1431912A2 Method and system for determining an area of importance in an archival image
06/23/2004EP1431908A2 Non-iterative method of calculating image skew
06/23/2004EP1431907A1 Evaluation of the sharpness of an image of the iris of an eye
06/23/2004EP1431906A1 Determination of a sharpness index of a digital image
06/23/2004EP1431905A2 Biometric sensor
06/23/2004EP1431810A1 Method for automatic determination of colour correction data for the reproduction or digital images
06/23/2004EP1431120A1 Movable body circumstance monitoring apparatus
06/23/2004EP1430833A1 Fingerprint sensor
06/23/2004EP1430710A1 Image processing to remove red-eye features
06/23/2004EP1430446A1 Image processing method for appearance inspection
06/23/2004EP1430444A1 Concealed object recognition
06/23/2004EP1430438A2 Method for identifying and quantifying characteristics of seeds and other objects
06/23/2004EP1430381A1 Scanning electronic book
06/23/2004EP1198200A4 Intravascular ultrasonic analysis using active contour method and system
06/23/2004CN2621322Y Hand-held electronic integral machine for identity recognization and article handing-over
06/23/2004CN2621317Y Rolling fingerprint collecting instrument
06/23/2004CN1507657A Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
06/23/2004CN1507617A Learning apparatus, learning method, and robot apparatus
06/23/2004CN1506914A Self-supporting bank check selling device
06/23/2004CN1506905A Optical positioning system, signal transmitting method and signal processing method of computing apparatus
06/23/2004CN1506904A Method and device for scanning and copying 'image text' safely (and safe use of integral multifunctional machine)
06/23/2004CN1506903A Automatic fingerprint distinguishing system and method based on template learning
06/23/2004CN1506902A Setting method and distinguishing device for hidden anti-fake information in certificate
06/23/2004CN1154914C Method and system for distributing documents
06/23/2004CN1154892C Photo record medium and counterfeit detection equipment
06/22/2004US6754667 Content-based image retrieval system and method for retrieving image using the same
06/22/2004US6754589 System and method for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery
06/22/2004US6754560 Robot device, robot device action control method, external force detecting device and external force detecting method
06/22/2004US6754397 Method, software and devices for designing a scalable image (FIR) filter with integer coefficients
06/22/2004US6754390 Fusing outputs from multiple detection/classification schemes
06/22/2004US6754389 Program classification using object tracking
06/22/2004US6754387 Systems, method and program product for pattern information processing
06/22/2004US6754386 Method and system of matching ink processor and recognizer word breaks
06/22/2004US6754385 Ruled line extracting apparatus for extracting ruled line from normal document image and method thereof
06/22/2004US6754380 Method of training massive training artificial neural networks (MTANN) for the detection of abnormalities in medical images
06/22/2004US6754377 Methods and systems for marking printed documents
06/22/2004US6754375 Displaying rows and columns of spots including corner spot, receiving set of commands from user to select approximate location of corner spot to obtain pattern origin data, processing digital image and data to obtain grid pattern
06/22/2004US6754373 System and method for microphone activation using visual speech cues
06/22/2004US6754369 License plate reading apparatus and method
06/22/2004US6754368 Object recognition and tracking system
06/22/2004US6754367 Method and apparatus for automatically detecting intrusion object into view of image pickup device
06/22/2004US6754366 Method for determining if mail contains life harming materials
06/22/2004US6753981 Method for scanning a specific portion of document in flat-bed type multi-function product
06/22/2004US6753978 Higher order error diffusion of digital halftoning
06/22/2004US6753919 Fast focus assessment system and method for imaging
06/22/2004CA2289073C Information recorder/processor and equipment/system controller both provided with fingerprint sensor
06/17/2004WO2004051918A1 Watermarking digital representations that have undergone lossy compression
06/17/2004WO2004051656A1 Media handling system
06/17/2004WO2004051575A1 Characteristic region extraction device, characteristic region extraction method, and characteristic region extraction program
06/17/2004WO2004051570A2 Method for automatically defining regions of interest for matching and visualizing forensic images
06/17/2004WO2004051555A2 Method and apparatus for improved information transactions
06/17/2004WO2004051554A1 Biological growth plate scanner with automated image processing profile selection
06/17/2004WO2004051553A2 Face detection
06/17/2004WO2004051552A2 Face detection