23rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110134195 | Inkjet printing apparatus and method of driving inkjet printing apparatus - An inkjet printing apparatus according to example embodiments may include a flow channel plate including an ink inlet for introducing ink, a pressure chamber containing the introduced ink, and a nozzle connected to the pressure chamber and configured to eject ink. A piezoelectric voltage applier may apply a piezoelectric driving voltage to the piezoelectric actuator in such a way that the volume of the pressure chamber is reduced so as to eject an ink droplet. An electrohydrodynamic voltage applier may apply a first electrohydrodynamic driving voltage and a second electrohydrodynamic driving voltage to the electrohydrodynamic actuator. The first electrohydrodynamic driving voltage may generate a jet from the ink droplet such that the jet is ejected towards a printing medium, and the second electrohydrodynamic driving voltage (which has an opposite polarity to that of the first electrohydrodynamic driving voltage) may restore the ink droplet to the nozzle. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134196 | Inkjet head - There is provided an inkjet head including: a flow path plate having a plurality of ink chambers; a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles connected to the respective ink chambers in order to eject ink in the ink chambers to the outside; a piezoelectric actuator provided above the ink chambers and controlling pressure of the ink chambers; and a parylene protective film provided in order to prevent oxidization of the piezoelectric actuator. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134197 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A second sealing film F | 2011-06-09 |
20110134198 | PRINTER HAVING SELECTIVELY ISOLATABLE PUMP - A printer is provided having a printhead for printing fluid onto media, a reservoir for supplying fluid to the printhead, a pump for drawing fluid from the reservoir and pumping the drawn fluid into the printhead, and a valve arrangement for selectively opening fluid communication between the pump, reservoir and printhead such that the pump is not in fluid communication with the reservoir whenever the pump is in fluid communication with the printhead. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134199 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE AND INK EJECTION DEVICE - An ultraviolet irradiation device includes: a light source which irradiates ultraviolet curable ink with ultraviolet rays; and a jetting port which jets gas to form a gas film facing the light source in an irradiation direction. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134200 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING TRANSPORTATION TARGET MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for transporting a transportation target medium, including: an endless belt that has a plurality of belt-side suction holes; and a supporting section that has a plurality of supporting-section-side suction holes, wherein a force of suction acts at areas where the belt-side suction holes substantially overlap the supporting-section-side suction holes for transporting the transportation target medium, the belt-side suction holes are arranged at a first pitch in a first direction, the supporting-section-side suction holes are arranged at the first pitch in a second direction, either of the belt-side suction holes and the supporting-section-side suction holes, or both the belt-side suction holes and the supporting-section-side suction holes, are quadrangular holes, and the open width of each of the quadrangular holes is one half of the first pitch. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134201 | CONVEYING MECHANISM AND RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a recording medium conveying mechanism including an endless center conveying belt and endless side conveying belts, the endless center conveying belt and the endless side conveying belts being looped over a driving roller to be driven by a motor, a driven roller and a tension roller. The center conveying belt is positioned in a center in a width direction of a recording medium to be conveyed, and the side conveying belts are positioned on opposite sides in a width direction of the center conveying belt, respectively. The center conveying belt includes a material with a high elastic modulus while the side conveying belts include a material with a low elastic modulus, and a biasing member for providing a tension to the center conveying belt and the side conveying belts is provided on a shaft of the tension roller. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134202 | THERMAL PRINTER AND PRINTING DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a thermal printer includes a housing in which a space is formed, printing means disposed in the housing, a cover disposed in the housing and which comes into contact with and separates from the housing when rotated, thereby opening and closing the space, urging means for urging the cover in a direction away from the housing, an engaging part which is disposed in the housing and which prevents the movement of the cover in a direction away from the housing when engaged with the cover, a pressed part which is disposed rotatably in the cover and which moves the engaging part when pressed, thereby releasing engagement between the cover and the engaging part, and elastic means arranged to urge the pressed part in a direction away from the engaging part. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134203 | MEDICAL VIDEO CALL DISTRIBUTOR - A central switch is linked to at least one field video station (FVS) and at least one remote specialist video station (SVS) via a communication network, typically the Internet. Each FVS station includes a medical device associated with a patient and operated by an operator. The medical device generates patient test data. A two-way audio system is installed in the station. A video camera provides an overview of the FVS. A local computer executes software for processing patient and camera data as streaming video for transmission to the network along with two-way audio. Each SVS includes a processor for receiving, converting and displaying the streaming video along with receiving and transmitting two-way audio. The FVS and the SVS interact via the network after the specialist registers with a management system in the central switch, and is selected by the technician. During interaction, the specialist is able to view, diagnose and counsel the patient; instruct the operator operating the medical device, and change communication and video parameters. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134204 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COLLABORATION OF A GROUP - A system and method for facilitating collaboration of a group. The system and method provide a ubiquitous anytime/everywhere environment realized through fixed and mobile technologies and scaffolded by group support software. The system includes a collaboration engine having an architecture that supports both generic collaborative processes along with task specific team processes instantiated through a sophisticated suite of advanced modular technologies. The collaboration engine drives dynamic and real time collaborative problem solving and decision making by integrating sensor and human data from the field with group support software that efficiently and effectively manages team interaction. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134205 | IMAGING TERMINAL - An apparatus includes a state-switchable screen, a video camera, and a video projector. The video camera and projector are located on a side of the screen opposite to the side thereof of a video conference participant. The apparatus is configured to temporally interleave the screen between a substantially transparent state and a diffusive state. In the substantially transparent state, the video projector is configured to be outside of a viewing field of a video conference participant looking toward the video camera. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134206 | ENHANCED MULTIMEDIA CAPABILITES IN VIDEO CONFERENCING - The present invention relates to video conferencing and multimedia messaging, and takes advantage of the capabilities of the communication system to which the audio participants are connected, in order to increase the performance of all the participants in a mixed conference. In a preferred embodiment, the audio participants are provided with a MMS device, and a MMS Engine captures periodically, or at certain events, video conference data attached to MMS messages and addressed to the MMS device. In the opposite direction, the MMS device provides multimedia data to the conventional video conference participants by attaching the multimedia data to MMS messages, which are sent to the IP-addressable MMS Engine. The MMS Engine separates the multimedia data and converts it to a format compatible with the video conference. The converted multimedia data is then provided to video conference participants, and treated like any other multimedia stream included in the video conference. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134207 | Audio/video System - In an embodiment of an audio/video system, an audio signal is sent to a plurality of speakers of the audio/video system, and a delay and/or a gain applied to the audio signal sent to each speaker is adjusted according to a distance from that speaker to an apparent sound origin on a video display of the audio/video system. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134208 | Panoramic image synthesizer, panoramic image synthesis method, and program - A panoramic image synthesizer includes an image capture unit capturing a plurality of original images that are images taken adjacent to each other having an overlap region and become a part of a panoramic image; a rough synthesis processor extracting a rough process region subjected to processing respectively from two adjacent processed images that are converted to have lower resolution than the original images and calculating a transfer vector between the rough process regions using phase only correlation; an overlap region extraction processor, in a case of further performing precise synthesis, extracting the overlap region between the adjacent images based on the transfer vector; and a precise synthesis processor extracting precise process regions subjected to processing from inside the overlap region of the two processed images and calculating a transfer vector between the precise process regions. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134209 | Virtual Structure - Disclosed is a virtual room created by locating cameras on the outside walls of a structure, e.g., a building, and then projecting live video from the cameras onto the inside walls of the structure using projectors. Because of the way the projectors and cameras are oriented, the walls appear to be invisible to a person inside the structure. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134210 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTER AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEIVER - [Object] To embed disparity information in a subtitle stream so that the disparity information can concurrently exist with subtitle information. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MULTIPLE 3-D VIDEO FORMATS - Aspects of a method and system for handling multiple 3-D video formats are provided. A video processing system may receive one or more video frames comprising first 3-D view pixel data and second 3-D view pixel data suitable for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) video frame. The video system may be operable to determine an arrangement of the first 3-D view pixel data and the second view pixel data in the one or more video frames. In instances that the determined arrangement is not a desired arrangement, the video processing system may be operable to convert the one or more video frames to the desired arrangement. Either or both of the determined arrangement and the desired arrangement may comprise a series of two single-view frames. Either or both of the determined arrangement and the desired arrangement may comprise a single frame comprising the first 3-D view pixel data and the second 3-D view pixel data. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134212 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING 3-D VIDEO - A video processing system may receive a first frame comprising pixel data for a first 3-D view of an image, which may be referred to as first 3-D view pixel data, and receive a second frame comprising pixel data for a second 3-D view of the image, which may be referred to as second 3-D view pixel data. The system may generate a multi-view frame comprising the first 3-D view pixel data and the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may make a decision for performing processing of the image, wherein the decision is generated based on one or both of the first 3-D view pixel data and/or the second 3-D view pixel data. The system may process the 3-D multi-view frame based on the decision. The image processing operation may comprise, for example, deinterlacing, filtering, and cadence processing such as 3:2 pulldown. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134213 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTER, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEIVER, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - [Object] To provide suitable disparity using a disparity information set adapted to the type of superposition information. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134214 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR 3D VIDEO CODING USING SVC TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALABILITIES - A 3-dimensional (3D) video transmitter may be operable to encode a 3D video to generate a scalable video coding (SVC) base layer and a SVC enhancement layer. A first view such as a first high-resolution view and a second view such as a second high-resolution view of the 3D video in the SVC enhancement layer may be separate frames. A first half-resolution view and a second half-resolution view of the 3D video in the SVC base layer may be packed in a single frame. The first half-resolution view in the SVC base layer may be a base-layer reference for the first high-resolution view in the SVC enhancement layer for inter-layer prediction of spatial scalable coding. The first high-resolution view in the SVC enhancement layer may be an intra-layer reference for the second high-resolution view in the SVC enhancement layer for intra-layer prediction of temporal scalable coding. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134215 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING 3D IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE - Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a 3D image and a method and apparatus for displaying a 3D image. The method for providing a 3D image includes: inserting an identification mark into 3D image data, the 3D image including a left-eye image and a right-eye image, for distinguishing the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and transmitting the identification mark-inserted 3D image data to a display apparatus | 2011-06-09 |
20110134216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIXING VIDEO AND GRAPHICS - A method and system are provided in which a video processor may select a 2D video output format or a 3D video output format. The video processor may generate composited video data by combining video data from a video source, and one or both of video data from additional video sources and graphics data from graphics source(s). The video processor may select the order in which such combination is to occur. The video data from the various video sources may comprise one or both of 2D video data and 3D video data. The graphics data from the graphics sources may comprise one or both of 2D graphics data and 3D graphics data. The video processor may perform 2D-to-3D and/or 3D-to-2D format conversion when appropriate to generate the composited video data in accordance with the selected output video format. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134217 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCALING 3D VIDEO - A method and system are provided in which an integrated circuit (IC) comprises multiple devices that may be selectively interconnected to route and process 3D video data. The IC may be operable to determine whether to scale the 3D video data before the 3D video data is captured to memory or after the captured 3D video data is retrieved from memory, and selectively interconnect one or more of the devices based on the determination. The selective interconnection may be based on input and output formats of the 3D video data, and on a scaling factor. The input format may be a left-and-right (L/R) format or an over-and-under (O/U) format. Similarly, the output format may be a L/R format or an O/U format. The selective interconnection may be based on input and output pixel rates of the 3D video data. Moreover, the selective interconnection may be determined on a picture-by-picture basis. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING MOSAIC MODE TO CREATE 3D VIDEO - A method and system are provided in which a video feeder may receive video data from multiple sources. The video data from one or more of those sources may comprise three-dimensional (3D) video data. The video data from each source may be stored in corresponding different areas in memory during a capture time for a single picture. Each of the different areas in memory may correspond to a different window of multiple windows in an output video picture. The video data from each source may be stored in memory in a 2D format or in a 3D format, based on a format of the output video picture. When a 3D format is to be used, left-eye and right-eye information may be stored in different portions of memory. The video data may be read from memory to a single buffer during a feed time for a single picture. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134219 | METHOD OF GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SIGNAL AND METHOD OF SCALING THE SAME - A method of generating a stereoscopic image signal and scaling the same includes receiving a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal, generating a progressive stereoscopic image signal by multiplexing the left-eye image signal and the right-eye image signal, and scaling up or down the progressive stereoscopic image signal. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify a structure of an apparatus to generate the stereoscopic image signal and reduce manufacturing costs of the apparatus to generate the stereoscopic image signal. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134220 | 3D VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a real-time 3D visualization system. The system includes means for conveying electromagnetic energy emanating from one or more 3D surfaces including a scene and means for sensing spatial phase characteristics of the electromagnetic energy as the configuration of the 3D surfaces relative to the system changes. The system includes means for creating a 3D scene model utilizing the spatial phase characteristics sensed in a plurality of configurations and means for displaying the 3D scene model in real-time. The means for displaying includes means for synthesizing depth cues. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134221 | OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING LEFT AND RIGHT IMAGES AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are an object recognition system and method which extract left and right feature vectors from a stereo image of an object, find feature vectors which are present in both the extracted left and right feature vectors, compare information about the left and right feature vectors and the feature vectors present in both the extracted left and right feature vectors with information stored in a database, extract information of the object, and recognize the object. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134222 | Rolling Camera System - A 3D imaging system comprising: first and second rolling shutter photosurfaces having pixels; a first shutter operable to gate on and off the first photosurface; a light source controllable to transmit a train of light pulses to illuminate a scene; a controller that controls the first shutter to gate the first photosurface on and off responsive to transmission times of the light pulses and opens and closes bands of pixels in the photosurfaces to register light reflected from the light pulses by the scene that reach the 3D imaging system during periods when the first photosurface is gated on; and a processor that determines distances to the scene responsive to amounts of light registered by pixels in the photosurfaces. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134223 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR REDUCING ARTIFACTS - A method for preparing an article of lenticular imaging. The method comprises receiving a plurality of source images, superimposing at least one deghosting element on the plurality of source images, the deghosting element being formed to reduce an estimated ghosting artifact from the article, interlacing the plurality of processed source images so as to form a spatially multiplexed image, and preparing the article by attaching an optical element to the spatially multiplexed image. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134224 | High-Resolution, Variable Depth of Field Image Device - A high-resolution image device that is used to receive images in a variable depth of field environment may include a color image sensor, a panchromatic image sensor, and a measuring device. The color image sensor may be configured to receive a color image of an object. Similarly, a synchronous panchromatic image may be received by the panchromatic image sensor. To generate a fine spatial color image with higher resolution than the image received by the color image sensor, the image device may be configured to replace a luminance component from the original color image with a luminance component from the panchromatic image. However, due to a spatial difference between apertures of the color and panchromatic image sensors, parallax error may occur due to a perceived shift of the imaged object against a reference background in the color and panchromatic images. The measuring device may be configured to measure a distance between the image sensors and the object, such that the image device may be configured to use the distance to account for the effect of parallax. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134225 | SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING OF SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS - There are provided systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional surface geometric characteristic and/or texture characteristic of an object. A pattern is projected on a surface of said object. A basic 2D image of said object is acquired; a characteristic 2D image of said object is acquired; 2D surface points are extracted from said basic 2D image, from a reflection of said projected pattern on said object; a set of 3D surface points is calculated in a sensor coordinate system using said 2D surface points; and a set of 2D surface geometric/texture characteristics is extracted. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134226 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING 3D IMAGE THEREOF - A three dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a method for determining a 3D image are provided. The 3D display apparatus detects definition information of a received image data, and determines whether the received image data is 3D image data based on the detected definition information. Therefore, the 3D display apparatus may determine whether or not that a received image is a 3D image. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134227 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING, DECODING, AND DISPLAYING A STEREOSCOPIC 3D IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for encoding a 3D image, decoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, and 3D image display apparatus and system that reduce capacity and transmission bandwidth of a 3D image content. In a 3D image, 3D image frames may include similar images to be viewed by right and left eyes of a viewer to produce a stereoscopic effect. To increase coding efficiency and reduce a bandwidth required to transmit the 3D image, the 3D image frames to be viewed by one of the viewer's eyes may be encoded based on the similar 3D image frames to be viewed by the other of the viewer's eyes. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134228 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image signal processing apparatus outputs, alternately on a-per frame basis, a first image to be displayed to one of left and right eyes of a viewer and a second image to be displayed to the other eye, and transmits, to a pair of image viewer glasses, a synchronizing signal for controlling timing of opening and closing of optical filters so as to allow the viewer to see the output frames through corresponding eyes. Specifically, the apparatus includes: a persistence amount detecting unit which detects a persistence amount indicating an effect of a first frame in the first image on a second frame in the second image and immediately following the first frame; and an optical-filter adaptive control unit which generates the synchronizing signal indicating timing of opening and closing of the optical filter corresponding to the second frame. The timing is changed based on the persistence amount detected. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134229 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image signal processing apparatus performs gradation control on respective pixels. Specifically, the image signal processing apparatus includes an image signal processing unit which controls light emission and non-light emission of respective subfields so as to provide a field having a level of brightness. Here, the field is a unit display period of the pixels and divided into the subfields which have different light emission periods and are arranged in a predetermined sequence. In the predetermined sequence, the subfields are arranged in a manner such that a subfield having the shortest light emission period among the subfields is in the first place, one of a subfield having the longest light emission period and a subfield having the second longest light emission period among the subfields is in the second place, and the other one is in the third place. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134230 | SHUTTER GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Provided are shutter glasses for stereoscopic image and a display system having the same. The display system includes: a display apparatus including a display part which displays a stereoscopic image including a left eye image and a right eye image and a signal transceiving part which transmits a synchronization signal and receives a control signal; and shutter glasses including: a signal receiving part which receives the synchronization signal; a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter; a first attenuating part which attenuates an intensity of light incident onto the signal receiving part below a threshold of signal sensitivity of the signal receiving part; and a control part which controls the opening and closing of the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter based on the synchronization signal received from the signal receiving part. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134231 | Method And System For Synchronizing Shutter Glasses To A Display Device Refresh Rate - A video viewing shutter device, which is wirelessly coupled to a multi-view video display device, generates a slave clock based on a master clock in the display device. The slave and master clocks may be Bluetooth clocks and maintain synchronization. The video viewing shutter device receives display information regarding display of independent video frames and time information referenced to the master clock. Time information corresponds to display time of independent frames. Both shutters open and/or close together, during frame display time, based on the slave clock, display information and/or master clock information. Display information may concern a pattern of independent frames and/or blank frames, pattern display time, refresh rate and/or a time offset. Master clock time information corresponds to frame display time. Shutter open and close times may be maintained when display and/or time information is not received. Information may be transmitted to the multi-view video display device. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134232 | TWO-PHOTON MICROSCOPE WITH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION - A microscope for generating an image of a sample, the microscope includes a light source for generating a pulsed light; an optical scanner receiving the pulsed light and transmitting the pulsed light to the sample to be imaged causing the sample to emit energy; a dispersive element that receives the emitted energy from the sample, disperses the energy into its spectral elements and transmits the spectrally dispersed energy; and a camera that generates a spectrally resolved image of the sample based on the spectrally dispersed energy from the dispersive element. Also described is a method of generating spectrally resolved images of the sample. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134233 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING MICROSCOPIC IMAGES OF UNSTAINED CELLS - According to one aspect, the present invention relates to an imaging system | 2011-06-09 |
20110134234 | ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE - An electronic microscope includes a handle having an outer body enclosing a main body and an image sensor, a lens controller fixed to the front end of the outer body of the handle, and a light guide coupled to the front end of the lens controller. The lens controller includes an inner case having a guide slot in the circumference and a flange on one end to which the handle is coupled, an outer case rotatably coupled with the inner case from outside and having a spiral passage in the circumference communicating with the guide slot, and a lens unit inserted into the inner case. The lens unit moves back and forth in response to rotation of the outer case. The light guide includes a LED board, LEDs radially mounted on the LED board, and an observation filter detachably provided on the front end of the lens controller. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134235 | ALIGNMENT UNIT CONTROL APPARATUS AND ALIGNMENT METHOD - An alignment unit control apparatus according to the present invention includes: an imaging section configured to control cameras to image a plurality of regions on a surface of a substrate to generate a plurality of images; a region detecting section configured to select a detection region from the plurality of regions based on the plurality of images; and an aligning section configured to align the substrate based on an alignment image obtained by imaging a mark of the substrate in the detection region by one of the plurality of cameras. For this reason, the alignment unit control apparatus does not need to have another mechanism for the purpose of positioning the mark for alignment in the field of vision of the camera, and can more easily be manufactured, and a region of an alignment mark can be detected more easily. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING LOCUS OF OBJECT, AND IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for stabilizing a locus of an object detected from a continuously-captured image, and an image monitoring system are provided. The apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects first information about the locus provided at a first time, from the continuously-captured image; a storage unit which stores second information about the locus provided at at least one other time; a correction unit which corrects the first information based on the second information; and a display unit which applies the corrected first information to the object in the continuously-captured image to display a modified locus corresponding to the corrected first information. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134237 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH PERIPHERAL VIEWING MEANS - The present invention relates to a transmitting communication device comprising:—a camera for capturing an image sequence with a display range; —a sensor for capturing environmental events that are not perceptible within the display range, —a processor for computing a control signal from the environmental events, and—a transmitting unit for transmitting the captured image sequence and the control signal to a receiving communication device. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134238 | CALIBRATION OF IMAGING DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL SAMPLES - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for imaging biological/chemical samples are provided. A calibrated imaging system can allow a user to obtain an optimal focus setting (position) for any effective distance (e.g. a zoom setting). The optimal focus can be determined from a functional approximation that defines a relationship between effective distance and focus setting. A user can input a size, and an imaging system can determine the appropriate effective distance and focus. An imaging system can also determine a size based on any effective distance. A flat-field correction can also be determined for any effective distance or size. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134239 | EFFICIENT ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR LEGACY STREET LIGHTING SYSTEMS - An LED lamp for outdoor and large space lighting, particularly for streets, warehouses car parks and the like, is adapted for fitting into legacy light fittings designed for sodium bulbs and the like. The LED lamp comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged over a surface of the lamp, is rotatably connected through a rotatable electrical connection to a screw-in adaptor for insertion into a legacy screw-in socket, such that the screw in adaptor is rotatable independently of the lamp, so that the legacy screw in socket can be used even though the light fitting is too small to allow rotation of the LED lamp. Additional embodiments provide for cooling airflow through the light fitting, for temperature control of the LEDs, and for failure protection, to ensure a longest possible lamp lifetime. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134240 | Multi-Sensor Location and Identification - By combining imaging systems with wireless location functionality, a subject's videometric signature can be linked to a public identity, thus enabling continuous surveillance outside or between the coverage area of video surveillance networks. In addition to extending the surveillance coverage area, the combination of computerized video surveillance with wireless location determination may also allow for identification of mobile device users via the existing mobile equipment and user identifiers used in the wireless network. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134241 | AUDIO VIDEO INTERNET MONITORING SYSTEM - A video and audio surveillance and monitoring system having one or more IP camera devices placed in premises to monitor the movements, actions and sounds of a person or pet to verify their well being or to indicate the need for assistance or intervention. The ability of remotely located persons or entities to view and talk back to, simultaneously, the premises of concern on a computer display or web enabled portable device. The ability to access the premises from any internet connected web browser. The ability for the end-user to, easily, install this system without the need for computers, servers or active computer software applications, in the monitored premises. The ability to, easily, install this system in any dwelling or premises that has an Internet connection. To provide the end user with a custom configured system of one or more camera devices with synchronous audio connected by cables or wirelessly to a premises gateway/router. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134242 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CLASSIFYING MOVEMENT OF OBJECTS IN A MONITORING ZONE - Apparatus for monitoring movement of objects ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110134243 | Wireless Network Camera Systems - Apparatus, systems and techniques associated with battery powered wireless camera systems. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a system that includes a battery powered wireless camera including an internal battery to provide energy and a burst transmission unit to transmit information during burst periods. The system includes a base station, separated from the battery powered wireless camera, in wireless communication with the battery powered wireless camera to receive information from the battery powered wireless camera. The base station is configured to process the received information and includes a web server to transmit the processed information to a client. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134244 | Emergency vehicle video and lighting support - My idea either adds lights and cameras to existing lights and cameras, or in some cases it adds a whole new system. The idea can be used on any vehicle, but is designed for emergency vehicles in particular. The idea would be very beneficial in dark areas like in the country. The system could be very advantageous at night for accident scenes, crime scenes, etc. I know it will be a great asset. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134245 | Compact intelligent surveillance system comprising intent recognition - An intelligent surveillance system is disclosed for the identification of suspicious behavior near the exterior of a vehicle. The system of the invention is comprised of a “fish-eye” visible camera imaging system installed on the interior ceiling of an automobile for the 360-degree imaging and observation of the lower hemisphere around the perimeter of the vehicle. The camera of the system is augmented with an embedded processor based on DSP (digital signal processor) or FPGA (field-programmable gate array) technology to provide for the automatic detection of suspicious/hostile activities around the vehicle. The system is preferably provided with wireless transmitter means for alerting a person (e.g. the owner) of detected suspicious behavior. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134246 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEFLECTING EAVESDROPPING ATTEMPTS IN IMAGE DATA TRANSFER AT A SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL - A method and a device (DET) are proposed to defend against electronic spying during the transmission of image data (Sb) or image signals (Sa) that are generated by a camera (CAM) installed at a self-service terminal (ATM), said camera recording an area (A | 2011-06-09 |
20110134247 | AREA INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM - An area information control system includes: a plurality of sensors each for sensing comings and goings of people in an area obtained by sectioning an aisle of a building by a sensing range of a corresponding sensor; a plurality of display devices located in each of areas, for respectively displaying predetermined contents; a people count analysis unit for calculating a number of people present in the each of the areas based on the comings and goings of people sensed by the plurality of sensors; and a display control unit for selecting a content to be displayed for each of the plurality of display devices based on the number of people present in the each of the areas, which is calculated by the people count analysis unit, and a rule for selecting the predetermined contents to be displayed. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134248 | Mobile Deposit System For Digital Image and Transaction Management - A central system for receiving captured transaction data from a plurality of remote capture devices over a network, the remote capture devices including a mobile device type and a fixed location device type, the system comprising: a receipt module to receive the captured transaction data; a processing module to process the received captured transaction data; and a storage module to store the processed transaction data such that characteristic data of the mobile device type is associated with the stored transaction data for said processed transaction data originating from a remote capture device of the mobile device type. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134249 | Optical Detection and Ranging Sensor System For Sense and Avoid, and Related Methods - An apparatus carried by an unmanned vehicle to provide passive sensing and facilitate avoiding airborne aerial obstacles is provided. The apparatus can include at least one, but typically multiple optical systems installed, for example, in the nose of the aerial vehicle to passively sense and determine a range, direction, and velocity of the airborne obstacles to allow the aerial vehicle to avoid the airborne obstacles. The typical optical system includes at least one focal plane array or other imaging device configured to receive a wide field of view and at least one focal plane array or other imaging device configured to receive a steerable narrow field of view within the wide field of view to allow concentrated determination of the range, direction, and/or velocity of obstacles detected by the wide field of view imaging devices. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134250 | POWER CONTROL METHOD OF DEVICE CONTROLLABLE BY USER'S GESTURE - Provided is a method which minimizes power consumption by controlling power of a camera that is used for recognizing a user's gesture, in a video processing apparatus, which recognizes the user's gesture and is controlled according to the recognized gesture, such as a TV or a monitor. In the present invention, a camera is driven in a low power mode or a high power mode, and when a user's specific gesture is detected in the lower power mode, the camera is switched to the high power mode for recognizing a detailed gesture. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134251 | POWER CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE BY DETECTING PRESENCE OF USER - Provided is a method which reduces the power consumption of a camera for detecting a user's gesture, in a device that detects the user's gesture and performs a command corresponding to the detected gesture. Moreover, provided is a method which turns off a camera or drives the camera in an ultra low power mode when there is no user input, and detects presence of a user to activate the camera. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134252 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention ensures the visibility of a character or a drawing displayed on a screen. The illuminance of one or more partial areas forming a display unit is measured, and a video display position is set to an area except for the partial area where the illuminance is a reference value or more. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134253 | CAMERA CALIBRATION METHOD AND CAMERA CALIBRATION APPARATUS - With the distance between a reference plane and a line light source ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110134254 | MEASURING AND CORRECTING LENS DISTORTION IN A MULTISPOT SCANNING DEVICE - The invention provides a method of determining the distortion of an imaging system ( | 2011-06-09 |
20110134255 | PORTABLE COMPUTER - Disclosed is a portable computer that includes: a receiving portion configured to receive a liquid crystal display panel, and a light guide plate; optical sheets; a screen case combined with edges of a liquid crystal display module which includes the liquid crystal display panel, the light guide plate, the optical sheets, and the receiving portion; and a camera disposed at the center of an edge of the screen case which is combined with the liquid crystal display module. The camera is inserted into a hole, which is formed to penetrate through the screen case and liquid crystal display module, and is combined with the screen case. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134256 | SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION METHOD, MANAGING TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - A system includes a managing terminal, a mobile device, and cameras. The mobile device sends, when it is near one of the cameras, positional information of the mobile device and a uniquely created identifier via a network to the managing terminal and displays information indicating the identifier in the form of a video image. The camera shoots the video image being displayed by the mobile device and including the information indicating the identifier to create a second video image including the information and sends the second video image via a network to the managing terminal. The managing terminal receives the second video image, extracts the identifier therefrom, and stores, if the identifier matches the identifier sent from the mobile device, the IP address assigned to the camera and the positional information with a correspondence established therebetween. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134257 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing system may include an imaging device for capturing an image and an image processing apparatus for processing the image. The imaging device may include an imaging unit for capturing the image, a first recording unit for recording information relating to the image, the information being associated with the image, and a first transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the image to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may include a reception control unit for controlling reception of the image transmitted from the imaging device, a feature extracting unit for extracting a feature of the received image, a second recording unit for recording the feature, extracted from the image, the feature being associated with the image, and a second transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the feature to the imaging device. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134258 | METHOD FOR ENTROPICALLY TRANSCODING A FIRST DATA STREAM INTO A SECOND COMPRESSED BINARY DATA STREAM, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A method for entropic transcoding of a first sequence of binary data of words to transcode into a second compressed sequence of binary data uses a predetermined entropic code involving a variable-length of the encoded words to transcode each word of the first sequence of binary data into a transcoded word. Based on a predetermined number B of low-order bits, the method includes application to each word of the first sequence of binary data: subdivision of the word into first and second subwords, wherein the first subword includes the B low-order bits of the word, and the second subword includes the other high-order bits of the word, application of the predetermined entropic code to the second subword to obtain a second transcoded subword, and obtaining the transcoded word by concatenation of the first subword and of the second transcoded subword. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SHAKINESS - Provided is a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for correcting shakiness, in which the method includes generating using a hall sensor a hall sensor signal corresponding to displacement caused by a shock; determining whether the hall sensor signal exceeds a first threshold value; generating a shakiness correction control signal according to a result of the determination; and performing shakiness correction according to the shakiness correction control signal. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134260 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same captures a still image in correspondence to a shutter signal input in a photographing mode, captures a moving image after the capturing of the still image is completed, and continues a photographing operation by receiving from the user a selection of the capturing of the still image or the capturing of the moving image. As such, the digital photographing apparatus may obtain a moving image even when a user attempts to capture the moving image without knowing that a photographing mode is a still image capturing mode, and may also obtain a still image at a desired moment even when the user attempts to capture the still image without knowing that the photographing mode is a moving image capturing mode. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134261 | DIGITAL CAMERA BLENDING AND CLASHING COLOR WARNING SYSTEM - A system, method and program product for detecting and warning of problematic color combinations. A system is disclosed that includes a color warning system having: a scanning system for detecting proximately located objects appearing in an electronic view finder of the digital camera; a color identification system for quantifying a color of each of the proximately located objects; an analysis system for identifying a problematic color combination in the proximately located objects; and a warning system for outputting a warning prior to a picture capture operation upon a detection of the problematic color combination. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134262 | CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes two or more sub camera modules and a block matching unit. The two or more sub camera modules are fixed in an arrangement in which directions of optical axes of the imaging optical systems differ to each other. The block matching unit matches the images of the subject of the respective sub camera modules in portions where the image circles of the imaging optical systems overlap with each other. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134263 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a focusing quantity calculating unit, a detail compensation amount calculating unit, and a detail adding unit. The focusing quantity calculating unit calculates a focusing quantity for every position in the subject image from a detail component. The compensation amount calculating unit calculates the detail compensation amount from the focusing quantity. The detail adding unit adds the detail component, which is compensated according to the detail compensation amount, to a low-frequency component of the image data. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134264 | Imaging element and camera system - An imaging element includes an amplifying transistor. A signal charge from the photodiode is transferable to the gate of amplifying transistor, the photodiode being within a semiconductor substrate. The source and drain of the amplifying transistor are electrically isolated from a semiconductor substrate, wherein the source is within a well or the source and drain are within a silicon-on-insulator layer. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134265 | Scan conversion device and electronic camera - A scan conversion device includes a first buffer unit, a pixel packing unit, a second buffer unit, and a scan output unit. The first buffer unit stores therein pixel signals of the input image on every line in a main scanning direction thereof. The pixel packing unit groups N (N≧2) pixel signals on each line into pixel signal packs according to a predetermined pixel combination rule, and outputs them sequentially. The second buffer unit stores therein the pixel signal packs and aligns them in a second main scanning direction different from the main scanning direction. The scan output unit sequentially outputs the pixel signal packs aligned in the second main scanning direction. According to this configuration, a scan pattern of the input image is changed into a scan pattern of outputting every N output lines in the second main scanning direction. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134266 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same - To provide an image forming optical system that can achieve good correction of chromatic aberration, which is seriously needed particularly when the zoom ratio is high, while achieving slimness and a high zoom ratio and to provide an electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with such an image forming optical system, an image forming optical system has a lens group A including a lens component made up of a positive lens LA and a negative lens LB cemented together and having a negative refracting power as a whole. The lens group A is arranged between a lens group I closest to the object side and an aperture stop. The distance between the lens group I and the lens group A changes for zooming. The lens component has an aspheric cemented surface, and a certain condition concerning the shape of the aspheric surface is satisfied. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134267 | IMAGING APPARATUS - For increasing a dynamic range, and for signal processing according the gain of an amplifying unit, an imaging apparatus comprises a pixel configured to generate a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion, an amplifying unit amplifying the pixel signal generated by the pixel using a plurality of gains and outputting a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to the plurality of gains, a synthesizing unit selecting one of the plurality of pixel signals output by the amplifying unit in accordance with the size of the pixel signal output by the amplifying unit and outputting a signal based on the selected pixel signal, and a signal processing unit processing the signal output by the synthesizing unit in accordance with the gain of the amplifying unit corresponding to the pixel signal selected by the synthesizing unit. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134268 | SOLAR ACCESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A Solar Access Measurement Device (“SAMD”) located at a predetermined position is disclosed. The SAMD may include a skyline detector enabled to detect a skyline of a horizon relative to the SAMD, an orientation determination unit enabled to determine the orientation of the skyline detector, and a processor in signal communication with the skyline detector and orientation determination unit. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134269 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus. The digital photographing apparatus includes an image generator configured to generate an image comprising a subject; a subject recognizer configured to recognize the subject from the generated image of the subject; a cue selector configured to select a cue for the recognized subject; and an output unit configured to output the selected cue. The recognized subject may be captured after the selected cue is output. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134270 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - If separations between photoelectric conversion elements are different from each other, charge leaking into adjacent photoelectric conversion elements varies. A photoelectric conversion apparatus of the present invention includes a first semiconductor region that can be potential barriers against signal charge, between first and second photoelectric conversion elements. Further, the apparatus includes a second semiconductor region that has the same depth as the depth of the first semiconductor region and a width narrower than the width of the first semiconductor region and can be potential barriers against the signal charge, between the first and a third photoelectric conversion element. Moreover, the apparatus includes a third semiconductor region that can be potential barriers against the signal charge under the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134271 | Detecting Red Eye Filter and Apparatus Using Meta-Data - A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and film information. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134272 | PHOTOELECTRIC-CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric-conversion device including at least two memory-cell units for a single sensor-cell unit is provided. A reset noise generated due to initialization of the sensor-cell unit is written into each of the memory-cell units at one time. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134273 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes a face detecting unit detecting a face region from an input image input to the imaging apparatus and a control unit calculating a distance to a subject on the basis of the face size detected by the face detection unit and displaying distance identification information indicating a distance corresponding to the calculated distance in a display unit. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134274 | CAMERA, ENCODER, AND MODULATOR IN SAME ENCLOSURE - An RF signal source having a camera that provides a camera output, an encoder that encodes the camera output in a compressed digital format, and a modulator that digitally encodes and modulates the compressed camera output and that provides the digitally encoded, modulated, and compressed camera output as an RF output of the RF signal source. The camera, the encoder, and the modulator may be contained in an enclosure. Additionally or alternatively, the encoder, the modulator, and at least part of the camera may be formed on a semiconductor substrate. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134275 | SKIN TONE DETECTION IN A DIGITAL CAMERA - Disclosed is a method for processing sensor data in an image processor that implements at least one image enhancement process, the method comprising: a) performing a skin tone detection operation to identify skin tone areas in the sensor data; b) selectively modifying at least one image enhancement process for the identified skin tone areas; and c) applying the at least one modified image enhancement process to the identified skin tone areas. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AN ALBUM - In a method and an apparatus for managing an album, when a user inputs a desired album title, texts of the desired album title are recognized and arranged, and a folder corresponding to the album title is automatically generated. Thus, convenience of the user is improved. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134277 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that enables to prevent waste of electric power, memory or the like by selecting image data that is highly significant for image processing from multiple pieces of image data contained in a single file and subjecting the image processing to image data. A reception section receives a file that contains multiple pieces of image data with attribute information added. A determination section determines whether or not a corresponding one of the pieces of image data is to be subjected to image processing based on the attribute information contained in the file received by the reception section. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134278 | IMAGE/AUDIO DATA SENSING MODULE AND IMAGE/AUDIO DATA SENSING METHOD - An image/audio data sensing module incorporated in a case of an electronic apparatus. The image/audio data sensing module comprises: at least one image sensor, for sensing an image datum; a plurality of audio sensors, for sensing at least one audio datum; a processor, for processing the image datum and the audio datum according to a control instruction set to generate a processed image data stream and at least one processed audio data stream, and combining the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream to generate an output data stream following a transceiver interface standard; a transceiver interface, for receiving the control instruction set and transmitting the output data stream via a multiplexing process; and a circuit board, wherein the image sensor, the audio sensors and the transceiver interface are coupled to the circuit board, and the processor is provided on the circuit board. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134279 | Digital Camera - A digital camera of the present invention comprises a control circuit executing an initialization processing of a recording medium mounted thereon and a series of photographing processings. The control circuit starts the initialization processing of the recording medium when a power of a camera body is turned on, and thereafter, determines presence/absence of an image recording operation regardless of whether or not the initialization processing has been completed. The control circuit starts the series of photographing processings when it is determined that the image recording operation has been performed, then, when either the exposure processing or one or more steps of signal processing is completed, suspends the series of photographing processings to determine whether or not the initialization processing of the recording medium has been completed, and resumes the series of photographing processings when it is determined that the initialization processing of the recording medium has been completed. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - A system for constructing a high dynamic range image includes a light generating device, a reflective mirror device, a controller, an image capturing device and an image processing module. The light generating device generates a light beam. The reflective mirror device directs the light beam to an object. The controller generates an intensity controlling signal for controlling the light generating device to modulate an intensity of the light beam in accordance with illuminating parameters, and to generate a direction controlling signal for controlling a reflection direction of the reflective mirror device. The image capturing device obtains an original image of the object or a modulated image of the object. The image processing module analyzes the original image to generate the illuminating parameters, or to construct a high dynamic range image of the object in accordance with the modulated image and the illuminating parameters. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134281 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The invention provides a camera device. In one embodiment, the camera device comprises a sensor and a controller. The sensor detects an image to generate a first image signal with an RGB format. The controller comprises an image processor and a subsequent processor. The image processor converts the first image signal to a second image signal with a YUY2 format. The subsequent processor adjusts a plurality of luma components, a plurality of first chroma components, and a plurality of second chroma components of the second image signal to obtain a plurality of adjusted luma components, a plurality of first adjusted chroma components, and a plurality of second adjusted chroma components of a third image signal. A host receives the third image signal output by the camera, and uses a Direct Show module to convert the third image signal to a fourth image signal with an RGB format. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134282 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a lens array including multiple lenses facing a subject; an image sensor obtaining a compound-eye image including single-eye images of the subject formed by the lenses; and a computing unit processing the compound-eye image obtained by the image sensor. The lenses have different radii of curvature and substantially the same back focal length, and the computing unit extracts an in-focus image from the compound-eye image. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134283 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A photographing apparatus and a photographing method for definitely and easily specifying a marine snow reflected when emitting strobe light in underwater photographing. The photographing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit which obtains a strobe non-emission image and a strobe emission image, wherein the strobe non-emission image is obtained by capturing a subject without emitting strobe light in photographing, and the strobe emission image is obtained by capturing the subject by emitting the strobe light; an edge detector which detects an edge of the strobe non-emission image and an edge of the strobe emission image; a differential calculator which calculates a differential between the strobe non-emission image and the strobe emission image from which the edges have been detected, to generate a differential image; and a marine snow detector which detects a combined part of a dot-shaped edge of the strobe non-emission image and a looped curve-shaped edge of the strobe emission image in the differential image, as a marine snow occurring part. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134284 | IMAGING DEVICE - Provided are: an imaging sensor that captures subject light via a photographic optical system provided with a zoom lens and a focus lens; a display unit that displays a through image based upon an imaging signal from the imaging sensor; a predetermined area setting unit that sets a predetermined area on the through image displayed on a display surface of the display unit in a state which is set to a first angle of view or a second angle of view different from the first angle of view by driving the zoom lens; a movement control unit that moves positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens by controlling drive of the zoom lens and the focus lens, so as to change from a first state, which is set to the first angle of view and serves as an in-focus state focused on the predetermined area set by the predetermined area setting unit to a second state, which is set to the second angle of view and serves as an out-of-focus state defocused on the predetermined area, or from the second state to the first state over a predetermined time; and a movie image data creation unit that creates movie image data, which includes a movie image changed from the first state to the second state by the movement control unit over the predetermined time, based upon the imaging signal from the imaging sensor. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134285 | Image Processing Method, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Image File Format - In a learning process, first, images having different resolutions are obtained from a target region of the subject (S | 2011-06-09 |
20110134286 | PHOTOELECTRIC-CONVERSION DEVICE, FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM - A photoelectric-conversion device that allows for both of widening the dynamic range and performing an operation to monitor the amount of received light is achieved. A sensor-cell unit that can operate in low-sensitivity mode and high-sensitivity mode, a transfer unit transferring a signal outputted from a unit pixel, and a monitoring unit monitoring a signal transmitted from the sensor-cell unit, the signal being output from the transfer unit, are provided. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134287 | RED-EYE FILTER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the captured image and a reference image of nominally the same scene taken without flash. In the embodiment the reference image is a preview image of lower pixel resolution than the captured image, the filter matching the pixel resolutions of the captured and reference images by up-sampling the preview image and/or sub-sampling the captured image. The filter also aligns at least portions of the captured image and reference image prior to comparison to allow for, e.g. movement in the subject. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134288 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Correction processing of crosstalk amount is adaptively performed even under conditions where optical conditions, such as a lens to be used, are unknown. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134289 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - In an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels arranged a matrix of rows and columns, a correction unit performs a correction process based on an electric signal output via a first switch element of a particular pixel and a correction electric signal output via a second switch element of the particular pixel. A correction image signal based on the correction electric signal output via the second switch element is acquired in a period that partially overlaps in time a period in which an image signal based on the electric signal output via the first switch element is acquired. When the electric signal associated with the image signal is output for the particular pixel, the second switch element of the particular pixel is controlled to be in an on-state over a period during which the first switch element of the particular pixel is in an off-state. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134290 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND SMEAR CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A photographing apparatus including an imaging device configured to obtain a first image of a subject captured with a long shutter exposure time and a second image of the subject captured by setting a short shutter exposure time, wherein the long exposure time is greater than the short exposure time; and a live-view generation unit configured to generate a smear-corrected third image by subtracting pixel values of the second image from the corresponding pixel values of the first image. A smear correction method of a photographing apparatus, the method including capturing a first image of a subject by setting a long electrical shutter exposure time; capturing a second image of a subject by setting a short electrical shutter exposure time; and generating a smear-corrected third image by subtracting pixel values of the second images from the corresponding pixel values of the first image. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134291 | Image-processing device for color image data and method for the image processing of color image data - A digital image-processing device with a Bayer sensor and an image memory is provided in which the image data of the sensor is written into an image memory, and from this image memory, image data in the Bayer format with a length L and a width B is written continuously into a data buffer, and in which the sample values are combined by means of a computational device with the help of adders, in each case symmetrically to a central point of one or more (2n+1)×(2n+1) neighborhoods, and one or more (n+1)×(n+1) matrices are derived by means of the computational device, and from this (n+1)×(n+1) matrix or these matrices, with the help of additional adders, at least one n×n matrix is formed, and a first color component is in each case calculated from this by means of an adder network. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134292 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processing circuit which generates a plurality of signals of different frequency bands from a signal and which suppresses noise by synthesizing the signals of different frequency bands and a generation circuit which generates a signal in which an aliasing signal is suppressed are provided. A signal of the highest frequency band among the signals of different frequency bands to be synthesized with one another by the processing circuit includes the signal which is generated by the generation circuit and in which generation of aliasing signals is suppressed. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134293 | CAMERA - The camera according to the present invention has an imaging unit, a sensor having a quantum efficiency of 60% or higher in a visible light range for detecting a focal point adjustment state in the imaging unit, and a control unit for outputting a control signal for adjusting the focal point on the imaging unit on the basis of the output from the sensor. | 2011-06-09 |
20110134294 | Optical Aliasing Filter, Pixel Sensor Arrangement and Digital Recording Device - A refraction at a suitably structured surface for example with an arrangement of the same between image plane and mapping optics is used to realize on the one hand a desired aliasing filtering or spatial low-pass filtering on the image plane wherein on the other hand the manufacturing of such structured surfaces may be realized in a cost-effective way. In addition to that, the plate thickness except for the amplitude of the surface structure and aspects of the stability of the plate is of no importance for handling the same, so that the integration into optical systems is facilitated. | 2011-06-09 |