09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130050347 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION - In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die including a fluid feed slot that extends from a back side to a front side of the die, a firing chamber formed on the front side to receive fluid from the feed slot, a fluid distribution manifold adhered to the back side to provide fluid to the feed slot, and a corrosion-resistant layer coating the back side of the die so as not to extend into the feed slot. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050348 | PRINTHEAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE INCLUDING THERMAL INSULATOR - A printing system includes a plurality of inkjet printheads for printing on a print media that is moved relative to the plurality of printheads and a support structure for locating the plurality of printheads relative to the print media. The support structure includes a face adjacent to the print media. The face of the support structure includes a thermal insulator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050353 | THIN-FILM ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, INK CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thin-film actuator that deforms a diaphragm to generate force includes a lower electrode disposed on the diaphragm, a first piezoelectric layer disposed on the lower electrode, an intermediate electrode disposed on the first piezoelectric layer, a second piezoelectric layer disposed on the intermediate electrode, and an upper electrode disposed on the second piezoelectric layer. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050354 | INKJET HEAD AND RECORDING DEVICE - Disclosed is an inkjet head including a fluid channel substrate on which individual liquid chambers are arranged, the individual liquid chambers being partitioned by liquid chamber partition walls; an oscillation plate that is formed on a surface facing openings of nozzles; actuators; wiring layer patterns that supplies driving signals to the actuators, the wiring layer patterns being formed above the corresponding liquid chamber partition walls; and a supporting substrate in which concave oscillation chambers are formed, the concave oscillation chambers being partitioned by supporting substrate partition walls. A width in the short direction of the supporting substrate partition wall is smaller than a width in the short direction of the liquid chamber partition wall and greater than a width of the wiring layer pattern. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050365 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink composition capable of forming an image having a wide color reproduction range is provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050366 | BLACK INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A black ink composition is provided which suppresses change in hue and can form an image with superior blocking resistance and scratch resistance. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050367 | FLEXIBLE, SCRATCH RESISTANT RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INKS - A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds includes at least 45 wt % of a mixture of monomers consisting of: a) 10 to 35 wt % of one or more cyclic monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a T | 2013-02-28 |
20130050368 | Ink Jet UV Pinning for Control of Gloss - Gloss is controlled in UV ink jet printing within a printing system. Controlled pinning energy is used to adjust the amount of ink interaction between drops, substrate, and ink layers, resulting in virtual elimination of gloss banding and control of the finished gloss level from a gloss level of approximately 85 to a gloss level of approximately 5. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050369 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming method of the present invention includes imparting ink to form an image on a recording medium, drying the image, and curing the image after the drying process,
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20130050370 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a support member that supports a recording medium, a heating device that heats the recording medium on the support member, a recording head that ejects fluid onto the recording medium on the support member and that is positioned between the support member and the heating device, a blower that has a blowing port from which gas is blown, and a carriage that moves and has the recording head mounted thereon. The carriage has an enclosing structure inside which at least part of the gas blown from the blowing port is taken and inside which a gas layer in which the gas flows is formed between the recording head and the heating device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050377 | PAPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present invention provides a paper conveyance apparatus which conveys cut sheet paper, including: a drum which conveys the paper by wrapping the paper around an outer circumferential surface of the drum and rotating; a pressing roller which presses a front surface of the paper at a prescribed position on the outer circumferential surface of the drum to cause a rear surface of the paper to make tight contact with the outer circumferential surface of the drum; and a back tension application device which applies a back tension to the paper which is introduced between the drum and the pressing roller. In the pressing roller, an outer diameter may be formed so as to become smaller from a center towards respective ends, or spiral-shaped grooves may be formed from a center towards respective ends in a circumferential surface of the pressing roller. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050378 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including an apparatus main body including a first placement portion on which a recording medium is placed, a recording unit which performs recording on the recording medium, and a first transport path through which the recording medium is transported from the first placement portion to the recording unit, an extension unit including a second placement portion, which is detachably attached to the apparatus main body, on which the recording medium is placed, and a second transport path capable of communicating from the second placement portion to the first transport path of the apparatus main body, and a detachable member detachably provided in the apparatus main body and exposing at least a part of the second transport path when detached from the apparatus main body. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050379 | PRINT MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A print medium conveyance device | 2013-02-28 |
20130050380 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a head having an ejection surface; and a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction such that the recording medium passes a recording position at which the recording medium is opposed to the ejection surface, the conveyance mechanism including a curved-passage defining portion which defines a curved passage located on a downstream side of the recording position in the conveyance direction and a flat-passage defining portion which defines a flat passage which is located between the recording position and the curved passage and which is parallel to the ejection surface, a trailing end portion of the recording medium being located at the recording position when a leading end portion of the recording medium is located at the curved passage, wherein the flat -passage defining portion includes at least two roller pairs which are disposed so as to define the flat passage. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050383 | THERMAL HEAD, METHOD OF PRODUCING THERMAL HEAD, AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head for expressing pressure-sensitive adhesive strength includes a heat-generating element on a principal plane of a substrate and heats a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive label. A thermally active component adhesion preventing layer that comes into sliding contact with the thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on the principal plane of the substrate on an upstream side and a downstream side of the heat-generating element in a conveyance direction of the thermosensitive pressure-sensitive adhesive label, and a surface of the thermally active component adhesion preventing layer is formed along an outer circumferential surface of a second platen roller. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050384 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus comprises a conveying section configured to convey a belt-like storing medium in a first conveying direction or a second conveying direction in which opposite to the first conveying direction, a driving section configured to drive the conveying section, a gears configured to transfer the driving force to the conveying section, a cutter section configured to cut off the storing medium when the storing medium is conveyed to a predetermined cutoff position, a printing section configured to print on the storing medium at a upstream position than the cutter section in the first conveying direction and a control section configured to stop the printing and convey the storing medium to the distance of at least gap-distance of the gears in the second conveying direction before the storing medium is cut off, and resume the printing of the printing section after the storing medium is cut off. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050387 | DEFLECTION SCANNER - The present invention provides an optical scanning apparatus which includes first and second light sources, a deflection scanning device, and first and second scanning optical systems that guides the first and second laser beams deflected for scanning by the deflection scanning device, wherein the first and second scanning optical systems include scanning lenses, and a polarization beam splitter arranged in a downstream side of an optical path of the scanning lens, wherein the first scanning optical system includes a half-wave plate arranged in the downstream side of the optical path of the scanning lens and in an upstream side of an optical path of the polarization beam splitter, wherein the first laser beam and the second laser beam before being incident on the first and second scanning optical systems have different phases by 180 degrees from each other. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a pulse width modulation unit that changes pulse width of a signal in accordance with image data, and an image forming unit that forms an image by a driving laser beam with a signal whose pulse width has been modulated by the pulse width modulation unit and scanning a photosensitive body, and corrects the pulse width of the signal output by the pulse width modulation unit in accordance with a density unevenness characteristics in the main scanning direction of the image forming unit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050389 | INKLESS PRINTING APPARATUS - A substrate marking apparatus for use in combination with a substrate comprising a multi-colour change diacetylene compound is disclosed. The substrate marking apparatus comprises: at least two radiation sources operable to emit radiation of different wavelengths, optical transformation elements and a control system. The control system takes digital file information and converts this to a set of emission instructions for the radiation sources. The radiation sources are then applied to the substrate in sequence and intensity determined by the control system such that the substrate is activated to change from a colourless state to any one of a range of multiple permanent colours. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050390 | Single-Pass Imaging Method With Image Data Scrolling For Improved Resolution Contrast And Exposure Extent - A method for generating an elongated concentrated scan image on an imaging surface of a scan structure (e.g., a drum cylinder) in an imaging (e.g., xerographic or lithographic) apparatus, wherein the imaging surface is caused to move in a cross-scan (process) direction. A spatial light modulator having a two-dimensional array of light modulating elements is used to modulate a two-dimensional light field in response to predetermined scan image data, and then the modulated light is anamorphically imaged and concentrated onto an elongated imaging region defined on the imaging surface. To avoid smearing, movement of the imaging surface is synchronized with the modulated states of the light modulating elements such that image features of the scan image are scrolled (moved in the cross-scan direction) at the same rate as the cross-scan movement of the imaging surface, whereby the features remain coincident with the same portion of the imaging surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050391 | Single-Pass Imaging System With Spatial Light Modulator and Catadioptric Anamorphic Optical System - A single-pass imaging system utilizes a light source and a spatial light modulator to generate a two-dimensional modulated light field, and uses a catadiotropic anamorphic optical system to anamorphically image and concentrate the modulated light in order to generate a high-intensity, substantially one-dimensional line image on an imaging surface (e.g., the surface of a drum cylinder). The catadiotropic anamorphic optical system utilizes one or more cylindrical/acylindrical lens elements to image the modulated light field in the cross-process direction, and one or more cylindrical/acylindrical mirror elements to image and concentrate the modulated light field in the process direction. The line image is generated with sufficient energy to evaporate fountain solution from the imaging surface. The imaging system simultaneously generates all component pixel images of the line image, thus facilitating a printing apparatus capable of 1200 dpi or greater. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050392 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A surveillance system includes a controlling terminal and a remote-controlled terminal. The controlling terminal and the remote-controlled terminal are connected to a network and execute an identical instant messenger software. The remote-controlled terminal includes plural cameras serving as plural video sources of the instant messenger software. A first video source of the plural video sources is a selected video source. A controlling method for the surveillance system includes steps: (a) receiving a control message by the instant messenger software of the remote-controlled terminal, and (b) judging whether the control message is a specified control message, wherein if the control message is the specified control message, the selected video source is changed from the first video source to a second video source of the plural video sources according to the specified control message. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050399 | DEFINING A LAYOUT FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - Metadata associated with a first image and that specifies an alignment reference line for the first image is accessed. Based on the accessed metadata associated with the first image, a layout for concurrently displaying the first image and a second image at a location is defined that substantially aligns the alignment reference line of the first image with an aspect of the second image. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050400 | Arrangement and Method to Prevent a Collision of a Flying Animal with a Wind Turbine - An arrangement and method to prevent a collision of a flying animal with a wind turbine is provided. A camera-system is arranged at the wind turbine and the camera-system generate images of the environment of the wind turbine. An evaluation system is coupled with the camera-system and the evaluation system evaluates the images to detect a flying animal within the environment of the wind turbine. A warning system is coupled with the evaluation system and the warning system generates a warning signal if the flying animal is detected by the evaluation system. The camera-system is configured to generate at least panoramic images of the wind turbine environment for the evaluation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050401 | PORTABLE WIDE-ANGLE VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM - A portable video recording system is disclosed, comprising an array of camera modules. The set is equipped with gyroscopes, to allow the extrapolation of the camera's movement from a stitched wide-angle reproduction. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050402 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE LOCALIZATION OF OBJECTS - In a method for image localization of an object using an image capturing device, a panoramic image of the object is captured using the image capturing device. The panoramic image includes an image of the object and an image background of the object. One or more boundary points of the object image are obtained according to a pixel value of each pixel point of the object image. Actual coordinate values of each boundary point are calculated, and original coordinate values of each boundary point are obtained based on a standard image retrieved from a storage device. Localization coordinate values of each pixel of the object image are calculated according to the actual coordinate values and the original coordinate values of each boundary point, and a sub-pixel localization image of the object is generated by mapping to the localization coordinate values of each of the pixel points. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050403 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PANORAMIC IMAGES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus for displaying a panoramic image and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are disclosed. A digital photographing apparatus is provided that includes a digital signal processor that displays at least a portion of a panoramic image as a sequence of images, wherein the sequence of images represent a moving region set in the panoramic image by a user. Because the panoramic image is displayed as a sequence of images to a desired spot, the user may more easily identify the panoramic image. In addition, by adjusting a slide reproduction speed, the sequence of images may be displayed to a desired spot and at a desired speed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050404 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PANORAMIC IMAGES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Digital photographing apparatus for displaying panoramic images and methods of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are disclosed. A digital photographing apparatus is provided that includes a digital signal processor to enlarge and display a panoramic image based on a target spot set in the panoramic image. Thus, a horizontal or vertical panoramic image may be more easily identified. In addition, a desired portion of the panoramic image may be set, and the panoramic image may be enlarged based on the desired portion, thereby improving satisfaction of a user. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050409 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE HOLOGRAMS FOR GENERATING COLOR HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to negative refractive index-based holograms that can be electronically controlled and dynamically reconfigured to generate one or more color three-dimensional holographic images. In one aspect, a hologram comprises a phase-control layer having a plurality of phase modulation elements. The phase-modulation elements are configured with a negative effective refractive index and selectively transmit wavelengths associated with one of three primary color wavelength. The hologram also includes an intensity-control layer including a plurality of intensity-control elements. One or more color three-dimensional images can be produced by electronically addressing the phase-modulation elements and intensity-control elements in order to phase shift and control the intensity of light transmitted through the hologram. A method for generating a color holographic image using the hologram is also provided, as is a system for generating a color holographic image. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050410 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE 3D COORDINATES OF AN OBJECT AND FOR CALIBRATING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An improved apparatus for determining the 3D coordinates of an object ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130050411 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing device has a depth data generator which generates depth data corresponding to video data of each frame for performing frame rate conversion, depending on a logical value of a control signal, the logical value changing from a first logical value to a second logical value before the video data is outputted the first frame number of times when the first frame number is larger than the second frame number, and a three-dimensional data generator which generates three-dimensional video data based on the video data of each frame after the frame rate conversion by the frame rate converter, and on the depth data corresponding to the video data of each frame. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A viewpoint position sets, when a stereoscopic video image is provided that includes a left-eye parallax image and a right-eye parallax image having a predetermined parallax distribution and that is observed from a given viewpoint, a virtual viewpoint for observing a subject from another viewpoint. A parallax image generation unit generates a left-eye and a right-eye parallax image for providing a desired parallax distribution that are obtained when an observation is made from the virtual viewpoint, by shifting the image cut-out position of at least one of the left-eye or the right-eye parallax image. When the shift amount at the image cut-out position changes due to a position change of the virtual viewpoint, the parallax image generation unit generates a parallax image while changing the shift amount in stages from a shift amount obtained before the change to a shift amount obtained after the change. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050421 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of an image processing apparatus, the method including: receiving a two-dimensional (2D) video signal containing a plurality of 2D video frames; offsetting an object in a first frame among the plurality of 2D video frames so as to generate a three-dimensional (3D) video frame corresponding to the 2D video frame; and generating the 3D video frame corresponding to the first frame by compensating a hole area of pixel data generated by the offsetting of the object in the first frame based on a preset reference frame. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050422 | Extended Overdrive Tables and Use - System and method for video processing. At least one overdrive (OD) look-up table (LUT) is provided, where the at least one OD LUT is dependent on input video levels and at least one parameter indicative of at least one attribute of the system or a user of the system. Video levels for a plurality of pixels for an image are received, as well as the at least one parameter. Overdriven video levels are generated via the at least one OD LUT based on the video levels and the at least one parameter. The overdriven video levels are provided to a display device for display of the image. The reception of video levels and at least one parameter, the generation of overdriven video levels, and the provision of overdriven video levels, may be repeated one or more times in an iterative manner to display a sequence of images. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONSE TIME COMPENSATION FOR 3D VIDEO PROCESSING - An interleaved multi-view video stream is received. The interleaved multi-view video stream includes one or more first view frames, one or more second view frames, and blanking frames in a sequential pattern. The blanking frames separate the first view frames from the second view frames in the sequential pattern. The interleaved multi-view video stream is displayed in the sequential pattern. In one embodiment, the blanking frames are detected, and operation of a viewing device is synchronized based at least in part on the blanking frames being detected. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050424 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A multiview video decoding apparatus receives and decodes an encoded stream obtained as a result of encoding residual information, 2D images for N views, and depth images for N views, the residual information being the error between synthetic-view images generated using the 2D images for N views and the depth images for N views, and 2D images for (M−N) views at the view synthesis positions of the synthetic-view images. A view synthesizing apparatus generates the synthetic-view images by using the 2D images and depth images for N views decoded by the multiview video decoding apparatus. A residual information compensating apparatus adds the residual information into the generated synthetic-view images. The apparatus may be applied to a system that conducts view synthesis, for example. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050433 | CONTROL COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SAFETY OF PARKING UNITS - A method for monitoring safety of a moving parking unit in a mechanical parking system using a control computer, digital images are captured by one or more image capturing devices positioned on the moving parking unit. The method detects a three dimensional (3D) figure area in each digital image, and controls area safety device to cut of power suppliers of the moving parking unit if the 3D figure area has been detected. The method further outputs alarm messages by lighting one or more signal lamps of the mechanical parking system. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050434 | LOCAL MULTI-RESOLUTION 3-D FACE-INHERENT MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND FACIAL SKIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a local multi-resolution 3-D face-inherent model generation apparatus, including one or more 3-D facial model generation cameras for photographing a face of an object at various angles in order to obtain one or more 3-D face models, a 3-D face-inherent model generation unit for generating a 3-D face-inherent model by composing the one or more 3-D face models, a local photographing camera for photographing a local part of the face of the object, a control unit for controlling the position of the local photographing camera on the 3-D face-inherent model, and a local multi-resolution 3-D face-inherent model generation unit for generating a local multi-resolution face-inherent model by composing an image captured by the local photographing camera and the 3-D face-inherent model, a local multi-resolution 3-D face-inherent model generation using the local multi-resolution 3-D face-inherent model generation apparatus, and a skin management system. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050437 | Stereoscopic depth mapping - Provided is a method and apparatus for linear depth mapping. Linear depth mapping includes using algorithms to correct the distorted depth mapping of stereoscopic capture and display systems. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050438 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to receive light beams split after passing through an aperture and output a plurality of stereopsis image data. When the object brightness falls within a predetermined range and the image capturing unit performs image capturing in which a plurality of stereopsis image data are output, the aperture is controlled to open much more than when the image capturing unit performs image capturing in which a plurality of stereopsis image data are not output at the same exposure. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050439 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - Feature points are extracted from left and right viewpoint images (Step S | 2013-02-28 |
20130050440 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector, and a viewing area information calculator. The viewer detector is configured to detect the number and a position of one or a plurality of viewers using an image captured by a camera. The viewing area information calculator is configured to calculate a control parameter so as to set a viewing area, in which a plurality of parallax images displayed on a display are viewed as a stereoscopic image, according to the number and the position of the viewers. The viewing area controller is configured to set the viewing area according to the control parameter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050443 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that acquires position information of a viewer from video photographed by a camera, a viewer selector that selects, when a plurality of the viewers are present, a viewer considered to have the highest viewing desire out of the plural viewers taking into account the current time of day and/or information concerning a program being viewed, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using position information of the selected viewer, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the selected viewer is set, a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter, a display that displays plural parallax images that the viewer present in the viewing area can observe as a stereoscopic video, and an apertural area controller that outputs the plural parallax images displayed on the display in a predetermined direction. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050444 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a display, an aperture control unit, an observation unit, a viewer detector, a presentation unit, a viewer selection unit, a calculator and a controller. The display is configured to display a plurality of parallax images. The observation unit is configured to obtain an observation image including one or more viewers. The viewer detector is configured to detect positions of the one or more viewers. The viewer selection unit is configured to select one or more viewers in the observation image according to a viewer selection signal. The calculator is configured to calculate a control parameter so that a viewing zone, from which the plurality of parallax images can be seen stereoscopically, is set in areas according to positions of the selected one or more viewers. The controller is configured to control the viewing zone according to the control parameter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050449 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a viewer detector that performs face recognition using a video photographed by a camera and acquires position information of a viewer, a correction amount calculator that calculates a correction amount for compensating for an error of the position information involved in deviation of an attaching position of the camera, a position information corrector that corrects the position information using the correction amount calculated by the correction amount calculator, a viewing area information calculator that calculates, using the position information corrected by the position information corrector, a control parameter for setting a viewing area in which the viewer is set, and a viewing area controller that controls the viewing area according to the control parameter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050450 | TEMPORAL CADENCE PERTURBATION FOR TIME-DIVISION STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS - One or more techniques to reduce or eliminate the false depth of objects that move along the axis of ocular separation when displayed using time division multiplexing. Experiments can be performed to determine a perceived depth of an object moving with known velocity. Then, when rendering stereoscopic image pairs, the location of the object can be modified to change the perceived stereoscopic depth of the object to compensate for the false depth. In one technique, the images can be displayed with alternating left- and right-precedence to reduce the perception of false depth. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050453 | THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA WITH RANGE DETECTION - A thermal imaging camera may be used to capture a visible-light (VL) image and an infrared (IR) image. In some examples, the camera includes a range imaging camera module that captures the VL and an infrared camera module that captures the IR image. In such examples, the VL image may include a plurality of different portions that each correspond to a different portion of the scene and distance-to-target data associated with each of the different portions of the scene. The camera may align each of the plurality of different portions of the VL image based on the distance-to-target data associated with corresponding portions of the scene so as to correct a parallax error between the VL image and the IR image. The camera may then concurrently display the VL image in alignment with the IR image. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050454 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a region dividing portion that divides an image; a brightness mean calculation portion that has a peripheral brightness mean calculation portion that calculates a peripheral brightness mean value, and a center brightness mean calculation portion that calculates a center brightness mean; a first weighting factor calculation portion that calculates a first weighting factor α; a first photometric value calculation portion that calculates a first photometric value based on a sum total of a value obtained by multiplying a center brightness mean by the first weighting factor α and a value obtained by multiplying the peripheral brightness mean by (1−α); and a brightness adjustment control portion that generates a brightness adjustment control signal for adjusting the brightness of the image based on the first photometric value. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050463 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE - Size reduction is achieved while also achieving both high sensitivity and high pixel density. Provided is an image acquisition device including an image acquisition element that acquires an image of a sample, a closed container that accommodates and seals the image acquisition element therein, a camera body that accommodates the closed container, and a displacement member that moves the image acquisition element relative to the camera body in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the image acquisition element. At least a portion of the displacement member is disposed outside the closed container. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050464 | Magnification Observation Device, Magnification Observation Method, And Magnification Observation Program - Provided are a magnification observation device, a magnification observation method, and a magnification observation program in which connected image data can be efficiently obtained in a short period of time when re-imaging an object to obtain the connected image data corresponding to a plurality of unit regions. A plurality of unit regions on a surface of an observation object are imaged, and a plurality of pieces of image data respectively corresponding to the plurality of unit regions are generated. An image of the object including the plurality of unit regions is displayed as a region presentation image. When any of the plurality of unit regions is selected by a selection instruction from a user, the selected unit region is re-imaged, to generate image data corresponding to the selected unit region as re-imaged data. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050465 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DESTROYING PARASITES ON FISH - Device for destroying parasites on fish, such as salmon lice on salmon in fish farms, comprising a camera ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130050466 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF VOLATILE ORGANIC AND HAZARDOUS VAPORS USING AN INFRARED LIGHT SOURCE AND INFRARED VIDEO IMAGING - An enhanced infrared (IR) imaging based method for detecting volatile organic and hazardous vapors using the infrared spectral absorption properties of these vapors, and using a tunable infrared light source and a plurality of cameras tuned to particular frequency ranges to detect spectral absorption properties corresponding to the respective vapors. Illumination by an IR light source is used to enhance the visibility of vapor plumes in LWIR and MWIR cameras because ambient light may not have enough power in the specific absorption band of the VOC vapor. Plume regions are automatically determined by image and video processing methods by the system. Specific vapors can be detected by using tunable IR light sources because leaking plumes from a damaged component causes dark regions in images of LWIR and/or MWIR cameras depending on the absorption wavelength of the plume. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050467 | Control System And Method For An Aerially Moved Payload System - A system and method for controlling an aerially moved payload having at least one information capturing device and at least one line, reel, and motor combination for maneuvering the payload. The system includes a database having at least one control parameter or location parameter input therein. An image viewing device is provided for displaying information from the at least one information capturing device and software for overlaying at least one of the at least one control or location parameter. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050468 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INSPECTING MULTIPLE WAFERS - A method and an inspection system that includes: a multi wafer support device arranged to concurrently support multiple wafers; optics arranged to acquire images of the multiple wafers supported by the multi wafer support element; | 2013-02-28 |
20130050469 | Defect Inspection Apparatus - Provided is a defect detection apparatus capable of scalably improving processing performance for image processing, even though a plurality of multi-core processors are used therein. The defect detection apparatus comprises: an imaging unit for taking images of a sample forming a pattern, a dividing part | 2013-02-28 |
20130050470 | SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD AND SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR STEEL SHEET COATED WITH RESIN - A surface inspection method for a steel sheet coated with a resin, includes irradiating the steel sheet with sheet-like light, which has been linearly polarized at a predetermined polarization angle, at an incidence angle different from Brewster's angle of the coating by a predetermined angle or greater; and imaging linearly-polarized light of a polarization angle of 0 degrees at an acceptance angle different from a regular reflection angle of incident light by a predetermined angle. Accordingly, it is not necessary to change the incidence angle and the acceptance angle depending on resin components and it is possible to inspect a substrate steel surface of the steel sheet highly accurately without observing abnormalities in the coating itself. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050475 | ELECTRON MULTIPLICATION FACTOR MEASUREMENT METHOD AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image acquisition section | 2013-02-28 |
20130050476 | Structured-Light Based Measuring Method and System - A structured-light measuring method, includes: matching process, in which the number and the low-precision depth of a laser point are achieved by using the imaging position of the laser point on a first camera ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130050477 | DEVICE FOR SENSING, MONITORING AND TELEMETRY USING VIDEO CAMERAS FOR VISUALIZATION, BROADCAST AND RECORDING - An innovative integrated system destined to perform real-time sensing of a location with multiple sensors simultaneously and to proceed with telemetry, monitoring and command in its equipment and installed systems, inserting all information (data collected or actions taken) on images of a video system, to share its visualization, broadcast and recording. Includes a device, provided with internal processing elements connected to a video camera, be it digital or analog and of various types, and to sensors, also of various types and applications, through compatible input ports, be them analog and/or digital and of various types accompanied by an equal number of output ports of various types, as required. Also, optionally, there may be connected auxiliary devices such as video recorders, data communication and memory chips, among others. The data collected from sensors and internally processed by the elements is displayed in lines and/or columns on the video output. The invention herein can also be incorporated to another device, or even be a block or part of video cameras, video surveillance cameras and IP cameras, among others. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050478 | Systems and Methods For Locating Faults In A Power System - A system for use in locating a fault in a power generation and delivery system is provided. The system includes a fault detection module configured to detect an occurrence of the fault and to generate a fault event notification, a satellite imaging system configured to acquire satellite image data, and a fault location module coupled to the fault detection module and to the satellite imaging system, the fault location module configured to receive the fault event notification from the fault detection module, receive satellite image data of a target area that includes the fault from the satellite imaging system, and determine the location of the fault based on the satellite image data. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOTION CUES IN COMPRESSED DISPLAYS - An apparatus and method are provided for highlighting a moving object in a compressed visual display. The object and a visual cue indicating motion is displayed in a compressed portion of a display having an adjacent uncompressed portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050480 | EMERGENCY DISCONNECT SEQUENCE VIDEO SHARING - Emergency disconnect sequence (EDS) video sharing systems and method. The EDS video sharing system may include, among other features, a storage to store EDS evidence, and at least a portion of a communication link to transmit said EDS evidence from a drilling platform to a remote computing device during a video sharing session between a rig computing device and the remote computing device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050481 | WIRELESS VIDEO AND AUDIO DELIVERY SYSTEM - A wireless video and audio delivery system includes a wireless camera to generate a video and audio feed when operated by a first person. An internet accessible device receives the video and audio feed from the wireless camera, thereby allowing a second person located at the internet accessible device to see and hear the video and audio feed at the same time the wireless camera is operated by the first person. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050482 | DIGITAL CAPTURE DEVICE FOR LEARNING - The present invention relates, in general, to a digital capture device for learning which captures (or photographs) images of both/either side of an open book in real time and transmits the captured images of the book to an output unit that enlarges or reduces the captured images (characters, pictures, etc.) of the book and displays them, thus allowing a learner to view the images, or that recognizes the characters of the images and outputs the recognized characters in the from of audio speech, thus allowing the learner to listen to the audio speech. More particularly, the present invention relates to a digital capture device for learning which is configured to exactly capture the images of the book without distorting the images. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050485 | Automatic detection of image degradation in enhanced vision systems - Systems and methods are described that directly detect whether or not enhanced vision system images obtained from a moving vehicle are degraded. If they are, image display is turned off to reduce operator distraction. When image quality is restored, image display is turned back on so operators can take advantage of EVS capabilities. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050486 | System and Method of High-Resolution Digital Data Image Transmission - A system and method for transmitting still images and a video feed from an unmanned aerial vehicle to a ground station is disclosed. The system includes an aircraft including a digital video camera to capture still images and video frames of an object. A video encoder is coupled to the camera to provide a video output including video packets. A file server is coupled to the camera to provide a still image output including image data packets. A multiplexer is coupled to the video output and the still image output. The multiplexer produces a data transmission including the video packets and the image data packets. A transmitter sends the data transmission to the ground station. The ground station receives the data transmission and demultiplexes the packets into separate video and image data packets. The ground control station may select the ratio the video stream images in relation to the still image to be transmitted from the aircraft. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050487 | Camera Ball Turret Having High Bandwidth Data Transmission to External Image Processor - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a fuselage, a gimbal-mounted turret having one or more degrees of freedom relative to the fuselage, a camera disposed in the gimbal-mounted turret for motion therewith in the one or more degrees of freedom, and a central video image processor disposed exteriorly of the gimbal-mounted turret, the central video image processor configured to receive and process image data from the camera. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050488 | POLYCHROMATIC IMAGING METHOD - The invention relates to a polychromatic imaging method, using a picture-taking instrument, which is placed on board an aircraft or satellite, which enables a reduction of the size of the instrument without reducing resolution of a final obtained image. To this end, a pupil of the instrument is sized for intermediate images that are limited to a first spectral sub-band without any image information being completely transmitted by the instrument for at least one wavelength that is located beyond said first spectral sub-band. Merging the intermediate image, inputted for the first spectral sub-band, with at least one other intermediate image, inputted for another spectral sub-band, recreates a polychromatic visual rendering that is satisfactory for the final image. Said other intermediate image includes the wavelength located beyond the first sub-band. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050493 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES - A system and method for detection of vehicle license plates including a video camera that has a first operating mode in which it generates a first image sequence of a small, strip-shaped section of its optical camera image at a high frame rate, and a second operating mode in which a second image sequence of its entire optical camera image is generated at a lower frame rate. In the first operating mode, at the time of the detection of a license plate in the first image sequence, the video camera is switched to the second operating mode to generate an image, which contains the license plate in or near the mentioned section. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050494 | IMAGING METHOD - The invention relates to an imaging method, including reconstructing a final image (IF) from intensity values inputted by a limited selection of photodetectors ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130050495 | Bulb with Sensing Function and Camera - A bulb comprises a lower case, a circuit board, an upper case, a sleeve, a sensor cap, and a camera. The lower case is provided with an electrical contact portion at a bottom thereof. The circuit board is mounted within the lower case and provided with a plurality of light emitting elements and an infrared sensor. The upper case is mounted on an upper edge of the lower case and defines an opening at a center thereof. The sleeve is mounted to the lower case and fitted with the opening of the upper case. The sensor cap is mounted on top of the sleeve. The camera is located adjacent to the infrared sensor. Thereby, when an infrared source enters the sensing scope of the infrared sensor, the camera can be triggered to take images and the light emitting elements can be turned on to perform illumination. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050496 | SECURITY MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING AUGMENTED REALITY - Disclosed is a security monitoring apparatus using augmented reality, including: an integrated event collector that collects events generated in a physical security region and an information security region; a security condition information generator that generates security condition information about each object to be monitored based on the collected events; and a security condition display unit that augments and displays the security condition information about the objects to be monitored existing in the videos photographed by cameras in the videos. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050499 | INDIRECT TRACKING - A mobile platform in a multi-user system tracks its own position with respect to an object and tracks remote mobile platforms despite being an unknown moving objects. The mobile platform captures images of the object and tracks its position with respect to the object as the position changes over time using the multiple images. The mobile platform receives the position of a remote mobile platform with respect to the object as the second position changes over time. The mobile platform tracks the position of the mobile platform with respect to the remote mobile platform using the position of the mobile platform and the received position of the remote mobile platform. The mobile platform may render virtual content with respect to the object and the remote mobile platform based on the tracked positions or may detect or control interactions or trigger events based on the tracked positions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050500 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, UTILIZING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNIQUE - An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing program. The information processing program includes image obtaining instructions, search target detection instructions, shape recognition instructions, event occurrence instructions, virtual image generation instructions, and display control instructions. The search target detection instructions cause a computer to detect a search target from an image of a subject obtained in accordance with the image obtaining instructions. The shape recognition instructions cause the computer to recognize a shape of the search target. The event occurrence instructions cause the computer to cause an event to occur in a virtual space in accordance with the shape of the search target. The virtual image generation instructions cause the computer to generate a virtual image by shooting the event that occurs in accordance with the event occurrence instructions with a virtual camera arranged in the virtual space. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050501 | Metrology Method and Apparatus, and Device Manufacturing Method - A target structure including a periodic structure is formed on a substrate. An image of the target structure is detected while illuminating the target structure with a beam of radiation, the image being formed using a first part of non-zero order diffracted radiation while excluding zero order diffracted radiation. Intensity values extracted from a region of interest within the image are used to determine a property of the periodic structure. A processing unit recognizes locations of a plurality of boundary features in the image of the target structure to identify regions of interest. The number of boundary features in each direction is at least twice a number of boundaries of periodic structures within the target structure. The accuracy of locating the region is greater than by recognizing only the boundaries of the periodic structure(s). | 2013-02-28 |
20130050502 | MOVING OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND MOVING OBJECT TRACKING METHOD - A moving object tracking system includes an input unit, a detection unit, a creating unit, a weight calculating unit, a calculating unit, and an output unit. The detection unit detects all tracking target moving objects from each of input images input. The creating unit creates a combination of a path that links each moving object detected in a first image to each moving object detected in a second image, a path that links each moving object detected in the first image to an unsuccessful detection in the second image, and a path that links an unsuccessful detection in the first image to each moving object detected in the second image. The calculating unit calculates a value for the combination of the paths to which weights are allocated. The output unit outputs a tracking result. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050509 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus arranged to add on a function in accordance with a file to be actually edited among files held by a user to allow the user to select a function to be added to an image processing application in accordance with image information of a selected image, determines a feature of an image selected from a recording medium, searches for and decides a function to be added to the application on the basis of the determined feature, and installs a program corresponding to the decided function in the information processing apparatus from outside. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050510 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, ACCESSORY AND IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM - An image capture system includes an image capture apparatus and an accessory connected to the image capture apparatus. The accessory includes a signal terminal used to communicate with the image capture apparatus based on a voltage value or current value, an activation signal generation unit which generates an activation signal required to switch the image capture apparatus from an idle state to a non-idle state, and a control unit which controls to output the activation signal to the image capture apparatus via the signal terminal. The image capture apparatus includes a state change unit which changes a state of the image capture apparatus between the idle state and non-idle state. The state change unit changes the state of the image capture apparatus to the non-idle state upon acceptance of the activation signal via the signal terminal in the idle state. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050511 | MOBILE ENERGY AUDIT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method includes obtaining an address of a structure, obtaining picture of objects in the structure with a networked mobile device, deriving identification information from the pictures, using the identification information to obtain energy usage information from databases, and generating an energy audit based on the objects and energy usage information. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050512 | MOBILE SOLUTION FOR IMPORTING AND SIGNING THIRD-PARTY ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE DOCUMENTS - Techniques for signer-initiated electronic document signing via an electronic signature service using a mobile or other client device are described. Example embodiments provide an electronic signature service (“ESS”) configured to facilitate the creation, storage, and management of documents and corresponding electronic signatures. In some embodiments, when a signer user receives a hard copy (e.g., paper) signature document, the signer may capture an image of the signature document with a camera of a mobile device. The signer can then import the captured image into the ESS for signature, storage, and/or transmission to other parties. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050513 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention provides a network management apparatus for appropriately managing a photographing network. A plurality of apparatuses including a master apparatus that issues a control command to control a photographic operation and a slave apparatus that executes the control command belong to the photographing network. The network management apparatus preferentially determines, out of the plurality of apparatuses belonging to the photographing network, a master apparatus as a candidate apparatus that becomes a new network management apparatus in a case that the network management apparatus is disconnected from the photographing network managed by the network management apparatus itself. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050514 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a correspondence relationship information change unit for changing a correspondence relationship information indicating each correspondence relationship between a plurality of image pickup devices and a plurality of controllers, the image pickup devices and the controllers being associated with each other, the controller being used to operate at least one of the plurality of image pickup devices, and the controller being capable of operating the image pickup device associated with the controller. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050517 | VISUAL CONTENT-AWARE AUTOMATIC CAMERA ADJUSTMENT - Visual content in images captured from a scene by a camera in each of a plurality of different pose settings are analyzed to determine predicted occurrences of a transaction associated with the visual content in each pose, which are compared with actual transaction occurrence data to generate performance values for each pose as a function difference between the predicted and actual transactions. Optimized poses are chosen having the best performance value, wherein a camera controller may place the camera in the optimum pose for use in monitoring the scene and generating the primitives of interest associated with the transactions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050518 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: an image receiving unit receiving an image series from a remote control apparatus, the remote control apparatus including a camera unit enabling continuous-shooting, the remote control apparatus being capable of sending the image series to an information processing apparatus via a wireless medium, the image series being obtained by continuous-shooting by the camera unit; a display unit having a display screen; a display controller displaying the received image series on the display screen in series; an image storing unit selecting, in response to a first control signal sent from the remote control apparatus via a wireless medium, a store-target image from the displayed image series, and storing the store-target image; and a content obtaining unit obtaining display-dedicated content. The display controller simultaneously displays the obtained display-dedicated content and the received image series on the display screen of the display unit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050519 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal detects an object in which a ghost may appear through a preview image of an image acquired using a dual camera. The mobile terminal may display an indicator for identifying the detected object. Accordingly, a higher quality high dynamic range (HDR) image can be more efficiently acquired. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050520 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image information combining unit that performs a pixel value combining process on a long-time exposure pixel and a short-time exposure pixel. The pixel information combining unit calculates a plurality of blending ratios based on pixel values of a plurality of pixels of different periods of exposure time, determines an applied blending ratio, which is applied to a blending process for the long-time exposure pixel and the short-time exposure pixel, based on the plurality of blending ratios, and determines pixel values of an output image or an intermediate image which is applied to produce the output image, by the blending process for the long-time exposure pixel and the short-time exposure pixel to which the applied blending ratio is applied. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050521 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager repeatedly outputs an image representing a scene. A register registers relative position information in response to a registering operation. A searcher searches for a predetermined site image representing a predetermined site forming a specific object, from the image outputted from the imager. A detector detects a reference position on the specific object image appearing on the image outputted from the imager, based on the predetermined site image searched out by the searcher and the relative position information registered by the register. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition, out of the image outputted from the imager, based on a partial image present at the reference position detected by the detector. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050522 | VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS, VIDEO IMAGE UTILIZING APPARATUS, VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM, VIDEO IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention has been made for purpose of providing a video image providing apparatus which can provide a variety of users with a video image captured by a surveillance camera or the like, while paying careful attention to privacy information included in the video image. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050525 | PORTABLE THEATRICAL LIGHTING CONTROL AND AUDIOVISUAL RECORDING SYSTEM - The portable theatrical lighting control and audiovisual recording system enables the director of a stage or motion picture production to control the lighting and various other technical aspects of the production simultaneously with his or her direction of the performers. The system includes a case containing three DMX | 2013-02-28 |
20130050526 | SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING SYSTEMS - Electronic devices may include super-resolution imaging systems for capturing multiple relatively low-resolution images and combining the captured images to form a high-resolution image. The imaging system may include image sensors configured to capture information above the Nyquist frequency of the image sensor by providing each image sensor pixel in an array of image sensor pixels with structures for reducing the size of the clear pixel aperture below the size of the image sensor pixel. The structures may be configured to pass light that is incident on a central region of the image sensor pixel to a photo-sensitive element through a color filter element and to reject light that is incident on a surrounding edge region. The structures may include a microlens configured to reject light that is incident on the edge region or a combination of a microlens and masking structures. Masking structures may be absorbing, reflecting, or interfering structures. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050531 | SHOOTING APPARATUS - A shooting apparatus includes: an image-pickup section outputting a picked-up image obtained by picking up an image of a subject; and a control section performing acceptance of a still image shooting operation and acceptance of a part specification operation of specifying a partial area of the picked-up image during video image pickup by the image-pickup section. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050532 | COMPOUND-EYE IMAGING DEVICE - The multi-eye imaging device includes a first imaging element, a second imaging element, a moving pictures release button, a still picture release button, an image processor, a monitor and an image display component. The first imaging element outputs first image data. The second imaging element outputs second image data. The moving pictures release button receives a capturing instruction of moving pictures. The still picture release button receives a capturing instruction of a still picture and an AF controlling instruction on the second imaging element. The image processor captures moving pictures based on the first image data. The image display component displays a still picture mark with the first through image and the second through image on the monitor when the still picture release button has received the AF controlling instruction while the image processor is capturing the moving pictures. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050535 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having positive power and fixed during zooming operation; a second lens group having negative power; a third lens group having positive power; a fourth lens group having positive power; and a fifth lens group having positive power sequentially arranged from a side where an object is present, wherein the zooming operation is performed by moving at least the second lens group and the fourth lens group, the first lens group includes a reflective member that deflects an optical path, the fifth lens group includes a first lens partial group having negative power and a second lens partial group having positive power sequentially arranged from the object side, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expressions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050536 | COMPOUND-EYE IMAGING DEVICE - A compound-eye imaging device includes a first optical system that has a first zoom lens, a second optical system that has a second zoom lens, a first imaging sensor, a second imaging sensor, a zoom manipulation component, an interface, and a zoom controller. The first imaging sensor captures a subject image formed by the first optical system and outputs data. The second imaging sensor captures a subject image formed by the second optical system and outputs data. The zoom manipulation component is configured to be manipulated to drive either the first or the second zoom lens. The interface is configured to receive a particular input to select either the first or the second zoom lens as an active zoom lens. The particular input dictates manipulation of the zoom manipulation component. The zoom controller is configured to drive the active zoom lens according to how the zoom manipulation component is manipulated. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050539 | IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a process for causing a computer to execute a method including the steps of acquiring optical transfer function information corresponding to an image pickup condition of a picked-up image (S | 2013-02-28 |
20130050540 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus which enables to suppress coloring in an image after image recovery processing, and a control method for the image processing apparatus are disclosed. After the chromatic difference of magnification of an optical imaging system is corrected, a first value relating to coloring is obtained before application of an image recovery filter. Then, an image recovery filter which, preferably, does not correct a chromatic difference of magnification and is based on a function indicating the aberrations of the optical imaging system is applied. A second value associated with coloring is obtained from the image after application of the image recovery filter. According to the difference between the first and second values obtained before and after application of the image recovery filter respectively, pixel value correction for correcting coloring is performed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050543 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT - An image pickup unit and an image processing unit are provided, each inexpensively achieving both of far distance photographing and near distance photographing in a simple configuration. In an image processing section | 2013-02-28 |
20130050544 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and image processing method, which enable suppression of coloring that occurs in image recovery processing for a RAW image are disclosed. Pixel interpolation processing is executed for a predetermined reference color component of the RAW image. For each color component other than the reference color component, a first color difference is obtained using a pixel value of the color component and a corresponding pixel value of the reference color component after the pixel interpolation processing. After applying the image recovery processing to each color component, a second color difference is obtained in a similar manner to the first color difference, and a pixel value is corrected according to the difference between the first and second color differences determined before and after the image recovery processing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050549 | EMBEDDED CAMERA WITH PRIVACY FILTER - An apparatus includes a housing having an integrated camera. A panel is positioned in front of at least a portion of the camera and is operable to selectively switch between at least a substantially transparent state and at least a substantially opaque state. | 2013-02-28 |
20130050550 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus with improved convenience, which can perform various types of processing using an imaging device while performing phase difference detection, is provided. | 2013-02-28 |