News tagged with image processing

Review: Autodesk's 3-D technology cool but frustrating

Last week, Autodesk updated its suite of 3-D printing and modeling applications, releasing an iPad version of 123D Catch, a program that creates a virtual object by stitching together two-dimensional photographs taken of ...

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony patent seeks to correct autostereoscopic blur

(Phys.org) -- Sony has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a glasses-free 3-D display that will adjust the picture so that the user gets an optimal view no matter how far or close to the screen. In its application, “Stereoscopic Image Proces ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 13, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Fujitsu digitizes sticky-note brainstorming with proprietary digital pen technology

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed an industry-first technology supporting the digitization of results from sticky-note brainstorming sessions by utilizing a digital pen.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New methods for better purification of wastewater

Before wastewater reaches recipient waters, nutrients must be removed in order to avoid eutrophication and large algal blooms, which may result in serious damage to animal and plant life. Robert Almstrand at the University ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Artificial intelligence: Getting better at the age guessing game

Scientists are developing artificial intelligence solutions for image processing, which have applications in many areas including advertising, entertainment, education and healthcare. They have, for example, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony develops next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor

Sony today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera. This image sensor layers the pixel section containing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony develops new 'RGBW coding' and 'HDR movie' functions

Sony Corporation today announced the development of two CMOS image sensor models designed for use in smartphones and other devices. They are equipped with Sony's unique “RGBW Coding” function which ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images

Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic component ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Infrared technology for measuring the effect of fire on materials

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are developing an infrared measuring method to analyze the thermal properties and resistance to fire of composite materials. This advance would have applications ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toshiba launches image recognition processors for automotive applications

Toshiba Corporation today announced it will launch the Visconti2 (TMPV7500) series of image recognition processors for automotive applications. Toshiba will start sample shipments of this series in November ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Labor or conservative? It's all in the eye of the beholder

Scientists have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make MPs look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in Britain.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Security first: When a footstep is like a fingerprint

How a bare foot strikes the ground as one walks reveals your identity almost as well as a fingerprint, according to a study released Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Mitsubishi electric installs 6-Meter OLED globe at science museum (w/ video)

Mitsubishi Electric announced that it installed a six-meter organic light-emitting display (OLED) globe at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. The OLED "Geo-Cosmos" display ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bigger, faster superphones in 4G, 3D and dual-core

Every time you turn around nowadays there's another huge tech trade show, at which a bunch of new phones and tablets are announced.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Combined molecular study techniques reveal more about DNA proteins

Illinois researchers have combined two molecular imaging technologies to create an instrument with incredible sensitivity that provides new, detailed insight into dynamic molecular processes.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast