890 results about "Image processing software" patented technology

The system, method, and program of the invention captures actual physical gestures made by a participant during a chat room or instant messaging session or other real time communication session between participants over a network and automatically transmits a representation of the gestures to the other participants. Image processing software analyzes successive video images, received as input from a video camera, for an actual physical gesture made by a participant. When a physical gesture is analyzed as being made, the state of the gesture is also determined. The state of the gesture identifies whether it is a first occurrence of the gesture or a subsequent occurrence. An action, and a parameter for the action, is determined for the gesture and the particular state of the gesture. A command to the API of the communication software, such as chat room software, is automatically generated which transmits a representation of the gesture to the participants through the communication software.

A portable multispectral data acquisition system for use on a vehicle such as an aircraft comprises a plurality of gyroscope-stabilized remote sensing devices synchronized to simultaneously capture images of a common spatial area in both visible and invisible bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a computer and digital recorder to record and correlate the captured images with temporospatial reference information, image processing software to stack or layer the images and to extract and compare the images in order to identify and filter hidden or subsurface anomalies that are invisible to the naked eye, and additional image processing software to orthorectify the images to a three-dimensional digital terrain map and to stitch adjacent images together into a mosaic. Methods for using the portable multispectral data acquisition system are also provided.

The present invention provides a remote-head imaging system with a camera control unit capable of supporting multiple input devices. The camera control unit detects an input device to which it is connected and changes the camera control unit's internal functionality accordingly. Such changes includes altering clock timing, changing video output parameters, and changing image processing software. In addition, a user is able to select different sets of software program instructions and hardware configuration information based on the head that is attached. The remote-head imaging system utilizes field-programmable circuitry, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), in order to facilitate the change in configuration.

The image processing method applies image processing to an inputted image data. The method registers predetermined image processing conditions for each specific person in advance, extracts a person in the inputted image data, identifies the extracted person to find if the extracted person is the specific person and selects image processing conditions corresponding to the identified specific person to perform the image processing based on the selected image processing conditions. Amusement aspect in photography and image representation can be enhanced, and even inexperienced or unskilled persons in personal computer or image processing software can correct images.

A high-precision intelligent detection method for bridge diseases based on spatial position. The method comprising: collecting images based on the high-definition image acquisition system; importing the image data and position information data into image processing software to create a mosaic image of each part of the bridge; importing the prepared spliced image map into the bridge disease intelligent identification system; obtaining the corresponding position and bridge of the bridge disease in the three-dimensional model of the bridge; identifying the stitched image map to obtain the size of the disease after identifying the bridge disease image and locating the bridge disease. The high-precision intelligent detection method for bridge diseases based on spatial position realizes automatic collection and intelligent analysis of bridge inspection data, reduces the workload of the inspection technicians and improves the detection efficiency.

A method and system for creating three-dimensional models of implant-bearing dental arches, and other anatomical fields of view, employs three-dimensional scanning means to capture images of an anatomical field of view wherein there have been positioned (and preferably affixed to an anatomical feature) one or more three-dimensional recognition objects having a known geometry, such as a pyramid or a linked grouping of spheres. Image processing software is employed to locate and orient said recognition objects as reference data for stitching multiple images and thereby reconstructing the scanned field of view. Recognition objects placed in areas of low feature definition enhance the accuracy of three-dimensional modeling of such areas.

The invention is the basis of a computer graphics application that allows increased flexibility and creative freedom to the user. By keeping a hidden copy of the image being worked on, plus one or more special layers, the invention is able to offer the user the ability to erase past mistakes, directly apply image processing filters, and experiment with many different settings and options in a very quick and easy way.

The present invention relates to a system for automatically evaluating oxygen saturation of the optic nerve and retina, said system comprising: image capturing system further comprising: a fundus camera (26), a four wavelengths beam splitter (27), a digital image capturing device (28), a computer system, image processing software performing in real-time the steps of: registering set of multi-spectral images (1) by, binarizing the multi-spectral image (7), find the all the border regions of each image by finding the region including the straight line that passes the most number of points in the region (8), use the orientation of the borders to evaluate the orientation of each spectral image (9), equalize the orientation of each spectral image by rotating the spectral image (10), edge detect each spectral image (11), estimate the translation between the spectral images based on the edges of adjacent images (12), transform the images to a stack of registered images (13), locating blood vessels (2) in each of the multi-spectral images by, retrieving registered spectral images (14), for each spectral image, remove defective pixels (15), enhance image contrast (16), perform top-hat transform using structuring element larger than the largest vessel diameter (17), binarize each image (18), apply filter for smoothing the image (19), combine all the spectral images using binary AND operator (20), skeletonize the resulting image (21), prune the skeleton image (22), re-grow the pruned image (23), locate junction points (24), evaluating the width of the blood vessels (3) by calculating the normal vector to the vessel direction to, estimate the direction and position of the vessel profile, evaluate positions of vessel walls based on the vessel profile obtained, evaluate vessel width based on the position of the vessel walls, selecting samples for calculating optical density, calculating the optical density ratio (4), evaluating oxygen saturation level (5), and presenting the results (6), wherein presenting the results may include presenting numerical and visual representation of the oxygen saturation.

An imaging apparatus and method enables an automated extended depth of field capability that automates and simplifies the process of creating extended depth of field images. An embodiment automates the acquisition of an image “stack” or sequence and stores metadata at the time of image acquisition that facilitates production of a composite image having an extended depth of field from at least a portion of the images in the acquired sequence. An embodiment allows a user to specify, either at the time of image capture or at the time the composite image is created, a range of distances that the user wishes to have in focus within the composite image. An embodiment provides an on-board capability to produce a composite, extended depth of field image from the image stack. One embodiment allows the user to import the image stack into an image-processing software application that produces the composite image.

Embodiments of a computer system which determines information associated with documents are described. During operation, this computer system receives documents (such as images). Then, the computer system determines a first set of editing instructions and classification information associated with the documents using image-processing software. Next, the computer system receives a second set of editing instructions and classification information associated with the documents. Note that the second set of editing instructions and classification information are generated by a group of individuals and include modifications and additions to the first set of editing instructions and classification information.

The invention relates to a conveyor belt longitudinal-tearing online monitoring early warning device, which belongs to the online monitoring technical field of conveyor belts in coal mine enterprises. A charge coupled device (CCD) infrared camera is installed below the conveyor belt to collect a picture of the conveyor belt, the picture is collected by a picture collection card to a host computerwith picture processing software, characteristics of processed pictures are compared through the software, the picture of cracks and tearing on the surface of the conveyor belt is recognized, the length of the crack is calculated, the host computer is communicated with a programmable logic controller (PLC) to issue an alarm or to carry out stop operation according to a set threshold value of the length of the crack, and a distance from a malfunction point to a monitoring point is detected and calculated through a speed sensor. In order to resist the interference, a sealing cabin is used for sealing a device detection area, and a cold light source is used for the light filling. Due to the adoption of the early warning device, the possible tearing accident of the conveyor belt can be accurately detected in time. The conveyor belt longitudinal-tearing online monitoring early warning device has the advantages that: cost is low, reliability is high, practicability is strong, effective sound-light alarm can be executed to reduce the tear of the conveyor belt when the tearing degree is smaller, and emergency stop also can be realized when a sudden larger degree tear of the conveyor belt is detected.

The invention discloses a preoperative planning and surgery virtual reality simulation method of the minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The method comprises the steps that firstly, data from CT or MRI is preprocessed by means of the eFilm workstation medical image processing software, a normal image coordinate system is built, and medical images scanned by the CT, the MRI and PET are imported into a computer; the obtained two-dimensional medical images are reconstructed in a three-dimensional space to obtain three-dimensional images; the two-dimensional voxel-level medical images are imported into a Unity 3D engine, the conversion from the two-dimensional images to the three-dimensional images is conducted by the computer, and real-time dynamic three-dimensional images are generated; a surgery planning and simulation platform is built by means of the Unity 3D engine, virtual reality patient data is input, warning and reminding are conducted on wrong or risky operating steps, and meanwhile the simulation surgery effect of a doctor is assessed. According to the method, detailed preoperative planning and surgery simulation can be conducted through the virtual reality environment before a surgery.

The invention discloses a virtuality-reality head-mounted display equipment distortion parameter measuring method. According to the method, a screen is made to output a formwork drawing having a coordinate system, and a virtual image is captured by employing a camera instead of eyes; an image shot by the camera is processed through image processing software so as to correct self distortion of the camera, and a corresponding coordinate is extracted; through sampling a coordinate position of an original formwork drawing and a distorted coordinate position after lens imaging, a distortion parameter of certain single-color light is figured out; the screen is made to sequentially output coordinate formwork drawings of R, G and B three colors, the previous steps are repeated, and each distortion parameter of R, G and B is acquired. Through the method, on the basis of an actual imaging state of VR head-mounted display equipment, the virtual image is captured by employing the camera instead of the eyes, repeated debugging of the parameter can be avoided, moreover, developers are not required to have basic knowledge of optical design, so reliability or operation difficulty is better than a method determining the distortion parameter through theoretical simulation.

This invention proposes an identification system for license plates captured in low-quality motion video, such as accidental footage from security cameras, amateur video, cell phones, etc, including situations when the license plate number is completely unreadable. This is done by dividing the surface of the license plate into a pattern of segments assigned to a number of groups, each group possessing unique optical properties such as shading, reflectivity, IR absorption, etc. Taking advantage of the the varied light response among the segment groups, the pattern can encode identifying information, e.g. a binary sequence, which helps identify the vehicle. Using image processing software, this information can be decoded from low-quality video footage via an analysis of temporally correlated luminance levels. The system thus allows the identification of vehicles captured accidentally and under poor lighting conditions, as in the case of a security camera in a convenience store capturing the image of a vehicle fleeing a nearby crime scene.

This invention relates to a method and image processing apparatus for automatically correcting mis-orientation of medical images. One or more image processing software modules are used to extract (101) anatomical areas from the medical images. It is determined (103) whether the extracted anatomical areas correspond to reference anatomical areas, but the reference anatomical areas have associated thereto data indicating the orientation of the reference anatomical areas. If the extracted anatomical areas correspond with the reference anatomical areas, the true orientation of the extracted anatomical areas is determined (105) by realigning the medical image until the orientation of the extracted anatomical areas corresponds to the orientation of the reference anatomical areas.

An aquatic animal morphological character damage-free rapid measuring method belongs to the technical field of aquatic animal measuring methods, which is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: a standard graduated scale is laid beside the aquatic animal to be measured and a clear image is shot with a digital camera; the image is led into a computer image processing software to determine the ratio X between the unit length of the standard graduated scale and the correspondent image distance; correspondent frame measuring fixed points are selected on the image profile and the image distance L1 between the points measured is measured according to the measuring requirements of aquatic animal morphological characters of different types when the image size is kept unchangeable; the actual distance L0 between the points measured is calculated according to the computing formula that L0 is equal to X*L1. The measuring method realizes the rapid, accurate and damage-free measurement of the shapes of living aquatic animals, which has important meaning for improving the work efficiency of object aquatic animal morphological research and provides possibility for the measurement and tracing observation of the aquatic animal living body.

The invention relates to a large-caliber off-axis non-spherical measuring and calibration system, which comprises an interference instrument, a standard lens, two plane concave lenses, a right-angle reflection prism, a standard plane reflection mirror and an off-axis non-sphere to be measured or calibrated. Standard parallel light which is transmitted from the interference instrument is focused on a focus point of the off-axis non-sphere to be measured or calibrated through the standard lenses, then the standard parallel light becomes parallel light after being reflected by the off-axis non-sphere and is reflected back along the original light path through the standard plane reflection mirror, finally the surface shape of the large-caliber off-axis non-sphere is analyzed and processed by image processing software of the interference instrument so as to complete the measurement of the large-caliber off-axis non-sphere. Narrow beam which is also transmitted from the center of the interference instrument enters the first plane concave lens along the direction of the main light axis, the narrow beam enters the right-angle reflection prism after being transmitted, the narrow beam deflects 90 degrees after being reflected by the right-angle reflection prism to enter the second plane concave lens, the narrow beam is finally emitted through the lowest point and the highest point of the off-axis non-sphere surface vector, and the standard plane reflection mirror is moved, so the beam is returned along the original path, the center of each element can be ensured to stay on the same height, and the geometric parameter measurement and calibration of the large-diameter off-axis non-sphere can be completed according to the known conditions.

This invention relates to a bonding pad visual identifying and a positioning system of a soft laser ball-implantation machine, which installs a CCD camera on a fixed frame with an implanted ball head, the axel wire of the camera and the lens is parallel to the axle wire of the implanted ball head and get close to each other as much as possible under the condition not interfering each other, a ring LED light source is installed just under the lens to avoid the influence to late image process and system position accuracy after the surrounding light rays change, the camera is connected with an image collecting card in the PC set, the x-y shaft movement platform under the ball head is connected with the PC set via the movement controller, which can position the bonding pad and implant solder ball automatically or semi-automatically, send the image signals shot by the camera to the PC for memory after digitalized by the image collection card and the image process software processes and analyzes it to find out the center of the bonding pad, then the controller controls the x-y shaft motion platform to let the pad just under the ball head to finish the implantation.

The preparation process of skull repairing body of titanium alloy for cerebral neurosurgery and other fields is based on the CT image scanning of the patient, assembling the repairing body, data analysis in computer with common image processing software and reverse design software, reconstituting the 3D prototype of the patient head, designing the repairing body based on the 3D prototype, making the repairing body mold via the fast prototype system, and pressing the netted titanium plate based on the mold to form final repairing body. The present invention features the making of the repairing body mold via digital design technology, fast forming system with special curved surface and gradually forming method to press the netted titanium plate. The repairing body of the present invention has high precision, low cost, fast making process and other advantages.

The invention discloses a rapid forming production method of personalized customization concealed teeth correcting equipment. In order to solve the defects that the traditional metal tooth socket is not artistic, and is easy to wear the oral cavity, the invention discloses a novel concealed tooth socket production forming technology, and has the advantages of being short in production period, high in tooth socket precision and low in cost. According to the method, firstly, the oral cavity part of a patient is scanned with a three-dimensional scanner to obtain three-dimensional data of the oral cavity part, the three-dimensional data is input into image processing software, a tooth model is reconstituted, and a tooth model with a complex shape is rapidly prepared through a 3D printing technology. Tooth sockets in corresponding stages are prepared through an adsorption forming technology in combination with the tooth models in all stages, and the method has the advantages of high tightness in fitting and good package performance.

The invention discloses a stereoscopic vision based auxiliary walking device for blindmen and an auxiliary method thereof. The device comprises a binocular camera, a central processing module and a voice output module, wherein a left eye camera and a right eye camera of the binocular camera are connected with the central processing module, the central processing module has image processing software mainly used for barrier processing, traffic light processing and off-rod processing, and the output end of the central processing module is connected with the voice output module. When in use, the stereoscopic vision based auxiliary walking device for blindmen is worn on the head of a blindman, and after the stereoscopic vision based auxiliary walking device for blindmen is started up, the binocular camera is used for shooting images, the central processing module is used for carrying out road edge detection, barrier processing, traffic light process and off-road processing, the voice output module gives voice prompt according to processing results so as to help the blindman walk indoors and outdoors without barriers and pass rod junctions safely.