23rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150156394 | MULTISPECTRAL CAMERA USING ZERO-MODE CHANNEL - A multispectral imaging system and method in which the zero-mode channel is used to provide imaging of any of a variety of optical properties. In one example an imaging method includes spectrally dispersing received electromagnetic radiation into its spectral components with a dispersive element to produce spectrally dispersed electromagnetic radiation, transmitting the electromagnetic radiation through the dispersive element to produce non-dispersed electromagnetic radiation corresponding to a zero order diffraction mode of the dispersive element, imaging the non-dispersed electromagnetic radiation to produce a zero-mode image, and simultaneously imaging the spectrally dispersed electromagnetic radiation to produce a spectral image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156395 | WHITEBOARD ACTIVITY NOISE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IMMERSIVE TELEPRESENCE SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a first signal from a first microphone, and determining when the first signal is indicative of activity on a first surface. The method also includes controlling a camera to focus on the first surface when it is determined that the first signal indicates the activity on the first surface. In such an embodiment, the first microphone and the camera may be part of a collaboration system, and the first surface may be a surface of a whiteboard. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156396 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD THEREOF - In the image capturing apparatus, the optical path difference producing member is disposed on the second optical path. Thereby, the amount of light for imaging an optical image which is focused at the front of an optical image made incident into the first imaging device (front focus) and an optical image which is focused at the rear thereof (rear focus) by the second imaging device can be suppressed to secure the amount of light on image pickup by the first imaging device. Further, in the image capturing apparatus, at least one of a position of the first imaging region and a position of the second imaging region on the imaging area is changed, thus making it possible to easily adjust an interval between the front focus and the rear focus. It is, thereby, possible to detect a focus position of the sample at high accuracy. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156397 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD THEREOF - In the image capturing apparatus, the optical path difference producing member is disposed on the second optical path. Thereby, the amount of light on imaging an optical image which is focused at the front of an optical image made incident into the first imaging device (front focus) and an optical image which is focused at the rear thereof (rear focus) by the second imaging device can be suppressed to secure the amount of light on image pickup by the first imaging device. Further, in the image capturing apparatus, the first imaging region and the second imaging region on the imaging area of the second imaging device are positioned on the front side of the imaging area in a scanning direction of the sample with respect to the region into which an optical image is made incident which is conjugate to the first optical image made incident into the first imaging device. Thereby, it is possible to obtain in advance a deviation direction of a focus position of the objective lens by a simple constitution. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156398 | OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A CAMERA, A DIAPHRAGM AND ILLUMINATION MEANS - An optical device ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150156399 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC FOCUSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention illustrates an automatic focusing method. Firstly, through multiple cameras of an image capturing device, a scene is captured, such that multiple images generated corresponding to the cameras are obtained. Then, multiple depth maps are generated according to the images. Next, according to the resolutions of single one or multiple objects in the depth maps, the depth information of the single one or multiple objects in the depth maps can be selected to generate a merged depth map. Then, a target focus distance of the single one object or target focus distances of multiple objects are calculated according to the merged depth map. Next, an actual focus distance of the multi-lenses module associated with the cameras is adjusted according to the target focus distance of the single one object or one of the multiple objects. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156400 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic apparatus is described. The electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor including a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of focal point detection pixels; an auto-focus (AF) detection unit that detects an AF value based on a first focal point detection signal output from a first focal point detection pixel from the plurality of focal point detection pixels and a second focal point detection signal output from a virtual second focal point detection pixel corresponding to the first focal point detection pixel; and a control unit that generates image data based on an image signal output from the plurality of image pixels and the AF value detected by the AF detection unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156401 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FOCUSING A CAMERA - A method for automatically focusing a camera ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150156402 | IMAGING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156403 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus uses an image pickup device. A manual focus adjusting unit is configured to control a focus lens in response to a user's input operation. An edge detecting unit is configured to detect edge components from an image signal obtained by the image pickup device and to output detection levels of tine detected edge components. A color signal replacement unit is configured to replace a signal of a pixel corresponding to the detection level with a predetermined color signal when the detection level satisfies a predetermined condition. A display unit is configured to display an image based on an output image signal from the color signal replacement unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156404 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS ACQUIRING AFOCUSING DISTANCE FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES-- - An image processing apparatus that acquires a focusing distance from a plurality of images each having different degrees of blur, includes: a misalignment detection unit that detects misalignment among the plurality of images; a distance information acquisition unit that acquires, based on the plurality of images, distance information, which is information to indicate a focusing distance in an area of the images; and a reliability information acquisition unit that creates, based on the detected misalignment, reliability information, which is information to indicate reliability of the focusing distance acquired for each area, wherein the distance information acquisition unit changes the acquired distance information based on the reliability information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156405 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An imaging device comprising a photographing lens, an imaging element; a first interpolation device, a second interpolation device, a focusing confirmation image generation device configured to at least generate a first image and a second image respectively from the pixel values of the first and second interpolation pixels calculated by the first and second interpolation device and generating a focusing confirmation image based on the first and second images, and a display device configured to display the focusing confirmation image generated by the focusing confirmation image generation device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156406 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD - A photographing device and method are disclosed, in which after a photographing device catches a scene and before the scene is taken as a picture, a hand drawing is drawn around the scene, so that the taken picture comprises the caught scene and the hand drawing, whereby capable of drawing the hand drawing in the course of taking a picture and reduced the process for post-processing for the picture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156407 | INFRARED RECORDING DEVICE AND INFRARED RECORDING METHOD - An infrared recording device and infrared recording method in the invention relates to an infrared recording device and an application field of infrared detection. In the prior art, corresponding record between infrared files and object information is inconvenient. According to the infrared recording device and infrared recording method in the invention, based on prestored object information, special object information is designated, and the object information is record with the infrared file when recording. It is not necessary or is convenient to find and select the object information. Thereby, the present problems are solved. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156408 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes a light emission unit, an instruction unit, and a light emission determination unit. The light emission unit moves between a light and a non-light emission position. The instruction unit changes, in response to a user's manual operation, to a first state giving an instruction to prepare for capturing a subject's image. In response to setting the instruction unit to the first state, the light emission determination unit makes a light emission determination based on a captured scene. In response to setting the instruction unit to the first state and where the light emission determination unit determines that the light emission unit does not emit light, the light emission determination unit determines that the light emission unit emits light, in response to a user's operation for moving the light emission unit to the light emission position while the instruction unit is kept in the first state. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156409 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION - A portable device has a display, a display processor displays a magnification image on a screen of the display, and an input device. The portable device further has a display-area shift processor that shifts the magnification-image-display area in accordance to an input operation administered to the input device, and a position sensor that detects an angle of inclination of the body. Then, The display processor changes the magnification-image-display area to an image area that is inclined by an angle corresponding to the angle of inclination, and the display-area shift processor changes shift directions of the magnification-image-display area from vertical and lateral directions of the original image to directions that are perpendicular to each other and correspond to inclined vertical and lateral directions rotated by the angle of inclination. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156410 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING TEMPORARY RECORDING MODE AND DIRECT RECORDING MODE - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device acquiring a captured image on a subject; a display section; setting means for setting whether to make effective a temporary recording mode in which the captured image is temporarily recorded in a first storage section; if the temporary recording mode is effective, display control means for playback displaying the captured image recorded in the first storage section from when the temporary recording mode has been effective on the display section in response to an instruction operation of a user; and recording control means for recording an image specified by the user from the playback-displayed captured images in a second storage section as an image to be saved. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156411 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INFORMATION OVERLAID ON LIGHT AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus according to an implementation of the present invention includes: an imaging device unit which converts light coming from an object into an image signal, the light being illuminating light reflected off an object; a light pattern detecting unit which detects a light-dark pattern from the image signal so as to detect information overlaid on the illuminating light, the image signal being converted from the light by the imaging device unit; a comparing unit which compares detection information with predetermined determination information, the detection information being the information detected by the light pattern detecting unit; and a display unit which displays a specific image, depending on a result of the comparison by the comparing unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156412 | Image Data Aggregating High Dynamic Range Imaging Systems And Associated Methods - An image data aggregating high dynamic range imaging system includes an image sensor for generating N image data sets from an array of photodiodes, where N is an integer greater than one. The image sensor is adapted to generate each of the N image data sets with a different respective exposure time duration of the array of photodiodes. The system further includes an image data aggregating module for aggregating the N image data sets to obtain a virtual long exposure image data set. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156413 | Variable Gain Column Amplifier Adapted for Use in Imaging Arrays - An imaging sensor using a novel bit line processing circuit, that circuit, and the method of processing the pixel outputs from an image sensor using that processing circuit are disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of pixel sensors, a signal digitizing circuit, and a digitizing controller. Each pixel sensor generates a voltage signal that is a function of a charge on the photodetector in that pixel sensor, and couples that voltage signal to a bit line in response to a first signal. The signal digitizing circuit is connected to the bit line, the digitizing circuit converting the voltage signal to a plurality of output digital values, the output digital values having selectable levels of digitization noise. The digitizing controller generates the level of noise based on the voltage signal. The signal digitizing circuit includes a variable gain amplifier and an ADC having a fixed number of bits. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156414 | IMAGER ARRAY INTERFACES - Architectures for imager arrays configured for use in array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of focal planes, where each focal plane comprises a two dimensional arrangement of pixels having at least two pixels in each dimension and each focal plane is contained within a region of the imager array that does not contain pixels from another focal plane, control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, where the control circuitry is configured so that the capture of image information by the pixels in at least two of the focal planes is separately controllable, sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data, and output interface circuitry configured to transmit pixel data via an output interface. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156415 | Multiplane Panoramas of Long Scenes - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for generating a panoramic image of a long scene are disclosed. These include, fitting planes to 3D points associated with input images of portions of the long scene, where respective planes are fitted to a ground surface, a dominant surface, and at least one of foreground objects and background objects, and where distances from the 3D points to the fitted planes are minimized. These also include, selecting, for respective pixels in the panoramic image, an input image and a fitted plane such that a distance is minimized from the selected the fitted plane to a surface corresponding to the pixels and occlusion of the pixels is reduced in the selected input image, and stitching by projecting the selected input image using the selected fitted plane into the virtual camera. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156416 | Systems and Methods for Updating Panoramic Images - Embodiments include a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, from a mobile user device configured to acquire images, a request to update a panoramic image, identifying a location associated with a panoramic image, guiding a user to the location associated with the panoramic image, receiving, from the mobile user device, an image acquired at or near the location associated with the panoramic image, updating the panoramic image to include the image acquired at or near the location associated with the panoramic image to generate an updated panoramic image, and storing the updated panoramic image in association with the location. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156417 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT ALLOWS FOR SHORT-DISTANCE PHOTOGRAPHING - An image pickup apparatus that allows for short-distance photographing comprising: a photographing lens portion including a focus lens and a variable power lens; a lens driving portion; an image pickup portion; a recording portion that records images obtained by the image pickup portion; a driving control portion that moves the variable power lens so as to have a same magnifying power of images on the image pickup portion at a plurality of focused positions; a control portion that causes the image pickup portion to continuously pick up a plurality of images at a same magnification at the plurality of focused positions and causes the recording portion to store the plurality of; and an image combining portion that cuts out an image area having a predetermined contrast from each of the plurality of images and generates on composite image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156418 | OFFSET CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide a mold for forming a lens including a first core coupled with a first core hole of a first mold, and a second core coupled with a second core hole of a second mold to face the first core. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the first core and the second core are made of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than that of the first mold and the second mold, and outer diameters of the first core and the second core are each formed to be smaller than diameters of the first core hole and the second core hole. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156419 | BLUR AWARE PHOTO FEEDBACK - Users are provided with feedback regarding blurriness of an image in real-time. When an image is received, a blur score is automatically generated in addition to a visual that indicates the extent of blurriness across the picture. The blur score is calculated by aggregating an image_blur_score and optionally a motion_blur_score. A user can also be provided with suggestions on improving image sharpness and help in determining if another image needs to be taken. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156420 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device may include a control unit. The control unit may be operable, in a first mode, to control display on a display screen of a representative image of a group of images and, in a second mode, to control display on the display screen of an image of the group of images corresponding to a posture of the device. In addition, the control unit may be operable to switch between operation in the first mode and the second mode. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156421 | Digital Zoom With Sensor Mode Change - An apparatus including at least one processor, and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to, during a digital zoom having increasing or decreasing zoom values for first frames taken by a camera, and based upon a sensor mode changing from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode, using at least one new different zoom value to one of the first frames captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156422 | CAMERA SYSTEM CONTROL FOR CORRECTING BORE-SIGHT OFFSET - A camera system is provided that provides a smooth and centered zoom, even at high levels of magnification. The camera system corrects for misalignment between the optical axis of a lens and center of an image sensor. As a result of the misalignment, the center of an image will move during a zoom movement. The current camera system corrects for the misalignment as the zoom movement occurs. The correction is matched to the speed of the zoom in order to provide a fluid zoom movement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156423 | SYSTEM FOR FOLLOWING AN OBJECT MARKED BY A TAG DEVICE WITH A CAMERA - There is provided a system, including a tag device and a camera arrangement, for following an object marked by the tag device with a camera. The tag device may measure a horizontal plane position and an altitude of the tag device according to different measurement principles, and transmit the measured values to a camera arrangement. The camera arrangement may measure a horizontal plane position and an altitude related to the camera according to different measurement principles. The camera arrangement may then control the pan and tilt settings of the camera based on differences in horizontal plane positions and altitudes between the camera and the tag device such that the camera is oriented in the direction of the tag device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156424 | DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE FRAMES THEREOF - A display and a method for displaying multiple frames thereof are provided. In the method, a source device is connected by a video cable. A multiple frame displaying request sent by the source device is received through the video cable. Then, an original resolution of the display is divided into several adjusted resolutions according to the number of frames in the request, and at least one resolution data respectively recording the adjusted resolutions is sent to the source device. At least one video stream sent by the source device is received through the video cable, and frames of the at least one video stream are respectively displayed on at least one corresponding display region of the display. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156425 | SHOOTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A shooting system and method are disclosed, in which a first picture and a second picture are directly composed into a composite photograph when a smart wearable device selects the first picture and then takes the second picture, and the composite photograph is displayed by the smart wearable device, whereby achieving in the technical efficacy of convenient photograph compositing on the smart wearable device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156426 | SHORTWAVE INFRARED CAMERA WITH BANDWIDTH RESTRICTION - A camera comprises an image plane for capturing shortwave infrared wavelengths. The image plane captures only a portion of a shortwave infrared wavelength band, and excludes other wavelengths. A method of designing a camera is also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156427 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA AND MOTOR VEHICLE USING SUCH A CAMERA - An electronic camera system is operable in a first operating state, in which a video signal delivered by the image sensor is based on the detection of visible light only, and a second operating state, in which a video signal delivered by the image sensor is at least in part based on the detection of infrared light. The camera system includes an electronic image sensor that is sensitive to visible light and infrared light, a lens system that is transparent to visible light and infrared light and serves for projecting an image onto the image sensor and a filter assembly arranged in front of the image sensor. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156428 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND MOBILE TELEPHONE - There is provided an image capturing apparatus capable of controlling focus detecting pixels independently of the remaining image capturing pixels while maintaining the sensitivity of an image sensor and obtaining high image quality. The image capturing apparatus includes a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip. On the first semiconductor chip, the light receiving sections of a first pixel group and second pixel group, and a first pixel driving circuit configured to drive the pixels of the first pixel group are arranged. On the second semiconductor chip, a second pixel driving circuit configured to drive the pixels of the second pixel group is arranged. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156429 | REMAPPING METHODS TO REDUCE DISTORTIONS IN IMAGES - The present invention provides software, methods, and systems for characterizing an actual scan pattern of a scanning beam device. The characterization of the actual scan pattern may be used in an image remapping method and/or a drive signal remapping method to reduce distortions in an image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156430 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit receiving a first image and image-capturing information associated with the first image; a determining unit determining, based on the image-capturing information, whether or not the first image is an image of a subject image in a view point direction corresponding to the aperture mask, using an output signal of an image sensor that includes a pixel array including first parallax pixels having the aperture mask with asymmetric directional properties in the long axis and short axis with respect to incident light flux of a single optical system and positioned to permit a portion of the light flux to pass; and an outputting unit outputting a corrected first image by carrying out a correction process having different frequency properties between the long axis direction and the short axis direction on the subject image in an unfocused region of the first image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156431 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus having an imaging region. In the imaging region, a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged. The plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel is arranged near a center of the imaging region. The second pixel is arranged at a position farther away from the center of the imaging region than the first pixel. The first pixel includes a first micro lens having a substantially circular shape as viewed in a plan view. The second pixel includes a second micro lens having a substantially elliptical shape as viewed in a plan view and having an area larger than an area of the first micro lens. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156432 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CELLULAR PHONE - An image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group and a second pixel group; a first readout unit connected to the first pixel group; a second readout unit connected to the second pixel group; and a control unit configured to control to supply power to the first and second readout units in a first readout mode, and supply power to the first readout unit and not to supply power to the second readout unit in a second readout mode, wherein the plurality of pixels and the first readout unit are arranged on a first chip, and the second readout unit is arranged on a second chip. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156433 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL READING-OUT METHOD - A semiconductor device includes: an element array portion in which unit elements are disposed in a matrix; and a signal processing portion including a signal processing circuit executing predetermined signal processing based on unit signals outputted from the circuit elements, respectively, every column, in which a function of the signal processing circuit is controlled in such a way that power consumption of the signal processing circuit concerned corresponding to the unit elements each not required becomes lower in a phase of an element selection mode in which only information on a part of the unit pixels for one row in the element array portion is required than in a phase of a normal operation mode. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156434 | Image Sensor with Integrated Power Conservation Control - An integrated image sensor circuit with multiple power modes is disclosed. The integrated circuit comprises a pixel array, an analog block to process analog signal associated with the pixel array, where the analog block comprises an analog to digital convertor (ADC), and a first control circuit to enable/disable the analog block or to configure the analog block to a high/low-power mode depending on whether the pixel array is in a readout frame or in a reset frame with no active readout. The integrated image sensor circuit may further comprise a post-processing block and a second control circuit to enable/disable the post-processing block or to configure the post-processing block to the high-power mode or the low-power mode depending on whether the pixel array is in the readout frame or in the reset frame with no active readout. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156435 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - In an image pickup device, in a period for which a signal value of the comparison result signal is changed in a certain AD converter among a plurality of AD converters, the signal value of the comparison result signal changes a plurality of times in another AD converter. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156436 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD - An image conversion apparatus extracts from among pixel rows parallel to an object pixel row, a first pixel row overlapping an aperture shape; and further extracts a second pixel row having the number of pixels successively overlapping the aperture shape equal to or greater than that of the first pixel row. The image conversion apparatus calculates a value of a second pixel in the case of converting an original image, by referring to a storage unit that stores a value of a first pixel in the case of converting the original image. For example, the image conversion apparatus defines an average of the value of the first pixel in the case of converting the original image, a value of a diffusion source pixel (IN[5][2]), and a diffusion source pixel (IN[5][3]) as the value of the second pixel in the case of converting the original image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156437 | IMAGE SENSOR, CONFIGURED TO REGULATE A QUANTITY OF LIGHT ABSORBED THEREBY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD - An image sensor and an image sensing method are provided. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric converter comprising a bias unit, which comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, and an organic photoelectric conversion layer, which selectively absorbs light and converts the light into electrons; a via contacting the second electrode to connect the photoelectric converter with the semiconductor substrate; a storage node configured to store electrons; a read-out unit to converts charge transferred from the storage node into an image signal; a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises an intermediate insulating layer; and an output circuit configured to read out the image signal from the pixel array. The quantity of light received by the organic photoelectric conversion layer is adjusted by a bias change of the bias unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156438 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A radiation imaging apparatus includes: a radiation detection unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units to convert radiation signals into charge signals and store the charge signals is located; a storage control unit configured to control the storage of the charge signals executed by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; a reading control unit configured to control reading of the charge signals stored by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; and a control unit configured to fix an indefinite potential generated at the radiation detection unit while at least one of the storage control of the charge signals by the storage control unit and the reading control of the charge signals by the reading control unit is not carried out. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156439 | Method, Apparatus, Computer Program and Computer Program Product for Transmitting Image Data - In a method for transmitting image data from a plurality of cameras in a vehicle, a set of functions is provided, which set of functions comprises a plurality of functions each having a requirement for a respective image setting of at least one of the cameras. If a function is activated, a respective image setting is set for at least one of the cameras on the basis of at least one of the function and a respective predefined desired data rate during image data transmission in order to provide the image data from the respective camera for the respective function. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156440 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MEDIA DEVICE PRE-OPERATION - Systems and methods are operable to perform pre-operations at a media device in anticipation of an occurrence of a user action. An exemplary embodiment receives an in-use signal from an electronic device that is remotely proximate to the media device, wherein the received in-use signal corresponds to a user interaction with the electronic device; and performs the pre-operation at the media device. The pre-operation is performed prior to receiving an initial user action configured to operate at least one of the media device and a media presentation device coupled to the media device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156441 | DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLED BY MOTION AND MOTION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided, which includes a motion recognition unit which recognizes a motion of an object that is located outside the display device, and a control unit which, when the motion of the object is recognized, determines a change amount that varies according to a motion speed or a motion distance of the object, and performs an operation which corresponds to the motion of the object according to the change amount. Accordingly, channel change or page shift can be easily performed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156442 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and an operating method thereof are provided. In the operating method of a display device, an input image is received externally. A first type signal of the input image is converted into a second type signal. A brightness component is extracted from the converted second type signal. Document image determination information is extracted based on the extracted brightness component and whether the input image to the display device is a document image is determined. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156443 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a data receiver, processing circuitry and an operation information receiver. The data receiver receives first data for displaying an image. The processing circuitry displays, using the first data, the image on a screen of a display. The operation information receiver receives operation information indicating that one of a plurality of buttons provided at a remote control is pressed. The processing circuitry displays, based on the operation information, an enlarged image of a first area of a plurality of divided areas of the image on the screen. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156444 | WIDEBAND TUNER ARCHITECTURE - A wideband receiver system comprises a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module and a digital frontend (DFE) module. The wideband ADC is configured to concurrently digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of desired channels and a plurality of undesired channels. The DFE module is coupled to the digital in-phase and quadrature signals. The DFE module is configured to select the plurality of desired channels from the digitized band of frequencies, and generate an intermediate frequency (IF) signal comprising the selected plurality of desired channels and having a bandwidth that is less than a bandwidth of the band of frequencies, where the generation comprises frequency shifting of the selected plurality of desired channels. The IF signal may be a digital signal and the DFE is configured to output the IF signal via a serial or parallel interface. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156445 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and control method is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a processor including one or more processing modules configured to process data, a power supply configured to supply an operating voltage to the one or more processing modules in a normal operation mode, a sensor configured to detect a temperature of the processor, and a controller configured to change the processor from the normal operation mode to one of a first operation mode and a second operation mode according to the temperature detected by the sensor, control the power supply to supply a lower level operating voltage to at least one of the one or more processing modules when the processor is in the first operation mode, and reset or disable at least one processing module selected from the one or more processing modules when the processor is in the second operation mode. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156446 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A television receiver includes a reception section receiving television broadcast, and a display apparatus on which an image is displayed based on the television broadcast received by the reception section. The backlight chassis included in the display apparatus supports a light source unit emitting light for displaying an image and constitutes a part of an outer casing of the display apparatus. The backlight chassis has an integrally continuous circumferential wall formed of side walls vertically extending from the respective sides of the bottom wall of a rectangular shape. The circumferential wall surrounds the light source unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156447 | CURVED DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A curved display apparatus for a vehicle includes a laser scanning projector projecting an image onto a predetermined projection area. A first plane mirror is configured to reflect the image projected from the laser scanning projector, and a second plane mirror is configured to reflect the image reflected from the first plane mirror. A curved screen is configured to display the image reflected from the second plane mirror. A controller is configured to control output timing of laser beams outputted from the laser scanning projector based on a shape of the curved screen. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156448 | CURVED DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REAR COMBINATION LAMP FUNCTION - A curved display apparatus and method for providing a rear combination lamp function are provided. The apparatus includes a laser scanning projector configured to project an image onto a predetermined projection area. A first reflection mirror is configured to reflect the image projected from the laser scanning projector and a second reflection mirror is configured to reflect the image reflected from the first reflection mirror. A curved screen displays the image reflected from the second reflection mirror. A controller is configured to receive data from a data detector that detects a running state, determine an image to be displayed on the curved screen from an image data list set in advance based on the received data, and operate the laser scanning projector based on the determined image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156449 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an object to generate moving image data. A detection unit detects one of a shooting direction of the image pickup unit and an attitude of the image pickup apparatus. A storage unit temporarily stores moving image data generated by the image pickup unit. An instruction unit instructs operation to photograph a still image. A recording unit reads out the moving image data traced back by a predetermined time period from a time point when still image photographing is instructed by the instruction unit, from the storage unit, and records the read-out moving image data in a recording medium. The recording unit records, relatedly with the moving image data, information concerning the detected one of the shooting direction and the attitude of the image pickup apparatus. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156450 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD RELATING TO A TIME SHIFTING FUNCTION ON A RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention relates to a device and a method for recording data on a recording medium. The invention relates to the implementation of the timeshift function in a part of said recording medium called the timeshift buffer memory having a size defined in terms of recording capacity. For the timeshift buffer memory, a first threshold defines a capacity limit, a second threshold defines a recording time limit. The device records the data in the timeshift buffer memory as long as the second threshold is not reached and when the second threshold is reached before the first threshold, the processor truncates the start of the timeshift buffer memory when the data being read are not located at the start of the buffer memory or moves to reading the data of the timeshift buffer memory when the data being read are located at the start of the timeshift buffer memory. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156451 | RELAY APPARATUS - A relay apparatus ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150156452 | TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM - A telepresence communication system for group meeting rooms and personal home and office systems provides improved human factor experience through substantially life size images with eye level camera placement. The system provides switched presence interfaces so that conferees can select when to transmit their images during a conference and optionally provides individual microphones for each of conferee. Switched presence between presets of conferees are viewed on multipoint windows overlaying life-size images upon eye contact camera regions and eliminate seeing camera image movement during pan, tilt and zoom operations. An ambient light rejecting filter system enables an eye level camera to be hidden behind a projection screen and provides bright, high contrast images under normal meeting room and office environments. A telepresence organizational enablement system brings all the features of a corporate office complex and its social and organizational benefits, into a virtual community eliminating the need to centralize employees. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156453 | DETERMINING A SYNCHRONIZATION RELATIONSHIP - An example partially transmissive display is provided to output data to a user. The partially transmissive display can include a capture device to receive captured data transmitted through the partially transmissive display, and data generated on and/or reflected from the partially transmissive display. A cross-talk reduction component may be included to receive the captured data and a remote signal comprising displayed content on the partially transmissive display. The cross-talk component may utilize the remote signal and the captured data to reduce cross-talk and output a corrected signal to one or more remote participants. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156454 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND TELECONFERENCING METHOD - Image data corresponding to an image captured by a communication terminal device is transmitted from a communication unit of the communication terminal device which is connected to a network to a counter party device which is a counter party of the teleconference. An image display setting indicating whether the captured image is displayed in the counter party device is acquired, according to transmission of the image data. When it is determined that the captured image is in a first state, and the image display setting indicating that the captured image is displayed is acquired, notification information is output from a notification unit of the communication terminal device. When it is determined that the captured image is in a second state, and the image display setting indicating that the captured image is not displayed is acquired, notification information is not output from the notification unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING REALTIME REMOTE COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDICAL FIELD - A system for providing full motion, high frame rate video, well synchronized audio, and transmission of additional data between two or more parties including at least one provider and at least one user of a medical service. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AUDIO/VIDEO CONFERENCE - A method and system for providing an audio/video conference includes receiving audio from a moderator via a circuit-switched telephone network, transmitting a representation of the audio to a first listener group via the circuit-switched telephone network, and transmitting a representation of the audio to a second listener group via a packet-switched network. The audio/video conference may be transmitted to the first listener group and the second listener group in real-time or near real-time (e.g., within a few seconds). The method and system may be used with a circuit-switched telephone network such as, for example, a public switched telephone network. Further, the method and system may be used with a packet-switched network such as, for example, the Internet. The method and system further provide synchronization of video data, including slide data, and audio data related to the audio/video conference. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156457 | Architecture for High Availability Conferencing - Providing high availability multi-way conferencing. Separate signaling and media components may be provided within an MCU or among a cluster of MCUs. A signaling server may control signaling aspects of a conference while a media server may provide media support for the conference. In the event of media server failure, the signaling server may assign a new media server to provide media support for the conference. A backup signaling server may also monitor the signaling server and may provide signaling support for the conference in the event of signaling server failure. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELATIVE ACTIVITY FACTOR CONTINUOUS PRESENCE VIDEO LAYOUT AND ASSOCIATED BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATIONS - Disclosed is a system and method for calculating a relative activity factor from a plurality of endpoints in a video conference to affect display layout during the video conference. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156459 | COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND TELECONFERENCING METHOD - When a number of unprocessed compressed images stored in a storage area is smaller than a threshold, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is a predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is decoded. When the number of unprocessed compressed images stored in the storage area is greater than the threshold, and when an image type of the compressed image is not the predetermined type, the compressed image acquired from the storage area is not decoded. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILLING IN GAPS IN IMAGE DATA - A system and method of determining locations which require additional images is provided. The system may make this determination based on a number of factors. The system and method also involve sending users notifications requesting images. A server may receive location information from a client device and determine an approximate location of the device. If the client device is currently located proximate to a location which requires additional images, the server may send the client device a notification. In response to the notification the user may take an image of the location, upload the image, and receive incentives to maintain user interest. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156461 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGING - Systems and methods for viewing stereoscopic video images are disclosed. The systems can include a first video camera configured to generate a first video feed of a subject, and a second video camera configured to generate a second video feed of the subject. The first video feed and the second video feed combined generate a near real-time stereoscopic video image. A tracking module can be associated with the first video camera and the second video camera, and can be configured to cause the first video camera and the second video camera to be directed to a desired convergent point relative to a selected tracking point to maintain stereopsis. The system may further include an array of video cameras, a gesture control module, an image adjustment module, a calibration module, or a 3-D modeling module, for example. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156462 | METHOD FOR MEASURING LARGE COMPONENTS - A method for measuring large components, including providing a large component with markings on at least one outer surface at predefined and spaced-apart locations, providing a camera sensor system having at least one camera and one image analysis device for evaluating a camera image, wherein the position and orientation of the camera in relation to a reference point at a distance from the camera are determined, recording camera images of the individual markings using the camera and transmitting the camera images to the image analysis device, evaluating the camera images using the image analysis device, wherein the position of the individual markings in relation to the position of the camera is determined, and calculating the position of the markings in relation to the reference point from the position of the camera in relation to the reference point and the position of the markings in relation to the camera. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156463 | Long-Range Image Reconstruction Using Measured Atmospheric Characterization - A method corrects a captured image and includes the steps of determining an effect of atmosphere and a distance from an image capture device which is spaced relatively far from an area of interest. The method utilizes a transmission and reception device to identify the effect on a transmitted and reflected signal due to the atmosphere and distance. An image of the area of interest is captured. The image is corrected based upon the effect of the distance and atmosphere on the transmitted and reflected signal. An apparatus programmed to perform the method is also disclosed. An apparatus for capturing an image from a distance is also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156464 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION AND ORIENTATION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE SELF-ALIGNMENT MULTIDIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING - The objective of the system is to provide multidimensional object detection and tracking in a mobile, changing environment. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156465 | Monitoring System - Monitoring system of person coming to entrance comprises camera for capturing image of the person and recorder for the captured image, the system informing the person of the image recordation for deterring a crime in bad visit case or making polite notice in goodwill visit case. Unlock system has an intercom for visitor to request unlock and a self unlock operating portion for resident. If unlock done through intercom with acquaintance confirmed, polite notice is preferred, whereas “note record” is added to the image record in case of intercom unlock with unacquainted assumed. If unlock done by resident, the information and the image recordation are withheld. If entrance in a group detected, “note record” is added to the image record in case bad person successively follows goodwill person duly unlocking entrance. Privacy of acquaintance visitor image is protected by password. “Note record” is added to image record without voice message. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156466 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a cooling device cooling a liquid crystal panel. The cooling device includes a heat receiving part receiving heat of the liquid crystal panel, a Peltier device having a heat absorbing part that absorbs the heat of the heat receiving part and a heat generating part that generates heat when the absorbing part absorbs heat, a heat sink provided so that heat may be transferred to the heat generating part, and a heat pipe containing a hydraulic fluid inside, in which heat is transferred by convection of the hydraulic fluid. The heat sink has a stacking part superimposed on the Peltier device and a projecting part projecting from the Peltier device as seen from the Peltier device side, and the heat pipe has an interior part located between the Peltier device and the stacking part and an extending part extending along the projecting part. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156467 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an analyzing unit, a changing unit, and a control unit. The analyzing unit analyzes a projection image projected by a projection unit. The changing unit changes, depending on an analysis result obtained by the analyzing unit for the projection image, dimensions of the projection image projected by the projection unit so as to obtain a resized projection image. The control unit performs control for correcting a distortion of the projection image projected by the projection unit, in accordance with an analysis result obtained by the analyzing unit for the resized projection image. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156468 | PIXEL INTERPOLATION APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image capture apparatus | 2015-06-04 |
20150156469 | Decoding and Display of High Dynamic Range Video - Novel methods and systems for decoding and displaying enhanced dynamic range (EDR) video signals are disclosed. To accommodate legacy digital media players with constrained computational resources, compositing and display management (DM) operations are moved from a digital media player to its attached EDR display. On a video receiver, base and enhancement video layers are decoded and multiplexed together with overlay graphics into an interleaved stream. The video and graphics signals are all converted to a common format which allows metadata to be embedded in the interleaved signal as part of the least significant bits in the chroma channels. On the display, the video and the graphics are de-interleaved. After compositing and display management operations guided by the received metadata, the received graphics data are blended with the output of the DM process and the final video output is displayed on the display's panel. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156470 | Reducing View Transitions Artifacts In Automultiscopic Displays - Automultiscopic displays enable glasses-free 3D viewing by providing both binocular and motion parallax. Within the display field of view, different images are observed depending on the viewing direction. When moving outside the field of view, the observed images may repeat. Light fields produced by lenticular and parallax-barrier automultiscopic displays may have repetitive structure with significant discontinuities between the fields of view. This repetitive structure induces visual artifacts in the form of view discontinuities, depth reversals, and extensive disparities. To overcome this problem, a method modifies the presented light field image content and makes it more repetitive. In the method, a light field is refined using global and local shearing and then the repeating fragments are stitched. The method reduces the discontinuities in the displayed light field and leads to visual quality improvements. Benefits of the method are shown using an automultiscopic display with a parallax barrier and lenticular prints. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156471 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING STEREOSCOPIC DATA - A method is described for processing sensor data of a stereo sensor system for stereoscopic sensing of an environment of the stereo sensor system. A disparity map is constituted based on the sensor data, wherein a change in disparity between two disparity points of the disparity map that are constituted with a spacing from one another is identified, at least one of the two disparity points being classified to correspond to an object as a function of the change in disparity. Also described is a corresponding apparatus, to a corresponding object recognition system, and to a corresponding computer program. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156472 | TERMINAL FOR INCREASING VISUAL COMFORT SENSATION OF 3D OBJECT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a terminal for increasing visual comfort sensation of a 3D object and a control method thereof. To this end, a control method of a terminal includes displaying the 3D content on a screen of the terminal. When a specific 3D object included in the 3D content moves in a specific direction on the screen, a rendering scheme of the specific 3D object is changed. The specific 3D object is displayed on the screen using the changed rendering scheme. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156473 | TRANSCODER SUPPORTING SELECTIVE DELIVERY OF 2D, STEREOSCOPIC 3D, AND MULTI-VIEW 3D CONTENT FROM SOURCE VIDEO - Transcoders are provided for transcoding three-dimensional content to two-dimensional content, and for transcoding three-dimensional content of a first type to three-dimensional content of another type. Transcoding of content may be performed due to user preference, display device capability, bandwidth constraints, user payment/subscription constraints, device loading, and/or for other reason. Transcoders may be implemented in a content communication network in a media source, a display device, and/or in any device/node in between. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156474 | MOVING IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SERVER, MOVING IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A moving image distribution server sets an evaluation pixel for each of blocks that it divided a first screen into, and specifies a screen coordinate and a depth value, in a second screen acquired before the first screen, for a rendering object rendered on the evaluation pixel. It compares a depth value of the screen coordinate and a depth value of the rendering object rendered on the evaluation pixel, and determines that inter-frame coding will be performed with the second screen for a block for which the 2 depth values are considered to be the same. It transmits, to a external device, coding details information including the viewpoint information of the first screen, a depth buffer of the first screen, and information indicating whether or not blocks of the first screen are to be inter-frame coded. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156475 | Method and Device for Implementing Stereo Imaging - A method and device for implementing stereo imaging. The method includes: capturing image data; segmenting objects in the captured image data to distinguish different objects; measuring distances between various objects and a camera; generating a scene depth information map according to the measured distances; converting to a stereo image by using the scene depth information map and the original captured image; outputting the stereo image. By means of the embodiment of the present invention, 3D image shooting may be implemented with a single camera. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156476 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO BE STEREOSCOPICALLY VIEWED - There is provided an imaging element that photographs multiple viewing point images corresponding to images observed from different viewing points and an image processing unit separates an output signal of the imaging element, acquires the plurality of viewing point images corresponding to the images observed from the different viewing points, and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display, on the basis of the plurality of acquired viewing point images. The image processing unit generates parallax information on the basis of the plurality of viewing point images obtained from the imaging element and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display by 2D3D conversion processing using the generated parallax information. By this configuration, a plurality of viewing point images are acquired on the basis of one photographed image and images for three-dimensional image display are generated. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156477 | 3 DIMENSIONAL CAMERA AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) camera and a method for controlling the same are provided. In sensing RGB light and infrared (IR) light, the RGB light and the IR light are prevented from acting as optical noise to each other. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156478 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a multifocal main lens having different focal distances for a plurality of regions, an image sensor having a plurality of pixels configured of two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric converting elements, a multifocal lens array having a plurality of microlens groups at different focal distances disposed on an incident plane side of the image sensor, and an image obtaining device which obtains from the image sensor, a plurality of images for each of the focal distances obtained by combining the multifocal main lens and the plurality of microlens groups at different focal distances. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156479 | WAVELENGTH SEPARATION DEVICE AND 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a wavelength separation device and a 3-dimensional (3D) image acquisition apparatus including the same. The wavelength separation device includes a first prism having an inclined surface and a second prism bonded to a first region of the inclined surface of the first prism. A wavelength separation coating may be disposed at a junction between the first portion of the inclined surface of the first prism and the second prism, and a second portion of the inclined surface of the first prism, different from the first portion, is a total reflection surface that totally internally reflects light. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156480 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An image display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image, a viewpoint generating unit, and a directional backlight unit. The viewpoint generating unit is configured to operate in a 2D mode or a 3D mode so as to render the image as a 2D image or a 3D image, and to generate N viewpoints in different directions while operating in the 3D mode. The directional backlight unit is configured to supply light to an illumination area of an image plane, wherein the image plane is placed at a visible distance to a plurality of observers and the image from the display unit is projected onto the image plane, and wherein positions of the illumination area and a non-illumination area of the image plane are changed based on positional information of the plurality of observers. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156481 | HEADS UP DISPLAY (HUD) SENSOR SYSTEM - This application relates to a stereoscopic multi-angle camera system allowing a user to take pictures and/or video and record stereoscopic sound not only as a spherical view but also using stereoscopic imaging/recording by having two cameras, global positioning systems, magnetic sensors, environment sensors, and/or two microphones per solid angle of view such that omnidirectional visual and omnidirectional acoustic depth perception may be achieved. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156482 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) DEVICE, 3D LCD DISPLAY SYSTEM AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) liquid crystal display (LCD) device, a 3D LCD system and a 3D image display driving method are disclosed. The 3D LCD device includes a display panel and a timing controller. The display panel includes an array substrate; the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units defined by gate lines and data ones which are horizontally and vertically intersected; a plurality of the pixel units include left-eye pixels configured to display a left-eye image and right-eye pixels configured to display a right-eye image; and the timing controller is connected with the array substrate and configured to respectively control the display timing of the left-eye pixels and the right-eye pixels. The 3D LCD device can achieve the objective of reducing the crosstalk when applied to active shutter 3D LCD. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156483 | PROVIDING A CAPABILITY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY VIEW AND/OR LISTEN TO MULTIPLE SETS OF DATA ON ONE OR MORE ENDPOINT DEVICE(S) ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A method includes interleaving, through a processor of a data processing device communicatively coupled to a memory and/or a processor of a data source communicatively coupled to the data processing device, each of a data and another data within a data frame. The each of the data and the another data corresponds to a distinct set of video data, image data and/or audio data. The method also includes rendering, through the processor of the data processing device, the data frame on a display unit and/or one or more audio endpoint device(s) associated with the data processing device following the interleaving therewithin, and providing a capability to view and/or listen to solely the data or the another data from the rendered data frame on the display unit and/or the one or more audio endpoint device(s). | 2015-06-04 |
20150156484 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus executes image processing on image data obtained by forming an image on an image pickup element. The image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a pixel in the image data corresponding to a specific position in the image pickup element as a specific pixel, a determination unit configured to determine a target region including a target pixel and a reference region including a reference pixel which are used for determining a degree of similarity between the target pixel and the reference pixel in accordance with the specific pixel obtained by the obtaining unit, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of similarity between the target pixel and the reference pixel by comparing the target region and the reference region determined by the determination unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156485 | SENSOR-ASSISTED AUTOFOCUS CALIBRATION - A mobile device includes a camera module, including a lens and an image sensor. An inertial sensor in the mobile device outputs a signal indicative of an orientation of the device. A controller corrects one or more focal properties of the camera module responsively to the orientation indicated by the inertial sensor. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156486 | VIDEO ENCODER AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD - A video encoder includes: a restriction block identification unit that determines a valid prediction mode with a reference range not overlapping an unrefreshed region, for each size of a first sub-block, which is a unit for generating a prediction block, when a coding-target block in a refreshed region is to be encoded by intra prediction coding; and a coding mode determination unit that identifies a combination of the size of the first sub-block, the size of a second sub-block, which is a unit for application of a prediction mode, and a valid prediction mode with the smallest estimation value of the amount of code for encoding a third block, which is a unit for application of an intra prediction coding mode, as a combination to be used for intra prediction coding of the third sub-block. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156487 | REFERENCE PICTURE SELECTION - Techniques are described where a device that includes a video decoder outputs information identifying a picture to a device that includes a video encoder. The video encoder may determine pictures that could have been used to inter-prediction encode the identified picture and/or pictures following the identified picture in coding order. The video encoder may inter-prediction encode a current picture based on one or more of the determined pictures and/or the identified picture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156488 | METHOD OF GENERATING QUANTIZED BLOCK - Provided is a method that derives an intra prediction mode of a prediction unit, selects an inverse scan pattern of a current transform unit among a diagonal scan, a vertical scan and a horizontal scan based on the intra prediction mode and a size of the transform unit, and generates a quantized block by inversely scanning significant flags, coefficients signs and coefficient levels according to the selected inverse scan pattern. If the transform unit is larger than a predetermined size, multiple subsets are generated and inversely scanned. Therefore, the amount of coding bits of the residual block is reduced by determining the scan pattern based on the size of the transform unit and the intra prediction mode, and by applying the scan pattern to each subset. Also, the signaling bits decreases by generating MPM group adaptively according to the neighboring intra prediction modes. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a deblocking filtering method, a method for inducing bs (boundary strength) therefor, and a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding using the same. The method for inducing the bS of the present invention comprises the steps of: inducing a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block as a unit block for applying the deblocking filtering; and setting the bS according to each bS setting unit block within the deblocking filtering unit block, wherein the bS setting step can set a bS value for a target boundary corresponding to a boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bs setting unit block. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156490 | VIRTUAL BOUNDARY PROCESSING SIMPLIFICATION FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING (ALF) IN VIDEO CODING - Virtual boundary processing in adaptive loop filtering (ALF) requires that padded values be substituted for unavailable pixel rows outside the virtual boundaries. Methods and apparatus are provided for virtual boundary processing in ALF that allow the use of more actual pixel values for padding than in the prior art. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156491 | METHOD OF GENERATING QUANTIZED BLOCK - Provided is a method that derives an intra prediction mode of a prediction unit, selects an inverse scan pattern of a current transform unit among a diagonal scan, a vertical scan and a horizontal scan based on the intra prediction mode and a size of the transform unit, and generates a quantized block by inversely scanning significant flags, coefficients signs and coefficient levels according to the selected inverse scan pattern. If the transform unit is larger than a predetermined size, multiple subsets are generated and inversely scanned. Therefore, the amount of coding bits of the residual block is reduced by determining the scan pattern based on the size of the transform unit and the intra prediction mode, and by applying the scan pattern to each subset. Also, the signaling bits decreases by generating MPM group adaptively according to the neighboring intra prediction modes. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156492 | METHOD OF GENERATING QUANTIZED BLOCK - Provided is a method that derives an intra prediction mode of a prediction unit, selects an inverse scan pattern of a current transform unit among a diagonal scan, a vertical scan and a horizontal scan based on the intra prediction mode and a size of the transform unit, and generates a quantized block by inversely scanning significant flags, coefficients signs and coefficient levels according to the selected inverse scan pattern. If the transform unit is larger than a predetermined size, multiple subsets are generated and inversely scanned. Therefore, the amount of coding bits of the residual block is reduced by determining the scan pattern based on the size of the transform unit and the intra prediction mode, and by applying the scan pattern to each subset. Also, the signaling bits decreases by generating MPM group adaptively according to the neighboring intra prediction modes. | 2015-06-04 |
20150156493 | IMAGE CODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS CONSIDERING HUMAN VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS - An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data. | 2015-06-04 |