24th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 82 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220191310 | IPv6 Pakcet Processing Method and Apparatus - An IPv6 packet processing method and apparatus where a first routing device obtains an IPv6 packet, and sends the IPv6 packet to a next-hop routing device. The IPv6 packet includes an IPv6 extension header that includes preceding general indication information, where the preceding general indication information includes first information, and where the first information is used to indicate to process the IPv6 packet only on a data plane of a routing device and not to send the IPv6 packet to a CPU. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191311 | SMARTPHONE BINOCULARS - Hand-held devices combine smartphones and electronic binoculars. In “in-phone” embodiments, binocular functionality is integrated directly into the housing or body of a smartphone modified in accordance with the invention, whereas, in “in-case” embodiments, the binoculars are integrated into a case to receive a smartphone which may be of conventional design. In either case, components within the phone may be used for image manipulation, image storage, and/or sending and receiving/streaming stereoscopic/3D motion imagery. The objective lenses for the binoculars are preferably supported on or in one of the longer side edges of the phone or case, whereas the display magnifying eyepieces are preferably associated with the opposing longer side edge of the phone or case. As such, in use, a user holds the phone or case in a generally horizontal plane during use as binoculars. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191312 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY MODULE - The present application provides a foldable display module. The foldable display module includes a flexible display panel, a first module, and a second module. The flexible display panel is disposed between the first module and the second module. A ratio of a rigidity of the first module to a rigidity of the second module ranges from 0.8 to 1.2. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191313 | Electronic Device Having Foldable Screen and Display Method - An electronic device having a foldable screen, where when the foldable screen is in a folded state, the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen. When a first component disposed on the primary screen is in a working state, or an application that invokes the first component is in the working state, when a screen switching event is detected, the electronic device is prohibited from switching to a state in which only the secondary screen performs display, to avoid a case in which a user is close to the primary screen but the primary screen does not perform display. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191314 | Implement Holder - An implement holder is disclosed. One embodiment provides an implement retention device including a main body having an attachment surface to secure the implement retention device to a mounting surface, a device retention surface having a retention slot that is wider than a device to be stored therein, the retention slot having a first side having an overhanging portion on at least a proximal end of the slot and a second side having an overhanging portion on at least a distal end of the retention slot, and a first magnet adjacent to the first side overhanging portion and a second magnet adjacent to the second overhanging portion, wherein when an implement is situated within the retention slot, the magnets rotate the implement and secures it behind the first overhanging portion and second overhanging portion. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191315 | UNIVERSAL PHONE ADAPTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for assisting hearing-impaired persons using landline telephones is provided. The system comprises a portable electronic device that receives a first plurality of electronic signals from a telephone landline via a female modular RJ9 jack resident in the device, the signals comprising audible content. The system routes the first plurality of electronic signals to a first female auditory output resident in the device. The system transmits the signals to a first male-ended listening device connected to the first auditory output. The first male-ended listening device is a hearing aid device accessory adapter used by a first user wearing a hearing aid or a cochlear implant. The portable electronic device receives second electronic signals at a female auditory input from the first user, the second electronic signals representing spoken audible content provided by the first user. A second male-ended device comprising a microphone connects with the auditory input. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191316 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE - This application provides a display method and a device and relates to the field of communications technologies, so as to display different content on a terminal and an external display apparatus. A specific solution includes: displaying, by the terminal, a first screen, and instructing the external display apparatus to display a first desktop including a first application but not including a second application, where the first screen is different from the first desktop; and displaying, by the terminal in response to a first input of a user on the first screen, a second screen including the first application and the second application on the terminal, and instructing the external display apparatus to display a second desktop including the first application and the second application. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191317 | Do Not Disturb Feature for Audio Notifications - Systems and methods for actuating a Do Not Disturb (DND) feature of a playback device that is configured to play back alert notifications from a plurality of network-enabled devices include (i) a mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of the playback device; (ii) the mobile device receiving input data representing a selection of a DND time period; and (iii) responsive to receiving the input data representing the selections of the playback device and the DND time period, sending an instruction to the selected playback device that causes the selected playback device to enter a DND mode for the duration of the selected DND time period, during which the selected playback device is instructed to not play back alert notifications when the alert notifications are received from at least one network-enabled device of the plurality of network-enabled devices. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191318 | Recommendation Method and Terminal - A recommendation method applied to a terminal includes a rule platform with system-level permission, the rule platform is configured to save system resources and remind a user of a function of an application. The rule platform obtains a first event and a first rule related to the first event from a rule base. The rule platform includes the rule base including a rule and each rule includes a condition. The rule platform updates a matching status of a first condition corresponding to the first event in the first rule. The terminal displays a recommendation result corresponding to the first rule when a matching status of each condition in the first rule indicates that the matching is successful. The first rule is one of the rule related to the first event. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191319 | TRANSPORT-TO-TRANSPORT COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request from an occupant in a first transport to initiate a voice communication with an occupant in a second transport, determining the occupant in the second transport is available for the voice communication based on a length of time the occupant will remain in the first transport and a length of time the occupant will remain in the second transport, and responsive to the determining, enabling the voice communication between the occupant in the first transport and the occupant in the second transport. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191320 | SITUATIONAL BLOCKING OF SIM UPDATES AND/OR REQUESTS - While a SIM-enabled cellular device is in a disable-SIM-card-updates mode of operation during which SIM-card updates should be disabled, the SIM-enabled cellular device blocks updates of a cellular Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of the SIM-enabled cellular device. Upon determining that the SIM-enabled cellular device is no longer in the disable-SIM-card-updates mode, the SIM-card updates are no longer blocked. SIM-card updates may be blocked by blocking the following types of messages received by the SIM-enabled cellular device from a cellular network: Short Message Service (SMS) SIM, Short Message Service (SMS) SIM update, Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) packet update, and Access Point Name (APN) packet update. The SIM-enabled cellular device may be an automotive Telematics Control Unit (TCU). The automotive TCU may enter the disable-SIM-card-updates mode due to an automotive telematics emergency call. The automotive-telematic-emergency call may include a call-back period during which the TCU remains available to receive an emergency call back from a telematics service center. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191321 | MOBILE PHONE - To provide a mobile phone which can be used without hampering convinience in a condition where functions of the mobile phone are switched and can improve operability. The mobile phone includes an optical sensor, a display clement, a pixel circuit portion where a plurality of pixels having a plurality of transistors are arranged in matrix, an optical sensor control circuit which is connected to an optical sensor driver circuit for driving the optical sensor and reads a signal from the optical sensor, a display portion control circuit which is connected to a display element driver circuit for driving the display clement and outputs an image signal for displaying an image on a display portion, a gradient detection portion for outputting a signal in accordance with a gradient of the mobile phone, and an arithmetic circuit for performing display in the pixel circuit portion by switching image signals output to the display portion control circuit with a signal from the gradient detection portion. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191322 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR TESTING LOCAL LOOPS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - Automatic testing/analysis of local loops of telecommunications networks includes obtaining bits-per-tone data for a local loop of a telecommunications network and generating a bit value string from the bits-per-tone data. The bit value string is then analyzed to determine whether it includes a bit pattern indicative of an impairment of the local loop. Further approaches for automatically testing local loops of telecommunications networks include obtaining attenuation data for multiple tones carried by the local loop and determining whether the attenuation data falls below thresholds for providing a service using the local loop. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALLED PARTY IDENTIFIERS - A user equipment configured to receive a user input associated with a phone number is described herein. The phone number may be associated with a party the user is intending to call or message. The user equipment and an associated network may determine a personal identifier, such as an individual or entity name, associated with the phone number regardless of whether or not the phone number is included in a phone book or address book associated with the user. The user equipment may also present or display the personal identifier to the user prior to connecting the call or sending the message. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING INCOMING SPAM CALLS - A system and method for maintaining a grey list for controlling incoming calls from numbers on a telephone network. Information associated with previous calls received by the telephone is stored in the form of a grey list. The stored information includes an indication of whether each of the previously received calls passed a previous challenge. Based on the stored information, when an incoming call is received, a determination is made whether the incoming call corresponds to a call that passed a previous challenge. The incoming call connected to the telephone if the stored information indicates that the incoming call previously passed a challenge. An action is taken if the stored information does not indicate that the incoming call previously passed the challenge. The action may include blocking the call, allowing the call or providing a current challenge to the call. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191325 | INCOMING REQUEST BLENDING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include computer-implemented systems and methods for routing incoming customer requests or inquiries in a customer service center. The system may include at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform steps. The steps may include receiving a plurality of incoming customer calls and a plurality of incoming customer chat sessions. The steps may include blending the received plurality of customer calls and the received plurality of customer chat sessions into a total queue for presentation to at least one user device. The steps may additionally include determining a respective priority for each of the blended plurality of customer calls and the blended plurality of customer chat sessions and sending, based on the determined priority, to the at least one user device at least one of the blended plurality of customer calls or the blended plurality of customer chat sessions. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EVALUATE AGENT CALL LOGGING IN A CONTACT CENTER - A computerized method for evaluating agent-call-logging, in a contact center, is provided herein. The method includes operating an evaluating agent-call-logging module. The operating of an evaluating agent-call-logging module includes: (i) receiving a recorded interaction between an agent and a customer, stored in the database of recorded interactions and a corresponding agent-call-logging, having ‘n’ sentences, stored in the database of call loggings; (ii) operating a speech-to-text algorithm on the received recorded interaction to yield a summarized text thereof. The yielded summarized text is comprised of sentences expressed by the customer; and (iii) operating a semantic comparison unit, to compare each sentence in the yielded summarized text with a corresponding sentence in the agent-call-logging, to yield a Sentence Similarity Score (SSS) for each sentence of the agent-call-logging. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191327 | UPFRONT CUSTOMER TIME CONSIDERATION ALONG WITH OPTIMIZED AGENT DESKTOP IN A CONTACT CENTER - A computerized-method using a cloud-based computing environment for improving client service, in a contact center is provided herein. The computerized-method includes retrieving a context of a query and a time-limit from a CTI event and attempting to retrieve data to evaluate average resolution time for the received context. When the data is found, comparing the evaluated average resolution time with the received time-limit and when the received time-limit is below the evaluated average resolution time, sending a delay notice and providing the client a menu of options for querying through other channels. When the data is not found, or when the received time-limit is above the evaluated average resolution time, presenting on an agent dashboard, the time-limit of the client and accordingly updating parameters in the agent dashboard dining the inbound call, thus, improving client service, by considering the time-limit of the client before the agent addresses a query. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191328 | CALL CENTER MOBILE MESSAGING - A method and system enables communications with a call center via SMS/MMS and provides an additional communications channel to communicate with the call center in addition to voice, Internet email/IM chat and fax. The call center obtains location information and images from a customer using SMS messages and web pages via a messaging hub. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191329 | CALL CENTER MOBILE MESSAGING - A method and system enables communications with a call center via SMS/MMS and provides an additional communications channel to communicate with the call center in addition to voice, Internet email/IM chat and fax. The call center obtains location information and images from a customer using SMS messages and web pages via a messaging hub. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING CONTEXT BASED ANNOUNCEMENTS DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION - A method, system, device to play context-based announcement to specific participants during an active communication session. The method includes receiving a context-based announcement for a participant while the participant is in the active communication session. The method also includes monitoring the communication session, to determine a time when the context-based announcement should be played to the participant. The method further includes playing the context-based announcement to the participant at the determined time. The method may also include displaying to the participant a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement, the visual alert may include controls that allows the participant to select when the announcement is played. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY PERFORM ACTIONS BASED ON MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided for automatically selecting a mute function based on audio content. One example method includes receiving, at a first computing device, a first audio input and, from a second computing device, a second audio input. Content of the first audio input and the second audio input is determined with natural language processing. Whether the content of the first audio input corresponds to the content of the second audio input is determined. A mute function is operated at the first computing device, based on the determination of whether the content of the first audio input corresponds to the content of the second audio input. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191332 | ANOMALY DETECTION IN SS7 CONTROL NETWORK USING RECONSTRUCTIVE NEURAL NETWORKS - Herein are machine learning (ML) techniques for unsupervised training with a corpus of signaling system 7 (SS7) messages having a diversity of called and calling parties, operation codes (opcodes) and transaction types, numbering plans and nature of address indicators, and mobile country codes and network codes. In an embodiment, a computer stores SS7 messages that are not labeled as anomalous or non-anomalous. Each SS7 message contains an opcode and other fields. For each SS7 message, the opcode of the SS7 message is stored into a respective feature vector (FV) of many FVs that are based on respective unlabeled SS7 messages. The FVs contain many distinct opcodes. Based on the FVs that contain many distinct opcodes and that are based on respective unlabeled SS7 messages, an ML model such as a reconstructive model such as an autoencoder is unsupervised trained to detect an anomalous SS7 message. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191333 | IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image control apparatus that includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains read image data generated by reading an image formed on a sheet, sets read proof image data generated by reading a proof image formed on a sheet in a proof output as first correct image data, sets input image data as second correct image data, determines which one of the first correct image data and the second correct image data is used as correct image data in an image check for each page, and performs the image check by comparing the read image data obtained by the hardware processor with the first correct image data or the second correct image data determined as the correct image data by the hardware processor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191334 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire setting information corresponding to first identification information input from a user from among plural pieces of setting information for controlling an operation of a device, the plural pieces of setting information being stored in an external server device; add the first identification information to the acquired setting information to generate editing data; and if (i) second identification information input from the user when receiving an instruction to update content of the setting information using the editing data and (ii) the first identification information added to the editing data based on which the content of the setting information is to be updated match, update the content of the setting information based on the editing data. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191335 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus that executes a job, based on a setting value, and is operative to store a history of the job, as a job history includes: a storage that stores the setting value of the executed job, as setting history information; a displayer that displays a selection screen for selecting the setting history information stored in the storage; and a controller that reads the setting value included in the selected history information. The controller determines whether to display setting history information of a newly executed job, based on a comparison result between the setting value pertaining to the newly executed job and the setting value included in the setting history information. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191336 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS FROM MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES TO PERSONAL DEVICES - According to aspects illustrated herein, methods and systems for direct and automatically transferring a scanned document from a multi-function device to a personal device of the user, are disclosed. The method includes receiving a document for scanning. The received document is scanned to generate a scanned document. Upon completion of the scanning, a pre-defined code corresponding to the scanned document is generated. The pre-defined code is displayed to a user on a user interface of the multi-function device. Then, a request to scan the displayed pre-defined code is received via the personal device of the user. Upon successful scanning, the scanned document is automatically downloaded on the personal device of the user after appropriate authorization. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191337 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes an image forming unit performing image forming, a notifier playing a voice guidance of a service related to image forming for a user, a display that displays a message to a user, and a controller controlling the image forming unit, the notifier, and the display. The controller allows the notifier to start the voice guidance to perform image forming services. When the service is for the first time to a user, the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen after the voice guidance is played to the end, and on the other hand, when the service is repeated for the second or subsequent times to a user, the controller allows the notifier to stop playing the voice guidance halfway after screen transition to the next screen becomes possible, and then the controller allows the display to transition to the next screen. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus including a first management unit configured to manage account information of a cloud service, and a second management unit configured to manage setting information on a function of a shortcut, includes a control unit configured to change, in a case where the account information is changed and a shortcut using the account information is present, the setting information of the shortcut. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus, a condition for detecting a print position deviation on a print medium in a printed material is set. Based on the condition, data obtained by reading the print medium for the print position deviation is inspected. In the condition, in a case where a width of the print medium is larger than a readable width for reading the print medium, a settable range is small relative to a case where the width of the print medium is smaller than the readable width. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191340 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a sheet conveyance device capable of preventing degradation in quality of conveying a sheet and image quality even when a stiffness of the sheet is different between a sheet conveyance direction and a sheet width direction. A sheet conveyance device of an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part that conveys a sheet along a conveyance path; and a stiffness acquisition part that acquires a stiffness of the sheet in a first direction including a component in the sheet conveyance direction by bending the sheet in the first direction, and acquires a stiffness of the sheet in a second direction including a component in the sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction by bending the sheet in the second direction. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191341 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform control such that display elements representing steps in a workflow are displayed in a row, and perform control such that a first display element representing a branch in the workflow is displayed in a mode indicating that a branch destination of the branch is not determined. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS PRINT SPEED ACCORDING TO PRINTING STATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that is capable of setting an appropriate print speed according to a printing status. A print mode is selected from a first print mode in which the temperature of a fixing device of the image forming apparatus is adjusted while a print speed is maintained at a constant speed, and a second print mode in which the temperature of the fixing device is adjusted while the print speed is kept higher than the constant speed for a predetermined time period after the start of printing and is decreased as time passes. Printing is performed according to the print mode selected from the first print mode and the second print mode. A display unit of the image forming apparatus is operable by a user and is controlled to display a screen for selecting the first print mode or the second print mode. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus may include a processor including a processing unit, a creating unit, and an output unit. The processing unit stores image data created by executing a job in a storage unit. The creating unit creates an information code representing information indicating a storage area of the storage unit in which the image data is stored. The output unit displays the information code created by the creating unit on a display unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus generates embedded information for uniquely identifying a page, for each page of a document, prints the document while embedding the embedded information into the document, and registers a set of pieces of the embedded information in a blockchain service. The image forming apparatus thereby verifies whether the printed product is a correct printed product. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPRESSION RATES FOR IMAGES COMPRISING TEXT - A system for determining compression rates for images, the system comprising a processing resource configured to: obtain a given image at least partially comprising a given text; compress the given image at a given compression ratio, giving rise to a compressed image; perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the compressed image, giving rise to OCR text; compare the OCR text to the given text, giving rise to comparison results; upon the comparison results meeting a rule, increase the given compression rate; and upon the compression results not meeting a rule, return to a previous compression rate, if any. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191346 | INPUT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for controlling an operation of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an image driver that drives a camera such that an image is photographed at a predetermined photographing interval, a driver that drives an LED light source at a predetermined lighting interval, and a controller that changes the lighting interval of the LED light source to a multiple of the photographing interval after calculating the photographing interval when flickering is detected in the image photographed through the camera. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191347 | INTERFERER REMOVAL FOR REDUCING IMPACT OF PERIODIC INTERFERENCE SIGNALS ON ANALOG VIDEO TRANSMISSION - Video systems with video receivers for receiving video signals transmitted in analog format over a video link are described. An example video receiver includes an interferer identification circuit and an interferer removal circuit. The interferer identification circuit is configured to identify a periodic interference signal (e.g., from one or more of vertical blanking intervals (VBIs)) of a received video signal. The interferer removal circuit is configured to generate a filtered video signal, where generation of the filtered video signal includes, for each line of a given frame of the received video signal, generating an adjusted interference signal by adjusting a phase of the identified interference signal to match a phase of a periodic noise signal in at least a portion of a horizontal blanking interval (HBI) associated with the line, and subtracting the adjusted interference signal from a plurality of active pixel values of the line. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191348 | SPECTATOR VIEW INTO A LIVE EVENT HELD IN A REAL-WORLD VENUE - A method including establishing a multi-player gaming session of a gaming application that generates an interactive gaming world, the live event being a real-world venue where players playing the gaming application are present. A 3D live view of the venue is generated based on captured video streams, and generated for a physical POV anchored to a physical location in the venue. The 3D live view is streamed to an HMD of a remote user located outside the venue, and presents an augmented reality view of the live event. A request is received from the remote user to jump into the gaming session as a spectator of the interactive gaming world from a virtual POV defined by a virtual location in the gaming world. The spectator view is delivered to the HMD of the remote user for display, the spectator view presenting a virtual reality view of the interactive gaming world. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME COMPOSITING OF VIDEO CONTENT - A systems and methods for compositing real-world video with a virtual object are disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes a processor; and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, the medium encoded with instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations including receiving video of a video capture region from a camera coupled to an unmanned vehicle; obtaining a map representation of the video capture region; placing the virtual object into the map representation; rendering the video with the virtual object to generate a rendered video; displaying the rendered video; and based on an elevation of the unmanned vehicle, updating the virtual object to transition between a top view of the virtual object and an elevation view or perspective view of the virtual object. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191350 | TERMINAL, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A terminal, a photographing method and a storage medium are disclosed. A terminal includes a shell, a first camera module, a second camera module, and a display panel. The shell includes a base plate and a side plate thereon. The first camera module and second camera module are located in a storage space formed by the base place and the side plate. The display panel is a transparent display panel having a transparent portion corresponding to the first camera module and second camera module. The first camera module obtains a light signal having a wavelength within a first wave band, the second camera module obtains a light signal having a wavelength within a first wave band, and a minimum wavelength of the second wave band is greater than a maximum wavelength of the first wave band. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191351 | DOME FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - A dome for a surveillance camera comprises an at least partially transparent spherical portion, a front transition portion, a back transition portion, and lateral transition portions. All transition portions extend to a perimeter plane and a tangent to the spherical portion where it connects to the front transition portion has an angle α relative to a normal to the perimeter plane, as measured in a symmetry plane, and a tangent to the spherical portion where it connects to the back transition portion has an angle β relative to a normal to the perimeter plane, as measured in the same plane and the same direction as the angle α. The angle β is equal to or larger than the angle α. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided that includes a housing, a first circuit board disposed within the housing, a second circuit board spaced apart from the first circuit board, a first component and a second component disposed on at least a portion of the first circuit board or at least a portion of the second circuit board, and an interposer electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The interposer may be disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. An arrangement space for disposing the first component and the second component may be formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191353 | MONITORING CAMERA DEVICE - To provide a monitoring camera device capable of stably shooting a device under a high-temperature environment. The present invention is directed to a monitoring camera device A used for monitoring a device under a high-temperature environment, the monitoring camera device A including a monitoring camera | 2022-06-16 |
20220191354 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CAMERA MODULE - A camera module. The camera module includes a circuit board on which at least one image sensor is situated; an objective including a lens housing and multiple optical lenses situated inside the lens housing; an objective holder, which is connected to the circuit board and is designed to hold the objective; and at least one temperature control element, which is designed to influence the temperature of at least one front lens of the objective; a second optical lens being situated at the front lens. The front lens and/or the second optical lens includes/include at least one recess, the at least one temperature control element being situated in the at least one recess. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191355 | CAMERA DEVICE FOR COLLECTING VEHICLE INFORMATION - The present application discloses a camera device for collecting vehicle information. In the present application, the camera device uses a dual-lens configuration including a first camera assembly and a second camera assembly, wherein the lens field of view of the first camera assembly intersects with the lens field of view of the second camera assembly, so as to form a layout mode that two areas on both sides of the camera device are photographed in a staggered manner, thereby avoiding the occurrence of a blind area between the lens fields of view of the first camera assembly and the second camera assembly and improving the overall photographing range of the camera device. Moreover, the camera device may introduce at least one auxiliary function such as photosensitive detection, light supplementing, and target detection, so as to improve the quality of image photographing and the accuracy of photographing moment, thereby facilitating improving the accuracy of vehicle information collection. In addition, the camera device is powered by an exchangeable dry battery module, and can also support antenna-based wireless transmission, thereby omitting cable connection and network wiring. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191356 | Multi-Camera Mounting Chassis - Various embodiments include a chassis for a multi-camera system and techniques for forming such a chassis. The chassis may comprise multiple chassis portions that define cavities for mounting cameras. Some embodiments include a chassis portion comprising an integrated shield can-chassis that may be formed as a single component. According to some embodiments, subtractive manufacturing may be used to form one or more features of the chassis. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191357 | PORTABLE VIDEO AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user's body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191358 | CAMERA MOUNT ASSEMBLY FOR INCREMENTAL ANGLE MEAUREMENT IN THREE AXES - A camera mount assembly for holding a camera or other perception sensor that may be fixed with respect to a ground plane and used for incremental angle measurement of the camera or other perception sensor in three axes, such that the precise spatial relationships of imaged objects with respect to the orientation/position of the camera or other perception sensor may be determined. A base structure of the camera mount assembly may be affixed to a fixed or moveable support structure and multiple leveling devices and/or laser devices are provided to establish a reliable reference relative to the ground plane. Thus, the exact orientation of the camera or other perception sensor in space may be determined frame to frame, such that the precise orientation of imaged objects with respect to the orientation/position of the camera or other perception sensor relative to the ground plane may be determined over time. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191359 | CAMERA DEVICE - The present embodiment relates to a camera device including a magnet and a coil. The magnet includes: a first magnet disposed on each of first and second side surfaces of a camera module, and having a different polarity in a top portion and a bottom portion of the surface facing the coil; and a second magnet disposed on each of third and fourth side surfaces of the camera module, and having a different polarity on both side portions of the surface facing the coil. The coil includes: a first coil facing the first magnet; a second coil facing the first magnet and electrically isolated from the first coil; and a third coil facing the second magnet and electrically isolated from the first and second coils. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191360 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MOBILE BODY - An electronic device has an electronic component, a substrate on which the electronic component is mounted, and a housing having a tubular shape. The housing includes a first metal plate that is a tubular metal plate covering the electronic component and the substrate from the outer peripheral direction of the substrate and a second metal plate that is a tubular metal plate joined to the first metal plate from the radially inner side, a portion of each of the first metal plate and the second metal plate being covered with resin. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191361 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A camera module includes a holder, a lens in the holder, magnets disposed on an outer wall of the holder, and a circuit board assembly. The circuit board assembly includes an outer wiring substrate, and first and second inner wiring substrates spaced out on a surface of the outer wiring substrate. The first inner wiring substrate surrounds the holder and includes a first dielectric layer and a first inner wiring layer thereon. The first inner wiring layer includes coils of wound wire in the first inner wiring layer, and each of the coils corresponds to one of the magnets. The second inner wiring substrate includes a second inner wiring layer, a thickness of each of the coils is greater than a thickness of the second inner wiring layer. A method for manufacturing the camera module is also disclosed. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191362 | DISPLAY SCREEN, TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD FOR UNDER-SCREEN CAMERA - A display screen, a terminal device, and an imaging control method are provided for an under-screen camera. The display screen includes a transparent substrate and a diffraction compensation pattern. The upper surface of the transparent substrate comprises a luminescent material. The diffraction compensation pattern is disposed below the transparent substrate and configured to compensate a diffraction image resulted from incident light passing through the luminescent material. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191363 | Camera Assembly for a Vehicle and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Camera assembly for a vehicle. A sensor subassembly includes a rear housing and a circuit board fixed to the rear housing. The circuit board includes an imager. An optical subassembly includes a lens and a lens holder for holding the lens. The lens holder forms a front housing mated to the rear housing. The optical subassembly is fixed to the sensor subassembly by a cured adhesive applied at a mating interface between the lens holder and the rear housing to align the optical subassembly to the sensor subassembly for focusing the lens on the imager. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191364 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a circuit board, a photosensitive chip, a filter, a 1 holder, and a lens assembly. A receiving groove is recessed from a surface of the circuit board. The photosensitive chip is received in the receiving groove. The holder is mounted on the surface of the circuit board and covers the photosensitive chip. The filter is mounted in the holder and spaced from the photosensitive chip. The lens assembly is mounted on the holder and located at a side of the filter facing away from the photosensitive chip. A dustproof layer is laid on the surface of the circuit board facing the filter and surrounds the photosensitive chip. An electronic device having the camera module is also provided. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191365 | Method and Apparatus For Capturing Images of a Medical Subject With White Light and Fluorescent Light - An image capture apparatus for capturing an image of an object of medical interest in reemitted and/or reflected illumination light, for capturing an image of the object in fluorescence light generated by protoporphyrin, and for capturing an image in fluorescence light generated by indocyanine green. The apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing blue, green and red light, another image sensor for capturing fluorescence light from protoporphyrin and indocyanine green, and a beam splitter for guiding light from the object that has a wavelength shorter than a predetermined threshold wavelength λ | 2022-06-16 |
20220191366 | SPACE MAPPING ILLUMINATION IN IMAGE SYSTEM - An image system ( | 2022-06-16 |
20220191367 | UNDER-SCREEN CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING TERMINAL DEVICE - The present application provides an under-screen camera assembly, including: an organic light-emitting diode display screen, a display area of which includes an under-screen camera area and a non-under-screen camera area; and a camera module, which is arranged locate at a rear end of the under-screen camera area, the camera module includes a lens barrel, a lens group and a photosensitive assembly, wherein the lens barrel includes: a lens group installation section, the lens group being installed on an inner side face of the lens group installation section; and an extension section, which is formed to extend upwards from the top of the lens group installation section, and a top surface of the extension section bearing against a bottom surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen. The present application further provides a corresponding terminal device. The present application can enable the screen and the camera module to bear against each other by arranging an extension portion at the top of the lens barrel, so that the camera module can accurately align with the under-screen camera area; and the lens group of the same optical design can adapt to multiple models of terminal devices with different sizes. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191368 | CAMERA MODULE AND ARRAY CAMERA MODULE WITH CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT AND PHOTOSENSITIVE UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A camera module and array camera module with circuit board unit and photosensitive unit and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The array camera module comprises two or more camera lenses and a circuit unit. The circuit unit comprises a circuit board portion for electrically connecting two or more photosensitive sensors of the array camera module, and a conjoined encapsulation portion integrally encapsulated on the circuit board portion. The camera lenses are respectively arranged along the photosensitive paths of the photosensitive sensors. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191369 | VEHICLE CAMERA DEVICE - A glass cover is disposed in front of a side camera. The glass cover covers a lens while allowing light to pass through. The glass cover includes an outside-of-viewing-angle portion disposed outside an angle of view of the side camera. Moreover, a nozzle positioned outside the angle of view of the side camera is provided on the opposite side of the glass cover to the lens so as to he disposed facing the outside-of-viewing-angle portion, and is configured to jet air toward the glass cover. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191370 | VISION SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A vision sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator configured to generate a reset bias voltage provided to each of the plurality of pixels, a temperature comparing circuit configured to output a switching setting value according to a result of comparing temperature information with at least one reference temperature value, and a voltage level controller configured to generate a reset bias setting signal based on the switching setting value. The reset bias setting signal adjusts a voltage level of the reset bias voltage. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191371 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND IMAGING PROGRAM - An imaging method is provided that includes: taking an image of an object to generate an image signal of the object; generating a taken image of the object on a basis of the image signal; detecting motion information of the object on the basis of the image signal; taking an image of the object on a basis of the motion information multiple times so as to differentiate an exposure amount thereof and generating an HDR synthetic image of the object on the basis of a plurality of image signals whose exposure amounts are different from each other. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191372 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - Provided is an image pickup apparatus that can determine a step-out with a high approximation accuracy and then return a lens position to an initial position. The image pickup apparatus includes: an optical element that is movable with respect to a predetermined initial position; acceleration detection means that detects a shock applied to a body of the apparatus and outputs a vector of the shock; and control means that adds up an optical axis direction component of the optical element in the vector of the shock each time the shock is detected and, when a cumulative shock that is a result of adding up exceeds a predetermined threshold, determines that the optical element has stepped out and returns the optical element to the initial position. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191373 | Anti-Vibration Actuator Control Method - In accordance with the present disclosure, a method for controlling an anti-vibration actuator is provided such that the position of the applied opposite rotation in a gyro stabilization process can be measured using capacitance sensing. In some embodiments, a rotor plate attached to a rotor and a stator plate attached to a stator can be used to create a capacitance. When the rotor moves, a distance change value of the rotor can be calculated based on the capacitance measured between the rotor plate and the stator plate. In these embodiments, the cost and the form factor of the aforementioned anti-vibration actuator are reduced compared to implementation of magnetic field sensors in the anti-vibration actuator. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191374 | Automatic Exposure and Gain Control for Face Authentication - This document describes techniques and systems that enable automatic exposure and gain control for face authentication. The techniques and systems include a user device initializing a gain for a near-infrared camera system using a default gain. The user device ascertains patch-mean statistics of one or more regions-of-interest of a most-recently captured image that was captured by the near-infrared camera system. The user device computes an update in the initialized gain to provide an updated gain that is usable to scale the one or more regions-of-interest toward a target mean-luminance value. The user device dampens the updated gain by using hysteresis. Then, the user device sets the initialized gain for the near-infrared camera system to the dampened updated gain. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191375 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PLURALITY OF USER TERMINALS - Disclosed is a control system for controlling a plurality of user terminals. The control system includes at least: a control device including a processor, and configured to determine a command to be executed by the plurality of user terminals located in a concert hall or stadium; a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal corresponding to the determined command; a plurality of receivers, each of which is connected to a respective user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, receives the wireless signal, and transmits the received wireless signal to the respective user terminal; and the plurality of user terminals, each of which is configured to perform a command corresponding to the wireless signal transmitted from a respective receiver of the plurality of receivers. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191376 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND AMPLIFICATION UNITS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image capture apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit, an acquisition unit, a first amplification unit, a second amplification unit, and an amplification factor control unit. The photoelectric conversion unit is configured to convert an optical image into an image signal. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire a value related to a correct exposure on a basis of the image signal converted from the optical image by the photoelectric conversion unit. The first amplification unit is configured to amplify the image signal with a first amplification factor. The second amplification unit is configured to amplify the image signal with a second amplification factor. The amplification factor control unit is configured to change the first amplification factor or the second amplification factor based on the value related to the correct exposure. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191377 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to set an exposure condition for each of regions on an image capturing plane and capture an image, an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information about each of the regions in the image captured by the image capturing unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate change information about an image to be acquired in next image capturing, and a determination unit configured to determine an exposure condition for the image capturing unit in the next image capturing for each of the regions based on the change information calculated by the calculation unit and the luminance information about each of the regions acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191378 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING CONTROL TO INSERT OR REMOVE FILTER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capture device includes an image capture circuit, a control unit, a determination unit, and a filter control unit. The image capture circuit is configured to capture an image formed by an image capture optical system. The control unit is configured to control exposure by determining an exposure time of each of pixel groups including one or more pixels on an image capture surface of the image capture circuit. The determination unit is configured to, on a basis of the exposure time, determine whether an image capture mode is to be a first mode in which a filter configured to attenuate infrared rays is inserted in an optical path of the image capture optical system or a second mode in which the filter is removed from the optical path. The filter control unit is configured to control insertion and removal of the filter. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191379 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device unit including imaging regions for each of which exposure conditions are individually controllable, a calculation unit configured to calculate, for positions on the solid-state imaging device, a movement amount between a first position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to a portion in an image captured at a present imaging, and a second position on the solid-state imaging device unit, corresponding to the same portion in an image captured for a next imaging, and calculate a direction in which the first and second positions move based on control information directed to the image capturing apparatus, and a determination unit configured to determine the exposure conditions for each of the imaging regions to be used for the next imaging based on luminance distribution information about a captured image at the present imaging, the movement amount, and the calculated direction. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191380 | LIGHT SENSOR CHIP ADAPTABLE TO LOW ILLUMINATION ENVIRONMENT - There is provided an image processing device including a light sensor and a processor. The light sensor is used to detect light and output an image frame. The processor identifies intensity of ambient light according to an image parameter associated with the image frame. When the ambient light is identified to be strong enough, the processor performs an object identification directly using the image frame. When the ambient light is identified to be not enough, the processor firstly converts the image frame to a converted image using a machine learning model, and then performs the object identification using the converted image. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191381 | DYNAMIC TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR REVERSIBLE ENCODING - The invention provides methods and cameras that digitize scene luminance using a transfer function with a shape that can be changed during use. The transfer function may default to a logarithmic transfer function with a shape that can be changed “on-the-fly”. For example, a user may consider ambient light levels and select a transfer function with steeper or shallower initial slope to adjust what amount of variation in illumination can be encoded. A camera may include an image sensor, a processing device that receives pixel values from the image sensor, and a module on the processing device that converts the pixel values to digital values according to a transfer function, wherein the transfer function defines output digital values for corresponding input values according to a function that can be changed within the camera. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191382 | Image retrieving apparatus having image flicker detection mechanism and image flicker detection method of the same - The present disclosure discloses an image flicker detection method that includes the steps outlined below. An image retrieving is performed to retrieve a current image. A current variation ratio between first rows of pixels of the current image and second rows of pixels in a previous image is calculated. When both the current variation ratio and a previous variation ratio are determined to be larger than a ratio threshold, a detected flicker number is incremented. When the detected flicker number is determined to be larger than a flicker number threshold, a flicker condition is determined to occur. When the detected flicker number is determined to be not larger than the flicker number threshold, the current image becomes the previous image and the current variation ratio becomes the previous variation ratio such that a next image becomes the current image to repeat the above steps. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191383 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR THEM - A remote control device | 2022-06-16 |
20220191384 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus that allows a photographer to easily recognize whether or not a blurring generated in an image at the time of image capturing is due to a spherical aberration variable mechanism is provided. The image capturing apparatus, to/from which a lens barrel can be attached/detached, comprising a mounting unit configured to mount the lens barrel, a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the image capturing apparatus to obtain an adjustment amount of spherical aberration from the lens barrel mounted on the mounting unit, and control a display device to display information about the adjustment amount together with an image obtained through the lens barrel. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191385 | DYNAMIC CAMERA ADJUSTMENTS IN A ROBOTIC VACUUM CLEANER - A method of operating an autonomous mobile cleaning robot using image processing can include producing, using a front-facing camera of the robot, an imaging output based on an optical field of view of the front-facing camera, the imaging output. A first portion of the imaging output and a second portion of the imaging output can be determined. An image capture parameter of the front-facing camera can be adjusted based on the upper portion of the imaging output and the lower portion of the imaging output. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191386 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND GENERATING METHOD - An optical apparatus includes a setting unit configured for a user to set a requirement relating to driving of an optical element by an actuator, and a processor configured to generate reward information for generating a machine learning model for controlling the driving, based on a level of the requirement. The setting unit is configured for the user to input a change of the level of the requirement. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191387 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A wearable device includes a dial plate, a watch body and an angle detection member. The dial plate is provided with an accommodating groove. The watch body is at least partially disposed in the accommodating groove and is rotatably connected to the dial plate, and the watch body is provided with a functional component. The angle detection member includes an annular resistor and a conductive connector electrically connected to the annular resistor. One of the annular resistor and the conductive connector is disposed at the dial plate, and the other is disposed at the watch body. The annular resistor is in sliding connection with the conductive connector. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191388 | INTELLIGENT MANUAL ADJUSTMENT OF AN IMAGE CONTROL ELEMENT - A method for intelligent manual adjustment of a manually rotatable focus control of a camera may comprise determining a depth value of a target area relative to the camera and determining a desirable focus adjustment according to a direction and an amount that a focal point of the camera is to be moved in order to coincide with the depth value of the target area. The method may also comprise assisting an operator of the manually rotatable focus control to the desirable focus adjustment by providing a haptic force on the manually rotatable focus control that decreases as the focal point of the camera moves toward the depth value of the target area and increases as the focal point of the camera moves away from the depth value of the target area. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191389 | TARGET TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - The embodiment is a target tracking method. The method is applicable to a UAV including a visible light camera and an infrared camera, and includes: controlling the visible light camera to perform visual tracking on a target object, and recording first tracking information of the target object in real time; controlling the infrared camera to perform infrared tracking on the target object, and recording second tracking information of the target object in real time; controlling, in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the visible light camera, the visible light camera to re-lock the target object according to the second tracking information and continue to perform visual tracking; or controlling, in a case of determining that the target object is lost in the infrared camera, the infrared camera to re-lock the target object according to the first tracking information and continue to perform infrared tracking. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191390 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a sensor module. In some aspects, an image sensor module may include an array of photon sensors configured to output a first set of signals corresponding to a set of photon sensors of the array of photon sensors. The set of photon sensors may include a row of photon sensors, or a column of photon sensors, of the array of photon sensors. The image sensor module may include a plurality of data selector components configured to receive the first set of signals and output a second set of signals corresponding to a subset of the set of photon sensors. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191391 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING IMAGE CAPTURING NUMBER FOR IMAGE BLENDING - A projection system and a method for selecting an image capturing number for image blending are provided. Multiple projection devices are driven one-by-one to project a pattern; multiple image capturing devices are driven to capture the pattern projected by each projection device, so as to obtain multiple image capturing results corresponding to the image capturing devices. Finally, at least one of the image capturing devices is selected to serve as an image capturing source for image blending based on the image capturing results. An image capturing range is identified through projected patterns, and an effective range is calculated and then selected for use, which is used for calculations required for automatic blending, so as to avoid a problem of being unable to maintain blending and merging due to environmental influences or failure of the image capturing device when performing image recognition and calculation required for automatic blending and merging. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191392 | DISPLAY METHOD, DETECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A display method including acquiring a first image by causing a camera to capture an image of a target area in which markers are located, displaying the first image on a display panel, and displaying a second image superimposed on the first image on the display panel, the second image including a guide corresponding to number of the makers located in the target area or the positional relationship among the markers. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING A SIGNAL FROM AN EVENT-BASED SENSOR - For processing a signal from an event-based sensor having an array of sensing elements facing a scene, the method comprises: receiving the signal including, for each sensing element, successive events originating from said sensing element depending on variations of incident light from the scene; analyzing the signal to detect a frequency pattern in a light profile sensed by at least one sensing element; and extracting information from the scene in response to detection of the frequency pattern. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191394 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE VIDEO MONITORING AND REMOTE VIDEO BROADCAST - A distribution system for an image distribution via a network and a method of distributing image data via a network are disclosed. The distribution system includes a video capture device having a plurality of cameras for capturing image date to generate 360-degree image and a server. The video capture device transmits the captured image data to a server via a network. The server receives the image data transmitted from the video capture device and delivers the image data to a viewing device depending on a request from the viewing device to display the video image on the viewing device. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191395 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CO-REGISTRATION AND CORRELATION BETWEEN MULTI-MODAL IMAGERY AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present disclosure provides an image capturing, device that captures images of a first sensor that includes a first imaging modality, a second sensor that includes a first imaging modality and a third sensor that includes a second imaging modality. A controller connected with the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor, wherein the controller registers an image captured by the first sensor or the second sensor to an image captured by the third sensor. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191396 | CONTROL APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, MOVABLE OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A photographing apparatus that supported by a supporting assembly generates vibration when performing shake correction, the vibration sometimes affects the attitude control of the supporting assembly over the photographing apparatus. The present disclosure provides a control apparatus for controlling a photographing system including a photographing apparatus including an optical system, an image sensor, and a driving assembly, where when the photographing apparatus performs a shake correction, the driving assembly moves at least one of the optical system or the image sensor along a direction intersecting an optical axis of the optical system, and a supporting assembly rotatably supporting the photographing apparatus, the control apparatus including: a circuit configured to: obtain, based on a vibration signal indicating a vibration of the photographing apparatus, a driving signal of the driving assembly configured to perform the shake correction, and control the supporting assembly based on the vibration signal and the driving signal. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191397 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for optical image stabilization. The methods and apparatus for optical image stabilization may be integrated within an electronic device. An exemplary system may include an actuator control circuit responsive to a sensor and a feedback signal from an actuator. The actuator control circuit may be configured to calibrate a gain applied to a drive signal based on a relative position between the actuator and the sensor and an output signal generated by the actuator control circuit. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191398 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization system, comprising: a sensor configured to detect a disturbance signal; a processor; an actuator; and an actuator driver. The sensor can be configured to detect a disturbance signal, wherein the disturbance signal applies a force to a moving body, and wherein the force causes the moving body to displace. The processor can be configured to determine: a target position of the moving body according to the detected disturbance signal; and a corrected driving current according to the target position. The actuator can be configured to: receive the corrected driving current receive the corrected driving current; and position the moving body in response to receiving the corrected driving current, wherein the moving body is positioned in a direction opposite to that of the displacement. The actuator driver can be configured to controllably operate the actuator according to the corrected driving current. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191399 | BLUR DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, LENS DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE MAIN BODY, BLUR DETECTION METHOD, AND BLUR DETECTION PROGRAM - Provided are a blur detection device, an imaging device, a lens device, an imaging device main body, a blur detection method, and a blur detection program capable of appropriately detecting blurring of an imaging device. An angular velocity of a digital camera and a posture of the digital camera with respect to an Earth's rotation axis are detected. An Earth's rotation angular velocity component superimposed on a detection result of the angular velocity is calculated. The Earth's rotation angular velocity component is subtracted from the detection result of the angular velocity, and a blur amount of the digital camera is calculated based on the subtracted angular velocity. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191400 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus and an imaging method that further facilitate recording of a video within an extraction range while moving the extraction range within an angle of view are provided. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191401 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING DEVICE - In order to perform imaging operation control in which a defocus amount and a depth of field in any certain region of a captured image are taken into consideration, a map data generation unit configured to generate defocus map data which is calculated from phase difference information detected by a phase difference detection unit and indicates defocus amounts at a plurality of positions of a captured image by an imaging element unit; and an operation control unit configured to perform imaging operation control using the defocus map data generated by the map data generation unit are included. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191402 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO IDENTIFY FOCAL OBJECTS - A method includes dividing a field of view into a plurality of zones and sampling the field of view to generate a photon count for each zone of the plurality of zones, identifying a focal sector of the field of view and analyzing each zone to select a final focal object from a first prospective focal object and a second prospective focal object. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191403 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING PLURALITY OF LENSES, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a display which outputs a screen; a camera module including a plurality of lenses including a first lens; a processor; and a memory. The electronic device may output, through the display, a screen including a lens selection user interface, which includes a plurality of visual objects respectively corresponding to the plurality of lenses, and a first image obtained using the first lens, and may output a lens recommendation object representing a recommendation lens among the plurality of lenses. Various other embodiments that are derived from the specification are also possible. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191404 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Exposure of Images - An example method includes capturing, by an image capture device, a first image having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a plurality of channels, and the first image is captured in accordance with first exposure parameters. The method includes determining, by a controller of the image capture device, average pixel intensities for each of the plurality of channels. The method includes determining, by the controller, a weighted average of pixel intensities using the average pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, a gain that is proportional to a ratio of a desired average pixel intensity relative to the weighted average of pixel intensities. The method includes setting, by the controller, second exposure parameters for a second image based on the gain. The method includes capturing, by the image capture device, the second image in accordance with the second exposure parameters. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191405 | COMBINING VIDEO STREAMS HAVING DIFFERENT INFORMATION-BEARING LEVELS - A method includes recording a first video stream characterized by a first value of a first quality characteristic. The method includes determining that the first video stream satisfies a trigger criterion. The trigger criterion characterizes a threshold amount of video content change information. The method includes, in response to determining that the first video stream satisfies the trigger criterion, obtaining a second video stream characterized by a second value of a second quality characteristic. The second video stream includes scene information also included in the first video stream. The second value of the second quality characteristic is indicative of a higher quality video stream than the first value of the first quality characteristic. The method includes generating a third video stream by adding information from the second video stream to the first video stream. The third video stream corresponds to a higher quality version of the first video stream. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191406 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - One image to serve as a main image is selected among a plurality of images and a continuous period length for which a selected image is continued as the main image is set in accordance with an image classification to which the selected image corresponds among a plurality of image classifications. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191407 | Method and system for generating at least one image of a real environment - A method of generating at least one image of a real environment comprises providing at least one environment property related to at least part of the real environment, providing at least one virtual object property related to a virtual object, determining at least one imaging parameter according to the at least one provided virtual object property and the at least one provided environment property, and generating at least one image of the real environment representing information about light leaving the real environment according to the determined at least one imaging parameter, wherein the light leaving the real environment is measured by at least one camera. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191408 | INTERLEAVED SIMULTANEOUS BINNING MODE - A system for providing high resolution image output for pilotage and two color operation for threat detection, the system comprising a focal plane array, the focal plane array comprising: a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels are arranged into groups of equal numbers of pixels, each pixel comprising: at least two detectors configured to receive electromagnetic energy; and a readout integrated circuit comprising an analog portion and a digital portion, which combine to form a current to frequency conversion circuit configured to convert current received from one of the at least two detectors into a pulse train, and a counter in operative communication with the frequency conversion circuit configured to count pulses in the pulse train during an integration time, wherein each detector from each of the pixels in a group of pixels is configured such that it can be connected to or disconnected from at least one detector from each adjacent pixel in a row or column from the same said group of pixels, and wherein each group of pixels is configured such that an output from detectors connected to one another is directed through the readout integrated circuit of a single pixel from the group of pixels. | 2022-06-16 |
20220191409 | INFRARED DETECTOR AND INFRARED IMAGER - An infrared detector includes a thermoelectric element, an infrared light absorber located on the thermoelectric element, and an electrical signal detecting element. The infrared light absorber includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other to form a network structure and a plurality of carbon particles in the network structure. The electrical signal detecting element is configured to detect a change of an electrical signal of the thermoelectric element. | 2022-06-16 |