19th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130113881 | Reducing Disparity and Depth Ambiguity in Three-Dimensional (3D) Images - A method for three dimensional (3D) image processing is provided that includes receiving an image, wherein each location in the image includes a value indicative of a depth of a pixel in a scene and wherein each value has an associated confidence measure, determining whether each similarity region of a plurality of non-overlapping similarity regions in the image is valid or invalid based on a number of values in the similarity region having sufficiently high confidence measures, wherein a similarity region includes contiguous locations in the image having similar values, and indicating that the values in a similarity region are invalid when the similarity region is determined to be invalid. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113882 | VIDEO CODING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a video coding system includes: receiving a video bitstream; identifying a syntax type of the video bitstream; extracting a video syntax from the video bitstream for the syntax type; and forming a video stream based on the video syntax for displaying on a device. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113883 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND OUTPUT METHOD - In order to prevent abnormal video output at the time of switching between a 2D program and a 3D program in a digital broadcasting receiving device, disclosed is a receiving device provided with a receiving unit for receiving a program content including video information, and identification information including information for identifying whether the program content is a 2D program content or a 3D program content, and an output unit for outputting the received program content in a 2D format or a 3D format. The output unit outputs a display for giving notice of switching when switching from the 2D video program content to the 3D video program content is detected by the identification information received by the receiving unit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113884 | Enhancement Methods for Sampled and Multiplexed Image and Video Data - Enhancement methods for sampled and multiplexed image and video data are described. Each component picture is separately processed either after de-multiplexing or on the fly. Processing and de-multiplexing can be combined in a single joint step. The methods apply to both encoding and decoding system and include applications to scalable video coding systems. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113885 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING USING A SINGLE CAMERA - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113886 | 3D Image Photographing Apparatus and Method - A three-dimensional (3D) image photographing apparatus including: an image sensor; a 3D shutter which is disposed on the light path of the image light and comprises a first opening and a second opening, and which sequentially executes a first operation of passing a first image light by opening only the first opening, a second operation of blocking both the first opening and the second opening, and a third operation of passing a second image light by opening only the second opening; and a control unit which is electrically connected to the image sensor and the 3D shutter and which synchronizes a vertical synchronization signal which is applied to the image sensor with a starting time of the second operation by controlling the image sensor and the 3D shutter. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113887 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING 3-DIMENSIONAL INTEROCULAR CROSSTALK - An apparatus and method for measuring 3-dimensional (3D) interocular crosstalk is disclosed. A light sensor detects luminance of a stereoscopic image displayed in a display and outputs a luminance value indicating the detected luminance. A controller calculates 3D interocular crosstalk based on a gray difference and a residual luminance ratio. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113888 | DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING OBSTACLE WITHIN IMAGING RANGE DURING IMAGING FOR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - An obstacle determining unit obtains predetermined index values for each of subranges of each imaging range of each imaging unit, compares the index values of the subranges at mutually corresponding positions in the imaging ranges of the different imaging units, and if a difference between the index values in the imaging ranges of the different imaging units is large enough to satisfy a predetermined criterion, determines that the imaging range of at least one of the imaging units contains an obstacle that is close to the imaging optical system of the at least one of the imaging units. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113889 | STEREO IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A stereo image capturing device includes two image capturing modules, an image processing unit, a memory and a processor for respectively storing and executing the image processing unit. Each image capturing module includes a liquid crystal lens, a voltage drive chip, and an image sensor. The image processing unit includes a WDF module, a focus control module, and an image synthesize module. The WDF module determines the sharpness of the colors of images, and acquires object distance of the images according to the sharpness. When the object distance is bigger than a predetermined distance, the WDF module modifies the sharpness of the images, otherwise the focus control module drives the voltage drive chip to change focal distance of the liquid crystal lens according to the object distance. The image synthesize module synthesizes the images to stereo images. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113890 | 3D LOCATION SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A 3-dimensional (3D) location sensing system and method. The 3D location sensing system includes: an emitter which emits light including a plurality of markers onto an object; two or more photographing units which sense the light reflected from the object to respectively sense one or more markers; and a controller which calculates a 3D location coordinate of the object based on information about the one or more markers sensed by the two or more photographing units. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113891 | PARALLAX SCANNING METHODS FOR STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - A method of using two parallax scanning lenses to capture left and right points of view for stereoscopic three-dimensional display. The method includes establishing first and second parallax scanning points of view and overlapping fields of view of a subject volume including a region of interest. The method includes reading at least one scene parameter associated with the field of view of the subject volume. The method includes determining stereoscopic and parallax scanning setting based on a value(s) derived from at least one scene parameter. The method also includes computer generating and storing virtual parallax scanning stereoscopic imagery. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113892 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Among objects located more frontward than a main object, an object having a disparity vector having magnitude of a predetermined threshold value or more determined as a target object. A background image for an image for right-eye is extracted from an image for left-eye, and is combined with the image for right-eye. The target object is deleted from the image for right-eye. The target object image is combined at a position in the image for left-eye corresponding to a position of the target object in the image for right-eye to overlappingly display images of the target object in the image for left-eye. The image for right-eye from which the target object image is deleted and the image for left-eye in which the images of the target object are overlappingly displayed are three-dimensionally displayed on a monitor. Accordingly, the target object can be prevented from being viewed as a three-dimensional image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113893 | STEREOSCOPIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A stereoscopic measurement system captures stereo images and determines measurement information for user-designated points within stereo images. The system comprises an image capture device for capturing stereo images of an object. A processing system communicates with the capture device to receive stereo images. The processing system displays the stereo images and allows a user to select one or more points within the stereo image. The processing system processes the designated points within the stereo images to determine measurement information for the designated points. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113894 | VARIABLE 3-D CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR STILL PHOTOGRAPHY - The embodiments herein provide a variable three-dimensional camera assembly for still photography. The assembly consists of a housing to encase two cameras for capturing and projecting left and right eye views. The telescopically movable arms are fixed to the housing and fixed with two objectives. The arms are moved manually or using a motorized control to enable the objectives to converge on a desired target simultaneously. The images captured by the cameras are passed through the two eyepieces to project a 3-D image. A single common control unit regulates the image processing units provided for simultaneous 3-D viewing of the images of the target object. A horizon parallel indicator system is arranged to hold the cameras horizontally. A multi position primary lens/prism/mirrors complex unit (LMPC4) is provided to adjust the convergence accurately to improve the 3-D effect. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113895 | 3D IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND PARALLAX ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - When there is no parallax data for a video image overall nor is there parallax data for a main imaging subject but there is image capture condition data ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113896 | ESTIMATION OF DEFOCUSED REFLECTANCE MAPS FOR THE ROBUST DETERMINATION OF "SHAPE FROM FOCUS" IN MICROSCOPIC IMAGES - Method for compensating illumination deficiencies in microscopic “shape from focus (SFF)”, wherein firstly the reflectance of the scene is estimated by way of a projector-camera system and then microscopic “shape from focus (SFF)” is applied to a stack of reflectance maps rather than to the original image data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113897 | PROCESS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A MEASURING POINT IN GEOMETRICAL SPACE - The computerised determination of the position of a measuring point M to be surveyed in three-dimensional space requires two reference points PI and PII with known space coordinates, a digital video camera with an image-capturing sensor and a computer with a screen. The camera is positioned at reference point PI. In this position, it can be rotated to two different alignment positions PI* and PI**. In the first of these rotation positions PI*, the screen shows (among other things) the depiction PII′ of the second reference point PII lying at a distance and a number of marking points (P1′, P2′, PT, P4′, P5′, . . . ) which are marked by abrupt changes in the brightness profile of the image. In the second rotation position PI**, only certain marking points (P1″, P2″, P3″, . . . ) selected according to certain criteria are shown as well as the measuring point M to be surveyed. The position of an imaginary beam in geometrical space, on which the measuring point M and the reference point PI are located, is then calculated from these screen images. Its (M) absolute space coordinates can be calculated from the direction of the beam and the distance value (of PI from M). | 2013-05-09 |
20130113898 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image capturing apparatus which is capable of obtaining a three-dimensional image in either a vertical or horizontal position. The image capturing apparatus is provided with two imaging elements, and an image processing portion which uses the images imaged by the imaging elements to generate a three-dimensional image. The image processing portion calculates the parallax between a first and a second image, imaged by the imaging elements, and uses the first image to generate an estimated image having parallax in the direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the imaging elements, relative to the first image, and generates a three-dimensional image from the calculated parallax and the estimated image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113899 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing device has a viewer detector to recognize a face of a viewer using a video shot by a camera in order to acquire position information of the viewer, a subscreen display controller to superimpose a live video shot by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device as a subscreen, a viewing area frame display controller to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where the viewer is viewable a stereoscopic video, and a face frame display controller to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113900 | VIEWING SYSTEM AND VIEWING METHOD - A viewing system is disclosed, comprising: a detector of electromagnetic radiation (EMR); and a control system connected to receive signals from the detector, and configured to identify an image locator, disposed within a field of view of the detector in use, and select for detection by the detector the image locator or an image located by the image locator. A viewing method is disclosed comprising: detecting electromagnetic radiation from an image locator disposed within a field of view of a detector; identifying the image locator with a control system; and displaying the image locator or an image located by the image locator on one or more displays. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113901 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, COMPOUND-EYE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided: a CPU that, in at least one case among a case in which fluctuation of a fixed interval in the acquired parallax amount is greater than a predetermined value, and a case in which the parallax amount reaches a predetermined allowed limit value, or a case in which an object of acquisition of the parallax amount can no longer be detected, judges that there is an abnormality in the parallax amount, and that, in a case that is none of these, judges that there is no abnormality in the parallax amount, and that, when it is judged that there is no abnormality in the parallax amount, carries out first parallax adjustment, and that, when it is judged that there is an abnormality in the parallax amount, switches to control of a second parallax adjustment and carries out parallax adjustment. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113902 | REMINDING METHOD FOR DAILY LIFE MANAGEMENT - A reminding method of daily life management adapted for an electronic device configured with an imaging unit, a character recognizing unit, a database, and a processing unit, is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: using the imaging unit to capture an image of an object; enabling the character recognizing unit to perform a character recognition process upon the captured image and thus selecting a key word from the characters that are recognized in the character recognition process so as to be used as a file name for the captured image; enabling the processing unit to store the captured image using the file name into the database; and enabling the processing unit to carry out a reminding mode according to the file name stored in the database. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113903 | IMAGE MAGNIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A magnifying method is provided in which a mobile communication device is configured to: decrease an active resolution of an imaging module of the mobile communication device while imaging an item; process the decreased active resolution being output by the imaging module to produce a magnified image of the portion of the item; increase a scaling factor of the magnified image to further magnify the magnified image; and output frames for displaying a magnified version of the portion of the item. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113904 | System and Method for Multiple Viewing-Window Display of Computed Spectral Images - Method and Systems are provided for presenting in-vivo image data. In order to increase the efficiency of viewing computed spectral sequences, the computed spectral sequences are generated according to a set of spectral patterns and the multiple computed spectral sequences are displayed using multiple display windows on one or more display devices. Various aspects of user interface related to presentation of concurrent presentation of computed spectral sequences are addressed. Graphic representation corresponding to the spectral pattern associated with said each computed spectral sequence can be displayed. Furthermore, user interface to select a set of spectral patterns from a plurality of sets of spectral patterns can be provided. The method may further comprise providing user interface to modify one or more parameters of the spectral pattern associated with a selected spectral color image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113905 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MACHINE READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An image processing device for processing image information including light reception value information obtained by imaging an inside of a living body includes: a distance information obtainment unit that obtains, at a bright region in the image information, information on a distance to a surface of the living body on the basis of the light reception value information on light in a first wavelength range, and obtains, at a dark region in the image information, information on a distance to the surface of the living body on the basis of the light reception value information on light in a second wavelength range which is a longer wavelength range than the first wavelength range. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113906 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSOR DEVICE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OXYGEN SATURATION LEVEL - In a special mode, an internal body portion is imaged under a first white light beam to obtain a first frame composed of blue, green, and red signals. Sequentially, the body portion is imaged under a second white light beam to obtain a second frame composed of blue, green, and red signals. An oxygen saturation level is calculated from the signals. A special image is produced based on the oxygen saturation level. A displacement between the first and second frames is calculated from the signals. If the displacement is a first allowable value or more and less than a second allowable value, the special image is displayed with a lower chroma on a monitor, as compared with a case where the displacement is less than the first allowable value. If the displacement is the second allowable value or more, the special image is converted into a gray scale image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113907 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - Provided is a fluorescence observation apparatus including an illumination unit that irradiates an object with illumination light and excitation light; a fluorescence-image acquisition unit that captures an image of the fluorescence generated by the object, thereby acquiring a fluorescence image; a return-light-image acquisition unit that captures an image of the return light returning from the object, thereby acquiring a return-light image; a light-distribution-characteristics-information storage unit that stores information with regard to the light distribution characteristics of optical systems; an image correcting unit that corrects at least one of the fluorescence image and the return-light image using the information so that the light distribution characteristics contained in the fluorescence image and the return-light image are made equal to each other; and an image normalizing unit that normalizes the fluorescence image on the basis of the return-light image, using the corrected fluorescence image and return-light image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113908 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including an illuminating portion that irradiates a subject with illumination light and excitation light; a fluorescence image-acquisition portion that acquires a fluorescence image by capturing fluorescence generated at the subject; a return-light image-acquisition portion that acquires a return-light image by capturing return light returning from the subject; a color-image generating portion that generates a plurality of color images by adding different types of color information that constitute a color space to the acquired fluorescence image and return-light image; and an image combining portion that combines the plurality of color images that have been generated, wherein at least one of the fluorescence image and the return-light image is subjected to, by the color-image generating portion), correction processing in which exponents for distance characteristics, which are approximated to exponential functions, for the fluorescence image and the return-light image are matched with each other. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113909 | Surgical light and video control system and method of use - A system for illuminating and recording an image of an operative field during a medical procedure is presented. The system includes a first light source assembly, a second light source assembly, and a controller. The first and second light source assemblies include a light source operable to illuminate the operative field, a camera operable to record the image of the operative field, and a sensor operable to detect motion from the light source assemblies. The controller is in communication with the first and second light source assemblies. The controller is configured to send operational commands to the light source assemblies based on feedback from the sensors. One of the operational commands is a recording command. The controller is configured to send the recording command to either the camera in the first or second light source assembly. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113910 | DRIVING ASSISTANT SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING WARNING FUNCTION FOR RISK LEVEL - A driving assistant system and method having a warning function for alerting a driver of a risk level, which synthetically determines a running speed of a vehicle, a driver's inattention, a road condition, and the like and provides a warning corresponding to a degree of risk (risk level) to the driver. In particular, a calculated data value corresponding to a degree of a driver's drowsy or careless status is compared to calculation values corresponding to a vehicle speed and the degree of risk of a road to predetermined reference values corresponding to the output values and outputs at least one warning message alerting a driver of risk levels according to the comparison result. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113911 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM - An illumination device and an observation system capable of outputting light having a continuous spectrum and high color rendering properties are provided. Employed is an illumination device including a first light source that emits first-wavelength-band light having a first wavelength band of violet color; a second light source that emits second-wavelength-band light having a second wavelength band that is broader than the first wavelength band and having a continuous spectrum; a light combining section that is composed of a dicroic mirror and that combines the first-wavelength-band light and the second-wavelength-band light; and a combination-ratio adjusting section that adjusts the combination ratio of the first-wavelength-band light and the second-wavelength-band light to be combined by the light combining section. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113912 | WATERPROOF CAMERA - A waterproof camera includes an image pickup section, a display section that displays image data, a mode setting section that sets a semi-underwater mode in which both objects under water and above water are simultaneously photographed, and a display control section that limits a display range of the display section when the semi-underwater mode is set, wherein the mode setting section controls the position of a photographing lens or the like to adjust a focus balance of at least one of under water and above water, and the display control section displays both object images under water and above water within a limited display range of the display section. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113913 | System and Method for Data-Driven Automated Borescope Inspection - A system and method for performing automated defect detection of blades within an engine is disclosed. The system and method may include an image capture device capable of capturing and transmitting images of a plurality of blades of an engine, creating a normal blade model of an undamaged one of the plurality of blades and determining defects within the plurality of blades by utilizing the normal blade model. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113914 | System and Method for Automated Borescope Inspection User Interface - A system and method for improving human-machine interface while performing automated defect detection is disclosed. The system and method may include an image capture device for capturing and transmitting data of an object, performing automated analysis of the data and reviewing results of the automated analysis by a human inspector and providing feedback. The system and method may further include refining the automated analysis of the data based upon the feedback of the human inspector. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113915 | Method and System for Position Control Based on Automated Defect Detection Feedback - A computer program product and method for performing position control on device members that have been identified as defective. The method may include providing a storage medium that stores data and programs used in processing images and a processing unit that processes the images, receiving, by the processing unit from an image capture device coupled to the processing unit, a set of images of a plurality of members inside of a device, detecting, by the processing unit, a defect in a first member of the plurality of members, and providing instructions to move the first member to an inspection position in the device. The device may be an engine and the members may be blades within the engine. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113916 | System and Method for Multiple Simultaneous Automated Defect Detection - A system and method for performing automated defect detection using multiple image capture devices is disclosed. The system and method may include providing a plurality of image capture devices, the plurality of image capture devices capturing and transmitting a plurality of images of an object. The system and method may further include determining a feature correspondence between the plurality of images of the plurality of image capture devices, creating mosaiced images of the plurality of images if the feature correspondence is found or known and performing at least of an automated analysis and a manual inspection on the mosaiced images to find any defects in the object. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113917 | CIGARETTE INSPECTION APPARATUS - An image of the filter end faces of a bundle of cigarettes arranged side by side with axes thereof paralleled is acquired as an inspection image, and the diameters of the individual cigarettes of the bundle in the inspection image are obtained and compared with normal diameters associated with the respective cigarettes in the inspection image, to determine axial displacement of cigarettes from the bundle (first determination section). Also, the centers of gravity of the end faces of the individual cigarettes are obtained, and based on the difference between an inter-center-of-gravity distance which is the distance between an outermost cigarette in the bundle and its adjacent cigarette, and an inter-center-of-gravity distance which is the distance between adjacent cigarettes located in the central part of the bundle and belonging to the same tier as the outermost cigarette, axial displacement of the outermost cigarettes is determined (second determination section). | 2013-05-09 |
20130113918 | MULTI-CHROMATIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An imaging system for and method of imaging product in a product flow (F), the system comprising: an illumination unit for illuminating product in the product flow with illumination at first and second, different wavelengths or ranges of different wavelengths; a detector unit ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113919 | HIGH RESOLUTION AUTOFOCUS INSPECTION SYSTEM - An inspection device comprises a camera assembly including an objective lens that captures and collimates light associated with an object being inspected, an image forming lens that forms an image of the object based on the collimated light, and a camera that renders the image. The camera assembly defines a focal point distance from the objective lens that defines a focal point of the camera assembly. The inspection device comprises an optical sensor positioned to detect an actual distance between the objective lens and the object, an actuator that controls positioning of the objective lens to control the actual distance between the objective lens and the object, and a control unit that receives signals from the optical sensor indicative of the actual distance. Control signals from the control unit can control the actuator to adjust the actual distance such that the actual distance substantially equals the focal point distance. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113920 | DETERMINING POSITION IN A PROJECTION CAPTURE SYSTEM - In one example, a projection capture system includes: a visible light projector to project a pattern on to a surface of a GUI control object placed on or above a work surface; a visible light camera to capture an image of the pattern projected on to the surface of the control object; and a controller operatively connected to the projector and the camera. Programming on the controller determines (1) a lateral position of the pattern relative to a reference position associated with the work surface based on the pattern image captured by the camera and (2) a height the pattern above the work surface based on the lateral position of the pattern. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113921 | HADAMARD ENHANCED SENSORS - A method for increasing the pixel count delivered from a plurality of light detectors when scanning an object that includes positioning a mask, having a plurality of two dimensional Walsh-Hadamard filter patterns, in front of a plurality of light detectors to control the passage of light through the mask filter patterns to the light detectors. The method also includes positioning a lens assembly in front of the mask to project an image through the mask filter patterns on to the plurality of light detectors. The method also includes moving the mask, plurality of light detectors, or the image in a plane defined by a planar surface of the plurality of light detectors. The method also includes measuring the filtered image projected through the mask with the plurality of light detectors. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113922 | PLANT IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD THEREOF - A plant image capture device and a method thereof are provided. A first mirror is disposed at a side of an image measurement position, so as to generate an mirror image of a plant disposed on the image measurement position; a first image capture device obtains at least one image including a direct image and the first mirror image of the plant; an image processing module uses a frame of the first mirror as a feature, so as to divide the at least one image including the direct image and the first mirror image of the plant and obtain the direct image and the first mirror image of the plant; an operation processing module processes the mirror image of the plant, so as to obtain a first image of the plant. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113923 | Blind Spot Detection Alert System - A blind spot detection alert system. The system comprises two image capturing modules, a processing module, a first display module and a second display module. The two image capturing modules capture a right image and a left image respectively. The first display module is disposed on the right of the second display module. The processing module receives the right image and the left image to analyze a car moving direction. When the processing module determines the car moving direction is a right direction, the first display module displays the right image. When the processing module determines the car moving direction is a left direction, the second display module displays the left image. The processing module calculates a distance to a coming car, a moving direction of the coming car and a speed of the coming car according to the image to get an alert message. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113924 | PLANT OBSERVATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A plant observation device measures the growing state of a plant placed in a measurement area and the growth environment in the measurement area while moving within the measurement area where the plant is cultivated. The quantity of light is measured during growth environment measurement, and a light transmitting state of the measurement area is detected based on the measured quantity of light and the time of light quantity measurement. The measured growing state information and growth environment information are transmitted, together with positional information, to a server of a remote monitoring system. The growth environment in the measurement area is then optimally controlled based on the growing state information and the growth environment information. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113925 | SPATIAL PHASE SHIFTING INTERFEROMETER USING MULTI WAVELENGTH - Provided is a spatial phase shifting interferometer using a multi wavelength. More particularly, provided is a spatial phase shifting interferometer using a multi wavelength capable of more rapidly measuring a precise shape of a measurement object by simultaneously oscillating laser having different wavelengths and passing oscillated laser through a beam splitter and a lens to analyze an interference fringe of the measurement object. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113926 | DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING ICING BY IMAGE AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A detecting device for detecting icing by an image includes an image acquiring system ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113927 | LIGHT PROJECTOR AND VISION SYSTEM FOR DISTANCE DETERMINATION - A light projector comprises a stack of layered planar optical elements where the stack comprises a group ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113928 | Computerized System and Method for Monitoring a Door of a Facility from Afar - A dual-communication mode door monitoring system operative in conjunction with a computer network and a cellular network, the system comprising sensory apparatus for collecting data regarding at least one event in which a visitor has come to a door of a monitored facility, the sensory apparatus having a wireless link with the computer network and a cellular communication channel with the cellular network; and at least one node on a computer network and on a cellular network operative for receiving alerts including data from said sensory apparatus; and a communicator, co-located with the sensory apparatus, which is operative to send the data regarding the event to the node, a priori via the wireless link and, as a backup, via the cellular communication channel. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113929 | Systems and methods for surgical procedure safety - The systems and methods describe herein can track instruments or tools with one or more cameras adapted to view predetermined areas. A memory unit stores video from the one or more cameras. A recognition unit is adapted to recognize identities and positions of instruments or tools in images produced by the one or more cameras. A control unit is adapted to track positions of the instruments or tools, based on an output of the recognition unit and to store the identities and the positions of the instruments or tools in the memory unit. An output unit is adapted to indicate to an operator, the positions of the instruments or tools in the predetermined areas, and to indicate when all of a predetermined set of instruments or tools in the predetermined areas are located within a view of one or more predetermined cameras of the one or more cameras. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113930 | REAL TIME PHYSICAL ASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT THROUGH TRIANGULATION OF VIDEO DATA CAPTURE EVENT DETECTION AND DATABASE INTERROGATION - A surveillance system monitors a monitored vessel containing hidden resources. When activity is determined as occurring within a vicinity of the monitored vessel, an alert is issued to monitoring personnel. Personnel can then obtain a current image of the hidden resource within the monitored vessel. Upon receiving the current image of the hidden resource, a previous image of the hidden resource is retrieved and discrepancies between the current image and the previous image are determined. Responsive to determining that discrepancies between the current image and the previous image exist, an alarm is issued to personnel to further investigate the discrepancy. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113931 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE - A hand hygiene compliance benchmark is determined for a target institution based on observations of hand hygiene opportunities in a studied institution and relationships between the number of observed hand hygiene opportunities and characteristics of the studied institution. The benchmark for the target institution is determined based on target institution characteristics and the relationships between institution characteristics and observed hand hygiene opportunities of the studied institution. The benchmark for the target institution may be adjusted based on direct observation of hand hygiene opportunities in the target institution. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113932 | VIDEO IMAGERY-BASED SENSOR - A sensing device includes: a video imager to obtain a video; a processing unit to receive and process the video from the video imager; and a communication channel to output non-imagery signals. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113933 | Dietary Assessment System and Method - The present system and method provides a more precise way to record food and beverage intake than traditional methods. The present disclosure provides custom software for use in mobile computing devices that include a digital camera. Photos captured by mobile digital devices are analyzed with image processing and comparisons to certain databases to allow a user to discretely record foods eaten. Specifically, the user captures images of the meal or snack before and after eating. The foods pictured are identified. Image processing software may identify the food or provide choices for the user. Once a food is identified and volume of the food is estimated, nutrient databases are used for calculating final portion sizes and nutrient totals. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113934 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring system that captures and inputs video images of a crowd with a surveillance camera for detecting normal and/or various abnormal states. The monitoring system (MS) comprises: a video image input means ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113935 | ACTIVE VISION SYSTEM WITH SUBLIMINALLY STEERED AND MODULATED LIGHTING - An active vision system includes an image capture device for capturing images in a region exterior of a vehicle and a headlamp control unit for controlling a vehicle headlamp beam for illuminating an environment exterior of a vehicle. The headlamp control unit is configured to selectively illuminate between making a path of travel of a road visible to a driver of the vehicle and making the region exterior of the vehicle visible for capturing images by the image capture device. The headlamp control unit utilizes a duty cycle for controlling a first cycle time that the headlamp beam illuminates the path of travel for making the road visible to the driver and for controlling a second cycle time that the headlamp beam makes the captured region visible for capturing images by the image capture device. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PARKING LOT BASED ON INTELLIGENT IMAGING - To manage a plurality of parking spaces, one or more images are acquired, with each parking space appearing in at least one image. Periodically acquired images of occupancy and identity are used in directing a customer to a parked vehicle. Periodically acquired images of just occupancy are used in controlling respective environment aspects, such as illumination and ventilation, of the parking spaces. For these purposed, the images are classified automatically as “vacant” or “occupied”, and are displayed along with their classifications so that the classifications can be corrected manually. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113937 | Entry Control Point Device, System and Method - The present invention provides an entry control device, system and method which can recognize a vehicle by its undercarriage image only. The present invention compares a new vehicle undercarriage image with those stored in a reference database to facilitate the automatic search of a vehicle's undercarriage. The present invention can compare the new undercarriage image to the same or similar undercarriage image previously entered in the reference database, highlighting any anomalies such as, for example, foreign objects, explosives, drugs, paraphernalia and other illegal and/or harmful substances and devices. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113938 | ULTRASONIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a unit that analyzes frequencies of an ultrasonic wave at a plurality of points to calculate a frequency spectrum of the points; a unit that approximates a portion included in a frequency band between a first frequency and a second frequency larger than the first frequency, by a polynomial, in the frequency spectrum of the points to extract first spectrum intensity which is a value of the polynomial in a third frequency included in a domain of the polynomial and second spectrum intensity which is a value of the polynomial in a fourth frequency different from the first to third frequencies, as a feature amount; and a unit that associates the first spectrum intensity, the second spectrum intensity, and/or a function of difference or ratio between the first and second spectrum intensity, to generate a feature amount image to indicate a distribution of the feature amount. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113939 | GAS VISUALIZATION ARRANGEMENTS, DEVICES, AND METHODS - Gas visualization in an image depicting a scene, for an example embodiment comprises capturing a first IR image depicting the scene at a first time instance and a second IR image depicting the scene at a second time instance; performing image processing operations on image data derived from said first IR image and from said second IR image, to generate a collection of data representing the location of gas in one of the first or second IR images; and generating a third image by adjusting pixel values in an image depicting the scene, dependent on pixel values of said collection of data. According to various embodiments, there is further provided further processing of the collection of data, and/or gas detection, before generation of the third image with adjusted pixel values. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113940 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SUBJECT DETECTION METHOD - An imaging device includes a first detection part which detects one or more subjects in an image captured by the image capturing part capturing an image continuously; a second detection part which follows the one or more subjects detected; and a system control part which includes a setting part setting a part of the image as a limited region, and causes, after the first detection part detects the one or more subjects in the captured image, the second detection part to follow and detect a subject in an image captured subsequently to the captured image, and causes the first detection part to detect a subject in the limited region. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113941 | TRACKING APPARATUS AND TRACKING METHOD - The tracking target subject specifying unit specifies a tracking target subject in image data. The first tracking position detection unit detects first characteristic information from the image data and set a first candidate tracking position based on the first characteristic information. The second tracking position detection unit detects second characteristic information from the image data and detect a second candidate tracking position based on the second characteristic information. The reference information acquisition unit acquires reference information. The control unit decides a true tracking position based on two determinations. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113942 | Calibrating a One-Dimensional Coded Light 3D Acquisition System - A camera intrinsic calibration may be performed using an object geometry. An intrinsic camera matrix may then be recovered. A homography is fit between object and camera coordinate systems. View transformations are finally recovered. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113943 | System and Method for Searching for Text and Displaying Found Text in Augmented Reality - A system and a method for searching for text in one or more images are provided. The method, performed by a computing device, comprises receiving an input. The computing device generates a search parameter from the input, the search parameter comprising the text. Optical character recognition is applied to the one or more images to generate computer readable text. The search parameter is applied to search for the text in the computer readable text and, if the text is found, an action is performed. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113944 | MEMORY CARD WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY CARD WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE DEVICE, DIGITAL CAMERA, AND METHOD OF OPERATING DIGITAL CAMERA - A memory card with a wireless communication function may include a card interface (I/F) unit, a storage unit configured to store processing content information when the processing content information indicating processing content has been input from the host equipment to the card I/F unit; a wireless communication unit; a processing determination unit configured to determine whether or not the storage unit has stored the processing content information corresponding to processing request information when the wireless communication unit has received the processing request information transmitted from the external apparatus, a processing execution unit, and a processing relay unit configured to output the processing request information to the host equipment via the card I/F unit when the processing determination unit determines that the storage unit has stored the processing content information corresponding to the processing request information. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113945 | HANDLE - A handle for a surgical light includes a housing that is not completely electromagnetically shielded. An HD camera, an image processing device, a compression device, a radio transmission device, and at least one antenna capable of transmitting a compressed HD video signal are disposed within the housing. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113946 | System And Method For Accessing And Utilizing Ancillary Data With An Electronic Camera Device - A system and method for accessing and utilizing ancillary data with an electronic camera device includes a data source that stores various selectable ancillary data files such as image template files, text overlay files, image background files, and special program instruction files. The data source may be implemented in any effective manner, including as a service on an distributed computer network like the Internet, as a discrete electronic device such as a personal computer, or as a removable, non-volatile memory device such as a flash memory. The electronic camera device may then utilize an ancillary data module to access, select, and download the ancillary data files from the data source for subsequently combining with other captured image data to thereby produce new composite images. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113947 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device has a first image transfer method for storing a captured digital image on a storage medium and transferring the digital image to a communication device, and a second image transfer method for storing the digital image on the storage medium, reading the digital image from the storage medium and then transferring the digital image to the communication device. The first image transfer method or the second image transfer method is manually or automatically set. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113948 | Memory Card and Method for Initiation of Storage and Wireless Transceiving of Data - Disclosed is a memory card having a central processor, a wireless transceiver module operatively connected to the central processor, a storage module operatively connected to the central processor, and a movement sensor operatively connected to the central processor. The movement sensor is configured to provide operational signals to the central processor as a result of a detection of movement of defined characteristics. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113949 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes an independently exchangeable first circuit board that has an electric component and a non-volatile first storage unit; a second circuit board that has an electric component, a non-volatile second storage unit, and a third storage unit; and a controller that accumulates and stores information corresponding to an imaging count in the third storage unit at a first timing that corresponds to imaging performed by the image capture apparatus, and causes information corresponding to the information stored in the third storage unit to be stored in the first or second storage unit at a second timing that occurs at a longer interval than the first timing. The controller stores the information corresponding to the imaging count in the third storage unit after comparing information regarding the imaging count stored in the first and second storage units. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MOTION BLUR IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for generating a motion blur in a mobile terminal are provided. It is determined whether motion halting occurs during video shooting. If the motion halting occurs, a motion vector of each block between first and second consecutive images where the motion halting has occurred is estimated. A motion blur is generated on the second image using the motion vector of each block, and the motion-blurred image is displayed on a display unit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113951 | VIDEO CAMERA - Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to highly compress video data in a visually lossless manner. The camera can be configured to transform blue and red image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The data can then be compressed and stored in this form. This allows a user to reconstruct the red and blue data to obtain the original raw data for a modified version of the original raw data that is visually lossless when demosacied. Additionally, the data can be processed in a manner in which the green image elements are demosaiced first and then the red and blue elements are reconstructed based on values of the demosaiced green image elements. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113952 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition part acquiring a subject image obtained by capturing an image of a subject; an image analysis part analyzing an image capturing aspect of the subject in the subject image acquired by the image acquisition part; and a comment determination part determining, with respect to the image capturing aspect, a comment which is added to the subject image and displayed on a display screen based on an analysis result of the image analysis part. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE AND A CORRESPONDING IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE - The invention pertains to a method for operating an image-processing device in which an image signal on which a noise signal is superimposed is digitally transmitted between a transmitter and at least one receiver, and in which the image signal comprises a timed sequence of images, each containing its own image content and a noise pattern of the noise signal superimposed on the image content. At least certain areas of at least two successive images of the image signal are compared to each other after the transmission, and if a difference is found between the noise patterns contained in the images, it is concluded that the images have been transmitted successfully even if the image content of the images is identical. The invention also pertains to an image-processing device for the digital transmission of an image signal on which a noise signal is superimposed. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113954 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE AND A CORRESPONDING IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE - The invention pertains to a method for operating an image-processing device, in which an image signal is digitally transmitted between a transmitter and at least one receiver, and in which the image signal comprises a timed sequence of images. An alternating signal which alternates at a signal alternation frequency is superimposed on the image content of the images before they are transmitted, and the signal alternation frequency is greater than or equal to the perception frequency resolvable by the human eye. The invention also pertains to an image-processing device. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113955 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL STATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention discloses a method for controlling mobile terminal status and a mobile terminal, which relate to the field of portable electronic devices, and solve the problem in the prior art where the mobile terminal cannot identify an input instruction obtained due to a non-manual operation and therefore fails to enter a standby state. The technical solutions include: acquiring an environment image obtained through a front camera module; and performing face recognition for the acquired environment image, and if no face figure is recognized from the acquired environment image, making the mobile terminal enter a standby state. The method for controlling mobile terminal status and the mobile terminal provided in embodiments of the present invention can be applied to the field related to mobile terminals. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113956 | FACE DETECTION AND TRACKING - Methods and systems for face detection and tracking using an image-based capture device are disclosed herein. The method includes generating a depth image of a scene, generating a mask image from the depth image, and detecting a position of a face of a user in the scene using the mask image. The method also includes determining an intensity of the face using a first color channel of the mask image and adjusting a gain level of a first color channel of the image-based capture device directed at the scene to achieve a target intensity of the face. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113957 | Digital Photographing Apparatus - A digital photographing apparatus including: a display unit for displaying a captured image; a position setting unit for setting a position on the display unit; an area setting unit for setting an area based on the position set by the position setting unit; a photometry unit for measuring luminance of the set area; an exposure value determination unit for determining an exposure value based on a photometric reference and a result of the measuring performed by the photometry unit. The digital photographing apparatus may capture a high quality image by properly adjusting exposure and white balance. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113958 | COLOR IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY WITH COLOR CROSSTALK TEST PATTERNS - An integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor substrate and a color image sensor array on the substrate. The color image sensor array has a first configuration of color pixels for collecting color image data, and at least one crosstalk test pattern on the substrate proximate the color image sensor array. The crosstalk test pattern includes a plurality of color sensing pixels arranged for making color crosstalk measurements. The test pattern configuration is different from the first configuration. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113959 | ANTI-FLICKER CAMERA AND IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD THEREOF - Anti-flicker camera and image capture method are disclosed. According to the disclosed method, exposure integrals of different lines of an image sensed by a camera device are calculated. The exposure integrals are compared with reference exposure integrals of the plurality of lines, respectively, to calculate exposure integral offsets for the lines. The reference exposure integrals are estimated from at least one reference image. The positive and negative changes of the exposure integral offsets are statistically analyzed and, accordingly, it is determined whether there is light flicker from background illumination and an auto-exposure control module of the camera device is controlled based on the determination. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113960 | Electronic camera with self-adjusting flash and image-capture sensitivity - An electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit with variable image-capturing sensitivity, which captures an image of a subject through a photographic lens; a brightness detection unit that detects subject brightness; an exposure calculation unit that executes an exposure calculation by using the image-capturing sensitivity set at the image-capturing unit and the detected subject brightness; a flash quantity calculation unit that calculates a main flash quantity for a flash unit that illuminates the subject when capturing an image thereof; and a sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts the image-capturing sensitivity so as to achieve optimal exposure with a main flash quantity within a flash quantity control range of the flash unit when the main flash quantity calculated by the flash quantity calculation unit is outside the flash quantity control range. And if the image-capturing sensitivity has been adjusted by the sensitivity adjusting unit, the exposure calculation unit re-executes the exposure calculation. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113961 | Portable Movement Capture Device And Method Of Finite Element Analysis - A portable movement capture device is described. The portable movement capture device includes one or more cameras that capture high-speed video or still images of a player performing a sports activity. In one embodiment, the sports activity is a golf swing of a golfer. The portable movement capture device is arranged in a housing with one or more cameras and may optionally include a number of additional components to assist with capturing information associated with a player performing a sports activity. The captured information is analyzed using a method of finite element analysis to isolate a portion of the captured information. With this arrangement, specific regions of a player are analyzed, individually, or relatively with other regions, for a particular movement associated with the sports activity. A handheld motion capture device is also described that combines components of a portable movement capture device with an integrated display. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113962 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PRODUCING BACKGROUND BLURRED IMAGE AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE THEREOF - An image processing method for producing background blurred image and an image capturing device thereof are provided. The image processing method for producing background blurred image includes following steps. First, a plurality of live-view images are continuously captured on a subject and a target image is captured. Next, a geometric correction on the live-view images is performed so as to produce a plurality of corrected live-view images. Then, a correlation comparison on the corrected live-view images is performed so as to produce a relative depth of field (DOF) map. Further, the relative DOF map is enlarged. Finally, a subject area containing a subject in the target image is determined according to the enlarged relative DOF map and a blurring processing on a remained area except for the subject area is performed so as to produce a background blurred image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113963 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method includes a restore step of performing blur restoration for image data, an acquisition step of acquiring image-related information stored together with the image data, and an extraction step of extracting the range of object distances at which the blur restoration is performed, based on the image-related information. In the restore step, blur restoration is performed for the image data in the range of object distances extracted in the extraction step. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113964 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a pixel detecting light having the longest wavelength in a picture element includes a protective film which is disposed on a photodiode at a surface side facing a light incident surface of a semiconductor substrate and a first diffraction grating portion which is disposed on the protective film and where columnar holes penetrating in a thickness direction are two-dimensionally arrayed. Diameter and array period of the holes are selected so that the first diffraction grating portion reflects light transmitting through a filter disposed on the pixel. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113965 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device that has a plurality of pairs of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element, which have different spectral sensitivity characteristics, respectively. A wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of the pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity fall within wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light respectively. The plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors. A half-width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair is wider than a half width in a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first photoelectric conversion element of the pair. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113966 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels and an amplifying unit ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113967 | APPARATUS COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY HAVING GLOBAL SHUTTER SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS - There is set forth herein in one embodiment an image sensor array including a global shutter shared by first and second pixels. The global shutter can include a charge storage area having an associated shield for reducing charge build up on the charge storage area attributable to incident light rays. There is set forth herein in one embodiment an imaging apparatus having one or more configuration. The one or more configuration can include one or more of a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has unbinned pixel values, a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has binned pixel values corresponding to an M×N, M>=2, N>=2 arrangement of pixel values, and a configuration wherein a frame read out from an image sensor array has binned pixel values corresponding to a 1×N, N>=2 arrangement of pixel values. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113968 | OPTICAL ISOLATION OF OPTICALLY BLACK PIXELS IN IMAGE SENSORS - Optical isolation is provided for optically black pixels in image sensors. Image sensors, such as backside illumination (BSI) image sensors, may have an active pixel array and an array having optically black pixels. Isolation structures such as a metal wall may be formed in a dielectric stack between an active pixel array and optically black pixels. Patterned shallow trench isolation regions or polysilicon regions may be formed in a substrate between an active pixel array and optically black pixels. An absorption region such as a germanium-doped absorption region may be formed in a substrate between an active pixel array and optically black pixels. Optical isolation and absorption regions may be formed in a ring surrounding an active pixel array. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113969 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED FULL WELL CAPACITY IN AN IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL - Techniques and mechanisms for improving full well capacity for pixel structures in an image sensor. In an embodiment, a first pixel structure of the image sensor includes an implant region, where a skew of the implant region corresponds to an implant angle, and a second pixel structure of the image sensor includes a transfer gate. In another embodiment, an offset of the implant region of the first pixel structure from the transfer gate of the second pixel structure corresponds to the implant angle. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113970 | METHOD FOR STROBOSCOPICALLY EXAMINING REPEATING PROCESSES AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING SAID METHOD - Apparatus for examining vocal folds and a method for operating said arrangement that avoid the large fluctuations in the image brightness of the camera system and thus the flickering, which is unpleasant for the user, is provided. The apparatus comprises a stroboscopic light source, a camera control unit having a camera head, a microphone, an optical waveguide, and an optical assembly, wherein the stroboscopic light source has a signal-conducting connection to the camera control unit, and the camera head is placed on the optical assembly, wherein the camera head and the microphone have signal-conducting connections to the camera control unit, and the optical assembly is connected to the light source by means of the optical waveguide. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113971 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SENSOR - In an embodiment, an image sensor includes pixels arranged in columns and rows, read signal lines connected to pixels arranged in the row direction. Each pixel is read in either a first exposure time or in a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. Each of a first type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the first exposure time, and each of a second type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the second exposure time. In two vertically adjacent horizontal pixel lines, the first type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the first exposure time, and the second type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the second exposure time. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113972 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a MOS transistor circuit. The photoelectric conversion layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The MOS transistor circuit reads out a signal corresponding to charges generated in the photoelectric conversion layer and then collected, and that is formed in the semiconductor substrate, the charges having a given polarity. The MOS transistor circuit includes a charge accumulation portion, a reset transistor, and an output transistor. The charge accumulation portion is electrically connected with the photoelectric conversion layer. The reset transistor resets a potential of the charge accumulation portion to a reset potential. The output transistor outputs a signal corresponding to the potential of the charge accumulation portion. The reset transistor and the output transistor have carriers whose polarity is opposite to the given polarity. In the MOS transistor circuit, following formula (1) is satisfied: GND2013-05-09 | |
20130113973 | ADAPTIVE BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A technique for adaptive brightness control of an eyepiece of a head mounted display (“HMD”) includes displaying a computer generated image (“CGI”) to an eye of a user from a viewing region of the eyepiece of the HMD. Image data is captured from an ambient environment surrounding the HMD. A brightness value is calculated for the ambient environment based at least in part upon the image data. A bias power setting is determined based at least in part upon the brightness value. The bias power setting is applied to an illumination source for generating the CGI and a brightness level of the CGI displayed to the eye of the user is controlled with the bias power setting. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113974 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for controlling a display of a mobile device are provided. The method includes identifying a resolution of video data to be displayed in a video display mode, retrieving brightness control data corresponding to the identified resolution from a memory unit that stores a plurality of values of the brightness control data each of which corresponds to each of a plurality of resolution values, and sending the retrieved brightness control data to a display unit to display the video data with specific brightness determined based on the brightness control data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113975 | Projector Image Correction Method and System - Disclosed is a projector image correction method and system that actively modifies a projected image based on observed distortions in the reflected image from the projection surface. The method and system utilize a projector for displaying an image or motion picture on a screen, a camera for capturing the projection surface and projected image, an image correction unit for processing the differences between the captured image and the projected image, and an algorithm for interpreting the camera and projector image differences and effectuating the active correction of the projector image. Correction data from the camera image is utilized to correct the projected image by superimposing the data over the image for each frame, accounting for image distortion due to rough or multi-colored surfaces that otherwise change the projected image quality on the projection surface. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113976 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - An imaging lens is provided and includes: in order from the object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a concave surface on the image side near the optical axis and having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power near the optical axis; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power near the optical axis. An image side surface of the fifth lens is concave near the optical axis and has a region where a negative power of the region decreases toward a periphery of the fifth lens as compared with a negative power near the optical axis. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113977 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera body ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130113978 | ADJUSTABLE LENS STRUCTURE - An adjustable lens structure includes a lens housing, a lens module, a rotatable lens seat, and a shifting apparatus. The lens housing has a front housing and a top housing located behind the front housing. The front housing is a hollow cylinder and the rotatable lens seat is placed inside the front housing. The lens module is placed on the rotatable lens seat. The shifting apparatus is engaged with the top housing. The shifting apparatus has a gear assembly engaged with the rotatable lens seat to provide adjustable shooting angle for the lens module. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113979 | IMAGING UNIT - An imaging unit includes an incident-side optical system; an incident-side prism including a first incident surface which is orthogonal to the optical axis of the incident-side optical system, a first reflecting surface and a first exit surface; an exit-side prism including a second incident surface, a second reflecting surface and a second exit surface which is orthogonal to the optical axis and from which light rays reflected by the second reflecting surface emerge; and an image sensor which receives light rays that emerge from the second exit surface. The first incident surface is positioned closer to the photographic object than the second exit surface. A deflection angle of parallel light rays, on the optical axis, at the first reflecting surface is greater than 90°, and a deflection angle of the parallel light rays at the second reflecting surface is smaller than 90°. | 2013-05-09 |
20130113980 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens including, in order from object side to image side: a first positive lens unit which does not move for zooming; a second negative lens unit which moves during zooming; a third positive lens unit which moves during zooming; a fourth lens unit which moves during zooming; and a fifth positive lens unit which does not move for zooming. The second unit passes through a point at which magnification of the second unit becomes −1 during zooming from wide-angle end to telephoto end, and −1<β34<−0.3, and 4.0<|m2/m3|<15 are satisfied where β34 represents a magnification of a combined unit including the third and fourth units at a zoom position fz at which the magnification of the second unit becomes −1, and m2 and m3 respectively represent displacements of the second and third units on optical axis at the zoom position fz with reference to the wide-angle end. | 2013-05-09 |