Altek Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150103213 | Method for Reducing Smear Effect in Image Capturing Device - A device and a method for reducing a smear effect. The device comprises an image sensing module and a smear reduction module. The image sensing module captures an image and optical black data generated from the optical area of the image sensing module. The smear reduction module searches the optical black data generated in the lower boundary of the optical black area corresponding to which generated in the upper boundary of the optical black area according to coordinates of the optical black data. Thereby, the smear reduction module can compute an offset line representing an offset of the optical black data, and the smear reduction module compensates the smear effect occurring in the image. | 04-16-2015 |
20150015739 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present application discloses an image capture device, including an image capture unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The image capture unit captures a plurality of exposure image during exposure duration. The processing unit is electrically connected to the image capture unit, and the processing unit enables the display unit to display the plurality of exposure images captured by the image capture unit during the exposure duration. The storage unit is electrically connected to the processing unit, and the storage unit controls the storage unit to selectively store at least one of the plurality of the exposure images displayed by the display unit. | 01-15-2015 |
20140198298 | IMAGE STITCHING METHOD AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An image stitching method adapted to stitch a plurality of fundus images of an animal is provided. The image stitching method includes following steps. A plurality of fundus images of the animal are captured, where the fundus images partially overlap. The fundus images are respectively converted into a plurality of grayscale images. The contrasts of the grayscale images are enhanced. The grayscale images with enhanced contrasts are compared to obtain a plurality of stitching data. The fundus images are stitched according to the stitching data. Additionally, a camera system is also provided. | 07-17-2014 |
20140192322 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus configured to capture an image of an object to be detected is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a lens, and a front cover. The lens is located on the imaging unit and has a first optical axis. The front cover is rotatably connected to the lens. Relative locations of the front cover and the object are fixed by the leaning-against of the front cover. The lens is rotated with respect to the front cover, so that the first optical axis is rotated with respect to the object. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192321 | CAMERA DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A camera device configured to obtain an image of an eye is provided. The camera apparatus includes an image sensing unit, a lens set, and a processing unit. The lens set is located between the image sensing unit and the eye and projects light from the eye to the image sensing unit. Here, the lens set and the image sensing unit correspondingly move relative to the eye and continuously shoot a plurality of images of a plurality of parts of the eye. The processing unit is electrically connected to the image sensing unit, and the processing unit stitches the images. A photographing method is also provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192320 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus including a plurality of image sensing modules and at least a light source is provided for capturing an image of an eye. Each of the image sensing modules includes an image sensor and a lens. The light source emits an illumination light, and the illumination light irradiates the eye. The eye reflects the illumination light into an image light. The image light includes a plurality of sub-image beams, and the sub-image beams are transmitted to the image sensors of the image sensing modules through the lenses of the image sensing modules, respectively. A capturing method is also provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192319 | FUNDUS IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING FUNDUS IMAGE OF EYE OF ANIMAL - A fundus image detection apparatus capable of detecting a fundus image of an eye of an animal is provided. The fundus image detection apparatus includes an image capturing unit and an image processing unit electrically connected with the image capturing unit. The image processing unit has a lookup table. The image processing unit corrects the fundus image of the eye of the animal according to the lookup table to diminish pincushion distortion. Moreover, a method for obtaining a fundus image of an eye of an animal is also provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140192070 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a configure image process system and a configure image process method thereof applicable to a predetermine image process structure. The configure image process system includes N pieces of logic hardware and a control module, wherein N is a positive integer. Each piece of the logic hardware respectively corresponds to an algorithm structure, and the control module connects to each piece of the logic hardware. The control module can selectively apply the N pieces of logic hardware to combine at least one part of the predetermine image process structure to perform the image process. | 07-10-2014 |
20140085607 | IMAGE DETECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DETECTING METHOD - An image detecting apparatus for detecting a first eyeball is provided. The image detecting apparatus includes an illumination light source, an imaging lens, an image sensing device, a display and a viewfinder. The illumination light source emits an illumination beam, and the illumination beam irradiates the first eyeball. The first eyeball reflects the illumination beam into an image beam. The imaging lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. The image sensing device is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam, wherein the imaging lens is disposed between the first eyeball and the image sensing device. The display shows the image formed by the image beam. The viewfinder is disposed in front of the display such that a second eyeball observes the display via the viewfinder. An image detecting method is also provided. | 03-27-2014 |
20140072244 | IMAGE PROCESSING AND RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing and recording system and an image processing and recording method thereof are provided. An image processing and recording system includes a recording module, an access module, and an identification module. The recording module stores an image which includes N image blocks, and the N image blocks compose M image tiles. The identification module performs an image recognition procedure to identify a predetermined feature of the N image blocks picked up by the access module and generates N identification results. Each result includes an address of the tile in the image corresponding to the K | 03-13-2014 |
20140066123 | MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a mobile device including a motor module, a heat dissipation module, a vibration module and an electric brush module. The motor module has a rotating shaft driven by the motor module and two ends of which stick out from the motor module. The heat dissipation module includes a fan unit fixed on one end of the rotating shaft. The vibration module includes a vibration cam and an electromagnetic coil disposed on the vibration cam. The vibration cam is loosely fitted and disposed on the other end of the rotating shaft. The electric brush module is disposed inside the mobile device corresponding to the electromagnetic coil. When electrified, the electric brush module excites the electromagnetic coil generating a magnetic force to adhere and rotate with the rotating shaft synchronously. Herewith the effects of effective heat dissipation and saving interior space of the mobile device are achieved. | 03-06-2014 |
20140029929 | AUTO-FOCUS METHOD - An auto-focus (AF) method adapted for an image capturing device includes following steps. When a first press signal generated by a user pressing a button of the image capturing device is detected, a local peak searching method is applied to perform an AF procedure. It is determined whether a second press signal generated by the user pressing the button is detected. If not, it is determined whether a first released signal generated by the user releasing the button is detected. The continuous pressing count is calculated according to the first released signal and the first press signal that are continuously generated. Whether the continuous pressing count is greater than a first threshold is determined. If yes, a global peak searching method is applied to perform the AF procedure. If not, the local peak searching method is still applied to perform the AF procedure. | 01-30-2014 |
20140016092 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND AUTO-FOCUSING METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus and an auto-focusing method thereof are provided. The method includes transmitting light beams from light sources to an eye including a cornea, a pupil, a crystalline lens, and a fundus. The light beams are transmitted to the fundus through the cornea. The light beams transmitted to the cornea form first light point images detected by an image sensor through a lens module having first and second lenses. According to the first light point images and focal adjustment data, the first lens and the light sources are moved simultaneously to focus on the cornea. The light beams are substantially intersected at the pupil and transmitted to the fundus to form second light point images detected by the image sensor through the lens module. According to the second light point images and the focal adjustment data, the first lens is moved to focus on the fundus. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016029 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND MASK STRUCTURE THEREOF - This invention discloses an image capture device and a mask structure thereof. The image capture device comprises a casing, a hinge module and an adapter. The hinge module is disposed in the casing. One end of the hinge module sticks out of the casing. One end of the adapter is disposed on the end of the hinge module, and a tripod tapped hole is disposed near another end of the adaptor. When the adaptor moves from a first position to a second position, the image capture device is set on a tripod by the tripod tapped hole. By such arrangements, the invention can effectively reduce volume, in order to achieve the objective of the product miniaturization. | 01-16-2014 |
20130342916 | Zoom Lens and Zoom Control Method Thereof - A zoom lens and a zoom control method are disclosed. The zoom lens comprises an image sensing module, a plurality of lens sets, a plurality of reflecting mirrors, a plurality of rotation shafts. The image sensing module senses light beams to generate image signals. The plurality of lens sets respectively have different optical power. The plurality of reflecting minors comprise a movable reflecting mirror and a fixed reflecting minor. The plurality of rotation shafts are coupled the movable reflecting mirror. Therein, the movable reflecting minor is controlled by the plurality of rotation shafts to rotate to a first or a second position, such that the optical paths may be generated when the light beam passes through the lens sets having different optical power and each reflecting minor, and the light beam irradiates into the image sensing module through one of the optical paths. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342708 | Image Transfer Apparatus and Method Thereof - An image transfer apparatus and a method thereof comprise: capturing at least one first image, wherein the first image includes at least one face image; performing a face detection to obtain at least one face feature; a database has at least one identification information which comprises at least one face photo and a corresponding communication information; comparing the face feature with the face photo saved in the database; retrieving the corresponding communication information and the identification information corresponding to the face photo, if the face feature matches the face photo; performing the face image processing corresponding to the identification information in the first image, so as to obtain at least one second image; transmitting each second image according to the communication information of the processed face image in the second image. | 12-26-2013 |
20130335314 | Intelligent Reminding Apparatus and Method Thereof - An intelligence reminding apparatus and a method thereof. The intelligence reminding method comprises: using an image capturing unit to preview a preview-image or capture a dynamic image; detecting at least one face image of the preview-image or the dynamic image to obtain a face image; recognizing the face image according to a face photo of a database which comprises at least one face photo and at least one corresponding information; acquiring the corresponding information if the face image matches the face photo. Wherein the face recognition is proceeding during the image preview or dynamic image capturing; reminding the corresponding information to users in a display mode, or reminding in a voice mode via a connected earphone or a connected voice apparatus if the connected earphone or the connected voice apparatus is detected. | 12-19-2013 |
20130328520 | FLASH CHARGING PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flash charging protection circuit and a control method thereof adapted to a charging circuit coupled to a power supply are provided. An analog-to-digital converter receives a feedback voltage output from the charging circuit and an input voltage output from the power supply. A power voltage detection module detects whether the input voltage is abnormal or not. A charging state detection module detects whether a rising curve of the feedback voltage is abnormal or not. If a controller receives a power abnormal signal or a charging state abnormal signal, the controller disables a pulse width modulation signal generator to produce a pulse width modulation signal. | 12-12-2013 |
20130286273 | Image Capture Device and Dustproof Method Thereof - An image capture device and a dustproofing method thereof. The image capture device comprises a switch module, optical-component adaptor module, optical-component adaptor detecting module, mask module, power detecting module and controlling module. The switch module switches the image capture device on or off and produces an on signal or off signal correspondingly. The optical-component adaptor detecting module detects whether a removable optical-component is connected with the optical-component adaptor module and produces a detecting signal. The power detecting module measures the residual power in the image capture device and produces a residual power signal. The controlling module, according to the on signal, off signal, detecting signal and the residual power signal controls the mask module to shield or un-shield the photosensor. Therefore, when the image capture device is powered off or during replacement of removable optical-components, the mask module shields the photosensor to render it dustproof. | 10-31-2013 |
20130278819 | FLASH LIGHT DEVICE - The invention provides a flash light device, which includes a light source, a light diffuser and a light diffuser's driving unit. The light diffuser's driving unit provides the light diffuser with a required driving voltage according to a voltage information, in which the voltage information is determined according to an original image without light-complementing of the light source and a pre-flash image with light-complementing of the light source. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278510 | Handheld Electronic Device and Frame Control Method of Digital Information Thereof - A handheld electronic device and a frame control method of digital information thereof. The handheld electronic device comprises a display module, a detection module and a processing module. The display module is used to display the digital information. The detection module is connected to the display module and used to detect whether the display module is touched by a predetermined method and also used to detect a duration time or a motion track when the display module is touched by the predetermined method. The processing module is connected to the display module and the detection module and determines whether the duration time exceeds a threshold value or the motion track corresponds to a preset graphic. When the duration time exceeds the threshold value or the motion track corresponds to the preset graphic, the processing module would execute a preset process action of the digital information. | 10-24-2013 |
20130258055 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method and a device for generating a three-dimensional image are provided. In the method, in an N | 10-03-2013 |
20130250041 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - This invention discloses an image capture device and an image synthesis method thereof. The image capture device comprises an image pickup module and a processing module. The image pickup module scans a plurality of visual angles of a scene in advance to obtain a plurality of temporary images. Each of the temporary images has a scanning focal length value. The processing module analyzes the plurality of temporary image of each of the visual angles to obtain a temporary focal length value. The processing module obtains a weighting focal length value by each temporary focal length value by using a function to control the image pickup module in order to perform a panorama image capturing process according to the weighting focal length value. | 09-26-2013 |
20130242130 | White Balance Method and Apparatus Thereof - An entered image is divided into a plurality of windows and it is determined, on a per-window basis, whether the image data within an applicable window is indicative of the color white, based upon the position of each window in the image and the continuity to its surrounding divided windows. A white balance method is performed based upon data of a window determined to be indicative of the color white. The present invention conducts a white balance process through the addition of determining the light source type weight and calculating the continuity of each divided window and its surrounding divided windows. In order the white balance process to accurately obtain the colors of an entered image even under the conditions of specific scenes with distinctive colors. | 09-19-2013 |
20130236069 | Face Recognition System and Face Recognition Method Thereof - A face recognition system and a face recognition method thereof. The face recognition system comprises a storage module, a processing module and a display module. The storage module stores a plurality of face recognition codes, a plurality of face images or face coordinates corresponding to the plurality of face recognition codes. The processing module calculates an overlap rate of the (T−1) | 09-12-2013 |
20130235193 | License Plate Image-Pickup Device and Image White Balance Adjustment Method Thereof - A license plate image-pickup device and an image white balance adjustment method thereof applicable to vehicles. The license plate image-pickup device comprises an image-sensing module, a recognition module, a data base and a processing module. The image-sensing module senses a scene to produce an image. | 09-12-2013 |
20130188874 | METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image processing method and an apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes the following steps: deriving a global motion vector between a first image and a second image and providing the first image, the second image and the global motion vector to a first application process, wherein the first image is the previous image of the second image; deriving a first compensated image and a second compensated image by performing a lens distortion compensation process on the first image and the second image respectively; deriving a compensated global motion vector corresponding to the first compensated image and the second compensated image by transforming and correcting the global motion vector; and providing the first compensated image, the second compensated image, and the compensated global motion vector to a second application process. | 07-25-2013 |
20130176477 | Lens Front Cap Module and Image Pickup Apparatus Thereof - A lens front cap module and an image pickup apparatus having a zooming barrel, a focusing barrel and a lens front cap body. Both zooming barrel and focusing barrel are hollow barrel shaped structures. The focusing barrel is installed in the zooming barrel. An abutting portion is formed on an inner wall of the zooming barrel. The lens front cap body comprises a driving plate and a vane module. The driving plate is installed at an end of the zooming barrel and has a central window aperture. A driving pin is axially extended from the driving plate. The vane module is disposed on a side of the zooming barrel for shielding or unshielding the central window aperture. When the abutting portion abuts the driving pin, the driving pin drives the driving plate to rotate, and to drive the vane module to shield the central window aperture. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176467 | Image Capturing Device, Dust Removal System and Vibrating Dust Removal Method Thereof - An image capturing device, a dust removal system and a vibrating dust removal method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image sensor, a vibrating dust removal unit, an optical component adapter, a detector, a touch screen and a controller. The image sensor receives an optical signal and converts the optical signal into an image signal. The vibrating dust removal unit produces a vibration to remove dust from the image sensor. The detector detects whether a detachable optical component is connected to the optical component adapter and generates a detecting signal. The touch screen displays the image signal and allows a user to designate a dust-removal position. The controller receives the detecting signal to enter into a dust-removal mode or controls the frequency or amplitude of the vibration produced by the vibrating dust removal unit according to the dust-removal position. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176466 | Image Capturing Device Capable of Reducing Smear Effect and Method for Reducing Smear Effect - A device and a method for reducing a smear effect. The device comprises an image sensing module and a smear reduction module. The image sensing module captures an image and optical black data generated from the optical area of the image sensing module. The smear reduction module searches the optical black data generated in the lower boundary of the optical black area corresponding to which generated in the upper boundary of the optical black area according to coordinates of the optical black data. Thereby, the smear reduction module can compute an offset line representing an offset of the optical black data, and the smear reduction module compensates the smear effect occurring in the image. | 07-11-2013 |
20130170700 | Image Capturing Device Capable of Simplifying Characteristic Value Sets of Captured Images and Control Method Thereof - An image capturing device capable of simplifying characteristic value sets of captured images and a control method thereof. The image capturing device comprises a characteristic conversion module, a data storage module, a characteristic simplification module, a template storage module and a recognition module. The characteristic conversion module converts an image captured by the image capturing device into a characteristic image, and the characteristic image includes a group of first characteristic value sets. The data storage module stores a lookup table which comprises second characteristic value sets. The characteristic simplification module performs a simplification process according to the lookup table to produce a simplified group of characteristic value sets. Finally, compares the simplified group of characteristic value sets with the plurality of templates stored in the template storage module to recognize a specific object in the image. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169758 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE - A three-dimensional (3D) image generating device including a first memory unit, a first (master) processor, and a second (slave) processor is provided. The first processor and the second processor respectively include a first image processing unit and a second image processing unit. The first processor further includes a data access unit. The first image processing unit and the second image processing unit respectively receive images representing a first human eye and a second human eye and generate a first image and a second image through image processing. The data access unit receives the first image from the first image processing unit and writes it into the first memory unit according to a predetermined 3D image format. The second image processed by the second image processing unit is transmitted to the data access unit and written into the first memory unit according to the predetermined 3D image format. | 07-04-2013 |
20130154514 | VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED LIGHT DIFFUSING MODULE, FLASH LAMP MODULE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF BASED ON FACE INFORMATION - A voltage-controlled light diffusing module, a flash lamp module and a controlling method thereof are provided. The voltage-controlled light diffusing module includes a light diffuser, a driving circuit and an information processing unit. The information processing unit receives face information for deciding a driving voltage of the driving circuit, so as to change transmission of the light diffuser. | 06-20-2013 |
20130136444 | Lens Barrier Device and Image Pickup Apparatus Thereof - A lens barrier device and an image pickup apparatus, comprising a moving barrel, a fixed barrel, a base plate, two vanes and a rotating plate. The base plate has a central window. Two vanes are inserted into the base plate and have a pivot and a control protrusion respectively. The rotating plate has a hollow part and two first grooves. A linking-up body is axially extended from the rotating plate, and has a first guiding protrusion. The moving barrel has a second guiding convex dot. The fixed barrel has a second groove and a third groove. The first guiding protrusion, the second guiding protrusion and the control convex dot are inserted into the first groove, the second groove and the third groove respectively. After the first guiding protrusion is driven, the rotating plate is linked to rotate to open or close the two vanes. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136171 | Video Signal Encoder/Decoder with 3D Noise Reduction Function and Control Method Thereof - A video signal encoder/decoder with a 3D noise reduction function and a method thereof. The encoder comprises a storage module, a motion estimation module, a motion compensation module, a first noise reduction module and a coding module. The storage module stores at least one reference image. The motion estimation module receives a first image from an image input end and estimates a motion vector in accordance with the first image and the reference image. The motion compensation module produces motion compensation according to the reference image and the motion vector. The first noise reduction module produces a first noise reduction value with a temporal sequence association according to the first image and the motion compensation. The coding module produces coding data according to the motion compensation and the first noise reduction value. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135761 | Barrel Driving Mechanism and Image Pickup Device Thereof - A barrel driving mechanism and an image pickup device thereof. The barrel driving mechanism comprises a fixing-barrel, a driving-barrel and a moving-barrel. The fixing-barrel has a first groove with a first stop-position and a first position. The driving-barrel disposed in the fixing-barrel has a second groove with a second stop-position and a second position. The driving-barrel has a first guiding protrusion inserted into the first groove. The moving-barrel disposed in the driving-barrel having a second guiding protrusion is inserted into the second groove. Wherein, the first stop-position to the first position and the second stop-position to the second position are slanted grooves. When the driving-barrel is rotated, the driving-barrel shifts a first axial distance and the moving-barrel shifts a second axial distance. The sum of the first axial distance and the second axial distance equals the total displacement of the moving barrel. | 05-30-2013 |
20130128061 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a processing method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image capturing module, an image separation module, an image stabilization module, a temporal noise reduction module, and a spatial noise reduction module. The image capturing module captures a plurality of Bayer pattern images. The image separation module decreases the Bayer pattern images in size and transforms them into a plurality of YCbCr format images. The image stabilization module receives Y channel images of the YCbCr format images and the Bayer pattern images to perform motion estimation, to produce a plurality of global motion vectors (GMVs). The temporal noise reduction module performs temporal blending process on the Bayer pattern images according to the GMVs, to produce first noise reduction images. The spatial noise reduction module performs 2-dimensional spatial noise reduction on the first noise reduction images to produce second noise reduction images. | 05-23-2013 |
20130120663 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSPOTING METHOD THEREOF - An interface circuit for an image receiving apparatus is disclosed. The interface circuit includes a plurality of signal transporting units, and each of the signal transporting units has a first signal receiving terminal and a second signal receiving terminal for receiving a first input signal and a second input signal respectively. Each of the signal transporting units compares the first input signal and the second input signal to generate a compare result. Each of the signal transporting units outputs the first input signal and the second input signal and/or the compare result according to a setting mode. | 05-16-2013 |
20130114949 | Camera Lens and Image Capturing Device Using the Same - A camera lens and an image capturing device using the same. The camera lens comprises a lens-barrel fixing-base, a driving barrel, a focusing lens-barrel and an elastic member. The lens-barrel fixing-base has a hollow part, which has a first supporting part. The first supporting part has a connecting part. The driving barrel has a groove formed at an inner wall of the driving barrel. The focusing lens-barrel has a guiding part, which is inserted into the groove for allowing the focusing lens-barrel to be axially moved in the driving barrel. The focusing lens-barrel has a second supporting part. The elastic member is a hollow-ring structure setting between the lens-barrel fixing-base and the focusing lens-barrel. One end of the elastic member is positioned against the first supporting part and the another end of the elastic member is positioned against the second supporting part. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113986 | Lens Driving Device and Lens Driving Method Thereof - A lens driving device and a lens driving method thereof The lens driving device comprises an image sensing element used to sense an image of an image pickup target; a focus lens group used to change a focus point of the image; a direct current motor used to drive and move the focus lens group; and a microcontroller electrically coupled to the image sensing element for receiving the image signal, and used to control the direct current motor to drive and move the focus lens group for changing the focus point of the image, such that a contrast ratio of the image signal will change. Also, the microcontroller calculates a contrast value according to the contrast ratio. A process of focusing is completed while the focus lens group is located at a position of a maximum contrast value corresponding to the image signal. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113962 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR PRODUCING BACKGROUND BLURRED IMAGE AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE THEREOF - An image processing method for producing background blurred image and an image capturing device thereof are provided. The image processing method for producing background blurred image includes following steps. First, a plurality of live-view images are continuously captured on a subject and a target image is captured. Next, a geometric correction on the live-view images is performed so as to produce a plurality of corrected live-view images. Then, a correlation comparison on the corrected live-view images is performed so as to produce a relative depth of field (DOF) map. Further, the relative DOF map is enlarged. Finally, a subject area containing a subject in the target image is determined according to the enlarged relative DOF map and a blurring processing on a remained area except for the subject area is performed so as to produce a background blurred image. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113062 | Lens Holder, Method for Manufacturing the Same and Image Capturing Device Thereof - A lens holder, a method for manufacturing the same and an image capturing device thereof. The lens holder comprises a hollow substrate, a filter, a hollow elastomer and a photodetector module. The hollow substrate comprises a photodetector accommodating space and a plurality of fixing mechanisms disposed around the photodetector accommodating space. The filter is disposed inside the photodetector accommodating space and covers a hollow section of the hollow substrate. The hollow elastomer is disposed on the filter. The photodetector module is disposed on the hollow elastomer and comprises a photodetector and a substrate. The substrate can be fixed onto the hollow substrate through the plurality of fixing mechanisms. Wherein, a plurality of protrusion parts extends from the hollow elastomer for holding the substrate. The aforementioned lens holder structure can be used to perform a tilt alignment of the photodetector efficiently. | 05-09-2013 |
20130084014 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGE INTERPOLATION - A processing method for image interpolation is provided. In the method, a contour containing a destination pixel and a plurality of contour pixels is produced and detected by using an edge detection method for a selected area in an original image. Next, two extreme points are identified from the contour pixels by judging the changing trend of brightness value of the contour pixels on the contour. Then using the changing trend and two extreme points determines whether the destination pixel is located at a transition area or a non-transition area. If the destination pixel is located at the non-transition area, an interpolation adjust value is calculated according to the brightness values of the two extreme points and the brightness value of the destination pixel. An interpolation result of the destination pixel is obtained by performing the interpolation on the selected area according to the interpolation adjust value. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082665 | Charger Calibrating Device and Calibrating Method Thereof - A charger calibrating device and a calibrating method thereof. The device comprises a control module and a processing module. The control module controls a charger to be calibrated to perform a first stage charging and a second stage charging on an electronic device. The processing module performs an adjusting process according to the second stage charging time for adjusting the high level period of the PWM signal in the charging circuit of the charger. In the adjusting process, generating an updated high level period by adding or decreasing a preset adjusting amplitude, and decrease the preset adjusting amplitude by half to generate an updated adjusting amplitude. The processing module terminates the calibrating process after repeating the aforementioned calibrating loop a preset number of times. | 04-04-2013 |
20130077257 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE - An electronic device including a main board, an image sensor heat dissipation structure and a lens module is provided. The image sensor heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation plate, a thermal interface layer, an image sensor package and a cover glass. The heat dissipation plate is fixed to the main board. The thermal interface layer is disposed on the heat dissipation plate. The image sensor package including a circuit board, a plurality of pads, an image sensor and an encapsulant is fixed to the thermal interface layer. The circuit board has an opening. The image sensor is electrically connected to the circuit board through the pads, wherein the light receiving surface faces the opening and the back surface faces the thermal interface layer. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076957 | Image Capturing Device Capable of Automatically Switching Clock of Memory and Control Method Thereof - An image capturing device capable of automatically switching the clock of the memory and a control method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a display module, an image buffer module, an operating module and a processing module. The operating module increases the clock of the image buffer module to a first clock, and works with the image capturing module to perform an image capturing process. After the image capturing process is finished, the processing module stops a timing generating unit in the operating module from sending a synchronizing signal to the display module, and controls the operating module to decrease the clock of the image buffer module from the first clock to a second clock. Finally, the processing module controls the timing generating unit to re-send the synchronizing signal to the display module. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076925 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR PLANARITY ADJUSTING MODULE - An electronic device having an image sensor planarity adjusting module is provided. The image sensor planarity adjusting module includes a moving base, an image sensing unit, a planarity adjusting plate and a plurality of supporting columns. Herein the top of the supporting columns substantially and uniformly support the planarity adjusting plate so as to adjust the image sensing unit to reach a predetermined planarity. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076426 | APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING CLOCK AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for providing clock and a method thereof are provided. The provided apparatus includes a frequency generation unit and a control unit. The frequency generation unit decides amplitude of a clock signal to be a first amplitude or a second amplitude in response to a mode signal. The frequency generation unit converts an external oscillation signal into the clock signal. The control unit receives the clock signal, and outputs the mode signal in response to a system status signal. The control unit outputs the clock signal to external when determining that the clock signal has a stable oscillation. When the system status signal is a power on signal, the first amplitude is used as the amplitude of the clock signal, and when the system status signal is a power off signal, the second amplitude smaller than the first amplitude is used as the amplitude of the clock signal. | 03-28-2013 |
20130070115 | Feature Data Compression Device, Multi-Directional Face Detection System and Detection Method Thereof - A feature data compression device, a multi-directional face detection system and a detection method thereof. The feature data compression device comprises a mirror unit and a transposition unit. The mirror unit compares and computes a plurality of feature values each other to obtain a position of each mutual symmetric feature value and abandoning one of each two symmetric feature values to form first mirrored data, or to obtain a position of the feature value with the highest weight value to form second mirrored data. The transposition unit transposes at least one image template with an angle based on a transposition table for obtaining transposed data. | 03-21-2013 |
20130057715 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTI-SHAKE MODULE - An electronic device including a main board, an anti-shake module and a lens module is provided. The lens module is disposed at a first surface or a second surface opposing the first surface of the main board. The anti-shake module includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), an image sensor, a carrier, a first and second guide rod, a first and second moving plate. The image sensor is fixed to the second moving plate and electrically connected with the FPCB. The first and second moving plates are movably disposed at the first and second guide rods respectively. Herein the first moving plate is adapted to move along the axis of first guide rod. The second moving plate is adapted to move together with the first moving plate. And the second moving plate is adapted to move along the axis of second guide rod. | 03-07-2013 |
20130022850 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a body, a battery, a cover, and a fixing member is provided. The body has a receiving trough. The battery moves in or out of the receiving trough along a moving axis. The cover is movably assembled to the body and moves between an opening position and a closing position relative to the receiving trough. The fixing member is disposed on the cover. While the cover moves from the opening position to the closing position, the cover pushes the battery into the receiving trough through the fixing member. When the cover is at the closing position, the fixing member leans against the battery along the moving axis to fix the battery within the receiving trough. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022236 | Apparatus Capable of Detecting Location of Object Contained in Image Data and Detection Method Thereof - An apparatus capable of detecting location of object contained in image data and its detecting method are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an image capturing module, a weight assignment module, and a processing module. The image capturing module is for capturing an image. The weight assignment module performs the pixel weight/probability assignment according to the priori information and the image, and figures out the initial gravity center of the object according to the object location initialization. The processing module performs the statistical analysis according to the result of the pixel weight/probability assignment and the initial gravity center of the object so as to obtain the analysis result and update the object location. The processing module determines whether or not the analysis result meets the preset value, if it does, the processing module outputs an estimated result; if it doesn't, the processing module repeats the foregoing processes. | 01-24-2013 |
20130016960 | Waterproof CameraAANM Yang; Te-WeiAACI Yangmei CityAACO TWAAGP Yang; Te-Wei Yangmei City TW - A waterproof camera including an image capturing module, a shell and a plurality of control buttons. The image capturing module is provided for capturing an image, and further includes a lens, which is a prism type lens installed in the camera. The shell is provided for sealing and covering the whole camera, and includes a window component made of a transparent material and installed correspondingly to a position of image capturing module. The control buttons are arranged on the shell for controlling an operation of the camera and the control buttons are sealed with the shell to achieve the waterproof effect of the camera. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016878 | Image Processing Device and Image Processing Method ThereofAANM Pan; Chia-HoAACI Tainan CityAACO TWAAGP Pan; Chia-Ho Tainan City TWAANM Chen; Shuei-LinAACI Kaohsiung CityAACO TWAAGP Chen; Shuei-Lin Kaohsiung City TWAANM Lee; I-HsienAACI Hsinchu CityAACO TWAAGP Lee; I-Hsien Hsinchu City TW - An image processing device and an image processing method thereof. The image processing device comprises a memory module, an object detection module and a processing module. The memory module is provided for storing a plurality of images captured by a camera module, and the image comprises at least one object. The object detection module retrieves one of the images as a reference image and compares the remaining images with the reference image to locate a region where the object with corresponding contour and color is situated. If the object detection module compares and determines that the object with the corresponding contour and color is situated in different regions of the reference image and the remaining images, the processing module will remove the corresponding object in the reference image or superimpose each corresponding object in the reference image simultaneously. | 01-17-2013 |
20130013846 | METHOD FOR STORING DATA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for storing data and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. Only data is written to a memory card when the electronic apparatus wants to store the data to the memory card. And file information and location information corresponding to the data stored in the memory card are recorded into a buffer block of the electronic apparatus. After a file closing action is executed, the file information and the location information recorded in the buffer block are written to the memory card. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011073 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IMAGE SIZE AFTER COMPRESSION - A method for estimating an image size after compression suitable for an electronic apparatus is provided. In the invention, a raw image is received, and the raw image is sampled for obtaining a sampling image. The sampling image is compressed at a plurality of testing parameters of compression respectively for obtaining a plurality of testing sizes after compression. An estimated math model is established according to the testing parameters of compression and the testing sizes after compression. A target parameter of compression corresponding to a target size after compression is calculated through the estimated math model. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011061 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD WITH FIXED COMPRESSION RATIO, IMAGE DECOMPRESSION METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device includes a multi-field sensor, a memory, and a codec wrapper module, in which the codec wrapper module includes at least one encoder and at least one decoder. The encoder compresses raw data of an image into an image bit stream with a compression ratio through the following steps. The image is segmented into various image bands. Storage space is allocated in the memory and is segmented into various compressed band regions according to the compression ratio and a bit stream length of the raw data. A starting position of each compressed band region is recorded as a current ending position. Lines, sequentially received, are compressed into compressed bit streams respectively. The compressed bit streams are sequentially written into the corresponding compressed band regions according to field indexes of the lines, an output field order, and a group formed by the image bands corresponding to the lines. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010161 | METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGE - A method for capturing an image, suitable for an image capturing apparatus with a flash lamp, is provided. In the invention, a pre-flash image is captured when a pre-flash is fired by the flash lamp. An intensity of a main flash is estimated. Whether the pre-flash image is overexposed is determined for calculating an overexposure number. A brightness comparison data is looked up according to the overexposure number and a brightness target value, so as to reduce a photosensitivity. A raw image is captured according to the reduced photosensitivity when the main flash is fired by the flash lamp. | 01-10-2013 |
20130006554 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ELECTRICITY RECORDING FUNCTION AND ELECTRICITY RECORDING METHOD THEREOF - This invention discloses an electronic device with electricity recording function and an electricity recording method thereof. The electronic device comprises a power module, a gauging module, a storage module and a processing module. A type and a level of the power module are gauged by the gauging module and stored by the storage module during a buffering time before the electronic device is shut down. When the electronic device is powered on, the processing module is used to take the type and the level of the power module from the storage module for reducing the waiting time of the electronic device when it is powered on. | 01-03-2013 |
20120327232 | Automobile Equipment Control System and Control Method Thereof - An automobile equipment control system and a control method thereof. The system comprises an input module, a storage module, an image capturing module, a first recognizing module, a second recognizing module and a processing module. The input module is used to input a plurality of vehicle equipment setting values. The storage module is used to save a plurality of facial characteristic values and a plurality of setting values of vehicle equipment. The image capturing module is used to capture the image of the user. The first recognizing module analyzes the facial image in the image and extracts a facial characteristic point from the facial image. The second recognizing module analyzes the user's hand gesture, the user's head gestures or what the user speaks so as to decide which setting value of vehicle equipment is adopted to control the vehicle equipment. | 12-27-2012 |
20120320234 | Device and Method for Predicting Photographing Timing - A device and a method for predicting photograph timing. First, a detection step is performed. Then, a face determination step is performed to determine whether or not a face is shown. A face-classifying step is then performed. If a detected image is a non-front face, a difference generation step is then performed. A difference determination step is performed when a plurality of differences are obtained to determine whether or not the sequentially adjoined differences are reduced, wherein if the sequentially adjoined differences are reduced, a photographing timing is predicted according to a reduction degree of the differences. As a result, the probability of successfully photographing the front face can be enhanced. In addition, a training database that has both front face information and non-front face information can be utilized. As a result, it is not easy to determine the non-front face as the front face incorrectly. | 12-20-2012 |
20120314123 | System and Method of Driving Shutter by Tendency of Moving Object - A system and method of driving shutter by an object moving tendency. In this method, an image capture process is performed, wherein a sensor captures a first image of a moving object in a first resolution in the image capture process. Then, a prediction moving module analyzes the first image to acquire a prediction time for the moving object to reach a feature position. Finally, an automatic shutter control process is performed according to the prediction time, and a second image with a second resolution is captured, wherein the value of the second resolution is larger than that of the first resolution. This method automatically captures the second image of the moving object when situated at the feature position by using the prediction moving system to analyze the moving object. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314102 | METHOD FOR STORING IMAGE - A method for storing image including the following steps is provided. Firstly, a raw image is obtained. Next, an image compressing process is executed for the raw image in a memory to obtain a compressed image and a plurality of compressed image information. Then, the compressed image and the plurality of compressed image information are moved to a continuous section of the memory. Afterwards, content of the continuous section is written to a compressed image file of a memory card. | 12-13-2012 |
20120308223 | ZOOM BUTTON STRUCTURE - A zoom button structure including a zoom button, a first middle band and a second middle band is provided. The first middle band has a first lock portion and a first body portion. The first lock portion extends from the first body portion and is located at a side of the zoom button. The second middle band has a second lock portion and a second body portion. The second lock portion extends from the second body portion and is located at the other side of the zoom button. Herein, the first lock portion and the second lock portion lock together and form an annular accommodating space. And the annular accommodating space surrounds and accommodates the zoom button. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307425 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND BATTERY LOCKING MODULE - A portable electronic device and a battery locking module capable to lock the battery and the battery slot cover in the housing of the portable electronic device through a locking element and an elastic element are provided. Especially, through the improvement design of the arrangement of the battery locking module in the housing, not only the inner space of the portable electronic device can be saved, a fool proof function is also provided since the battery slot cover is disabled to cover the opening of the battery slot if the battery is in a wrong position. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307077 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - An alignment apparatus for adjusting an image sensor is provided. The alignment apparatus includes a first stage, a second stage, a positioning aligned unit, and an adjustment unit. The second stage is floatingly disposed on the first stage. The image sensor is adapted to be disposed on the second stage. The positioning aligned unit connected between the first stage and the second stage constrains the second stage on a datum surface above the first stage. The positioning aligned unit coupled to the second stage drives the second stage to rotate along the datum surface. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE WITH SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD - A method and an apparatus for generating an image with shallow depth of field are provided. The present method includes following steps. A subject is photographed according to a first aperture value, so as to generate a first aperture value image. The subject is photographed according to a second aperture value, so as to generate a second aperture value image, wherein the second aperture value is greater than the first aperture value. The first aperture value image and the second aperture value image are analyzed to generate an image difference value. If the image difference value is greater than a threshold, an image processing is performed on the first aperture value image to obtain the image with shallow depth of field. | 12-06-2012 |
20120301025 | METHOD FOR GENERATING ALL-IN-FOCUS IMAGE - A method for generating an all-in-focus image is provided. In the method, a plurality of frames including one source frame and several reference frames captured at different focus lengths are obtained. After performing a motion compensation procedure on the frames, for each pixel position belonging to an edge, a characteristic similarity between the source frame and each reference frame is calculated respectively to accordingly select a plurality of qualified reference frames among the reference frames. The method further includes determining a first type color space component of the pixel position within an all-in-focus image by an edge sharpness corresponding to the pixel position within each of the source frame and the qualified reference frames, and determining a second type color space component of the pixel position within the all-in-focus image by an color brightness corresponding to the pixel position within each of the source frame and the qualified reference frames. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300120 | IMAGE MODULE - An image module including a sensor, a filter, and a shading plate is provided. The filter is disposed on the sensor, and the shading plate is disposed between the sensor and the filter. The shading plate has two opposite surfaces and two adhesion layers disposed thereon separately, such that the sensor and the filter are connected to the opposite surfaces of the shading plate. | 11-29-2012 |
20120297442 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless network accessing method adaptable to a portable electronic device is provided. The wireless network accessing method includes following steps. A wireless access point (WAP) is connected. An authentication webpage is received from the WAP. A layout of the authentication webpage is analyzed by using a database to find out an account field and a password field of the authentication webpage. An account and a password input by a user are received. The account field filled with the account and the password field filled with the password are sent to the WAP. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294599 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS OF IMAGE - A method for adjusting brightness of an image, suitable for an image capturing apparatus with a flash lamp, is provided. In the method, an intensity of a main flash of the flash lamp is raised, and a sensitivity is reduced. When the main flash is fired by the flash lamp, a raw image is captured according to the reduced sensitivity for calculating a brightness mean value. A gain ratio is calculated according to the brightness mean value and a brightness target, so as to use the gain ratio to compensate the brightness of the raw image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293705 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A method for processing images, suitable for an image capturing apparatus, is provided. In the present invention, a first image is captured. And a face recognition is executed for the first image so as to locate a face location of the first image. A second image is captured after adjusting a imaging magnification, and the face recognition is executed for the second image so as to obtain a face image. Next, the face image obtained from the second image is set at the face location of the first image for generating a composite image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120288215 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and the processing method thereof are provided. The device includes an image correcting module, an object-motion detection module and an image blending module. The image correcting module estimates a plurality of local motions of the non-selected images relative to the target image and a plurality of global motions, and performs a plurality of motion corrections to generate a plurality of corrected images. The object-motion detection module judges whether or not the difference between each of the local motions and the corresponding global motion is greater than a threshold value to generate a plurality of object-motion indicators. The image blending module performs an arithmetic operation on each pixel of the target image and each pixel of the corrected images according to the object-motion indicators so as to generate a super-resolution image. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287311 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital image processing device and processing method thereof are provided. The device includes a digital image capturing module, an image enlarging module, an image correcting module, and an image blending module. The digital image capturing module captures a plurality of first resolution images. The image enlarging module enlarges the first resolution images and produces a plurality of second resolution images. The image correcting module selects a target image and produces a plurality of corrected images. The image blending module performs direction gradient operation on each of the pixels of the target and corrected images and produces a plurality of gradient differential values. The image blending module performs a weighting sum operation on each of the pixels of the target and corrected images and produces a third resolution images. | 11-15-2012 |
20120281926 | IMAGE FILE PROCESSING METHOD - A processing method for image file includes the following steps. An image file of an image is obtained, in which the image file includes a bit stream and an Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) data. A band indicator and a minimum coded unit (MCU) indicator are read according to an expanded range. A referential DC coefficient is obtained according to a hybrid direct current (DC) coefficient corresponding to a first MCU covered by the expanded range. A sub-clip of the MCU covered by the corresponding expanded range in the bit stream is decoded according to the read band indicator, the MCU indicator and the referential DC coefficient, so as to obtain at least one MCU. | 11-08-2012 |
20120281120 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method and an image processing apparatus are provided. In the image processing method, each of a plurality of original images is divided into K bands, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. A plurality of local motions of each band in any two adjacent of the original images are calculated, and a global motion of each band is calculated according to the local motions of the band. A horizontal component velocity and a vertical component velocity of each band are generated according to the global motion and a capturing time difference. A plurality of transformation matrixes corresponding to the bands are generated according to the horizontal component velocities, the vertical component velocities, a row readout time, and the width of a valid area. One of the two adjacent original images is transformed according to the transformation matrixes to generate a compensated image. | 11-08-2012 |
20120275710 | METHOD OF MULTI-FRAME IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION - A method of multi-frame image noise reduction suitable for an image-capturing device includes following steps: obtaining a current frame and multiple reference frames; defining a mask and a target point in the mask; judging whether the target point pixel of the current frame is on an edge according to an edge map of the frame; when the pixel is on the edge, using the pixels in the reference frames on the edge to calculate a replacement result; when the target point pixel is not on the edge, using the pixels in the reference frames surrounding the target point to calculate a replacement result; after that, generating a pixel corresponding to the position of the target point in an output image according to the replacement result; further, moving the mask and going back to judge whether the pixel of the target point of the current frame is on the edge. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274843 | Image Capturing Device and Assembly Method Thereof - An image capturing device and its assembly method are disclosed. The image capturing device comprises a main board, a metal plate and a sensing unit. The main board comprises a first hollowed block. The metal plate comprises a second hollowed block corresponded to the first hollowed block and is disposed at one side of the main board. The sensing unit is disposed at the other side of the main board. The metal plate is parallel to the sensing element. The first hollowed block and the second hollowed block are filled by a fastening material. In addition, the image plane of the sensing unit is perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens set. Therefore, image quality is improved. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274788 | RESOLUTION TEST DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A resolution test device and a method thereof are provided. The resolution test method is adapted for testing a resolution of a camera device. The resolution test method includes providing a graph to the camera device, capturing a test image shot by the camera device, shifting an analyzing window a specific distance in a first direction from a static area to a first area on the test image, analyzing the first area to generate a first high-pass element, shifting the analyzing window back to the static area, shifting the analyzing window the specific distance in a second direction from the static area to a second area on the test image, analyzing the second area to generate a second high-pass element, generating a third high-pass element according to the first and the second high-pass element, and defining the resolution of the camera device according to the third high-pass element. | 11-01-2012 |
20120262603 | Image Capturing Device and Image Processing Method Thereof - An image capturing device and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a storage module and a processing module. The processing module, comprising a plurality of buffers, controls the image capturing module to capture the first image data, saves the first image data in the plurality of buffers sequentially, conducts image processing correspondingly, and generates processed data. Soon, the processing module conducts an image compression on the processed data and saves the processed data in the storage module. In addition, while conducting the image compression, the processing module controls the image capturing module to capture the second image data, saves the first image data in the plurality of buffers sequentially, and conducts image processing correspondingly. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261180 | Circuit Board - A circuit board is capable of reduce the effect of bowing. The circuit board comprises a substrate, a plurality of first vias, a plurality of second vias, and a plurality of first blocks. The substrate comprises a conductive layer outside the first blocks. The first vias pass through the substrate and the conductive layer. The first blocks would comprise the second vias, which passes through the substrate. The first vias and the first blocks can be individually or jointly disposed in a central area of the substrate, around a fastening hole, or around a circuit component. The fastening hole can be connected to at least one of the second vias by a conducting wire when the first block with the second vias is disposed around the fastening hole. | 10-18-2012 |
20120257359 | Circuit Layout of Image Capturing Device - A circuit layout of an image capturing device comprises a circuit board, an image capturing circuit, a flashlight circuit and a groove. The circuit board is a multilayered structure. The image capturing circuit is built on the circuit board. The flashlight circuit is built on the circuit board. The groove is formed on the multilayered structure of the circuit board and divides the circuit board into two areas where the image capturing circuit and the flashlight circuit are respectively disposed. The image capturing circuit is located at a first area, and the flash circuit is located at a second area. Therefore, the groove can prevent the interference between the image capturing circuit and the flashlight circuit. | 10-11-2012 |
20120251090 | CAMERA - A camera including a main body, a lens and a flashlight module is provided. The main body has an image capturing unit. The lens is disposed on the main body at a position corresponding to the image capturing unit for guiding lights to the image capturing unit. The flashlight module includes a first light source and second light sources. The first light source is disposed on the main body and has a first emitting area. The second light sources are disposed on the main body and surround the first light source. Each second light source has a second emitting area. The second emitting areas surround the first emitting area. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250945 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING OBJECT MOTION IN MULTI FRAMES - A method for analyzing object motion in multi frames adapted to an image capturing device is provided. Firstly, a plurality set of first sum of absolute difference (SAD) are obtained according to noise of the image capturing device under a plurality of light settings. Next, two frames are captured under a picturing light setting of the light settings. Then, a plurality of second SAD between the two frames are calculated. Afterwards, a plurality of object block within vein tracking of the object are found. Next, a local motion vector of each object block is respectively calculated according to the second SAD. Then, a first reliability of each object block is respectively calculated according to the second SAD and the set of the first SAD corresponding to the picturing light setting. Afterwards, the local motion vectors are estimated according to the first reliability to obtain a global motion vector. | 10-04-2012 |
20120224275 | AUTO FOCUSING LENS MODULE AND CALIBRATING METHOD THEREOF - An auto focusing lens module is provided, which includes a casing, a photo interrupter and a lens holder. The casing has a containing space. The photo interrupter is fixedly disposed on the casing and has a light-emitting surface and a light-sensing surface opposite to the light-emitting surface. The lens holder is disposed in the containing space and has a first obstacle and a second obstacle. The space between the first obstacle and the second obstacle keeps a calibrating interval. The lens holder is capable of moving to-and-fro along an axial direction to bring the first obstacle, the calibrating interval or the second obstacle to the space between the light-emitting surface and the light-sensing surface. The invention also provides a calibrating method suitable for the above-mentioned auto focusing lens module. | 09-06-2012 |
20120219238 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a geometric position obtaining unit, an image retrieving unit, and an image rectifying unit. The geometric position obtaining unit receives a geometric transformation parameter, a block size, and a tile size, obtains a plurality of base-point coordinates of the geometric transformation parameter according to the block size and the tile size, and builds a base-point coordinate table according to the base-point coordinates. The image retrieving unit reads the base-point coordinate table, scans the base-point coordinate table according a fixed block size to generate a plurality of reference image ranges, and respectively retrieves a plurality of partial image data of a to-be-processed image data according to each of the reference image ranges. The image rectifying unit rectifies each of the partial image data according to the geometric transformation parameter. | 08-30-2012 |
20120218279 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEMORY ACCESS METHOD THEREOF - A memory access method for processing images includes reading an image data from a main memory. The image data has display rows. Inner memories are configured to be memory blocks arranged in an order of data storage. First pixel data in an i | 08-30-2012 |
20120200675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF GENERATING IMAGE DATA HAVING PARALLAX, AND IMAGE SENSING MODULE - A method of generating image data having disparity (or parallax) using a digital image-capturing device, as well as a digital image-capturing device are disclosed. The feature is to rotate a focus lens of the digital image-capturing device at two opposite directions or to place a refractive sheet having two opposite refractive directions in front of an image sensor of the digital image-capturing device. Also disclosed are a method and a device of generating stereoscopic image using the generated image data having disparity. | 08-09-2012 |
20120194701 | Image Capturing Device and Image Correction Method Thereof - An image capturing apparatus and an image correction method thereof are provided. The image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing module, a sensing module, a storage module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures an image. The sensing module senses an included angle between the image capturing apparatus and a horizontal plane. The storage module stores a rotation compensation data table containing a plurality of offset angles and a plurality of rotation compensation values for pixels corresponding to each offset angle. According to a difference value between the angle and a preset angle, the processing module finds out the appropriate rotation compensation values in the rotation compensation data table for rotating and correcting the image. A calibrated image is then generated, and the calibrated image matches the image captured by the image capturing device at the preset angle. | 08-02-2012 |
20120188438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL LENS - A method and a system for controlling an external lens, applicable to a main device to control a lens module connected thereto, are provided. The main device provides power and storage medium for the lens module to use. In the present method, the lens module is connected to the main device, and a control program is downloaded from a memory unit of the lens module and installed in the main device. The control program is used to allow the main device to receive a control operation, accordingly control the lens module to execute a camera function, and finally display an execution result of the lens module executing the camera function. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188407 | Electronic Apparatus and Image Capturing Device - An electronic apparatus and an image capturing apparatus are provided. The image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing module and a processing module. The image capturing module captures an image having a plurality of pixels. The processing module looks up a table to process a rotation calibration or a tilt calibration toward the pixels to output a calibrated image. | 07-26-2012 |
20120177253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PANORAMA - A method and an apparatus for generating a panorama are provided. In the present method, a plurality of raw images of a scene is captured. A coarse motion estimation is executed on the raw images to obtain a coarse motion estimation result of the scene. In the meantime, the raw images inside a window of interest (WOI) are cropped to obtain a plurality of cropped images, and a fine motion estimation is executed on the cropped images according to the coarse motion estimation result of the scene, so as to obtain a fine motion estimation result of the scene. The raw images are stitched and blended according to the fine motion estimation result, so as to generate the panorama. | 07-12-2012 |
20120174143 | Television System with Face Recognition, Multimedia Reproducing System - A television system with face recognition, a multimedia reproducing system and a reproducing system control method thereof are disclosed. The multimedia reproducing system comprises a multimedia module, a storage module, an image capture module and a face recognition module. The storage module stores a user's facial feature parameter and watch rate. The face recognition module detects a face image from an image captured by the image capture module, and recognizes the user corresponding to the face image according to the facial feature parameters stored in the storage module. The multimedia module filters the multimedia contents according to the corresponding user's watch rate. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170868 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE - An image management method of a digital photography device including the followed steps is provided. Firstly, a digital image is captured according to a capturing instruction. Next, the digital image is analyzed to determine whether the digital image is successful or not. If the digital image is analyzed as a failed image, the digital image is stored in a specific folder. If the digital image is analyzed as a successful image, the digital image is stored in a playback folder. Thus, the digital images of the digital photography device can be efficiently managed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170846 | METHOD FOR DETECTING STREAK NOISES IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for detecting streak noises in a digital image including the following steps is provided. Firstly, an exposure value of a camera is decreased, and a digital image is captured under exposure with a homogeneous background light source by the camera. Secondly, a circular region of interest (ROI) is extracted from the digital image. Next, projection values of the circular ROI corresponding to a plurality of rotation angles are calculated. Then, the projection values are respectively converted into amplitudes of the rotation angles. Afterwards, a maximum amplitude is found from the amplitudes. Finally, the maximum amplitude is compared with a threshold value to judge whether a streak noise exists in the digital image. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170817 | VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle apparatus control system and method thereof are disclosed. The vehicle apparatus control system comprises a data storage module, an image capturing module, a face recognition module and a control module. The data storage module stores multiple registered users' facial feature parameters and vehicle apparatus setting parameters, and integration setting data. The face recognition module detects several facial images contained in the captured image and recognizes the users corresponding to the face images according to the facial feature parameters stored in data storage module. The control module set a vehicle apparatus according to the integration setting data, and the corresponding users' vehicle apparatus setting parameters. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169915 | Image Capturing Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus - An image capturing apparatus and an electronic apparatus are described. The image capturing apparatus comprises a body, a flash lamp, a lens and a fill lamp. The flash lamp is disposed on the body and emits a flash light, and the lens is also disposed on the body. The lens collects and provides lights to an image sensing unit disposed inside the body to generate images. The fill lamp is disposed on the lens and electronically connects to the body. The fill lamp further locates on the direction of the flash lamp facing the lens, and thus provides lights as a filled light when the lens shields the light emitted by the flash lamp. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169901 | Electronic apparatus, image capturing device and method for automatically capturing image thereof - An electronic apparatus, an image capturing device and a method for automatically capturing an image thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a sensing module and a processing module. The image capturing module is used to capture an image corresponding to a scene through a capturing window. The sensing module senses a brightness value of the scene. The processing module is used to divide the capturing window into a plurality of blocks, and control the sensing module to decide whether the brightness value of each block has been changed. When the brightness value of any block has been changed, the processing module controls the image capturing module to capture the image. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169898 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND BOOTING METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus and a booting method thereof are provided. In the method, a power-on signal is received, and then memory card plug information is read to determine whether a memory card of the image capturing apparatus has been plugged out in a power-off period of the image capturing apparatus. If it is determined that the memory card has not been plugged out, a previously recorded free space and a previously recorded file index table of the memory card are directly read, so as to accordingly boot the image capturing apparatus. If it is determined that the memory card has been plugged out, the free space of the memory card is re-calculated and a file sorting procedure is executed to generate the file index table, so as to accordingly boot the image capturing apparatus. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169893 | Image Capturing Device and Image Capturing Method Thereof - An image capturing device and an image capturing method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a plurality of temporary images corresponding to a scene. The processing module sequentially analyzes the temporary images and generates a plurality of analysis results. The processing module dynamically adjusts the sampling time of the image capturing module capturing each temporary image according to the analysis results. Moreover, the processing module selects some of the plurality of temporary images according to the analysis results to integrate images. The image capturing module stops capturing the temporary images based upon a stop signal, and finally a storage image is generated. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169885 | Camera Lens Calibration System - The invention is discloses a camera lens calibration system and method thereof, which comprise a calibration platform, the calibration platform comprise a calibration structure. A calibration camera lens to be calibrated is placed on the calibration platform. An image testing module is provided for capturing a target pattern from a target pattern display through the calibration camera lens to be calibrated for getting an image pattern. The image testing module provides a contrast parameter computation for calculating the contrast parameter of image pattern and showing results on a display. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169865 | Image Capturing Device with Waterproofing - An image capturing device with waterproofing, comprising a main body, a first sensing unit, and a pressure control module. The main body has a containing space for containing an electronic component set. The first sensing unit is disposed at the outside of the main body and used for sensing the pressure where the main body is located to obtain a first pressure value. The pressure control module is disposed in the containing space of the main body and electrically connected to the first sensing unit. By using a second pressure sensing unit to sense the pressure of the containing space, the pressure control module obtains a second pressure value and compares the relative deviation of the first pressure value and the second pressure value through a processing unit to adjust the inner pressure of the image capturing devices. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169846 | METHOD FOR CAPTURING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A method for capturing a three dimensional (3D) image by using a single-lens camera is provided. First, a first image is captured. According to a focus distance of the single-lens camera in capturing the first image and an average distance between two human eyes, an overlap width between the first image and a second image required for capturing the second image of the 3D image is calculated. Then, the first image and a real-time image captured by the single-lens camera are displayed, and an overlap area is marked on the first image according to the calculated overlap width. A horizontal shift of the single-lens camera is adjusted, to locate the real-time image in the overlap area. Finally, the real-time image is captured as the second image, and the first and second images are output as the 3D image. | 07-05-2012 |
20120169465 | Vehicle Apparatus Control System and Method Thereof - A vehicle apparatus control system is used to control at least one piece of vehicle equipment in a vehicle, and includes a data storage module, an image capture module, a face recognition module, and a control module. The data storage module stores a plurality of facial expression parameters therein. The face recognition module detects a face image from an image captured by the image capture module and determines a facial expression in the face image based on the facial expression parameters. The control module controls the vehicle equipment to enter into a first state based on the facial expression. When the facial expression is recognized as a sleeping facial expression, the control module controls the vehicle seat to move into a horizontal position and mutes a vehicle stereo. A vehicle apparatus control method for controlling at least one piece of vehicle equipment in a vehicle is also disclosed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120168825 | Charged Coupled Device Module and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A charged coupled device (CCD) module fixed between a lens assembly and a main board having a first plate surface is disclosed. The CCD module comprises a hard PCB having a first surface and a second surface, a CCD component, and at least one fixed member. The first surface of the hard PCB faces the first plate surface of the main board. The CCD component facing the lens assembly is located on the second surface of the hard PCB. The fixed member is used for combining the hard PCB and the main board. The hard PCB and the fixed member can be used as a buffer to reduce possible damages to the CCD component and/or the main board. | 07-05-2012 |
20120167696 | Height Adjustment Structure of Printed Circuit Board and Height Adjustment Method Thereof - A height adjustment structure of printed circuit board and the adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The height adjustment structure includes an electronic device main body, a circuit board body and an adjusting component. The electronic device main body includes at least one fixing part. The circuit board body is disposed on a surface of the electronic device main body at which the fixing part is located. The circuit board body includes at least one stuck part, wherein the stuck part is disposed along the edge of the circuit board body and corresponds to the fixing part; further, the stuck part recesses inwards into the circuit board body to form a U shape. One end of the adjusting component movably penetrates the fixing part and being screw locked thereon, and another end of the adjusting component is embedded to the stuck part. | 07-05-2012 |
20120164605 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An interactive learning system and method is provided. The interactive system includes a camera device and an interactive device. The camera device executes a functional operation, and transforms the functional operation into executive information. Then, the camera device transmits the executive information to the interactive device. The interactive device generates guiding information for guiding a user to operate the camera device according to model information of the camera device, and transmits the guiding information to the camera device so as to control the camera device to execute a guiding operation related to the guiding information. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162473 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and a method thereof. The image capturing method comprises the following steps of: capturing a plurality of temporal images by an image capturing module, each temporal image comprising at least one similar region; determining whether or not each temporal image having at least one similar object except the similar region by a processing module; integrating the similar object and similar region by the processing module to output an output image when each temporal image having at least one similar object. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162459 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PATCHWORK METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus and an image patchwork method are disclosed. The image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing module and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a plurality of temporary images. The processing module is used to separate an image capturing window to form a plurality of image blocks, and control the image capturing apparatus to capture the temporary images according to the image blocks. The captured temporary images are patchworked sequentially into the image blocks by the processing module so as to generate a patchwork image. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162447 | Electronic Device, Image Capturing Device and Control Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an electronic device, an image capturing device and a control method thereof. The image capturing device comprises a vibration sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The vibration sensing unit detects the vibration of the image capturing device to generate the vibration information correspondingly. The storage unit stores a plurality personal setting files. The processing unit is electronically connected to the vibration sensing unit and the storage unit. Also, the processing unit, based on the vibration information, generates an analysis result automatically or upon receipt of the trigger signal, and stores the analysis result in one of the plurality of personal setting files. | 06-28-2012 |
20120141101 | Multiple Anti-Shake System and Method Thereof - A multiple anti-shake system and a method thereof applied to a camera device. The system comprises a sensing module, a first anti-shake module and a second anti-shake module. The sensing module detects the vibration signal of the camera device and the first anti-shake module is actuated to perform a first vibration compensation according to the vibration signal, therefrom calculates a residual vibration amount according to said first vibration compensation. The second anti-shake module thereby further performs a second vibration compensation to determine the set parameter of multi-frame blending. Thereby, the user can obtain a clear image by immediately processing a blurred image through a compensation process. | 06-07-2012 |
20120127348 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing device and an image synthesis method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, an exposure module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a scene image corresponding to a scene. The exposure module meters the light of scene to generate a plurality of histograms. The processing module calculates a plurality of discrete values of the scene image in different exposure conditions according to the histograms. Further, based upon at least two highest discrete values, the processing module processes the scene image to generate at least two temporary images in at least two different brightness conditions, and synthesizes the temporary images to generate a high dynamic range image. | 05-24-2012 |
20120124468 | Electronic Apparatus Having a Touch-Controlled Interface and Method of Displaying Figures Related to Files within a certain Time Period - An electronic apparatus having a touch-controlled interface includes a display unit, a touch-controlled unit, and a display interface. The touch-controlled unit is provided on the display unit, while the display interface is arranged on the display unit for showing figures related to files. When the touch-controlled unit is touched, a signal is generated to make the display interface respond. Further, the display interface shows a time scroll bar, and a user may touch different points of the time scroll bar to define a time period, and thus the display interface is made to show the figures of target files accessed in the time period. Furthermore, a display method includes steps of displaying the figures of files via the display interface, touching the time scroll bar on the display interface to define the time period, and displaying the figures of target files accessed in the time period via the display interface. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120284 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Capturing Apparatus and Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and a method thereof. The image capturing method comprises the steps of: capturing a plurality of temporal images by an image capturing module; setting one of the temporal images as a base image by a processing module; determining whether the difference between the temporal images and the base image is over a predetermined range by the processing module; if yes, deleting the temporal image by the processing module; combining the else temporal images and the base image and correspondingly generating an output image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120279 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and an image synthesis method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, an exposure module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a high bit-depth scene image corresponding to a scene. The exposure module meters the light of the scene to generate a plurality of histograms. The processing module calculates a plurality of discrete values of different exposure conditions of the high bit-depth scene image based on the plurality of histograms, processes the high bit-depth scene image to generate at least two low bit-depth temporary images in different brightness conditions based on at least two highest discrete values, and synthesizes the at least two low bit-depth temporary images in different brightness conditions to generate a high dynamic range image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120263 | Image Capturing Device and Exposure Time Adjusting Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and an exposure time adjusting method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a processing module and an image integrated module. The image capturing module is used to capture a plurality of temporary images. While the image capturing module captures the temporary images, the processing module dynamically adjusts the exposure times of the temporary images according to a predetermined file, a plurality of analysis results of the temporary images or the vibration information sensed by a vibration sensor. Next, the image integrated module controlled by a control module in the processing module integrates the temporary images to generate a stored image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120106861 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD - A compressing method is applicable to compress of an image at a fixed compression ratio, in which the image has a raw data. The compression method includes the steps of receiving the raw data with a predetermined length as a compression unit; compressing the compression unit into a compressed bit stream, wherein a total length of the compressed bit stream being not larger than a target bit stream length; when the total length of the compressed bit stream is smaller than the target bit stream length, appending a dummy code to the compressed bit stream, so that a bit stream length of the compressed bit stream with the dummy code is equal to the target bit stream length; and repeating steps until the raw data is compressed into an image bit stream. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106860 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method applied to an image processing device is capable of implementing bitstream stitching technique after interrupting image processing process. The image processing method includes steps of processing the i-th slice of N slices in an image to generate a plurality of first processed data; storing the first processed data in a memory unit; once an interrupting request is generated according to a requested process, storing stitching information associated with the last first processed data after processing the i-th slice; stopping processing the image and executing the requested process according to the interrupting request; continuing to process the (i+1)-th slice of the N slices to generate a plurality of second processed data after the requested process is finished; and storing the second processed data after the last first processed data in the memory unit according to the stitching information. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106783 | OBJECT TRACKING METHOD - An object tracking method includes steps of obtaining multiple first classifications of pixels within a first focus frame in a first frame picture, wherein the first focus frame includes an object to be tracked and has a first rectangular frame in a second frame picture; performing a positioning process to obtain a second rectangular frame; and obtaining color features of pixels around the second rectangular frame sequentially and establishing multiple second classifications according to the color feature. The established second classifications are compared with the first classifications sequentially to obtain an approximation value, compared with a predetermined threshold. The second rectangular frame is progressively adjusted, so as to establish a second focus frame. By analyzing color features of the pixels of the object and with a classification manner, the efficacy of detecting a shape and size of the object so as to update information of the focus frame is achieved. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105596 | METHOD FOR COMPOSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE WITH LONG FOCAL LENGTH AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for composing a three dimensional image with a long focal length and a three dimensional imaging system are provided. First, a zoom lens is adjusted to a first focal length to capture a first image and a fixed focal lens is used to capture a second image. Next, the zoom lens is adjusted to a second focal length to capture a third image. Then, a region occupied by the third image in the first image is positioned, a first disparity map between the first and second image in the region is calculated and magnified to obtain a second disparity map. Finally, a fourth image simulating the image captured by the fixed focal lens with the second focal length is composed by using the third image and the second disparity map, and the third and fourth image are output as a three dimensional image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105595 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for generating a three dimensional image and a three dimensional imaging system are provided. The three-dimensional imaging system includes a left lens and a right lens. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, the left-eye image and the right-eye image are analyzed, so as to find a left-eye overlapped image and a right-eye overlapped image. Then, color parameters of the left-eye overlapped image and the right-eye overlapped image are respectively calculated and used to adjust the color parameters of the whole left-eye image and the whole right-eye image, such that the color parameter of the left-eye overlapped image matches that of the right-eye overlapped image. Finally, the adjusted left-eye image and right-eye image are output as a three dimensional image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120098999 | IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD COMBINED FACIAL RECOGNITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA FUNCTION THEREOF - The present invention discloses an image information display method combined with facial recognition and an electronic device with camera function thereof. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A recognition module recognizes the facial features of persons in the image. A touch screen displays the image and a linking icon in an area of the image. While detecting that the link icon is touched, a processing module generates a display command and sends it to the touch screen. Thus, the touch screen shows a flip process and then displays the image information. Therefore, it is more convenient for users to use an electronic device with camera function. | 04-26-2012 |
20120093494 | SMART PHONE WITH LENS - The present invention discloses a smart phone with a lens comprising a main body, a circuit board, a lens module, a speaker module and a flash module. The main body includes a rear casing having a circuit board mount formed at a lower portion of an inner surface of the rear casing, a lens mount formed at a position adjacent to an upper side of the circuit board mount and attached onto a lateral edge of the rear casing, and a speaker mount formed at an upper edge of the inner surface of the rear casing corresponding to another lateral edge of the rear casing. The circuit board is mounted in the circuit board mount. The lens module is mounted in the lens mount. The speaker module is mounted in the speaker mount. The flash module is mounted between the lens module and the upper edge of the rear casing. | 04-19-2012 |
20120093394 | METHOD FOR COMBINING DUAL-LENS IMAGES INTO MONO-LENS IMAGE - A method for combining dual-lens images into a mono-lens image, suitable for a three-dimensional camera having a left lens and a right lens is provided. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, a disparity between each of a plurality of corresponding pixels in the left-eye image and the right-eye image is calculated. Then, an overlap area of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is determined according to the calculated disparities of pixels. Finally, the images within the overlap area of the left-eye image and the right-eye image are combined into the mono-lens image. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092814 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND KEY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electronic device and a key supporting structure thereof are disclosed. The key supporting structure includes a main body, at least one operating key, and a supporting member. The main body includes an opening, within which the at least one operating key and a display device are located. The supporting member is located behind and corresponding to the at least one operating key for supporting the same. By providing the supporting member behind the operating key, the display device can be arranged to closely adjoin the operating key without the need of providing any frame structure between them while the electronic device can still have a structural strength satisfying product tests according to the relevant industry codes. Meanwhile, the display device can have the largest possible size on the electronic device. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092534 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method, applicable to a digital image device, includes the following steps. At least one original image of different brightness ranges is captured, and more images of different brightness ranges are generated from the original image by using an image post-processing technique. Based on characteristics of the image of each brightness range, the weights of the image of each brightness range are defined. Then, hierarchical fusion is performed on the images of the different brightness ranges according to weight relations, so as to form a high-dynamic-range image capable of presenting features of each brightness range. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE WITH SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD - A method and an apparatus for generating an image with shallow depth of field, suitable for a three-dimensional imaging system having a left lens and a right lens, are provided. First, the left lens and the right lens are used to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image. Next, a disparity between each of a plurality of corresponding pixels in the left and right-eye images is calculated. Then, the depth information of each pixel is estimated according to a focus of the left and right lens, a lens pitch between the left lens and the right lens, and the calculated disparity of each pixel. Finally, the pixels in the left-eye image and the right-eye image are blurred according to the focus of the left lens and the right lens and the estimated depth information of each pixel, so as to obtain the image with shallow depth of field. | 04-19-2012 |
20120091945 | DIGITAL FLASH CHARGER CONTROLLER - A digital flash charger controller includes a transformer, a power supply element, and an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). A secondary side of the transformer is electrically connected to an energy storage device, and the power supply element is used to supply an electric power to a primary side of the transformer. The ASIC outputs a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal to control whether the electric power is input to the primary side, and the ASIC converts a sensing signal generated at the secondary side of the transformer to a digital signal, and tracks a sensing negative edge of the sensing signal according to the digital signal to adjust a cutoff time of the PWM signal, such that the next pulse positive edge approaches the corresponding sensing negative edge. | 04-19-2012 |
20120090879 | FLEXIBLE PRINT CIRCUIT BENDING METHOD FOR CONNECTING IN A PHONE AND FLEXIBLE PRINT - The present invention discloses a flexible print circuit board bending method for connecting in a smart phone and a flexible print circuit board thereof. In the method, several portions of a flexible print circuit board is bend to suit multiple electronic units mounted on the front or rear casing of a smart phone. Consequently, there is only one surface of the flexible print circuit board needs to be processed to dispose connecting points, so cost of manufacturing the smart phone could be decreased. Besides, bending the flexible print circuit board to suit the electronic units could avoid space waste in the smart phone, such that helps to efficiently narrow down the scale of the smart phone. | 04-19-2012 |
20120086836 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Capturing Apparatus, and Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and a method thereof. The image capturing method comprises the following steps of: capturing a plurality of temporal images by an image capturing module, and setting one of the temporal images as a base image by a processing module; dividing each temporal image into a plurality of temporal image blocks, and dividing the base image into a plurality of base image blocks by the processing module; determining whether the difference between each temporal image block and the corresponding base image block is lower than a threshold value by the processing module; integrating the temporal image block and the corresponding base image block to generate a final image by the processing module when the difference between the temporal image block and the corresponding base image block is lower than the threshold value. | 04-12-2012 |
20120069231 | UNLOCKING METHOD OF A TOUCH SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA FUNCTION THEREOF - An unlocking method of a touch screen and an electric device with camera function thereof are disclosed. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A touch screen shows an application function icon, a shooting mode icon, an activate area and a slide path connecting the icons and the activate area while the touch screen is locked. A processing module is electrically connected with the camera module and the touch screen. While detecting that the application function icon or the shooting mode icon is dragged to the activate area through the slide path, the processing module transmits an unlocking signal to the touch screen. The touch screen unlocks according to the unlocking signal and shows a screen of application function operation or a screen of camera function. Therefore, users would feel more convenient than before while using an electric device with camera function. | 03-22-2012 |
20120063756 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION MODULE AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE HAVING PERIPHERAL DRIVER CHIP - A photographic device having an optical image stabilization (OIS) module includes a compensation unit, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a first vibration detection unit, a second vibration detection unit, a first actuator, a second actuator and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU includes an anti-shake processing unit. The anti-shake processing unit processes vibration signals output by the first vibration detection unit and the second vibration detection unit and position signals output by the first position sensor and the second position sensor, and drives the first actuator and the second actuator to adjust positions of the compensation unit in the first direction and in the second direction and further compensate the shake of the photographic device having the OIS module in the first direction and in the second direction. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062754 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SHOOTING PARAMETERS OF DIGITAL CAMERA - An adjusting method for adjusting shooting parameters is applied to adjust the shooting parameters according to stability of a camera. In the method, an image is captured first, and an edge-detection procedure is performed on the image to obtain a still value corresponding to a stable state of the camera. Then, shooting parameters, such as a photosensitivity value, an exposure time, or an aperture value, of the camera are adjusted according to the still value. | 03-15-2012 |
20120044389 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGE - A method generates a super resolution (SR) image by the steps of receiving a plurality of images corresponding to the same shot target; selecting one of the images as a basic image, and using the images except the basic image as a plurality of reference images; processing the reference images by using a geometric coordinate correction procedure according to the basic image, so as to generate a plurality of corrected images respectively corresponding to the reference images; and performing a resolution enhancement procedure on the basic image and the corrected images, so as to generate the SR image. | 02-23-2012 |
20120019709 | ASSISTING FOCUSING METHOD USING MULTIPLE FACE BLOCKS - A method using multiple face blocks for assisting focusing is applicable in an image capture device. The assisting focusing method includes the following steps. A focusing image is captured individually at a focusing distance. The focusing image has a plurality of face blocks. The face blocks in the focusing image are detected. Clarities of the face blocks in the focusing image are calculated with the image capture device. A face focal length corresponding to the face block is calculated according to the clarity corresponding to the face block. A target focal length is obtained according to the face focal length. | 01-26-2012 |
20120008038 | ASSISTING FOCUSING METHOD FOR FACE BLOCK - An assisting focusing method is applicable in an image capture device having an auto focusing (AF) procedure. The AF procedure has a preset sampling interval. The assisting focusing method includes the following steps. An image for focusing is captured. A face parameter of a face block in the image for focusing is calculated. According to the face parameter, a parameter-to-focus conversion table is looked up to acquire a focusing section. According to the focusing section and a face sampling interval, the AF procedure is performed to acquire a target focus. The face sampling interval is smaller than the preset sampling interval. | 01-12-2012 |
20120002081 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHOTOSENSITIVENESS OF DIGITAL CAMERA - A method for adjusting photosensitiveness is able to determine a relative distance of an object in an image capture area through images captured before and after pre-flash of a flash lamp, so that the relative distance serves as a reference for adjusting current photosensitiveness of the digital camera, thereby capturing an image having better quality in a status that the flash lamp provides a fill light. | 01-05-2012 |
20110317932 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD WITH VARIABLE QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS AND VARIABLE CODING PARAMETERS - An image compression method is used for processing a plurality of pixels of an image. The image compression method includes the steps of receiving N pixels; analyzing the N pixels and generating a content type corresponding to the N pixels; obtaining a quantization parameter and a coding parameter corresponding to the N pixels according to the content type and a currently available buffer space value; obtaining N quantized differences corresponding to the N pixels through a prediction and quantization way according to values of the N pixels and the quantization parameter; and encoding the N quantized differences according to the N quantized differences and the coding parameter. | 12-29-2011 |
20110310273 | RESOLUTION ADJUSTING METHOD - A method for adjusting resolution is applicable to an image capturing device, such that the image capturing device can analyze an amount of objects in the image captured thereby and determine a resolution for storing the image according to the amount of objects in the image, thereby making use of storage resources effectively. It is determined whether to zoom in/out the captured image or to lower the resolution of the image capturing device by analyzing the amount of the objects in the captured image and comparing the analyzed amount of the objects with one or more threshold values. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310263 | IMAGE RESOLUTION ADJUSTING METHOD - An image resolution adjusting method is applicable to an image capturing device, such that the image capturing device can analyze an image quality of the captured image and determine a resolution for storing a captured image according to a blur degree of the captured image. Therefore, it can make use of storage resources effectively. | 12-22-2011 |
20110299791 | LOSSLESS IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD - A compression method is used for processing an image having a plurality of pixels, in which an image width of the image is W. The compression method includes the steps of selecting N continuous pixels from the image, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2 and is less than the image width W; performing differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) so as to obtain N non-negative differences corresponding to the N pixels according to values of the N pixels; calculating to obtain a coding parameter according to the N non-negative differences; and coding the N non-negative differences according to the coding parameter. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299790 | IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD WITH VARIABLE QUANTIZATION PARAMETER - An image compression method s used for processing a plurality of pixels of an image. The image compression method includes the steps of receiving N successive pixels; obtaining N pixel differences and N map differences corresponding to the N pixels according to values of the N pixels through differential pulse code modulation; calculating to obtain a quantization reference value corresponding to the N pixels according to the N pixel differences; obtaining a quantization parameter corresponding to the N pixels according to the quantization reference value; and encoding the N map differences according to the quantization parameter. | 12-08-2011 |
20110285876 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND BRIGHTNESS CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A digital image capture device and a brightness correction method thereof are described. The digital image capture device is adapted to correct the brightness value of a shot object in a digital image through the compensation of a strobe during shooting. The method includes setting a shooting magnification of the digital image capture device to the shot object; capturing a pre-shot image at least including the image of the shot object; triggering a strobe to emit a main flash onto the shot object, so as to shoot a digital image; setting a plurality of light measuring areas in the digital image; calculating a corresponding object distance of the shot object from each of the light measuring areas; establishing a shading table according to each of the object distances; and loading the shading table to adjust the brightness value of each of the light measuring areas in the digital image. | 11-24-2011 |
20110255783 | IMAGE FILE PROCESSING METHOD - An processing method is used for processing an image file of an image, in which the image is divided into a plurality of image blocks, and at least one row of the minimum coded units sequentially define the image as a plurality of bands. The processing method includes the following steps. An image file of an image is supplied, in which the image file includes a bit stream and exchangeable image file (EXIF) data. A band indicator of the EXIF data is read according to an expanded range. A segment in the bit stream corresponding to a band encompassed by the expanded range is decoded according to the read band indicator corresponding to the band of the expanded range, so as to obtain the band. | 10-20-2011 |
20110235936 | ROUTABLE IMAGE PIPELINE DEVICE - An image pipeline device is used for processing an image. The device comprises an external memory, a direct memory access (DMA), an image pipeline controller, and a filter layer. The image pipeline controller comprises a physical memory allocation (PMA) having a physical buffer unit, and a first array controller for configuring the physical buffer unit as a corresponding first logic buffer unit. The filter layer comprises a first filter set electrically connected to the first array controller correspondingly and having a plurality of filters. The first filter set receives the image through the first array controller, processes the image selectively according to the first logic buffer unit and the filters, and stores the processed image back to the external memory through the DMA. | 09-29-2011 |
20110158628 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF CAMERA SAFE SHUTTER - An automatic adjustment method of camera safe shutter includes: count the number of taking pictures with the same exposure time and record their blur degree; determine whether the minimum among the taking pictures counts is arrived at a predetermined threshold, if yes, average all blur degree records which are related with the same exposure time to get an average blur index for each of the exposure times, if no, continue to count the number of taking pictures; determine the average blur indexes whether are all larger than a threshold value, if no, average several slowest exposure times whose average blur indexes are larger than the threshold value as a new safe shutter speed, if yes, select the fastest exposure time level among the levels which are slower than current safe shutter as a new safe shutter speed. Thereby, users can take clear pictures easily. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158515 | METHOD FOR REMOVING COLOR FRINGE IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for removing color fringe is presented. First, detection and correction of color fringe are performed on an original-size image and a small-size image respectively, so as to generate respective corrected images and corresponding color fringe maps. Then, the corrected small-size image and its corresponding color fringe map are enlarged to the same resolution as the original-size image. Finally, the two corrected images are blended according to the respective corresponding color fringe maps. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158514 | METHOD FOR REMOVING COLOR FRINGE IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for removing color fringe is presented. Separated luminance and chrominance (YCbCr) signals of a digital image are analyzed through specific color detection, luminance detection, and gradient color detection, so as to determine whether color fringe occurs to each pixel in the digital image, thereby correcting pixels with color fringe. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157465 | LOOK UP TABLE UPDATE METHOD - An update method for look up table (LUT) is suitable for an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a multiple-interpolation lookup table device having an execution LUT, and the LUT update method updates the multiple-interpolation lookup table device according to a source LUT. The update method includes the steps of dividing the source LUT into a plurality of sub LUTs; and using the sub LUTs to respectively update content of the execution LUT in a plurality of vertical blanking intervals (VBIs). | 06-30-2011 |
20110157426 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A video processing apparatus and a video processing method are used to capture a view region as a video result. The video processing apparatus includes a video sensor, a temporary memory, and a video pipeline. The video sensor captures the view region at a sensor frame rate and generates a video having a plurality of frames. The video pipeline receives one of the frames directly from the video sensor to serve as a first frame. The video pipeline processes the first frame to generate a temporary result frame, and then generates a video result at a video frame rate according to the temporary result frame and a second frame directly received from the video sensor, wherein the video frame rate is smaller than the sensor frame rate. The video processing method captures the view region as the video result by using the video processing apparatus. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157392 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SHOOTING CONDITION OF DIGITAL CAMERA THROUGH MOTION DETECTION - A method for adjusting a shooting condition of a digital camera through motion detection is applied to determine a shooting parameter of the digital camera. The adjusting method includes the following steps. At least two consecutive images, namely a first pre-capture image and a second pre-capture image, are selected. The first pre-capture image and the second pre-capture image are divided into a plurality of selection blocks. A motion vector of each selection block is calculated. The motion vector of each selection block is used to generate a background dominant motion vector of the camera sloshing and a self-movement vector of the shot object. The background dominant motion vector is subtracted from the self-movement vector of the shot object, so as to obtain a corrected foreground motion vector. According to the size of the corrected foreground motion vector, the corresponding shooting parameter is determined. | 06-30-2011 |
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. | 06-23-2011 |
20110129127 | OBJECT IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION - An object image correction apparatus and method for object identification are disclosed. The object image correction method is firstly used for correcting a face or an object under a right position. For example, in order to reduce time consumption for facial identification, the method corrects the deviations such as a rotation, direction, and scaling before an identification process. Preferably, an image is retrieved in a first step. One or more object positions are then detected. Next, some positions of the features are found, and the positions of plural feature points thereon are computed. The method then goes to determine the degree of deviations for the object based on the positions of feature points. Moreover, one or in combination of a rotation correction, a scaling correction, a direction correction, and a shift correction is introduced to process the correction on each deviation. The positions of the feature points are consequently obtained. | 06-02-2011 |
20110085053 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING SYSTEM IN LOW-ILLUMINATION SETTING AND METHOD USING THE SAME - An automatic focusing system in a low-illumination setting and a method using the same are disclosed. Through a selection of the memory bits and a tone adjustment, an automatic focusing could be precisely achieved. According to one embodiment, a lens module and an image sensor are firstly used for generating the digital image signals. Next, a gain adjustment unit is introduced to adjusting the gain of the signals, so as to reduce the noises. A memory bit retrieving unit is further used to retrieve the data from a plurality of memory bits. Next, a tone adjusting process is performed to raise the signals' contrast. | 04-14-2011 |
20110081086 | NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD USING MULTIPLE DIGITAL - A noise suppression method using multiple digital images performs a de-noising process with the multiple digital images. First, a feature weighting procedure and an image feature compensation of a target pixel are performed on each digital image, and then a cross reference is performed on the multiple continuous or similar digital images to suppress noises for the target pixel. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080501 | DIGITAL CAMERA CAPABLE OF DETECTING NAME OF CAPTURED LANDMARK AND METHOD THEREOF - A digital camera capable of detecting a name of a captured landmark is described. The digital camera includes an environmental condition capturer, a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit, and a map data table. The map data table includes a plurality of landmark names and a plurality of landmark coordinates corresponding to the landmark names. A method for detecting the name of the captured landmark using by the digital camera includes the steps of capturing an image, and obtaining a focusing distance, in which the image includes at least one of the captured landmark; capturing an environmental condition including shooting information and searching information; obtaining a search focus range according to the environmental condition and the focusing distance; and looking up the map data table according to the search focus range and the shooting information to obtain an output coordinate and the landmark name corresponding to the captured landmark. | 04-07-2011 |
20110069886 | NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE - A noise suppression method for a digital image is described, which utilizes an adjacent area of a target pixel in the digital image to conduct a denoising process on the target pixel. The noise suppression method includes the following steps. A feature-weighted processing procedure is performed on each original pixel in the digital image to convert the original pixel into a feature-weighted pixel. According to a position of the target pixel in the digital image, a reference pixel is selected from a corresponding position in the feature-weighted image. Similarities of the reference pixel relative to the other feature-weighted pixels are respectively computed. Through the computed similarities, a feature-weighted pixel for compensation is selected from the feature-weighted pixels other than the reference pixel. Finally, noise suppression is performed on the reference pixel by using the feature-weighted pixel for compensation. | 03-24-2011 |
20110069190 | FAST FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in the digital camera to judge whether a focusing focal length of the digital camera needs to be adjusted in an auto focusing stage. The fast focusing method includes capturing a target image at a reference focal length; performing a blur detection procedure on the target image to acquire a focus value; setting a focusing focal length range covering the reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing corresponding comparison images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each comparison image; and calculating the contrast values and a target focal length through a quadratic curve approximation method, and adjusting lenses of the digital camera to the set target focal length to perform shooting. | 03-24-2011 |
20110063494 | CONTINUOUS FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A continuous focusing method for a digital camera is described, which is applicable to determine whether the digital camera performs a focusing procedure or not when the digital camera switches from a first scene to a second scene in a live view stage. The continuous focusing method includes the following steps. A preview image of a second scene is obtained. A blur detection procedure is performed on the preview image, so as to acquire a corresponding focus value. It is determined whether the focus value exceeds a focusing threshold value or not; if not, a focusing procedure is performed; otherwise, if the focus value is greater than the focusing threshold value, the digital camera still maintains a current focusing focal length, which represents that a focusing focal length of the second scene is the same as that of the first scene. | 03-17-2011 |
20110058096 | FAST FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in an auto focusing stage for judging whether the digital camera needs to be refocused. The fast focusing method includes recording a system time after a previous focusing (defined as a first time); capturing a system time before a current focusing (defined as a second time); performing a fuzziness detection procedure to acquire a focus value when a difference obtained by subtracting the first time from the second time is greater than a focusing time threshold; setting a focusing focal length range covering a reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each image; calculating a target focal length from the contrast values through a quadratic curve approximation method. | 03-10-2011 |
20110058095 | METHOD FOR USING FLASH TO ASSIST IN FOCAL LENGTH DETECTION - A method for assisting in focal length detection is applicable to a digital camera having the flash. The method includes the following steps. First, the flash of the digital camera is actuated and a first image is captured. Afterwards, a characteristic exposure value of the first image is calculated. A focus range comparison table is looked up according to the characteristic exposure value to obtain an initial focus position. Then, a focus procedure is performed according to the initial focus position to obtain a target focal length. | 03-10-2011 |
20110050937 | BACKLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A backlight photographing method is applicable in a digital camera. In the backlight photographing method, a backlight detection program is first executed to obtain a backlight flag. Next, when the backlight flag is in a backlight status, a flash is emitted and a photo is photographed. In addition, photographing parameters of the digital camera may be adjusted according to a low brightness characteristic value acquired by the backlight detection program, so as to obtain a photo having a foreground with a preferred exposure effect. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050661 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is capable of automatically adjusting a color display parameter according to external light. The LCD device includes an LCD panel, a backlight module, a photosensitive module, and a controller. The LCD panel has a display region and a light-incident region. The backlight module is disposed below the LCD panel and corresponding to the display region. The photosensitive module is disposed below the LCD panel and corresponding to the light-incident region, for receiving an optical signal passing through the LCD panel and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal. The controller is electrically connected to the LCD panel and the photosensitive module, for automatically adjusting a color display parameter of the LCD panel according to the electrical signal. | 03-03-2011 |
20110043682 | METHOD FOR USING FLASH TO ASSIST IN FOCAL LENGTH DETECTION - A method for assist in focal length detection is adapted to a digital camera having a flash. The method includes the following steps. First, the flash of the digital camera is actuated and an image having a face portion is captured. Afterwards, an exposure feature value of the face portion in the image is calculated. A focus range comparison table is looked up according to the exposure feature value to obtain an initial focus position. Then, a focus procedure is performed according to the initial focus position to obtain a target focal length. After the target focal length is obtained, a flash feature value of the image is further calculated, and a guide number (GN) and a diaphragm value are set according to the flash feature value. | 02-24-2011 |
20110032394 | METHOD FOR REDUCING SMEAR EFFECT OF DYNAMIC IMAGE - A method for reducing smear effects of a dynamic image is for an image sensor. The image sensor converts a shot image picture into image data, and the image data is divided into an effective region, an upper optical black region (UOB), and a lower optical black region (LOB). The method includes capturing two continuous image data to serve as a first frame image and a second frame image; calculating brightness difference values between individual pixels at corresponding pixel positions of the LOB of the first frame image and the UOB of the second frame image; comparing the brightness difference values with a threshold; obtaining positions to be compensated in the UOB of the second frame image, when the UOB of the second frame image requires brightness compensation; and compensating brightness values of pixels in the effective region of the second frame image corresponding to the positions to be compensated. | 02-10-2011 |
20110032385 | IMAGE POSITIONING METHOD, POI TAGGING METHOD AND THE APPARATUS - An image positioning method, a POI tagging method and an apparatus therefor are described. The method is particularly to define a range corresponding to a positioning value translated by a global positioning system. Further, a point-of-interest (POI) is tagged according to the defined range. In an exemplary example, if there is no positioning signal detected as photographing an image, a previously received positioning signal is used to be the positioning value for the image. According to the preferred embodiment of the tagging method, an image is taken firstly, and then it's to determine a positioning value for the image. In which the positioning value may be determined on the instant of photographing. Alternatively, the positioning value may be retrieved from the image's attribute through playback software. Thereby, a range associated with the positioning value is defined. A corresponding point-of-interest is tagged to the image's attribute afterward. | 02-10-2011 |
20110019013 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHOTOGRAPHING SETTINGS OF DIGITAL CAMERA THROUGH MOTION DETECTION - A method for adjusting photographing settings of a digital camera through motion detection, for determine to adjust the photographing settings of the digital camera according to vibrations of the digital camera or shaking of a photographed object. The adjusting method includes the following steps. At least two continuous pre-photographed images are captured. A central area and an edge area are set at same positions in the pre-photographed images respectively. Feature points are found in the pre-photographed images. A local motion vector and a camera motion vector are respectively determined according to a relation of the feature points on the central area and the edge area. A subject motion vector is generated according to a difference between the local motion vector and the camera motion vector. Adjustment of the photographing settings of the digital camera is determined according to a maximum value in the subject motion vector and camera motion vector. | 01-27-2011 |
20110012989 | GUIDING METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PANORAMA IMAGE - A guiding method for photographing a panorama image is described. A motion vector between a current position of an alignment image in a real-time image and a joint position of the alignment image in the real-time image, and a direction indicator relative to the motion vector is displayed, such that when the digital camera device displays the real-time image, the digital camera device may display the direction indicator to guide a photographing position of a next image for a user, thereby simplifying the photographing of a panorama image and greatly decreasing an incidence that the user fails to photographing a panorama image. | 01-20-2011 |
20100321524 | SHARPNESS PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL IMAGE - A sharpness processing method and system for a digital image are applied to an image capturing device for capturing a raw image. The method includes the steps. An image processing procedure is performed on the raw image to generate a registered image. A first sharpness enhancement table and a second sharpness enhancement table respectively sharpness attenuation at an outer-edge region and a central region of the registered image are loaded, and a range between the outer-edge region and the central region is defined as a plurality of critical regions. A sharpness enhancement weight table is loaded, and weight values of each critical region respectively corresponding to the first sharpness enhancement table and the second sharpness enhancement table are searched, for obtaining a sharpness enhanced value of each critical region. An image sharpness processing procedure is performed on the critical region, for correct the registered image into a digital image. | 12-23-2010 |
20100310162 | COLOR INTERPOLATION METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE - A color interpolation method for a digital image is described, includes the following steps. Edge information is generated according to the Bayer pattern. A Bayer pattern image is processed by a horizontal band-pass filter and a vertical band-pass filter to generate a horizontal edge signal and a vertical edge signal. A weight process implements a weight adjustment on the horizontal edge signal and the vertical edge signal to generate a luminance signal and outputs the luminance signal to a subtraction unit. The subtraction unit carries out an operation according to the Bayer pattern image and an output result of the weight process to generate a chrominance pattern. The chrominance pattern is compensated through a chrominance interpolation process, so as to generate image signal patterns of different colors. The image signal patterns of different colors are output to an adder for an add operation, thereby outputting a complete color image. | 12-09-2010 |
20100302406 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING IMAGE DATA - A method for compensating image data is adapted for an image sensor. The image sensor has a plurality of photo sensors arranged in an effective region and an optical black region. The method for compensating image data includes a plurality of monochromatic light representative values S | 12-02-2010 |
20100246949 | COMPENSATION METHOD FOR REMOVING IMAGE NOISE - A compensation method for removing an image noise is applicable to compensate for noises generated by Bayer pattern color interpolation. The compensation method includes the following steps selecting a partial region in the Bayer pattern to set a selection region; selecting a plurality of color units from the selection region one by one, in which each of the color units at least includes a green pixel, a red pixel, and a blue pixel; sequentially performing a color weight adjustment on the green pixel, the red pixel, and the blue pixel; and compensating for the pixel in the selection region according to each color weight, so as to generate a recovered pixel. | 09-30-2010 |
20100208990 | COMPENSATION METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING COLOR SHADING IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A compensation method for alleviating color shading in a digital image is adapted to correct a color shading phenomenon in a digital image that causes luminance differences between regions in the digital image. The compensation method includes capturing a uniform color block image; calculating horizontal compensation coefficients of a plurality of horizontal segments of the color block image; performing a linear interpolation process on the horizontal compensation coefficients to generate corresponding horizontal interpolation coefficients, and calculating determination horizontal correction coefficients corresponding to all the horizontal segments, respectively; calculating vertical compensation coefficients of a plurality of vertical segments; multiplying the determination horizontal correction coefficients by the vertical compensation coefficients, respectively, so as to obtain a color shading compensation coefficient of each segment, respectively; and multiplying an average luminance value of each segment by a corresponding color shading compensation coefficient, respectively, thus compensating for color shading in the color block image. | 08-19-2010 |
20100194852 | AUTOMATIC CAPTURING METHOD OF A PANORAMIC IMAGE FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - An automatic capturing method of a panoramic image for a digital camera panoramic image is presented. In the method, a motion vector value of an alignment image selected from a first image captured by the digital camera in a real-time image is continuously tracked, calculated, and accumulated to obtain an accumulated motion vector value. When the accumulated motion vector value reaches a preset threshold value, the digital camera is automatically driven to capture a second image, so as to stitch and blend the first image and the second image into a panoramic image. Through the automatic image capture mode, operations for capturing the panoramic image are simplified. | 08-05-2010 |
20100166331 | METHOD FOR BEAUTIFYING HUMAN FACE IN DIGITAL IMAGE - A method for beautifying a human face in a digital image is adapted to beautify a face area of an input image. The method includes setting a selection window to select a partial image area in the input image; setting a target pixel in the selection window, and setting other pixels as comparison pixels; performing a detail checking process according to a variance between the target pixel; performing a luminance checking process on the target pixel to determine; performing a nonlinear filtering process to filter the target pixel by using a nonlinear filter to generate a filtered value, and providing a mixing ratio to mix the target pixel with the filtered value at the mixing ratio to generate a completed pixel; replacing the original target pixel with the completed pixel; and repeating the above steps until all pixels are completed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166310 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING SKIN COLOR MODEL - A method of establishing a skin color model includes the following steps. A human face detecting procedure is performed on an input image, and a human face area in the input image is circled through a selecting window. A skin color model is established by using a Gaussian probability distribution function (PDF) according to color information in the selecting window. When the skin color model established in the above step is applied to skin color detection, pixels having the skin color in the input image are detected through the skin color model and a Mahalanobis distance computing procedure. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166304 | Method for Adjusting Skin Color of Digital Image - A method for adjusting a skin color of a digital image adjusts the skin color of an input image. The method includes performing a skin color detection process on the input image to generate a skin-color probability plot Sp in a size corresponding to the input image; providing a hue-saturation lookup table named LUT_Color; performing a skin-color reproduction process on the input image to look up the LUT_Color for a chrominance pixel value for each pixel value of the input image to generate a first image, and adjust each pixel value of the first image by using the skin-color probability plot Sp to generate a second image; performing a skin color smoothing process on the second image to generate a third image; and mixing pixel values of the input image and the third image to generate a target image. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166045 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING PRECISE SAMPLING FREQUENCY OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) - A method for obtaining a precise sampling frequency of a global positioning system (GPS) is applied in a GPS receiver. First, a radio frequency (RF) module of the GPS receiver is used to receive a satellite signal from at least one satellite. Then, a plurality of code delays of the satellite signal is calculated at a fixed time interval, and time differences between all adjacent two code delays among all the obtained code delays are calculated to obtain a plurality of time differences. Next, a mean value of all the obtained time differences is calculated. At last, a ratio between 1000 times of the mean value and the fixed time interval is calculated to obtain an error value, and the error is added to a standard sampling frequency of the RF module to obtain a new sampling frequency. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165178 | ADJUSTING METHOD OF FLASH INTENSITY - An adjusting method of flash intensity is applied in an image capture apparatus with a flash lamp, where two pre-flash images corresponding the object are retrieved under two different pre-flash lights, respectively, and then a flash intensity of main-flash light is calculated according to one of the retrieved pre-flash images, so as to retrieve a main-flash image corresponding the object under the main-flash light with the calculated main-flash light. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165177 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD IN HIGH-NOISE ENVIRONMENT AND DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An automatic focusing method in a high-noise environment and a digital imaging device using the same are used for determining an object distance. The method includes taking two digital images at a farthest object distance and taking two digital images at a nearest object distance, under a first exposure condition and a second exposure condition; capturing digital images under the first exposure condition at a plurality of different object distances other than the farthest and nearest object distances; selecting at least two images captured at adjacent object distances to create a composite image; calculating an object distance of the composite image; calculating high-frequency signals of the second farthest object distance image, the second nearest object distance image, and the composite image in the focusing frame; determining from the images an object distance corresponding to the maximum high-frequency signal; and moving an automatic focusing lens to the object distance. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165174 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD AND DEVICE IN HIGH-NOISE ENVIRONMENT - An automatic focusing method and device in a high-noise environment are used for determining a focusing distance between a digital imaging device and an object to be photographed. The automatic focusing method includes the steps of capturing M pre-photographed images at different object distances respectively; loading the pre-photographed images; superposing every N (N07-01-2010 | |
20100165154 | NOISE ELIMINATION METHOD OF IMAGE SEQUENCE - A noise elimination method of an image sequence is described. During a color separation of a raw image data captured by an image capturing element, 3D filtering is integrated. First, the raw image data is converted into a gray-scaled full luma image, an interframe filtering process is performed to eliminate possible noises in the gray-scaled full luma image, and an interpolation process is performed with the raw image data. During the implementation, an adaptive frame average filtering process is also performed to obtain a preferred image filtering result through an appropriate filtering manner. Therefore, an adaptive interframe interpolation for eliminating noises is to prevent noises or artifacts generated by the noises from affecting the subsequent image processing. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165075 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SHOOTING PANORAMIC IMAGE BY DIGITAL IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A method for automatically shooting a panoramic image by a digital image pickup device is described. In the method, a pixel error value between a real-time image and an alignment image overlapped with each other is continuously compared and calculated. When the pixel error value is smaller than a preset threshold value, the digital image pickup device is automatically driven to shoot a second image to be stitched and blended with a previous image into a panoramic image. The shooting of the panoramic image is simplified by using automatic image capturing. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164799 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING SATELLITES - A method for searching satellites includes obtaining a position information, obtaining a time information, calculating a regional range according to the position information, finding out numbers of target satellites corresponding to the time information and within the regional range from ephemeris data in an ephemeris database, searching the target satellites corresponding to the numbers, and receiving the satellite signals from each searched target satellite. In an electronic device capable of searching satellites, an operation interface is used to output the position information, and a calculation unit is used to calculate the regional range according to the received position information. A look-up unit is electrically connected to the ephemeris database, and used to find out the numbers of the target satellites corresponding to time information and within the regional range from the ephemeris data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164797 | METHOD FOR TRACKING SATELLITES WITH MULTIPLE-FREQUENCIES - A method for tracking satellite with multiple-frequencies includes setting a first tracking frequency, tracking a satellite with the first tracking frequency to obtain a first tracking result at a first time point, estimating a second tracking frequency at a second time point according to the first tracking result at the first time point, adjusting the second tracking frequency in a predetermined range to obtain preparatory frequencies, tracking the satellite with the preparatory frequencies to obtain second tracking results, and reviewing strength of received signal of each second tracking result to select the strongest one, and setting the preparatory frequency used to obtain the strongest received signal as a determined tracking frequency to be used to form the communication between a global positioning system (GPS) device and the satellite, repeating the above steps, thereby maintaining the communication with a best tracking frequency between the GPS device and the satellite. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164796 | METHOD FOR TRACKING SATELLITE SIGNAL BY GPS - A method for tracking a satellite signal by a GPS includes the following steps. Data is continuously received from one of satellites by using tracking frequencies updated one by one based on an average phase difference of received data. Phase inversion points in the plurality of received data are interpreted. A time difference between each two adjacent phase inversion points among the phase inversion points is calculated. It is determined whether each time difference is an integral multiple of 20 ms. When each time difference is an integral multiple of 20 ms, 1-bit data is retrieved for every 20 ms from the satellite signal by taking a first phase inversion point among the plurality of phase inversion points as a starting point. Thus, a positioning speed is increased and a required positioning time is reduced by finding out a precise tracking frequency and a correct phase inversion point. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164795 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DECODING NAVIGATION DATA BY USING PHASE ANGLE VARIATION AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for decoding a navigation data by using a phase angle variation and a method thereof are described, which includes the following steps. A phase angle difference between the first phase angle of the first navigation data and the second phase angle of the second navigation data from a satellite signal is calculated. When the phase angle difference is greater than 90 degrees, the first navigation data and the second navigation data are determined to have opposite signs. The second navigation data according to the first navigation data and the result is determined. Therefore, each data is interpreted through directly comparing whether the phase angle difference with the previous data is greater than 90 degrees or not, so that the correct rate in decoding the navigation data is increased. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164794 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING PRECISE INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) - A method for obtaining a precise intermediate frequency for a global positioning system (GPS) is applied in a GPS receiver having a radio frequency (RF) module. Using a satellite signal received by the RF module, ephemeris data of a satellite is completely obtained, and present coordinate of the GPS receiver is calculated. First coordinate of the satellite at first time point and second coordinate of the satellite at second time point are calculated using the ephemeris data. Then, traveling speed of the satellite and projection value of the traveling speed on position vector from the first coordinate to the present coordinate are calculated using the first time point, the first coordinate, the second time point, and the second coordinate. Finally, the precise intermediate frequency is calculated using the signal frequency, a carrier frequency of the satellite, the projection value, and velocity of light. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164793 | SATELLITE INFORMATION OPERATION METHOD OF GPS DEVICE - A satellite information operation method of a GPS device includes following steps. An antenna module is provided, so as to receive a satellite signal. A signal processing circuit is provided, so as to perform an analog-to-digital conversion on the satellite signal and obtain a plurality of first digital data. A memory with a comparison table stored therein is provided, and the comparison table records corresponding relations between a plurality of second digital data and a plurality of return values. A CPU is provided, which groups the first digital data in sequence by using a bit number of any second digital data in the comparison table, obtains each of the second digital data consistent with each group of first digital data through comparison, and looks up a corresponding return value according to each of the second digital data obtained through comparison to continue the operation according to the obtained return value. | 07-01-2010 |
20100156718 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING CURRENT POSITION COORDINATE - A method for calculating current position coordinate is applied to a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. When positioning at a current time point, the GPS receiver directly calculates a code delay and a carrier frequency of each satellite and position coordinate of the GPS receiver at a current positioning time point by utilizing an ephemeris data of each satellite and position coordinate of the GPS receiver at a last positioning time point, thereby greatly lowering an operation amount, so as to reduce the power consumption. | 06-24-2010 |
20100156717 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING CORRECT PHASE INVERSION POINTS IN SIGNAL OF GPS - A method for obtaining correct phase inversion points in a signal of global positioning system (GPS) includes the following steps. A satellite signal from one of a plurality of satellites is received continuously. A plurality of phase inversion points in the received satellite signal is interpreted. Each time difference between each two adjacent phase inversion points among the plurality of phase inversion points is calculated. It is determined whether each of the time differences is an integral multiple of 20 milliseconds. A data is retrieved every 20 milliseconds from the satellite signal by using a first phase inversion point in the plurality of phase inversion points as a starting point when each of the time differences is an integral multiple of 20 milliseconds. By finding out a plurality of correct phase inversion points in the satellite signal, the positioning speed is increased, and thus a positioning time required is reduced. | 06-24-2010 |
20100156716 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING PRECISE TRACKING FREQUENCY OF GPS SIGNAL - A method for obtaining a precise tracking frequency of a global positioning system (GPS) signal is described, which includes the following steps. A plurality of data from a satellite is continuously received. Each data has a tracking frequency. A plurality of phase differences of the received data is calculated. A phase difference average of the obtained phase differences is calculated. A frequency difference is calculated by the calculated phase difference average and a constant frequency parameter. A new tracking frequency is calculated by the frequency difference and a tracking frequency of the last data among the plurality of received data. A next data is received by the calculated new tracking frequency. A new tracking frequency is obtained by repeatedly calculating the average phase differences of the plurality of data received from the satellite and a constant frequency parameter, so as to obtain the most precise tracking frequency. | 06-24-2010 |
20100149380 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND BRIGHTNESS CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A digital image capture device and a brightness correction method thereof are described. The digital image capture device is adapted to correct the brightness value of a shot object in a digital image through the compensation of a strobe during shooting. The method includes setting a shooting magnification of the digital image capture device to the shot object; capturing a pre-shot image at least including the image of the shot object; triggering a strobe to emit a main flash onto the shot object, so as to shoot a digital image; setting a plurality of light measuring areas in the digital image; calculating a corresponding object distance of the shot object from each of the light measuring areas; establishing a shading table according to each of the object distances; and loading the shading table to adjust the brightness value of each of the light measuring areas in the digital image. | 06-17-2010 |
20100149034 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING CURRENT POSITION COORDINATE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING PSEUDO RANGE - A method for calculating current position coordinate and a method for calculating a pseudo range are applied to a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. A position coordinate of the GPS receiver at the positioning time point is calculated through an average pseudo range between the GPS receiver and each satellite at a positioning time point. With regard to calculating the average pseudo range between the GPS receiver and each satellite, for each satellite, original pseudo ranges are obtained through calculating a pseudo range between the satellite and the GPS receiver at each millisecond (ms) in a time range including the positioning time point, and then the average pseudo range between the satellite and the GPS receiver at the positioning time point is obtained through calculating an average value of the obtained original pseudo ranges between the GPS receiver and the satellite. | 06-17-2010 |
20100141737 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PROMPTING STITCHING DEGREE OF PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method for real-time prompting a stitching degree of a panoramic image applied to a digital image pickup device. At first, a boundary band of a first image is captured to obtain an boundary image, and a second image is detected. Next, the boundary image and a local image of the second image are merged, and an association value of the boundary image and the local image of the second image is calculated. Then, the second image after being merged with the boundary image and a prompt signal corresponding to the association value are displayed on a screen. | 06-10-2010 |
20100123806 | IMAGE COMPENSATION METHOD AND IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An image compensation method adapted to reduce noise of a first image captured by an image acquisition device at a high ISO mode. The image compensation method includes the following steps. A Bayer pattern is obtained from the first image. A green pixel signal, a low-resolution binned original luminance signal, and an original chrominance signal are respectively generated according to the Bayer pattern. A high-resolution analog luminance signal is generated by using the green pixel signal. The high-resolution analog luminance signal and the low-resolution binned original luminance signal are combined, and a compensated high-resolution luminance signal is output. A second image is generated by combining the compensated high-resolution luminance signal and the original low-noise chrominance signal. | 05-20-2010 |
20100123804 | EMOTION-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An emotion-based image processing apparatus includes a shutter button for producing a first and a second control signal respectively according to different pressed stages, an image capturing unit for sensing an image data and sending an expression analysis instruction when it receives the first control signal and capturing the image data when it receives the second control signal, an expression database for storing expression feature information and corresponding image processing procedures, an expression analysis unit for receiving an expression analysis instruction to recognize face features in the image data and determine the expression feature information corresponding to the face features, and an image processing unit for performing the image processing procedures according to the determined expression feature information to process the image data captured by the image capturing unit. | 05-20-2010 |
20100123789 | METHOD OF AUTO-RETRACTING LENS OF IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method of auto-retracting a lens of an image capture apparatus and a control system using the same are applied to an image capture apparatus with a retractable lens. The method includes the following steps. A hardware circuit of the image capture apparatus detects whether an abnormal power failure event occurs or not. The hardware circuit performs a re-boot procedure when detects that the abnormal power failure event occurs. After the hardware circuit performs the re-boot procedure, software in the image capture apparatus utilizes residual power only to perform a control procedure of retracting the lens. After the retractable lens is detected to have been retracted into the image capture apparatus, the software controls the image capture apparatus to be powered off. | 05-20-2010 |
20100103285 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING COMPRESSION RATIO OF JPEG IMAGE - A method and an electronic device for adjusting a compression ratio of a JPEG image are used to adjust a size of a JPEG image file. The method includes the following steps. a raw image, a first compression parameter (SF1) and a second compression parameter (SF2) are obtained. Then, the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter is used to compress the raw image respectively to obtain a first file and a second file of the compressed raw image A target file size (Target) is set. The target file size, the size of the first file (FileSize1), and the size of the second file (FileSize2) are used to calculate a target compression parameter (NSF) that is generated according to the equation, | 04-29-2010 |
20100085467 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING GPS COORDINATES OF SUBJECT TO BE SHOT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GPS COORDINATES THEREOF - A image pickup device capable of providing GPS coordinates of a subject to be shot and a method for detecting GPS coordinates thereof are described. The method includes the following steps. A first longitude, a first latitude, and a first altitude of a location of a image pickup device are obtained. When the image pickup module is focused on the subject to be shot, a focusing distance from the image pickup module to the subject and an elevation angle formed between the image pickup device and a horizontal direction and a horizontal angle formed between the image pickup device and a true north direction are measured. A second longitude, a second latitude, and a second altitude of a location of the subject to be shot are calculated according to the first longitude, the first latitude, the first altitude, the focusing distance, the elevation angle, and the horizontal angle. | 04-08-2010 |