25th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110149069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In one image included in a moving image, a specific area is registered as a reference area, and a feature amount of the reference area is set based on the saturation and hue distributions of pixels in the reference area. At this time, when a value calculated from the saturations in the reference area is equal to or smaller than a threshold, the feature amount is set to have a lower resolution of the hue distributions in the reference area than a case in which the value is larger than the threshold. By deciding a position corresponding to the feature amount of the reference area in a frame image after the image including the reference area by a matching process, the reference area is tracked. Then, an object in a specific area can be stably tracked in a moving image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149070 | LIGHT SOURCE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A light source detection method and system are provided. The method includes receiving incident light sources through light passing holes formed in a light spot forming board to form a light spot on an imaging board; capturing the image of the light spot and detecting the intensity thereof into divided zones so as to transmit such information that is calculated by preset algorithms to a processing device for identification, thereby improving on the drawbacks of prior techniques to achieve better accuracy of light sources and efficiency in use. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149071 | Stray Light Compensation Method and System for Time of Flight Camera Systems - A method and system to compensate for stray light errors in time of flight (TOF) camera systems uses reference targets in the in the field of view (FOV) that can be used to measure stray light. In different embodiments, one or more reference targets are used. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149072 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - A method for operating a surveillance system includes performing a first portion of an automated visual surveillance tour of a predetermined control area by inducing movement of at least one visual surveillance camera at a first camera tour speed. The method also includes recording at least one first video image frame of the predetermined control area. The method further includes recording at least one second video image frame of the predetermined control area. The method also includes automatically determining whether a region of interest exists within the predetermined control area. The method further includes performing a second portion of the automated visual surveillance tour by shifting the induced movement of the at least one visual surveillance camera to a second camera tour speed. The method also includes automatically dwelling on the region of interest. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149073 | METHOD OF MONITORING PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method of monitoring product identification at a transaction terminal by sending either visible light signals, near infra-red light signals or wireless signals to a recording device that records video footage of a transaction terminal in conjunction received product identification information. A system for effecting the method along with light based and wireless transmitting units are disclosed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149074 | PORTABLE MULTI-VIEW IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE PREPROCESSING METHOD - Provided are a portable multi-view image acquisition system and a multi-view image preprocessing method. The portable multi-view image acquisition system may include: a portable studio including a plurality of cameras movable up, down, left and right; and a preprocessor performing a preprocessing including a subject separation from a multi-view image that is photographed by the plurality of cameras. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149075 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA PACKETS OF A DATA STREAM AND USE OF SAID DEVICES - The invention relates to a device and to a method for processing data packets of a data stream, in which the received data packets are processed in real-time by a first unit and only data packets that are received error-free are processed by a second unit. Data packets that are faulty or not received are requested repeatedly and routed to the second unit upon error-free receipt. A data sink initially receives only the data packets processed by the first unit. Once the second unit and first unit are processing identical data packets nearly simultaneously, only the data packets processed by the second unit are routed to the data sink. The invention can be used advantageously in video coding, for example with a video-on-demand service or image analysis within the framework of a surveillance system. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149076 | OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES HAVING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING DETECTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD SURFACE - An optical detection system per motor-vehicles, suitable to detect the condition of the road surface on which the vehicle is travelling, comprising a photodetector unit composed of a camera having a matrix of pixels composed of photodetectors based on a photosensitive material suitable to detect both radiations in the visible and near infrared, i.e. having a wavelength comprised between 380 and 900 nanometres, and radiations in the short wavelength infrared, i.e. having a wavelength comprised between 900 and 1700 nanometres. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149077 | Side Mirrow System With Video Display - An apparatus that provides an electronic image of areas around sides and rear of a large tractor trailer rig produced on a weatherproof screen that is located on the lower portion of the driver's side mirror. One (1) camera would be located on the rear of the trailer in a center mounted position, while another camera would be located on a passenger side near the front of the vehicle so that it can see the entire side of the vehicle. The cameras would be equipped with fixed wide-angle lenses. The video signal from each camera would be routed to an automatic switcher that displays each signal for a pre-determined time or allows for the manual selection of either camera on a permanent basis. The video signal is then displayed on the weatherproof monitor portion of the side view mirror. In such a manner the truck driver can look at the mirror and the monitor in order to see all three (3) sides of the vehicle at once. This feature eliminates looking in various directions to check for obstructions while backing up or changing lanes. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149078 | WIRELESS ANTI-THEFT SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND SERVICE - A wireless anti-theft security communications service uses a wireless security device comprising a video camera, a force/wave sensor (e.g., accelerometer, motion detector, acoustic sensor, tilt sensor), a microphone, and a wireless communication component. Various levels of security are provided depending upon the configuration of the wireless security device. When a security breach is detected, the video camera and acoustic sensor(s) switch from stand-by mode to operating mode. A wireless session is initiated and video and audio information are sent to a designated destination via the wireless session. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149079 | PORTAL MANAGEMENT - The different illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, and a method for managing a portal. The different illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a locking system, a detection system, and a portal access system. The locking system is for a portal having a first side and a second side. The portal is configured to swing about an axis through the first side between an opened position and a closed position. The detection system is configured to detect when a robotic vehicle is located within a selected distance of the portal. The portal access system unlocks the portal when the portal is in the closed position and the robotic vehicle is detected within a selected distance of the portal using the detection system. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSOCIATING VIDEO CAMERAS WITH RESPECTIVE VIDEO SERVERS - A regional video monitoring system includes a plurality of video surveillance cameras as well as a plurality of video servers. The cameras and servers are linked by an interface which can automatically allocate one or more cameras among one or more servers. The interface can respond to a server failure and reallocate the cameras among remaining operable servers. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149081 | Sensor with obscurant detection - A sensor having a detector array is provided with means for determining whether the normal field of view of the sensor has been obscured. The image output from the detector array is compared by a processor to an image of the normal filed of view, previously acquired and stored in a memory. Where there are significant differences between the images the processor activates an alarm. The location of high spatial frequency detail in the image may be compared and the absence of such detail used to give an indication that the sensor may be masked. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149082 | DATA PACKET FREQUENCY - A method of determining a representative frequency for data packets, each data packet having an associated time, the method comprising: receiving a sequence of time-differentials, wherein a time-differential represents a difference between the time associated with a corresponding first data packet and the time associated with a corresponding second data packet; and determining the representative frequency based on the steps of: grouping a predetermined number N of the time-differentials into one or more groups based on the magnitudes of the N time-differentials; selecting one or more of the one or more groups for use in determining a representative time-differential; determining the representative time-differential as a function of the time-differentials of the selected one or more groups; outputting an inverse of the representative time-differential as the representative frequency. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149083 | Online System and Method For Quality Assurance Testing of High Definition Video Discs and Similar Media - An online quality assurance system and method for optical disc formats with enhanced interactivity features is disclosed. Specifically, the system and method provides a means for various studios, dvd player manufacturers, dvd standards specification providers, authoring facilities, and dvd standards tool developers to each provide and receive input, preferably in realtime, about research, development, and production issues, problems and solutions. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149084 | Method for testing an optical apparatus - A method for testing an optic investigation system with a light source and an imaging device for the optic investigation of an object in remitted light and fluorescent light, where the light source is configured to generate illuminating light with a first predetermined illumination spectrum or with a second predetermined illumination spectrum, and where an observation beam path of the imaging device includes a first predetermined transmission spectrum or a second predetermined transmission spectrum, the imaging device is positioned with respect to a reference surface with an indicator area with a wavelength-dependent optical property, where the optical property essentially varies between a first focal point of a first product of a first predetermined illumination spectrum and the first predetermined transmission spectrum and a second focal point of a second product of the second predetermined illumination spectrum and the second predetermined transmission spectrum. The reference surface is illuminated with illuminating light from the light source. On the basis of the recorded image a determination is made as to which illumination spectrum and which transmission spectrum are present in the observation beam path on recording the image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSING - A method is provided for determining a color using a CMOS image sensor. The CMOS image sensor includes an n-type substrate and a p-type epitaxy layer overlying the n-type substrate. The method includes applying a first voltage on the n-type substrate and obtaining a first output, which is associated with the first voltage. The method further includes applying a second voltage on the n-type substrate and obtaining a second output, which is associated with the second voltage. The method additionally includes applying a third voltage on the n-type substrate and obtaining a third output, which is associated with the third voltage. The method also includes providing a plurality of weighting factors and determining the color based on the plurality of weighting factors, the first output, the second output, and the third output. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149086 | CAMERA USER CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CENTRAL WEB-BASED RECORDS AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A camera and another device synchronization system, apparatus, signaling, processor-readable medium, and method are provided. As an apparatus, the camera may include a user content synchronization module for automatically synchronizing image data stored as camera records by the camera with central records stored for the user by a central node remote from the camera, the camera records and the central records comprising at least one of photo images or video files, such that changed central record and camera records are update using the most recent records from the other source. Also, television content and gaming device content may be shared and commanded from another device, such as a mobile communication device or camera. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149087 | Joint Bandwidth Detection Algorithm For Real-Time Communication - A video coding system and method for increasing a transmitted output bit rate of a video encoding system by altering the content of the bit stream. A video encoder may receive a coding mode signal from a computer application for coding source video data, the coding mode signal indicating a target bit rate having a risk factor related to transmission error associated to the target bit rate. The coded bitstream may be modified based on the risk factor indicated in the coding mode signal. A modified coded bitstream may be outputted at the target bit rate and at a reduced coding efficiency, and the channel may be tested for transmission errors. Based on the test results, a revised coding mode signal indicating the same target bit rate, but a revised risk factor may be provided. The coded bitstream may be revised by removing the modifications previously made to the coded bitstream and a revised coded bitstream having greater coding efficiency may be output at the target bit rate. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149088 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes a base, a frame, an image pickup device, a receiving structure, a marking element and a switching element. The frame is connected to the base. The image pickup device is disposed on the frame. The receiving structure is disposed in the base. The frame is rotatable with respect to the base, so that the image pickup device is moved to an optimal shooting position. The marking element indicates that the image pickup device is at the optimal shooting position. When the switching element is triggered, the target object placed in the receiving structure will be shot by the image pickup device. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE APPENDED WITH LANDSCAPE INFORMATION - A system and method for generating an image appended with extra landscape information are disclosed. An image recorder is provided, and having a global-positioning system, an electronic compass, a gyro sensor, and an accelerometer for determining the space information as capturing an image. Under the determination, the space information can include a view angle, a direction, an elevation angle, and a coordinate. The information is used to compare with the content of a database, in order to obtain the landscape information of the image. After that, an image appended with the landscape information is generated. Thereby, the image appended with the landscape information may be used for generating a space map and be a liveview of the recorder. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149090 | CODED VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEM - Information is arranged within a predetermined shape. The predetermined shape is captured in an image taken by a tangible image-capturing element of a device which captures images at the direction of a user. The device includes a tangible processor that analyzes the image captured by the image-capturing element to determine whether a predetermined shape is present in the image. The tangible processor determines an alignment of the predetermined shape when the predetermined shape is present in the image, and reads data within the predetermined shape in accordance with the determined alignment. The device automatically forwards a request for content over a communications network in accordance with the data read within the predetermined shape. The device receives the content over the network and displays the content. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149091 | INTERNET DIRECT DEVICE - An Internet direct device comprises an imaging system and a microprocessor. The imaging system captures still or video images. The microprocessor transmits the captured still or video images to another Internet direct device upon image capture, and receives still or video images from other Internet direct devices over a communications network. The Internet direct device automatically connects to the communications network on power-up using one of a plurality of available modes of connection, which is designated as a primary mode of connection. The Internet direct device automatically switches to another available mode of connection when the Internet direct device detects that the primary mode of connection to the communications network is unavailable. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149092 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a communication system including a plurality of image supply apparatuses and an image output apparatus, If communication with a first image supply apparatus using a first protocol is disconnected before completion of output processing of an image supplied from the first image supply apparatus under communication control by a second communication control unit which controls communication relating to an image using a second protocol, and a second image supply apparatus requests a connection, the image output apparatus establishes a connection of communication with the second image supply apparatus using the first protocol and holds a connection to the second image supply apparatus using the second protocol until the completion of the output processing of the image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF MULTIPLE CAMERAS - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for automatic control of multiple cameras capable of supporting an effective camera view angle in a broadcast, a movie, etc. The automatic control apparatus of multiple cameras includes: a first main camera; a first camera driver controlling an operation of the first main camera; a second main camera; a second camera driver controlling an operation of the second main camera; at least one auxiliary camera; at least one third camera driver controlling an operation of the at least one auxiliary camera; and an interoperation processor changing a view angle of the at least one auxiliary camera by controlling the at least one third camera driver in accordance with a view angle changing reference changed by changing the view angle of the first main camera, the second main camera, or the first and second main cameras. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149094 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING TILT AND/OR PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149095 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PICKING UP IMAGE - An image pickup apparatus is configured to include an image pickup possibility determination unit to permit a pickup of an image at an exposure when a shutter speed corresponding to that exposure is determined to be equal to or higher than a threshold value, an image pickup setting unit to set the number of images to be picked up at the exposure at which image pickup has been permitted in such a manner that the total number of images that have to be picked up to generate an image signal having a wide dynamic range using image signals obtained at the exposure at which image pickup has been permitted is minimum, a serial image pickup control unit to obtain the number of images set, and an image signal synthesis unit to synthesize the plurality of image signals obtained so as to generate an image signal having a wide dynamic range. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149096 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When correcting rotary shake, an area to be referenced when distortion aberration correction is performed is rotated by a detected rotation amount in a direction correcting the rotary shake, such that the reference area fits into the area of an image that has been captured. A rectangular image of the same size as the captured image is obtained by applying distortion aberration correction to an image included in the reference area. If the reference area will not fit into the area of the captured image when rotated by the detected rotation amount, the reference area is rotated by a maximum angle at which the reference area will fit into the area of the captured image, and distortion aberration correction is applied to the image included in the reference area. Information on the captured angle of view can thereby be effectively used when performing distortion aberration correction and rotary shake correction. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DENSE-STOCHASTIC-SAMPLING IMAGING - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to imaging technologies, and, in particular, to an imaging system that detects relatively weak signals, over time, and that uses the detected signals to determine the positions of signal emitters. Particular embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for imaging fluorophore-labeled samples in order to produce images of the sample at resolutions significantly greater than the diffraction-limited resolution associated with optical microscopy. Embodiments of the present invention employ overlapping-emitter-image disambiguation to allow data to be collected from densely arranged emitters, which significantly decreases the data-collection time for producing intermediate images as well as the number of intermediate images needed to computationally construct high-resolution final images. Additional embodiments of the present invention employ hierarchical image-processing techniques to further resolve and interpret disambiguated images. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149098 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARUTUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LENS - Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may virtually implement characteristics of an actual lens. The image processing apparatus includes a first image obtaining unit that obtains a raw image through an image capturing apparatus, a foreground/background separation unit that separates a foreground and a background from the raw image obtained by the first image obtaining unit, a lens selecting unit that selects a lens model, a lens characteristic, or a combination thereof the image capturing apparatus, an image processing unit that performs image processing on the foreground and the background by respectively applying a predetermined calibration value for the lens model, the lens characteristic, or the combination thereof, and a second image obtaining unit that synthesizes the image-processed foreground and background to obtain a processed image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149099 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE LEVEL DETECTION AND METHOD THEREOF - An image capture device an with adjustable level detection function comprises a controller that determines whether the rotation angle of the image capture device exceeds a predefined angle and terminates an image capture process of the image capture device when the rotation angle exceeds the predefined angle. An image capture module of the image capture device captures images when the rotation angle is within the predefined angle. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149100 | Image apparatus and imaging method - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor in which plural pixels having a photoelectric conversion function are arranged; a light guiding unit including plural optical system windows that guide light from an object to the respective pixels of the image sensor; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on imaging information of the image sensor, wherein the signal processing unit obtains distance information of the object based on the imaging information of the image sensor and generates an image in response to a distance of the object based on the distance information. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149101 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DATA USING A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A PROJECTION FUNCTION - A method and system for generating data in a mobile device is provided. The method includes, outputting an image, stored in the mobile device, to an external screen, capturing the external screen on which the image is being displayed and creating a captured image, comparing the output image with the captured image and extracting an added image from the captured image, and creating data from the extracted image. When the mobile device user writes or draws on an external screen on which the mobile device outputs an image, the mobile device can capture the external screen, create data from the user's input content and store them in the storage unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149102 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a silicon substrate, and a photoelectric conversion layer arranged on the silicon substrate and lattice-matched to the silicon substrate, the photoelectric conversion layer being composed of a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor of a copper-aluminum-gallium-indium-sulfur-selenium-based mixed crystal or a copper-aluminum-gallium-indium-zinc-sulfur-selenium-based mixed crystal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149103 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING SAME - To provide an image processing apparatus capable of obtaining a good-quality image even if an unexpected aberration occurs and an image pickup apparatus using the same. An image processing apparatus includes a primary restored image generating module configured to generate a primary restored image by performing image restoration processing on an input image having a plurality of color components, a restoration component generating module configured to generate difference information for each of the plurality of color components by calculating a difference between the input image and the primary restored image, and a secondary restored image generating module configured to generate a secondary restored image using the difference information. The secondary restored image generating module combines a color-combination restoration component based on the difference information for the plurality of color components with one color component of the input image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149104 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD, AND CAMERA - An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a contact region, and an accumulation region. The contact region is configured to receive a charge from the photoelectric conversion unit. The accumulation region is configured to store the charge from the contact region. The imaging device is configured to selectively inject a charge into the contact region. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149105 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager repeatedly outputs image data representing a forward scene of a camera housing. A first requester requests a monitor having a screen directed to backward of the camera housing to display a moving image based on the image data outputted from the imager. A selector selects any one of a plurality of imaging modes including a self imaging mode in response to a mode selection operation. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition in a manner to be adapted to the imaging mode selected by the selector. A restrictor restricts the display operation of the monitor after a first time period has elapsed since the timing of the mode selection operation, when the imaging mode selected by the selector is the self imaging mode. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149106 | GENERATING A SYNTHESIZED IMAGE FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - A plurality of images is captured, and a positional displacement between the images is determined. The images may be captured as still images or as moving images. Moving images may include, for example, images that are captured as part of the recording of a video or as live image data that is played back in real time. Different positional displacement techniques are be used to determine the positional displacement between the images, based on how the images are captured. For example, a first positional displacement technique may be used if the images are still images and a second positional displacement technique if the images are moving images. The images may then be synthesized images based on the determined positional displacement of the images to generate a synthesized image. The images may be synthesized using a weighted synthesis technique, a simple synthesis technique, or other appropriate synthesis technique. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149107 | IMAGE CONFIRMATION APPARATUS - An apparatus determines whether continuous shooting has been performed by an imaging apparatus based on an imaging signal transmitted from the imaging apparatus. If it is determined that the continuous shooting performed by the imaging apparatus and next shooting different from the continuous shooting is performed before all images related to the continuous shooting are acquired, the apparatus acquires an image of the next shooting on a priority basis compared to images of the continuous shooting, and displays the image acquired from the imaging apparatus on a display unit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149108 | Photographing Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same - A non-transitory computer program product, photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the photographing apparatus, the method including obtaining sound information; calculating a shooting frequency based on the obtained sound information; and controlling a shutter of an imaging device to obtain image data according to the calculated shooting frequency. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149109 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING COLOR OF TAKEN IMAGE - A method for correcting color of an action image taken together with a reference image having a color reference plate includes activating a predetermined correction window for correction of the action image; displaying the action image and at least one correction window for color correction of the action image on the correction window; creating a lookup table, when at least one is selected from references displayed on the correction window, for converting respective pixels in conformity with the selected data; and correcting color of the action image using the created lookup table. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149110 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a camera system including: a camera section including a subband dividing section configured to resolve image data of a color whose pixel positions are alternately shifted from each other into subband images, and a first transmission interface section configured to convert the subband images into a predetermined image signal, and output the image signal via a transmission line; and a camera control section including a second transmission interface section configured to convert the image signal input via the transmission line into the subband images, and an image decompressing section configured to decompress the subband images into the image data and synthesize the subband images into the image data output from the image pickup element. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149111 | CREATING AN IMAGE USING STILL AND PREVIEW - A method for improving the dynamic range of a captured digital image, including acquiring at least one image from the live view image stream, wherein each acquired live view image has an effective exposure and a first resolution; capturing at least one still image at an effective exposure different than each of the acquired live view images, and at a resolution higher than the first resolution; and combining the at least one live view image and the at least one still image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149112 | LENS SHADING CORRECTION - A method including using an optical image stabilization function in an imaging apparatus comprising a lens and an image sensor; acquiring system change information, the system change information concerning changes that affect optical path through the lens to the image sensor during capturing of an image through the lens; adjusting a lens shading correction function on the basis of the acquired system change information; and applying the adjusted lens shading correction function to image data representing the captured image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149113 | Electronic still camera - An electronic still camera includes: a detection unit that detects whether or not a detachable recording medium has a cache function; and a validating unit that validates the cache function when the detection unit detects that the recording medium has the cache function. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149114 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - In a data processing apparatus having a plurality of card slots in which memory cards are removably inserted, it is determined, with regard to each of the plurality of card slots, whether a memory card that has been inserted into the slot is a wireless card having a wireless communication function. In a case where it is determined that a memory card that has been inserted into a first card slot among the plurality of card slots is the wireless card, the wireless communication function of the wireless card is enabled. In a case where it is determined that a memory card that has been inserted into a card slot other than the first card slot is the wireless card, the wireless communication function of the wireless card is disabled. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149115 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRESENTATION APPLICATION FILE - An electronic device and method for operating a presentation application file includes acquiring a histogram of each of a plurality of designated objects, and defining an operation corresponding to each of the plurality of designated objects. The electronic device and method further includes acquiring a histogram of a recognized object in an image, determining a matched designated object by comparing the histogram of the recognized object with the histograms of the designated objects, and executing an operation function corresponding to the matched designated object. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149116 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHARING MEMORY AMONG CHIPS - An imaging device and a memory sharing method are provided. The imaging device includes: an image sensor; an image signal processor chip that includes a frame memory and that receives and processes a video signal from the image sensor; and a control processor chip that receives video information from the image signal processor chip via a first serial interface and that accesses the frame memory via a second serial interface used for the image signal processor chip to receive the video image signal from the image sensor. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently utilize resources in a movable communication terminal having a camera function. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149117 | METHOD OF FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND SEPARATION - Disclosed herein are a method, system, and computer program product for creating a scene model of a scene, for separating a background and a foreground of at least one frame in an image sequence depicting the scene. The method includes the following steps, dependent upon a stability measure associated with the scene model being less than a stability threshold: (i) capturing a frame in the image sequence ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110149118 | Zoom Lens and Photographing Apparatus - A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus including the same. The zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149119 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive or negative refracting power; the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lenses being disposed in order from the object side to the image side of the zoom lens. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149120 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE ANGLE OF VIEW AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention sets an auto-zooming frame that includes a plurality of selected subjects from among subjects detected from a captured image. Then, the angle of view is adjusted so that the entire auto-zooming frame is captured. Auto-zooming frame setting and angle of view adjustment are continuously performed on images that are consecutively captured, thereby providing auto-zooming control for a plurality of subjects. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149121 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes: an optical system, for focusing light from subjects; color imaging element including a plurality of types of light receiving sections that detect light of different wavelength bands, for imaging focused images of the subjects; and an image processing section, for performing filtering processes to remove blur caused by the optical system from data output by the imaging element. The pitch among specified light receiving sections that contribute most to brightness signals is set smaller than that among other light receiving sections. The point spread diameter of the optical system on the specified light receiving sections is set to be greater than the pitch among the specified light receiving sections for wavelengths detected thereby, and less than the pitches among the other light receiving sections for wavelengths detected thereby. The image processing section performs the filtering process only on data output by the specified light receiving sections. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING NOISE REDUCTION WHILE PRESERVING EDGES FOR IMAGERS - A method of reducing noise in an image including steps for obtaining a first value for a target pixel, obtaining a respective second value for each neighboring pixel surrounding the target pixel and having the same color as the target pixel, for each neighboring pixel, comparing a difference between said first value and said second value to a threshold value, and replacing the first value with an average value obtained from the first value and at all second values from the neighboring pixels which have an associated difference which is less than or equal to the threshold value based on a result of the comparing step. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149123 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit storing a first group of defective pixel data including positional information on a defective pixel of an image sensor and information on a type of defect; a detection unit which detects a defective pixel of the image sensor and generates a second group of defective pixel data; a combining unit which combines the first and second groups to generate a third group; and a correction unit which corrects an image signal output from a defective pixel of the image sensor using the third group, wherein the combining unit assigns a priority level corresponding to the type of defect to each piece of defective pixel data, and if there are multiple pieces of defective pixel data including common positional information, leaves the defective pixel data in the order of priority level, the highest the first and the lowest the last. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A PIXEL SIGNAL - An NchMOS transistor Q | 2011-06-23 |
20110149125 | Photographing Apparatus and Method - A photographing apparatus includes a lens array and a photoelectric conversion unit. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses that are regularly arranged on a single plane. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, each including a plurality of pixels. The plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are installed on a single plane. Each photoelectric conversion area corresponds to an irradiation range of light passing through a respective one of the plurality of lenses of the lens array. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first mode and at least one second mode. In the first mode, data is continuously read out from all pixels included in the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas. In the at least one second mode, a subset of fewer than all pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are selected and used to generate a color image. The selected pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are at relatively the same positions with respect to each respective lens of the lens array. Data is continuously read out from the selected pixels. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149126 | MULTIBAND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention provides a multiband image pickup method and device with good color reproducibility, which is capable of imaging a subject with a number of imaging bands of not less than 4 colors and obtain a color image of not less than 3 colors without lowering spatial resolution. A first imaging of a subject image is performed by a single-plate imaging device having a color filter composed of 5 colors of R, O, G, C and B. A control unit shifts the imaging element by a shift drive unit so that each light having formed an image on the each filter of R, B and G of the color filters forms an image on a position of the each filter of O, C and G of the color filters and, thereafter a second imaging is performed. A image processing unit generates 2 3-band Bayer images based on captured images obtained by the first imaging and the second imaging, and generates a multiband image of not less than 3 colors from them. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149127 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - In a single plate type solid-state image pickup device having a color filter with primary color filters, gray filters are disposed at specific pixels of the arrangement of the primary color filters, whereby variation of the sense of resolution with respect to color can be prevented, and outline emphasis is applied to achieve an excellent image. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149128 | Anthraquinone dye-containing material, composition including the same, camera including the same, and associated methods - A (meth)acrylate ester includes a (meth)acrylate moiety having an ester oxygen, an anthraquinone moiety having a transmittance spectrum producing blue light, and a linking group covalently bound to the ester oxygen and to a ring of the anthraquinone moiety, the linking group including, as a first component: phenyl, naphthyl, a linear alkyl group having from 1 to about 6 carbons, a branched alkyl group having from 3 to about 6 carbons, a cycloalkyl group having from about 3 to about 20 carbons, or a substituted aromatic group. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149129 | MULTI-STEP EXPOSED IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD BY ELECTRONIC SHUTTER AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-step exposed image acquisition method by an electronic shutter and a photography apparatus using the same are provided. The photography apparatus includes a controller configured to divide an image sensor into a plurality of areas and separately control an exposure time with respect to the plurality of areas of the image sensor and a display configured to display an image on which the exposure times for the areas has been controlled. Accordingly, a multi-step exposed image can be acquired from an image having varying brightness. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149130 | Photographing Apparatus and Photographing Method - An image having good image quality is obtained by discharging charges accumulated in an image pickup device. A photographing apparatus, which includes an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form and photographs a subject by light-exposing the image pickup device, includes: a detector for detecting a photographing state of the subject; an operation controller for controlling an operation of a curtain body traveling to block light to the image pickup device; and a scan controller for controlling a light-exposure start scan of the image pickup device by discharging charges accumulated in the image pickup device before the traveling of the curtain body, wherein the scan controller discharges the charges accumulated in the image pickup device a plurality of times according to the photographing state of the subject. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149131 | Photographing Apparatus and Photographing Method - Photographing having a wide dynamic range is performed by adjusting a discharging time for discharging charges accumulated in an image pickup device. A photographing apparatus comprises an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form and photographs a subject by exposing the image pickup device to light, and also includes: a detector that detects a photographing state of the subject; an operation controller that controls an operation of a curtain body traveling to block light to the image pickup device; and a scan controller that controls an exposure start scanning of the image pickup device by discharging charges accumulated in the image pickup device before the traveling of the curtain body, wherein the scan controller adjusts a discharging time for discharging the charges accumulated in the image pickup device according to the photographing state of the subject. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149132 | Wafer-scale Cluster Image Sensor Chip and Method with Replicated Gapless Pixel Line and Signal Readout Circuit Segments - A multi-pixel row wafer-scale cluster image sensor chip (WCISC) is proposed. Expressed in X-Y-Z coordinates with its pixel rows along X-axis, the WCISC converts areal image frame (IMFM) into areal image frame signal (AIFS). The WCISC includes multiple imaging pixel rows PXRW | 2011-06-23 |
20110149133 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS FOR FINDING IN-FOCUS DIRECTION BASED ON FOCUS SIGNAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion elements, the image pickup unit being configured to perform an photoelectric conversion of an object image formed on an image pickup plane and to output an image signal, a detector configured to detect a focus signal based on the image signal obtained by moving a focus lens, and a controller configured to find an in-focus direction based on the focus signal and to provide a control so that the focus lens can be moved in the in-focus direction. The controller selects one of a plurality of interruption timings that occur in a synchronization signal in moving the focus lens, and starts moving the focus lens with a selected interruption timing. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149134 | SENSOR APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a sensor apparatus having a structure capable of obtaining digital values of signal components with a high accuracy using an A/D conversing circuit with the outputted digital value thereof having a small number of expressive bits. In the sensor apparatus, a voltage value corresponding to the amount of incident light to a photodiode is held by a holding circuit through an integrating circuit and a CDS circuit. Meanwhile, a voltage value corresponding to the amount of incident light to an adjacent photodiode is held by another holding circuit through an integrating circuit and a CDS circuit. The voltage values held by the respective different holding circuits are inputted to a subtracting circuit through different paths. The subtracting circuit outputs a voltage value corresponding to the difference between the two inputted voltage values. In an A/D converting section, the difference voltage outputted from the subtracting circuit is converted into a digital value. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149135 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging sensor has a pixel array in which pixels are disposed in a two-dimensional matrix state, a sampling part, a shutter control part, and a clipping circuit. A vertical signal line is coupled to the plurality of pixels disposed in a column direction, and to which a pixel signal is input from the pixels. The sampling part is coupled to the vertical signal line, and to which the pixel signal output to the vertical signal line is input. The shutter control part makes the pixel array to perform a global shutter operation. The clipping circuit is provided at an input side of the sampling part, and clips an electric potential of the vertical signal line to a first clip level before the pixel signal is input from the pixels to the vertical signal line when the shutter control part performs the global shutter operation. As a result, it is possible to stably operate the sampling part even when a global electronic shutter is enabled by a control of a read operation from the pixels. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149136 | COLUMN OUTPUT CIRCUITS FOR IMAGE SENSORS - A pixel array in an image sensor includes multiple pixels arranged in rows and columns with each column of pixels electrically connected to a column output line. A sample and hold circuit is electrically connected to each column output line. In one embodiment in accordance with the invention, each sample and hold circuit includes one capacitor for receiving and storing a signal voltage and a second capacitor for receiving and storing a reset voltage. The sample and hold circuits are divided into distinct groups, with each group including two or more sample and hold circuits. A pair of buffers is electrically connected to each distinct group. One global bus receives the signal voltages from at least a portion of buffers and another global bus receives the reset voltages from at least a portion of the other buffers. The global buses can include one or more signal lines. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149137 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a pixel region to be used for generating pixels, a black reference region provided outside the pixel region, and a dummy region provided between the black reference region and the pixel region, and including a light shielding pattern configured to shield the black reference against light coming from the pixel region. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149138 | VARIABLE RATE BROWSING OF AN IMAGE COLLECTION - A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a display screen with a touch screen user interface, comprising: forming an ordered sequence of digital images; entering an image review mode and displaying a first digital image from the ordered sequence of digital images on the display screen; initiating a sequential image display process in response to a user touching the touch screen, wherein the sequential image display process sequentially displays digital images in the ordered sequence of digital images on the touch screen until such time that the user stops touching the touch screen, wherein a time interval between the display of sequential images is specified by a scroll rate which is controlled responsive to the position that the user is touching the touch screen. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149139 | LCD APPARATUS WITH CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An exemplary liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display device and a cameral module. The liquid crystal display device includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate parallel to the first glass substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first glass substrate and the second substrate; and the cameral module includes a lens, and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is located between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, and is separated from the liquid crystal layer, and the lens is located on an opposite side of the first glass substrate to the image sensor, and an optical axis of the lens is aligned with a central normal of the image sensor. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149140 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes: a lens optical system, for focusing light from a subject; a single chip color imaging element equipped with a Bayer pattern color filter, for imaging an image of the subject focused by the lens optical system; and an image processing section, for performing a filtering process in which data output by the imaging element is passed through an image reconstructing filter having properties inverse blur properties of the optical system, and then performing a synchronization process. The image processing section collects data excluding zero elements for each of R, G, and B channels, to generate reduced data arrays in which the amount of data is ¼ for the R and B channels, and ½ for the G channel, and administers the filtering process using the image reconstruction filter onto data of the reduced data array for each of the R, G, and B channels. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149141 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT MAKES MOVEMENT OF FOCUS LENS INCONSPICUOUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an in-focus direction based on a focus signal that results from an output signal of an image pickup device by reciprocating a focus lens in an optical axis direction, and a focus controller configured to provide focusing by moving the focus lens in the in-focus direction. The focus controller is configured to set an amplitude of the focus lens when moving a center of a reciprocation of the focus lens, to be less than that of the focus lens when the center of the reciprocation of the focus lens is not moved. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149142 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - The interchangeable lens unit ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110149143 | Image pickup lens, camera module using the same, image pickup lens manufacturing method and camera module manufacturing method - An image pickup lens is provided that includes a substrate; resin layers formed on both respective opposite surfaces of the substrate; a lens portion formed on at least any one of the surfaces of the substrate; and a spacer formed on at least any one of the surfaces of the substrate at an area surrounding the lens portion. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149144 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device capable of generating a click force when a lid member is operated to be opened or closed, without increasing the number of parts. The electronic device includes a storage case formed with a first shaft hole in which a pivot shaft of a battery lid is positioned when the battery lid is locked with the storage case and a second shaft hole in which the pivot shaft is positioned when the battery lid is released from locking with the storage case. A hook portion of the storage case is disposed to face a space extending between the first and second shaft holes, and pivoted in a direction to expand the space when the pivot shaft is moved between the first and second shaft holes than when the pivot shaft is positioned in the first or second shaft hole. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149145 | NETWORK AND DEVICE AWARE VIDEO SCALING SYSTEM, METHOD, SOFTWARE, AND DEVICE - A method of communication is provided according to embodiments of the present invention. A request is received for video data for each of a plurality of devices. For each of the wireless devices, performance capability of the device, and optionally network information, is obtained. A video scalability level for the video data for each of the devices is determined based on the obtained performance capability, and optionally the network information. The video data for each of the devices is scaled according to the determined video scalability level, and the scaled video data is delivered to each of the devices. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149146 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device and a video processing method of the same are disclosed. A video processing method of a liquid crystal display device includes a first step determining whether a current frame is a motion picture by comparing data of a current frame with data of a previous frame; a second step converting and outputting a number of bits of a white gradation data of the current frame and outputting data of the other gradations without the bit conversion, if it is determined in the first step that the current frame is the motion picture; a third step outputting the data of the current frame without the bit-conversion if it is determined in the first step that the current frame is a still image; and a fourth step comparing the data of the current frame outputted in the second or third step with data of a previous frame and outputting overdriving control (ODC) data converted based on the result of the comparison. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149147 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR READING COMPRESSED DATA FROM MEMORY VIA DATA BUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD PERFORMED IN THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus including a memory, a data bus provided to access the memory, an image conversion unit which receives an image signal and converts the image signal into a frame comprising a plurality of lines, and an image compression/decompression unit which divides the frame into a plurality of line groups, compresses each of the plurality of line groups to generate compressed data, and stores the compressed data in the memory via the data bus, where at least one line in at least one line group is omitted from the compression. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149148 | Methods, systems and apparatus for displaying the multimedia information from wireless communication networks - Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile terminal. This converted video signal is then provided for the alternative display terminal to accommodate the corresponding video display on a screen provided by the alternative (e.g., external) display terminal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149149 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED IMAGE FLICKER - Systems and methods for reducing or substantially eliminating image flicker are provided. The method includes capturing a frame from a video data stream from a monitored region at a frame capture rate where the monitored region is illuminated by a lighting system with a predetermined cycle variation, determining a minimum common multiple of the frame capture rate and the cycle variation, determining a number of frames captured within the determined minimum common multiple of the frame capture rate and the cycle variation, and measuring accumulation at a multiple of the determined number of frames. Measuring the accumulation at a multiple of the determined number of frames substantially eliminates image flicker in the video data stream. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149150 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO FROM UPSAMPLED STANDARD DEFINITION VIDEO - Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for providing high resolution frames. In one embodiment, there is a method comprising receiving upscaled frames; motion estimating the upscaled frames; and motion compensating the upscaled frames. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149151 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHORT RANGE MOTION COMPENSATION DE-INTERLACING - Systems and methods for choosing whether to select either a spatial interpolation value or a motion compensation interpolation value for deinterlacing an interlaced frame. A minimal sum of absolute differences (SAD) may be determined for a current pixel. Depending on the magnitude of the minimal SAD relative to two threshold values, different checks may be applied. The outcome of the checks may determine whether the spatial interpolation value or the motion compensation interpolation value may be used in deinterlacing. Generally, the magnitude of the minimal SAD may determine the reliability of the SAD and the consequent trustworthiness of the associated motion vector (MV). Greater reliability of the minimal SAD may suggest that the motion compensation interpolation value may be used for purposes of deinterlacing. Less reliability in the minimal SAD may motivate additional checks to further evaluate whether the motion compensation interpolation value should be used. A less reliable minimal SAD and/or failure of some of the checks may suggest that the motion compensation interpolation value should not be used. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149152 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Based on image data input to a display unit and an image on a display surface acquired by an acquisition unit, control is performed to decrease the difference between the input image data and the image displayed on the display surface. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149153 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DTV CLOSED-CAPTIONING PROCESSING IN BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for extracting and creating a closed caption of a DTV stream in broadcasting and communication system, the apparatus comprising: a demultiplexer to receive the stream and demultiplex the received stream into additional information and a video stream; a decoder to receive and decode the video stream; an ST converter to receive PTS information, and convert PTS information into synchronization time information; a storage unit to store the demultiplexed additional information; an analyzer to receive the additional information and analyze CSD information; a closed caption extractor to receive the decoded data and the CSD information, and extract closed caption data; a closed caption file creator to create a closed caption file; a closed caption data processing unit to construct a segment-by-segment closed caption stream; a segmentation unit to construct a segment-by-segment stream; and a keyword search unit to provide the segment-by-segment stream corresponding to the keyword. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149154 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149155 | Methods and Systems of Controlling an Electronic Device's I/O Terminals Using Pulse-Width Modulation - An electronic system includes a signal processor, a control signal generator, and an I/O interface. The signal processor has a first output signal and the first output signal is characterized by at least a first property and a second property. The control signal generator is configured to produce first and second control signals in accordance with the first and second properties of the first output signal, respectively. The I/O interface is configured to couple at least the first and second control signals to an output device. In some embodiments, the first output signal is a pulse width modulated signal having a software-specified pulse width and a software-specified repeat frequency. In some embodiments, the first property of the first output signal is the signal's duty cycle and the second property is the signal's frequency. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149156 | DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, DATA RECEIVING METHOD, AND AUDIO-VISUAL ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLING METHOD - Provided are a data transmission device, a data reception device, a method for transmitting data, a method for receiving data, and a method for controlling audio-visual environment that carry out the control of peripheral devices in consistence with contents producer's intention, thereby realizing the listening/viewing of the contents with a realistic sensation. The data transmission device is comprised of a video coding unit ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110149157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST STATION ADJACENCY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for broadcasting a local signal B that corresponds to a coverage hole in a remote signal B. The system includes a first transmitter at a first location and a second transmitter at the first location that transmits local signal B corresponding to remote signal B transmitted from a remote transmitter. The second transmitter broadcasts the local signal B to at least part of a coverage hole in a coverage area of remote signal B. Also disclosed is a method for consolidating allocated wireless spectrum. The method includes identifying a guard band in an allocated band of wireless spectrum, reassigning an existing channel occupying a portion of the allocated band of wireless spectrum to the guard band via selective single frequency network infill to yield a reassigned channel, and freeing the portion of the allocated band of wireless spectrum. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER - An electronic device includes a first input for receiving a portable media player and is configured to receive data from the portable media player while the first input is selected. The device also includes an input device configured to send a control signal that cyclically selects each of a plurality of inputs. A method of using the device to access the portable media player may include receiving a control signal that designates a first input and selecting the first input from a plurality of inputs in response to the control signal. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAYBACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the invention involves a display device and method for actively managing playback of demo content within a partially-assisted or non-assisted commercial environment. The playback of demo content is activated through detection of an audio triggering event in which playback of the streaming advertising content is temporarily halted. According to this embodiment, after the demo content is displayed, playback of the streaming advertising content resumes and cannot be interrupted for a selected period of time that is normally greater and will not be less than the playback time for the demo content. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON CUSTOMER ACTIONS - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus, such as a television, that comprises a memory, an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor is configured to capture at least one image present in front of the apparatus. The processor is coupled to the optical sensor. The processor is configured to (i) analyze the at least one image and determine if the at least one image depicts a specific action, (ii) render a first type of content for a first time period in lieu of rendering a second type of content that is rendered by the processor at times when the specified action is not detected, and (iii) render the second type of content for a second period of time after the first period of time for rendering the first type of content has elapsed, potentially even if another the specified action is detected during the second period of time. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149161 | VIDEO PRESENTING NETWORK CONFIGURATION SOLUTION SPACE TRAVERSAL - Resources of a video presenting network having plural outputs can be configured. A provisional configuration can be supported. Configuration of inputs can be performed separately from configuration of outputs. Interdependencies between network resources can be considered to restrict provided options to those co-functional with a provisional configuration. Responsibility for considering interdependencies can be delegated to a video driver, such as a video miniport. A client can use a variety of approaches to find a desired configuration. The desired configuration can be treated as a solution to an NP-Complete graph problem. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149162 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a transmission system including a digital transmission path configured to transmit a digital video signal outputted from an imaging apparatus to a processing apparatus that executes one of processing and relaying of a video signal received from the imaging apparatus, an analog transmission path configured to transmit an analog reference signal outputted from the processing apparatus to the imaging apparatus, a command superposing block in the processing apparatus configured to superpose, at an analog level, each bit of command data for commanding the imaging apparatus in other than a section in which a synchronous signal component of the reference signal is included, a digital conversion block configured to digitally convert an analog-level signal of each bit of a command included in a reference signal received via the analog transmission path in the imaging apparatus, and an imaging control block configured to control an imaging operation. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149163 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM TO PROCESS A MOVING IMAGE - The present invention relates to an image processing method and to a device to process a moving image, which is shot by a predetermined video shooting device, in increments of access units. The imaging blur is represented by a corresponding low-pass filter showing the properties of imaging blur which occurs at the time that said moving image is shot with said video shooting device. According to the present method an inverse filter having inverse properties as to said low-pass filter is generated. A processing is performed to apply said inverse filter to said access unit to be processed. Hereby, the step of generating an inverse filter includes an iterative algorithm in the frequency domain based on the original blurred image and the point spread function. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149164 | METHOD CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN WIRELESS DATA AND WIRELESS VIDEO TRANSCEIVERS OPERATING IN PROXIMITY WITH ONE ANOTHER - Disclosed is a circuit including a wireless data communication circuit, a wireless video communication circuit, and control logic functionally associated with either of the circuits and adapted to mitigate interference between transmissions of one of the circuits with reception by the other circuit. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149165 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has as an object to reduce display unevenness that occurs under the influence of a coupling between a first pixel in which a green component is displayed and a data signal line by which second pixel is driven. The present invention includes a correction process section ( | 2011-06-23 |
20110149166 | COLOR CORRECTION TO COMPENSATE FOR DISPLAYS' LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS - Displays are provided with circuitry performing color correction to compensate for the displays' luminance and chrominance transfer characteristics. Some techniques are suitable for RGBW displays and for subpixel-rendered displays. Some displays include an external light source (e.g. a backlight unit in LCDs), and the color correction is coordinated with dynamic control of the light source. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149167 | Full Visible Gamut Color Video Display - Embodiments of the invention use one or more tunable lasers to produce colors for display. The resultant displays may use one or more tunable lasers in conjunction with one or more static lasers, or in conjunction with conventional static color-producing technology. In such systems, colors from input video are determined, then Look Up Tables or other methods may be used to convert the input colors into signals used to drive the fixed and tunable lasers. These color-producing elements are then projected on a screen or otherwise used within a display for viewing. The resultant display has the capability of producing every or nearly every possible color discernable by the human eye. | 2011-06-23 |
20110149168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST STATION ADJACENCY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for broadcasting signals. The system includes a supplemental antenna at a first location co-located with a main antenna transmitting a main signal. The supplemental antenna is physically separate from a main antenna at the same location and transmits a supplementary signal adjacent to the main signal which matches or corresponds to a remote signal transmitted from an antenna at a remote location. The system transmits the supplemental signal at sufficient power to overcome interference in a coverage hole of the remote signal caused by the main signal. A supplemental antenna co-located with the main antenna can transmit the supplemental signal. The system can receive a supplemental signal that matches a remote signal, pass the supplemental signal through a same power amplifier and filter as a local main signal, and broadcast via an antenna both the main signal and the supplemental signal. | 2011-06-23 |