22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100134585 | PRINTER - A printer comprises a transfer assembly | 2010-06-03 |
20100134586 | Exposure Head and Image Forming Apparatus - An exposure head and an image forming apparatus are provided. The exposure head includes: a lens array which has a first light transmissive substrate and a lens disposed on the first light transmissive substrate; a second light transmissive substrate; a light emitting element which is disposed on the second light transmissive substrate and emits light for transmitting the second light transmissive substrate to form an image through the lens; and a support member which supports a surface of the first light transmissive substrate on which the lens is disposed and a surface of the second light transmissive substrate on which the light emitting element is disposed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134587 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of communication with a remote user provided with a videocommunication terminal includes: establishing a communication session with the user's videocommunication terminal; loading a web page associated with the communication session, the loaded web page including at least one portion defining a respective association between at least one browsing action to be performed on the loaded web page and at least one predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; rendering the loaded web page and forming an image corresponding to the rendered loaded web page; video-encoding the formed image so as to create an encoded video, and transmitting the encoded video to the user's videocommunication terminal; concurrently with the transmitting of the encoded video, receiving information related to a predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; retrieving from the loaded web page the browsing action associated with the predefined user interaction with the videocommunication terminal; and executing the retrieved browsing action. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ANIMATION EFFECT ON VIDEO TELEPHONY CALL - Provided is a method and apparatus that can obtain face state information of corresponding video data through the face recognition processing for at least one video data among a user video data and another party's video data during a video telephony call, and extract various event data corresponding to a face state information to be output in conjunction with the video data. The face state information is provided using a face recognition process. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134589 | VIDEOCONFERENCE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A videoconference system and a management method thereof are provided. The videoconference system includes: terminals; multipoint control units (MCUs), as the superior level for the terminals, for controlling the corresponding terminals; conference management systems, as the superior level for the MCUs, for performing dispatching and control for the local conference site; and conference coordination systems, as the superior level for the conference management systems, for coordinating corresponding conference management systems and neighboring conference coordination systems to perform dispatching and control for the entire conference. The videoconference management method includes: a subscriber requesting for conference dispatching to the home conference management system; the home conference management system managing the corresponding local conference site directly at the dispatching request, and transferring the dispatching across conference management systems to the corresponding conference coordination system; and the conference coordination system dispatching the corresponding master and slave conference management systems at the dispatching request. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134590 | CODEC NEGOTIATION - A method of interworking CS (Circuit Switched) video calls with video calls using IP multimedia protocols is provided. According to the method, an interworking function receives signalling comprising an indication of the codec capability of a CS terminal involved in the CS video call, as part of a MONA (Media Oriented Negotiation Acceleration) negotiation. Thereafter IP codec negotiation is initiated. And thereafter the MONA negotiation is continued and/or completed. Thus the codec capabilities and/or preferences of the CS terminal can be taken into account during the IP codec negotiation with the IP endpoint. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134591 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MONITORING CAMERA AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MONITORING CAMERA BY USING THE METHOD - Provided is a method of controlling a monitoring camera that performs panning, tilting, and zooming, the method including: generating a panoramic image file by controlling the monitoring camera to perform panning and tilting; and performing a setting operation in a user setting mode while displaying a panoramic image of the panoramic image file. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO - A method and apparatus for transceiving a multi-view video to provide a two-dimensional (2D) video service as well as a three-dimensional (3D) video service or a multi-view 3D video service is provided. When a 2D video or a 3D stereo video or multi-view 3D video is transmitted in a 2D video synthesized by a video synthesizer, format supplementary information about the synthesized video is inserted to the PSI, PES or ES_Descriptor. The synthesized 2D video is decoded by a single video decoder and the decoded synthesized video is recovered to an original video by a video recovery unit with reference to the format supplementary information. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134593 | BIRD'S-EYE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - A bird's-eye image generating apparatus includes a first image receiving portion for receiving a first image, a second image receiving portion for receiving a second image at a second position, a first projective transforming portion for executing a projective transformation to the first image so as to be a first transformed image and for correcting the first transformed image so as to be a first corrected image at the second position, a second projective transforming portion for executing the projective transformation to the second image so as to be in a second transformed image, a three-dimensional object range extracting portion for extracting a three-dimensional object range in which a three-dimensional object exists, and a projective distortion correcting portion for correcting the three-dimensional object range by compressing so as to be a second corrected image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134594 | Displaying Objects with Certain Visual Effects - Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and articles for displaying objects in images, videos, or a series of images with WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) effects, for calibrating and storing dimensional information of the display elements in a display system, and for constructing 3-dimensional features and size measurement information using one camera. Displaying merchandises with WYSIWYG effects allows online retailers to post vivid pictures of their sales items on the Internet to attract online customers. The processes of calibrating a display system and the processes of constructing 3-dimensional features and size measurement information using one camera are applications of the invention designed to achieve desired WYSIWYG effects. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134595 | 3-D Optical Microscope - A 3-D optical microscope, a method of turning a conventional optical microscope into a 3-D optical microscope, and a method of creating a 3-D image on an optical microscope are described. The 3-D optical microscope includes a processor, at least one objective lens, an optical sensor capable of acquiring an image of a sample, a mechanism for adjusting focus position of the sample relative to the objective lens, and a mechanism for illuminating the sample and for projecting a pattern onto and removing the pattern from the focal plane of the objective lens. The 3-D image creation method includes taking two sets of images, one with and another without the presence of the projected pattern, and using a software algorithm to analyze the two image sets to generating a 3-D image of the sample. The 3-D image creation method enables reliable and accurate 3-D imaging on almost any sample regardless of its image contrast. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134596 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AN AREA IN 3D - An apparatus for three-dimensional coverage of a spatial area has a rangefinder for finding the range to an object point in the spatial area, and has an image recording unit. The rangefinder contains a transmitter for transmission of a transmitted signal which is largely in the form of a beam to the object point, a receiver for receiving a reflected signal from the object point, and an evaluation and control unit which is designed to determine the range to the object point on the basis of the transmitted signal and the reflected signal. The apparatus furthermore contains a beam scanning unit which is designed to point the transmitted signal in different spatial directions. The image recording unit has a defined image recording area, and is coupled to the beam scanning unit in order to align the image recording area and the transmitted signal with the same object point. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134597 | Electronic apparatus with photographing function and 3D image forming method - An electronic apparatus with photographing function is disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprises a central processing unit, a first lens module, and a second lens module. The first lens module and the second lens module are electronically connected to the central processing unit. The first lens module may obtain a first image of a target, and the second lens module may obtain a second image of the target. There is a viewing angle difference between the first image and the second image. The central processing unit may be activated for processing the first image and the second image to form a 3D image by adjusting the second lens module to an acting position. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134598 | HAND-HELD SELF-REFERENCED APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING - A method and hand-held scanning apparatus for three-dimensional scanning of an object is described. The hand-held self-referenced scanning apparatus has a light source for illuminating retro-reflective markers, the retro-reflective markers being provided at fixed positions on or around the object, a photogrammetric high-resolution camera, a pattern projector for providing a projected pattern on a surface of the object; at least a pair of basic cameras, the basic camera cooperating with light sources, the projected pattern and at least a portion of the retro-reflective markers being apparent on the 2D images, a frame for holding all components in position within the hand-held apparatus, the frame having a handle, the frame allowing support and free movement of the scanning apparatus by a user. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134599 | Arrangement and method for the recording and display of images of a scene and/or an object - The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for capturing and displaying images of a scene and/or an object. Said arrangement and method are particularly suited to display the captured images in a three-dimensionally perceptible manner. The aim of the invention is to create a new possibility to take images of real scenes and/or objects with as little effort as possible and then autostereoscopically display the same in a three-dimensional fashion from two or more perspectives. Said aim is achieved by providing at least one main camera of a first camera type for recording images, at least one satellite camera of a second camera type for recording images, an image converting device which is mounted behind the cameras, and a 3D image display device, the two camera types differing from each other in at least one parameter. A total of at least three cameras is provided. Also disclosed is a method for transmitting 3D data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134600 | Apparatus and Methods for Three-Dimensional Imaging Using a Static Light Screen - A three-dimensional imaging apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a generated first planar light screen, and a first and second detector offset from the perpendicular plane of the light screen. The first detector is located on a first side of the perpendicular plane, and the second detector is located on the opposite side of the perpendicular plane. The first and second detectors detect the instantaneous projection of the first planar light screen upon an object within the first planar light screen, and to output first and second data corresponding to the detected projection. A velocity sensor determines the instantaneous velocity of the object as the object moves relative to the first planar light screen, and to output third data corresponding to the determined velocity. A processor acquires the data from the first and second detector, and the velocity sensor at least two instantaneous times as the object moves relative to the first planar light screen and combines the first, second, and third data to create a three-dimensional image of the object. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF VIDEO CAPTURE MEANS IN THE DIGITIZATION FRAME OF REFERENCE OF AT LEAST ONE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL OBJECT MODELLING AT LEAST ONE REAL OBJECT - The invention relates to a method for determining the arrangement of a video capturing means in the capture mark of at least one virtual object in three dimensions, said at least one virtual object being a modelling corresponding to at least one real object present in images of the video image flows. The inventive method is characterised in that it comprises the following steps: a video image flow is received from the video capturing means; the video image flow received and at least one virtual object flow are displayed; points of said at least one virtual object are paired up, in real-time, with corresponding points in the at least one real object present in images of the video image flows; and the arrangement of said video capturing means is determined according to the points of the at least one virtual object and the paired point thereof in the at least one real object present in the images of the video image flows. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134602 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION TELEVISION RECEIVER AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE WATCHING GLASSES - The present invention realizes stereoscopic television broadcasting which can reproduce a stereoscopic image best in state of stereoscopic viewing and a receiver for the stereoscopic television broadcasting. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134603 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional information output apparatus includes a detection module configured to detect a degree of three-dimensionality of a three-dimensional video, a generation module configured to generate three-dimensional information from display information based on the degree of three-dimensionality, and an output module configured to output the three-dimensional display information. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134604 | Deployable sensor device, sensor system, and method of collecting environmental information - A system for obtaining and displaying such images and environmental information from environments is disclosed, as well as a sensor device and a host configured for use in the system, the sensor device having camera assemblies, environmental sensors, and being connected to the host via a wireless communications link. Methods for obtaining and presenting the images and environmental information using system | 2010-06-03 |
20100134605 | IN VIVO SPECTRAL MICRO-IMAGING OF TISSUE - In vivo endoscopic methods an apparatuses for implementation of fluorescence and autofluorescence microscopy, with and without the use of exogenous agents, effectively (with resolution sufficient to image nuclei) visualize and categorize various abnormal tissue forms. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134606 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCED DATA TRANSMISSION - A device, system and method may enable the obtaining of in vivo images from within body lumens or cavities, such as images the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where the data such as image data is typically transmitted or otherwise sent to a receiving system in compressed or diluted form. The image may be reconstructed and for example displayed to a user. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134607 | ENDOSCOPIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPIC OBSERVATION METHOD - A quantitative image of a subject is obtained without being influenced by the distance from the subject by accurately measuring the absolute distance between the subject and the tip of a phototransmitter that radiates light onto the subject. There is provided an endoscopic observation apparatus ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134608 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM WITH SCANNING FUNCTION - An endoscope system is equipped with a light source system configured to emit illumination light, a scanner configured to periodically scan the illumination light over a target area at predetermined time intervals by vibrating the tip portion of a scanning fiber, and an imager configured to receive the illumination light reflected from the target and to acquire image data corresponding to an observation image. The endoscope system further has an illumination controller that controls the light source system to emit first illumination light having a first spectrum characteristic during a scan interval, and to emit a second illumination light having a second spectrum characteristic during a return interval. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134609 | System and method for documenting patient procedures - The local surveillance sub-system recognizes that a patient medical procedure has or will soon commence by sensing the presence of a healthcare professional in or near the surveillance area, and in response, creates a separate patient medical procedure A/V file for the surveillance data that will be captured. A dedicated procedure remote may be provided for receiving manual interactions from HC professionals present for a procedure or, alternatively, the local surveillance sub-system may autonomously interact with a personal security token device possessed by the HC professional. A procedure data file is also created that holds all of the pertinent information concerning the procedure that is known by the local surveillance sub-system. The patient procedure surveillance A/V file is given a higher priority than ordinary surveillance data captured by the local surveillance sub-system and is then copied to a nonvolatile memory that is separate from the primary memory of the surveillance sub-system. The local surveillance sub-system captures surveillance A/V data that is copied to the nonvolatile memory until the system senses that the procedure has ended, when an end-of-procedure message is transmitted across the HCF distribution network. The corresponding patient medical procedure surveillance A/V file resides in a local nonvolatile memory until it can be downloaded to a central storage at the healthcare facility. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134610 | Personal Identification system - A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134611 | ARTICLE ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND ARTICLE POSITION ESTIMATING APPARATUS, ARTICLE ESTIMATING METHOD AS WELL AS ARTICLE ESTIMATING PROGRAM - The apparatus is provided with a holding-state registering database in which an article and a holding state at the time of transporting the article are registered in association with each other, holding-state determination processing device that determines, when a person is transporting an object article, how the object article is held, and first article candidate extraction device that extracts, among articles registered in the holding-state registering database, an article whose holding state, determined by the holding-state determination processing device, is registered therein, as a candidate article. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134612 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING WELL-BEING OF A SMALL CHILD OR BABY - A method for enhancing a well-being of a small child or baby utilizes at least one TV camera positioned to observe one or more points on the child or an object associated with the child. Signals from the TV camera are outputted to a computer, which analyzes the output signals to determine a position or movement of the child or child associated object. The determined position or movement is then compared to pre-programmed criteria in the computer to determine a correlation or importance, and thereby to provide data to the child. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134613 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING PARTS - An apparatus for evaluating a part may include a camera, a camera-holding member for holding the camera in place relative to the part being evaluated, and an indexing surface disposed in a fixed position relative to the camera-holding member. The camera may be positioned to take a simultaneous picture of both the indexing surface and the part in order to evaluate the part using the picture by comparing an indexing surface image with a part image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134614 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRANSLATING SPORTS TRACKING DATA INTO STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS - A system and methods for automatically determining the states of game object possession, including those of free, under contention and in possession, for sporting contests. The system uses the minimum necessary and sufficient data | 2010-06-03 |
20100134615 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD - To provide a shape measurement apparatus and a shape measurement method with which it is possible to perform a shape measurement, when a shape of an end surface of a disk-shaped semiconductor wafer or the like is measured on the basis of a projection image thereof, without receiving an influence of a contaminant on the end surface. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134616 | COLOR MASK FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR OF A VEHICLE CAMERA - A color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera has a matrix arrangement made up of first filter pixels and second filter pixels. In every horizontal row and/or every vertical column, first filter pixels and second filter pixels are situated, the first filter pixels and the second filter pixels having different transmission behaviors. The second filter pixels have a more comprehensive transmission behavior, e.g., completely transparent to optical light. The first filter pixels are preferably red. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134617 | LEVELING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A leveling apparatus for optically detecting a height difference relative to a leveling staff includes an objective, a two-dimensional detector, a mount for rotating both the objective and the detector about a fixed vertical axis of the apparatus, and a processor. The detector is arranged such that its rows are inclined to an image of a vertical axis of the object by an acute angle. A method of detecting a height difference of an apparatus relative to a leveling staff includes imaging the leveling staff onto an array of detectors such that the image of a vertical axis of the staff is inclined to detector rows at an acute angle. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134618 | EGOMOTION SPEED ESTIMATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING A SINGLE IMAGER - Linear and rotational speeds of a mobile device are calculated using distance estimates between imaging sensors in the device and objects or scenes in front of the sensors. The distance estimates are used to modify optical flow vectors from the sensors. Shifting and rotational speeds of the mobile device may then be calculated using the modified optical flow vector values. For example, given a configuration where the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor face opposite directions on a single axis, a shifting speed is calculated in the following way: multiplying a first optical flow vector and a first distance estimate, thereby deriving a first modified optical flow vector value; multiplying a second optical flow vector and a second distance estimate, thereby deriving a second modified optical flow vector value; the second modified optical flow vector value may then be subtracted from the first modified optical flow vector value, resulting in a measurement of the shifting speed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134619 | EVALUATING AN EFFECTIVENESS OF A MONITORING SYSTEM - An approach that evaluates an effectiveness of a monitoring system is provided. In one embodiment, there is a performance evaluation tool, including an evaluation component configured to receive visual media at a monitoring system monitored by a set of users, and evaluate a monitoring performance of the set of users in response to a simulated alert within the visual media. The performance evaluation tool further comprises an analysis component configured to predict an effectiveness of the monitoring system based on the performance of the set of users in response to the simulated alert within the visual media. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134620 | Food Item Positional Display System and Method - A system and method for displaying the actual position of one or more food items on a conveyorized oven system on a display monitor. Digital images of each food item are captured, stored and processed into positional imaging data using data transmitted from sensors adjacent to the conveyorized oven system. Characteristic data for each food item may be associated with the positional imaging data. The characteristic and positional imaging data of the food items may be stored or communicated to a display monitor for the user to view. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134621 | MULTI-AREA MONITORING SYSTEM FROM SINGLE CCTV HAVING A CAMERA QUADRATIC CURVED SURFACE MIRROR STRUCTURE AND IT, AND UNWRAPPING METHOD FOR THE SAME - There is provided a camera secondary curved mirror structure which is manufactured by removing a predetermined portion of a circular curved mirror for a camera which is equidistant by a predetermined distance of m/R from each side of a line which passes through the center-point of the circular curved mirror in a vertical direction, to result two curved mirror members; jointing the two curve mirror members together to form a joint line; establishing a cutting line which is perpendicular to the joint line and which is at a predetermined distance n/D from a point where the joint line intersects the circumference of the curved mirror members; and cutting along the cutting line so that a lower portion of the jointed curved mirror members results, to form a curved mirror. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134622 | IMAGING SYSTEM - The object of the present invention is to provide an imaging system which can appropriately detect an object to be detected by carrying out a detection process for the object according to a running state of a vehicle. The imaging system, which takes an image of surroundings of the vehicle with a camera and detects the object to be detected by pattern matching within the taken image, carries out pattern matching from a farther side within the image when the vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined value than when not. This can rapidly detect far objects to be detected when the vehicle speed is increased, thereby appropriately detecting objects which are of higher necessity in the driving of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134623 | Method of processing continuously recorded image, computer-readable medium for processing continuously recorded image, drive recorder and reproduction device - A method of processing a continuously recorded image, with the use of a computer, comprising the steps of: judging whether a continuously recorded image is recorded at a certain interval, and storing the continuously recorded image as a data file when the continuously recorded image is stored at a certain interval. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134624 | DETECTING PRIMITIVE EVENTS AT CHECKOUT - Techniques for detecting one or more events are provided. The techniques include identifying one or more segments in a video sequence as one or more candidates for one or more events by a temporal ordering of the one or more candidates, and analyzing one or more motion patterns of the one or more candidates to detect the one or more events. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134625 | LOCATION-AWARE EVENT DETECTION - Techniques for detecting one or more events are provided. The techniques include using one or more regions of interest on a video sequence to cover a location for one or more events, wherein each event is associated with at least one of the one or more regions of interest, applying multiple-instance learning to the video sequence to construct one or more location-aware event models, and applying the models to the video sequence to determine the one or more regions of interest that are associated with the one or more events. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134626 | DISPLAY, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - The present invention aims to provide a display device that can display relationships between a plurality of users in an easy-to-visually-acknowledge manner. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134627 | HAND-OFF MONITORING METHOD AND HAND-OFF MONITORING SYSTEM - A hand-off monitoring method is provided for monitoring a space divided into several monitoring regions. Each of the monitoring regions is monitored by a surveillance camera. The hand-off monitoring method comprises receiving a warning signal from a location and identifying a first surveillance camera related to the location according to the warning signal. Then, an object triggering the warning signal is identified according to a video signal provided by the first surveillance camera. A moving path of the object is predicted according to a non-linear movement prediction model. Then, a control operation is performed, according to the moving path, to control the surveillance cameras in the monitoring regions where the moving path passes so as to hand-off monitor the object. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134628 | Process Monitoring the Processing of a Material - The invention relates to a method for monitoring a processing region of a workpiece ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134629 | Strain Image Display Systems - A method of displaying strain image data for an imaged object, the method comprising: capturing strain image data defining deformation of said object over an imaged region of said object; processing said strain image data to determine local image quality data, said local image quality data comprising a measure of the quality of said strain image data varying over said imaged region; and displaying a representation of said strain image data for said imaged region of said object, using said local image quality data to provide a visual indication of the quality of said displayed representation varying over said imaged region or to improve a quality of said displayed representation of said strain image data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134630 | FREQUENCY AND SPECTRAL DOMAIN SOLUTIONS FOR PREVENTION OF VIDEO RECORDING - A projection system has a projector having a varying frame rate during the course of operation. The projector having warning message frames in between actual video frames. The warning frames are not detectable to humans. A light source which emits infrared light and ultraviolet light at wavelengths and intensities detectable by movie cameras (e.g., camcorders) and undetectable to humans. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134631 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME IMAGE COMPRESSION FOR PARTICLE TRACKING - A real-time image compression method includes identifying pixels in a set of image data that have a brightness value past a predetermined threshold; determining a position of each identified pixel in the image data; and for each of the identified pixels, defining a vector that includes the brightness value and the position of the identified pixel in the image data. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134632 | APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AN OBJECT USING A MOVING CAMERA AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an apparatus for tracking an object, including: a dynamic area extracting unit that extracts an object to be tracked from an image frame collected through an image collecting apparatus; an object modeling unit that models the object to be tracked extracted through the dynamic area extracting unit to calculate the color distribution of the object to be tracked; and an object tracking unit that calculates the color distribution of a next image frame collected through the image collecting apparatus, after calculating the color distribution of the object to be tracked, and calculates a posterior probability that each pixel belongs to the object to be tracked in the next image frame based on the calculated color distribution of the next image frame and the color distribution of the object to be tracked to track the object to be tracked. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING FROM A FIRST DISPLAY FORMAT TO A SECOND DISPLAY FORMAT - A letterbox detector includes a detection module configured to determine aspect ratio changes in an input signal. A transition module is configured to transition between a plurality of display modes associated with the aspect ratio changes. A first display mode to a second display mode transition is performed over a first period of time, and a second display mode to a first display mode is performed gradually over a second period of time, that is different from the first period of time. The letterbox detector may be included in digital and analog displays. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134634 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system includes a camera, an image processor and a calibration surface. The calibration surface includes thereon a calibration pattern, the calibration pattern comprising a plurality of alternately coloured elements which provide a corresponding plurality of corners at locations on the calibration pattern at which more than two of the coloured elements adjoin. The corner locations define a first group of lines and a second group of lines, the lines in each of the group of lines are parallel with respect to each other and with respect to the calibration surface. The first group of lines is orthogonal to the second group of lines and the camera is operable to generate and communicate to the image processor a video signal representative of a scene as viewed by the camera, the scene including the calibration surface. The image processor is operable to detect from the video signal at least some of the corner locations and thereby identify the first and second group of lines of the calibration pattern, to extrapolate the lines from each group of lines to determine a presence and a location of a first intersection point on a plane of the scene as viewed by the camera at which the extrapolated lines from the first group intersect and a second intersection point on the plane of scene as viewed by the camera at which the extrapolated lines from the second group intersect, and to estimate from the presence and the location of the first and second intersection points one or more of an estimated roll angle value, an estimated pitch angle value and an estimated yaw angle value corresponding to a roll angle, pitch angle and yaw angle of the camera relative to the calibration surface. The detection of the corner locations by the image processor comprises identifying from the video signal a plurality of potential corner locations, defining an area of the scene as viewed by the camera centred around each potential corner location, analysing a colour of points lying on a periphery of each area, thereby estimating a likelihood that a corner is located at each potential corner location. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134635 | PORTABLE VIDEO CONFERENCE CAMERA - An image capturing device includes a main body which has a tab that extends therefrom. The main body houses a video capturing unit, and a communication unit which transfers video images to an electronic apparatus. A hinge friction joint is connected to the main body, and a leg member is connected to the main body by the hinge friction joint. The hinge friction joint is configured to maintain a predetermined angle between the main body and the leg member that is greater than zero. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134636 | COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE COMPRESSION RATE OF DIGITAL IMAGES - A computer device for a digital picture taking application includes a camera having an optical system, an electronic image sensor providing raw image data, and an image data compressor, a display, a computing subsystem and a data bus interfacing the computing subsystem with the image data compressor. The image data compressor generates a compressed picture data stream from the raw image data using a variable and externally controllable compression rate. A CPU and bus bandwidth manager monitors the available CPU utilization and bus bandwidth depending on activities of the computer program applications and allocates bus bandwidth to active computer program applications. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134637 | TAKEN PICTURE PROVIDING SYSTEM, PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT SERVER, PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PICTURE TAKING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A photographing management server is provided with a photographing request information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing request information from a photographing request device, a photographing load information transmission request unit that transmits the photographing request information and requests the transmission of photographing load information including a load amount, a photographing load information acquiring unit for acquiring photographing load information, a photographing request subject determining unit for determining a photographing device requested to photograph in accordance with the photographing load information, a photographing request unit for requesting the photographing device determined by the photographing request determining unit to photograph, an image data acquiring unit for acquiring image data from the photographing device requested by the photographing request unit and an image data provision unit for providing image data to the photographing request device. The photographing management server transmits the photographing request information to each photographing device. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134638 | Gain-Adjusting Apparatus For Optical Image Stabilizer And Method Thereof - A gain-adjusting apparatus and method thereof are described. The gain-adjusting apparatus includes an integrator, a first register, a control unit, and a second register. The integrator integrates the gyro signal data to generate the integral data. The control unit is coupled to the first register and the second register, respectively. The control unit determines whether the gyro signal data is either greater than an upper gyro threshold or less than a lower gyro threshold to detect the gyro signal data and decrease the gain value stored in the second register. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134639 | CAMERA-SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A camera-shake correction apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an object image, a camera-shake detection unit configured to detect a camera-shake applied to the camera-shake correction apparatus, a correction unit configured to correct the camera-shake of the object image by moving a correction member based on a camera-shake signal detected by the camera-shake detection unit, and a control unit configured to measure an amplitude of the camera-shake or a frequency of the camera-shake, or both the amplitude of the camera-shake and the frequency of the camera-shake, based on the camera-shake signal supplied from the camera-shake detection unit, and the control unit further configured to control to hold the correction member at a latest position if it is determined that the measured amplitude is smaller than a predetermined amplitude or if it is determined that the measured frequency is lower than a predetermined frequency, or if it is determined that the measured amplitude is smaller than the predetermined amplitude and the measured frequency is lower than the predetermined frequency. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - A method and a system for digital image stabilization are provided for a digital image sequence. The present method calculates local motion vectors between two adjacent images by an interlaced Gray-coded bit-plane matching. An appropriate global motion vector is obtained by weighted accumulation of all local motion vectors. Finally, an accumulated motion vector is obtained by the global motion vector so as to process a motion correction on the digital image sequence and produce a stabile output image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134641 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES AND EXTENDED FIELD-OF-VIEW IMAGES - An image capturing device, such as a digital camera, is able to take photos having a resolution higher than the native resolution capabilities of the device determined by the imager. The device can also take photos having a field-of-view (FOV) that is greater than the normal capabilities of the device. The photos taken have a higher vertical and horizontal FOV (or only an increased horizontal FOV creating a panoramic photo) than the lens of the imager allows natively. The imager of the device may be positioned to point in different directions using an actuator, that is, the actuator can pan and tilt the imager. The imager can also zoom in or out at various levels and has a maximum zoom level. To create either type of photo, an array of cells is used as a tool to capture a series of subimages where the imager is pointed in different directions for each subimage. To create the high-resolution photo, the imager is zoomed into its maximum level and captures each of the subimages based on the array of cells. To create the extended FOV photo, the imager is panned and tilted as much as possible using the actuator and captures each of the subimages based on the array of cells. In both cases the subimages are then stitched together to form a final image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134642 | FOCUSED AREAS IN AN IMAGE - The invention discloses a method and a portable device for focusing an image in the device ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134643 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a projection unit that projects a projection-target original image onto a projection surface; an imaging unit that captures an image of the projection surface onto which an image is projected by the projection unit; and a control unit that analyzes the photographic image of the projection surface captured by the imaging unit and adjusts a correction quantity representing an extent to which the projection-target original image is to be corrected based upon analysis results. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134644 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING FILE OF OBTAINED IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Digital camera is provided with an image pick-up unit | 2010-06-03 |
20100134645 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO, SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VIDEO, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A video processing system may include a video input and a video output for outputting manipulated video images. The system may have a video processing chain connecting the video input to the video output. The chain may include a series connection of two or more video processing components. The components may each include a component input for receiving video images and a component output for outputting processed video images. A control input may be present for controlling the video processing component to be in an enabled or a disabled state. The video processing component may be arranged to obtain in the enabled state the processed video images by performing a respective processing operation on the received video images; and to obtain in the disabled state the processed vide images by forwarding the received video images to the component output without performing the processing operation. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134646 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light shielding layer that is arranged above the semiconductor substrate and shields an optical black region and a peripheral region from light; a first capacitance element that is arranged between the light shielding layer in the peripheral region and the semiconductor substrate and is used to temporarily hold signals output from effective pixels or optical black pixels; and a second capacitance element that is arranged between the light shielding layer in the optical black region and the semiconductor substrate so as to shield the photoelectric conversion units of the optical black pixels from light. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134647 | Methods and systems for embedding camera information in images - The present invention is related to providing, in association with an image, information related to the image capture device used to capture the image. In one embodiment, information related to a first static camera characteristic and camera setting information related to a first captured digitized image is embedded in the first captured digitized image using a watermark. The watermarked information may be used to identify the source or owner of the picture, and/or to aid in the more accurate reproduction of the image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134648 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements having different sensitivities are arranged; and a pixel reading unit configured to read and add output signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel unit, and to obtain an output signal seemingly from one pixel. The pixel unit includes an absorbing unit configured to absorb overflowing electric charge from a photoelectric conversion element with a high sensitivity. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134649 | SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A signal processor capable of extracting evaluated values used for automatic control more appropriately, including: a feature detection unit which detects a feature change position of any target pixel and its peripheral pixels in an input picture signal; a hold unit which holds the position information; a region creation unit which creates a region by excluding the held positions from an evaluated value extraction region; and an evaluated value extraction unit which extracts evaluated values in accordance with the region; wherein unnecessary portions different in feature from the periphery are extracted in accordance with any pixel unit by detection of the feature change position so that the feature change position is excluded from the evaluated value extraction region. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134650 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO-EXPOSURE - An auto-exposure control method includes: creating an exposure table and an analog gain table including an exposure time and an analog gain of an image sensor set according to an index, respectively; calculating an average luminance value of an image frame obtained by the image sensor; checking whether or not the average luminance value is within a pre-set range including a prescribed final target value; if the average luminance value is not within the pre-set range, determining a shift step from indexes which have been applied to a current image frame according to the difference between the average luminance value and the final target value in order to determine indexes of the exposure table and the analog gain table to be applied to a next image frame; and repeatedly performing of reading an exposure time and an analog gain corresponding to the indexes shifted by the shift step determined from the indexes applied to the current image frame, from the exposure table and the analog gain table, applying the same to the image sensor, obtaining a next image frame, and calculating an average luminance value. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134651 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes a first photographing device converting incident light from an object through a first optical system to an electric signal, a second photographing device converting incident light from the object through a second optical system to an electric signal, an image signal processing unit generating a first image signal corresponding to the electric signal converted by the first photographing device and a second image signal corresponding to the electric signal converted by the second photographing device, and an exposure control unit controlling a first exposure start time of the first photographing device and a second exposure start time of the second photographing device so that the first exposure start time and the second exposure start time are different from each other. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134652 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RANGE ADJUSTMENT AND STEREOGRAPHY - A photographing apparatus and method for dynamic range adjustment and stereography. The photographing apparatus includes a first imaging device for converting a light of a subject received through a first optical system into an electric signal; a second imaging device for converting a light of the subject received through a second optical system into an electric signal; a first image signal processor for generating an image signal for live view based on the electric signal output from the first imaging device before a photographing operation of a still image; an exposure controller for controlling an exposure so as to perform a step exposure in the second imaging device before the photographing of the still image; and an exposure calculator for calculating an exposure amount in the photographing operation of the still image based on the electric signal converted in the second imaging device obtained through the step exposure. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134653 | DIGITAL EXPOSURE CIRCUIT FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR - Automatic exposure adjusting device considers the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Each pixel is characterized according to its most significant bits. After the pixels are characterized, the number of pixels in any particular group is counted. That counting is compared with thresholds which set whether the image is over exposed, under exposed, and can optionally also determine if the image is seriously over exposed or seriously under exposed. Adjustment of the exposure is carried out to bring the image to a more desired state. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134654 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes: an imaging unit that obtains image data by capturing an image of a subject; a recording control unit that records the image data obtained by capturing the image of the subject into a plurality of recording media; a speed detection unit that detects access speeds at each of the plurality of recording media; and a selection unit that selects the recording media, into which image data are to be recorded by the recording control unit, based upon each of the access speeds having been detected, wherein: at least one of the plurality of recording media is an exchangeable recording medium. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134655 | Image file generation device, camera and image file generation method - An image file generation device includes: an image file generation unit that generates an image file having stored therein a plurality of sets of image data obtained in a batch via an image sensor; and an image recording unit that records the image file into a storage medium, wherein: if the image file generation unit determines that an image file-splitting condition has been satisfied while the batch of image data is being obtained via the image sensor, the image file generation unit ends image data storage into the current image file and starts image data storage into a new image file. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134656 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system, method and computer program product for arranging digital data in a file in an apparatus-implemented system, is disclosed. One or more pages are generated, where each page includes: i. a mode field containing a camera operation mode, ii. an image data field containing image data, iii. an offset field containing an offset to a next page in the file, and a total size field containing a page size. Each page is recorded in the file using the same format. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134657 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention has as its object to allow information recording by maximally utilizing the size of a storage medium while maintaining compatibility to an electronic device which can handle only a storage medium initialized by the first file system to some extent. To this end, on a storage medium, two storage areas, i.e., a partition A initialized by the FAT16 file system to be accessed by a normal digital still camera, and a partition B initialized by the FAT32 file system that allows a still larger address space, are assured. A main image sensed by a camera unit is stored in the partition B, and a thumbnail image as its derivative information is stored in the partition A. Even when this memory card is attached to the conventional digital still camera, the thumbnail image can be browsed. Also, information indicating correspondence between the main image and corresponding thumbnail image is stored in the partition B as management information. As a result, even when a thumbnail image is detected by the conventional digital still camera, whether the main image is to be deleted or the deleted thumbnail image is to be restored can be selected based on the correspondence with the main image. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134658 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus having an image sensing unit that converts light into an electric signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light, and outputs an image signal obtained by the conversion, and that outputs an image signal obtained by the conversion, a mode switch section that switches among a plurality of image sensing modes including at least a firework image sensing mode and a normal image sensing mode, a mode control section that changes gamma characteristics including a first gamma characteristic used in the firework image sensing mode and a second gamma characteristic used in the normal image sensing mode, and a gamma circuit that, when switch to the firework image sensing mode is made by the mode switch section, makes gamma conversion of the image signal output from the image sensing unit by using the first gamma characteristic selected by the mode control section. The first gamma characteristic includes a characteristic having the effect of suppressing a low luminance in comparison with the second gamma characteristic. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134659 | Method for Correcting the Space Noise of an Image Sensor by Luminescence Limitation - The invention relates to matrix image sensors, and it relates more particularly to a method for correcting the fixed spatial noise of the matrix. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134660 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing apparatus performs predetermined signal processing on an image signal output from an image sensor having a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a direction along a row and a direction along a column. The signal processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit that stores characteristic information indicating characteristics of signal component mix in each pixel from adjacent pixels according to the pixel position in the pixel array of the image sensor; and a correction unit that calculates a correction coefficient according to the position of a pixel for correction in the pixel array from the characteristic information, and corrects an output image signal of the pixel for correction based on an output image signal of adjacent pixels of the pixel for correction and the calculated correction coefficient. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134661 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is configured as follows. Namely, an image processing apparatus is provided with an imaging device in which a plurality of types of imaging elements having different spectral sensitivities are aligned on a single plane and which obtains a color imaging signal, first edge direction judging unit which judges a direction along which an edge is produced in the color imaging signal based on pixel values of the respective imaging elements, a high-color difference region judging unit which judges a region where the pixel values have a high-color difference, second edge direction judging unit which further judges a direction of the edge, direction dependence smoothing unit which smoothes the pixel values of the respective imaging elements by interpolating them along the direction, and omnidirectional smoothing unit which smoothes the pixel values of the respective imaging elements in all directions based on pixel values of peripheral pixels. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134662 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD - An image capture device ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134663 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A solid-state imaging device | 2010-06-03 |
20100134664 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging apparatus which can photograph a high-definition image and, at high quality, a moving image having lower resolution than that of the high-definition image is provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus comprises: plural pixels which include a photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer unit; an impurity diffused region which accumulates charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit through the transfer unit; an amplifying unit which outputs signals based on the charges accumulated by the impurity diffused region; and a reset unit which resets potential of the impurity diffused region, wherein the four pixels including the obliquely adjacent two pixels and the two pixels, in a same row or column, adjacent to one of the obliquely adjacent two pixels constitute a unit pixel group, and the impurity diffused region, the amplifying unit and the reset unit are commonly connected to the four pixels constituting the unit pixel group. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134665 | IMAGING DEVICE CAMERA SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An imaging device including: an electronic shutter and a pixel array part. The pixel array part has a plurality of pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity arranged in an array and which converts light transmitted through the pixel into an electric signal. The pixel array part has a plurality of color pixels and at least one clear pixel, the plurality of color pixels including (i) a first color filter pixel having a peak of spectral sensitivity characteristics in red, (ii) a second color filter pixel having a peak in blue, and (iii) a third color filter pixel having a peak in green. At least a portion of the plurality of color filter pixels is arranged in an oblique pixel array system and at least one clear pixel having a high transmittance is arranged in the oblique pixel array system at a given position of a given row and a given column with respect to the first color filter pixel, the second color filter pixel, and the third color filter pixel; and the electronic shutter is separately driven for the at least one clear pixel and for the plurality of color filter pixels. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134666 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing system includes a first image processing unit and a second image processing unit. The first image processing unit is utilized for receiving a plurality of images, and the first image processing unit divides a (K+N) | 2010-06-03 |
20100134667 | Solid-state image pickup device, method for driving solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup apparatus - A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array section including an effective pixel region, an optical black pixel region, and a pixel region between the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region; a vertical drive section which performs driving so that signals of pixels of the pixel region disposed at a side of the effective pixel region in a vertical direction are skipped and signals of pixels of the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region are read; and a horizontal drive section which performs driving so that, from among the pixels selected by the vertical drive section, the signals of the pixels of the pixel region disposed at a side of the effective pixel region in a horizontal direction are skipped and the signals of the pixels of the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region are read. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134668 | Image sensors - An image sensor includes a plurality of wells for isolating a plurality of photodiodes from each other. Each of the wells includes a P-type well region and an N-type well region configured to receive a positive bias voltage. The image sensor provides a clearer image by suppressing a blooming effect and a dark current. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134669 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging apparatus has a plurality of read out circuits ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100134670 | AMPLIFICATION-TYPE CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - Pixels are two-dimensionally arranged into rows and columns in an image sensing region of a solid-state image sensing device, and divided into a plurality of vertical blocks. A vertical signal line is connected to each pixel column. A voltage read out from a pixel is A/D-converted and held in a holding circuit. A vertical block selection circuit outputs a vertical block selection signal in response to a horizontal sync pulse. An intra-block line selection circuit selects one pixel row in one block or simultaneously selects a plurality of pixel rows in one block, in accordance with the selection signal and a signal for setting the number of lines to be selected. A pulse selector circuit supplies a pixel driving pulse signal to a pixel row selected by the intra-block line selection circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134671 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid state imaging device according to the present application, a sampling hold part samples and holds, in accordance with sampling control signals φTVN, φTVS, a dark signal and a light signal of each of vertical signal lines provided to correspond to each column of pixels, and supplies the signals being held to horizontal signal lines in accordance with a horizontal scanning signal. During predetermined intervals T | 2010-06-03 |
20100134672 | UNIT PIXEL INCLUDING THREE TRANSISTORS AND PIXEL ARRAY INCLUDING THE UNIT PIXELS - Provided is a unit pixel which uses three transistors and a pixel array including the unit pixel. The unit pixel includes a photodiode, a charge passing unit, a reset controller, and a voltage converter. The pixel array has a structure in which a plurality of the unit pixels according to the present invention are two-dimensionally arrayed, and includes one or more reset power supply circuits which output two or more different supply voltages in response to a pixel selection control signal. Parts of a plurality of the unit pixels share a voltage output from the reset power supply circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134673 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Each pixel circuit of one type includes a transfer transistor and the like and is individually provided for and arranged in a corresponding pixel. Each pixel circuit of another type includes an amplifying transistor, a floating diffusion, a reset transistor and the like and is commonly provided for pixels of respective rows and arranged outside pixel rows. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134674 | AMPLIFICATION-TYPE CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - Pixels are two-dimensionally arranged into rows and columns in an image sensing region of a solid-state image sensing device, and divided into a plurality of vertical blocks. A vertical signal line is connected to each pixel column. A voltage read out from a pixel is A/D-converted and held in a holding circuit. A vertical block selection circuit outputs a vertical block selection signal in response to a horizontal sync pulse. An intra-block line selection circuit selects one pixel row in one block or simultaneously selects a plurality of pixel rows in one block, in accordance with the selection signal and a signal for setting the number of lines to be selected. A pulse selector circuit supplies a pixel driving pulse signal to a pixel row selected by the intra-block line selection circuit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134675 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a solid-state imaging element formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a transparent member placed on the solid-state imaging element. The solid-state imaging element includes light receiving units each of which is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and digital microlenses each of which is formed above an associated one of the light receiving units. Each of the digital microlenses has protruding portions and recessed portions, and each of the protruding portions and the recessed portions are alternately arranged in a concentric pattern. The protruding portions are placed in contact with the transparent member, and the recessed portions make no contact with the transparent member. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134676 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes: an ocular-type finder; a display section provided below the finder and having a display screen capable of displaying an image; processing means for detecting where a finger touches the display screen and carrying out a process according to the touched position; and a grip serving for gripping purposes provided to the right of the display section, wherein an angled area formed of a right end area and a lower end area is defined in the right half of the display screen, and the processing means includes limited processing means for carrying out a process associated with a touching operation detected only in the angled area when an eye has approached the finder. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134677 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a viewfinder and a display, switches between a display mode for displaying an image on the viewfinder, and a display mode for displaying an image on the display, sets processing of speech input to a mode for close-talking, when an image is displayed on the viewfinder, sets processing of speech input to a mode for non-close-talking, when an image is displayed on the display, and inputs by speech a control command that has been set in advance according to a mode of speech input that has been set. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134678 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a cover, a printed circuit board, and a lens module mounted on the printed circuit board and covered by the cover. The cover and the lens module both define a light transmitting hole. The cover includes a retaining portion, the lens module includes a latching portion engaged with the retaining portion of the cover, thus ensuring the coaxiality of the light transmitting holes of the cover and the lens module. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A CAMERA FLASH ACCESSORY FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A DISPLAY AND OPTICAL SENSOR - A system and method for using an optical sensor with the display of a mobile electronic device for providing and synchronizing a high power flash device with the mobile electronic device's integrated camera. The system and method features a flash unit subsystem that comprises an optical sensor, a controller, and a flash device that works in conjunction with a management system installed onto the mobile electronic device. The management system controls whether the flash device turns off or on by causing a select portion of the display of the mobile electronic device to brighten or dim, the change in intensity of which is sensed by the optical sensor. The system is substantially synchronized in that the flash device turns on slightly before the image capture process begins and turns off slightly after the image capture process ends. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEJUDDERING IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus of dejuddering image data includes receiving a video data signal that includes a plurality of successive source frames. A first source frame of the plurality of successive source frames is displayed a predetermined number of times. A first black frame is displayed, and successive source frames are displayed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134681 | Information Processing System, Information Processing Apparatus, and Information Processing Method - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus configured to be connected to a conversion adaptor having a video input connector and a video output connector, the apparatus including: a video output port complying with the first standard for connection of the video input connector; an image processing module configured to output a first signal when the video input connector is not connected to the video output port, the image processing module being configured to output a second signal when the video input connector is connected to the video output port; and a bias module connected to the video output port and the image processing module and configured to output a third signal to the video output port, the bias module being configured to change physical layer information of the first signal or the second signal. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134682 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus having the cold-warm color producing processing unit for producing the cold-warm color frame, and an interpolation frame producing unit for producing an interpolation frame of the image signal, wherein the interpolation frame producing unit produces the interpolation frame of the image signal, using the cold-warm color frame produced in said cold-warm color producing processing unit. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134683 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A signal processing device with high efficiency of teletext information processing is provided. The signal processing device is configured to receive and encode a transport stream for display, wherein the transport stream provides teletext information associated with a plurality of teletext lines and video information associated with a plurality of video lines. The video signal processing device includes a memory configured to store line enable signals and line data associated with the teletext lines and the video lines, a VBI controller coupled to the memory, configured to read the memory to obtain the line data associated with enabled teletext lines of the teletext lines, and an TV encoder coupled to the VBI controller, configured to receive and encode the line data associated with the enabled teletext lines for display. | 2010-06-03 |
20100134684 | Image Processing Apparatus, Receiver, and Display Device - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a display device, and a transmission module. The receiver includes a video receiver, a video processor, a graphics processor, and a multiprocessor. The video processor converts the video signal received by the video receiver to a moving image with a first resolution. The graphics processor outputs a still image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution according to an instruction. The multiprocessor divides the still image into divisional still images with the first resolution. The display device includes a display module, a scaling processor, a restoration processor, and a blend processor. The scaling processor scales the moving image with the first resolution. The restoration processor restores the divisional still images to the original still image. The blend processor displays the moving image and the still image with the second resolution on the display module. | 2010-06-03 |