公开(公告)号：US08988520B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US13553265

申请日：2012-07-19

申请人： Ming-Chang Liu ,  Mark Robertson

发明人： Ming-Chang Liu ,  Mark Robertson

IPC分类号： H04N9/47 ,  G02B21/24 ,  G02B21/36 ,  H04N19/00

CPC分类号： G02B21/244 ,  G02B21/367 ,  G06T9/00 ,  H04N19/00

摘要： A method for improving depth for field (DOF) in microscopic imaging, the method comprising combining a sequence of images captured from different focal distances to form an all-focus image, comprising computing a focus measure at every pixel, finding the largest peaks at each position in the focus measure as multiple candidate values and blending the multiple candidates values according to the focus measure to determine the all-focus image.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在微观成像中改善场的深度（DOF）的方法，所述方法包括组合从不同焦距获取的图像序列以形成全焦点图像，包括计算每个像素处的聚焦度量，在每个像素处找到最大峰值 将焦点测量中的位置作为多个候选值，并根据聚焦度量混合多个候选值以确定全焦点图像。

公开(公告)号：US08896759B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-25

申请号：US12912536

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

发明人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

IPC分类号： H04N5/14 ,  G06T7/20

CPC分类号： H04N5/145 ,  G06T7/262 ,  G06T2207/20021 ,  G06T2207/20056

摘要： A method and system to improve the performance of phase correlation motion estimation for low-bit-precision implementation are described herein. Phase correlation uses the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) with operations with infinite-precision constants. Since physical implementations use finite-precision arithmetic, there is some loss in precision relative to the ideal infinite-precision case. In low-complexity implementations, it is desirable to use as few bits as possible, and if the precision is too low, the performance of traditional phase correlation suffers. A pre-processing technique is applied to the data prior to taking the FFT, which minimizes the negative effects of finite precision in the FFT and allows high quality results from phase correlation. The pre-processing step is a content-dependent contrast adjustment that maps the range of the input images' pixel values to the range of input values for the FFT. There is no post-processing required after the FFT to compensate for the pre-processing step.

摘要翻译： 本文描述了一种用于提高低位精度实现的相位运动估计性能的方法和系统。 相位相关使用具有无限精度常数的运算的快速傅里叶变换（FFT）。 由于物理实现使用有限精度算术，相对于理想的无限精度情况，精度有一定的损失。 在低复杂度实现中，期望尽可能少地使用位，如果精度太低，则传统相位相关的性能受损。 在采用FFT之前，将预处理技术应用于数据，这最小化了FFT中有限精度的负面影响，并允许相位相关的高质量结果。 预处理步骤是内容相关的对比度调整，其将输入图像的像素值的范围映射到用于FFT的输入值的范围。 在FFT之后不需要后处理来补偿预处理步骤。

公开(公告)号：US08873842B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US13219500

申请日：2011-08-26

申请人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

发明人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62

CPC分类号： G06K9/0063 ,  G06K9/6253

摘要： Described are systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces for image location, acquisition, analysis, and data correlation that uses human-in-the-loop processing, Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT), and/or or automated image processing. Results obtained using image analysis are correlated to non-spatial information useful for commerce and trade. For example, images of regions of interest of the earth are used to count items (e.g., cars in a store parking lot to predict store revenues), detect events (e.g., unloading of a container ship, or evaluating the completion of a construction project), or quantify items (e.g., the water level in a reservoir, the area of a farming plot).

摘要翻译： 描述了使用人在环处理，人类智能任务（HIT）和/或自动图像处理的图像定位，获取，分析和数据相关的系统，方法，计算机程序和用户界面。 使用图像分析获得的结果与对商业和贸易有用的非空间信息相关。 例如，地球感兴趣区域的图像用于计数项目（例如，商店停车场中的汽车来预测商店收入），检测事件（例如，卸载集装箱船或评估建筑项目的完成情况 ）或量化项目（例如，水库的水位，农业地区的面积）。

公开(公告)号：US08842735B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-23

申请号：US12912561

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

发明人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

IPC分类号： H04N11/02 ,  H04N19/523 ,  H04N19/615 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/547

CPC分类号： H04N19/00636 ,  G06T7/262 ,  H04N19/523 ,  H04N19/547 ,  H04N19/63

摘要： Phase correlation is an established method for computing motion which relies on the ability to find peaks in a computed phase correlation surface. Two methods to improve the ability to detect peaks in the phase correlation surface are described herein. The first method applies a theoretically-derived and spatially-varying gain to the phase correlation surface. The gain compensates for peaks whose amplitudes have been decreased due to windowing effects; such effects are unavoidable in phase correlation. The second method uses concepts from matched filters to improve detection of peaks whose amplitudes are diminished due to a spreading of the peak energy into surrounding positions in the phase correlation surface. Peak detection filters allow such low-amplitude peaks to be properly detected. It is possible to use only the first method, or only the second method or both methods combined.

摘要翻译： 相位相关是用于计算运动的已知方法，其依赖于在计算的相位相关表面中找到峰值的能力。 这里描述了提高检测相位相关表面中的峰值能力的两种方法。 第一种方法将理论上衍生的和空间变化的增益应用于相位相关表面。 增益补偿了振幅由于窗口效应而降低的峰值; 这种影响在相位相关中是不可避免的。 第二种方法使用来自匹配滤波器的概念来改善由于峰值能量扩散到相位相关表面中的周围位置而使幅度减小的峰值的检测。 峰值检测滤波器允许正确检测这样的低幅度峰值。 可以仅使用第一种方法，或仅使用第二种方法或两种方法组合。

公开(公告)号：US20130312046A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-21

申请号：US13472051

申请日：2012-05-15

申请人： Mark Robertson ,  Chris Phillips

发明人： Mark Robertson ,  Chris Phillips

IPC分类号： H04N21/266

CPC分类号： H04N21/00 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/482

摘要： A smart stream delivery server, a system, and methods are described herein for assembling a mix of services (e.g., linear channels, video on demand, broadcast television, and recordings) which are to be delivered over one or more networks to a premises (e.g., home, business) of a subscriber. In one embodiment, the system includes a smart stream delivery server that assembles the mix of services which are to be delivered over the at least one network to the home of the subscriber based at least on a subscriber policy which is provided by the subscriber. The subscriber policy includes equipment priorities for a list of devices which consume the services, and service priorities for a plurality of services which are available for consumption by the devices.

摘要翻译： 本文描述了智能流传送服务器，系统和方法，用于组合要通过一个或多个网络传送到场所的服务（例如，线性频道，视频点播，广播电视和录音）的组合（ 例如，家庭，商业）。 在一个实施例中，系统包括智能流传送服务器，该智能流传送服务器至少基于由用户提供的用户策略，将要通过至少一个网络传送的服务的混合组合到用户的家庭。 订户策略包括消费服务的设备列表的设备优先级，以及可由设备消费的多个服务的服务优先级。

公开(公告)号：US20130051661A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-28

申请号：US13219500

申请日：2011-08-26

申请人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

发明人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

IPC分类号： G06K9/62 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06K9/48

CPC分类号： G06K9/0063 ,  G06K9/6253

摘要： Described are systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces for image location, acquisition, analysis, and data correlation that uses human-in-the-loop processing, Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT), and/or or automated image processing. Results obtained using image analysis are correlated to non-spatial information useful for commerce and trade. For example, images of regions of interest of the earth are used to count items (e.g., cars in a store parking lot to predict store revenues), detect events (e.g., unloading of a container ship, or evaluating the completion of a construction project), or quantify items (e.g., the water level in a reservoir, the area of a farming plot).

摘要翻译： 描述了使用人在环处理，人类智能任务（HIT）和/或自动图像处理的图像定位，获取，分析和数据相关的系统，方法，计算机程序和用户界面。 使用图像分析获得的结果与对商业和贸易有用的非空间信息相关。 例如，地球感兴趣区域的图像用于计数项目（例如，商店停车场中的汽车来预测商店收入），检测事件（例如，卸载集装箱船或评估建筑项目的完成情况 ）或量化项目（例如，水库的水位，农业地区的面积）。

公开(公告)号：US20120099651A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-26

申请号：US12912561

申请日：2010-10-26

申请人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

发明人： Mark Robertson ,  Ming-Chang Liu ,  Yoshihiro Murakami ,  Toru Kurata ,  Yutaka Yoneda

IPC分类号： H04N7/12

CPC分类号： H04N19/00636 ,  G06T7/262 ,  H04N19/523 ,  H04N19/547 ,  H04N19/63

摘要： Phase correlation is an established method for computing motion which relies on the ability to find peaks in a computed phase correlation surface. Two methods to improve the ability to detect peaks in the phase correlation surface are described herein. The first method applies a theoretically-derived and spatially-varying gain to the phase correlation surface. The gain compensates for peaks whose amplitudes have been decreased due to windowing effects; such effects are unavoidable in phase correlation. The second method uses concepts from matched filters to improve detection of peaks whose amplitudes are diminished due to a spreading of the peak energy into surrounding positions in the phase correlation surface. Peak detection filters allow such low-amplitude peaks to be properly detected. It is possible to use only the first method, or only the second method or both methods combined.

摘要翻译： 相位相关是用于计算运动的已知方法，其依赖于在计算的相位相关表面中找到峰值的能力。 这里描述了提高检测相位相关表面中的峰值能力的两种方法。 第一种方法将理论上衍生的和空间变化的增益应用于相位相关表面。 增益补偿了振幅由于窗口效应而降低的峰值; 这种影响在相位相关中是不可避免的。 第二种方法使用来自匹配滤波器的概念来改善由于峰值能量扩散到相位相关表面中的周围位置而使幅度减小的峰值的检测。 峰值检测滤波器允许正确检测这样的低幅度峰值。 可以仅使用第一种方法，或仅使用第二种方法或两种方法组合。

公开(公告)号：US07154401B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-26

申请号：US10508514

申请日：2003-04-16

申请人： Mark Robertson ,  John Humbert, Jr.

发明人： Mark Robertson ,  John Humbert, Jr.

IPC分类号： G08B17/00

CPC分类号： A44C17/02 ,  G01N25/18 ,  G01N33/381 ,  Y10T29/23

摘要： There is provided a method for assessing the integrity of grip of a stone in a jewellery setting having plural gripping claws to grip said stone, the method comprising heating the stone; measuring conductive transfer of heat from the stone to each of said plural gripping claws; and comparing said conductive heat transfer to said each gripping claw, wherein a marked difference in conductive heat transfer to any of the gripping claws indicates a lack of integrity of grip. Suitable apparatus is also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于评估具有多个抓握爪以固定所述石头的珠宝设置中的石头的握持的完整性的方法，所述方法包括加热石头; 测量从所述石头到所述多个夹爪中的每一个的热传导转移; 并且将所述导电热传递与所述每个夹爪进行比较，其中导电热传递到任何夹持爪的明显差异表示缺乏握持完整性。 还提供了合适的装置。

公开(公告)号：US5511984A

公开(公告)日：1996-04-30

申请号：US235289

申请日：1994-04-29

申请人： Stanley W. Olson ,  Mark Robertson

发明人： Stanley W. Olson ,  Mark Robertson

IPC分类号： H01R12/71 ,  H01R12/82 ,  H01R13/193 ,  H01R9/09

CPC分类号： H01R13/193 ,  H01R12/716 ,  H01R12/82 ,  Y10S439/937

摘要： An electrical connector assembly according to the current invention comprises a receptacle and a right angle header for connecting two or more printed circuit boards. A composite action beam is located in the receptacle and has a movable end and a fixed end. During an initial phase of the pin insertion cycle, the movable end of the composite action beam deflects so as to minimize the force necessary to insert the pin into the connector housing. During an intermediate phase of the insertion cycle, the movable end contacts an inside wall of the connector and the composite action beam functions as a two-end supported beam. The composite action beam supported at both ends exerts sufficiently high normal force against the inserted pin so as to retain the pin in the inserted position. Thus, the composite action beam reduces insertion force without compromising normal retention force once the pin is inserted. The pins are positively aligned in a header housing such that component tolerances are maintained and a large array of pins can be easily inserted into connection with the printed circuit board at one end and into connection with the receptacle at the other end.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的电连接器组件包括用于连接两个或多个印刷电路板的插座和直角插头。 复合作用梁位于容器中，并具有可动端和固定端。 在引脚插入周期的初始阶段期间，复合作用梁的可移动端偏转，以便将插入插头插入连接器壳体所需的力最小化。 在插入周期的中间阶段期间，可动端接触连接器的内壁，并且复合作用梁用作两端支撑梁。 支撑在两端的复合作用梁对插入的销施加足够高的法向力，以将销保持在插入位置。 因此，一旦销被插入，复合作用梁就会降低插入力，而不影响正常的保持力。 引脚在引脚壳体中是正向对准的，使得维持部件公差，并且可以将一大排引脚容易地插入与一端的印刷电路板连接并且在另一端与插座连接。

公开(公告)号：US09105128B2

公开(公告)日：2015-08-11

申请号：US13219461

申请日：2011-08-26

申请人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

发明人： M. Dirk Robinson ,  Mark Robertson ,  Hadar Isaac ,  Oliver Guinan ,  Thomas Joseph Melendez ,  Daniel Berkenstock ,  Julian Mann

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06T17/05

CPC分类号： G06T17/05 ,  G06F17/30256 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： Described are systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces for image location, acquisition, analysis, and data correlation that uses human-in-the-loop processing, Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT), and/or or automated image processing. Results obtained using image analysis are correlated to non-spatial information useful for commerce and trade. For example, images of regions of interest of the earth are used to count items (e.g., cars in a store parking lot to predict store revenues), detect events (e.g., unloading of a container ship, or evaluating the completion of a construction project), or quantify items (e.g., the water level in a reservoir, the area of a farming plot).

摘要翻译： 描述了使用人在环处理，人类智能任务（HIT）和/或自动图像处理的图像定位，获取，分析和数据相关的系统，方法，计算机程序和用户界面。 使用图像分析获得的结果与对商业和贸易有用的非空间信息相关。 例如，地球感兴趣区域的图像用于计数项目（例如，商店停车场中的汽车来预测商店收入），检测事件（例如，卸载集装箱船或评估建筑项目的完成情况 ）或量化项目（例如，水库的水位，农业地区的面积）。