US 7729562 Method of detecting alignment error of lenses and compensating for image
A method of detecting the alignment error of lenses and reducing image distortion attributable to the alignment error in a lens-type 3-dimensional liquid crystal display monitor. A method of detecting the alignment error of lenses in a 3D display using a purpose-built test pattern image, which predicts the alignment error in such a way as to…
Provided are an apparatus, a method, a receiver, and a computer readable recording medium for time synchronization offset compensation. The apparatus includes an average time synchronization offset calculator, a reference clock frequency difference calculator, and a time synchronization offset compensator.
US 6827219 Satellite imagery data mining and extraction
A method of extracting a road from images photographed from an artificial satellite or aircraft, which includes a first step of calculating an orientation of an initial input coordinate after selection thereof, a second step of generating a template window which is inclined by the calculated orientation with respect to the initial input…
US 7953975 Method of generating anti-collusion fingerprint codes using (na,n2a−2,na−1,n …) GD-PBIBD
Disclosed herein is a method of generating anti-collusion fingerprint codes using a (na, n2a−2, na−1, n, 0, 1) GD-PBIBD. The fingerprint codes are generated using computer equipment that executes a program for executing a program for generating the fingerprint codes. The method includes step 1 of receiving an arbitrary prime number n and an…
US 6778981 Data querying and searching
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for similarity searches using hyper-rectangle based multidimensional data segmentation. The similarity search apparatus has MBR generation means, first sequence pruning means, second sequence pruning means, and subsequence finding means.
US 7068848 Method of Coding Image Data Using Region of Interest
A region of interest coding method based on the SPIHT algorithm, in which more bits are allocated with respect to a region of interest to quickly compress and restore an image, is provided. The region of interest coding method is applied to a multiple resolution coding operation. In the coding method, an image is coded using the SPIHT algorithm…
US 6311181 Multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram
Disclosed is a multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram information which the database query optimizer in a database management system uses to find the most efficient execution plan among all possible plans. The method includes the several steps to generate a large number of small-sized multi-dimensional histogram…
US 8108356 Method for Recovering Data in a Storage System
In one aspect of the invention, there is disclosed a recovery method in a storage system that integrates shadow page and deferred update techniques. Updates of a page in the buffer are not immediately reflected to the database, but are deferred until the transaction is committed. Instead, the updated buffer page is stored in the log volume in the…
A real-time simulation method and system for large deformations is provided in which the rotational component of an infinitesimal deformation is identified, and linear modal analysis is extended to track that component. Small rotations occurring at the nodal points are integrated. By implementing both position and orientation constraints, shape of…
US 7647214 Method for Simulating Stable but Non-Dissipative Water
A method for graphically simulating stable but non-dissipative water in real-time includes steps for modeling multiphase materials with grid of nodes, suppressing numerical dissipation for getting rid of loss of mass of material, and suppressing numerical diffusion for reducing dampening of the fluid motion of materials in liquid phase. The step…
US 7565276 Method of Simulating Detailed Movements of Fluids Using Derivative Particles
The method provides a new fluid simulation technique that significantly reduces the non-physical dissipation of velocity using particles and derivative information. In solving the conventional Navier-Stokes equations, the method replace the advection part with a particle simulation. When swapping between the grid-based and particle-based…
US 8108387 Method of detecting character string pattern at high speed using layered shift tables
A character string pattern matching method for detecting the presence of at least one of N (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) patterns in specific text shifts a detection location across text by a maximum shift length using single-byte character-based layered SHIFT tables, thereby increasing a pattern matching speed as compared…
US 8055490 Semi-lagrangian CIP Fluid Solver without Dimensional Splitting
A new constrained interpolation profile method, which is stable and accurate but requires less amount of computation.
PCT KR2009-002941 Micro Calorimeter Device with Improved Accuracy
A micro calorimeter device with improved accuracy having a new design based on a silicon nitride thin platform implemented with a Nano Electro-Mechanical System(NEMS) processing technology.
A method for graphical hairstyle generation presents an interactive technique that produces static hairstyles by generating individual hair strands of the desired shape and color, subject to the presence of gravity and collisions. A variety of hairstyles can be generated by adjusting the wisp parameters while the deformation is solved efficiently…
US 8504778 Multi-Core Active Memory Processor System
In general, the present invention relates to data cache processing. Specifically, the present invention relates to a system that provides reconfigurable dynamic cache which varies the operation strategy of cache memory based on the demand from the applications originating from different external general processor cores, along with functions of a…
US 7719274 Method of obtaining a magnetic resonance image in which the streak artifacts
A non-linear phase correction method is provided. For the non-linear phase correction method, image information is acquired by gradient echo echo planar imaging (EPI). Reference information is acquired by spin echo EPI. The image information is corrected based on the reference information.
Provided are an apparatus, a method, a receiver, and a computer readable recording medium for time synchronization offset compensation. The apparatus includes an average time synchronization offset calculator, a reference clock frequency difference calculator, and a time synchronization offset compensator.
US 6827219 Satellite imagery data mining and extraction
A method of extracting a road from images photographed from an artificial satellite or aircraft, which includes a first step of calculating an orientation of an initial input coordinate after selection thereof, a second step of generating a template window which is inclined by the calculated orientation with respect to the initial input…
US 7953975 Method of generating anti-collusion fingerprint codes using (na,n2a−2,na−1,n …) GD-PBIBD
Disclosed herein is a method of generating anti-collusion fingerprint codes using a (na, n2a−2, na−1, n, 0, 1) GD-PBIBD. The fingerprint codes are generated using computer equipment that executes a program for executing a program for generating the fingerprint codes. The method includes step 1 of receiving an arbitrary prime number n and an…
US 7949185 Method of performing robust auto white balance
Disclosed herein is a method of performing robust white balance. The method includes a first process of dividing an input image into blocks, a second process of selecting blocks having higher color errors, and calculating average RGB values of the selected blocks, a third process of selecting a specific top percentage of bright blocks, and…
US 6735391 Error correction and signal recovery in optical communications
The present invention relates to an automatic retrieval method of a wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) ring network to the normal state after recovery of a failure. More specifically, the present invention relates to an automatic retrieval method of a WDM ring network to the normal state after recovery of a failure by inducing a lasing by…
US 6748121 Interpolation of satellite imagery data
The present invention relates generally to interpolation methods for automatic generation of an accurate digital elevation model, and more particularly relates to intelligent interpolation methods for accurate extraction of 3-dimensional digital elevation models from satellite images, aerial photographs, or land surveying.
US 8408471 Authorizing the use of a biometric card
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for authorizing the use of a biometric transaction card. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a biometric card having a biometric sensor to determine whether the biometric information (fingerprint) is from human skin. In a typical embodiment, the…
US 6778981 Data querying and searching
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for similarity searches using hyper-rectangle based multidimensional data segmentation. The similarity search apparatus has MBR generation means, first sequence pruning means, second sequence pruning means, and subsequence finding means.
US 6947891 Efficient Speech Recognition System Bases on an Auditory Model
A speech recognition system that is insensitive to external noise and applicable to actual life includes an A/D converter that converts analog voice signals to digital signals. An FIR filtering section employs powers-of-two conversion to filter the digital signals converted at the A/D converter into numbers of channels. A characteristic extraction…
US 6963872 Adaptive Lock Escalation Based on the Concept of Unescalatable Locks
In this invention, we propose an adaptive lock escalation scheme that can significantly enhance the performance of the database management system under excessive lock requests. In existing lock escalation methods, under excessive lock requests, the system’s performance degrades abruptly even leading to a live halt in the worst case.
US 7068848 Method of Coding Image Data Using Region of Interest
A region of interest coding method based on the SPIHT algorithm, in which more bits are allocated with respect to a region of interest to quickly compress and restore an image, is provided. The region of interest coding method is applied to a multiple resolution coding operation. In the coding method, an image is coded using the SPIHT algorithm…
US 7127085 Image processing method for automatic image registration and correction
There is provided an image processing method for use in a computer system having a database for storing a reference image, control point chips (CP chips) of the reference image, and auxiliary data including geographic coordinates, incidence angles and orientation angles of the reference image and the CP chips, comprising the steps of (a) a CP chip…
US 7480061 3D shape measurement apparatus and method using stereo moiré technique
Disclosed herein is a 3D shape measurement method and apparatus using a stereo moiré technique. The 3D shape measurement method measures the 3D shape of an object to be measured using a digital pattern projector and first and second cameras. The method includes a first step of projecting a phase-shifted fringe pattern onto the object to be…
US 7730199 Method and System of Processing a Data Stream
Methods and systems of processing a data stream are disclosed. A developer may develop a service only by programming a Service Unit (SU) including a service logic (SL) and including a Service Unit Description Language (SUDL) file, so that the developer may not need to program complicated stream processing code, such as stream source connection…
US 7822920 Mass Prefetching Method for Disk Array
Disclosed herein is a mass prefetching method for disk arrays. In order to improve disk read performance for a non-sequential with having spatial locality as well as a sequential read, when a host requests a block to be read, all the blocks of the strip to which the block belongs are read.
US 7895188 Processing Method of Data Stream using Border Monitoring Query
The present invention relates to a processing method of data stream using Border Monitoring Query, and more particularly a monitoring method and a system for data streams which are a large volume of data and continuously generated such as financial ticker, GPS data or a ubiquitous sensor network (USN).
US 6891546 Cache Memory for 3-D Graphics
A cache memory for a texture mapping process which is applicable to a high performance three-dimensional graphics card for a personal computer, three-dimensional game machines and other fields requiring small and high performance three-dimensional graphics. In particular, in order to accelerate a texture mapping process based upon a hardware-used…
US 6714692 Image Scaling and Conversion
An image scaling method and apparatus converting an input image into an aimed image with suitable resolution for application, in the case that the input image and the aimed image are different in resolution, using continuous domain filtering and interpolation method. The invention utilizes domain filter of regular square type and generates filter…
US 6603475 Generation of 3-D Stereographic Images
A method for generating a three-dimensional stereographic image on the basis of a two-dimensional planar image for one eye and depth information of the image stored in the Z-buffer. The first two-dimensional image for one eye of a viewer is created by rendering a three-dimensional model. Color information and depth information of the first…
US 6505089 Rapid Prototyping with Variable Deposition of Material
To enhance accuracy of the size and the shape of manufactures, and to shorten the time of operation, there is provided a method for manufacturing a 3D model comprising steps of designing the 3D model and collecting shape data of the 3D model slicing the 3D model into several layers in height, dividing each of the layers into several sublayers so…
US 6360345 Decoding method of turbo codes using a weighted parallel type and device for the same
In a turbo decoder for code rate 1/n which consists of a decoding block, that is, n1 constituent decoders, n2 interleavers and n2 deinterleavers, one embodiment of a decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a first decoding process of sequentially decoding starting from a first constituent decoder among the n1 constituent…
US 6311181 Multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram
Disclosed is a multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram information which the database query optimizer in a database management system uses to find the most efficient execution plan among all possible plans. The method includes the several steps to generate a large number of small-sized multi-dimensional histogram…
US 8010880 Forward Error Correction Decoder and Method thereof
Provided are a forward error correction decoder and a method thereof. The method comprises: generating mapping information on a location of a symbol; deciding a location of an error in a packet; deciding an erasure of a subsequent packet following the packet on the basis of the error location and the mapping information; and decoding the…
US 8014618 High-speed Motion Compensation Apparatus and Method
The present invention relates to a high-speed motion compensation apparatus and method. The high-speed motion compensation apparatus for H.264/AVC includes a bus interface unit for reading a plurality of word addresses from an external storage device, aligning the reference pixels arranged over the plurality of word addresses, temporarily storing…
A direct memory access apparatus and a direct memory access method.
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for preventing data read error for OFDM symbol demodulation. An average time synchronization offset estimating unit estimates average time synchronization offset between a pilot symbol of a time synchronized data frame and pilot symbols of data frames next to the time synchronized data frame. A data buffer…
US 8117406 Method of Storing Data into Flash Memory in a DBMS-independent Manner using
The present invention proposes an effective and efficient method of storing data called page-differential logging for flash-based storage systems. The primary characteristics of the invention are: (1) it writes only the page-differential that is defined as the difference between an original page in flash memory and an up-to-date page in memory;…
US 8098650 Apparatus and Method for Processing Contents using Routing Table
A routing apparatus includes: a routing table management unit for generating a routing table by receiving interest information of a user of a mobile node, and for broadcasting the routing table through the mobile ad hoc network; an effectiveness calculation unit for calculating effectiveness values for respective paths, included in a routing table…
US 8108356 Method for Recovering Data in a Storage System
In one aspect of the invention, there is disclosed a recovery method in a storage system that integrates shadow page and deferred update techniques. Updates of a page in the buffer are not immediately reflected to the database, but are deferred until the transaction is committed. Instead, the updated buffer page is stored in the log volume in the…
US 8121431 Method and apparatus for detecting edge of image and computer readable
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a noise distribution of an image close to a true distribution, and detecting an edge of the image precisely and quickly based on the detected noise distribution without performing a smoothing process for the image, and a computer readable medium processing the method. The method…
A method for graphical hairstyle generation presents an interactive technique that produces static hairstyles by generating individual hair strands of the desired shape and color, subject to the presence of gravity and collisions. A variety of hairstyles can be generated by adjusting the wisp parameters while the deformation is solved efficiently…
US 7535472 Method for Generating Intuitive Quasi-eigen Faces
In blendshape-based facial animation, two main approaches are used to create the key expressions: manual sculpting and statistically-based techniques. Hand-generated expressions have the advantage of being intuitively recognizable, thus allowing animators to use conventional keyframe control. However, they may cover only a fraction of the…
US 8108387 Method of detecting character string pattern at high speed using layered shift tables
A character string pattern matching method for detecting the presence of at least one of N (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) patterns in specific text shifts a detection location across text by a maximum shift length using single-byte character-based layered SHIFT tables, thereby increasing a pattern matching speed as compared…
US 8078877 Fast Batch Verification Method and Apparatus there-of
A fast batch verification method and apparatus are provided. In the method of batch-verifying a plurality of exponentiations, (a) a predetermined bit value t is set to an integer equal to or greater than 1; (b) a maximum Hamming weight k is set to an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than or equal than the predetermined bit value t; (c)…
A control system and method for a drive instruction-based vision device and uses a drive instruction, or the drive instruction and a drive information sensed in a robot together.
US 8880514 Terminology-System Based System for Supporting Data Object Definition
The present invention provides terminology-system-based system for supporting data object definition, which delimits a concept by means of a qualifier. Using the system. new data objects can be more systematically and conveniently defined.
PCT KR2011-002623 Terminology-Editing System Based on Reference Terminology
A terminology-editing system based on reference terminologies. The present invetion can structurally store information on patients, and ensure the re-usability of the information based on the information storage system, as well as interoperability for the mutual exchange of medical information.
US App 20130211586 Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Data-Based Biped
A biped control, wherein target pose information for tracking control is provided by an animation engine, and/or is generated by modulating the reference pose information acquired from video capture data.
US 8596549 B2 Authorizing the use of a transaction card
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for validating a user of a transaction card. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention utilize dynamic manipulation of a transaction card to authorize use of the card. In a typical embodiment, the cardholder approaches a magnetic reader with the card. The card is powered up…
US 6827219 Satellite imagery data mining and extraction
A method of extracting a road from images photographed from an artificial satellite or aircraft, which includes a first step of calculating an orientation of an initial input coordinate after selection thereof, a second step of generating a template window which is inclined by the calculated orientation with respect to the initial input…
US 6748121 Interpolation of satellite imagery data
The present invention relates generally to interpolation methods for automatic generation of an accurate digital elevation model, and more particularly relates to intelligent interpolation methods for accurate extraction of 3-dimensional digital elevation models from satellite images, aerial photographs, or land surveying.
US 8408471 Authorizing the use of a biometric card
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for authorizing the use of a biometric transaction card. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a biometric card having a biometric sensor to determine whether the biometric information (fingerprint) is from human skin. In a typical embodiment, the…
US 6778981 Data querying and searching
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for similarity searches using hyper-rectangle based multidimensional data segmentation. The similarity search apparatus has MBR generation means, first sequence pruning means, second sequence pruning means, and subsequence finding means.
US 6947891 Efficient Speech Recognition System Bases on an Auditory Model
A speech recognition system that is insensitive to external noise and applicable to actual life includes an A/D converter that converts analog voice signals to digital signals. An FIR filtering section employs powers-of-two conversion to filter the digital signals converted at the A/D converter into numbers of channels. A characteristic extraction…
US 6963872 Adaptive Lock Escalation Based on the Concept of Unescalatable Locks
In this invention, we propose an adaptive lock escalation scheme that can significantly enhance the performance of the database management system under excessive lock requests. In existing lock escalation methods, under excessive lock requests, the system’s performance degrades abruptly even leading to a live halt in the worst case.
US 7068848 Method of Coding Image Data Using Region of Interest
A region of interest coding method based on the SPIHT algorithm, in which more bits are allocated with respect to a region of interest to quickly compress and restore an image, is provided. The region of interest coding method is applied to a multiple resolution coding operation. In the coding method, an image is coded using the SPIHT algorithm…
US 7127085 Image processing method for automatic image registration and correction
There is provided an image processing method for use in a computer system having a database for storing a reference image, control point chips (CP chips) of the reference image, and auxiliary data including geographic coordinates, incidence angles and orientation angles of the reference image and the CP chips, comprising the steps of (a) a CP chip…
US 7480061 3D shape measurement apparatus and method using stereo moiré technique
Disclosed herein is a 3D shape measurement method and apparatus using a stereo moiré technique. The 3D shape measurement method measures the 3D shape of an object to be measured using a digital pattern projector and first and second cameras. The method includes a first step of projecting a phase-shifted fringe pattern onto the object to be…
US 7730199 Method and System of Processing a Data Stream
Methods and systems of processing a data stream are disclosed. A developer may develop a service only by programming a Service Unit (SU) including a service logic (SL) and including a Service Unit Description Language (SUDL) file, so that the developer may not need to program complicated stream processing code, such as stream source connection…
US 7895188 Processing Method of Data Stream using Border Monitoring Query
The present invention relates to a processing method of data stream using Border Monitoring Query, and more particularly a monitoring method and a system for data streams which are a large volume of data and continuously generated such as financial ticker, GPS data or a ubiquitous sensor network (USN).
US 6891546 Cache Memory for 3-D Graphics
A cache memory for a texture mapping process which is applicable to a high performance three-dimensional graphics card for a personal computer, three-dimensional game machines and other fields requiring small and high performance three-dimensional graphics. In particular, in order to accelerate a texture mapping process based upon a hardware-used…
US 6714692 Image Scaling and Conversion
An image scaling method and apparatus converting an input image into an aimed image with suitable resolution for application, in the case that the input image and the aimed image are different in resolution, using continuous domain filtering and interpolation method. The invention utilizes domain filter of regular square type and generates filter…
US 6603475 Generation of 3-D Stereographic Images
A method for generating a three-dimensional stereographic image on the basis of a two-dimensional planar image for one eye and depth information of the image stored in the Z-buffer. The first two-dimensional image for one eye of a viewer is created by rendering a three-dimensional model. Color information and depth information of the first…
US 6505089 Rapid Prototyping with Variable Deposition of Material
To enhance accuracy of the size and the shape of manufactures, and to shorten the time of operation, there is provided a method for manufacturing a 3D model comprising steps of designing the 3D model and collecting shape data of the 3D model slicing the 3D model into several layers in height, dividing each of the layers into several sublayers so…
US 6360345 Decoding method of turbo codes using a weighted parallel type and device for the same
In a turbo decoder for code rate 1/n which consists of a decoding block, that is, n1 constituent decoders, n2 interleavers and n2 deinterleavers, one embodiment of a decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a first decoding process of sequentially decoding starting from a first constituent decoder among the n1 constituent…
US 6311181 Multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram
Disclosed is a multi-dimensional selectivity estimation method using compressed histogram information which the database query optimizer in a database management system uses to find the most efficient execution plan among all possible plans. The method includes the several steps to generate a large number of small-sized multi-dimensional histogram…
US 8014618 High-speed Motion Compensation Apparatus and Method
The present invention relates to a high-speed motion compensation apparatus and method. The high-speed motion compensation apparatus for H.264/AVC includes a bus interface unit for reading a plurality of word addresses from an external storage device, aligning the reference pixels arranged over the plurality of word addresses, temporarily storing…
US 8098650 Apparatus and Method for Processing Contents using Routing Table
A routing apparatus includes: a routing table management unit for generating a routing table by receiving interest information of a user of a mobile node, and for broadcasting the routing table through the mobile ad hoc network; an effectiveness calculation unit for calculating effectiveness values for respective paths, included in a routing table…
US 8121431 Method and apparatus for detecting edge of image and computer readable
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a noise distribution of an image close to a true distribution, and detecting an edge of the image precisely and quickly based on the detected noise distribution without performing a smoothing process for the image, and a computer readable medium processing the method. The method…
A method for graphical hairstyle generation presents an interactive technique that produces static hairstyles by generating individual hair strands of the desired shape and color, subject to the presence of gravity and collisions. A variety of hairstyles can be generated by adjusting the wisp parameters while the deformation is solved efficiently…
US 8078877 Fast Batch Verification Method and Apparatus there-of
A fast batch verification method and apparatus are provided. In the method of batch-verifying a plurality of exponentiations, (a) a predetermined bit value t is set to an integer equal to or greater than 1; (b) a maximum Hamming weight k is set to an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than or equal than the predetermined bit value t; (c)…
US 6693627 Apparatus and Method for Automatically Displaying Information
The present invention provides an apparatus and method which contains a particular date preset by a user and several groups of particular information, each group relating to a pre-specified date difference between the preset date and current date, and automatically displays a group of information corresponding to current date difference. The…
US 8880514 Terminology-System Based System for Supporting Data Object Definition
The present invention provides terminology-system-based system for supporting data object definition, which delimits a concept by means of a qualifier. Using the system. new data objects can be more systematically and conveniently defined.
PCT KR2011-002623 Terminology-Editing System Based on Reference Terminology
A terminology-editing system based on reference terminologies. The present invetion can structurally store information on patients, and ensure the re-usability of the information based on the information storage system, as well as interoperability for the mutual exchange of medical information.
A concept lattice-based query term mapping system which collects terms (terms in use) used correlatively with oneanother by a plurality of users, and represents terms associated with specific terms (query terms) in a graph.
PCT KR2011-000928 Apparatus and Method for Controlling Motion
Controlling character in complex virtual environment. Controlling character can modify 3D path information and change motion fragment, based on constraint information.
US App 20130211586 Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Data-Based Biped
A biped control, wherein target pose information for tracking control is provided by an animation engine, and/or is generated by modulating the reference pose information acquired from video capture data.
US App 20120075349 System and Method for Motion Editing Multiple Synchronized Characters
Motion editing system which edits motions of multiple synchronized characters by editing a spatial route of inputted data, processing the distortion of the interaction time, and applying a discrete transformation.
PCT KR2011-008182 Method and Apparatus for Inputting Character
A method for inputting character using a touch panel formed with a key pad in a display surface, which provides a user with optimized keypad interface.
PCT KR2011-003820 Method for Providing Diary-Based Social Network Service and System Using the same
A method for providing a diary-based social network service, enables a user to create a diary about his own life in order to meet a desire to express himself and provides a social network service by utilizing tagging information in the created diary to form a new social network with people or specialist who have the same interests.
US 6827219 Satellite imagery data mining and extraction
A method of extracting a road from images photographed from an artificial satellite or aircraft, which includes a first step of calculating an orientation of an initial input coordinate after selection thereof, a second step of generating a template window which is inclined by the calculated orientation with respect to the initial input…
US 6748121 Interpolation of satellite imagery data
The present invention relates generally to interpolation methods for automatic generation of an accurate digital elevation model, and more particularly relates to intelligent interpolation methods for accurate extraction of 3-dimensional digital elevation models from satellite images, aerial photographs, or land surveying.
US 8408471 Authorizing the use of a biometric card
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for authorizing the use of a biometric transaction card. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a biometric card having a biometric sensor to determine whether the biometric information (fingerprint) is from human skin. In a typical embodiment, the…
US 6947891 Efficient Speech Recognition System Bases on an Auditory Model
A speech recognition system that is insensitive to external noise and applicable to actual life includes an A/D converter that converts analog voice signals to digital signals. An FIR filtering section employs powers-of-two conversion to filter the digital signals converted at the A/D converter into numbers of channels. A characteristic extraction…
US 6963872 Adaptive Lock Escalation Based on the Concept of Unescalatable Locks
In this invention, we propose an adaptive lock escalation scheme that can significantly enhance the performance of the database management system under excessive lock requests. In existing lock escalation methods, under excessive lock requests, the system’s performance degrades abruptly even leading to a live halt in the worst case.
US 7068848 Method of Coding Image Data Using Region of Interest
A region of interest coding method based on the SPIHT algorithm, in which more bits are allocated with respect to a region of interest to quickly compress and restore an image, is provided. The region of interest coding method is applied to a multiple resolution coding operation. In the coding method, an image is coded using the SPIHT algorithm…
US 7127085 Image processing method for automatic image registration and correction
There is provided an image processing method for use in a computer system having a database for storing a reference image, control point chips (CP chips) of the reference image, and auxiliary data including geographic coordinates, incidence angles and orientation angles of the reference image and the CP chips, comprising the steps of (a) a CP chip…
US 7480061 3D shape measurement apparatus and method using stereo moiré technique
Disclosed herein is a 3D shape measurement method and apparatus using a stereo moiré technique. The 3D shape measurement method measures the 3D shape of an object to be measured using a digital pattern projector and first and second cameras. The method includes a first step of projecting a phase-shifted fringe pattern onto the object to be…
US 7895188 Processing Method of Data Stream using Border Monitoring Query
The present invention relates to a processing method of data stream using Border Monitoring Query, and more particularly a monitoring method and a system for data streams which are a large volume of data and continuously generated such as financial ticker, GPS data or a ubiquitous sensor network (USN).
US 6891546 Cache Memory for 3-D Graphics
A cache memory for a texture mapping process which is applicable to a high performance three-dimensional graphics card for a personal computer, three-dimensional game machines and other fields requiring small and high performance three-dimensional graphics. In particular, in order to accelerate a texture mapping process based upon a hardware-used…
US 6714692 Image Scaling and Conversion
An image scaling method and apparatus converting an input image into an aimed image with suitable resolution for application, in the case that the input image and the aimed image are different in resolution, using continuous domain filtering and interpolation method. The invention utilizes domain filter of regular square type and generates filter…
US 8014618 High-speed Motion Compensation Apparatus and Method
The present invention relates to a high-speed motion compensation apparatus and method. The high-speed motion compensation apparatus for H.264/AVC includes a bus interface unit for reading a plurality of word addresses from an external storage device, aligning the reference pixels arranged over the plurality of word addresses, temporarily storing…
A resource allocation method in orthogonal frequency division multiple access wireless systems includes: setting, for each of terminals, data transmission factors including a resource location selection scheme; and determining, for each frame, locations of resources to be allocated to the terminals in a resource allocation order by using the…
US 8121431 Method and apparatus for detecting edge of image and computer readable
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a noise distribution of an image close to a true distribution, and detecting an edge of the image precisely and quickly based on the detected noise distribution without performing a smoothing process for the image, and a computer readable medium processing the method. The method…
US 7535472 Method for Generating Intuitive Quasi-eigen Faces
In blendshape-based facial animation, two main approaches are used to create the key expressions: manual sculpting and statistically-based techniques. Hand-generated expressions have the advantage of being intuitively recognizable, thus allowing animators to use conventional keyframe control. However, they may cover only a fraction of the…
An apparatus and a method for transmission encoding a message with space-time turbo code using feedback information of the channel gain or the phase in digital mobile communication system having a plurality of transmit antennas are disclosed.
US 6693627 Apparatus and Method for Automatically Displaying Information
The present invention provides an apparatus and method which contains a particular date preset by a user and several groups of particular information, each group relating to a pre-specified date difference between the preset date and current date, and automatically displays a group of information corresponding to current date difference. The…
US 8880514 Terminology-System Based System for Supporting Data Object Definition
The present invention provides terminology-system-based system for supporting data object definition, which delimits a concept by means of a qualifier. Using the system. new data objects can be more systematically and conveniently defined.
PCT KR2011-002623 Terminology-Editing System Based on Reference Terminology
A terminology-editing system based on reference terminologies. The present invetion can structurally store information on patients, and ensure the re-usability of the information based on the information storage system, as well as interoperability for the mutual exchange of medical information.
A concept lattice-based query term mapping system which collects terms (terms in use) used correlatively with oneanother by a plurality of users, and represents terms associated with specific terms (query terms) in a graph.
PCT KR2011-000928 Apparatus and Method for Controlling Motion
Controlling character in complex virtual environment. Controlling character can modify 3D path information and change motion fragment, based on constraint information.
US App 20130211586 Apparatus and Method for Controlling a Data-Based Biped
A biped control, wherein target pose information for tracking control is provided by an animation engine, and/or is generated by modulating the reference pose information acquired from video capture data.
US App 20120075349 System and Method for Motion Editing Multiple Synchronized Characters
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