32nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150222714 | Technique for performing signaling conversion between HTTP and SIP domains - A technique for performing signaling conversion between an HTTP stateful session and an SIP dialog is described. In a method realization of this technique, an HTTP request message including HTTP state information is received from an HTTP enabled entity. In response to receipt of the HTTP request message, an SIP message belonging to an SIP dialog is created. In further steps, the first SIP message is sent to an SIP enabled entity, and a mapping between the HTTP state information and the SIP dialog is established. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222715 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION DATA - A method and system for choosing at least one network interface among a plurality of network interfaces to send and receive information data by determining performance data for a plurality of network interface groups. A network interface group comprises one or more network interfaces of a network device. Performance data of a network interface group is determined by sending testing data through at least one network interface comprised in the network interface group. Performance data may be based on a report received from a test server to which the testing data was sent. Performance data is determined according to one or more performance metrics such as a CPU usage metric, a memory usage metric, a response time metric, a packet delay metric, a packet latency metric, a bandwidth metric, a throughput metric, packet loss, packet drop, a power consumption metric, or a signal to noise ratio (SNR) metric. When performance data is determined according to more than one performance metrlc, weights are assigned to the more than one performance metrics. A network interface group with best performance, according to the performance data, is selected. Information data is sent and received through one or more network interfaces comprised in the network interface group selected. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222716 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PRESENCE INFORMATION - An improved system and method for communicating Presence Information. According to various embodiments, the sequence of actions undertaken in established Presence procedures are changed, and enhancements are also provided for Watcher | 2015-08-06 |
20150222717 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING IP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for updating IP geographic information. Initial geographic information of a new IP is determined according to a user log, and an initial geographic information table of all new IPs is established. Segment aggregation processing is performed on the initial geographic information table to obtain a segment IP geographic information table. Boundary demarcation processing is performed on the segment IP geographic information table to obtain an accurate geographic information table of the new IPs. An IP library is updated according to the accurate geographic information table. By using the disclosed method and apparatus of the present disclosure, geographic information corresponding to the new IP can be positioned accurately, and the IP library can be updated timely. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222718 | MODIFYING AN ACTIVITY STREAM TO DISPLAY RECENT EVENTS OF A RESOURCE - Modifying an activity stream to display recent events of a resource includes checking-in a user to a resource to provide context about the resource, specifying a time duration for which the user is checked-in to the resource, and modifying, based on the time duration, an activity stream of the user to display recent events of the resource. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222719 | DEFINING A SOCIAL NETWORK MODEL IMPLIED BY COMMUNICATIONS DATA - Systems and methods to define a social network for a user using data implied by communications of the user with others. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning messages to identify persons addressed in the messages; computing scores of the persons to determine a relevancy of each person; receiving, by a first computing device, a request from a computer program running on a second computing device; in response to the request from the computer program, providing access to friend data for the persons, the computer program to provide services based on the friend data; and sending the friend data to the second computing device | 2015-08-06 |
20150222720 | Real-Time Analytics of Web Performance Using Actual User Measurements - A method for real-time capture of actual user experiences on a website, web application or mobile app includes receiving, in first servers, one or more beacons, each containing data items. Each beacon is generated in real-time from a user session. The data items are aggregated in one or more first sets of N data buckets associated with each of the first servers. Each of the first servers transmits the data items of each of the N data buckets to a second server over a network, which further aggregates the data items received in one or more sets of N data buckets corresponding to and identically configured as the data buckets of the first servers. The corresponding data contents of the one or more second sets of N data buckets is aggregated into one or more final sets of N data buckets used in generating a real-time analytic dashboard. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222721 | CUSTOMIZED PRESENTATION OF EVENT GUEST LISTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A user creates an event in a social networking system specifying a location, a time, and a guest list of other users invited to the event. The social networking system generates a page associated with the event that provides information about the event and identifies whether users have responded to invitations to the event. The content of the page may be customized for the user viewing the page to encourage the viewing user to attend the event. For example, the viewing user's relationship to and/or similar characteristics with other users on the guest list is determined and used by the social networking system to identify the users whose responses to invitations are shown to the viewing user via the page. Additionally, a notification method more prominently distributes acceptances of invitations to other users to encourage attendance. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222722 | PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE SYSTEM - A publish-subscribe system publishes events associated with one or more objects represented by files within a file system. The files may be accessed using a file system application programming interface by both publishers and subscribers. Each file may contain an identifier and a plurality of attributes and each attribute may have a name and a value. The files and the associated objects may be persisted to compensate for restarts and failures of a computing platform hosting the system for publish-subscribe. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222723 | BUDGET MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN A CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE PLATFORM - A method is performed by a computer configured to facilitate brokering of cloud services. The method includes a plurality of operations. An operation of receiving a request for instantiating an instance of a cloud service budget for a customer is performed. An operation of receiving budget configuration information is performed after receiving the request for instantiating the instance of the budget. The budget configuration information specifies a cloud service budget threshold. An operation of determining a budgetary impact of the cloud service order is performed. An operation of receiving information defining a price of a cloud service order subject to the cloud service budget is performed. In response to the budgetary impact indicating that a price of the cloud order will cause a cloud service billing amount for the customer to exceed the budget threshold, an operation of implementing at least one budgetary action associated with the budgetary impact determination. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222724 | CACHE CONTROL FOR WEB APPLICATION RESOURCES - Cache control for Web application resources can include receiving a cache manifest for a Web application, wherein the cache manifest specifies a Web page of the Web application, and determining, using a processor, a resource that is required by the Web page. A closure collection can be built that includes the resource required by the Web page. A reference to the resource can be written to the cache manifest. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222725 | CACHING PROXY METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a proxy apparatus and to a caching method of same. The caching method of the proxy apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: receiving a transmission request for content that can be divided into a plurality of blocks and instruction information for the playback position of the content from an external device; obtaining a header block that includes the header of the content when receiving the transmission request; identifying an intermediate block that corresponds to the playback position using the header; requesting and obtaining the intermediate block through a network when the identified intermediate block is not cached in the proxy apparatus; and transmitting to the external device at least a portion of the header and at least a portion of the intermediate block corresponding to the request. According to one embodiment of the present invention, even in a case where the size of a piece of content is great but only a specific portion is used, an efficient caching method and apparatus can be provided. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGREGATING LAYER SEVEN CONTROL AND DATA TRAFFIC - A load balancer forwards a content request from a client system to a proxy server, receives from the proxy server a modified content request based on the content request and including information identifying a content origin server, opens a connection with the content origin server in response to receiving the first modified content request, and sends a second modified content request based upon the first modified content request to the content origin server. The load balancer also receives content associated with the content request from the content origin server, and forwards the content to the client system. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222727 | DETERMINING PACKET PRIORITY BASED ON A LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A CLIENT DEVICE - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations including: determining a location associated with a client device, assigning a priority to packets, received from the client device or targeted for the client device, based at least on the location associated with the client device, and processing packets based on the priority assigned to the packets. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222728 | RESOURCE RECOMMENDATION, REUSE AND OPTIMIZATION THROUGH COMMON CONTEXT - Methods and arrangements for managing resource requests. A contemplated method includes: receiving a new resource request from a user in a network; receiving at least one competing resource request; consulting cached historical resource requests; comparing the new resource request to the cached historical resource requests and the at least one competing resource request; fulfilling the new resource request via offering use of a resource corresponding to one of the historical resource requests; and fulfilling the at least one competing resource request in consideration of at least one aspect of the new resource request. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222729 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ENABLING A DOWNLOADABLE SERVICE TO ACCESS COMPONENTS IN A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for enabling a downloadable service to access components in a mobile device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system comprises a mobile device that includes a mobile wallet application configured to determine at least one hardware component or software component provisioned on the mobile device and to generate a capabilities object containing information identifying the at least one hardware or software component. The system further includes a network server supporting a downloadable service configured to receive the capabilities object from the mobile device, to generate personalized downloadable service content based on the information in the received capabilities object, to provide the personalized web page content to the mobile device, wherein the personalized downloadable service content is configured to access the at least one hardware component or software component on the mobile device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222730 | CLIENT SERVER INTERACTION FOR GRAPHICAL/AUDIO APPLICATIONS - Client server interaction for networked graphical and/or audio applications is described, for example, for networked games. A graph of connected nodes at a server encodes a state, a behavior and a plurality of graphical and/or audio displays of an application. For example, the application may be a game and the plurality of displays may be displays of client computers participating in the game. In various examples, client computers are connected to the server over a communications network and each client executes a copy of at least part of the graph of connected nodes received from the server so that different clients can have different displays. In examples, update commands are generated and sent to clients on the basis of changes to the graph of connected nodes at the sever. In examples, events occurring at a client update a prediction copy of a client graph of connected nodes. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222731 | COMPUTER, GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A subject is to utilize the relationship between work commands in the past showing concrete actions of an operator and data as results of the work commands. For this purpose, a storage unit configured to hold information associating a flow chart including at least one work procedure and showing a flow of work needed to generate predetermined data and work guide information needed to perform the work procedure is included and the flow chart and the guide information are transmitted in response to a directive from a requesting computer. Then, the requesting computer is caused to display the flow chart and the guide information, a combination of a work command issued by the requesting computer and data accessed or generated in accordance with the work command for execution of the work procedure by the requesting computer is associated with the work procedure and recorded, and the flow chart corresponding to the predetermined data and the combination of the work command and the data accessed or generated in the work procedure stored are transmitted to the requesting computer in a predetermined moment to cause the requesting computer to display the flow chart and the combination. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222732 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A device, such as a residential gateway, is intended to provide at least one service, in a communication network, to at least one client connected to the communication network. The device may be configured for: obtaining a client type for each client; and exporting a service description describing at least one service from among said service(s). For obtaining said service description, the device may be configured for selecting each service described by said description depending on the type of at least one respective client to which said description is intended to be exported. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222733 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system for organizing a plurality of signals to be transmitted to a plurality of subscriber receivers over at least one channel. At least one computer includes at least one processor and comprises at least one of a client computer and a server computer. The at least one computer is configured to generate at least one graphical user interface comprising (i) a scalable timeline that visually represents an absolute time reference for the at least one channel, the scalable timeline comprising a plurality of horizontal lines each corresponding to a channel of the at least one channel, wherein each horizontal line comprises an arrangement of different signals to be transmitted over a corresponding channel at different times, and (ii) a vertical time indicator on the scalable timeline that visually represents a present time, such that at least one signal currently being transmitted over the at least one channel is identifiable. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222734 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NETWORK RELAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device that relays an IPv4 packet includes circuitry configured to process the IPv4 packet in each of a first mode operating as a router and a second mode operating as a bridge, set one of the first mode and the second mode as a mode of the electronic device, terminate an IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and perform a communication test through the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel with respect to another electronic device, and the another electronic device is connected with the electronic device via the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel and terminates the IPv4 over IPv6 tunnel, and set the first mode as the mode, when a result of the communication test shows that communication is available. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222735 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150222736 | CELLULAR PHONE CASE WITH HALL IC DRIVING SHIELDING MAGNET - The present invention relates to a cellular phone case with a hall IC driving shielding magnet, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cellular phone case with a hall IC driving shielding magnet that a corresponding cellular phone is automatically operated simultaneously with opening and closing the cellular phone case by incorporating a yoke and a permanent magnet having specific structures in the cellular phone case to increase user convenience. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222737 | CRADLE DEVICE HAVING EXCELLENT USABILITY AND RELIABILITY AND SIMPLE STRUCTURE AND DESK TELEPHONE HAVING THE SAME DEVICE - A cradle device according to this invention includes a body ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150222738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTECTION USING INTELLIGENT ELECTRONICS - A system and method for connecting and protecting people using a combination of (a) a “Private Personal Network” including a set of people who are defined as an individual's closest connections; (b) software that runs on mobile devices that manages, among other things, the members of the Private Personal Network, an individual's information, the connections to the Intelligent Electronics, and the connections to a cloud-based system; (c) a cloud based system that maintains connections among individuals, geographic data, and other data transmitted from the software on the mobile device, from the Intelligent Electronics, and from other sources; and (d) technology that receives and sends communication to the mobile device and is integrated with custom-designed wearable product. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222739 | PROVIDING AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT TO CALLED PARTIES - The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222740 | WIRELESS ALERTING SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL AREA ASSET SUPERVISION - The present invention relates to a wireless alerting system for personal area asset supervision, the system includes an observing device, using a host apparatus such as Bluetooth, capable of monitoring at least one identifier device located within a selected proximity which encompasses an area in a selected radius of distance; wherein the observing device provides infrastructure for the system including power supply and a user interface; and wherein the identifier device is a generic tag or customized to some extent in the system for attachment to any item. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222741 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal enabling a user to more conveniently use the terminal and a method of controlling therefor. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, it is able to provide a user with a control method capable of easily and efficiently sharing an image with a different mobile terminal using tag information which is stored together with the image. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222742 | WRIST WEARABLE APPARATUS WITH TRANSFORMABLE SUBSTRATE - Provided is to a wrist wearable apparatus with a transformable substrate. The apparatus has a transformable substrate having a flat state, a deformed state, a partially deformed state, and the like, and thus provides a function and a user interface that change according to the deformed state when a user wears the apparatus on his or her wrist and the flat extended state when the user detaches the apparatus from his or her wrist. When the method suggested in the present invention is used, the user can conveniently carry the apparatus on his or her wrist and use the apparatus on or off the wrist as necessary, thereby resolving inconveniences of carrying and using an existing mobile apparatus. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222743 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various functions can be provided using a cover having an opening formed therein. The present invention includes a cover having an opening formed therein, a touchscreen, a sensing unit configured to detect whether the cover is open or closed, and a controller, if a memo mode is executed when detecting that the cover is in a closed state through the sensing unit, receiving an input of a memo applied with a pointer to an exposed region of the touchscreen exposed through the opening, the controller, if detecting that that the cover is open through the sensing unit, controlling the inputted memo to be displayed on the touchscreen. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222744 | UNIFIED CALL LOGS - A user device may identify a received a signal indicating an incoming call; determine that another user device has answered the call; generate call log information that indicates that the other user device has answered the call; and store or output the generated call log information. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of user devices may receive a ring signal indicating an incoming call; a particular user device, in the set of user devices, may answer the call; and another user device, in the set of user devices, may store a unified call log. The unified call log may indicate that the particular user device answered the call, and may further indicate that the other user device did not miss the call. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222745 | Remote Virtual Supervision System - An apparatus and method that enables a case officer to remotely monitor probationers. The remote supervision server receives GPS data/time-date data/text/audio/video reporting periodically from the parolees and probationers and the GPS data/time-date data/text/audio/video reporting is analyzed. The remote supervision server will send an alert to the case officer if a suspicious behavior is detected. If no suspicious behavior is detected, the remote supervision server will store the analysis result and send a notification to the case officer. The case officer can then check the audio/video reporting and the analysis result later. The remote supervision server also calculates the likelihood of recidivism for each post-release supervised client, parolee or probationer and advises the officer of such risk in order of greatest risk to lowest risk. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222746 | Crisis Negotiation Telephone - A negotiator makes and receives calls and SMS with a subject through a virtual number. Parties of individuals serving specialized functions are optionally dialed in to monitor the call/receive the SMS each time those communications occur. Alternatively, a member of a particular party can dial in ahead of a call and be placed in a waiting room for the party until the call happens. Different parties may have different functions. For example, one party may be configured such that members can discuss amongst themselves while hearing the negotiator and the subject communicate. Another party may be configured such that communications among the members is disabled such that each member only hears audio from the negotiator and subject. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222747 | PROVIDING CONTEXT INFORMATION DURING VOICE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES, SUCH AS PROVIDING VISUAL MEDIA - A system and method for providing context information along with a voice call is disclosed. In some examples, a calling device receives context information from a user and transmits the context information when establishing a voice call with the user. The context information may include various types of media, such as pictures or videos taken by a calling device. In some examples, a destination mobile device receives a voice call that does have context information and sends a request to a calling mobile device for information related to the voice call. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222748 | DUAL-MODE AND DUAL-STANDBY MOBILE TERMINAL AND DUAL-CHANNEL IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF - A dual-mode and dual-standby mobile terminal and a dual-channel implementation method thereof, and the dual-mode and dual-standby mobile terminal includes a first mode radio frequency transceiver, a second mode radio frequency transceiver, a first mode baseband chip connected to the first mode radio frequency transceiver, and a second mode baseband chip connected to the second mode radio frequency transceiver, and the mobile terminal further includes: a call processing module, which is connected to both the first mode baseband chip and the second mode baseband chip and used to perform fake call waiting processing on a call in active state in the first mode before proactively switching to a first call in a second mode when determining that there are two calls in the first mode or passively answering a second call in the second mode when determining that there are two calls in the first mode. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222749 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION THROUGH PRESENCE SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222750 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MASS SENDING OF MESSAGES - A method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network, in which digital messages which contain information on the desired reply address are mass sent, and messages, which are sent on the basis of the reply-address information are received. The reply-address information of each mass-sent message is converted to correspond to a predefined dialogue, in which the stage of the dialogue defines unequivocally the reply-address information, so that the transmission and reception of the messages are implemented in different parts of the telecommunications system. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222751 | Computer-Implemented System and Method for Facilitating Agent-Customer Calls - A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating agent-customer calls is provided. A call from a customer is accepted into a call center and is assigned to an agent associated with the call center. At least one text message is received from the customer during the call and is directed to the agent. Outgoing text messages are received from the agent in response to the text message from the customer and content of the outgoing text messages from the agent are converted into synthesized speech. The synthesized speech is provided to the customer during the call. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222752 | Funnel Analysis - Systems, methods, and media for the application of funnel analysis using desktop analytics and textual analytics to map and analyze the flow of customer service interactions. In an example implementation, the method includes: defining at least one flow that is representative of a series of events comprising at least one speech event, at least one Data Processing Activity (DPA) event, and at least one Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) event; receiving customer service interaction data comprising communication data, DPA metadata, and CTI metadata; applying the at least one flow to the customer service interaction data; determining if the customer service interaction data meets the at least one flow; and producing an automated indication based upon the determination. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222753 | Method for Handling a Call from a Calling Subscriber Towards a Called Subscriber - Method, telephony server and message recording system for handling a call from a calling subscriber towards a called subscriber associated with a telephony server in a communications network. When the call is not answered by a user equipment of the called subscriber the telephony server establishes a media connection between the calling subscriber and the message recording system. The telephony server controls a recording process of a message by the message recording system. The telephony server receives, from the message recording system, a reference to the recorded message. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222754 | Device and Process for Selecting one of a Plurality of Direct Inward Dialing Numbers - Selecting one of a plurality of direct inward dialing numbers for dialing an international number preceded by a direct inward dialing number is disclosed. A destination phone number to be dialed by a wireless device is initially received at the wireless device. It is then determined that the destination phone number is an international destination phone number. In response to the determination that the destination phone number is an international destination phone number, one direct inward dialing number is selected from among a plurality of direct inward dialing numbers. The selected one direct inward dialing number connects the wireless device to a server. Next, the wireless device dials the one selected direct inward dialing number and determines that a connection between the wireless device and the server has been established. Finally, the international destination phone number is forwarded to the server. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222755 | AUTOMATIC CALL MUTING AND APPARATUS USING SOUND LOCALIZATION - A mobile telephone device ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150222756 | PAGER ADD-ON DEVICE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention is an add-on device for mobile devices and a messaging method. The present invention harnesses the broadcast rapid ability of a pager and combines it with the advanced processing location and graphic abilities of a mobile device. The add-on device of the invention connects to the mobile device in order to transfer messages to a vast number of users, rapidly in real time, reliably and without dependence on the cellular network. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING A USER OF A HANDS-FREE INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, and a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The directional sound emitter may emit ultrasonic waves configured to frequency convert to produce the audio. The communication interface may be configured to identify an entity of interest with which the user wishes to interact based on gestures and/or vocal emissions by the user and may automatically communicatively couple the user to the entity of interest. The hands-free intercom may determine whether remote entities requesting to communicatively couple with the user should be allowed to couple. The hands-free intercom may detect eavesdroppers and warn the user of the detected eavesdroppers. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222758 | Rule-based mobile dialing based on a change of event - Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for directing a voice or video call using least cost dialing. Rules for directing a call may be generated by a server or a mobile device. The rules may be applied at a mobile device, facilitating a least-cost call with little or no input from the user of the mobile device. The rules may be based on identifying information about a caller or an intended call, or both. In determining what constitutes a least-cost option, a number of resources and factors, both monetary and non-monetary, may be considered. In some examples, a call identifier may be sent from a mobile device to a server, and the mobile device may receive, in response, one or more rules for directing a call. The rules may be applied at the mobile device, and the call may be placed accordingly. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222759 | POLICY MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method for the management of a device, including the establishment and enforcement of policies/rules associated with feature or functions that may be performed with the device. Modern devices are capable of many things, including making and receiving calls, exchanging data, playing games and music, sending and receiving email, accessing web sites, and paying for goods and services. Depending on who is using the device, such as a child, student, or an employee, there may be a need or desire to regulate how that device can be used and to determine who will pay for what goods or services. In addition to providing all of the features associated with a device, service providers need to be able to establish and enforce rules (policies) regulating how and when that device can be used and who will pay for a good or service requested by the user of the device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RINGING TIMEOUT DISCONNECT SUPERVISION IN REMOTE TELEPHONE EXTENSIONS USING VOICE OVER PACKET-DATA-NETWORK SYSTEMS (VOPS) - A Multiservice Access Concentrator (MAC) provides a time limit for a first ringing voltage signal in response to an attempted call. The call is attempted via a voice over packet-data-network system (VOPS), wherein the VOPS comprises voice over Internet Protocol (IP), voice over Frame Relay, voice over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and voice over High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) network systems. Generation of the first ringing voltage signal is terminated upon expiration of the time limit. A control message is transmitted to terminate the attempted call, wherein the control message is transmitted via the VOPS. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222761 | COMMUNICATION MODULE AND CORRESPONDING PORTABLE TERMINAL - A communication module and corresponding portable terminal are provided. The communication module includes an NGFF interface, a switch unit, a charge protection unit, and a delay unit, The switch unit is for controlling connection and disconnection of a power supply between a power supply end of the communication module and the power supply pins. The charge protection unit is for power charging when the switch unit is turned off, and for eliminating an impact current generated at the instant when the switch unit is turning on. The delay unit is for controlling the switch unit's delay turning on. The communication module and corresponding portable terminal are able to ensure the integrality and stability of data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222762 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A CAMERA ACROSS PROCESSES - A system and machine-implemented method for accessing a camera across processes on a device is provided. One or more requests for camera access is received from a corresponding one or more client modules. Camera capture parameters are determined based on the received one or more requests for camera access. A camera capture request specifying the determined parameters is provided to a camera device. At least one camera capture with the determined parameters is received from the camera device. The received at least one camera capture is provided to the one or more client modules. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222763 | Integrated Document Delivery Method and Apparatus - A document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending, receiving, routing and filing of FAXes and e-mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art. The document delivery system is based on a client/server model having both analog and digital Fax line capabilities. The server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard, commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated FAX/modem modules, an embedded OS, embedded plug-and-play driver sets, embedded e-mail gateways, an embedded FAX archive, embedded back-up/restore, proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222764 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image data input unit reading an input image and acquiring input image data on a per line basis; an effective image data generation unit generating effective image data based on the input image data acquired by the image data input unit; an address generation unit generating addresses of transmission destinations of the input image data; an image data transmission unit transmitting the input image data to the transmission destinations designated by the addresses generated by the address generation unit; and an adjustment unit adjusting an operation of the image data transmission unit in a manner so that margin data can be transmitted in periods other than periods when effective image data are transmitted. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222765 | Client device state collection and network-based processing solution - The presently described embodiments relate to a novel system and method to collect state as a snapshot from a potentially transient endpoint and transmit the state to a public or private network for storage and processing. This system and method allows for the synchronization and virtualization of the endpoint state image in the network for purposes of processing, analysis, and reporting, including but not limited to endpoint vulnerability auditing. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222766 | OPERATION CONSOLE WITH ENHANCED CONFIGURATION OF OPERATION BUTTONS FOR COMMAND INPUTS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE - An operation console used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operated by a user operation includes: a display device having a display area for displaying information to the user; an input device for the user to input a request; and a display control device displaying, if a request for displaying specific information on said display device is input through the input device, the specific information on the display device. The input device includes a plurality of operation buttons for inputting a plurality of requests, corresponding to respective requests, arranged in the vicinity of the display area. Among the plurality of operation buttons, an operation button corresponding to the request for displaying the specific information is provided closest to the display device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222767 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a touch-enabled display that is capable of displaying a first screen and a second screen smaller than the first screen, the second screen showing information, the second screen to be expanded with a user sliding manipulation; a memory that stores reference information determining which information on the second screen is relevant and irrelevant to the first screen; a judgment portion that judges whether or not the information on the second screen is relevant to the first screen on the basis of the reference information stored on the memory; and a display controller that expands the second screen even without the sliding manipulation being completely finished if the information on the second screen is relevant to the first screen and that restores the second screen to the previous state upon finish of the sliding manipulation if the information on the second screen is irrelevant to the first screen. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222768 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus at a client side communicates with a server to update remote one-touch keys each time because a remote one-touch key can be deleted or added in a communication apparatus at the server side. However, a remote one-touch key selected to specify a transmission destination can be used to deselect the transmission destination. Consequently, the communication apparatus at the client side does not update the remote one-touch keys while the remote one-touch key is selected to specify the transmission destination. With the configuration, the one-touch keys provided from the communication apparatus at the server side can be used while the operability of the one-touch keys is maintained. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222769 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING - An image forming apparatus includes a display to display an input screen based on display-use information received from a server via a network; a hardware to conduct an image formation; a transmitter to transmit a condition setting and an execution instruction, input to the input screen, to the server; and a control unit to instruct the hardware to conduct an image formation based on execution instruction data when the image forming apparatus receives the execution instruction data generated by the server. The control unit reports the image formation to the server each time the image formation is conducted for a given image formation unit, and when screen information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus from the server as a response to the report when the image formation is being conducted, the control unit displays the screen information on the display. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222770 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for executing a plurality of applications associated with specific functions to perform image processing includes a first registration unit that, when executing any one of the plurality of applications, automatically registers first setting data set for the application in a storage unit in association with the application, a second registration unit that, according to a registration instruction from a user, registers second setting data set for any one of the plurality of applications in association with the application, and a display control unit that displays a calling-up and setting screen including a first button group for calling up the first setting data automatically registered in the storage unit and a second button group for calling up the second setting data registered in the storage unit. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222771 | READING APPARATUS - A reading apparatus including a reading device, a sheet tray, a conveyer, a receiving device, and a control device configured to execute, when the receiving device receives a read instruction, a conveying process of causing the conveyer to start conveyance of a sheet, execute a reading process of causing the reading device to read an image of the sheet passing a reading position of the reading device, execute a stop determining process of determining whether a stop condition of the conveyer is satisfied, and execute, in response to determining that the stop condition is satisfied, a stopping process of causing a leading edge of a next sheet to be stopped in a specific position which is any position between the sheet tray and the reading position. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222772 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring section, a storing section, a total-calculating section, a determining section, and an image forming section. The acquiring section acquires, from each of one or more pre-designated target persons, a printing requirement notification indicating whether or not the target person requires printing, and further indicating a number of required copies when the target person requires printing. The storing section stores output target data. The total-calculating section calculates, based on one or more printing requirement notifications acquired by the acquiring section, a total number of required copies indicated by the printing requirement notifications. The determining section determines a final number of copies to be printed based on a calculation result of the total-calculating section. The image forming section prints an image based on the output target data in accordance with the final number of copies determined by the determining section. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222773 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an internal obtaining device configured to obtain authentication information, a communication unit configured to perform communication with an external obtaining device that is configured to obtain authentication information, an image processing unit configured to execute at least one of image reading and image formation, and a controller configured to execute determination processing including granting a permission for executing image processing by the image processing unit when the controller determines that the authentication based on the authentication information obtained from the internal obtaining device and first reference information is successful, and granting the permission for executing the image processing when the controller determines that the authentication based on the authentication information obtained from the external obtaining device and second reference information is successful, the second reference information being different from the first reference information. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222774 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming apparatus that accepts a processing request if the processing request is performed via a relay function by using function information of a function provided by an application, executes the function provided by the application in response to an instruction according to the processing request, and notifies the relay function about the execution result. The application is realized as a servlet. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222775 | PARAMETER SETTING SYSTEM AND PARAMETER SETTING APPARATUS - Provided is a parameter setting system, including a storage unit that memorizes a history of parameter values in an image forming apparatus in association with a type of paper, an acquiring unit that acquires a trend of parameter values in plural image forming apparatuses of the same type with the image forming apparatus with respect to each type of plural other paper sheets in which the number of types of switched paper and the number of histories are greater than or equal to a threshold value, and a calculating unit that calculates a parameter value to be set with respect to the type of switched paper based on the trend of parameter values acquired with respect to the type of switched paper and each type of the plural other paper sheets, and the history corresponding to each type of the plural other paper sheets. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222776 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222777 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - A document reading device is capable of preventing distortion or twisting occurring in a document conveying device from being transmitted to a reading carriage incorporated in the document conveying device. A document reading device includes a second reading carriage provided in a document conveying unit and configured to read a surface of a document different from a surface read by a first reading carriage, a support frame having a support surface supporting the second reading carriage, a retaining member retaining the second reading carriage by sandwiching the same between itself and the support frame, and an elastic member provided between the second reading carriage and retaining member to press the second reading carriage against the support frame. One of the support surface of the support frame and a supported surface of the second reading carriage supported by the support surface is formed into a curved surface. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222778 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - The use history recording unit records a history of use of a memory area of a user as a state of use whenever the user stores data. The use frequency calculation unit calculates a use frequency of the memory area for every user based on the state of use of the memory area of the user. The remained capacity allocation unit allocates the remained memory capacity in proportion to the use frequency. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222779 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222780 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention discloses that an audio of an audio file linked to an image is outputted in a manner of being amplified centering on a subject in the image, whereby a user can be provided with a further emotionally visual/auditory image viewer environment. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222781 | INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information provision apparatus ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150222782 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A device control apparatus which can remotely control an information processing apparatus on a network using an internal device is provided. The device control apparatus | 2015-08-06 |
20150222783 | SECURITY DOCUMENT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS-BASED SECURITY DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SECURITY DOCUMENT CREATION, MANAGEMENT, AND CERTIFICATION METHODS - A security document with a high level of security fabricated at low cost by using an image forming apparatus-based security document management system is provided. The management system may include a near field communication (NFC) tag reader/writer, a method of managing a security document, a method of creating a security document, a method of certifying a security document, an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus-based security document management system. A method of managing a security document by using an image forming apparatus including an NFC tag reader/writer may include an embodiment reading an integrated NFC tag of security paper including the integrated NFC tag by using the NFC tag reader/writer; performing a security document creation process for the security paper when a first S/N is stored in the NFC tag; and performing a security document certification process for the security document when the first S/N, a key value, and a second S/N are stored in the NFC tag. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222784 | DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes storage unit, a communication portion and an image processing function control portion. The storage unit stores image data. The communication portion performs communication with a server and a portable terminal. The image processing function control portion causes the communication portion to transmit the image data stored in the storage unit to the server and causes the communication portion to transmit the image data to the portable terminal in response to failure of the transmission of the image data to the server by the communication portion. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222785 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF THE SAME, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A display apparatus includes a display device, obtains first information indicating an error occurring in an electronic apparatus from the electronic apparatus; transmits, to an external information processing apparatus, the obtained first information and second information indicating a display capability of the display device, and obtains third information indicating a manner of dealing with the error occurring in the electronic apparatus. The third information has been transmitted by the external information processing apparatus based on the first information and the second information. The display control part then displays the obtained third information on the display device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222786 | TECHNIQUE FOR SKEW DETECTION OF PRINTED ARABIC DOCUMENTS - A digital document skew detection and correction system that uses horizontal pixel projection analysis to detect the prominent writing line of Arabic text. The system removes both small and large components and divides the document into segments. The system uses the pixel projection results at varying angles to pinpoint the highest horizontal pixel concentration corresponding to the writing line of the Arabic text to determine the skew angle for each divided document segment. The skew angle variable is averaged between the documents segments before being reattached; a user notification application is activated if the differences between skewed angles exceed a threshold. The original document is rotated in the opposite direction of the estimated skew angle to correct the skew. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222787 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing device includes an image processor that performs image processing on an image to be printed and a printer that takes the image that has undergone the image processing from the image processor as input and prints the image. When printing of the image to be printed is executed by the printer, the image processor incorporates magnification rate information into the image to be printed or the enlarged/reduced image of the image to be printed as the image processing and outputs the resulting image including the magnification rate information to the printer. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222788 | DIGITAL IMAGE HALFTONE CONVERSION WITH SELECTIVE ENHANCEMENT - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first image as a continuous tone image, screening the image to render a second image as a (Halftone Image) HTI, selecting an area of the first image for enhancement, and iteratively processing the selected area of the first image to render a third image as a multibit HTI. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222789 | PRINTING STRUCTURE OF MEDIUM SURFACE ON WHICH DOT PATTERN IS FORMED BY PRINTING, PRINTING METHOD, AND ITS READING METHOD - With the aim of realizing an easy and inexpensive method of realizing a “stealth” dot pattern, whose presence on a medium surface is not visually recognizable, merely through minor improvements in the existing printing technology, the present invention provides dots which form a dot pattern by printing these dots using an ink of any color reactive in the infrared or ultraviolet wavelength range on a medium surface on which a dot pattern is to be formed, for use with a dot pattern reading system that irradiates infrared or ultraviolet light on a medium surface having a dot pattern provided thereon, recognizes the dot pattern by reading the reflections of the light with an optical reading means, converts the dot pattern into the corresponding data, and outputs the text, voice, images and so forth contained in the data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222790 | IMAGING SENSOR, IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ALIGNMENT METHOD OF IMAGING SENSOR - An imaging sensor includes multiple light-receiving elements, which are for multiple colors, configured to conduct photoelectric conversion and multiple power supply lines configured to supply a power supply voltage from a power supply source to the light-receiving elements. The light-receiving elements of each of the colors are aligned in one direction. Portions extending between the power supply source and the respective light-receiving elements of the multiple power supply lines are substantially identical in shape on at least a per-color basis. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222791 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER CONTROLLED SYNCHRONIZATION OF PRESENTED VIDEO AND AUDIO STREAMS - Systems and methods are operable to correct synchronization between a video stream and an audio stream presented to a user. An exemplary embodiment receives a synchronization correction instruction, wherein the synchronization correction is configured to be initiated by the user; and incrementally adjusts one of the video stream and the audio stream by a synchronization correction, wherein the synchronization correction advances or retards presentation of at least one of the video stream and the audio stream by a predefined duration. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222792 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - [Object] To quickly and correctly reproduce an image intended by a photographer, a cinematographer, and the like on the occasion of post-production. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222793 | CAMERA MODULE - There is provided a camera module including: an actuator housing accommodating a lens barrel therein; a sensor housing disposed below the actuator housing; a cushion pad disposed between the actuator housing and the sensor housing; a board coupled to a lower portion of the sensor housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon; and a plurality of support wires, one ends thereof being fixed to the actuator housing and the other end fixed to the board. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222794 | COMPONENT-MOUNTING MACHINE - A component-mounting machine which prevents collision of a sucked component with an optical system capturing images of an imaging reference mark and the sucked component simultaneously when a component-mounting head moves to capture images. A sucked-component position detection device includes an imaging unit, which is installed on a side of a base of the component-mounting machine and has an image sensor and a lens; and a first refraction member which alters a first focal position of a first optical path that connects the image sensor, the lens and the imaging reference mark. The first refraction member is installed on the side of the base and at a position lower than a second focal position of a second optical path that connects the image sensor, the lens and the sucked component. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222795 | VEHICLE CAMERA HOUSING WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATING CONNECTOR - A camera assembly for a vehicle vision system includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion, with a circuit element disposed within the first housing portion. The second housing portion has a connector portion configured for connecting to a vehicle wiring when the camera assembly is installed at a vehicle. A coaxial connector is disposed at the connector portion of the second housing portion. The coaxial connector includes a plurality of electrical coaxial connector elements. Each of the electrical coaxial connector elements has (i) a first end that is configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element within the first housing portion and (ii) a second end that is configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222796 | Mobile Terminal Device Having Camera System - The present invention is a camera system which is usable with a mobile terminal. The camera system includes a lens module and at least one mechanism for changing optical properties by interacting with the lens module. The camera system may be built into the mobile terminal or attached thereto as an external module | 2015-08-06 |
20150222797 | Video Surveillance Method, Device, and System - A video surveillance method, device, and system, which relate to the field of video surveillance and can reduce complexity of a locating operation and improve locating efficiency. The video surveillance method includes receiving, by a user equipment, a panorama sent by a camera; obtaining, by the user equipment, a view that is specified by a user and in the panorama; obtaining, by the user equipment according to a preset correspondence between a view and an angle, a surveillance angle corresponding to the view specified by the user; and sending, by the user equipment, the surveillance angle to the camera, so that the camera adjusts an angle of the camera to the surveillance angle. The present invention is applicable to viewing video surveillance view information. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222798 | MOTION SENSOR DEVICE HAVING PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES - A motion sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an image sensor ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150222799 | Using Inertial Sensors To Provide Smoothed Exposure And White Balance Adjustments For Video And Photographic Applications - A first image frame is gathered. The first image frame, a first white balance value, and a first exposure value are stored. Information is sensed from an inertial sensor. A second image frame and intermediate image frames are gathered. A distance traversed by a camera is determined. In response to one or more of: the distance exceeding a predetermined threshold, or a new white balance value significantly differing from a previous white balance value, or a new exposure value significantly differing from a previous exposure value, a second white balance value and a second exposure value are determined for the second image frame. A smoothed white balance value and a smoothed exposure value are determined for the intermediate image frames. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222800 | Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit; an image signal correcting unit that executes a signal level correction process on an image signal output by the imaging unit and outputs the level corrected image signal; and a gradation collapse suppression control unit that evaluates a degree of gradation collapse of a predetermined brightness range in the image signal output by the imaging unit and switches control of an exposure amount of the imaging unit and an input/output characteristic of the signal level correction process of the image signal correcting unit, when it is determined that the gradation collapse exists according to an evaluation result and when it is determined that the gradation collapse does not exist according to the evaluation result. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222801 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD HAVING ADAPTIVE MARKING LIGHT EMISSION AND SUCH AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording method is disclosed. The image recording device has a camera having an image sensor and an objective lens, wherein the camera defines an image recording region, and the image sensor has a capture area having a plurality of image pixels which can be activated and read out in pixel groups, and a marking unit having a light source. The emission of the marking light is performed such that a visually perceptible light marking is generated inside the image recording region, and is performed in a predetermined manner to generate light marking within a light incidence region, which forms a subregion of the image recording region and the image capture is performed using chronologically offset collection, pixel group by pixel group, of exposure information, wherein the emission of the marking light is interrupted for the collection of the exposure information for each pixel group. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222802 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section, including an image sensor for imaging a subject, for generating image data based on output signals of the image sensor; a control section for casing repeated operation of the imaging section in accordance with a single release operation; an adding processing section for sequentially adding image data repeatedly output from the imaging section and generating added mage data; an image display section for displaying the added image data; and a setting section for setting a repeat period for the imaging section and instructing to the control section. Also, an imaging device of the present invention, comprises an imaging section for repeatedly forming an image of a subject at a set period, while performing a bulb exposure operation, and outputting image data; an adding processing section for performing adding processing of the image data and previously output image data; an added image storage section for respectively independently storing a plurality of added images that have been added by the adding processing section, and a display section for displaying, in a list, the plurality of added images that have been stored in the added image storage section after completion of the bulb exposure operation. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222803 | SELF ARTICULATING BEHIND-WALL CAMERA - In one general embodiment, a system for viewing partially or fully enclosed areas comprises a camera coupled to a first end of an elongated member and a viewing device operatively coupled to the camera. The system also includes a controller coupled to a second end of the elongated member for controlling at least one of the member, the camera, and the viewing device, wherein the elongated member has a cross sectional area of less than about one square inch at a point toward the first end of the elongated member. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222804 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERA, CAMERA BODY, LENS UNIT, AND BUSY SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD - An aspect of the present invention provides an interchangeable lens camera having a camera body and a lens unit that is freely attachable and detachable to the camera body. In the interchangeable lens camera, a communications unit in the camera body sends via communications terminals (MT_MOSI and MT_MISO) an INTR_BUSY control instruction that instructs whether to make notification with a busy signal (INTR_BUSY signal) for any operation out of a plurality of types of operations that can be executed, and the lens unit or camera body communications unit sets the busy signal (INTR_BUSY) to an ON state (low level) only during the period of operation of the type indicated by the INTR_BUSY control instruction. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222805 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - An image sensor includes: a plurality of light receiving units arranged along a first direction and along a second direction different from the first direction in a two-dimensional array; and a light receiving unit arranged at a central position among four light receiving units set next to each other along the first direction and the second direction among the plurality of light receiving units, which includes a light shielding member arranged over part thereof. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222806 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED BY IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE - The present technology is provided to allow a user to easily recognize a subject to be given priority. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222807 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes a light receiving element configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image to output a pair of image signals, a selection unit configured to select a focus detection region from among a plurality of focus detection regions, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a defocus amount based on the image signals from the selected focus detection region and a correction value for the selected focus detection region, and the correction value varies depending on the plurality of focus detection regions. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222808 | VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is a video recording apparatus that can generate image signals to increase a difference in amount of blur in recording video using a rolling shutter during wobbling, and includes: an image sensor that generates an image signal corresponding to an image; a driving unit that drives a focus lens along an optical axis; and a control unit that controls the driving unit for controlling a focus in an optical system, while the focus lens is wobbling, wherein the control unit (i) generates blur signals to increase a difference in amount of blur in a predetermined region by controlling imaging timings at which the image sensor captures the image, (ii) calculates distance information on a distance to the object to be displayed in the region, using blur signals in the region among the generated blur signals, and (iii) controls the focus using the distance information. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222809 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an imaging unit configured to generate image data by imaging an object image; a displaying unit configured to display the image data and a focus area superimposed on the image data, the focus area being a set of a plurality of focus frames; a determination unit configured to determine a number and positions of arbitrary focus frames selected from the focus area; and a control unit configured to control the imaging unit and the determination unit, and to perform focus processing on an image. The control unit performs the focus processing according to a plurality of selected focus frames when the determination unit determines that the plurality of selected focus frames are located at positions not adjacent to each other. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222810 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - It is required to carry out a tapping operation on a display screen to adjust the focus in a case where refocus process is performed in shifting to a reproduction mode, so that a user has to do an extra work. An image processing apparatus obtains a multi-view image data obtained by image-capturing in a plurality of viewpoints. A mode indicating information on a target to be focused is set. A combined image data focused on the target is generated by executing image processing to the multi-view image data based on the set mode. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222811 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND FOCUS DETECTION METHOD - The image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor photoelectrically converting paired object images formed by light fluxes from mutually different pupil areas of an image capturing optical system, a signal producing part producing, by using output from each of plural pixel lines in a focus detection area in the image sensor, paired image signals corresponding to the paired object images for each pixel line, a calculating part calculating a defocus amount by using the paired image signals produced for each pixel line. The calculating part shifts the paired image signals relatively, produce first correlation data showing change of a correlation value of the paired image signals according to their relative shift amount, adds the first correlation data produced for the respective plural pixel lines to produce second correlation data, and calculates the defocus amount from the second correlation data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222812 | VIRTUAL IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An image capture system and method wherein an image capture device has a plurality of virtual image capture devices and is configured to capture images according to a selected virtual image capture device. The selection of virtual image capture devices may vary with time, the number of images taken, or the occurrence of certain events. Images may be communicated over a data link to one or more processors, which may display the images to users. Users may add, edit or delete profiles, causing corresponding changes to virtual imaging devices. Virtual image capture devices may communicate with each other and may be configured to capture images based on analysis of images taken by other virtual capture devices. | 2015-08-06 |
20150222813 | Camera Parameter Calculation Device, Navigation System and Camera Parameter Calculation Method - A device for calculating one or more camera parameters of a camera for converting a scenery image captured by the camera of a scenery including a road into an image for navigation, the one or more camera parameters representing a height of a mount position of the camera and a direction of the camera includes: a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information; a road width information acquisition unit that acquires road data corresponding to the current location based on the location information and acquires road width information at the current location from the road data; a scenery image acquisition unit that acquires the scenery image from the camera; and a camera parameter calibration unit that performs calibration calculation of the camera parameters based on the scenery image and the road width information. | 2015-08-06 |