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APPLICATIONS382/1000000
 
Mail processing382/1010000
 
ZIP code382/1020000
 
Target tracking or detecting382/1030000
 
Vehicle or traffic control (e.g., auto, bus, or train)382/1040000
 
License plate382/1050000
 
Range or distance measuring382/1060000
 
Motion or velocity measuring382/1070000
 
Surface texture or roughness measuring382/1080000
 
Seismic or geological sample measuring382/1090000
 
Animal, plant, or food inspection382/1100000
 
Textiles or clothing382/1110000
 
Document or print quality inspection (e.g., newspaper, photographs, etc.)382/1120000
 
Reading maps, graphs, drawings, or schematics382/1130000
 
Reading aids for the visually impaired382/1140000
 
Personnel identification (e.g., biometrics)382/1150000
 
Using a combination of features (e.g., signature and fingerprint)382/1160000
 
Using a characteristic of the eye382/1170000
 
Using a facial characteristic382/1180000
 
Using a signature382/1190000
 
Sensing pressure together with speed or acceleration382/1200000
 
Sensing pressure only382/1210000
 
Sensing speed or acceleration only382/1220000
 
Sensing geometrical properties382/1230000
 
Using a fingerprint382/1240000
 
Extracting minutia such as ridge endings and bifurcations382/1250000
 
With a guiding mechanism for positioning finger382/1260000
 
With a prism382/1270000
 
Biomedical applications382/1280000
 
DNA or RNA pattern reading382/1290000
 
Producing difference image (e.g., angiography)382/1300000
 
Tomography (e.g., CAT scanner)382/1310000
 
X-ray film analysis (e.g., radiography)382/1320000
 
Cell analysis, classification, or counting382/1330000
 
Blood cells382/1340000
 
Reading paper currency382/1350000
 
Reading coins382/1360000
 
Reading bank checks (e.g., documents bearing E-13B type characters)382/1370000
 
Reading monetary amount382/1380000
 
Reading MICR data382/1390000
 
Including an optical imager or reader382/1400000
 
Manufacturing or product inspection382/1410000
 
Bottle inspection382/1420000
 
Inspection of packaged consumer goods382/1430000
 
Mask inspection (e.g., semiconductor photomask)382/1440000
 
Inspection of semiconductor device or printed circuit board382/1450000
 
Measuring external leads382/1460000
 
Inspecting printed circuit boards382/1470000
 
At plural magnifications or resolutions382/1480000
 
Fault or defect detection382/1490000
 
Faulty soldering382/1500000
 
Alignment, registration, or position determination382/1510000
 
Tool, workpiece, or mechanical component inspection382/1520000
 
Robotics382/1530000
 
3-D or stereo imaging analysis382/1540000
 
LEARNING SYSTEMS382/1550000
 
Neural networks382/1560000
 
Network learning techniques (e.g., back propagation)382/1570000
 
Network structures382/1580000
 
Trainable classifiers or pattern recognizers (e.g., adaline, perceptron)382/1590000
 
Generating a standard by statistical analysis382/1600000
 
Alphanumerics382/1610000
 
COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING382/1620000
 
Drop-out color in image (i.e., color to be removed)382/1630000
 
Image segmentation using color382/1640000
 
Pattern recognition or classification using color382/1650000
 
Compression of color images382/1660000
 
Color correction382/1670000
 
HISTOGRAM PROCESSING382/1680000
 
With a gray-level transformation (e.g., uniform density transformation)382/1690000
 
With pattern recognition or classification382/1700000
 
For segmenting an image382/1710000
 
For setting a threshold382/1720000
 
IMAGE SEGMENTATION382/1730000
 
Using projections (i.e., shadow or profile of characters)382/1740000
 
Separating document regions using preprinted guides or markings382/1750000
 
Distinguishing text from other regions382/1760000
 
Segmenting individual characters or words382/1770000
 
Separating touching or overlapping characters382/1780000
 
Segmenting hand-printed characters382/1790000
 
Region labeling (e.g., page description language)382/1800000
 
PATTERN RECOGNITION382/1810000
 
Limited to specially coded, human-readable characters382/1820000
 
Characters formed entirely of parallel bars (e.g., CMC-7)382/1830000
 
With separate timing or alignment marks382/1840000
 
Ideographic characters (e.g., Japanese or Chinese)382/1850000
 
Unconstrained handwriting (e.g., cursive)382/1860000
 
On-line recognition of handwritten characters382/1870000
 
Writing on ordinary surface (i.e., electronics are in pen)382/1880000
 
With a display382/1890000
 
Feature extraction382/1900000
 
Multispectral features (e.g., frequency, phase)382/1910000
 
Feature counting382/1920000
 
Counting intersections of scanning lines with pattern382/1930000
 
Counting individual pixels or pixel patterns382/1940000
 
Local or regional features382/1950000
 
Slice codes382/1960000
 
Directional codes and vectors (e.g., Freeman chains, compasslike codes)382/1970000
 
Extracted from alphanumeric characters382/1980000
 
Pattern boundary and edge measurements382/1990000
 
Measurements made on alphanumeric characters382/2000000
 
Point features (e.g., spatial coordinate descriptors)382/2010000
 
Linear stroke analysis (e.g., limited to straight lines)382/2020000
 
Shape and form analysis382/2030000
 
Topological properties (e.g., number of holes in a pattern, connectivity, etc.)382/2040000
 
Local neighborhood operations (e.g., 3x3 kernel, window, or matrix operator)382/2050000
 
Global features (e.g., measurements on image as a whole, such as area, projections, etc.)382/2060000
 
Waveform analysis382/2070000
 
With a tapped delay line382/2080000
 
Template matching (e.g., specific devices that determine the best match)382/2090000
 
Spatial filtering (e.g., holography)382/2100000
 
With electrically controlled light modulator or filter382/2110000
 
Nonholographic optical mask or transparency382/2120000
 
Using both positive and negative masks or transparencies382/2130000
 
With a display382/2140000
 
Using dynamic programming or elastic templates (e.g., warping)382/2150000
 
At multiple image orientations or positions382/2160000
 
Electronic template382/2170000
 
Comparator382/2180000
 
Determining both similarities and differences382/2190000
 
Calculating weighted similarity or difference (e.g., don`t-care areas)382/2200000
 
Counting difference pixels382/2210000
 
Using an Exclusive-OR gate382/2220000
 
Resistor matrix382/2230000
 
Classification382/2240000
 
Cluster analysis382/2250000
 
Sequential decision process (e.g., decision tree structure)382/2260000
 
With a multilevel classifier382/2270000
 
Statistical decision process382/2280000
 
Context analysis or word recognition (e.g., character string)382/2290000
 
Trigrams or digrams382/2300000
 
Checking spelling for recognition382/2310000
 
IMAGE COMPRESSION OR CODING382/2320000
 
Including details of decompression382/2330000
 
Parallel coding architecture382/2340000
 
Substantial processing of image in compressed form382/2350000
 
Interframe coding (e.g., difference or motion detection)382/2360000
 
Gray level to binary coding382/2370000
 
Predictive coding382/2380000
 
Adaptive coding (i.e., changes based upon history, activity, busyness, etc.)382/2390000
 
Pyramid, hierarchy, or tree structure382/2400000
 
Polygonal approximation382/2410000
 
Contour or chain coding (e.g., Bezier)382/2420000
 
Shape, icon, or feature-based compression382/2430000
 
Lossless compression382/2440000
 
Run-length coding382/2450000
 
Huffman or variable-length coding382/2460000
 
Arithmetic coding382/2470000
 
Transform coding382/2480000
 
Fractal382/2490000
 
Discrete cosine or sine transform382/2500000
 
Quantization382/2510000
 
Error diffusion or dispersion382/2520000
 
Vector quantization382/2530000
 
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT OR RESTORATION382/2540000
 
Focus measuring or adjusting (e.g., deblurring)382/2550000
 
Object boundary expansion or contraction382/2560000
 
Dilation or erosion (e.g., opening or closing)382/2570000
 
Line thinning or thickening382/2580000
 
Skeletonizing382/2590000
 
Image filter382/2600000
 
Adaptive filter382/2610000
 
Median filter382/2620000
 
Highpass filter (i.e., for sharpening or enhancing details)382/2630000
 
Lowpass filter (i.e., for blurring or smoothing)382/2640000
 
Recursive filter382/2650000
 
Edge or contour enhancement382/2660000
 
Minimize discontinuities in dot-matrix image data (i.e., connecting or merging the dots)382/2670000
 
Minimize discontinuities at boundaries of image blocks (i.e., reducing blocking effects or effects of wrap-around)382/2680000
 
Minimize jaggedness in edges (e.g., anti-aliasing)382/2690000
 
Variable threshold, gain, or slice level382/2700000
 
Based on the results of a count382/2710000
 
Based on a local average, mean, or median382/2720000
 
Based on peak levels382/2730000
 
Intensity, brightness, contrast, or shading correction382/2740000
 
Artifact removal or suppression (e.g., distortion correction)382/2750000
 
IMAGE TRANSFORMATION OR PREPROCESSING382/2760000
 
Transforming each dimension separately382/2770000
 
Correlation382/2780000
 
Convolution382/2790000
 
Fourier transform382/2800000
 
Walsh, Hough, or Hadamard transform382/2810000
 
Selecting a portion of an image382/2820000
 
Using a mask382/2830000
 
Combining image portions (e.g., portions of oversized documents)382/2840000
 
Mapping 2-D image onto a 3-D surface382/2850000
 
Measuring image properties (e.g., length, width, or area)382/2860000
 
Detecting alignment marks382/2870000
 
Determining center of gravity or moment382/2880000
 
Determining amount an image is rotated or skewed382/2890000
 
Where the image is a character, word, or text382/2900000
 
Determining the position of an object382/2910000
 
Where the object is a character, word, or text382/2920000
 
Changing the image coordinates382/2930000
 
Registering or aligning multiple images to one another382/2940000
 
To position or translate an image382/2950000
 
To rotate an image382/2960000
 
Rotation of image is limited to 90 degrees, 180 degrees, or 270 degrees382/2970000
 
To change the scale or size of an image382/2980000
 
Raising or lowering the image resolution (e.g., subpixel accuracy)382/2990000
 
Interpolation382/3000000
 
Where the image is an alphanumeric character382/3010000
 
Multilayered image transformations382/3020000
 
Pipeline processing382/3030000
 
Parallel processing382/3040000
 
Image storage or retrieval382/3050000
 
Using identification indicia on document382/3060000
 
General purpose image processor382/3070000
 
Morphological operations (i.e., local neighborhood operations)382/3080000