17th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130100259 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY EXPOSURE TO 3D MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to identify exposure to 3D media presentation. An example apparatus includes 3D glasses components to enable presentation of a 3D media presentation. The example apparatus includes 3D glasses to enable viewing of a 3D media presentation. The example apparatus includes a motion sensor carried by the 3D glasses to generate a movement signal. The example apparatus includes a transmitter carried by the 3D glasses to transmit the movement signal. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100260 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a telop detector, a correction coefficient calculator, a depth corrector, a parallax image generator, and a display. The telop detector is configured to calculate a probability of each pixel block in an input image being a telop. The correction coefficient calculator is configured to calculate a correction coefficient for a first depth value of a correction target frame so that a second depth value of a pixel block having a highest probability of being a telop out of the pixel blocks in the input image is within a first range. The depth corrector is configured to correct a third value of each pixel using the correction coefficient. The parallax image generator is configured to generate parallax images of the input image based on the corrected depth values. The display is configured to display the parallax images stereoscopically. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100261 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an IR emitter controller for recognizing a pair of 3D glasses connected to the image display apparatus; a video multiplexer for receiving a plurality of displayed video data using a plurality of pairs of 3D glasses, setting a frame rate for the plurality of video data to assign a frame period thereto, and multiplexing the plurality video data according to the frame period assigned at the set frame rate, when the plurality of pairs of 3D glasses is connected to the image data apparatus; and a display unit for frame-sequentially displaying the multiplexed video data. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100262 | LOW-NOISE BIOCCULAR DIGITAL VISION DEVICE - A binocular digital vision device comprising a digital processor member ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130100263 | IMAGE SIGNAL CORRECTION APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An image signal correction apparatus includes: a frame memory configured to hold input image signals corresponding to a predetermined number of frames; a difference calculation unit configured to calculate a difference signal between an input image signal and each of the image signals held in the frame memory; a filter unit configured to pass a difference signal having a value equal to or smaller than a threshold value; and a control unit configured to change the threshold value of the filter unit in accordance with the value of the difference signal calculated in the difference calculation unit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100264 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM - An endoscopic imaging system includes an endoscope, a light source assembly coupled to the endoscope that transmits light to the endoscope for illuminating a region of interest, an imaging unit coupled to the light source assembly that receives light through the endoscope reflected from the region of interest, a first power module coupled to the light source assembly that provides electrical power to the light source assembly, and a second and different power module coupled to the imaging unit that provides electrical power to the imaging unit. Other imaging systems and a method are also disclosed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100265 | IMAGE MANAGING APPARATUS - In an image managing apparatus connected to: an image processing apparatus receiving an image signal from an imaging apparatus capturing a medical examination image; and an image recording apparatus recording a captured image, an apparatus information storage stores an image processing apparatus type. An apparatus ID acquiring unit acquires an image processing apparatus identifier from the connected image processing apparatus. An apparatus type acquiring unit reads out the type of the connected image processing apparatus based on the image processing apparatus identifier acquired by the apparatus ID acquiring unit. If the image processing apparatus type read by the apparatus type acquiring unit indicates that the apparatus can transmit an image file directly to the image recording apparatus, a file acquiring unit reads out from the image recording apparatus an image file that the image processing apparatus stores directly in the image recording apparatus. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF OBJECT TOPOLOGY - Electronic devices may include imaging systems with camera modules and light sources. A camera module may be used to capture images while operating one or more light sources. Operating the light sources may generate changing illumination patterns on surfaces of objects to be imaged. Images of an object may be captured under one or more different illumination conditions generated using the light sources. Shadow patterns in the captured images may change from one image captured under one illumination condition to another image captured under a different illumination condition. The electronic device may detect changes in the shadow patterns between multiple captured images. The detected changes in shadow patterns may be used to determine whether an object in an image is a planar object or an object having protruding features. A user authentication system in the device may permit or deny access to the device based, in part, on that determination. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100267 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING FINGERPRINTS - An apparatus and method for detecting fingerprints simultaneously. The apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor having a fingerprint input window on which fingers can simultaneously be placed. Fingerprint regions can be separated from a source-fingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor, and the fingerprint regions can be individually processed to generate fingerprint data. The fingerprint regions may be processed by a multi fingerprint region recognizing method such as a morphology calculation for image processing. Therefore, fingerprint regions can be rapidly recognized, as compared with a related-art method of using features of fingerprints, and the fingerprint sensor can have a simple structure because it is unnecessary to separate fingerprint regions using a mechanical structure as in the related art. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100268 | EMERGENCY DETECTION AND RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are automated emergency detection and response systems and methods, in accordance with different embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, a system is provided for detecting and responding to a potential emergency event occurring in respect of a user in or near a designated area. The system comprises one or more sensors disposed in or near the area and a controller operatively coupled to the one or more sensors to receive sensor data therefrom indicative of the user's condition. The controller is further operatively coupled to a designated device in or near the area, operation of the designated device previously identified to effect capture of sensor data. The controller operating on stored statements and instructions to process the sensor data in automatically identifying the event therefrom, communicate a command to the designated device to alter operation thereof based on the previously identified effect so to improve capture of additional sensor data, process the additional sensor data to determine a level of assistance required by the user in response to the event. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100269 | System and Method for Assessing an Individual's Physical and Psychosocial Abilities - A system is presented for assessing an individual's physical or psychosocial abilities. The system comprises a server having a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the system. The non-transitory computer readable medium has instructions encoded thereon to receive a video-audio data stream from one or more video cameras in communication with the server, establish a threshold for a parameter that can be measured using the video-audio data streams received, measuring the parameter using the video-audio data streams received, and comparing the measure parameter with the threshold. From the comparison of the measured parameter and the threshold the individual's physical or psychosocial abilities can be assessed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100270 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A person is detected as a subject from an image obtained by image capture, and information, for example, the number of such subjects, is obtained as subject-related information. Then, the greater the number of subjects, the more a setting of a condition that the subjects should satisfy is relaxed. As a result, in an image processing apparatus having a function that identifies a subject state, the usability of that function that identifies the subjects can be improved even in a case in which multiple subjects are present. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100271 | UNIVERSAL DUAL CAMERA ADAPTER - A universal adapter system having a video camera mount and a digital camera mount for attaching a video camera and a digital camera to a single port of an optical observation device, such as a standard microscope, that allows for simultaneous video and digital camera imaging. An example digital camera mount includes a C-clamp attachment for attaching a standard, off-the-shelf digital camera and a sleeve attached to the adapter housing that allows use of an extendable zoom lens of the digital camera. The adapter may provide increased capabilities by use of a rotatable portion to allow positioning of the digital camera relative to the optical observation device, a parfocal zoom lens for simultaneous zoom adjustment of video and digital cameras, an auxiliary zoom lens, a fine focus adjustment for adjusting the video image independent of the digital image, a smartphone adapter, a Toric reticule and a light filter. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100272 | Multifunction autofocus system and method for automated microscopy - Multifunction autofocus for automated microscopy includes automatic coarse focusing of an automated microscope by reflective positioning, followed by automatic image-based autofocusing of the automated microscope performed in reference to a coarse focus position. In some aspects, the image-based autofocusing utilizes astigmatism in microscope optics for multi-planar image acquisition along a Z axis direction of a microscope. In some other aspects, the image-based autofocusing utilizes astigmatism in microscope optics in combination with chromatic aberration for multi-planar image acquisition along the Z axis direction. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100273 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes a λ stack image data acquisition unit that detects light emitted composed of a sample for each wavelength to acquire λ stack image data from multiple image data items for multiple different wavelengths; a spectrum generation unit that generates a spectrum for each pixel based on the λ stack image data; a clustering unit that performs clustering of the spectrum for each pixel into multiple clusters; a color setting unit that sets different colors to the clusters; and an image generation unit that generates an image of the sample by displaying pixels included in the clusters with a color set by the color setting unit. The distribution and gray scale of fluorescent materials within the sample can be correctly recognized and the state of a desired tissue can be favorably observed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100274 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - Provided is an endoscope apparatus including an illumination unit and an image acquisition unit, wherein the illumination unit has a light emission unit at which a light source is installed, and a mask configured to shield some of the light emitted from the light emission unit, and when an irradiation angle of the light measured when an optical axis of the light emission unit is set to 0° is set to θ, a function of the irradiation angle θ representing angular distribution of the light emitted from the light emission unit is set to f(θ), and a maximum angle defined to be vignetted by the mask when the optical axis of the light emission unit is set to 0° is set to θ | 2013-04-25 |
20130100275 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY OF A POLYCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELL - A method for estimating the efficiency of a solar cell to be manufactured from a wafer is disclosed, wherein the efficiency estimate is obtained from a density of crystallite boundaries on a surface of the wafer. In embodiments the density of crystallite boundaries is obtained from a digital image of the surface of the wafer, from which first a filtered image, and then a binary image is generated. The binary image is evaluated to obtain the density of crystallite boundaries. Alternatively, the efficiency estimate is obtained from the sizes of crystallites on the surface of the wafer. An apparatus for obtaining the efficiency estimate is also disclosed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100276 | High Speed Autofocus System - A method and apparatus for optimizing inspection high-speed optical inspection of parts using intelligent image analysis to determine optimal focus using high numerical aperture (NA) optics, achieve a superior signal-to-noise ratio, resolution, and inspection speed performance with very limited depth of field lenses. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100277 | WORKBENCH FOR MANUFACTURING OR CHECKING ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESSES - A workbench and an assistance method for manufacturing or checking electrical wiring harnesses. The workbench comprises: an assembly board; image projection devices on the assembly board; optical sensors arranged on the assembly board to provide information about its position; cameras arranged to capture gestures of the technician in charge of the workbench; a computer with a set of computer programs adapted to provide, through the image projection devices images in 1:1 scale of templates of the electrical wiring harness being manufactured or checked projected onto the assembly board and, superimposed on them, complementary images of aid requested by the technician, acting on virtual menus and/or buttons projected onto the assembly board. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100278 | AUTOMATED BUBBLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An automated hydrogen bubble detection apparatus includes a horizontal support surface on which a test coupon can be supported, a transparent tube having an open top and an open bottom and operable to contain a test solution when positioned on a test coupon, a camera arranged to view a test solution in the transparent tube, and a controller in communication with the camera and effective to operate the camera such that at least one video segment is recorded by the camera and analyzed to detect first bubble and continuous bubble generation. A method of evaluating corrosion resistance of coatings on aluminum and steel in acidic solution is also included. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100279 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURVEYING DEVICE - A system and methods are provided for controlling a surveying device. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a control screen including image data captured by a surveying device, detecting an input associated with the control screen, and determining a control command for the surveying device based on the input associated with the control screen. The method may further include controlling operation of the surveying device based on the control command, wherein the surveying device is configured to rotate in one more of a horizontal and vertical direction based on the control command. The device and methods may advantageously allow for precise pointing of a surveying device and translation of input position to surveying device commands. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100280 | DETECTING APPARATUS AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A detecting apparatus for detecting an object includes at least a screen, at least a detecting unit and at least a holding unit. The screen is partial light-permeable and has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The object is disposed adjacent to the first surface of the screen. The detecting unit is disposed corresponding to the object and located adjacent to the second surface of the screen. The holding unit holds the relative distances between the screen, the object and the detecting unit. The detecting unit captures the image of the second surface of the screen so as to calculate the optical field distribution of the object. The detecting apparatus can measure the optical field distribution of an object quickly and has the advantages of low cost and high accuracy. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100281 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Detecting an Obstacle with a Camera - For detecting an obstacle with a camera, a first image is viewed by the camera at a first location during a first time. Points on a surface would project onto first pixels of the first image. A second image is viewed by the camera at a second location during a second time. The points on the surface would project onto second pixels of the second image. Coordinates of the second pixels are identified in response to coordinates of the first pixels, in response to a displacement between the first and second locations, and in response to a distance between the camera and the surface. The obstacle is detected in response to whether the first pixels substantially match the second pixels. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100282 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING 3D COORDINATES ON A MEASUREMENT OBJECT SURFACE - A measurement object surface is illuminated with a pattern sequence of various patterns using a projector, which is recorded with a camera system, and the 3D coordinates for the measurement points are determined by evaluation of the image sequence. While the image sequence is being recorded translational and/or rotational accelerations of the projector, the camera system and/or the measurement object are measured at least at a measurement rate such that in each case a plurality of values for the accelerations are acquired. It is thus possible, on the basis of the measured accelerations, to take into account algorithmically, when determining the 3D coordinates, movements of the projector, the camera system and/or the measurement object, which movements occur during the illumination times of the respective individual images of the image sequence and provoke unsteadiness and/or motion blur in the respective individual images of the image sequence. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100283 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device | 2013-04-25 |
20130100284 | MONITORING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A monitoring device includes a range imaging sensor, a bed recognition unit, a person recognition unit, a movement determination unit and a notification unit. The range imaging sensor generates a range image wherein pixel values are distance values to an object, the entirety of a bed to be monitored being included in a field of vision thereof. The bed recognition unit extracts a location of the bed using the range image. The person recognition unit detects regions occupied by a person inside and outside of the range of the bed recognized by the bed recognition unit in the range image. The movement determination unit determines the movement of the person relative to the bed using a combination of the regions of the bed detected by the bed recognition unit and the person detected by the person recognition unit. The notification unit notifies a determination result of the movement determination unit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100285 | Method for Comparing Effects of Equipment on a User's Head Mobility - A method for comparing effects of equipment on a user's head mobility, which includes attaching a camera and a laser pointer on a user's head, the camera capturing the laser point and the trace of the laser pointer against a spatial reference, adjusting the laser pointer such that the laser pointer points outwardly in the direction of the line of sight of the user, configuring a work area such that the work area is constant, placing the user wearing the equipment the camera, and the laser pointer in the work area, scanning the full range of motion of the user wearing the equipment while recording the trace of the laser pointer via the camera, repeating the above listed acts with a different equipment configuration, and comparing and reviewing the recordings of the trace of the laser pointer for the equipment configurations to compare each configuration's effects on head mobility. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING VEHICLE LOCATION - A system and method for detecting a traffic signal violation. In one embodiment a system includes a video image capture device, an image rectifier, and a vehicle position predictor. The image rectifier is configured to provide a rectified image by applying a rectification function an image captured by the video image capture device. The vehicle position predictor is configured to provide a prediction, based on the rectified image, of whether a vehicle approaching an intersection will enter the intersection. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100287 | Blind Spot Detection System and Blind Spot Detection Method Thereof - A blind spot detection system and method thereof applicable to a transportation vehicle. The blind spot detection system comprises a plurality of detection modules, a processing module and a display module. When the transportation vehicle moves at a speed less than a predetermined speed or at a stop moving state, each detection module is used to detect a plurality of blind spot images around the transportation vehicle. The processing module is connected to each detection module and used to receive the plurality of blind spot images and execute an image processing for detecting and identifying a moving object in the plurality of blind spot images, and to generate a mark pattern corresponding to the moving object. The display module is connected to the processing module and used to display the plurality of blind spot images and the mark pattern in a blind spot display mode. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100288 | AUDIO/VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for programming and/or charging one or more audio/video devices such that the audio/video devices will be programmed and charged to receive transmitted audio and video signals associated with an event, allowing a user to use the audio/video device to observe the sights and sounds of the event. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a cart with a docking port for each of a plurality of personal audio/video devices, a charger configured to charge the power source of each personal audio/video display device, and programming logic configured to program each of the personal audio/video devices. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100289 | AUTOMOTIVE STORED VISION SYSTEM - A method for the driver of an automotive vehicle to avoid distraction from the task of driving, but yet to preserve and later recover legal evidence of events, objects, or conditions that may be encountered during the driving of the vehicle, by utilizing a perimeter optical viewing system in conjunction with a central digital recording system to record and subsequently retrieve images of those events, objects, or conditions. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100290 | IMAGE CALIBRATION METHOD AND IMAGE CALIBRATION DEVICE - To alleviate the strictness degree required for a relative positional relationship between a calibration index and a vehicle in an image calibration method and an image calibration device. The image calibration device includes a calibration index | 2013-04-25 |
20130100291 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING BANKNOTES - The invention relates to a device ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130100292 | COMPOUND DOME CAMERA ASSEMBLY - In one aspect, the invention provides an imaging system adapted to simultaneously receive light from wide and narrow fields of view, with the wide filed image data collected by an array of fixed position cameras, and the narrow field data collected by a panable, tiltable zoom camera at higher resolution than the fixed array in a selected orientation, and a compound viewing cover that includes two separated pieces interlocked with one another. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100293 | ELECTRONIC HANDHELD AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER AND LISTENING/VIEWING DEVICE - A handheld device in an audio and video system including a system for receiving and processing video and/or audio signals, a system for displaying a virtual image to a user, and a system for producing sounds audible to a user. The handheld device also incorporates a shroud to block ambient light when the handheld unit is engaged with the user's face. As a result, the user may hear sounds produced from the received audio signals. Further the user may see the virtual images produced from the received video signals when the handheld device is engaged with the users face. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL SIGNALS OF AN INFRARED IMAGE - A system and method are provided for processing digital signals of an infrared image. In a frame's backward-stroke, performing a differential weight accumulation process on an original column diagram data representing an original column diagram curve distribution of a current frame image, so as to filter overbright or overdark pixels, and output grayscale value data of a last frame image after being processed in a last frame's backward-stroke. In a frame's forward stroke, receiving the grayscale value data of the last frame image and performing a grayscale shift process in way of multi-meandering lines on the received grayscale value data, so as to perform different levels of brightness grayscale shift for the grayscale value data on bright or dark side, and output the processed grayscale value data of the last frame image. The present application can provide better scene adaptability for the infrared image. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquirement section, a detection section, a selection section, a display control section and a commodity recognition section. The acquirement section acquires an image captured by an image capturing section. The detection section detects all or part of targets included in the image acquired by the acquirement section. The selection section selects any one target in the condition that the detection section detects a plurality of targets. The display control section displays the target selected by the selection section in the plurality of targets on the image acquired by the acquirement section. The commodity recognition section recognizes a commodity captured by the image capturing section based on a similarity showing a degree with which all or part of the images of the target selected by the selection section are similar to the reference image of each commodity. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100296 | MEDIA CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A method of distributing media content includes capturing an image of a static media content, detecting at least one feature in the image, seeking a correlation of the image to a reference image using the at least one feature, and identifying at least one region of dynamic media content of the reference image in the image of the static media content. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100297 | Method of enabling association of object with surface - A method is provided of enabling association of an object with a surface. In the method a server receives an image of the surface captured with an image sensor of a mobile device networked with the server, receives a request to associate a selected object with the captured image, receives specification of a location on the surface with which the selected object is to be associated, and associates the selected object with the specified location of the captured image of the surface. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100298 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - In the presence of a switching instruction of operation modes in an image capture apparatus, it is examined whether image data is being transferred or not. When the image data is not being transferred, the operation modes are immediately switched. When the image data is being transferred, the operation modes are switched after the completion of transfer. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100299 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - An image data processing device includes: a basic image data acquisition device that acquires basic image data; a simplified image data generation device that generates simplified image data corresponding to the basic image data which has been acquired, a size of the simplified image data being smaller than that of the basic image data; a transmission device that transmits at least the basic image data to an external storage device; and an internal storage device that stores the simplified image data without storing the basic image data. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100300 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - In a method of controlling an image capturing device using a computing device, sounds coming from a monitored area are detected in real-time using sound receivers that are electronically connected to the computing device. The detected sounds are analyzed using an acoustic source localization (ASL) device of the computing device to determine the direction of the apparent origin of the detected sounds in the monitored area. A command is sent to the image capturing device to view or focus on the origin of the sounds in the monitored area. The computing device controls a lens of the image capturing device to capture images of the source of the sounds in the monitored area. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100301 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - An image can be encoded to define one or more spatial regions that are detectable by a suitably-equipped mobile device (e.g., a smartphone), but are imperceptible to humans. When such a mobile device senses one of these regions, it takes an action in response (e.g., rendering an associated tone, playing linked video, etc.). The mobile device may send an excerpt of captured imagery to a cloud processor, which responds with an estimate of the viewing angle by which the image was captured. The mobile device can perform further operations (e.g., re-sampling, watermark decoding) based on this viewing angle estimate. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100302 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup section having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion device and a field effect transistor; and a driving section, by using the transistor, that executes read driving and reset driving on a signal charge stored in the pixel. The driving section intermittently executes the reset driving a plurality of times in a one-frame term, and executes on-operation of the transistor by applying, to the transistor over at least one resetting term in the one-frame term or over a partial term in the at least one resetting term, a second voltage that is lower than a first voltage applied in a resetting term in the one-frame term other than the at least one resetting term. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100303 | Video Stabilization System and Method - A video stabilization method includes detecting a plurality of feature points of an inputted image frame. Next, a block motion estimation is performed onto the inputted image frame according to the feature points, thereby generating a plurality of block motion vectors corresponding to the feature points. Then, the block motion vectors are converted to a histogram to perform a statistical process. Thereafter, an initial static background motion vector is determined according to a statistic value of the histogram. Thereafter, a Gaussian distribution model and a Maximum a Posteriori (MAP) estimation are adopted to correct the initial static background motion vector to generate a global motion vector. Then, a smoothing process is performed onto the global motion vector to generate a smoothed global motion vector. A video stabilization system is also provided here | 2013-04-25 |
20130100304 | Optical Unit with Shake Correcting Function - An optical unit may include a fixed body; a movable module which holds an optical element; a swing support point which swingably supports the movable module; a shake correction drive mechanism which swings the movable module with the swing support point as a swing center around two axial lines intersecting an optical axis direction of the optical element between an outer peripheral face of the movable module and the fixed body; a first photo reflector provided between a bottom part of the movable module and the fixed body at a position superposing on one of the two axial lines and that detects displacement of the movable module; and a second photo reflector provided between the bottom part of the movable module and the fixed body at a position superposing on the other of the two axial lines and that detects displacement of the movable module. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100305 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging lens includes an aperture stop, a front group arranged to the object side, and a rear group arranged to the image side, wherein image blurring correction on an image face is performed by including a lens with a positive refractive force and moving the lens with the positive refractive force as a blurring correction lens in a different direction from the optical axis. The rear group includes a lens group GrA with a positive refractive force and a lens group GrB with a negative refractive force. The blurring correction lens, the lens group GrA, and the lens group GrB respectively include one or two lenses. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURE POSITION OF A CAMERA - A digital image capture device streams captured images (e.g. low-resolution images) to a remote viewer terminal, along with image identifiers and/or device position information. The remote viewer terminal displays the images for viewing by a remote viewer. The remote viewer provides inputs to a user interface, which indicate a direction of desired movement of the image capture device, and/or that the remote viewer wants new images (e.g. high-resolution images) to be captured at a desired position. The user interface inputs are translated into requests, which are transmitted to the image capture device. The image capture device provides movement prompts that direct a device operator to move the device in a requested direction or toward a requested position. When a position of the device corresponds to a requested image capture position, the image capture device captures one or more new images, and transmits the new images to the remote viewer terminal. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100307 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ANALYZING CONTEXT-BASED MEDIA DATA FOR TAGGING AND RETRIEVAL - An apparatus for enabling retrieval of media content and identifying an interestingness of the media content may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including capturing items of media content including objects and assigning context data indicating a determined location of one of the captured objects and a time that the object was captured to the media content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign a detected item of orientation information indicating an orientation of a media capturing device, capturing the objects, to the context data associated with the media content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable retrieval of the media content from a memory based on analyzing the location of the captured object, the time and the orientation information. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100308 | TURBULENCE COMPENSATED IMAGE PRODUCTION - Turbulence compensated image data is produced by adapting the settings of a deformable mirror ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130100309 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS DETERIORATION OF IMAGE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a data storing portion configured to store coefficient data for reconstructing an optical transfer function of an image pickup optical system in accordance with a type of the image pickup optical system and an imaging condition, a tap number determining portion configured to determine a tap number of the optical transfer function that is reconstructed by using the coefficient data in accordance with a size of one pixel of an image pickup element, and a reconstruction portion configured to reconstruct the optical transfer function in accordance with Nyquist frequency of the image pickup element and the tap number in a frequency space. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100310 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image smoothing unit smoothing a target image having pixel values which include a plurality of color components with a different plurality of smoothing degrees and generating a plurality of smoothed images; a calculation unit obtaining color differences being differences between a pixel value of a predetermined color component of the target image and pixel values of a color component of each of the smoothed images which is different from the predetermined color component at each pixel position of the target image, and calculating dispersions of the obtained color difference; a determination unit comparing sharpness of each of the color components of the target image based on the dispersions of the color differences and determining a color component having the highest sharpness; and an adjustment unit adjusting the sharpness of at least one of the color components of the target image based on the color component having the highest sharpness. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100311 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging processing circuit and a focus drive control section. The imaging processing circuit includes a luminance information generating section and a disparity amount calculating section. The luminance information generating section generates first luminance information from a first image signal. The disparity amount calculating section calculates a disparity amount based on the first luminance information and second luminance information. The second luminance information is contained in a second image signal. The focus drive control section controls the focus drive in accordance with a subject distance obtained using the disparity amount. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100312 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device may include an image processing pipeline in which at least a magnification chromatic aberration correction processing unit that corrects magnification chromatic aberration of an imaging optical system, a distortion aberration correction processing unit that corrects distortion aberration of the imaging optical system, and an imaging processing unit that performs image processing with respect to image data and outputs image processed-image data to the distortion aberration correction processing unit are included in one pipeline, magnification chromatic aberration of the image data having been corrected by the magnification chromatic aberration correction processing unit, a sequencer that controls operations of respective elements included in the image processing pipeline, and a distortion correction range calculation unit that calculates a distortion aberration correction input range. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100313 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an imaging unit generating RAW image data of a shot image and a gradation conversion unit. The imaging unit includes an imaging sensor which converts an image of a subject into an electrical signal. Then the gradation conversion unit performs gradation conversion according to a shooting condition for each of color signals based on a pixel array of the imaging sensor on the RAW image data of continuously shot images. Thus, it is possible to efficiently compress the RAW image data of continuously shot images. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100314 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MOTION-COMPENSATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may include image sensors. Image sensors may be used to capture images having rows of long-exposure image pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure image pixel values. The long-exposure and short-exposure values in each interleaved image frame may be interpolated to form interpolated values. A combined long-exposure image and a combined short-exposure image may be generated using the long-exposure and the short-exposure values from the interleaved image frames and the interpolated values from a selected one of the interleaved image frames. The combined long-exposure and short-exposure images may each include image pixel values from either of the interleaved image frames in a non-motion edge region and image pixel values based only on the image pixel values or the interpolated values from the selected one of the interleaved images in a motion or non-edge region. High-dynamic-range images may be generated using the combined long-exposure and short-exposure images. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100315 | METHOD OF ECONOMIZING POWER IN IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - A method of operating an image pickup system includes generating a first control signal in response to a long duration exposure mode selectively input by a user, setting circuits to process image data associated with modes other than long duration exposure mode to a standby mode in response to the first control signal, generating a second control signal when the standby mode has been established, opening a shutter in response to the second control signal, and performing a long duration exposure to accumulate a charge corresponding to an optical signal incident on an image sensor of the image pickup system when the shutter is open. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100316 | IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DATA SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus capable of managing image data includes a display unit configured to display image data whose predetermined date is known among image data stored in a storage unit, and a setting unit configured to set a date to another image data using the image data displayed on the display unit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100317 | WIRELESS MODEM MODULE SERVER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for managing data for a wireless device, which includes a first memory for storing received data of a wireless device, a second memory for storing a network operational file, the operational file consisting of instructions for selecting a destination using a wireless module of the wireless device, and instruction steps for operating the network operational file for sending the received data using the wireless module to the selected destination. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100318 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFORE - Various embodiments of the present invention include a semiconductor device and a fabrication method therefore, the semiconductor device including a first semiconductor chip disposed on a substrate, a first sealing resin sealing the first semiconductor chip, a built-in semiconductor device disposed on the first sealing resin, and a second sealing resin sealing the first sealing resin and the built-in semiconductor device and covering a side surface of the substrate. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a high-quality semiconductor device and a fabrication method therefore, in which downsizing and cost reduction can be realized. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100319 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a captured image, an object region detection unit configured to detect the main object region in a photographic screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether the main object region is in a focused state, an enlarge unit configured to enlarge and display the main object region in focus on the display unit larger than when the main object region is not in focus, an object movement detection unit configured to detect whether the main object in the main object region moves in the photographic screen, and an enlarge control unit configured to, when the object movement detection unit detects that the main object is moving, limit the enlarge from performing enlargement and display. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100320 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a control unit, an imaging device, a memory, and a correction unit. The memory stores information for specifying a pixel as a defect pixel among the arrayed pixels if a variation in image data of the pixel in a period is a predetermined value or larger, the image data of each pixel being output from the imaging device when light with a constant first light-quantity level is incident on each pixel of the imaging device for the period. The correction unit obtains data for the defect pixel based on image data of a good pixel that is adjacent to the defect pixel among the arrayed pixels. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100321 | COLOR IMAGE SENSOR - A color image sensor having a plurality of sensor elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein the sensor elements each include an optical filter whose transmission behavior is electrically adjustable, and wherein the color image sensor includes a control for controlling the optical filters. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100322 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor has a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, and a charge-voltage converter shared by the plurality of pixels. The sensor includes a structural portion including a plurality of wiring layers, an interlayer insulating film, and light waveguides configured by embedding, in portions of the interlayer insulating film located above the photoelectric converters, a material having a refractive index higher than that of the interlayer insulating film. A dummy pattern is formed in the structural portion to reduce a difference between a sensitivity of a first pixel and that of a second pixel, which is produced by a difference between a structure in a periphery of the light waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter of the first pixel and that of the second pixel. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100323 | IMAGE FORMING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image forming optical system of four lenses includes in order from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, which is a biconvex lens, a second lens having a negative refractive power, of which, an image-side surface is a concave surface, a third lens having a positive refractive power, which is meniscus-shaped with a concave surface directed toward the object side, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, of which, an image-side surface is a concave surface, and an aperture stop which is disposed nearest to the object side. The image forming optical system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100324 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a solid-state image pickup element having a lens provided above a light receiving portion. The manufacturing method includes: forming a lens base material layer composing the lens; forming an intermediate film having a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of a resist on the lens base material layer; forming the resist in contact with the intermediate film; forming the resist into a lens shape by thermal reflow; and transferring the lens shape of the resist to the lens base material layer by etching, thereby forming the lens. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100325 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens group including a first lens unit having positive refractive power and a second lens unit having refractive power, and a rear lens group including a plurality of lens units. The second lens unit includes a reflective member configured to bend an optical path. At least the first lens unit and at least two lens units of the rear lens group move during zooming. The second lens unit does not move for zooming. A reflection unit including the reflective member moves perpendicularly to an optical axis of the front lens group during retraction. At least part of the front lens group is retractable into a space caused by movement of the reflection unit. A focal length f | 2013-04-25 |
20130100326 | COMPARATOR, AD CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a comparator including: a first input sampling capacitance; a second input sampling capacitance; an output node; a transconductance (Gm) amplifier as a differential comparator section configured to receive a slope signal, a signal level of the slope signal changing with a slope, at one input terminal of the Gm amplifier via the first input sampling capacitance, and receive an input signal at another input terminal of the Gm amplifier via the second input sampling capacitance, and subject the slope signal and the input signal to comparing operation; and an isolator configured to hold a voltage of an output section of the Gm amplifier constant, the isolator being disposed between the output section of the Gm amplifier and the output node. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100327 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup section having a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric transducer; and a drive section performing reading driving and reset driving of signal charge stored in each of the pixels. The drive section includes a charge amplifier circuit converting the read signal charge into a voltage, the drive section performs the reset driving a plurality of times intermittently during one frame period, and the drive section performs each reset driving within the one frame period, by using feedback or an imaginary short of a charge amplifier in the charge amplifier circuit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100328 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device simultaneously completes pixel reset operation on all of pixels included in a unit cell when performing pixel reset scanning in a curtain shutter synchronous mode. The pixel reset operation is processing in which a photodiode corresponding to one of transfer transistors is reset. The pixel reset scanning is processing in which the pixel reset operation is performed on a row basis. The curtain shutter synchronous mode is a mode in which exposure of an imaging region to incident light is started by the pixel reset scanning and ended by blocking the incident light by a mechanical curtain shutter provided on an optical path of the incident light. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100329 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup portion which generates an image signal of a subject, a scenario setting portion which sets a photography scenario defining a plurality of reference scenes to be photographed, a verifying portion which verify photography scene of the image pickup portion with each of the reference scenes, a managing portion which manages a photography completion status of an image corresponding to each of the reference scenes, and a notification portion which performs notification corresponding to a result of verification by the verifying portion and a result of management by the managing portion. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100330 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup section including a plurality of pixels, the pixels each including a photoelectric transducer and a field-effect transistor; and a drive section switching the transistor between an on operation and an off operation to perform a read operation and a reset operation of a signal charge accumulated in each of the pixels. The transistor includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode with a semiconductor layer in between, the drive section applies a first voltage and a second voltage to the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode of the transistor, respectively, to switch the transistor between the on operation and the off operation, and the drive section adjusts timings of switching the first and second voltages between an on-voltage and an off-voltage, on-voltage values of the first and second voltages, or both thereof to be different from each other. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100331 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - Provided is a display device that processes images in a set cycle, creates image data for each frame or field and that has: a receiver that receives transmitted data from an imaging device that encodes image data as packets, creates transmission data and transmits said transmission data; a display processing unit that generates a display signal for display from the transmitted data; a measuring unit that measures the reception timing of specific packets among the transmitted data; a determination unit that determines the reception state of the specific packets and, based on the results of this determination, determines whether or not to use the received timing; and a processing unit that uses the reception timing and phase regulates the display signal if the determination unit determines to use the reception timing. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100332 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes: a lens unit; a light transmission adjustment unit that adjusts light transmittance of light that passes through the lens unit; a photographing unit that is disposed a reflected light path of the light transmission adjustment unit and that generates an image data according to received light, and a view finder that is disposed on a transmitted light path of the light transmission unit. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLARIZATION IMAGING - A polarization imaging apparatus includes a laser light source and an image pickup element. Object light and reference light each include a first polarized-light component polarized in a first direction and a second polarized-light component polarized in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The image pickup element simultaneously captures an image of an interference pattern including (i) a first interference figure, (ii) a second interference figure, (iii) a third interference figure, and (iv) a fourth interference figure. The polarization imaging apparatus includes a reconstructing section generating respective reconstructed images of the object in regard to the first and second polarized-light components, from the first to fourth interference figures, and a polarized-light-image-calculating section obtaining polarized-light images from the reconstructed images. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100334 | Method and System for an Adaptive Auto-Focus Algorithm - A method and system for auto-focusing is presented that receives an image at an image capture device, determines a focus measure of the image, and adjusts a focus of the image by moving a lens in the image capture device in a first direction until a maximum focus measure position is reached. The method and system then evaluates a noise level of the focus measure and continues to adjust the focus of the image by further moving the lens in the first direction until the focus measure is decreased by an adaptive threshold amount, wherein the adaptive threshold amount is based on the noise level of the focus measure. The method and system then adjusts the focus of the image by moving the lens in a second direction to the maximum focus measure position. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100335 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first to fifth lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, each of the lens units moves in such a way that a distance between the first and second lens units increases, a distance between the second and third lens units decreases, a distance between the third and fourth lens units increases, and a distance between the fourth and fifth lens units increases. The distances D | 2013-04-25 |
20130100336 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA BODY - There is provided a camera system with which, when an interchangeable lens capable of electrical zooming has been mounted, the electrical zoom can be operated from the camera body side without sacrificing the function of the camera body. This camera system comprises a lens unit with which the zoom ratio of an optical image can be varied electrically, and a camera body having a body mount with which the lens unit can be attached and removed, a self-centering manipulation member, and a camera controller that controls the lens unit so as to vary the zoom ratio of an optical image electrically. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100337 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical system includes a first lens unit fixed during a focusing operation and having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit moving in an optical axis direction during the focusing operation and having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit positioned at the image side relative to the second lens unit and having a positive or negative refractive power, the first lens unit is configured by first, second, and third partial lens units, the first partial lens unit is configured by two positive lens components, the second partial lens unit is configured by one cemented lens having a negative combined refractive power, the third partial lens unit is positioned between the second partial lens unit and the second lens unit and has a positive refractive power as a whole, and each lens unit is configured so as to meet an appropriate condition. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100338 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of an aspect of the invention, when reading, as voltage signals, signal charges output from a first pixel receiving a light on a partial area biased to a predetermined direction from a light axis of a light flux passing an exit pupil of an imaging optical system and a second pixel arranged so as to be adjacent to the first pixel and receiving a light on a partial area biased to an opposite direction to the predetermined direction from the light axis, combines and reads the signal charges of adjacent first-number pixels with respect to the first pixel and the second pixel, and calculates an arithmetic mean of adjacent second-number voltage signals with respect to the combined and read voltage signals of the first pixel and the second pixel. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100339 | Methods and apparatus for ultra-fast camera - In exemplary implementations of this invention, a set of two scanning mirrors scans the one dimensional field of view of a streak camera across a scene. The mirrors are continuously moving while the camera takes streak images. Alternately, the mirrors may only between image captures. An illumination source or other captured event is synchronized with the camera so that for every streak image the scene looks different. The scanning assures that different parts of the scene are captured. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100340 | TTL Photographic Wireless Communication System and Method - A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and a wireless communication device connected via the hot shoe connector. The wireless communication device receives a request for flash data from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The wireless communication device responds to the request with response data that mocks information that a photographic lighting device would provide if the photographic lighting device were connected to the hot shoe connector, such that the camera continues to provide TTL data via the hot shoe connector to the wireless communication device. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100341 | CAMERA SUPPORT APPARATUS - A camera support apparatus for supporting a video camera comprises a drive train device ( | 2013-04-25 |
20130100342 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing device includes a base defining a receiving space and having two spaced-apart through holes, first and second lens units disposed within the receiving space, a circuit board connected to a bottom end of the base, and two sensor elements disposed on a top face of the circuit board below the first and second lens units. The first lens unit defines a first light communicating path corresponding in position with one of the through holes. The second lens unit defines a second light communicating path corresponding in position with the other through hole. The first and second lens units and the sensor elements are inclined inwardly, so that the first and second light communicating paths intersect each other in an extended direction and in the area external to the base. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100343 | CAMERA MODULE - The present invention relates to a camera module including: a lens unit mounted with at least one or more lenses; an image sensor mounted with an image pickup device for converting a light converged through the lenses to an electric signal; a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with the image sensor; and a holder accommodated inside the lens unit for supporting the lens unit, wherein the lens unit is bonded and fixed at an inner surface of the holder, whereby the lens unit mounted with a plurality of lenses is bonded to a lateral surface of a holder to prevent generation of vertical tilting phenomenon at the lens unit caused by a conventional improper coating of epoxy, and particularly, the coating of epoxy on the lateral surface of the holder advantageously enhances adhesive power to increase a bonded area. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100344 | ACCESSORY AND IMAGING DEVICE - An accessory includes: a connecting section which is connected to a mount section provided in a device main body; an operating lever operated and moved in a predetermined direction; and a body supporting the operating lever; and a bayonet connection method by which the accessory is properly positioned on the device main body and the whole of the accessory is rotated to connect the connecting section to the mount section and attach the accessory to the device main body or a spigot connection method by which the accessory is properly positioned on the device main body and the operating lever is operated to connect the connecting section to the mount section and attach the accessory to the device main body can be selected. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100345 | Imaging System Warp Correction with Phantom Assembly - A device for imaging system warp correction includes an object including an imaging phantom, the object being configured for placement of the imaging phantom adjacent a scanning interface of a detector, and a mounting cap coupled to the object and configured to be secured to the detector to establish the placement of the imaging phantom adjacent the scanning interface of the detector. The mounting cap includes a plurality of alignment features configured to align the object and the mounting cap. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100346 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A video processing device includes: a telop detector for detecting a telop area including a telop in an input sequence of video frames; an audio alert detector for detecting an audio alert from an input sequence of audio signals corresponding to the input sequence of video frames; and a video processor for replacing a telop area in the video frame in which the telop area is detected with an image derived from a video frame preceding the video frame in which the telop of the telop area initially appears in the input sequence of video frames, and outputting the video frame in which the telop area has been replaced. The video processor selectively replaces the telop area of a telop accompanied by an audio alert detected by the audio alert detector. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100347 | ALIGNING VIDEO CLIPS TO CLOSED CAPTION FILES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for aligning video clips to closed caption files. A method includes receiving a video clip, applying speech-to-text to the received video clip, applying an initial alignment of the speech-to-text output to candidate closed caption text in a closed caption file, identifying one or more islands, and outputting the video clip with the aligned closed caption text. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100348 | METHOD, TERMINAL AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTION TRANSMISSION IN TELEPRESENCE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, terminal and system for caption transmission for telepresence, relating to the field of telepresence technologies and solving the problem that caption display on each display terminal cannot be coordinated in the prior art. Some embodiments include acquiring entire caption content and attribute information corresponding to the caption content; determining, according to the entire caption content and the attribute information corresponding to the caption content, caption content to be displayed on each display terminal and a display timing; and transmitting the determined caption content to each corresponding display terminal according to the display timing so that each display terminal superposes the determined caption content to an image. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100349 | Apparatus and Method for Black Bar Detection In Digital TVs and Set-Top Boxes - This invention is a preprocessor apparatus and method algorithm facilitating black bar detection in video frames or fields. The preprocessing marks a sharp discontinuity between pixels a predetermined distance apart on each line. On first detection of this discontinuity the location and pixel value is stored. The location and pixel value is also stored for the last discontinuity in the line. This data enables software to detect top horizontal bars, bottom horizontal bars, left vertical bars and right vertical bars. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100350 | METHOD FOR MEASURING VIDEO QUALITY USING A REFERENCE, AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VIDEO QUALITY USING A REFERENCE - The purpose of an objective video quality evaluation is to automatically assess the quality of video sequences in agreement with human quality perception. The invention addresses the effects of the introduction of a temporal dimension by focusing on the temporal evolutions of spatial distortions, since it has been found that a spatial quality variation cannot be evaluated by simple subtraction of the spatial quality of neighbouring frames. An improved method for estimating perceived video quality comprises steps of calculating a first similarity map between adjacent frames of a current sequence, calculating a second similarity map between the corresponding reference frames, and calculating (smg | 2013-04-25 |
20130100351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED COMPLEXITY VIDEO PROCESSING VIA SPECIAL CHROMA HANDLING - A method and apparatus for reduced complexity video and image processing with special chroma handling are disclosed. Frame-type decisions are made on a video stream made up of a sequence of frames. A first subset of the frames are selected to be monochrome and generated without chroma data. A second subset of the frames are selected to be in color and generated with chroma components. In one embodiment, the first subset of frames includes odd frames and the second subset of frames includes even frames in the video stream. Under higher video frame rates, the lack of color in every other frame is not visible to the end viewer. Accordingly, subsequent processing of the output video stream permits luma-only processing of many frames in the video stream, extensively reducing the amount of computation. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100352 | DISTRIBUTED VIDEO MIXING - Techniques are disclosed for video mixing in a distributed computing environment. For example, a method comprises the following steps. At a first mixing device, one or more local video streams are received from one or more sources local to the first mixing device. The first mixing device generates a first partially-composited video stream, wherein the first partially-composited video stream comprises: (i) a partial set of video elements of the one or more local video streams; and (ii) information about video elements of the one or more local video streams. The first mixing device sends the first partially-composited video stream to at least a second mixing device remote from the first mixing device. The first mixing device and the second mixing device may be part of a video conferencing system. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100353 | AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - When a conventional audio video system is used, it is necessary to identify an input source of audio video information. For this reason, complicated operations and slow operation times have been a problem. A control apparatus includes: an instruction receiving unit for receiving an instruction to be provided to an audio video supplying apparatus which is an input source of audio video information currently outputted from an output apparatus that outputs the audio video information; a determination unit for determining one of the audio video supplying apparatuses to be the input source of the audio video information currently being outputted from the output apparatus; and a control information sending unit for outputting control information to the audio video supplying apparatus determined by the determination unit, the control information corresponding to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit and being used for controlling the audio video supplying apparatus. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100354 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION IN CONTENT RECEIVER - The present invention relates to a method of processing information by a content receiver. According to an embodiment, the method includes detecting multi-dimensional code data split and inserted into a content provided through broadcast or an IP when the content is played, temporarily storing the detected multi-dimensional code data, synthesizing the temporarily stored multi-dimensional code data into a multi-dimensional code, when the play of the content is terminated, outputting the synthesized multi-dimensional code image on a screen or making a connection to a server corresponding to a URL obtained by decoding the synthesized multi-dimensional code image or generating and displaying a new multi-dimensional code based on the multi-dimensional code image. The identifier of the broadcast receiver or user's identifier is transmitted to the connected server so that a viewer may be compensated for watching the content. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100355 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device includes a display part that displays images on a front surface, a board attachment material configured to support the display part from a rear surface that is opposite the front surface of the display part, and a circuit board attached in the board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side of the board attachment material. The board attachment material includes a non-electroconductive surface having no electroconductivity placed on the rear surface side, an electroconductive surface having electroconductivity placed on a side opposite to the non-electroconductive surface side, and a board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side. A non-board attachment area of the non-electroconductive surface of the board attachment material is exposed to an outside. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100356 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device including a display part, a light emitting element adapted to shine light into the display part, a light emitting element board with the light emitting element fixed on one side, a heat dissipating material formed by bending a sheet material made of metal so as to include a first plane attached to an other side of the light emitting element board and a second plane that forms a specified angle with respect to the first plane and has a heat dissipation function to dissipate heat from the light emitting element. The heat dissipating material includes a release part formed by removing a bended part that is the boundary of the first plane and the second plane. The display device also includes a board supporting part formed in an area corresponding to the release part in the second plane. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100357 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A display device includes a light source, a reflection sheet, a display panel and a display panel supporting member. The display panel supporting member is disposed on a back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet. A part of a back surface of the display panel supporting member disposed on the back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet forms a rear chassis. The display panel supporting member has a first recessed portion that is recessed toward the reflection sheet such that the first recessed portion presses an inner area of a back surface of the reflection sheet except for a vicinity of an outer peripheral portion of the back surface of the reflection sheet. | 2013-04-25 |
20130100358 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - An optical display system includes a projection system for outputting images having an image refresh frequency and a two-dimensional screen for receiving the images. The screen is coupled to a motion unit which allows a motion of the screen at a frequency which is equal to the refresh frequency of the images. | 2013-04-25 |