Method and apparatus for digital data compression
In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is provided. Briefly, a self-adaptive feedback schem... Read More
Inventors: Persiantsev, Michael I.; Gubbi, Rajugopal R.; Harwood, Joseph D.;, Assignee: Sharewave, Inc. (El Dorado Hills, CA) |
Method and apparatus for digital data compression
In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is provided. Briefly, a self-adaptive feedback schem... Read More
Inventors: Persiantsev, Michael I.; Gubbi, Rajugopal R.; Harwood, Joseph D.;, Assignee: Sharewave, Inc. (El Dorado Hills, CA) |
Method and apparatus for digital data compression
In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is provided. Briefly, a self-adaptive feedback schem... Read More
Inventors: Persiantsev, Michael I.;, Assignee: Sharewave, Inc. (El Dorado Hills, CA) |
Method and apparatus for digital data compression
In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the quality of digital images recovered from compressed data in an inter-frame redundancy-removing scheme is provided. Briefly, a self-adaptive feedback schem... Read More
Inventors: Persiantsev, Michael I.; Gubbi, Rajugopal R.; Harwood, Joseph D.;, Assignee: Sharewave, Inc. (El Dorado Hills, CA) |
Method and apparatus for reducing noise during lossy transformation processes
Processing digital information made up of a plurality of n-bit samples is performed by raising each n-bit value to an x-bit value, x being greater than n. The x-bit values represent mid-band values, w... Read More
Inventors: Persiantsev, Michael I.; Gubbi, Rajugopal R.;, Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Austin, TX) |
Image pickup device suitable for dimensional measurement image pickup equipment including a vernier pixel array
With the above-mentioned circumstances in view, an object of this invention is to provide an image pickup device capable of measuring the dimension of an object to be measured having a dimension finer... Read More
Inventors: Fukatsu, Yasushi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Manual bar code scanner with improved reliability
The present invention overcomes the deficiencies in the art by providing a manual bar code scanner that scans the bar code multiple times in one pass. This is accomplished by providing three sensors a... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Seung Kil;, Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Image processing with anti-forgery function
What is claimed is: 1. An image discriminating apparatus which is independently arranged from an image processing apparatus for processing input image information and outputting the processed informat... Read More
Inventors: Udagawa, Yutaka; Funada, Masahiro; Ohta, Ken-ich; Takaragi, Yoichi; Kitamura, Toshiyuki; Ohta, Eiji;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Card recording medium, certifying method and apparatus for the recording medium, forming system for recording medium, enciphering system, decoder therefor, and recording medium
An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic card ID information enciphering system in which ID information to be recorded/printed on a magnetic card is made both in the form of magneti... Read More
Inventors: Takai, Kazuhito; Fujihara, Shiro;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Biometric based multi-party authentication
In view of the above discussion, it is an object of the present invention to provide improved security in multi-party authentication/verification systems. These and other objects of the present invent... Read More
Inventors: Matyas, Jr., Stephen Michael; Peyravian, Mohammad; Roginsky, Allen Leonid; Zunic, Nevenko;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Message digest instructions
OF THE INVENTION The message digest instructions discussed herein are for computing a condensed representation of a message or data file. The compute intermediate message digest and the compute last ... Read More
Inventors: Lundvall, Shawn D.; Smith, Sr., Ronald M.; Yeh, Phil Chi-Chung;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
X-ray radiography method and system
When a chest is imaged several times, generally the shape of the heart differs in a plurality of images due to pulse of the heart and therefore also positions of the mediastinum and the lungs differ. ... Read More
Inventors: Baba, Rika; Ueda, Ken; Yokouchi, Hisatake; Umetani, Keiji; Onodera, Yoichi;, Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Phantom and method for evaluating calcium scoring
There is therefore provided, in one embodiment, a method for evaluating substance scoring, the scoring based on imaging system-generated images of an object having regions of interest due to possible ... Read More
Inventors: Acharya, Kishore C.; Heinold, Thad A.;, Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC (Waukesha, WI) |
Extending dynamic range of stored image database
In accordance with the present invention, the above discussed problem is solved by extending the dynamic range of the digitized image database, so as to permit a variation or shifting of the encoded p... Read More
Inventors: Madden, Thomas E.; Giorgianni, Edward J.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
System and method for color space conversion
The present invention is directed to a system and method for converting a color from a first color space to a second color space through the use of an extended second color space. The extended second ... Read More
Inventors: Pritchett, Scott K.;, Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Strategy for pictorial digital image processing
I claim: 1. A method of pictorial digital image processing comprising the steps of: providing an original image; gathering preliminary information; constructing one or more of an image-dependent flare... Read More
Inventors: Holm, Jack M.;, Assignee: |
Using a residual image to represent an extended color gamut digital image
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the limitations of the prior art by permitting the storage of images in a color space having a limited color gamut, while retaining the extended co... Read More
Inventors: McCarthy, Ann L.; Spaulding, Kevin E.; Giorgianni, Edward J.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Lithium ion-containing organic electrolyte
What is claimed is: 1. A solvent-electrolyte for use in a lithium electrodeposition process comprising an ionizable solute of lithium fluoroborate dissolved in a solvent mixture of methylene chloride ... Read More
Inventors: Louzos, Demetrios V.; Brodd, Ralph J.;, Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation (New York, NY) |
Document separating apparatus and method
The present invention provides a way to use the same machine for new currency and other stiff documents and for old limp currency without adjustment or at least with only minor adjustment which is muc... Read More
Inventors: McInerny, George P.;, Assignee: Technitrol, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA) |
Cash accounting system
The present invention has, accordingly, for its essential object to provide an improved cash accounting system substantially free from the above discussed disadvantages and inconveniences inherent in ... Read More
Inventors: Nishimura, Katsuji;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Bill acceptance control method
It is an object of the invention to eliminate the above described disadvantage of the prior art device by providing a bill acceptance control method and a bill accepting system according to which a de... Read More
Inventors: Akagawa, Masaki; Onda, Hideaki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Coinco (Tokyo, JP) |
Optical character reading apparatus with sorter
The present invention has been contrived in consideration of these circumstances, and its object is to provide an optical character reading apparatus, in which a transfer path for slips is so short th... Read More
Inventors: Obara, Tadashi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Automatic bill collecting method in automatic teller machine
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic bill collecting method in an automatic teller machine that affects customer transactions to the smallest possible degree, while preventing... Read More
Inventors: Ito, Michiro; Kimizu, Naoki;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Chuba Hitachi Electric Co., Ltd. (Aich, JP) |
Bank note handling system for strictly controlling the resupplying of bank note cassettes
It is an object of the present invention to provide a bank note handling system which can operate strict control over the resupplying of bank note cassettes with bank notes for depositing and dispensi... Read More
Inventors: Kawamura, Shigemi; Yamauchi, Masahide;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for validating a paper-like piece
It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a method and an apparatus for validating a paper-like piece capable of performing accurate validation and collation taking into account the part... Read More
Inventors: Yoshihara, Kenzo;, Assignee: Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Magnetic facing system
One object of our invention is to provide a system for arranging all of the notes of a plurality with the same side up. Another object of our invention is to provide a currency note facing system whic... Read More
Inventors: Mikkelsen, John M.; Gross, Thomas C.;, Assignee: Brandt, Inc. (Bensalem, PA) |
Paper money processor
It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper money processor which employs a single motor for the purpose of transporting an inserted paper money and driving pushing means while prevent... Read More
Inventors: Ishida, Takeshi; Yasuda, Shigeru; Yoshitake, Seiji;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux (Tokyo, JP) |
Universal currency acceptor
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to various figures of the drawings where like reference numerals refer to like parts there is shown at 20 in FIG. 1, an acceptor apparatus or device for val... Read More
Inventors: Mays, David S.; Blevins, Robert E.;, Assignee: Diversified Technologies, Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) |
Document handler
The present invention solves this problem by providing that the mass of the assembly comprising the shutter and its actuating components (and other components which can move with the shutter) is distr... Read More
Inventors: Garcia Tinoco, Jaime G.;, Assignee: |
Bill processor
It is accordingly that the first object of the present invention is to provide a bill processor having a small dimension in the depth direction. The first object is attained by the bill processor of t... Read More
Inventors: Hatamachi, Tadashi; Kasuya, Toshihiko; Kodama, Yasuyuki; Yamamoto, Makoto; Mikami, Mitsugu; Hayashi, Yukichi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux (JP) |
Image Analysis 
