05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100026792 | Method for manufacturing stereoscopic image display apparatus and stereoscopic image display apparatus - A method for manufacturing a stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a bonding step of bonding an image display panel and a phase difference element by disposing an adhesive layer between the entire surfaces thereof, the image display panel displaying a right-eye image and a left-eye image by regularly mixing them in a plane, the phase difference element including a right-eye image display section corresponding to the right-eye image and a left-eye image display section corresponding to the left-eye image, the phase difference element achieving different polarizations between the right-eye image display section and the left-eye image display section, the adhesive layer being composed of a transparent gel acrylic adhesive with a thickness of 25 to 100 μm, hardness of the adhesive being more than 0 and 350000 μN or less, holding strength of the adhesive at 40° C. after bonding being 8 to 20 N/20 mm. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026793 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes an image display panel displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye in a regularly mixed manner in a plane, a phase difference element including a right-eye image display portion corresponding to the image for the right eye and a left-eye image display portion corresponding to the image for the left eye to provide different polarization states, a light shield layer formed to project only in an area including a boundary between the right-eye image display portion and the left-eye image display portion of the phase difference element, and a binder layer interposed between the phase difference element and the image display panel to levelly coat and fill projections and recesses formed by the light shield layers, thus bonding the image display panel, the phase difference element, and the light shield layers together. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026794 | Method, System and Apparatus for Multiuser Display of Frame-Sequential Images - A method for stereoscopic viewing in a multiuser environment (and corresponding system and apparatus therein) generates at least one signal representing a sequence of image triplets including a left perspective image, a right perspective image, and a transformation image. The signal is processed for displaying the sequence of image triplets in a frame-sequential manner. A synchronization signal is communicated to shutter glasses for blocking the viewing of the transformation image. The transformation image is adapted to reduce discomfort when viewing the stereoscopic images of the image triplets without blocking of the transformation image by the synchronized shutter glasses. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026795 | HIGH SPEED DISPLAY SHUTTER FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A shutter for an autostereoscopic display, said shutter comprising a first switchable aperture array having a relatively fast switching time from a substantially transparent state to a substantially opaque state, and a second switchable aperture array having a relatively fast switching time from a substantially opaque state to a substantially transparent state, wherein said first switchable aperture array and said second switchable aperture at least partially overlap. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026796 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same - A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes an image display panel displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye in a regularly mixed manner in a plane, a phase difference element including a right-eye image display portion corresponding to the image for the right eye and a left-eye image display portion corresponding to the image for the left eye to provide different polarization states, a light shield layer formed in a projected shape corresponding to only an area including a boundary between the right-eye image display portion and the left-eye image display portion of the phase difference element, and a binder layer interposed at least between a top surface of the light shield layer and the image display panel, thus bonding the image display panel, the light shield layer, and the phase difference element together. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026797 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026798 | Method and System for Capturing Physiological and Video Data and Subsequently Marking the Data While Viewing the Video - A method and an apparatus are provided for capturing or collecting physiological, video and other experiment related data in digital format and storing the collected data. Each piece of data, including each individual video frame, is time stamped as received. The video is then reviewed offline, by a computer user, on a computer generated display presentation that includes a window of collected data indicia both before and subsequent to the time stamp of a given video frame being displayed. Different computer user defined marker types may also be displayed in the display window. Time stamped annotating marks may be made, by the computer user in response to user defined actions. The annotating marks may be displayed along with the collected data. Finally, the annotated marks, along with user selected portions of the collected data, may be saved for further review at a later time. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026799 | SEPARATION FILTER SELECTION DEVICE AND TIRE INSPECTION DEVICE - A separation filter selection device provided with an image input unit, a memory unit, a setting unit, an evaluation unit and a separation filter selection unit is disclosed. The image input unit inputs a captured image capturing a tire surface including a characteristic portion thereof. The memory unit stores plural filters for performing image processing of the captured image, stores a training image in which the characteristic portion is separated from the captured image, and a weighted image in which a weighting is set to a predetermined region of the captured image. The setting unit combines two or more filters out of the plural filters and sets a separation filter. The evaluation unit derives an evaluation value of the separation filter on the basis of an image in which a differential between the processed image that has been processed by each of the filters of the separation filter, and the training image, and to which a weighting based on the weighted image is applied. The separation filter selection unit repeats the setting of the setting unit and the evaluation value computation of the evaluation unit until the evaluation value is within a specific range, and selects the separation filter corresponding to the evaluation value resulting from the repeated processing as a separation filter for separating the characteristic portion from the captured image. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026800 | Club Cam Cruiser - The invention allows video cameras in night clubs, so people can see the action from the Internet and pick which club to go to. It keeps club goers from wasting gas, driving from club to club only to find that they don't like the atmosphere. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN EVENT LOG - A method of generating an event log of game events associated with elements in a sporting event. The method includes tracking, within a sequence of video images, image features which correspond to respective elements in the sporting event and selecting, from the tracked image features, a first image feature which corresponds to one of the elements so as to designate that element as a selected element. The method further includes selecting a game event from an event list of possible game events for association with the selected element, and associating the selected game event with the selected element so as to generate the event log. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026802 | VIDEO ANALYTIC RULE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The extracted video primitives and event occurrences may be used to create and define additional video analytic rules. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026803 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING PROGRAM - There is provided an image recording apparatus including an image-capturing section that captures an image of the observed person, an observer's point of sight measuring section that measures a point of sight of the observer when the image-capturing section captures the image of the observed person, an observer's point of sight judging section that judges whether the point of sight of the observer which is measured by the observer's point of sight measuring section is present within a predetermined area, and an image storing control section that stores the image of the observed person which is captured by the image-capturing section, when the observer's point of sight judging section judges that the point of sight of the observer is present within the predetermined area. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026804 | Route guidance systems, methods, and programs - Route guidance systems, methods, and programs detect a current position of a vehicle and search for a route to a destination based on the detected current position. The systems, methods, and programs identify a guide intersection along the route and set a route guide point at a predetermined point on the route before the guide intersection. The systems, methods, and programs calculate a number of intersections along the route from the route guide point to the guide intersection having both a traffic signal and a road feature and perform a voice output based on the calculated number of intersections when the vehicle arrives at the route guide point. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026805 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS IN VEHICLES - In an image capture system for use in vehicles as well as an optical system for use in the automotive sector, the image capture system has at least one image sensor element having a plurality of image sensors situated in an image plane and at least one micro-lens system having a plurality of micro-lenses. Optionally, at least one aperture mask having a plurality of openings is situated between the micro-lens system and the at least one image sensor element. One image sensor, one micro-lens and one opening respectively define a pick-up direction of the image sensor. The totality of the pick-up directions defines a main viewing direction, which together with the image plane encloses an angle α of less than 80°. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026806 | Detection and categorisation of points of light with a camera in a motor vehicle environment - A method for detecting and categorising points of light for a motor vehicle with a camera sensor directed towards the motor vehicle environment is presented. Here, at least one first category for passive, illumined reflectors and at least one second category for self-radiating, moving lights, in particular motor vehicle lights, is provided. For this purpose, the time progression of the intensity of a point of light is analysed. On the basis of the intensity fluctuation, points of light are categorised as motor vehicle lights or as reflectors. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026807 | SAFETY APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT HAVING MOVABLE PARTS - The invention relates to a safety apparatus for controlling operation of functional equipment having movable parts. The apparatus is configured to use a camera to view and cause detection of a safety related event in a field of view of the camera. The device is useful in a reverse vending machine (RVM) for receiving, handling, sorting and storing returnable items or objects. The RVM includes an item supporting, rotating, sorting and conveyor unit, an upwardly oriented storage chamber for such items, the safety apparatus to avoid operational hazards, a camera aided detection device for detecting at least one of a bar code on and other characteristics, e.g. contour of an item, a simplified token system, and a drive system with a releasable power coupling for operating the sorting device and a further storage device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026808 | Surveillance System for Terminals - A surveillance system for terminals for controlling generation of false or wrong information by displaying an inquiry message to a user. The surveillance system includes a terminal having an individual information acquirement unit acquiring private information on a user and also having an operation guide information display unit displaying an operational guide to prompt the user to enter an input; a monitor camera taking the terminal; an abnormality detection device for detecting a suspicious behavior of the user based on a video of the user; and a display control unit causing the operation guide information display unit of the terminal to display inquiry information to the user when the abnormality detection device detects a suspicious behavior of the user. The abnormality detection device selects subsequent processing operations according to input information of the user to the inquiry information. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026809 | CAMERA-BASED TRACKING AND POSITION DETERMINATION FOR SPORTING EVENTS - Position information of equipment at an event, such as a ball, one or more players, or other items in a game or sporting event, is used in selecting camera, camera shot type, camera angle, audio signals, and/or other output data for providing a multimedia presentation of the event to a viewer. The position information is used to determine the desired viewer perspective. A network of feedback robotically controlled Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ), manually controlled cameras and stationary cameras work together with interpolation techniques to create a 2D video signal. The position information may also be used to access gaming rules and assist officiating of the event. The position information may be obtained through a transceiver(s), accelerometer(s), transponder(s), and/or RADAR detectable element(s) fitted into the ball, apparel or equipment of players, the players themselves, or other playing equipment associated with the game or sporting event. Other positioning methods that can be used include infrared video-based tracking systems, SONAR positioning system(s), LIDAR positioning systems, and digital signal processing (DSP) image processing techniques such as triangulation. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026810 | MONITOR VIDEO ACCUMULATION SYSTEM - A surveillance video accumulation system pertaining to the present invention includes a plurality of surveillance camera units and a video accumulation unit that are connected with each other via a network. Among pieces of video data that have been encoded according to a prediction encoding method and transmitted from all the surveillance camera units, the video accumulation unit accumulates video data transmitted from a selected one of the surveillance camera units. Before the selection, if specified as a surveillance camera unit that is expected to shoot a subject, each of the surveillance camera units encodes video data of the subject based only on intra frame prediction and transmits the encoded video data to the accumulation unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING LIVE VIDEO DATA - Described herein are systems and methods for managing live video data. These include the likes of video management systems, camera servers, methods for providing access to video data, methods of operating camera servers, and software for allowing the implementation of such methods in a computer system. In overview, a video management system is configured such that, upon the failure of a camera server, cameras assigned to that server are automatically reassigned to a backup camera server. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026812 | Optoeletronic Device for Helping and Controlling Industrial Processes - The present invention refers to a device used for application in industrial processes that generates virtual environment, at the same visual field of the real objects in the line of production through optical illusion composed of visual indications (arrows, drawings, texts, indicators, icons, etc.) composed electronic, optical, hardware, software and mechanical parts, composed of dome ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026813 | Video monitoring involving embedding a video characteristic in audio of a video/audio signal - A first video characteristic value is determined from a video/audio signal. The first video characteristic value is embedded in an audio portion of the video/audio signal and the video/audio signal is transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination. At the destination, the first video characteristic value is recovered and the received video/audio signal is used to determine a second video characteristic value. The recovered first video characteristic value is used to verify or check the second video characteristic value. By comparing the first and second video characteristic values, a determination is made about degradation of the received video/audio signal. In one example, a determination is made as to whether a lip-sync error has likely occurred. In another example, the audio-transmitted first video characteristic is used for copyright protection purposes. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026814 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A video camera ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026815 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method includes detecting a start and an end of a first sound that satisfies a present standard, obtaining image data in response to detection of the start and end of the first sound, storing the obtained image data, and determining the image data to be data that is to be stored, in accordance with a content of the first sound. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026816 | WIRELESS DATA CAPTURE AND SHARING SYSTEM, SUCH AS IMAGE CAPTURE AND SHARING OF DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGES VIA A WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK - Described in detail herein are systems and methods for allowing a wireless telecommunications device, such as a cell phone, to wirelessly receive and transmit digital content, such as digital images from a camcorder. Further, the wireless telecommunications device can wirelessly command a digital content capture device. Further, a card may be inserted into a digital content capture device to permit the device to wirelessly send digital content. Further details and features are described herein. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026817 | MEDICAL VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A medical communication system includes a plurality of end-user audio/video recording and playback devices ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026818 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING A PROJECTION UNIT - A terminal includes a display, a body comprising a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side, wherein the body is sized to receive the display, the display being positioned to be viewable from the front side of the body, and a projector mounting portion located at an end of the body, the projector mounting portion comprising a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side. The terminal also includes a housing sized to slidably receive the projector mounting portion, wherein the housing is positionable between open and closed positions by providing relative linear motion between the housing and the body, wherein the open position relates to increasing the relative distance between the housing and the display, and the closed position relates to decreasing the relative distance between the housing and the display. The terminal also has a projector located within the projector mounting portion and is operable to project an image on an external surface when the housing is at least partially positioned in the open position, wherein the projector is located to project the image from one of the left or right sides of the projector mounting portion. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR MOTION OF AN AUTOFOCUS AREA, AND AUTOFOCUSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of compensating for a motion of an autofocus (AF) area, the method includes: comparing AF areas of a previous frame and a current frame; determining whether the AF area of the current frame moves by determining whether the AF areas of the previous frame and the current frame are identical to each other; and compensating for motion of the AF area of the current frame according to the determination. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026820 | Image Pickup Apparatus, Method for Controlling Flicker and Computer Readable Medium - An image pickup apparatus and method operable to reduce flicker is disclosed. A power supply frequency is detected, and a shutter speed is changed. A changed shutter speed value is slower than a calculated shutter speed and that is an integral multiple of 1/(2f), where “f” represents the power supply frequency. One or more still images are captured at the changed shutter speed, and an electronic hand-shake correction is performed in accordance with the captured still images. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026821 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - The optical apparatus includes an image pickup optical system including a focus lens, a controller controlling movement of the focus lens in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system, a shake detector detecting a shake amount of the optical apparatus in the optical axis direction, and a memory storing plural shake amounts sequentially detected by the shake detector. The controller calculates, in response to a start instruction of exposure for the image pickup and before start of the exposure, a predictive value of the shake amount for a time point of the exposure based on the plural shake amounts stored in the memory and including at least one shake amount detected after the start instruction of exposure. The controller moves the focus lens to a position corresponding to the predictive value before the start of the exposure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026822 | Multiplexing Imaging System for Area Coverage and Point Targets - A system for imaging a scene. The system includes a plurality of cameras, each camera including an image sensor and a field steering mirror. The system also includes a controller and a storage device. The controller is coupled to the cameras and the storage device and is configured to direct the field steering mirrors of the cameras to collect a plurality of image tiles of a scene. The is also configured to store the image tiles in the storage device with time stamps and location information. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026823 | Imaging Device and Image Processing Method of Same - An imaging device and its image processing for creating an image with less blur from a small number of images under different exposure conditions in a shortened processing time. The imaging device | 2010-02-04 |
20100026824 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH REDUCED RED LIGHT CROSSTALK - An image sensor having a pixel array includes a sensor layer comprising a plurality of photosensitive elements of the pixel array, a circuit layer comprising circuitry associated with the pixel array, and a crosstalk reduction layer arranged between the sensor layer and the circuit layer and configured to reduce crosstalk between adjacent ones of the photosensitive elements. The crosstalk reduction layer may comprise, for example, an amorphous silicon germanium (a-SiGe) layer specifically configured to reduce red light crosstalk in the image sensor. The image sensor may be implemented in a digital camera or other type of digital imaging device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026825 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC CAMERA, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a technique to obtain a synthesized image with an expanded dynamic range with ease and a technique to reduce workload of a user while maintaining the degree of freedom relating to image processing. There provides an image inputting part taking in at least one of a plurality of low-resolution images and a high-resolution image obtained by shooting the same subject while changing exposure condition, a shift detecting part detecting a positional shift of pictorial pattern between each of the plurality of low-resolution images and the high-resolution image, and a gradation expanding part generating a synthesized image in which a range of reproduced gradation is expanded by performing position alignment between each of the plurality of low-resolution images and the high-resolution image based on the positional shift, extracting a gradation information of the plurality of low-resolution images, and synthesizing it with the high-resolution image. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026826 | APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING IMAGE - An image protection apparatus includes an information collecting unit for collecting personally identifiable information to be embedded in images captured by an image capturing instrument; and an information processing unit for extracting personal information from the collected personally identifiable information. Further, the image protection apparatus includes an information embedding unit for embedding the extracted personal information into a captured image; and an image signaturing unit for writing a signature on the captured image by using the extracted personal information. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026827 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Recording Medium - An image processing apparatus includes a still/motion determining unit and a motion blur adder. The still/motion determining unit makes a still/motion determination for each region of respective unit images constituting motion image data. The motion blur adder then adds motion blur to the motion image data on the basis of the still/motion determination and imaging information expressing parameters whereby the motion image data was generated as a result of imaging by an imaging apparatus. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026828 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE, AND LENS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention provides an optical imaging device, which includes: an input unit, adapted to receive lens category information that is inputted; a storage unit, adapted to store at least one lens control model; and a control unit, adapted to select, according to the lens category information that is inputted from the input unit, a corresponding lens control model from the storage unit, and to apply to a lens a control signal which control signal corresponds to a current status of the lens. The invention also provides a lens control method and apparatus. The optical imaging device of the invention can control and adjust various categories of lenses, thus effectively avoiding the problem of iris hunting. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026829 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND CAMERA - An image coding apparatus which compression-codes moving picture data including a current image to be coded, the image coding apparatus including an accumulating unit which accumulates a reference image, a predicted image generating unit which generates a predicted image of the current image to be coded, based on the reference image accumulated in the accumulating unit, by performing motion compensation with weighted prediction or motion compensation without the weighted prediction, the weighted prediction being a process of adding a predetermined offset value to a pixel value of the reference image, a coding unit which codes a difference between the predicted image generated by the predicted image generating unit and the current image to be coded, and a determining unit which determines whether or not the current image to be coded is included in, among the moving picture data, a picture group which is a group of successive pictures and indicates motion equal to or larger than a predetermined amount of motion, in which the predicted image generating unit generates the predicted image by performing the motion compensation without the weighted prediction when the determining unit determines that the current image to be coded is included in the picture group, and to generate the predicted image by performing the motion compensation with the weighted prediction when it is determined that the current image to be coded is not included in the picture group. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026830 | SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD INVOLVING CHECKING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS - Provided is a digital photographing apparatus and method, and more particularly, provided is a self-timer photographing apparatus and method involving checking the number of persons using an image capturing device having a self-timer function. The self-timer photographing apparatus involving checking the number of persons as a digital image processing device, the apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit detecting a change in the number of faces of a live view image, detecting positions of faces of the live view image, and, when there is no change in the positions of faces during a predetermined period of time, controlling to perform self-timer photographing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026831 | AUTOMATIC FACE AND SKIN BEAUTIFICATION USING FACE DETECTION - Sub-regions within a face image are identified to be enhanced by applying a localized smoothing kernel to luminance data corresponding to the sub-regions of the face image. An enhanced face image is generated including an enhanced version of the face that includes certain original pixels in combination with pixels corresponding to the one or more enhanced sub-regions of the face. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026832 | AUTOMATIC FACE AND SKIN BEAUTIFICATION USING FACE DETECTION - Sub-regions within a face image are identified to be enhanced by applying a localized smoothing kernel to luminance data corresponding to the sub-regions of the face image. An enhanced face image is generated including an enhanced version of the face that includes certain original pixels in combination with pixels corresponding to the one or more enhanced sub-regions of the face. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026833 | AUTOMATIC FACE AND SKIN BEAUTIFICATION USING FACE DETECTION - Sub-regions within a face image are identified to be enhanced by applying a localized smoothing kernel to luminance data corresponding to the sub-regions of the face image. An enhanced face image is generated including an enhanced version of the face that includes certain original pixels in combination with pixels corresponding to the one or more enhanced sub-regions of the face. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026834 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON A PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus is provided. Also provided is a digital photographing apparatus using the method and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method. The method includes displaying a residual image of a background image; setting a partial area of an area on which the residual image is displayed; capturing an image including a subject; extracting a subject image corresponding to the partial area from the image; and generating a composite image by combining the background image and the subject image. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026835 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Using correction values obtained based on image signals outputted from an image sensing unit by controlling the image sensing unit in the first mode, in which image signals are read out from a first photoelectric conversion element group arranged in a first region of an image sensing plane, the image signals outputted from an image sensing apparatus by controlling the image sensing unit in the second mode, in which image signals are read out from a second photoelectric conversion element group arranged in a second region that is smaller than the first region of the image sensing plane, are subjected to a white balance process. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026836 | Imaging Apparatus and Imaging Method - It is an object of the present invention to provide an imaging apparatus and an imaging method which enable various functions using face detection to be individually controlled in accordance with scene recognition results and which achieve more favorable imaging and image processing. To achieve the object, in an aspect of the present invention, information on a photographic scene is acquired to recognize the scene and to detect whether or not a face exists in the photographic scene, and various controls are performed based on the scene recognition result and the face detection result. That is, when performing various controls using face detection such as face frame display, face AE, face AF, face AWB, face tonal correction, and the like, it is now possible to individually control how such controls are to be performed based on a scene recognition result and achieve more favorable imaging and image processing in accordance with the scenes. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026837 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An image processing method for executing color conversion processing on input image data by taking into consideration chromatic adaptation so as to match a color appearance perceived under a first viewing condition and a color appearance perceived under a second viewing condition, includes: executing the color conversion processing by setting in correspondence to each of parameters representing colors, at least one of an adaptation factor indicating an extent of adaptation to the first viewing condition and an adaptation factor indicating an extent of adaptation to the second viewing condition. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026838 | OPTICAL PIXEL AND IMAGE SENSOR - A photosensitive pixel includes a photosensor and an externally loadable flag. The photosensor outputs a signal indicative of an intensity of incident light. The externally loadable flag indicates the pixel reset state, and is preferably stored in an in-pixel memory. Pixel reset logic resets the photosensor in accordance with the reset state and an externally applied reset signal. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026839 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMPROVED IMAGE USING IMAGES WITH DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS - Multiple images of a scene are acquired over a contemporaneous period of time. Most of the multiple images are lower resolution images acquired with a lower resolution than the other of the multiple images. A corrected set of images is formed at least by correcting for motion present between at least some of the lower resolution images. In addition, a synthesized image is formed at least by merging (a) at least a portion of at least one of the images in the corrected set of images, and (b) at least a portion of at least one of the other of the multiple images. The synthesized image is stored in a processor-accessible memory system. The synthesized image exhibits improved image quality including reduced motion blur, a higher signal-to-noise ratio, and higher resolution over conventional techniques. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR FOR BROWSING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A SCHEDULED EVENT IN A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for displaying an electronic calendar for browsing images associated with a scheduled event in a mobile electronic device captures one or more images by a camera and stores the captured images into a cache. The system and method further obtains information of the captured images from the cache, and associates the captured images with a file directory where the scheduled event is stored. Furthermore, the system and method saves the captured images from the cache into the file directory, and highlights the date of the captured images in the electronic calendar to indicate that there are images captured on the highlighted date. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026841 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is methods and apparatuses for providing photographing information in a digital image processing device in which photographing information is classified and stored when an image is photographed, and the photographing information is provided to a user according to a user's request, so that a user's may know their photographing pattern. The photographing information may include the type of lens used when an image is photographed and the accumulated number of times the lens has been used when an image is photographed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026842 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a storage unit,a face detection unit, a face discrimination unit, and a control unit. The storage unit is provided for storing a content management file that stores a file entry for managing contents and a particular face entry for managing a particular face. Each of the file entry and the particular face entry is a hierarchical entry with a hierarchical structure. The face detection unit is provided for detecting a face contained in the contents. The face discrimination unit is provided for determining whether the detected face is the particular face by comparing the particular face with the detected face. The control unit is provided for performing control of correlating the particular face entry with the file entry when the detected face is identified as the particular face. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026843 | IMAGING DEVICE, EDITION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging device for supporting the user to generate satisfactory synthesized images, not missing photo opportunities. The imaging device generates a plurality of still images continuously and generates a synthesized image from the still images. While the shooting button is pressed to instruct continuous shooting, the imaging device performs a process in which it writes still image data, which is obtained by the continuous shooting, into a recording medium sequentially. After the continuous shooting ends, the imaging device enters a wait state to wait for a new instruction, and then upon receiving an instruction to start generating a synthesized image, it performs a process of generating a synthesized image by using a plurality of pieces of still image data stored in the recording medium. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026844 | IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An image acquisition system for machine vision systems decouples image acquisition from the transmission of the image to a host processor by using a programmable imager controller to selectively disable and enable the transmission of data to the host and by using a system of buffers to temporarily store image data pending allocation of memory. This enables the image acquisition system to acquire images asynchronously and to change the exposure parameters on a frame-by-frame basis without the latency associated with the allocation of memory for storage of the acquired image. The system architecture of the invention further permits interruption and resumption of image acquisition with minimal likelihood of missing data. Data throughput is further enhanced by transmitting to the host only that data corresponding to the region of interest within the image and discarding the data from outside of the region of interest at the camera stage. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026845 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OVERRIDING MODE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A digital photographing apparatus including an imaging device configured to continuously output image data of a subject in units of frames according to a predetermined drive clock, during consecutive photographing; a buffer memory configured to store a plurality of image frames output by the imaging device; a memory checking unit configured to detect a data overflow of the buffer memory; a digital signal processor configured to perform an overriding operation of sacrificing previously stored frame data and storing image frames recently obtained after the data overflow occurs in the buffer memory in replacement of the sacrificed framed data; and a recording medium configured to store the image frames in the buffer memory in the form of files. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026846 | Method And Apparatus For Automatically Categorizing Images In A Digital Camera - A method and apparatus for automatically categorizing images in a digital camera is provided. In one aspect, image data is captured by a digital camera. Image data analysis is performed on the captured image data by the digital camera to automatically generate a category tag to which the captured image data may relate. The generated category tag is stored in association with the captured image data for categorizing the captured image data. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026847 | Electronic camera with self-explanation/diagnosis mode - An electronic camera having a plurality of functions including capturing and recording images is provided. The electronic camera includes an on input unit for inputting external operations that designate corresponding functions of the camera to be performed, an image pickup unit for capturing the image of an object, and a recorder for recording the image captured by the image pickup unit. The electronic camera further includes a playback unit for at least playing back image information that is recorded on the recording medium and a mode selector for selecting one operation mode of the camera from a plurality of available operation modes that include an operation explanation mode. If the operation explanation mode is selected at the mode selector, the playback unit plays back an operation guide that is pre-stored in a memory, the operation guide explaining at least one of the camera operations and functions thereof. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026848 | MOVING PICTURE IMAGING APPARATUS WITH ZOOM FUNCTION, IMAGE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - During the abnormal image ejection period, camera output data is set to all “0” to thereby output the data as black image data via the camera data buffer | 2010-02-04 |
20100026849 | VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, DIGITAL CAMERA, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR VIDEO REPRODUCTION - The decode control unit ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026850 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system comprising: a light source for illuminating a scene with a known intensity light; a camera having an optic axis and center that images the scene responsive to light reflected by the scene from the illuminating, known intensity light; a range finder controllable to determine distances to surface elements of the scene imaged by the camera; a controller configured to determine reflectivity of a surface element of the scene imaged by the camera responsive to a distance of the surface element from the camera, the known intensity of illuminating light and light from the surface element imaged by the camera. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026851 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes first and second standard-deviation calculating circuits for calculating deviations σ | 2010-02-04 |
20100026852 | VARIABLE IMAGING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length). | 2010-02-04 |
20100026853 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLASH TO AN IMAGER - A digital camera system synchronizes a flash to an array of image sensing elements. The array of image sensing elements senses an image focused on the array by a lens. The system includes an array controller that implements an electronic rolling shutter to capture the image as a frame. The electronic rolling shutter includes read and reset pointers that the array controller scans through the array to capture integrated photo charges on the image sensing elements to generate the frame. The number of lines between the reset and read pointers defines the integration time of the imager. The system also includes a flash controller that synchronizes the flash to a portion of the frame. When the flash is activated, the camera system reduces the integration time and synchronizes the flash to the scanning of a selected portion of the array. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026854 | Portable Multi Position Magnifier Camera - Disclosed is a portable magnifier camera that can be selectively positioned into a variety of configurations. At least four distinct viewing configurations are provided: a reading mode wherein the camera rests flatly upon the viewed object; a writing mode wherein the camera rests at an angle upon the viewed object; a hand-held mode wherein the user holds the camera relative to a distant object; and an inspection mode wherein the user holds the viewed object relative to the camera. These configurations enable a user to effectively view objects of differing size and at varying distances. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026855 | Portable Multi Position Magnifier Camera - Disclosed is a portable magnifier camera that can be selectively positioned into a variety of configurations. At least four distinct viewing configurations are provided: a reading mode wherein the camera rests flatly upon the viewed object; a writing mode wherein the camera rests at an angle upon the viewed object; a hand-held mode wherein the user holds the camera relative to a distant object; and an inspection mode wherein the user holds the viewed object relative to the camera. These configurations enable a user to effectively view objects of differing size and at varying distances. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026856 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND A RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - An image processing method, apparatus and program for reducing noise in an image. The apparatus includes a low-frequency component extraction unit extracting a first low-frequency component from first image data, a noise reduction unit obtaining a second low-frequency component by applying a noise reduction filter to the first low-frequency component or data obtained by processing the first low-frequency component, a high-frequency component extraction unit extracting a first high-frequency component from the first images data and either one of the second low-frequency component and data obtained by processing the second low-frequency component, and the first image data, a high-frequency component tuning unit obtaining a second high-frequency component by tuning the first high-frequency component, and an image synthesis unit obtaining second image data by combining either one of the second low-frequency component and the data obtained by processing the second low-frequency component with the second high-frequency component. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026857 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE METHOD - An imaging device includes a photographing device configured to photograph an object and generate an image signal, a gain storage register configured to store a gain determined for the photographing device, a gain adjustment unit configured to adjust the image signal using the gain, and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce noise of the image signal using a noise filter selected based on the gain. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026858 | NOISE EXTRACTION DEVICE USING MICROPHONE - A noise extraction device of the present invention includes: first and second microphone units ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026859 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WHICH STORES IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a noise reduction unit which performs noise reduction processing to image signals, a first noise presumption unit which presumes a first noise amount from a present image signal among the image signals, and a second noise presumption unit which presumes a second noise amount based on the first noise amount, the present image signal, and the image signal of the past which underwent the noise reduction processing. The noise reduction unit performs the noise reduction processing to the present image signal based on the second noise amount. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026860 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD - After an end of exposure, a data level of OB signals that are imaging signals output from OB portion | 2010-02-04 |
20100026861 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The image capture device includes defect information storage unit in which defective pixel data is stored in advance; signal conversion unit adapted to covert pixel values of an image signal output from image capture unit to pixel values from which defective values are excluded; a defective pixel establishing unit, an image signal storage unit for storing defective values in terms of frame units chronologically and in order of address; and second comparison unit. The first comparison unit acquires defective pixel data in frame units in several increments from the defect information storage unit and compares the data with the image signal; once all of the defective pixel data has been acquired and compared, comparison of the image signal data and the defective pixel data will stop, and a comparison process will be carried out by the second comparison unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026862 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The image capture device includes pixel data acquisition unit for acquiring pixel data of a pixel of interest and neighboring pixels from an image capture element; an edge direction determination unit for determining whether a pattern such as an edge is defined by neighboring pixels centered on the pixel of interest; correction unit; and color interpolation unit. When a pixel of interest is determined by a defective pixel determination unit to be a defective pixel, and is moreover determined by the edge direction determination unit not to lie in an edge direction, the correction unit will correct the pixel of interest to a correction value derived from pixel data of neighboring pixels in a symmetrical array centered thereon. For a pixel of interest that has not been corrected, color interpolation according to the direction the edge will be carried out by the color interpolation unit, using the determination outcome of the edge direction determination unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026863 | IMAGE SENSOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric interlayer, an interconnection, an image sensing unit, a via hole piercing the image sensing unit and the dielectric layer, and a bottom electrode. The semiconductor substrate includes a readout circuit. The dielectric interlayer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The interconnection is disposed in the dielectric interlayer and connected electrically to the readout circuit. The image sensing unit is disposed on the dielectric interlayer and includes a stack of a first impurity region and a second impurity region. The via hole pierces the image sensing unit and the dielectric interlayer to expose the interconnection. The bottom electrode is disposed in the via hole to electrically connect the interconnection and the first impurity region of the image sensing unit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026864 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor comprises: a readout circuitry, an interconnection, a contact plug, and an image sensing device. The readout circuitry is formed in a first substrate. The interconnection is electrically connected to the readout circuitry over the first substrate. The contact plug is formed over the interconnection, and includes an insulating layer at regions in an upper side thereof. The image sensing device is formed over the contact plug. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026865 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING MULTIPLE SENSING LAYERS - An image sensor includes a first sensor layer having a first array of pixels and a second sensor layer having a second array of pixels. Each pixel of the first and second arrays has a photodetector for collecting charge in response to incident light, a charge-to-voltage conversion mechanism, and a transfer gate for selectively transferring charge from the photodetector to the charge-to-voltage mechanism. The first and second sensor layers each have a thicknesses to collect light with a first and second preselected ranges of wavelengths, respectively. A circuit layer is situated below the first sensor layer and has support circuitry for the pixels of the first and second sensor layers, and interlayer connectors are between the pixels of the first and second layers and the support circuitry. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026866 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes, in a semiconductor substrate, a pixel portion provided with a photoelectric conversion portion, which photoelectrically converts incident light to obtain an electric signal and a peripheral circuit portion disposed on the periphery of the pixel portion, wherein a gate insulating film of a MOS transistor in the peripheral circuit portion is composed of a silicon oxynitride film, a gate insulating film of a MOS transistor in the pixel portion is composed of a silicon oxynitride film, and an oxide film is disposed just above the photoelectric conversion portion in the pixel portion. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026867 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT - A pixel signal obtained by imaging with a solid-state image sensor element can be output selectably either in n bits or in a bit number of an integral multiple of n in synchronization with an output clock. A clock converting unit ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100026868 | Wide Dynamic Range Image Capturing System Method and Apparatus - An image capture system is presented where the dynamic range of photo imaging devices, such as a still or video camera, is increased by varying sensor exposure time on a pixel-by-pixel basis under digital camera processor control. The systems photo sensors are continuously illuminated without reset over the exposure interval. In addition to being interrogated at the end of the exposure interval, the pixels are also non-destructively interrogated at one or more intermediate times during the interval. At each interrogation, the image capture system determines individually whether the pixels have saturated and if not, the parameter value is recorded; if the pixel has saturated, the previously stored value from the preceding interval is maintained. To produce the final sensor value for the whole exposure interval, the data for pixels that reached the saturation level are adjusted to compensate for their shortened exposure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026869 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The image sensor comprises a readout circuitry, an interlayer dielectric, an interconnection, and a CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) image sensing device. The readout circuitry is disposed on a first substrate. The interlayer dielectric is disposed over the first substrate. The interconnection is in the interlayer dielectric and electrically connected to the readout circuitry. The CIGS image sensing device is disposed over the interconnection and electrically connected to the readout circuitry through the interconnection. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026870 | Image pickup device having display function and mobile communication terminal - In an image pickup device, an image receiving surface is divided into a plurality of unit areas. The image pickup device establishes a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, receives externally-incoming light through this established unit area, and takes an externally-incoming image based on the externally-incoming light. Further, the image pickup device establishes a predefined unit area as a light transmission area based on electrical control, and displays an image by externally outputting light through this established unit area. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026871 | OUTPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an output apparatus which is capable of outputting a moving image in such a manner as to enable an observer to easily judge whether a quick movement made by a suspicious individual is an abnormal behavior. The output apparatus includes a moving image obtaining section that obtains a moving image, an output section that outputs the moving image obtained by the moving image obtaining section, a condition storing section that stores thereon a condition to be satisfied by an object which is required to be extracted from a moving image, and an output control section that, when an object satisfying the condition is extracted from the moving image obtained by the moving image obtaining section, controls the moving image obtained by the moving image obtaining section in terms of a play back state in which the moving image is to be played back, and causes the output section to output the controlled moving image. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026872 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE CAPABLE OF GUIDING USER TO CAPTURE IMAGE COMPRISING HIMSELF AND GUIDING METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing device includes a memory, a communication unit, and a processor. The memory stores a guiding system configured for guiding a user to capture an image including himself. The processor is configured for activating the system to: perform a facial recognition function on a current checking image to determine a face portion in the checking image, determine if the face portion is fully within a predetermined region of the checking image, and control the communication unit to instruct the user to adjust position of the image capturing device according to the position of the face portion in relation to the predetermined region upon the condition that the face portion is not fully within the predetermined region. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026873 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD(S) - Digital image processing apparatuses, methods of controlling the same, and computer-readable medium encoded with executable instructions for executing the method(s). The digital image processing apparatus is configured to simultaneously display a quick view image and a preview image on a display device. The digital image processing apparatus may have the advantage of reducing a time interval between photographing operations. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026874 | CCTV Camera Lens Adjustment Structure - The present invention relates to an improved CCTV camera lens adjustment structure comprising a housing with a shell and a cover, wherein the shell has a through hole; an image capturing unit installed in the shell, wherein one end is a lens corresponding to the hole installed on the shell; the lens is installed with a driving ring, said driving ring matches the fixed rod installed on the lens; said fixed rod is partially extended as driving ring; and a movable adjusting mechanism installed in the hole forming interference with fixed rod. Thus the matching of the shell and the adjustment structure is used for the image capturing unit to achieve the effect of ease in installation and waterproof, and the adjustment mechanism can be used to rotate the driving ring of the linked lens for rotating the lens of image capturing unit so as to achieve the convenience in use. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026875 | INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, REGISTRATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A registration apparatus obtains, from an image pickup apparatus, identification information set in a lens apparatus that is attached to the image pickup apparatus. The registration apparatus pre-stores lens information including information that identifies the models of lens apparatuses and corresponding correction information, such that the lens information can be referenced by identification information. The registration apparatus displays a list of the stored lens apparatus models in a confirmation window such that the models of lens apparatuses corresponding to obtained identification information can be distinguished from the models of other lens apparatuses. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026876 | MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A multispectral image capturing apparatus has different spectral sensitivity characteristics of at least four bands. Three primary bands of the at least four bands have spectral sensitivity characteristics of standard RGB. At least one auxiliary band of the rest of the at least four bands excluding the three primary bands has a spectral sensitivity characteristic of a narrower bandwidth than bandwidths of the RGB. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026877 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FOCUS USING MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - Provided are an apparatus and method for adjusting focus using the MTF characteristics of a lens in a digital image processing apparatus that adjusts focus using optical characteristics of a lens. The apparatus for adjusting focus includes: an image pickup unit in which modulation transfer function (MTF) data, which can be used to represent the performance of a lens, is stored; and a digital signal processing unit that calculates a focus peak value of an image and a defocus correction value based on the MTF data, and corrects the focus position using the focus peak value and the defocus correction value. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026878 | DUAL LENS OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DUAL LENS CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - A dual lens optical system includes a first optical system and a second optical system selectively redirecting at least one of two lights of representing images of object from two incident lenses into a first optical axis of light toward an image sensor by at least one reflection member, wherein, at least one optical element is disposed between an image sensor and the reflection member. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FOCUS LENS - Provided are a method of controlling a focus lens to be moved to a target location by generating a normalized focus graph by use of relative values of a plurality of focus values obtained by using a plurality of filters each having different cut-off frequencies, and predicting a target position of the focus lens according to the normalized focus graph, an apparatus operating by using the method, and a recording medium for recording the method. According to the present invention, in terms of performing an auto-focusing function, by optimizing the motion line of the focus lens, wasteful power consumption can be prevented and a scanning time of the focus lens can be shortened. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026880 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing apparatus includes a motion-blur adding mechanism performing filter processing on moving image data to be subjected to coding processing in accordance with motion information indicating motion of an image between unit images included in the moving image data as pre-processing of the coding processing so that motion-blur addition processing is performed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026881 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A focal plane shutter, a photographing apparatus including the same, and a photographing method for the photographing apparatus are provided. More specifically, provided are a focal plane shutter, which is easily manufactured and controlled because of its simple mechanical structure and can offer a live view function, a photographing apparatus including the focal plane shutter, and a photographing method for the photographing apparatus. The focal plane shutter includes a front curtain and a rear curtain for moving relative to each other to expose and conceal the focal plane shutter, a cam for independently controlling movements of the front curtain and the rear curtain, a front curtain lever interposed between the front curtain and the cam to transmit movement of the cam to the front curtain, and a rear curtain lever interposed between the rear curtain and the cam to transmit movement of the cam to the rear curtain. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026882 | Method and Apparatus for Decoding/Encoding a Video Signal - The method includes the steps of receiving the multi-view video data stream including a random access picture including a random access slice, the random access slice referencing only slice corresponding to a same time and a different view of the random access picture; obtaining random access flag for inter-view prediction, the random access flag indicating whether a type of picture is the random access picture; obtaining initialization information of a reference picture list for the random access slice based on the random access flag, the initialization information representing a reference relation between a plurality of views with view number information and view identification information; initializing the reference picture list of the random access slice using the view number information and the view identification information; determining a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the initialized reference picture list; and decoding the macroblock using the prediction value, wherein the initialization information is obtained based on a value indicating decoding order between the plurality of views. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026883 | Method and Apparatus for Decoding/Encoding a Video Signal - The method includes the steps of receiving the multi-view video data stream including a random access picture including a random access slice, the random access slice referencing only slice corresponding to a same time and a different view of the random access picture; obtaining random access flag for inter-view prediction, the random access flag indicating whether a type of picture is the random access picture; obtaining initialization information of a reference picture list for the random access slice based on the random access flag, the initialization information representing a reference relation between a plurality of views with view number information and view identification information; initializing the reference picture list of the random access slice using the view number information and the view identification information; determining a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the initialized reference picture list; and decoding the macroblock using the prediction value, wherein the initialization information is obtained based on a value indicating decoding order between the plurality of views. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING/ENCODING A VIDEO SIGNAL - The method includes the steps of receiving the multi-view video data stream including a random access picture including a random access slice, the random access slice referencing only slice corresponding to a same time and a different view of the random access picture; obtaining random access flag for inter-view prediction, the random access flag indicating whether a type of picture is the random access picture; obtaining initialization information of a reference picture list for the random access slice based on the random access flag, the initialization information representing a reference relation between a plurality of views with view number information and view identification information; initializing the reference picture list of the random access slice using the view number information and the view identification information; determining a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the initialized reference picture list; and decoding the macroblock using the prediction value, wherein the initialization information is obtained based on a value indicating decoding order between the plurality of views. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026885 | Image Processing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a super-resolution converter and a controller. The super-resolution converter performs, on receipt of a video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the video signal to increase the first resolution to second resolution by estimating an original pixel value from the video signal and increasing pixels. The controller controls the super-resolution converter not to perform the super resolution conversion depending on the type of the video signal. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026886 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Software for Digital Video Scan Rate Conversions with Minimization of Artifacts - A video format conversion method and concomitant computer software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames in a first format, converting the video stream to a second format in approximately real time, and outputting the video stream in the second format, and wherein the converting step employs a hierarchical block true motion estimator. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026887 | Method and apparatus for reversible, polynomial based image scaling - A method and apparatus are provided for reversible, polynomial based image scaling. The apparatus includes a video scaler for performing image scaling from a first base resolution image to a higher resolution image, and from the higher resolution image to a second base resolution image. The first and the second base resolution images are equal on a pixel-by-pixel basis for an entirety of the first and the second base resolution images. A scaling function used for the image scaling is based on a polynomial function having two or more degrees. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026888 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH REPETITIVE PATTERN DETECTION - An image processing engine, comprising: a frame rate conversion entity configured to: (a) generate output pictures from input pictures, the output pictures comprising a set of first output pictures and a plurality of sets of second output pictures, each set of second output pictures being associated with one of the first output pictures, each of the first output pictures being derived from a respective one of the input pictures; and (b) control generation of the set of second output pictures associated with a particular first output picture based upon repetitive pattern presence detection within a related picture that is either (i) the particular first output picture or (ii) the input picture from which the particular first output picture was derived. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026889 | Apparatus, Process and Computer Program for Limiting the Vector Length of Colour Vectors - RGB to NTSC/PAL encoders—as an example—commonly convert red, green and blue colour component signals (RGB) into their corresponding luminance (luma) and chrominance (chroma) signals in the respective standards in order to generate a composite video signal which can be used in connection with television sets and the like. Thereby, roughly spoken, the luminance signal represents the monochrome or black-and-white portion of the composite video signal and the chrominance signal represents the colour portion of the composite video signal. An apparatus | 2010-02-04 |
20100026890 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a resolution increasing module and a moving-image improving module. The resolution increasing module performs, on receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, super resolution conversion on the first video signal to obtain a second video signal with second resolution that is higher than the first resolution by estimating an original pixel value from the first video signal and increasing pixels. The resolution increasing module also performs first correction on the second video signal obtained by the super resolution conversion. The moving-image improving module configured to perform, on the second video signal subjected to the first correction, second correction except for a correction process included in the first correction. | 2010-02-04 |
20100026891 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image signal processing unit and an image signal processing method thereof An image signal processing unit estimates motion characteristics of an input image, and adjusts a phase of an interpolation frame according to the motion characteristics when converting a frame rate. Accordingly, linearity can be maintained according to the motion characteristics of an input image, and the frame rate can be converted without generating noise such as halo artifacts. | 2010-02-04 |