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20080225137 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image information processing apparatus which uses more than one wireless IC tag to detect the information concerning a present position of a target object to be shot and which senses an image of the object based on the position information is disclosed. This apparatus is operative in corporation with the wireless tag to display on a monitor screen the information as to the object position and output it in an audible form. Additionally, in the case of more than two target objects being present, the apparatus manages the priority orders thereof. | 09-18-2008 |
20080266420 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium for electronic equipment including an electronic camera - A personal computer to which electronic equipment, such as, an electronic camera is connected reads recording units that are recorded in the electronic camera and displays a table consisting of recording information. In recording information such as a main image, a sub image and sound in the electronic camera, data within the electronic camera are inter-related by an index which indicates that the information is part of a common recording unit. The date having the same index are output and displayed in a same thumbnail area. When a recording unit for deletion is designated from the table, check boxes are displayed according to information contained in the recording unit. For example, an “x” is displayed in the check box of the information to be deleted, indicating that the information is a target of deletion. After the selection of information is completed and an “OK” button is pressed, the personal computer sends a control command to the electronic camera and deletes the designated information. Rather than deletion, the designated information can be read from the electronic camera into the personal computer. | 10-30-2008 |
20080278604 | Apparatus, System and Method for Processing and Transferring Captured Video Data - A method of transferring video data comprises obtaining a stream of video frames from an video capture device and identifying at least one characteristic in at least one frame of the stream of video frames. Lookup data is generated which associates the at least one characteristic with its at least one identified video frame. At least one video frame in the stream of video frames having a given characteristic is determined and notification or at least one of the determined video frames is transmitted to a client. A video transfer system, video processing device and method of image identification are also described. | 11-13-2008 |
20080291294 | Mobile Terminal Capable of Modifying a Flash Image and Method of Modifying a Flash Image Therewith - A mobile terminal capable of modifying a flash image is provided. The mobile terminal comprises a program configured to execute the steps of displaying the flash image stored in a first memory of the mobile terminal on the display unit; activating the object of the displayed flash image in response to the selection of the location change menu; selecting the activated object; capsulating the elements forming the selected object; generating a relative coordinate of a reference point for the generated capsule; obtaining a relative coordinate of the elements forming the selected object for the reference point of the capsule; and storing the relative coordinate of the capsule and the relative coordinate of the elements forming for the capsule into the third memory. According to the above steps, modifying the flash image is performed. Accordingly, a SWF flash image may be directly modified to move a flash object to a desired position without the process of decompiling the flash image into a FLA format. Therefore, it is not require for a de-compiler for converting a FLA flash file into a SWF format so that editing of a SWF file becomes feasible. | 11-27-2008 |
20090002522 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SEARCHING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes management data which includes file identification information (ex. name of image file) identifying an image file recorded in a recording medium and search identification information indicating search information stored in header part of the image file identified by the file identification information, with the file identification information associated with the search identification information. The search information is classified into predetermined categories and managed. When a category is designated, a controller referring to the management data identifies the image file related to the designated category, in the image files stored in the first or second recording medium, based on the file identification information associated with the search identification information indicating the search information that belongs to the designated category. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002523 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image processing method includes storing corresponding addresses of original image data in respective addresses of a look-up table, the number of the respective addresses being smaller than the number of addresses that are necessary in output image data; determining whether the addresses of the original image data corresponding to the addresses of the output image data exist in the look-up table; calculating the addresses of the original image data in a first interpolation process if the addresses do not exist in the look-up table; and generating the output image data corresponding to the addresses of the output image data in a second interpolation process based on the original image data by using at least one of the calculated addresses of the original image data and the addresses of the original image data in the look-up table. | 01-01-2009 |
20090009625 | Image storage and camera system in which protected image data in camera can be forcibly deleted - An image storage includes a built-in memory having large capacity for storing plural image data taken by a digital camera. A digital circuit retrieves desired one of the image data from the built-in memory. A connector electrically connects with the digital camera for data transmission. A detector detects the connection of the digital camera to the connector. A controller causes the image storage to receive the image data transmitted from the digital camera through the connector to store that data in the built-in memory in response to detection of the connection by the detector. The controller can transmit a signal to the digital camera to delete the image data that has been transmitted to and stored in the built-in memory. The signal is effective to forcibly delete the image data from the digital camera even if the image data is protected against deletion according to a digital camera setting. | 01-08-2009 |
20090033766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus reads a unit of first image data corresponding to a first region, a unit of pixels at a time, from a first memory storing image data in a band area and reads second image data to be used in processing of multiple processing object pixels corresponding to the first region from a second memory. The image processing apparatus processes each of the multiple processing object pixels by using pixels in a second region containing each of the multiple processing object pixels and stores data of pixels contained in the first image data to be used in processing of other multiple pixels in the second memory. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033767 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes an imager. An optical image of an object scene is irradiated onto an imaging surface of the imager. When the digital camera is rotated, a CPU starts measuring processing for repetitively measuring a rotation angle, and suppresses a change due to the rotation in a positional relationship between the imaging surface and the optical image on the basis of the result of the measurement. The CPU performs exposure processing on the imager every time that the measurement result and the angle of view of the optical image on the imaging surface satisfy the angular condition, and captures the object scene image generated on the imaging surface in to a memory. The plurality of object scene images thus stored in the memory are combined with each other to thereby produce a single panoramic object scene image. | 02-05-2009 |
20090040339 | Digital signal processor and digital image processing apparatus adopting the same - A digital signal processor and a digital image processing apparatus adopting the same. The digital signal processor comprises a data converter, which converts digital image data in red, green, and blue form to digital image data in luminance and chrominance form, such that when photograph-image data is captured by photographing, the data converter processes the photograph-image data during each period of time from the time when processing of one frame data of live-view is completed to the time when processing of next frame data begins. | 02-12-2009 |
20090066807 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus having a plurality of setting items related to an image pickup condition, the image pickup apparatus including: a setting unit adapted to set respective setting information of the plurality of setting items; a storage unit; a specification mean adapted to specify a registration target item to set a registration target from among the plurality of setting items in accordance with an instruction operation of a user; a registration control unit adapted to register the setting information set by the setting unit regarding the registration target item in the storage unit as a registration image pickup condition; and a generation unit adapted to call the registration image pickup condition from the storage unit in accordance with a call operation of the user to generate a new image pickup condition which reflects the registration image pickup condition. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066808 | IMAGE-DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA-PROCESSING CIRCUIT - An image-data processing apparatus includes a pre-processing circuit for repeatedly fetching image data representing an object scene. A post-processing circuit, a video display circuit, and an H264 encoder perform a moving-image process according to a designated mode, on the image data fetched by the pre-processing circuit. The post-processing circuit and a JPEG encoder perform a still-image process on one portion of the image data fetched by the pre-processing circuit. Two memory control circuits access two SDRAMs, respectively, in order to write and/or read out the image data related to the moving-image process and the image data related to the still-image process. A CPU changes a memory control circuit responsible for a memory access operation of the image data related to the still-image process, between the two memory control circuits depending upon the designated mode. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066809 | Image inputting apparatus, image inputting program product, camera, and image processing system - An image inputting apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs an original image file including at least an image data region in which image data is stored and an appended information region; a decision unit that decides whether or not falsification of the original image file is prohibited, based upon the appended information; a file modification unit that modifies the original image file to create a new image file in which the appended information region is expanded; and a store control unit that disallows the file modification unit to create the new image file and stores the original image file just as it is if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is prohibited, and that makes the file modification unit create the new image file and stores the new image file if the decision unit has decided that falsification of the inputted original image file is not prohibited. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066810 | Photography system - A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera. | 03-12-2009 |
20090079847 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image capturing apparatus that automatically registers a taken object. The image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes an object extracting section that extracts an object included in a captured image, a characteristic amount computing section that computes an amount of characteristic of the object based on the image with the object extracted from the object extracting section, a characteristic amount storing section that stores the amount of characteristic of the object computed from the characteristic amount computing section in association with object identification information identifying the object, a characteristic amount comparing section that compares an amount of characteristic of an object included in an image newly taken by an image capturing section and the amount of characteristic of the object stored on the characteristic amount storing section to compute a degree of coincidence of the objects, and an object identification information storing section that stores the object identification information stored on the characteristic amount storing section in association with the image newly taken by the image capturing section when it is judged that the degree of coincidence of the objects computed from the characteristic amount comparing section is not less than a predetermined reference value. | 03-26-2009 |
20090086057 | OPTIMUM IMAGE SELECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An optimum image selection method for a digital photograph device selecting an optimum image by driving a vibration detection sensor mechanism is provided. In continuous photography mode, as soon as capturing an image, it detects and records the vibration amount of the image, and then compares the presently detected vibration amount with the vibration amount of the image which is stored formerly, and if the vibration amount detected presently is smaller, the image captured presently will be stored, so the clearest image will be distinguished and retained immediately by using the vibration amount. | 04-02-2009 |
20090109300 | Digital photographing apparatus - A digital photographing apparatus capable of performing high-speed continuous shooting and immediately storing data regarding a captured image. The digital photographing apparatus includes an image capture device for generating first data regarding an image generated from light input in response to a signal input by a user, a first data reading unit for reading the first data in units of a plurality of interlaced groups, a data conversion unit for converting the read data into second data, and a display unit for displaying an image generated from light incident on the image capture device. The data conversion unit starts conversion of the read data into the second data when the first data reading unit reads a last group of the first data. | 04-30-2009 |
20090115871 | Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device - A camera device comprises an optical system driven to a predetermined position upon initialization when a photographing mode has been set, a memory including an area for storing lens information inherent to the optical system, an area for storing a file management program, and a management area which is managed by using the file management program, the area for storing the lens information differing from the management area, and a controller which controls the initialization of the optical system based on the lens information stored in the memory. | 05-07-2009 |
20090122156 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING BRAGBOOK IMAGES - A device, system, method and software product for storing, maintaining, sharing and displaying of digital images in a common designated collection on at least one portable storage and display device. The device has a first memory section designated for storing images and a second memory section for storing digital images of the designated collection. The second memory section has a protected mode that prevents the digital images in the second memory section from being deleted or overwritten. When the protected mode of the second section is disabled, the device will overwrite the digital images of the second memory section with newly captured digital images. These digital images are restored to the second memory section when the digital display and storage device is in communication link with a database that has information for restoring overwritten digital images after newly obtained images in the second memory have been removed from the device. | 05-14-2009 |
20090128661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING IMAGES IN A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for sorting images in a mobile electronic device is provided. The method includes acquiring a longitude and a latitude of the mobile electronic device determined by a Global Position System (GPS) when an image has been captured by a camera of the mobile electronic device. The method further includes sorting all captured images according to a predetermined sorting distance, and generating one or more albums containing a group of captured images. Furthermore, the method includes computing an average longitude and an average latitude of the mobile electronic device for all sorted images in each album, and associating each album with the electronic map according to the average longitude and the average latitude of the mobile electronic device for all images in each album. A related system is also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20090153700 | Image processing system and method - This invention relates to an image processing system and method, the image processing system comprising an image capturing unit; a resolution conversion unit; a detection unit; an image conversion processing unit; an image compression unit, and a memory unit, the processing method comprising the steps of: capturing a first image data; transferring the first image data to the resolution conversion unit and the image conversion processing unit; converting the first image data into a second image data; detecting a plurality of position data from the second image data according to at least one detection rule; generating a third image data by mapping the first image data according to a mapping table; and compressing the third image data. This invention has image encryption function. | 06-18-2009 |
20090153701 | IMAGE FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image file processing apparatus comprises a first storage unit configured to store an image, a first data creating unit configured to create main image data or sub-image data, a second storage unit configured to store the main image data and the sub-image data as one file, a management region setting unit configured to ensure management information of the sub-image data stored in the same file as the main image data in the second storage unit by a predetermined number and set the management information in a management region of the main image data, and a storage control unit configured to control so as to store the file based upon content set by the management region setting unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160972 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE ACCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image accessing method is disclosed. A search query view is firstly generated in response to a first user input. A time search query is secondly received by the search query view in response to a second user input. Exifs respectively associated the images are compared with the time search query to search image(s), if any, matching the time search query. Next, entry(s) associated with the searched image(s) is generated and displayed. Then, desired entry(s) is selected and thereby is accessed. | 06-25-2009 |
20090160973 | REGISTER CONFIGURATION CONTROL DEVICE, REGISTER CONFIGURATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A resister configuration control device which is capable of updating resister configuration values during a non-display period without increasing a circuit scale. A FIFO selector | 06-25-2009 |
20090160974 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When image shooting is performed in a mode that records plural images in response to a single shooting instruction and deletion is instructed on a shot-image confirmation screen that displays the shot image data immediately after the shooting, the plural image data generated by the same shooting instruction are all collectively deleted. On the contrary, in a playback mode, when deletion is instructed to one of the plural image data shot by the same shooting instruction, only the one image that has been instructed for deletion is deleted. This feature improves usability of the image sensing apparatus capable of recording plural images in response to a single shooting instruction. | 06-25-2009 |
20090185051 | Data processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and medium storing data processing program - A data processing apparatus includes a data conversion part converting first data into second data, an identification data generation part generating identification data which depends on the first data, and a data processing part relating the identification data to the second data. Specifically, the data processing part adds the identification data to the second data. | 07-23-2009 |
20090237526 | Method and Apparatus for Segmented Video Compression - An archival video system uses profile images as a background for an image and delta images to indicate the difference between a current image and a profile image. An image may be segmented into multiple sectors, with each sector compared to a profile sector. The resulting image may be constructed using references to previously stored sectors from different images. | 09-24-2009 |
20090237527 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGING PROGRAM RECORDED - An image data imaged consecutively is divided into three groups in time series. As for a first group imaged most newly, all imaged image data are held in buffers. The image data of a second group is divided again into subgroups at every 2 | 09-24-2009 |
20090244320 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In the case of reduced display of a shot image, the shot image is displayed in accordance with an attitude of an imaging device at the time of shooting, whereby it is possible to attain an easily viewable and convenient reduced image display regardless of a shooting attitude, and to display a vertically shot image at a reduction ratio which enables sufficient viewability. A display section ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090251564 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An imaging device which is capable of realizing an easily viewable thumbnail display is provided. The imaging device includes: an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of an object; an imaging sensor for receiving the optical image of the object formed by the imaging optical system, for converting the received optical image into an electrical image signal, and for outputting the electrical image signal; an attitude detection section for detecting an attitude of the imaging device at the time of shooting; an image recording section for interrelating and recording the outputted image signal and attitude information indicative of the detected attitude; a display section for displaying a reduced image based on the recorded image signal; a reception section for receiving a selection of the attitude information from a user; and an image display control section for changing a location and a display size of the reduced image on the display section in accordance with the selected attitude information. The image display control section restores an orientation of the reduced image so as to correspond to the attitude of the imaging device at the time of the shooting in accordance with the attitude information, and causes the display section to display the restored reduced image. | 10-08-2009 |
20090251565 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH INTEGRATED ACCELEROMETERS - A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital cameral system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting image data for roll, pitch and vibrations and for displaying recorded images with a predetermined orientation using information about, e.g., roll. Data may also be used on-the-fly for smear suppression caused by vibrations. | 10-08-2009 |
20090268056 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH PORTRAIT IMAGE PROTECTING FUNCTION AND PORTRAIT IMAGE PROTECTING METHOD THEREOF - A digital camera includes a storage medium storing a plurality of images that include a portrait image, a face detection unit configured for detecting the portrait image from the plurality of images, a user input unit configured for receiving a cipher in response to a user's input, an encrypting unit configured for encrypting the portrait image using the received cipher to form an encrypted file associated with the portrait image, and a deleting unit configured for deleting the portrait image. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290044 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus using a limited-rewriteable storage medium is disclosed. The image capturing apparatus writes generated image data in the limited-rewriteable storage medium at the time of shooting processing. On the other hand, an internal memory in the image capturing apparatus holds management information such as a FAT and directory entry. The apparatus writes the management information in the limited-rewriteable storage medium after the contents of the information are determined. | 11-26-2009 |
20090295942 | Single-button audio data capture and deletion - A portable electronic device comprising a image sensor for capturing image data and a audio sensor for capturing audio data. The portable device further comprising a processor coupled to said image sensor and said audio sensor, said processor having a first and second mode of operation, and a capture key coupled to said processor for initiating the first mode of operation, wherein said processor captures audio data and video data in the first mode of operation and is operable to capture audio data in the second mode of operation and the second mode of operation follows the first mode of operation. | 12-03-2009 |
20090316021 | Image Replay System, Digital Camera, and Image Replay Device - An image replay system includes a digital camera and an image replay device. The image replay device includes an image recording unit that acquires image information from the digital camera and records it upon a recording medium, a replay unit that replays the image information recorded upon the recording medium, and a transmission unit that transmits to the digital camera usage condition data related to the usage conditions of the image replay device. The digital camera includes a data acquisition unit that acquires the usage condition data from the image replay device, and a control unit that controls the digital camera on the basis of the usage condition data that has been acquired by the data acquisition unit. | 12-24-2009 |
20100002095 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND STORED PICTURE IMAGE PLAYBACK METHOD - An imaging apparatus, which is capable of starting up in a shooting mode and in a playback mode, and capable of switching between the shooting mode and the playback mode, includes: a memory which stores an image file corresponding to a shot picture image; a display which displays the picture image, and a selector which selects at least one image file from a plurality of image files stored in the memory, wherein in a case of starting up in the playback mode, when there is an image file selected by the selector, the selected image file is displayed on the display, and when there is no selected image file, a latest image file which is lastly shot and stored in the memory is displayed on the display. | 01-07-2010 |
20100007767 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - The data transfer apparatus according to the present invention includes a transfer portion that reads out image data stored in a first storage medium, and transfers the image data to a second storage medium; an identification portion that identifies image data stored in the first storage medium and image data stored in the second storage medium; a specification portion that, when transfer of image data by the transfer portion is terminated partway, determines the presence or absence of untransferred image data to the second storage medium among interrelated image data based on the identification result by the identification portion, and that, when the presence of untransferred image data is determined, specifies image data related to the untransferred image data among image data stored in the second storage medium; and a deletion portion that deletes the image data specified by the specification portion from the second storage medium. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013958 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH BUILT-IN IMAGE SEARCH FUNCTION - An imaging system, the imaging system may be a DSC, and a mobile phone, and includes a imaging module, a storage module, display module, a metadata module, and an image search module. The imaging module is for acquiring images. The storage module is for storing the acquired images of the imaging module. The display module is for displaying the images and interactive windows for a user. The metadata module is configured for writing new metadata to image(s) in response to an input of the user. The image search module is configured for searching desired image(s) by comparing a search term input by a user and added metadata of the image(s). | 01-21-2010 |
20100026839 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMPROVED IMAGE USING IMAGES WITH DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS - Multiple images of a scene are acquired over a contemporaneous period of time. Most of the multiple images are lower resolution images acquired with a lower resolution than the other of the multiple images. A corrected set of images is formed at least by correcting for motion present between at least some of the lower resolution images. In addition, a synthesized image is formed at least by merging (a) at least a portion of at least one of the images in the corrected set of images, and (b) at least a portion of at least one of the other of the multiple images. The synthesized image is stored in a processor-accessible memory system. The synthesized image exhibits improved image quality including reduced motion blur, a higher signal-to-noise ratio, and higher resolution over conventional techniques. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR FOR BROWSING IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH A SCHEDULED EVENT IN A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for displaying an electronic calendar for browsing images associated with a scheduled event in a mobile electronic device captures one or more images by a camera and stores the captured images into a cache. The system and method further obtains information of the captured images from the cache, and associates the captured images with a file directory where the scheduled event is stored. Furthermore, the system and method saves the captured images from the cache into the file directory, and highlights the date of the captured images in the electronic calendar to indicate that there are images captured on the highlighted date. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026841 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is methods and apparatuses for providing photographing information in a digital image processing device in which photographing information is classified and stored when an image is photographed, and the photographing information is provided to a user according to a user's request, so that a user's may know their photographing pattern. The photographing information may include the type of lens used when an image is photographed and the accumulated number of times the lens has been used when an image is photographed. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026842 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a storage unit,a face detection unit, a face discrimination unit, and a control unit. The storage unit is provided for storing a content management file that stores a file entry for managing contents and a particular face entry for managing a particular face. Each of the file entry and the particular face entry is a hierarchical entry with a hierarchical structure. The face detection unit is provided for detecting a face contained in the contents. The face discrimination unit is provided for determining whether the detected face is the particular face by comparing the particular face with the detected face. The control unit is provided for performing control of correlating the particular face entry with the file entry when the detected face is identified as the particular face. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026843 | IMAGING DEVICE, EDITION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging device for supporting the user to generate satisfactory synthesized images, not missing photo opportunities. The imaging device generates a plurality of still images continuously and generates a synthesized image from the still images. While the shooting button is pressed to instruct continuous shooting, the imaging device performs a process in which it writes still image data, which is obtained by the continuous shooting, into a recording medium sequentially. After the continuous shooting ends, the imaging device enters a wait state to wait for a new instruction, and then upon receiving an instruction to start generating a synthesized image, it performs a process of generating a synthesized image by using a plurality of pieces of still image data stored in the recording medium. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026844 | IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An image acquisition system for machine vision systems decouples image acquisition from the transmission of the image to a host processor by using a programmable imager controller to selectively disable and enable the transmission of data to the host and by using a system of buffers to temporarily store image data pending allocation of memory. This enables the image acquisition system to acquire images asynchronously and to change the exposure parameters on a frame-by-frame basis without the latency associated with the allocation of memory for storage of the acquired image. The system architecture of the invention further permits interruption and resumption of image acquisition with minimal likelihood of missing data. Data throughput is further enhanced by transmitting to the host only that data corresponding to the region of interest within the image and discarding the data from outside of the region of interest at the camera stage. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026845 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OVERRIDING MODE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A digital photographing apparatus including an imaging device configured to continuously output image data of a subject in units of frames according to a predetermined drive clock, during consecutive photographing; a buffer memory configured to store a plurality of image frames output by the imaging device; a memory checking unit configured to detect a data overflow of the buffer memory; a digital signal processor configured to perform an overriding operation of sacrificing previously stored frame data and storing image frames recently obtained after the data overflow occurs in the buffer memory in replacement of the sacrificed framed data; and a recording medium configured to store the image frames in the buffer memory in the form of files. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026846 | Method And Apparatus For Automatically Categorizing Images In A Digital Camera - A method and apparatus for automatically categorizing images in a digital camera is provided. In one aspect, image data is captured by a digital camera. Image data analysis is performed on the captured image data by the digital camera to automatically generate a category tag to which the captured image data may relate. The generated category tag is stored in association with the captured image data for categorizing the captured image data. | 02-04-2010 |
20100045821 | DIGITAL CAMERA INCLUDING A TRIGGERING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING STORAGE OF IMAGES IN A DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes an image sensor; a buffer memory adapted to receive images from the image sensor and to store the images therein; an image processor adapted to receive selected images and to process the selected images, including applying a video compression algorithm to the selected images; an image storage device adapted to store the processed, selected images; and an image selector adapted to select the selected images among the stored images in the buffer memory based on at least one image selection criterion, and to cause unselected stored images to be discarded from the buffer memory. | 02-25-2010 |
20100045822 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - A digital image processing apparatus may include a storage medium which stores image files and a display which displays images corresponding to the image files stored on the storage medium. A display region of the display may be divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of image files stored on the storage medium may be respectively displayed in the plurality of regions. The plurality of images may be displayed simultaneously and a size of at least one of the plurality regions may be variable. | 02-25-2010 |
20100053370 | PRE- AND POST-SHUTTER SIGNAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND SORT FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066860 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM IN THEM - An optical-flow calculating unit ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100085443 | Server apparatus - A server apparatus includes a recording means for recording a captured image transferred from an electronic camera; and a user registration means for registering the electronic camera and a user in correlation based on user registration information that has been input by the user. | 04-08-2010 |
20100091136 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data recording apparatus holds device state information which is updated according to use of the apparatus and represents a use state of the apparatus, and device identification information unique to the apparatus. Upon recording data, the data recording apparatus acquires information associated with generation of recording data, which is different from the device state information, as recording information, in association with the recording data. The apparatus generates unique identification information of the recording data based on the device identification information, the device state information, and the recording information, and records a file including the recording data and the unique identification information in a recording medium. | 04-15-2010 |
20100103282 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus has: a data memory configured to store image data; an RP register configured to hold a two-dimensional address indicating a position of an RP in a frame of image data; and an RP control section configured to control the two-dimensional address held by the RP register on the basis of the width and height of the frame. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus has an address calculation unit configured to, when reading target pixel data is read from the data memory on the basis of an instruction code provided with a field for specifying a two-dimensional relative position from the RP by a combination of two immediate values, calculate an address at which the reading target pixel data is stored, on the basis of the two-dimensional address, the combination of immediate values and the width of the frame. | 04-29-2010 |
20100103283 | Digital still camera - In a digital still camera, when the reproducing mode is selected, an indication to the effect that the operation is in standby for reproduction is displayed on an indicating device, and if the command dial is not operated until 16 seconds elapses after the indication has been started, the supply of source voltage to the various parts of the camera is stopped, to achieve a reduction in power consumption. If the command dial is operated within 16 seconds, image signals are output to an external monitor and also an indication to the effect that reproduction is in progress is displayed on the indicating device. If the command dial has been operated within three minutes after reproduction of a given photographic frame has been started, reproduction of the following frame is performed, but if the command dial has not been operated until the three minutes have elapsed, the indication to the effect that the operation is in standby for reproduction is displayed again. If the sensitivity changeover switch and the command dial are operated together during reproduction or standby for reproduction, the photographic frame to be reproduced is determined in correspondence to the quantity and direction of the rotation of the command dial and the frame number of the frame thus determined is displayed on the indicating device. | 04-29-2010 |
20100110228 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image display device; an instruction position detecting unit to accept, via an operating screen having multiple operating areas provided to a display screen of the image display device, instructions from a user and detect and output the position of the instruction operation on the operating face; a storage unit to store and hold image data; and a display control unit to control display of an image according to the image data stored and held in at least the storage unit on the image display device; wherein, if the user performs a tracing operation on the operating face, the display control unit controls the display of the image on the display screen of the image display device so as to change, according to the operated operating area and direction of operation that is distinguished based on the detecting output from the instruction position detecting unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110229 | Terminal having photographing function and display method for the same - Provided are a terminal having a photographing function and a displaying method for the terminal. The displaying method includes generating a plurality of process images by processing an original image, which is an image shown through a lens of the terminal, several times using different setup information each time, and displaying the generated plurality of process images on a plurality of buttons. Accordingly, even when a user is not proficient with how to obtain a high quality photograph by setting setup information, such as a focus, exposure, etc. and with operating the buttons, the user can select a process image, which seems to be the most preferable to the user, from among the process images, and thus the user can easily find the optimum setup information with a simple button operation. | 05-06-2010 |
20100118160 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - When picked up images picked up by an image pickup apparatus are accessed, the contents of the picked up images are grasped readily. A dynamic picture storage section | 05-13-2010 |
20100123796 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL PHOTO MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION - Digital images are captured on a digital camera, automatically formatted, and uploaded to a server for review and collaborative modifications. An on-line web gallery is automatically generated by the server whereby low resolution versions of the images are transferred to the server and appear in the gallery within seconds from capturing the images. Among other things, a viewer located remotely from a photographer can observe new images in the gallery in real time as they are captured, place a request for post-production modifications to selected images and download a high resolution version of selected images. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134655 | Image file generation device, camera and image file generation method - An image file generation device includes: an image file generation unit that generates an image file having stored therein a plurality of sets of image data obtained in a batch via an image sensor; and an image recording unit that records the image file into a storage medium, wherein: if the image file generation unit determines that an image file-splitting condition has been satisfied while the batch of image data is being obtained via the image sensor, the image file generation unit ends image data storage into the current image file and starts image data storage into a new image file. | 06-03-2010 |
20100134656 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system, method and computer program product for arranging digital data in a file in an apparatus-implemented system, is disclosed. One or more pages are generated, where each page includes: i. a mode field containing a camera operation mode, ii. an image data field containing image data, iii. an offset field containing an offset to a next page in the file, and a total size field containing a page size. Each page is recorded in the file using the same format. | 06-03-2010 |
20100134657 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention has as its object to allow information recording by maximally utilizing the size of a storage medium while maintaining compatibility to an electronic device which can handle only a storage medium initialized by the first file system to some extent. To this end, on a storage medium, two storage areas, i.e., a partition A initialized by the FAT16 file system to be accessed by a normal digital still camera, and a partition B initialized by the FAT32 file system that allows a still larger address space, are assured. A main image sensed by a camera unit is stored in the partition B, and a thumbnail image as its derivative information is stored in the partition A. Even when this memory card is attached to the conventional digital still camera, the thumbnail image can be browsed. Also, information indicating correspondence between the main image and corresponding thumbnail image is stored in the partition B as management information. As a result, even when a thumbnail image is detected by the conventional digital still camera, whether the main image is to be deleted or the deleted thumbnail image is to be restored can be selected based on the correspondence with the main image. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141793 | IMAGING DEVICE - There is provided an imaging device including a first processor having a list creating unit for, when a group is specified and a creation process of a data list is requested for data divided to one or a plurality of groups, creating a data list related to data of the specified group, and a list transmission unit for transmitting a data list created by the list creating unit through a first line when a transmission request of the data list based on the PTP is acquired through the first line; and a second processor having a list creation requesting unit for specifying the group and requesting for the creation process of the data list with respect to the first processor through a second line different from the first line, and a list transmission requesting unit for transmitting the transmission request of the data list to the first processor. | 06-10-2010 |
20100141794 | PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE ALLOWING STORAGE OF INFORMATION FOR IDENTIFYING USER - When setting that a situation permits photographing is made, a CPU causes a first image obtained by photographing of a field by an image pick-up portion to be stored as an input image in association with prescribed information. In contrast, when setting that a situation does not permit photographing is made, the CPU accepts user's drawing input onto an input portion and causes a second image in accordance with the drawing input to be stored as the input image in association with the prescribed information. Thus, an image of a type appropriate for a condition of use can be stored in association with the prescribed information. | 06-10-2010 |
20100149375 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FASTER RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF DIGITAL VIDEO IMAGES - The present invention provides a faster method and apparatus for recording and reproduction of a digital movie. The photographing apparatus includes both a recording unit and a reproducing unit for playback. Digital image data is produced by an imaging device as a sequence of frames. Because parameters (such as luminance and chrominance) that describe each frame are calculated and stored while the frames are being recorded, the parameters may be read upon playback by the reproducing unit of the present invention, thereby eliminating the need for redundant image processing. | 06-17-2010 |
20100149376 | Information processing apparatus, buffer control method, and computer program - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a buffer for holding image data output line by line from an image pickup device, a write enable generator for generating a write enable signal which indicates a timing by which the image data is written to the buffer line by line, an adder for adding per reference clock a read frequency set value which determines readout frequency of the image data written in the buffer, and a write enable generator for generating a read enable signal which indicates a timing by which the image data written in the buffer is read out line by line based on an added value of the read frequency set values. | 06-17-2010 |
20100165145 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus and method is disclosed by which moving pictures of a high frame rate can be displayed. The image pickup apparatus for picking up moving pictures, includes: a distribution section for distributing light incoming through an optical lens to n directions; n image pickup elements for converting the light distributed by the distribution section into signals at time intervals of 1/m second to pick up images; and a control section for controlling timings at which the light is to be converted into the signals by the image pickup elements; the control section controlling the n image pickup elements to convert the light into the signals at timings successively displaced by 1/m×n second to pick up images. | 07-01-2010 |
20100177211 | IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND THE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image playback apparatus, which is capable of playing back images recorded in a recording medium, acquires creation time and modification time which are time stamps of the image file, compares, compares the acquired creation and modification times, registers the matching time as the time management information of the image file when the creation time and the modification time match, or registers the older of the two times as the time management information of the image file when they do not match. The image playback apparatus selectively plays back image based on time management information registered for each of the image files. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177212 | Identifying and Tracking Digital Images With Customized Metadata - A method of tracking digital images includes inputting data identifying a subject of an image into a camera, acquiring an image with the camera, and storing the image and the inputted data, as metadata, in an image file when the image is acquired. The method can be implemented using a scanner, a digital camera, and a data processor. The scanner obtains the identifying data and transmits the data to the camera. The camera obtains digital images and embeds the data into digital image files encoding the digital images. The identifying data has a format different from any of the formats processable by the digital camera. The data processor converts the format of the identifying data to one of the plurality of formats processable by the digital camera loads the converted information into the digital camera as metadata. | 07-15-2010 |
20100182452 | Image processing equipment and digital camera - An image processing equipment generates a reduced image corresponding to an obtained image in parallel with a processing of storing the generated reduced image in a reduced image storing part, and pipelines a processing of extracting a low-frequency noise component of each of pixels included in the obtained image and a processing of sequentially subtracting the low-frequency being extracted from pixel data corresponding to one of the obtained image stored in the image storing part and an adjusted image generated from the obtained, so as to achieve a pipeline processing of a multi-resolution noise filtering with a few line memories. | 07-22-2010 |
20100182453 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus has an inputting unit for inputting: image data including image data shot using a bracket shooting function; and an instruction for correction processing on the image data. The image processing apparatus also has a selecting unit for, in a case where the image data stored in the storage unit is image data that has been shot using a bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction, selecting the image data shot using the bracket shooting function corresponding to the correction processing instruction from the image data stored in the storage unit. And, the image processing apparatus also has a processing unit for, in a case where there is no image data in the storage unit that corresponds to the correction processing instruction, performing the correction processing on the image data input by the inputting unit. | 07-22-2010 |
20100188527 | IMAGING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image generation unit operable to generate image signal of a subject, a recording unit operable to record a first type of image file or a second type of image file to a recording medium based on the image signal generated by the image generation unit, and a controller operable to control the recording unit. The controller controls the recording unit to record the first type of image file at a lower level of a first directory in the recording medium and record the second type of image file at a lower level of a second directory in the recording medium, and record in the recording medium information used to analyze a recording order of the first type of image file and the second type of image file in the recording medium, while relating the information to the second type of image file. | 07-29-2010 |
20100194920 | BEHAVIORALLY-BASED SOFTWARE ACCELERATION FOR DIGITAL CAMERA OPERATIONS - The perceived speed of a digital camera is greatly depended on the actual speed of the processor as well as the size of the captured image. Behaviorally-based software techniques can improve the speed of the image captures and post-capture actions perceived by the end user without the need for any hardware changes. This is made possible by prioritizing the processing queue to deliver the most important user feedback first, then processing the less time-critical information at a later time. Overall this technique delivers better performance with minimal added processing, and no need of additional hardware. | 08-05-2010 |
20100208102 | STORAGE DEVICE, STORAGE METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING VIDEO DATA - A storage device generates low frame rate video data by frame thinning high frame rate video data input. The storage device performs image synthesis on the low frame rate video data and the high frame rate video data, for which video data input has been delayed, into two screens. | 08-19-2010 |
20100214441 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first storage unit, and a smoothing unit. The imaging unit outputs an image signal. The first storage unit stores the image signal. The smoothing unit performs a smoothing of causing the first storage unit to store a predetermined amount of the image signal uniformly on time within a horizontal scanning period in which the predetermined amount of the image signal is output from the imaging unit. | 08-26-2010 |
20100214442 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a face detection section detecting a face image within a photographed image; a classification section classifying the photographed image by a pattern of the face image and a color or a pattern under the face image; and a display control section displaying an image of the same face with the different color or pattern according to the classification by the classification section, and displays images of the same person among the plurality of images classified by the classification section at the same time or sequentially in the display of the display control section. | 08-26-2010 |
20100245623 | STILL IMAGE MEMORY DEVICE AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A still image memory device includes an imaging unit, a nonvolatile memory unit that includes a first memory area and a second memory area, and a control unit that controls the nonvolatile memory unit. The control unit includes a first processing unit that stores, in the first memory area, the image data output from the imaging unit; a second processing unit that, based on memory status of the first memory area, reads and compresses image data selected from a plurality of image data stored in the first memory area, stores compressed image data in the second memory area, and destroys the image data selected from the plurality of image data stored in the first memory area; and a third processing unit that, based on memory status of the second memory area, destroys compressed image data selected from a plurality of compressed image data stored in the second memory area. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253804 | METHOD OF STORING IMAGE DATA, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE CONTROLLING METHOD - There are provided a method of storing image data, a digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program to execute the controlling method, for storing image data as a small-size file without degradation of image quality at main parts of the image data. According to the method of storing image data, the digital photographing apparatus, the method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, and the recording medium storing a program to execute the controlling method, image data are stored in a state where first and second regions of an image corresponding to the image data have different image quality levels. | 10-07-2010 |
20100253805 | IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - When a CPU obtains a directive about an attribute of an image data file stored on a memory card, it is determined whether or not the image data file has an attribute related to the directive. Then, an album list file containing album lists including file names having common attributes relating to the directive in the image data files stored in the memory card is generated. | 10-07-2010 |
20100259640 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image capture device includes an image capture unit, a switching unit, a calculation unit, a comparison unit, and a display unit. The image capture unit captures consecutive images. The switching unit switches to a playback mode. The calculation unit calculates each of gradient values between adjacent pixels within each the image and cumulates a total value composed of the gradient values of the image. The comparison unit compares different total values corresponding to different images to determine the image having a maximum total value. The display unit displays the acquired image. | 10-14-2010 |
20100271505 | System and Method for RAW Image Processing - An automated RAW image processing method and system are disclosed. A RAW image and metadata related to the RAW image are obtained from a digital camera or other source. The RAW image and the related metadata are automatically processed using an Operating System service of a processing device to produce a resulting image in an absolute color space. The resulting image is then made available to an application program executing on the processing device through an application program interface with the Operating System service. | 10-28-2010 |
20100277611 | AUTOMATIC CONTENT TAGGING, SUCH AS TAGGING DIGITAL IMAGES VIA A WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK USING METADATA AND FACIAL RECOGNITION - Described in detail herein are systems and methods for automatically generating tags for digital content, such as digital images from a digital camera or camcorder. Further, the system can automatically determine who or what may be in digital content. Further details and features are described herein. | 11-04-2010 |
20100277612 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN AN IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for managing the memory of an image storage device. Compressed image data is organized into multiple compression layers. The present invention takes advantage of the compression layers to free up additional storage space in memory when necessary. | 11-04-2010 |
20100277613 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An image recording device ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100295966 | DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING SYSTEM - A method that includes receiving image data from a digital image sensor that is associated with a series of video frames. The method further includes processing a first portion of the image data to generate a first video frame included in a video sequence, where the first video frame has a first resolution, storing the first video frame in a first memory location, processing a second portion of the image data to generate an image having a second resolution that is greater than the first resolution, and storing the second video frame in a second memory location. | 11-25-2010 |
20100309334 | CAMERA IMAGE SELECTION BASED ON DETECTED DEVICE MOVEMENT - Systems and methods are providing for selecting one or more of several images captured in sequence and stored in a buffer in response to receiving a user instruction to store a captured image. An electronic device can capture information describing the movement of the device at the time each of the several images was captured, such that each image can be associated with specific device movement information. The electronic device can then select the one of the captured and buffered images for which the movement information of the device satisfies particular criteria. This can ensure that the particular image stored is not blurry due to device movement at the time the image was captured. | 12-09-2010 |
20100321526 | Portable Video Magnifying Apparatus - Disclosed is a portable video magnifying apparatus. The video magnifying apparatus of the present invention comprises a main frame; a short distance image detecting part which is pivotably disposed at the main frame so as to allow proximity photographing with respect to a subject on a right under surface of the short distance image detecting part or therearound; a long distance image detecting part which is provided with a long distance photographing lens for photographing a long distance subject and which is disposed at the main frame; and a display part which outputs one out of the short distance image, the long distance image and an image input through an external portion, which is selected by a user. Therefore, it is possible to help the weak-sighted or aged person. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES - An apparatus for capturing and present images includes one or more master controllers with an image capture device capturing many images. The images are ordered in defined sequence and presented in a large venue on a plurality of screens using respective remote slide show controllers. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321528 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE SENSORS - A computer system has machine-readable instructions stored thereon. The instructions when executed cause the computer system to perform a method of controlling a camera system. The method includes accessing a first data set in an image file. The first data set includes identification data indicating an identity of an image sensor associated with a previous boot of the camera system and configuration data indicating operation parameters of the image sensor associated with the previous boot. The method further includes: determining whether a matching is found between the identification data and an image sensor associated with a current boot of the camera system; and setting the image sensor associated with the current boot based on the configuration data of the first data set if the matching is found. | 12-23-2010 |
20100328492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL ACCORDING TO VIEWER FACTORS AND RESPONSES - A device and system and a method for selecting and displaying images in accordance with attention responses of an image viewer. An image capture device captures a viewer image of a spatial region potentially containing a viewer of the image display device and a viewer detection mechanism analyzes the viewer image and determines whether a potential viewer is observing the display screen. A gaze pattern_analysis mechanism identifies a viewer response to a currently displayed image by analysis of the viewer's emotional response as revealed by the viewer's facial expression and other sensory inputs, and the selection of an image to be displayed is then modified in accordance with the indicated viewer's attention response. | 12-30-2010 |
20110025883 | IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD WITH ARTISTIC TEMPLATE DESIGN - A method of operating a digital image capture device including storing a plurality of digital image template files, each of the digital image template files include features of a digital image template such as a number, location, and shape of openings in the digital image template. Image attribute requirements are also stored in association with each of the openings for screening images to be disposed in an opening. The templates are displayed to a user for selecting a template. Images are captured and stored and each of the images include image attribute data. Stored images are automatically searched to identify images that may be automatically digitally placed into openings in the digital template. The image attributes of found images are those which satisfy image attribute requirements of the openings. A file containing a digital image template together with the images digitally disposed therein is saved in the capture device for future use such as printing the file or transmitting the file over a network. | 02-03-2011 |
20110025884 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus, comprises a storage medium configured to store an image file; a communicating unit configured to communicate with an image management apparatus that manages an image file; a transmitting unit configured to transmit identification information of the image processing apparatus and a storage capacity of the storage medium to the image management apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive identification information of the image management apparatus and a fixed reserved capacity via the communicating unit from the image management apparatus; and a first storage unit configured to store the identification information received from the image management apparatus and the fixed reserved capacity in association with each other. | 02-03-2011 |
20110032384 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a display unit, a classification unit configured to classify a plurality of images into a landscape-oriented image and a portrait-oriented image, a detection unit configured to detect whether the apparatus is in the landscape orientation or in the portrait orientation, and a control unit configured to display a plurality of images in one orientation of the landscape-oriented image and the portrait-oriented image on the display unit in response to an instruction, and thereafter display a plurality of images in the other orientation on the display unit. The control unit determines the orientation of the image to be displayed first based on a detection result upon receiving the instruction. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050954 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE FAVORITE USING GYRO - The present invention takes advantage of a typical user behavior that occurs when a “favorite” image is reviewed. The holder of the display will pass the device (camera, frame, etc) to share the image. This behavior is detected using gyroscopes. The image being viewed while there is a high level of movement can then be inferred to be of higher interest than one where the camera remains static. The higher value is indicated by tagging the image as a favorite. This information is stored as metadata either in the image file or a data structure that is associated with the file. | 03-03-2011 |
20110090366 | Apparatus and method for image capture using image stored in camera - An apparatus for capturing an image using an image stored in a camera includes a lens system for optically receiving an image, an image signal processor for converting the received image into a preview image and generating a first-resolution image using the received image at predetermined periods, a first buffer for receiving the first-resolution image from the image signal processor and temporarily storing the received first-resolution image, a display for displaying the preview image received from the image signal processor and the first-resolution image received from the first buffer, and a controller for controlling the image signal processor to display the first-resolution image temporarily stored in the first buffer on the display upon receiving an image capturing signal. | 04-21-2011 |
20110096194 | Recording apparatus, recording method, program and computer-readable recording medium - [Problem] To easily determine the matching/mismatching between the content and index files recorded on a recording medium when turning on power. | 04-28-2011 |
20110122291 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD - The presence/absence of a face in an image and the type of imaging mode during imaging (such as a landscape imaging mode and a close-up imaging mode) of the image acquired by imaging and the like are detected. Images are automatically classified by groups based on the detected information (classification information). A plurality of images classified by the groups are connected to create a multi-image file (MP file), and the MP file is recorded in a recording medium. As a result, the plurality of classified images can be managed altogether (without dissipation), and the plurality of classified images can be reproduced by providing the multi-image file even if a reproducer does not have a classification function. | 05-26-2011 |
20110128408 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus, including an optical system forming an image of an optical image of an object; an imaging element imaging the optical image and producing image data at a frame frequency Ffs out of a frame frequency Ffr of NTSC system; a frame memory storing the image data; and a controller progressively writing the image data in the frame memory and interlacedly reading out the image data from the frame memory at the frame frequency Ffr of NTSC system. The frame memory is divided into at least three areas comprising a writing-in area and a read-out area, wherein the controller sequentially switches the areas of the frame memory and progressively writes one frame of image data in each area and interlacedly reads out one frame of image data from each area in sequence. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AN ALBUM - In a method and an apparatus for managing an album, when a user inputs a desired album title, texts of the desired album title are recognized and arranged, and a folder corresponding to the album title is automatically generated. Thus, convenience of the user is improved. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134277 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that enables to prevent waste of electric power, memory or the like by selecting image data that is highly significant for image processing from multiple pieces of image data contained in a single file and subjecting the image processing to image data. A reception section receives a file that contains multiple pieces of image data with attribute information added. A determination section determines whether or not a corresponding one of the pieces of image data is to be subjected to image processing based on the attribute information contained in the file received by the reception section. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157420 | FILING DIGITAL IMAGES USING VOICE INPUT - Method and device for naming digital image data files stored on a camera enabled device having an image sensor, an audio sensor, a display and a memory, including: capturing image data through the image sensor; automatically displaying on the display a default filename for an image data file for the captured image data; monitoring the audio sensor for voice input upon detecting a user input selecting the default filename, and determining a new filename for the image data file in dependence on a text translation of the voice input. A folder name can alternatively be determined in dependence on a text translation of a voice input and an image data file for the captured image data saved in the memory using a folder having the folder name. | 06-30-2011 |
20110157421 | Systems and Methods for Capturing Images of Objects - A method for generating an image object, performed by a mobile electronic device, comprises the following steps. The mobile electronic device comprises multiple shutter objects, and each shutter object corresponds to an orientation type. A signal generated by one of the shutter objects is detected. A orientation type is determined according to the shutter object generating the signal. The image object with the determined orientation type is stored. | 06-30-2011 |
20110169982 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image management apparatus which makes it possible to classify picked-up images according to the occasion of going-out without burdening a user. An information processing apparatus manages a plurality of image files obtained through shooting processing by an image pickup apparatus, and acquires GPS information indicative of a location of the image pickup apparatus and a time when the location was detected. The information processing apparatus sets one record of the GPS information as reference start time information, and retrieves a GPS information record indicative of a location identical to the location indicated by the reference start time information, as reference end information. The information processing apparatus classifies image files of respective shooting times occurring between a time indicated by the reference start time information and a time indicated by the reference end time information, into the same group. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181755 | Digital still camera - In a digital still camera, when the reproducing mode is selected, an indication to the effect that the operation is in standby for reproduction is displayed on an indicating device, and if the command dial is not operated until 16 seconds elapses after the indication has been started, the supply of source voltage to the various parts of the camera is stopped, to achieve a reduction in power consumption. If the command dial is operated within 16 seconds, image signals are output to an external monitor and also an indication to the effect that reproduction is in progress is displayed on the indicating device. If the command dial has been operated within three minutes after reproduction of a given photographic frame has been started, reproduction of the following frame is performed, but if the command dial has not been operated until the three minutes have elapsed, the indication to the effect that the operation is in standby for reproduction is displayed again. If the sensitivity changeover switch and the command dial are operated together during reproduction or standby for reproduction, the photographic frame to be reproduced is determined in correspondence to the quantity and direction of the rotation of the command dial and the frame number of the frame thus determined is displayed on the indicating device. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187895 | INTELLIGENT VIDEO COMPACTING AGENT - A method of capturing images comprises capturing a video image and converting the video image to a digital video image. The method performs at least one operation on the digital video image and communicates the operated digital video image to at least one of two paths with at least one of the paths being a remote destination and at least another path being a local destination. The method determines whether an event occurs in the video image and selects the path based on the event. The method stores the operated digital video image on a memory at the remote destination if the event occurs in addition to storing the digital video image on a memory at the local destination. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187896 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recording apparatus is disclosed that records information data and file system information for managing a file containing the information data in accordance with a predetermined file system to a recording medium having a plurality of blocks including an alternative block for a defect block, wherein a first threshold and a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold are set, and recording of the information data to the recording medium is inhibited if an alternative block remaining amount in the recording medium is less than or equal to the first threshold, and an update of the file system information recorded in the recording medium is inhibited if the alternative block remaining amount is less than or equal to the second threshold. | 08-04-2011 |
20110193992 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A digital camera which performs digital processing on an image obtained by image capturing has a three-dimensional lattice point data table for image data conversion processing. The digital camera holds a matrix coefficient set for performing the conversion processing by matrix operation. In the respective lattice points of the three-dimensional lattice point data table, values corresponding to the conversion processing with the matrix coefficient set are set. Then a raw image file, including compressed image data obtained by lossy compression on the image data converted by the conversion processing and the held matrix coefficient set, as attendant information, is generated. | 08-11-2011 |
20110199509 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Information concerning an imaging place is acquired from a map information acquisition portion, and the acquired information related to the position is multiplexed with video image information to be recorded in a recording medium. The information related to positions separated at the time of reproducing is displayed by being superimposed onto a video image so that it is possible to switch from/to display/non-display. Further, the information related to a position is input by an operation portion, and the time corresponding thereto is taken from the multiplexed file, thereby making it possible to start reproduction from a part in which a specified position is imaged. It is therefore an object of the present invention to record the information related to the imaged place together with a video image, and to be able to switch from/to display/non-display of the information related to the place. Additionally, it is an object to perform control of reproduction based on the information related to a place. | 08-18-2011 |
20110205396 | APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING, REPRODUCING, OR STORING IMAGE FILE INCLUDING MAP DATA - An image processing method includes obtaining image data, obtaining location information regarding a location where the image data has been captured, obtaining map data presenting a map of a location corresponding to the location information, and generating an image file to include the image data and the map data. | 08-25-2011 |
20110211091 | STORAGE DEVICE, DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER WITH THEREOF AND SYSTEM WITH THEREOF - A system with storage device includes a storage device and an electrical device. The storage device includes a storage unit, at least one hotkey and a first hot plug interface. The at least one hotkey generates a control instruction corresponding to the at least one hotkey when operated. The control instruction is written to a block for storing instructions of the storage unit. The electrical device includes a second hot plug interface and a processing unit. The storage device builds connection with the electrical device through the first hot plug interface and the second hot plug interface when the first hot plug interface is electrically connected with the second hot plug interface. The processing unit makes the second hot plug interface obtain the control instruction from the block for storing instructions of the storage unit through the first hot plug interface. The processing unit executes the control instruction. | 09-01-2011 |
20110254977 | Data recording apparatus and camera - A data recording apparatus includes: a data recording device that records acquired data in a recording medium; a target data specifying device that specifies target data to which data processing is to be performed out of data recorded in the recording medium based on an instruction by a user; a recordable data number calculation device that calculates a number of the acquired data that will be able to be recorded in the recording medium by performing the data processing to the target data based on a remaining capacity of the recording medium and a content of processing of the data processing; a display control device that displays on a display device a result of the calculation by the recordable data number calculation device before the data processing is performed. | 10-20-2011 |
20110292244 | STORING A VIDEO SUMMARY AS METADATA - A method for storing a video summary for a digital video sequence captured with a digital video capture device, comprising: capturing a digital video sequence with the digital video capture device, wherein the digital video sequence includes a plurality of video frames; storing the digital video sequence in a processor-accessible memory; identifying one or more key video snippets, each key video snippet corresponding to a set of video frames from the stored digital video sequence; assembling the key video snippets to form a video summary; and storing the video summary in a processor-accessible memory by storing metadata associated with the stored digital video sequence, wherein the metadata provides an indication of the video frames corresponding to the video summary. | 12-01-2011 |
20110292245 | VIDEO CAPTURE SYSTEM PRODUCING A VIDEO SUMMARY - A digital video capture system for capturing a digital video sequence and for producing a corresponding video summary, comprising: an image sensor; an optical system; a processor, a softcopy display and a means for providing a user with an option to view either a stored digital video sequence or a video summary on the softcopy display. The processor performs the steps of: capturing a digital video sequence; automatically analyzing the digital video sequence at the time the digital video sequence is captured to determine one or more feature values; compressing the digital video sequence; storing the compressed digital video sequence; automatically analyzing the feature values to identify one or more key video snippets, assembling the key video snippets to form a video summary; and storing a representation of the video summary. | 12-01-2011 |
20120002076 | CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A camera includes: a photographing unit that generates image files by consecutively capturing subject images at an electronic shutter speed high enough to ensure that no image blur occurs in the subject images; an image file recording unit that records image files into a storage medium; a setting unit that sets a movie image frame rate; a synthetic image generation unit that generates a plurality of synthetic images each by combining sets of image data in image files among a plurality of image files generated by the photographing unit, a quantity of the sets of image data being set by taking into consideration the frame rate set by the setting unit; and a movie image file generation unit that generates a movie image file containing a movie image, each frame of the movie image being constituted with one of the synthetic images. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002077 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of storing as many number of image files as possible, while adding file names conforming to a file storage standard, and capable of making it easy for a user to browse the desired image file among a vast number of continuously photographed image files. When one or plural representative images are selected from among continuously photographed images, a control unit of a digital camera as the image processing apparatus stores the one or more selected representative images into a memory card after a file name conforming to the file storage standard is added to each representative image, and stores continuously photographed images other than the one or more representative images into the memory card after file names not conforming to the file storage standard are added to these images. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002078 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An aspect of the present invention provides an image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording device which records an extended image file storing a plurality of pieces of image data and a basic file storing at least one piece of image data selected from the pieces of image data stored in the extended image file, the extended image file and the basic file being associated with each other; a determination device which determines whether or not the basic file has been deleted or modified; and a basic file recovery device which recovers the basic file from the extended image file if it is determined that the basic file has been deleted or modified. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008011 | Digital Camera and Associated Method - The main subject matter of the present invention is a digital camera ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120008012 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EASILY GENERATING ALBUM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus that is capable of generating an album by laying out desired images in desired positions by a simple operation, while confirming a result of the layout by a photographer when shooting an image. A control section displays a through-the lens-image obtained by shooting an object on a display section by inserting the through-the lens-image in a plurality of frames on a template. When it is detected that one of the plurality of frames has been designated, the control section generates an image file by executing image pickup processing, and stores the generated image file in a storage medium in association with the designated frame of the plurality of frames on the template. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008013 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image file creation unit, a storage control unit, an extracting unit, and a display controller. The image file creation unit is configured to create a file including a plurality of images, first management information indicating a specified Exif version, and second management information including an image size and a total number of the images in the file. The storage control unit is configured to store the image file in a storage. The extraction unit is configured to extract the image from the image file in the storage based on the second management information. The display controller is configured to display the image on a display. | 01-12-2012 |
20120013766 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A digital imaging device and methods thereof that will enable the embedding and retrieving of information in digital images are provided. The digital imaging device includes a capture module for capturing an image and creating a digital image file; an input module for inputting information regarding the captured image; and a processing module for associating the inputted information to the digital image file. The device further includes a scanning module for reading a symbology associated with a printed digital image and wherein the processing module is adapted to use the symbology to retrieve the associated information of the digital image file. The device may be embodied as a digital camera, a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), etc. | 01-19-2012 |
20120026361 | System And Method For Automatic Format Selection For Digital Photographs - A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the captured image to check the image quality. If the image quality falls within an acceptable range, then the digital camera saves the image in a compressed format. If the captured image does not fall within predetermined quality levels, then the captured image is save in raw format for later processing. | 02-02-2012 |
20120033101 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE SENSORS - A computer system has machine-readable instructions stored thereon. The instructions when executed cause the computer system to perform a method of controlling a camera system. The method includes accessing a first data set in an image file. The first data set includes identification data indicating an identity of an image sensor associated with a previous boot of the camera system and configuration data indicating operation parameters of the image sensor associated with the previous boot. The method further includes: determining whether a matching is found between the identification data and an image sensor associated with a current boot of the camera system; and setting the image sensor associated with the current boot based on the configuration data of the first data set if the matching is found. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033102 | Image File For Storing Digital Images And Ancillary Data Values Using Multiple Encoding Methods - An image format for storing digital images within a baseline DCT compatible bitstream comprises entropy coded image data, a first application marker storing a first data value using a first encoding method to convey a first information value related to the image, and a second application marker storing a second data value using a second encoding method to convey the same said first information value related to the image. More specifically, the first application marker uses TIFF tags within an Exif application marker and the second application marker uses a FlashPix compatible structured storage stream, while the entropy coded data includes restart markers to define tile boundaries within the entropy coded image data. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038791 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention relates to an image processing system and method, the image processing system comprising an image capturing unit; a resolution conversion unit; a detection unit; an image conversion processing unit; an image compression unit, and a memory unit, the processing method comprising the steps of: capturing a first image data; transferring the first image data to the resolution conversion unit and the image conversion processing unit; converting the first image data into a second image data; detecting a plurality of position data from the second image data according to at least one detection rule; generating a third image data by mapping the first image data according to a mapping table; and compressing the third image data. This invention has image encryption function. | 02-16-2012 |
20120038792 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image processing apparatus which can store a pickuped image file in a new folder, the user's convenience is improved, and the creation of unnecessary folders is suppressed. If a preset condition for the creation of a new folder is satisfied, a new folder is created when a next shooting instruction is issued (S | 02-16-2012 |
20120062764 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A data management device includes an input controller which accepts an input of a data acquisition instruction in a state in which a folder image relating to a folder in which data is to be stored is displayed on a display unit, a data acquisition controller which acquires data from a data acquisition unit in accordance with the data acquisition instruction accepted by the input controller and a data management unit which stores the data acquired by the data acquisition unit in a data storage unit with associating the acquired data with a folder specified by the folder image displayed on the display unit when the data acquisition instruction is accepted. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062765 | IMAGING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - When a shutter key is operated, characteristic data is acquired. A determination is made as to whether the characteristic data has been acquired, and face image shooting processing is executed when the characteristic data has been acquired. File generation processing is executed in which a format of a face registration file is generated and the characteristic data and image data are written into the format of this face registration file, thereby generating a single face registration file. | 03-15-2012 |
20120127339 | Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program therefor - An album creating apparatus is provided to insert a title appropriate for the timing at which the image stored in the album is captured. The album creating apparatus includes: an image acquiring section for acquiring a plurality of images in association with image capturing times; a reference time acquiring section for acquiring a reference time indicative of the time and date of a main event in an album; an image capturing timing specifying section for specifying an image capturing timing indicative of a period for the reference time acquired by the reference time acquiring section; a title determining section for determining a title to be inserted into the album; and an album creating section for creating the album by laying out the title determined. | 05-24-2012 |
20120147214 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus for capturing images, and arranging a plurality of captured images in a plurality of pages of an electronic document receives instructions for starting and cancelling a predetermined grouping status in response to operations of a user, stores and associates the captured images acquired in the predetermined status with the image frames in the same page among the plurality of pages, and stores the data. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147215 | ERRONEOUS ERASURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image file generation apparatus includes an identification unit for identifying two or more image data desired to be recorded in a multi-page format in which a plurality of image data is recorded in a single image file, and an image file generation unit for generating a single image file by recording auxiliary information at a known position of a header of an image file which indicates that the image file is recorded in the multi-page format, and for recording the two or more image data identified by the identification unit delimited by a specific identifier between each image data. | 06-14-2012 |
20120162469 | DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRAPHING - Provided is a digital image signal processing method and apparatus which generates a first continuous-captured image in a continuous-photographing mode, generates a first name of the first continuous-captured image according to DCF rules, generates a second name of a second continuous-captured image following the first continuous-captured image according to the DCF rules, generates first continuous-photographing number information indicating an order of continuous-photographing of the first continuous-captured image, and generates a first file comprising the first continuous-captured image, the first name, the second name, and the first continuous-photographing number information. In this way, continuous-captured images and images obtained before and after the continuous-captured images can be effective played back. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162470 | MOVING IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A moving image photographing apparatus that recognizes the shape of a speaker's mouth, and/or recognizes the speaker's voice to detect a speaker area, and selectively performs image signal processing with respect to the detected speaker area, and a moving image photographing method using the moving image photographing apparatus. The moving image photographing apparatus may selectively reproduce a moving image by generating a still image including the speaker area and using the still image as a bookmark. | 06-28-2012 |
20120169897 | DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING A RETAIL MODE - A digital camera system having a retail mode, comprising: an image sensor; an optical system for forming an image of a scene; a data processing system; an storage memory; and a program memory storing instructions configured to implement a method for automatically deleting captured digital images. The stored instructions include setting the digital camera system to operate in the retail mode in response to detecting a predefined first condition; enabling a user to capture a plurality of digital images, storing any digital images captured while the digital camera system is operating in the retail mode in the storage memory; and automatically deleting at least some of the stored digital images from the storage memory in response to detecting a predefined second condition, wherein any stored digital images that were not captured in the retail mode are not deleted from the storage memory. | 07-05-2012 |
20120176508 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - A photographing device includes a photographing unit which generates a photographing data by performing photographing with a photographing component, a display unit which displays an image which is photographed in the photographing unit, a sensor unit which senses whether the photographing device rotates, and a control unit which changes a reading order of the photographing component according to a rotation direction and a rotation degree when the photographing device rotates in a recording stand-by mode state, and controls the photographing unit in order to generate the photographing data by maintaining the reading order if the photographing device rotates in a recording mode state. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182445 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes obtaining first data and second data from a single event, storing the first and second data as multi-photography data, and generating a multi-photography folder that includes a first image corresponding to the first data and a second image corresponding to the second data. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182446 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to this invention, when initialization of a storage medium such as a flash memory is erase of the data area, the processing can be stopped. When the processing is stopped, at least initialization of the management area has been completed, and processing using the storage medium can be executed. If erase processing is not stopped but proceeds to the end, no erase processing need be performed in writing new data, and high-speed write is promised. For this purpose, when complete formatting is designated, the management area of the file system is first initialized. Then, erase processing for the data area of the file system is executed by a predetermined block size. If it is determined that stop is designated during the data area erase processing, the processing ends, but the management area has already been initialized. | 07-19-2012 |
20120188405 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES WITH AN APPARATUS - Described herein are techniques related to automatic selection of a group of one or more digital images from a set of digital images based, at least in part, upon weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata or content) of the digital images. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 07-26-2012 |
20120200737 | Content Storage Management in Cameras - An embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing media files created by a digital camera. More specifically, a content analyzing module tags a media file with one or more location media tags, event media tags, and/or content media tags. The location media tags are indicative of the geographic location where the media file was created. The event media tags are indicative of an event where the media file was created; and, the content media tags are indicative of individual(s) in the media file. A priority analyzing module connected to the content analyzing module determines a priority of the media file based on priority rules and the location media tags, event media tags, and/or the content media tags. A storage management module connected to the priority analyzing module stores the media file based on the determined priority. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200738 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image capturing apparatus comprises an imaging unit which performs an imaging process of an object image; an image storage unit which stores the image data linked with album data; a layout storage unit which stores layout information representing a position where the image data linked with the album data is displayed on a page of the album data; an album display unit which displays an image frame at the position on the page of the album data represented by the layout information; and a designation unit which receives a designation of an arbitrary position on the displayed page, wherein when a region outside the image frame is designated, the album display unit displays the captured image data on a background of the page as a live view, and the image storage unit stores the image data linked as the background of the page of the album data. | 08-09-2012 |
20120212646 | Memory Emulation In An Image Capture Device - An image capture device using a memory array that is directly addressed and non-volatile is disclosed. The memory array can be used to replace and emulate multiple memory types such as DRAM, SRAM, non-volatile RAM, a non-volatile memory card, and FLASH memory, for example. The memory array may be randomly accessed. Data stored in the memory array is retained in the absence of electrical power. One or more memory arrays may be used in the image capture device. At least one of the memory arrays may be in the form of a removable memory card. | 08-23-2012 |
20120229672 | DISTRIBUTED IMAGE ACQUISITION AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A distributed image acquisition and storage system connected to a communication network includes one or more digital cameras, each digital camera having a digital image sensor that acquires digital images, a unique camera identifier, and a current user identifier, and further includes one or more storage devices, each storage device having a digital memory that store the acquired digital images and a unique storage identifier, and further including a computer server. Connections, communications, and access privileges between the various system components is described. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236176 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, FOR USE IN RECORDING SHOT IMAGES - A map range determination unit determines a map range that includes all of the shooting locations of the image data items selected by the image selection unit. A map image creation unit creates a map image of a map range determined by the map range determination unit based on the map information. A superimposition unit superimposes symbols representing the shooting locations of the image data items selected by the image selection unit on a map image created by the map image creation unit. A index page insertion unit inserts a map image on which symbols have been superimposed by the superimposition unit into the electronic photo album in the form of an index page of the electronic photo album. | 09-20-2012 |
20120268624 | FRAME SELECTION TO PROVIDE FOR A ZERO SHUTTER LAG IN A DIGITAL CAMERA - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates capturing an image in an electronic camera without having to wait for an image to settle or the camera to stabilize. Image frames are captured continuously. Data representing captured images is compressed. The compressed files are stored continuously, such that even before a shutter button is actuated, one or compressed image frames have already been recorded. When the shutter button is actuated, the largest of the compressed data files is selected for use, such as display, printing or transmission. Selection is made based on the size of the compressed image file. | 10-25-2012 |
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 |
20130070120 | SYSTEM TO MANAGE DITIGAL CAMERA IMAGES - Management of files stored on an image capturing unit such as a digital camera, includes detection of connection of the image capturing unit, reception of plural image data respectively corresponding to plural images stored in the image capturing unit, and storage of the plural received image data in a storage medium. A setting screen is displayed for storage settings, wherein the setting screen includes a first region for inputting a character string for a file name and a second region for setting a number. A file name is assigned to each one of the plural image data, the assigned file name including the inputted character string and a number sequentially assigned to the plural image data, the numbers starting from the number set in the second region. Each such one of the plural received image data is stored in the storage medium with the assigned file name. | 03-21-2013 |
20130100316 | IMAGE DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DATA SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus capable of managing image data includes a display unit configured to display image data whose predetermined date is known among image data stored in a storage unit, and a setting unit configured to set a date to another image data using the image data displayed on the display unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107077 | PHOTOGRAPH MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA USING SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130120611 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system, method and computer program product for arranging digital data in a file in an apparatus-implemented system, is disclosed. One or more pages are generated, where each page includes: i. a mode field containing a camera operation mode, ii. an image data field containing image data, iii. an offset field containing an offset to a next page in the file, and a total size field containing a page size. Each page is recorded in the file using the same format. | 05-16-2013 |
20130135495 | IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SEARCH CONDITION SETTING UNIT FOR SETTING A SEARCH CONDITION OF IMAGE DATA AND A NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR SETTING A SEARCH CONDITION OF IMAGE DATA - An imaging apparatus sets a search condition of image data so as to contain a condition that image data to be searched is created between a latest send image data that has most recently been sent among pieces of image data, which are read from a storage unit and sent to a display device or which are sent from either the imaging apparatus or other imaging apparatus to the display device, and image data that is created at the earliest time after the latest send image data has been created among the pieces of the image data stored in the storage unit; determines image data to be sent to the display device from among pieces of image data stored in each of the imaging apparatus and the other imaging apparatus, based on a search result sent from the other imaging apparatus as a response to the sent search condition. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141610 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DATA FILE MANAGEMENT, APPARATUS FOR DATA FILE MANAGEMENT, HANDLING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA, AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer buffer memory are transferred to a transfer buffer memory provided at an interface circuit of a personal computer connected via an IEEE-1394 cable. The MPU of the personal computer reads out the image data having been taken into the personal computer from the transfer buffer memory and records them in a specific recording area in a recording device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130147987 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes an image recording section which records a plurality of image data items obtained on different dates and including image data items including a person, and a control section which displays one of the image data items selected from the image data items on a display section, retrieves another one of the image data items obtained on a date different from a date of the selected image data item and including the person, and displays the another one of the image data items on the display section. | 06-13-2013 |
20130147988 | RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording apparatus including a mounting portion configured to allow a rewritable recording medium and an unrewritable recording medium to be mounted thereon includes a determination unit configured to determine a file name with a number for recording a file on a recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, and a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, the file using the file name determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit changes a file name determination method when the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion is replaced such that the rewritable recording medium and the unrewritable recording medium are replaced with each other. | 06-13-2013 |
20130182144 | CAMERA BUTTON WITH INTEGRATED SENSORS - The present invention relates to a method and a communication device for tagging a recorded image in a mobile communication device. The recorded image is recorded by a camera unit in the mobile communication device. The method comprising the steps of monitoring, using at least one sensor in the mobile communication device, a user's vital signs, recording an image and sensor information relating to the user's vital signs when the user operates the camera unit, determining a tag based on the recorded sensor information, and assigning the tag to the recorded image and storing the recorded image in a memory in the mobile communication device based on the tag. | 07-18-2013 |
20130222638 | Image Capture Based on Gaze Detection - Methods and systems for capturing an image are provided. In one example, a head-mounted device (HMD) having an image capturing device, a viewfinder, a gaze acquisition system, and a controller may be configured to capture an image. The image capturing device may be configured to have an imaging field of view including at least a portion of a field of view provided by the viewfinder. The gaze acquisition system may be configured to acquire a gaze direction of a wearer. The controller may be configured to determine whether the acquired gaze direction is through the viewfinder and generate an image capture instruction based on a determination that the acquired gaze direction indicates a gaze through the viewfinder. The controller may further be configured to cause the image capturing device to capture an image. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235233 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - Methods and electronic devices for capturing images are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a processor-implemented method for capturing an image at an electronic device. The method includes: receiving at the processor a signal instructing the electronic device to capture an image; and in response to receiving the signal instructing the electronic device to capture the image: i) capturing a non-flash image; ii) triggering a flash; and iii) capturing a flash image. | 09-12-2013 |
20130265463 | TITLING APPARATUS, A TITLING METHOD, AND A MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TITLING - A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a captured image storing unit, an image capturing time storing unit, an image capturing period judging unit, a period terminology storing unit and a titling unit. A title to a captured image group is determined by using terminology corresponding to a period and a season. | 10-10-2013 |
20130278794 | IMAGE FILE GENERATION DEVICE, CAMERA AND IMAGE FILE GENERATION METHOD - An image file generation device includes: an image file generation unit that generates an image file having stored therein a plurality of sets of image data obtained in a batch via an image sensor; and an image recording unit that records the image file into a storage medium, wherein: if the image file generation unit determines that an image file-splitting condition has been satisfied while the batch of image data is being obtained via the image sensor, the image file generation unit ends image data storage into the current image file and starts image data storage into a new image file. | 10-24-2013 |
20130329081 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF RECORDING MEDIA USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A portable electronic equipment comprises a first sensor to record media and at least one second sensor to capture data representing a physical condition of a user of the portable electronic equipment, the at least one second sensor being configured to capture the data in response to the first sensor recording the media. A processing device is interfaced with the at least one second sensor. The processing device is configured to retrieve the data captured by the at least one second sensor, to generate metadata for the recorded media based on the data, the metadata being indicative of the physical condition, and to cause the metadata to be stored in association with the recorded media. | 12-12-2013 |
20140002692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CATEGORIZING IMAGES IN A DIGITAL CAMERA | 01-02-2014 |
20140016002 | METHOD TO CONTROL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FILE - A method to control an image processing apparatus includes obtaining linkage information representing a relation between a plurality of image files and recording the linkage information as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. This method ensures that a large number of image files are more easily and conveniently classified since linkage information representing relations between a plurality of image files is recorded as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. | 01-16-2014 |
20140028874 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored. | 01-30-2014 |
20140049665 | FILING DIGITAL IMAGES USING VOICE INPUT - Method and device for naming digital image data files stored on a camera enabled device having an image sensor, an audio sensor, a display and a memory, including: capturing image data through the image sensor; automatically displaying on the display a default filename for an image data file for the captured image data; monitoring the audio sensor for voice input upon detecting a user input selecting the default filename, and determining a new filename for the image data file in dependence on a text translation of the voice input. A folder name can alternatively be determined in dependence on a text translation of a voice input and an image data file for the captured image data saved in the memory using a folder having the folder name. | 02-20-2014 |
20140078342 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OPERATIVE TO PROCESS COLOR IMAGE DATA - A method and system operative to process color image data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method can comprise the steps of receiving color image data, determining the color ranges to be applied to the color image data, assigning each of the pixel positions in the image data a color range, assigning a different spatial binary pattern to each color range, and assigning each of the pixel positions a binary output pixel value that corresponds to the spatial binary pattern assigned to the color range assigned to that pixel position. The resulting binary image data can be written to a file for subsequent storage, transmission, processing, or retrieval and rendering. In other embodiments, a system can be made operative to accomplish the same. | 03-20-2014 |
20140104456 | IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE, IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND IMAGE SEARCH PROGRAM - An image search device includes: a shooting unit configured to photographically shoot a subject; a display unit; a control unit configured to display a search key for image search on the display unit according to a shooting situation at the time of a shooting mode whereby the subject can photographically be shot by the shooting unit; a specifying unit which is used for specifying the search key displayed on the display unit; and a searching unit configured to search, in the event of the search key being specified via the specifying unit, an image based on the search key thus specified; with the control unit displaying, in the event of the image being searched by the searching unit, this search result on the display unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140125841 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAPTURING IMAGE - An imaging device, a method of capturing an image, and a program product used to capture a plurality of images, reduce the captured images, transfer second image data correspondent to each of the reduced images, display first images and identify a second image correspondent to the first image, which is instructed by a user. | 05-08-2014 |
20140125842 | TERMINAL OPERATIVE FOR STORING FRAME OF IMAGE DATA - There is set forth herein an imaging terminal having a picture taking mode of operation. In the picture taking mode of operation the terminal can capture a frame of image data into a buffer memory prior to activation of a trigger signal. The terminal can be operative so that responsively to activation of a trigger signal, the terminal transmits one or more frames of the buffer memory to a storage memory. The terminal can further be operative so that responsively to activation of a trigger signal an operator is presented with indicators of frames captured both prior to and subsequent to the activation of the trigger signal. The terminal can be operative so that an operator can select for archiving one or more frame. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING DOCUMENT IMAGE, AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method and a device for recognizing a document image, and a photographing method using the same are provided. The method includes extracting, from an input image, a primary feature, including information on feature points, by determining each pixel that is not similar to comparison pixels to be a feature point through a comparison of the pixel to the comparison pixels spaced a predetermined distance apart from the pixel, and classifying the input image as a document image or a non-document image by applying preset primary classification criteria, including criteria for the total number of the feature points to the primary feature. | 05-15-2014 |
20140168469 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image display device that displays image information includes an image retrieving unit that retrieves image information; a device status identifying unit that identifies a status of the present device; an image condition specifying unit that specifies an image condition that indicates a condition which the image information needs to satisfy to be displayed, based on the status identified by the device status identifying unit; and a display unit that displays the image information retrieved by the image retrieving unit if the image information satisfies the image condition specified by the image condition specifying unit. | 06-19-2014 |
20140211043 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes entering, via a camera of the mobile terminal, a capture mode; receiving, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a start input for starting a grouping image process; capturing, via the camera, at least one image; receiving, via the controller, an end input for ending the grouping image process; and storing, in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, the at least one image captured between the start input and the end input in a group. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218560 | FILE MANAGING METHOD FOR A DIGITAL APPARATUS - A file managing method for a digital apparatus includes (a) establishing a folder corresponding to a file type generated in an operational mode of the digital apparatus, and (b) storing a file according to its file type to the folder corresponding to the file type established in step (a). | 08-07-2014 |
20140218561 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DATA FILE MANAGEMENT, APPARATUS FOR DATA FILE MANAGEMENT, HANDLING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA, AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer buffer memory are transferred to a transfer buffer memory provided at an interface circuit of a personal computer connected via an IEEE-1394 cable. The MPU of the personal computer reads out the image data having been taken into the personal computer from the transfer buffer memory and records them in a specific recording area in a recording device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218562 | METHOD FOR DELETING DATA FILES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a an electronic device such as a digital camera | 08-07-2014 |
20140240537 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA, IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-PROCESSING PROGRAM - There are provided an imaging section imaging a subject and generating a plurality of images; an evaluating section performing evaluation on the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a selecting section selecting, based on an evaluation result of the evaluating section, a part of images from among the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a recognizing section performing scene recognition on a plurality of images selected by the selecting section; and a determining section determining, based on a recognition result of the recognizing section, reproduction order of the plurality of images subjected to the scene recognition. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240538 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING TEMPORARY RECORDING MODE AND DIRECT RECORDING MODE - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device acquiring a captured image on a subject; a display section; setting means for setting whether to make effective a temporary recording mode in which the captured image is temporarily recorded in a first storage section; if the temporary recording mode is effective, display control means for playback displaying the captured image recorded in the first storage section from when the temporary recording mode has been effective on the display section in response to an instruction operation of a user; and recording control means for recording an image specified by the user from the playback-displayed captured images in a second storage section as an image to be saved. | 08-28-2014 |
20140300774 | DIGITAL ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRAPHING THEREOF - A digital electronic apparatus and a method of controlling continuous photographing performed by the digital photographing apparatus are provided. According to the method of controlling continuous photographing performed by the digital photographing apparatus of the invention, continuous photographing can be achieved according to a user's intention without causing inconvenience for a user during continuous photographing, and a desired event can be photographed from its start to end rather than during a precisely given interval. | 10-09-2014 |
20140307125 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processor has an image input section that receives image data output from an imaging unit for imaging a subject, the image data including the subject, a position information acquisition section that acquires position information indicating a current position, an object recognition section that recognizes the subject in the image data input from the image input section, and an attention object list management section that manages, for each position upon photographing, a first attention object list including first attention object data indicating an attention object candidate selected from among the subjects recognized in the image data that is previously photographed at the position upon photographing. | 10-16-2014 |
20140327795 | NAME MANAGEMENT AND GROUP RECOVERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BURST SHOT - Name management and group recovery methods and systems for burst shot are provided. In name management, a burst shot is performed to continuously capture a group of images in sequence. Each of the images in the group is named with a same prefix, and a respective infix, wherein the infixes of the respective images are progressively increased along the period of the burst shot. One of the images within the group is selected as a cover image of the group, and a specific postfix is added to the name of the selected image. In group recovery, if a specific image having a name comprising the specific postfix is in the electronic device, images having a name comprising at least one predefined text in an infix corresponding to the specific image are retrieved and grouped, and the burst bit of each grouped image is enabled. | 11-06-2014 |
20140354848 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR EDITING DUAL IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for editing a dual image and a method thereof are provided. The method includes storing at least one photographed front and rear images, respectively, and editing a stored dual image using at least the one stored front and rear images. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FORMAT SELECTION FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS - A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the captured image to check the image quality. If the image quality falls within an acceptable range, then the digital camera saves the image in a compressed format. If the captured image does not fall within predetermined quality levels, then the captured image is save in raw format for later processing. | 12-04-2014 |
20150022689 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image management apparatus comprises an input unit which inputs a first image and a second image; a storage unit which stores the first image and the second image in association with each other; a selection unit which selects an image to be deleted out of the first and second images; and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case where the first image is selected by the selection unit, an option of deleting the second image stored in association with the first image is presented, and subsequently processing for deleting the first image is performed, and in a case where an instruction to delete the second image is received, processing for deleting the second image is performed without presenting an option of deleting the first image stored in association with the second image. | 01-22-2015 |
20150022690 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - Recorded information is grouped in recording units. The information of each recording unit is displayed by the order of older recording date based upon information recorded in memory. The recording time of each recording unit is displayed on the left edge of the display screen, to the right of which is a memo icon indicating memo information, a thumbnail image indicating shooting image information, a sound icon indicating sound, and reproduction time information for each recording unit. If a predetermined recording unit is designated and reproduced, the screen is re-displayed so that the reproduced recording unit appears at the lowermost line of the screen. If a new recording unit is recorded, the newest recording unit is displayed at the lowermost line. If the screen is scrolled and another display screen is displayed by operation of a scroll key, a screen similar to the previously displayed screen is displayed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029362 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND THE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a camera unit configured to photograph an object, a controller configured to detect an object image from an image of the object photographed by the camera unit, generate image metadata used to change a feature part of the object image, and generate an image file by matching the object image with the image metadata, a storage configured to store the image file, and a display configured to, in response to selecting the image file, display the object image in which the feature part is changedbased on the image metadata. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036020 | METHOD FOR SHARING ORIGINAL PHOTOS ALONG WITH FINAL PROCESSED IMAGE - A method for storing digital images is presented. The method comprises accessing a first image. It further comprises capturing at least one second image. Further, it comprises storing metadata associated with the at least one second image in at least one field within a file format of the first image, wherein the file format defines a structure for the image, and wherein the at least one field is located within an extensible segment of the file format. In one embodiment, the at least one second image is an image that is intermediate in relation to the first image, wherein the at least one second image is selected from a group consisting of: intermediate HDR images; RAW Bayer image data; RGB image data; RAW images; multiple exposures captured to produce a single final image. | 02-05-2015 |
20150062375 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING QUICK CHANGE TO PLAYBACK MODE AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING SUBJECT - A device includes a photographing unit, an image processing unit, a buffer, a storage unit, and a digital signal processor. The buffer stores index information to be assigned to at least one image signal obtained by the photographing unit, file name and storage path information to be provided to the at least one image signal when the at least one image signal is stored in the storage unit. The digital signal processor displays the most recently stored image signal when a display input instruction to display a currently captured image is received, searches the storage unit when an input instruction to display previously-captured images is additionally received, if a corresponding image file is found in the storage unit, displays the found image file, and if the corresponding image file is not found in the storage unit, displays an image signal stored in the buffer using the index information. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062376 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, and a method to improve operability of the information processing apparatus when a user manages still image files in a case where a still image is extracted from a moving image file and stored as a still image file. In information processing apparatus and the method, a moving image file is selected from a plurality of moving image files and is reproduced, and a folder corresponding to the selected moving image file is created. A still image file is generated based on a video frame extracted from the moving image file being reproduced, and the generated still image file is stored into the created folder in association with the folder. When another moving image file is selected, another folder is newly created, and a still image file generated from the other moving image file being reproduced is stored into the other folder. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077588 | IMAGE FILE GENERATION DEVICE, CAMERA AND IMAGE FILE GENERATION METHOD - An image file generation device includes: an image file generation unit that generates an image file having stored therein a plurality of sets of image data obtained in a batch via an image sensor; and an image recording unit that records the image file into a storage medium, wherein: if the image file generation unit determines that an image file-splitting condition has been satisfied while the batch of image data is being obtained via the image sensor, the image file generation unit ends image data storage into the current image file and starts image data storage into a new image file. | 03-19-2015 |
20150103202 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus which displays an image, and selectively reads out one of a RAW image and a first developed image obtained by performing a developing process and a compression process for the RAW image, as a candidate image to be displayed following a currently displayed image, from a storage medium storing the RAW image and the first developed image, in accordance with the currently displayed image The apparatus also performs a developing process for the RAW image with higher image quality than the first developed image, performs a decompression process for the developed image, stores the candidate image which is processed by the development or the decompression so as to be displayed, and controls to display the stored candidate image on a display unit by switching from the currently displayed image to the candidate image, in response to an instruction to switch the displayed image. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103203 | TITLING APPARATUS, A TITLING METHOD, AND A MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TITLING - It is an object of the present invention to provide a titling apparatus which can give a title proper for a user to an image. A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a captured image storing unit for storing a captured image group include a plurality of captured images, an image capturing time storing unit for storing image capturing time when each of the plurality of captured images stored by the captured image storing unit is captured, an image capturing period judging unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the image capturing time stored by the image capturing time storing unit, a period terminology storing unit for storing a plurality of terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, and a titling unit for giving a title to the captured image group stored by the captured image storing unit by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the plurality of terms stored by the period terminology storing unit as a difference between the image capturing time included in the image capturing period and the image capturing season judged by the image capturing period judging unit and the output time acquired by the output time acquiring unit is longer. | 04-16-2015 |
20150116540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A TAG/IDENTIFICATION TO A PHOTO/VIDEO IMMEDIATELY AFTER CAPTURE - A method and apparatus for entering an identification tag for an image captured by a mobile device. When an image is captured, a user is prompted to select or enter a tag identifying the image which will be stored in memory in association with the image. The tag can be a new text tag entered by the user or a selection of one of a number of pre-stored or user pre-used tags. To retrieve an image, the user inputs a text tag or selects a tag from a list of tags displayed on a mobile device which were pre-used by the user. | 04-30-2015 |
20150124120 | MACHINE VISION SYSTEM WITH DEVICE-INDEPENDENT CAMERA INTERFACE - Embodiments of a process comprising receiving one or more images in a buffer of a computer communicatively coupled to one or more cameras, retrieving the one or more images from the buffer, and storing the one or more images as one or more memory-mapped image files in a memory-mapped file (MMF) area of a memory that is shared by the computer and the one or more cameras. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124121 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - There is provided an image capturing apparatus. A first image capturing unit captures an image of a subject to generate image data. A second image capturing unit captures an image of a user who captures the image of the subject, for a predetermined period before and after the image of the subject is captured. An obtainment unit obtains first classification information by analyzing, in the image captured by the second image capturing unit, each of a state of the user before the image of the subject is captured and a state of the user after the image of the subject is captured. A recording unit records the first classification information in association with the image data. | 05-07-2015 |
20150124122 | METHOD FOR DELETING DATA FILES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a an electronic device such as a digital camera | 05-07-2015 |
20150138393 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an electronic device which is capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of information which may be obtained by an imaging operation, and in a first display format, a system controller makes a generating unit which generates code information generate a single piece of code information including a plurality of pieces of information and makes a rear-side display unit display a picture of the generated code information. In a second display format, the generating unit which generates code information is made to generate a plurality of pieces of code information which individually include a plurality of pieces of information and the rear-side display unit is made to display pictures of the generated code information sequentially one by one. | 05-21-2015 |
20150312438 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a line memory that stores an input image by a plurality of rows; a defect correcting circuit that performs defect correction on the input image based on image data stored in the line memory; a binning circuit that generates a low pass image having a lower spatial frequency than the input image by binning the input image subjected to the defect correction; a frame buffer that stores the low pass image; a filter that generates a high pass image having a higher spatial frequency than the low pass image by filtering the input image subjected to the defect correction; and a mixing circuit that mixes the low pass image with the high pass image. | 10-29-2015 |
20150341512 | PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE SUBJECTS THEREIN - A photographic processing system in which subject and other data is stored and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341575 | DEFECTIVE PIXEL MANAGING CIRCUIT, IMAGE SENSOR MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DEFECTIVE PIXEL MANAGEMENT METHOD - A circuit and a method for managing a defective pixel are provided. The circuit includes defect detection logic configured to detect the defective pixel included in a plurality of pixels of a pixel array, an operation memory configured to store first data, the first data associated with a location of the detected defective pixel, a first transmission line configured to provide a first transfer route of the data associated with the location of the detected defective pixel between the defect detection logic and the operation memory, a read-only memory configured to store second data, the second data associated with the location of the defective pixel and the second data being first data lastly stored in the operation memory and a second transmission line configured to provide a second transfer route of the second data between the operation memory and the read-only memory. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341588 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA THAT DETERMINES WHETHER TO RECORD THE POSITION AT WHICH AN IMAGE IS PHOTOGRAPHED AND THE ACCURACY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC POSITION TO BE RECORDED - An imaging device includes: an imaging unit that photographs an image; a position measurement unit that measures a photographic position when the image is photographed by the imaging unit; a control unit that determines whether or to not to record data for the photographic position along with the photographed image; and a recording unit that, according to a determination by the control unit, either records only the photographed image, or records the photographed image and the data for the photographic position. | 11-26-2015 |
20150350483 | Dynamic Compression Ratio Selection - An image is compressed according to a compression ratio selected based on a compression metric. In one embodiment, the compression metric is based on image characteristics indicative of the amount of image noise in an image, such as gain and lux. Greater compression ratios are used for image having compression metrics indicating a higher degree of noise. Because an image with higher image noise levels already has a reduced visual quality, the impact of higher compression is less significant as compared to the impact of compression on images having low image noise. In an embodiment, an image is divided into a number of regions, for each of which a compression metric and corresponding compression ratio is determined, so that regions of the image having high image noise may be compressed more than regions having low image noise. | 12-03-2015 |
20160021277 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF DIGITAL IMAGES CAPTURED BY A LIFELOG CAMERA - A system and method of preparing images captured by a lifelog camera for efficient transfer from the camera to another device. The lifelog camera generates a corresponding thumbnail for each image that it captures, and an automated analysis engine analyzes the thumbnails for interestingness and, in some cases, for similarity. | 01-21-2016 |
20160037122 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is configured to capture an object image, generate a RAW image, perform simple development on the RAW image during the image capturing operation, and store not only the developed image but also the RAW image. In a predetermined interval, in an idle state, or in predetermined enlargement processing, the image processing apparatus reads a RAW file stored in a storage medium and performs high-quality image development to generate an image having higher image quality than that obtained by the simple development. If development processing has been completed by a high-quality image development unit, the image processing apparatus replaces the image obtained by the simple development with the image obtained by the high-quality image development and reproduces the image obtained by the high-quality image development. | 02-04-2016 |
20160073036 | Automatic Image Capture During Preview And Image Recommendation - Techniques and implementations related to automatic image capture during preview, as well as recommendation of images, are described. A method for operating an electronic apparatus may involve receiving a stream of one or more preview images in a preview mode of the electronic apparatus. The method may also involve determining whether any preview image of the stream of preview images is valuable. The method may further involve controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus in response to the determining. | 03-10-2016 |
20160112599 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The size of an image file is not influenced even if location information is added or deleted after storing the image file. To achieve this, when an image is stored on a storage medium, whether GPS measurement was successful is determined. If measurement was successful, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in a first area as attribute information compliant with the image file format, the acquired location information is stored in a second area as attribute information, and the image is stored in a predetermined format. If not, information indicating the existence of location information is stored in the first area, predetermined information is stored in the second area, a reserved area having a pre-set size is allocated in a continuous area that follows the second area, and the captured image is stored. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF RAW COLOR SENSOR DATA FROM A COLOR ARRAY FILTERED IMAGE SENSOR - A method and apparatus to compress raw color-filter array (CFA) image data in a mathematically lossless manner using spatial processing techniques. The raw CFA data is transformed using a prediction algorithm and then partitioned into blocks having N rows and M columns. The blocks are clustered into groups using a clustering algorithm. Next, compression is performed on blocks within a cluster before the compressed blocks are further compressed using arithmetic coding. In some implementations, alphabet creation and correlation is performed on the CFA data before prediction transformation, and color-plane correlation is performed after prediction transformation but before partitioning into blocks. This spatial compression method can be performed efficiently on camera to compress data files, reducing the storage and data flow requirements of the camera. | 04-21-2016 |
20160188540 | TAGGING VISUAL DATA WITH WIRELESS SIGNAL INFORMATION - Techniques describe tagging visual data with wireless and sensor measurement information by a mobile device. In some implementations, additional metadata fields may be used for tagging visual data with wireless and/or sensor measurement information. Embodiments also describe expanding the current format dictated by the standards for image (e.g., Exif) and video formats (mediaObject metadata) to include wireless and sensor measurements in the metadata. Furthermore, sensor information may include barometer, magnetometer and motion sensor (e.g., accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.) information. The mobile device may transmit the tagged visual data to a crowdsourcing server. | 06-30-2016 |
20160191742 | IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image file management method is applied to an image storage device. A plurality of image files is stored in the image storage device. The image file management method includes setting a first score of each image file according to a file size of each image file, setting a second score of each image file according to a storage time of each image file, and performing selective deletion of each image file according to the first score and the second score of each image file. | 06-30-2016 |
20160381300 | Motion-Based Content Navigation - A set of sequential images are accessed. Measures of background stability across a set of images are determined, and the set of images is stabilized based on the determined measures. The images are cropped and stored in sequential order. A first image from the set of cropped images is displayed, and data indicating a change in orientation is received. Responsive to a determination that the change in orientation is associated with forward progress, an image after the first image in the set of sequential images is displayed. Responsive to a determination that the change in orientation is associated with backward progress, an image before the first image in the set of sequential images is displayed. The set of images can include a selected face of an individual and can be ordered chronologically, allowing a user to view older and younger images of the individual when navigating the set of images. | 12-29-2016 |