18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120105616 | LOADING OF DATA TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image is displayed on a display of an electronic device. The image includes a control element, e.g., a web link. Further, front camera images are received from a front camera of the electronic device. The front camera is arranged to face toward a user of the electronic device. The received front camera images are analyzed to detect whether the user focuses on the control element. In response to detecting that the user focuses on the control element, loading of data associated with the control element into a memory of the electronic device is started. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105617 | METHOD OF MEASURING CRITICAL DIMENSION OF PATTERN AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - In a method of measuring a critical dimension of a pattern, a pattern image is obtained from an object pattern. A design pattern of the object pattern and the pattern image are matched to determine a detection region on the pattern image. An optimum turning point of the pattern contour is determined in the detection region and a ROI (region of interest) is set within a predetermined range from the optimum turning point. A critical dimension of the pattern is measured in the ROI. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105618 | STRUCTURAL ILLUMINATION AND EVANESCENT COUPLING FOR THE EXTENSION OF IMAGING INTERFERMETRIC MICROSCOPY - In accordance with the invention, there are imaging interferometric microscopes and methods for imaging interferometric microscopy using structural illumination and evanescent coupling for the extension of imaging interferometric microscopy. Furthermore, there are coherent anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) microscopes and methods for coherent anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) microscopy, wherein imaging interferometric microscopy techniques are applied to get material dependent spectroscopic information. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING IN REAL TIME, A GAP BETWEEN PORTIONS IN A MACHINE - A monitoring system for monitoring, in real time, a gap between a rotating portion and a stationary portion of a machine. The monitoring system includes an imaging device for forming a reference image of the gap and one or more next images of the gap, the imaging device including a portion disposed within the machine and a portion external to the machine. The system also includes an image processor coupled to the imaging device configured to monitor whether the gap is increasing or decreasing by comparing the reference image to the one or more next images. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105620 | MIXED INJECTION INSPECTION SYSTEM - A mixed injection inspection system is provided for inspecting mixed injection work for mixing an injection drug by an inspector different from a mixed injection worker. The mixed injection inspection system includes: a mixed injection work photographing device provided in a mixed injection work place and used to photograph the mixed injection work; an inspector side mixed injection work monitor provided in a place remote from the mixed injection work place and used to display the mixed injection work photographed by the mixed injection work photographing device; an inspector side input device provided in a place remote from the mixed injection work place and used to input instructions for the worker working at the mixed injection work place; and a mixed injection worker side display for displaying to the mixed injection worker what has been input by the inspector side input device. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105621 | MIXED INJECTION INSPECTION SYSTEM - A mixed injection inspection system is provided for inspecting mixed injection work for mixing an injection drug by an inspector different from a mixed injection worker. The mixed injection inspection system includes: a mixed injection work photographing device provided in a mixed injection work place and used to photograph the mixed injection work; an inspector side mixed injection work monitor provided in a place remote from the mixed injection work place and used to display the mixed injection work photographed by the mixed injection work photographing device; an inspector side input device provided in a place remote from the mixed injection work place and used to input instructions for the worker working at the mixed injection work place; and a mixed injection worker side display for displaying to the mixed injection worker what has been input by the inspector side input device. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105622 | COFFEE FILTER QUALIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY - A coffee filter qualification system receives user-specified filter criteria relating to acceptable attributes for a plurality of apertures included in a liquid brewing filter. A light source illuminates the apertures of the liquid brewing filter and a machine vision camera images the apertures of the filter. A filter qualification information handling system (IHS) determines if the liquid brewing filter meets the predefined user-specified filter criteria. The filter qualification IHS accepts the liquid brewing filter if the filter meets the filter criteria, and otherwise rejects the filter. The filter criteria may include the total cumulative area of the apertures, individual aperture area, aperture count and aperture acircularity information. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105623 | System for Detecting Surface Variations on Engine Cylinder Head Valve Seats - A machine vision inspection system that detects defects on machined valve seats that may be caused by a broken cutting tool insert. The system also measures the valve seat width to detect a missing cutting tool insert and monitor reactions to cutting tool forces and tool wear. The system uses high resolution cameras and stable LED light sources. A method is disclosed for manufacturing cylinder heads that are 100% inspected inline for valve seat surface defects. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105624 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEFECT INSPECTION IN SEPARATED TRANSPARENT AND/OR SEMI-TRANSPARENT BODY - An apparatus and a method for detecting a defect of a separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body, wherein an image acquiring device includes: a first conveyer and a second conveyer to convey a separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body; a transparent bridge disposed between a first conveyer and a second conveyer along a transport path of the separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body, the transparent bridge having a top surface; an illuminating unit disposed on one side of the transparent bridge and configured to project diffusive light onto the top surface of the transparent bridge by transmitting through the transparent bridge; and an image pickup unit disposed on the other side of the transparent bridge and configured to receive light projected from the illuminating unit and transmitting through the separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body to form an image when the separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body enters the top surface of the transparent bridge. With the apparatus and the method, it is possible to detect a defect of the separated low rigidity transparent or translucent body. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED BASIC SAFETY MESSAGE DATA - A roadside infrastructure system configured to generate and broadcast basic safety message data to augment vehicle safety applications. In one example, a roadside module of the system includes a camera, video analytics to process images from the camera to detect vehicles, a BSM generator that generates a BSM for each detected vehicle, and an antenna for broadcasting the BSM. In another example, the roadside module is configured to detect BSM data generated by equipped vehicles, to determine whether any detected vehicles are equipped vehicles generating their own BSM data, and to generate a BSM only for unequipped detected vehicles. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105626 | AUTOMATED WOOD SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for identification of wood species based on one or more pitch characteristics. A workpiece may be exposed to a beam of radiation from a radiation source. The beam of radiation may cause pitch on or within the workpiece to emit visible light. The emitted light may be imaged and used to determine pitch content, pitch location, a pitch deposition pattern, pitch emission wavelength, and/or other characteristics of the workpiece. One or more of these characteristics may be used to identify a tree species or group of tree species from which the workpiece was cut or manufactured. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105627 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has: a first image processing unit for generating first image data by executing a dodging processing to an image signal obtained by picking up an image of an object; and a second image processing unit for generating second image data by executing a dodging processing having a stronger effect thereof than that of the dodging processing by the first image processing unit to the image signal, wherein the first image processing unit repeats the dodging processing a plurality of times. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105628 | PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY METHOD, PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY METHOD FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE, PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM, AND TRACER PARTICLE GENERATING DEVICE IN PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY SYSTEM - A particle image velocimetry system is provided which supplies tracer particles to a flow field around an object ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105629 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF CONNECTION FROM CAMERA TO VIDEO MANAGEMENT SERVER - A method and system are provided for configuring or registering an edge device with a video management server (VMS) in a digital video network. The edge device initiates a registration process and sends an unsolicited pre-registration request, including edge-device-specific configuration information, to the VMS. This is in contrast to known approaches in which the VMS initiates registration. The VMS automatically pre-registers the edge device based on the received unsolicited pre-registration request. An edge device registration activator is displayed for the pre-registered edge device. In response to activation or selection of the edge device registration activator, the VMS registers the pre-registered device to the VMS using the edge-device-specific configuration information received in the unsolicited pre-registration request. The registration can be performed in a single operation, without the VMS having to gather further information. The edge device can be configured to more than one VMS at a time. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105630 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING AND TRACKING SUSPECTS - An electronic device is connected to a controller. The controller is connected to an infrared light-emitting diode (LED), a camera and one or more infrared illuminators installed in a monitored area. The camera captures images of the monitored area. The electronic device selects a person appears in the images as a tracking target, determines movement information of the tracking target in the monitored area, and controls the camera to track the tracking target according to the movement information. The infrared LED emits infrared rays. The infrared illuminators determine intensity variation of the infrared rays that penetrated the tracking target, generate a pulse signal based on the intensity variation. The electronic device determines if a frequency of a digital signal, which is converted from the pulse signal, falls within a normal human heartbeat rate range, to determine if the tracking target is a suspect. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105631 | Method and Device for Tele-Viewing - A method of tele-viewing in which a virtual image of a place to be viewed, obtained on the basis of old images of this place, is presented on the screen ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105632 | Video Surveillance Sharing System & Method - A surveillance system and method with at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, including the steps of providing base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface either directly or remotely; the DIR and/or ICD searching for signal from the ICD(s) and establishing communication with them; providing DIR interface and setup options, for providing a secure surveillance system having wireless communication for monitoring a target environment. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105633 | System And Method For Controlling Devices At A Location - A system and method for controlling, by an outside entity, one or more devices associated with a location. A representative embodiment of the system architecture comprises an internal computer system through which a device may be remotely controlled by the outside entity during a communication session between the outside entity and the internal computer system through an external computer network. The external computer network can be the Internet. When the outside entity is requested to control the device, the outside entity's identity information is authenticated before the communication session is established. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105634 | AUTOMATIC VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Apparatus and method for automatic surveillance of a monitored area having one or more regions of interest using a video imaging device are disclosed. The method includes receiving data defining said one or more regions of interest and one or more characteristics of an object of interest; pointing the line of sight of the imaging device at a region of interest selected from said one or more regions of interest; automatically scanning the selected region of interest to detect said one or more characteristics of the object of interest and upon detection issuing an alert; and when said one or more regions of interest includes more than one region of interest, repeating the steps of pointing the line of sight of the imaging device and automatically scanning in a predetermined order of viewing of the regions of interest, and upon detection of said one or more characteristics of the object of interest issuing an alert, for each of the regions of interests. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105635 | AUTOMOTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR RECORDING EXCEPTION EVENTS - A motor vehicle system for automatically reporting exception events, comprising: one or more digital cameras, at least one digital camera having a primary function; an image memory system for storing digital images; means for detecting exception events; and a wireless communications system for communicating with a central reporting service. A program memory stores executable instruction for causing a processor to perform the steps of: using at least one of the digital cameras to periodically capture digital images at a specified capture frequency; storing the periodically captured digital images in the image memory for a specified period of time; and receiving input from the means for detecting an exception event. In response to the detection of an exception event a communication link is opened to the central reporting service using the wireless communications system, and one or more of the captured digital images are transmitted to the central reporting service. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105636 | Digital video projection display system - A digital display for viewing images generated by a remote video source. Light collected by a lens is focused and passed through one polarizer filter and is focused through a digital device comprising an array of pixels of which each may be fitted with a micro lens. The light is passed through the digital device, then through a second polarizer filter. A relay lens which may alter image size, transfers the image to a micro-resolution screen surface whose surface features are as small as possible and preferably under 0.5 microns in size. The micro-resolution screen surface acts as a rear projection screen which, due to its structure, achieves near Lambertian illumination. A viewing lens is focused on the image plane of the micro-resolution screen surface for viewing by the user. In one embodiment, the digital device is an LCD that is transmissive and the viewing lens is a biocular lens. The source of the signals to be used to generate the images, may be a computer or a camera. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105637 | Multi-Level Video Processing Within A Vehicular Communication Network - A system for performing multi-level video processing within a vehicle includes a pre-processing module for determining an encoding mode and enabling one or more levels of encoding based on the encoding mode. The pre-processing module further receives a video stream from a camera attached to the vehicle via a vehicular communication network and encodes the video stream based on the encoding mode to produce a packet stream output. The system further includes a video decoder for receiving the packet stream output and decoding the packet stream output in accordance with the encoding mode to produce a decoded video output. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105638 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR LARGE VEHICLES - A vehicle-borne camera-based observation system for monitoring areas adjacent a vehicle or passenger vehicle, such as a bus or schoolbus, is disclosed, to provide safer operation for passersby, including for children, and driver convenience. The system includes several cameras, and several monitors in a driver's area displaying all of the fields of view from the cameras, such that each monitor may be controllable to show either the field of view of a first camera or a the field of view of a second camera, according to a driver selection or according to an automatic selection. Night vision, automatic tracking, and illumination systems are also provided. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105639 | BUNDLING NIGHT VISION AND OTHER DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (DAS) USING NEAR INFRA RED (NIR) ILLUMINATION AND A ROLLING SHUTTER - A system mountable in a motor vehicle. The system includes a camera and a processor configured to receive image data from the camera. The camera includes a rolling shutter configured to capture the image data during a frame period and to scan and to read the image data into multiple image frames. A near infra-red illuminator may be configured to provide a near infra-red illumination cone in the field of view of the camera. The near infrared illumination oscillates with an illumination period. A synchronization mechanism may be configured to synchronize the illumination period to the frame period of the rolling shutter. The frame period may be selected so that the synchronization mechanism provides a spatial profile of the near infra-red illumination cone which may be substantially aligned vertically to a specific region, e.g. near the center of the image frame. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105640 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at the interior cabin of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed in the interior rearview mirror assembly. The video display screen is operable to display video images captured by a backup camera of the equipped vehicle for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver. A transmitter is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly, and a graphical user interface generates instructions for operation of the transmitter. The video display screen is operable to selectively display video images captured by the backup camera and instructions from the graphical user interface. When the equipped vehicle is executing a reversing maneuver, the information display system displays the video images captured by the backup camera. The graphical user interface interactively operates with the user input for display of instructions for operation of the transmitter. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105641 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button adhesively attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield, and an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror head and a mirror support. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing, and the mirror support includes a mirror mount that is configured to mount the interior rearview mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. A forward facing camera is disposed at the mirror support and has a field of view through the vehicle windshield when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted at the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. The forward facing camera is a CMOS camera, and the forward facing camera captures images for a collision avoidance system of the equipped vehicle. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105642 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted video display device that allows a vehicle occupant to intuitively ascertain the orientation of the video being displayed on a display in the vehicle among multiple videos of the vehicle perimeter captured by multiple cameras, was captured a video displayed in the vehicle interior, and thereby allowing the vehicle occupant to ascertain the situation around the vehicle at a glance. A central processing device ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105643 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - When displaying a peripheral image in the case where a traveling speed of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to provide a user with a state of a necessary area of the vehicle without switching a display mode. In an image display system, when the traveling speed of the vehicle drops to below a predetermined threshold value such that an operation mode shifts into a front mode, the display mode becomes a front/side mode that simultaneously displays both a front area and a side area of the vehicle at the time that the front mode is started. A screen presented in the front/side mode can respond to various circumstances such as approaching an intersection, passing by another vehicle, and moving a vehicle toward a roadside. Accordingly, a user can monitor a state of a necessary area around the vehicle, without switching the display mode. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105644 | Automated Personalized Imaging System - Systems and associated methods for capturing media content for a plurality of guests and intelligently parsing the media content to produce a customized/personalized media product for a particular guest or group of guests are described. A system is configured for combining video data and position tracking data to record a group guest experience or show and automatically provide custom media products. Embodiments record a plurality of guests throughout an experience or show, and simultaneously position track each guest individually. Embodiments utilize the tracking data to extract a sub-sampled video of each guest. This sub-sampled video is combined with additional media automatically according to a script. The result is a personalized video take-away for each guest, which can be created entirely without human intervention. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105645 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING WITH A VARIABLE REFRACTIVE LENS - The present invention relates to a method for producing an ultrasound image with a variable refractive lens ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105646 | INFRA-RED IMAGER - An infrared (IR) imaging system is presented. The system includes a cooling chamber associated with a cooler generating a certain temperature condition inside the chamber. The cooling chamber has an optical window, and includes thereinside an IR detection unit including one or more detectors thermally coupled to the cooler and at least two cold shields thermally coupled to the cooler and carrying at least two imaging optical assemblies. The at least two imaging optical assemblies are enclosed by the cold shields in between the detection unit and the optical window and thereby define at least two different optical channels for imaging light from the optical window onto the one or more detectors of the detection unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105647 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A control device, a control method, a program, and a control system, whereby more intelligent imaging operation more useful for a user can be realized particularly in event of performing automatic imaging operation using a subject detection result within an imaged image, as an imaging operation. Control relating to imaging operation is performed according to a positional relation between an edge region set as an edge portion region of an image frame, and a subject detected within the image frame. Control relating to automatic imaging operation can be performed based on a determination reference that is a positional relation between the edge region and a detected subject, and more intelligent automatic imaging operation more useful for a user can be realized. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105648 | DEAD PIXEL COMPENSATION TESTING APPARATUS - A dead pixel compensating apparatus includes, inter alia, a pattern generation unit generating a programmable test pattern including data with respect to at least one dead pixel; a register array storing the test pattern; a dead pixel compensation unit receiving the test pattern stored in the register array and performing a dead pixel compensation algorithm to output compensation data; and a determination unit comparing the test pattern and the compensation data to determine whether or not the dead pixel compensation algorithm has an error, wherein a dead pixel compensation algorithm for compensating for a dead pixel of an image sensor in image data supplied from the image sensor is tested. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105649 | ADJUSTMENT METHOD, ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An adjustment method of the present invention includes an evaluation step of evaluating an imaging performance of an optical image that is formed via an optical system, a classification step of classifying the imaging performance evaluated in the evaluation step, a restoration step of generating a restored image of the optical image based on a classification of the imaging performance, and an adjustment step of adjusting the optical system using an adjustment unit of the optical system based on the restored image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105650 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device provided with a circuit board applicable to various models, wherein the operations of a system microcomputer on the circuit board can be switched without using a physical connector. The display device is provided with: a main board applicable to various models; and a TV microcomputer, which is provided on the main board and stores the set value data of each of the models. The main board is provided with: an external memory I/F which has external memory said external memory storing the model identifying information of the display device stored. The TV microcomputer specifies the set value data of the display device on the basis of the model identifying information of the display device, said model identifying information having been read out from the external memory, and the TV microcomputer switches the operation on the basis of the specified set value data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105651 | METHOD OF LOCATING NEARBY PICTURE HOTSPOTS - A network connected computer receives data from a wireless communication device including location data and user data. The computer is programmed to determine if the wireless communication device is in a vicinity of a preselected location, stored on the computer, based on the data for identifying the location of the wireless communication device. The computer transmits data to the communication device for notifying the user of the communication device that the user is in the vicinity of the preselected location. Directional information can then be sent to the communication device for the user to access in order to assist the user in finding the preselected location. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105652 | NETWORK CAMERA AND METHOD OF OPERATING STORAGE DEVICE THEREOF - A camera for storing photographed images in a storage device connected to the camera through a network and a method of operating the storage device of the camera. The camera includes a photographing unit photographing an object to generate image data of the object; a transfer unit transferring the image data to a storage device to store the image data therein; and a storage device setting unit transferring the image data to at least one second storage device if it is determined that the first storage device is no longer able to store the image data while the image data is being transferred to and stored in the first storage device. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105653 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION/I/O METHOD USING DOT PATTERN, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, MOBILE INFORMATION I/O DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC TOY USING DOT PATTERN - The present invention proposes a dot pattern on which code information and x and y coordinate information can be defined even if the dot pattern is extremely small, and proposes an information reproducing method and an information reproducing device based on the dot pattern. More specifically, a medium such as a printed material on which is formed a dot pattern portion by arranging in accordance with a given rule dots generated by a dot code generating algorithm in order to recognize various kinds of multimedia information is scanned as image data by scanning means. Then, the image data is converted into code data. Multimedia information corresponding to the code data is read out of storing means to be reproduced. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105654 | Methods and Systems for Processing a Video for Stabilization and Retargeting - Methods and systems for processing a video for stabilization and retargeting are described. A recorded video may be stabilized by removing shake introduced in the video, and a video may be retargeted by modifying the video to fit to a different aspect ratio. Constraints can be imposed that require a modified video to contain pixels from the original video and/or to preserve salient regions. In one example, a video may be processed to estimate an original path of a camera that recorded the video, to estimate a new camera path, and to recast the video from the original path to the new camera path. To estimate a new camera path, a virtual crop window can be designated. A difference transformation between the original and new camera path can be applied to the video using the crop window to recast the recorded video from the smooth camera path. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105655 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device extracts, in an image block selection section | 2012-05-03 |
20120105656 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An optical device comprises an image blur compensation unit which compensates a blur in an image formed by an imaging optical system, the image blur compensation unit being movable in directions not parallel to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, a shake detection unit which detects shake of a device, a position detection unit which detects a position of the image blur compensation unit, the position detection unit having a detection accuracy that is variable, a driving control unit which calculates a driving target position of the image blur compensation unit based on an output from the shake detection unit and position information of the image blur compensation unit, and a control unit which controls detection accuracy of the position detection unit to set the detection accuracy of the position detection unit to a greater value in still image capture than a value in video capture. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105657 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a region setting portion that sets a clipping region as an image region in each input image based on image data of an input image sequence consisting of a plurality of input images, a clipping process portion that extracts an image within the clipping region as a clipped image from each of a plurality of target input images included in the plurality of input images, and an image combining portion that arranges and combines a plurality of clipped images that are extracted. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105658 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A kernel estimation section ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105659 | VIDEO STILL CAMERA - A digital still camera has a cylindrical image pick up portion with a lens, a strobe unit, and a display. The image pick up unit is cylindrical and is rotatably held at each end, so that the lens and strobe unit move in concert. The image pick up unit can be rotated to face the rear of the camera, where the display is located, so that the user can do self-images. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105660 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS - An image producing apparatus according to the present invention includes a control unit configured to switch from an operation mode of a face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit to an operation mode of a color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit when a single object region other than a face image is specified by a manipulation of a touch panel during an operation of the face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit, and to switch from the operation mode of the color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit to the operation mode of the face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit when a single face image is specified by a manipulation of the touch panel during an operation of the color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105661 | ROW AND COLUMN JUMPING FOR PIXEL READOUT USING BURST SWITCHING MODE - An imaging apparatus is described for obtaining images. The imaging apparatus includes a pixel array, a row decoder, a column decoder, and a trigger circuit. The pixel array integrates electrical signals corresponding to incident light from a scene. The row decoder enables a selected row of pixels within the pixel array. The column decoder enables readout of a pixel in a selected column of the selected row within the pixel array. The trigger circuit generates one or more burst pulses to traverse through a corresponding number of decoder stages that correspond to pixels which are identified for discarding. Each burst pulse has a duration that is less than a stipulated minimum pulse duration of a typical decoder pulse of the decoders. By using shorter burst pulses, the trigger circuit can quickly jump to a desired row and/or column of pixels for readout, while conserving power. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105662 | CAMERA SYSTEM PROVIDING A MEASURE OF POSE QUALITY - A camera system may include an image sensor to generate real-time image data of a scene having a subject. A pose evaluator can generate a pose metric signal having a pose value that provides a variable measure of a pose quality for the subject in the scene. A pose feedback indicator can provide user-perceptible feedback demonstrating the value of the pose metric signal, such that the variable measure of the pose quality is provided. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105663 | Haptic Feedback Response - A device to capture an image with an image capture component, determine whether the image is acceptable in response to a device applying at least one image detection algorithm on the image, and provide a haptic feedback response to a user of the device if the image is acceptable. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105664 | Moving Image Pickup Apparatus, Method For Observing Moving Image, Moving Image Observing Program, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A moving image is divided with imaging timing aligned without using a synchronous input. A moving image pickup apparatus to pick up a moving image of one or more objects as an imaging target includes an image obtaining unit for obtaining an input moving image composed of a plurality of frames containing a scene of the object making a periodic motion, a representative image selecting unit for selecting a representative image representing a cycle, a standard timing selecting unit for selecting a standard timing based on the representative image, in order to divide the input moving image obtained by the image obtaining unit with respect to each cycle, and a cycle extracting unit for dividing the input moving image with respect to each cycle, based on the standard timing selected by the standard timing selecting unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105665 | DIGITAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to include a plurality of pixels in its image pickup area; a plurality of analog-to-digital converters configured to share a plurality of analog signals read out from the plurality of pixels to perform analog-to-digital conversion to the analog signals allocated thereto; and a control unit configured to read out the analog signals from the pixels within a partial area in the image pickup area for the analog-to-digital conversion. The number of pixels allocated to the analog-to-digital converters performing the analog-to-digital conversion to areas near a center position of the partial area is smaller than that allocated to the analog-to-digital converters performing the analog-to-digital conversion to areas far from the center position of the partial area. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105666 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, an AD conversion unit, a clamp processing unit, and a video signal correction unit. The clamp processing unit is configured to clamp to a black level, an image signal of an effective pixel region or an optical-black region of the image sensor after having been digitally converted by the AD conversion unit, by evaluating a difference from a signal of the optical-black region. The video signal correction unit is configured to calculate signal information of a part or whole of the optical-black region of an image signal of the image sensor; and, independently for each color of the video signal, to calculate correction amount of a video signal using the signal information, and to carry out correction by subtracting calculated correction amount from the image signal before clamping operation performed by the clamp processing unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105667 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SMOOTHING DYNAMIC RANGE OF LUMINANCE OF AN IMAGE SIGNAL, COLOR CONVERSION PROCESS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an object image, a smoothing unit configured to smooth a dynamic range of luminance of an image signal generated based on the object image captured by the imaging unit, and a color conversion unit configured to perform a color conversion with respect to a color of the image signal whose dynamic range is smoothed by the smoothing unit and is specified by a user. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105668 | REGION OF INTEREST EXTRACTION - An example image capture device determines a region of interest using a first image captured while a light source is powered off and a second image captured while a light source is powered on and uses the region of interest to automatically set configurations. In one example, an image capture device includes a controlled light source, an image sensor configured to capture images, and a processing unit configured to cause the image sensor to capture a first image of a scene while the controlled light source is powered off, cause the image sensor to capture a second image of the scene while the controlled light source is powered on, calculate luminance differences between a plurality of regions in the first image and a plurality of collocated regions in the second image, and determine that a region of interest includes those regions for which the luminance differences exceed a threshold. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105669 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor operable to capture a subject image and output image information, a gain setting unit operable to set a value of an output signal amplification gain according to a value of ISO sensitivity for amplifying the image information output from the imaging sensor, a determination unit operable to determine a value of white balance gain to be used for white balance correction according to the value of the output signal amplification gain set by the gain setting unit, and a white balance correcting unit operable to perform white balance correction on the image information output from the imaging sensor based on the value of the output signal amplification gain set by the setting unit and the value of the white balance gain determined by the determination unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105670 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array, a first color filter, a second color filter, and a light shielding portion. The amount of electric charges generated in a first pixel after light of a first wavelength enters the first pixel is larger than that of electric charges generated in a second pixel after light of a second wavelength enters the second pixel. The light shielding portion defines the aperture regions of the first and second pixels so as to set the aperture area of the first pixel larger than that of the second pixel. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105671 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes: a first interpolation unit that performs interpolation using pixel information of pixels having a color same as a color of a pixel of attention and present around the pixel of attention; a second interpolation unit that interpolates color information lost in the pixel of attention using color information of the pixels around the pixel of attention; a combining unit that combines outputs of the first and second interpolation units; a first filter that includes a first filter frequency characteristic and detects a first image of a first region; a second filter that includes a second filter frequency characteristic and detects a second image of a second region; and a combination-ratio generating unit that generates a value for determining a combination ratio of the outputs of the first and second interpolation units in the combining unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105672 | Auto Exposure Blowout Prevention - Systems, methods, and a computer readable medium for performing an improved blowout prevention process in an image capture device are provided to compensate for occurrences of exposure “blowouts,” i.e., areas in a captured image where pixel brightness exceeds the sensor's dynamic range of capturing capability. In one embodiment, the captured image's histogram may be analyzed to determine if the image is indicative of the presence of exposure blowouts. Once it has been determined that there likely are blowouts in the image, an exposure bias for the image capture device may be set accordingly. Particularly, the exposure value (EV) for the image capture device may be gradually corrected, e.g., by one-eighth of a stop per captured frame, until the image histogram is no longer indicative of blown out regions, at which point the image capture device's exposure value may gradually be corrected back to “normal,” i.e., non-exposure bias compensated, levels. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105673 | DIGITAL CAMERA PROVIDING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - A method for producing a high-dynamic-range image, comprising receiving a low-resolution image of the scene having a first resolution and captured at a first exposure level; receiving a high-resolution image of a scene having a second resolution and captured at a second exposure level different from the first exposure level, the second resolution being greater than the first resolution; forming a representative low-resolution image from the high-resolution image; forming a residual image corresponding to differences between the high-resolution image and the representative low-resolution image; forming a low-resolution high-dynamic range image by combining the low-resolution image and the representative low-resolution image; producing the high-dynamic-range image by combining the low-resolution high dynamic range image and the residual image; and storing the high-dynamic-range image in a processor accessible memory. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105674 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS - An image producing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image display device for displaying a frame image generated by photographing, a touch panel provided to cover the image display device, an automatic exposing unit for adjusting an exposure condition by setting, as a target, an automatic exposed area which is set on the screen, and an image recording unit for recording the frame image in response to a user manipulation, and an area setting unit for setting a plurality of automatic exposed areas on the screen in response to a manipulation of the touch panel, wherein the automatic exposing unit adjusts the exposure condition by setting, as a target, the plurality of automatic exposed areas which are set. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105675 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR EXPOSURE CONTROL - Systems, methods and apparatus for image processing by classifying pixels are described. In some systems, an exposure control operation is performed according to the pixel classifications. In some cases, the pixels are classified according to a predetermined segmentation of a color space, based on predicted sensor responses. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105676 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The digital photographing apparatus detects a feature of a subject from an input image, and displays an icon corresponding to the detected feature. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105677 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LOCATION INFORMATION-BASED IMAGE DATA - An apparatus for processing image data includes a camera for detecting image information received through an image sensor, a location information checker for checking location information, a memory for storing the image information and shooting location information at an acquisition time of the image information, a location information converter for converting the shooting location information based on display location information at a time the image information is to be displayed, and a controller for controlling output of image information corresponding to the display location information. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105678 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING CUSTOMIZABLE LOOK MANAGEMENT - An image capturing apparatus that includes an image capture unit, an interface unit, a processing unit, and a display unit, wherein the image capture unit captures an image, the memory unit stores the image, the interface unit loads one or more look transforms into the image capturing apparatus, the processing unit converts color signals of the image from values of the image capturing apparatus into an output rendering space using a device-independent color space, automatically applies the look transform(s) to the image, and generates a rendered image, which is then displayed by the display unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105679 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND MULTI-ANGLE VIDEO SYSTEM - The present invention is provided to lessen load on a bus in the case of storing image data captured by a plurality of cameras into a semiconductor memory. To a semiconductor integrated circuit, a plurality of cameras and a semiconductor memory can be coupled. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of first interfaces, a second interface, a bus, and a plurality of image processing modules. The image processing modules include a process of performing distortion correction on image data in a pre-designated region, and writing the image data in the region subjected to the distortion correction into the semiconductor memory via the bus and the second interface. By excluding image data out of the pre-designated region from an object of distortion correction in the image processing modules, the amount of image data transferred to the semiconductor memory is reduced. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105680 | SOC STRUCTURE OF VIDEO CODEC-EMBEDDED IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME - A system on chip (SoC) structure of a video codec-embedded image sensor and a method of driving an image sensor using the same are provided. The image sensor includes a first domain including a codec processing unit processing image data using a video codec and a core processor, a second domain including an image sensor pixel and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a third domain including an image signal processor (ISP) performing signal processing on the image data obtained from the second domain, a fourth domain including a formatter converting a data format of the data generated in the first to third domains to the outside, an a clock generation unit providing system clocks to the first to fourth domains, respectively. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105681 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - A method for producing a high-dynamic-range image, comprising: receiving a low-resolution image of a scene having a first resolution and captured at a first exposure level; receiving a first high-resolution image of the scene having a second resolution and captured at a second exposure level different from the first exposure level, the second resolution being greater than the first resolution; forming a residual image corresponding to high spatial frequency content in the first high-resolution image; forming a second high-resolution image having the second resolution and the first exposure level by combining the low-resolution image and the residual image; producing the high-dynamic-range image by combining the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image; and storing the high-dynamic-range image in a processor accessible memory. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105682 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE - Provided is an image pickup apparatus wherein an image pickup unit executes image pickup processing a plurality of times in relation to movement of the image pickup surface to generate a composite image. In the image pickup apparatus, first information for guiding a direction in which the image pickup surface should be moved and second information for indicating the direction and amount that the image pickup surface has been moved during processing for generating a composite image are displayed on a display unit. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105683 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, LENS BARREL, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Compact and lightweight zoom lens systems having less aberration fluctuation in association with focusing, lens barrels, interchangeable lens apparatuses, and camera systems are provided. The zoom lens system comprises: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a first focusing lens unit which is located on an image side relative to the first lens unit, has negative optical power, and moves along an optical axis in zooming and focusing; and a second focusing lens unit which is located on the image side relative to the first focusing lens unit, has positive optical power, and moves along the optical axis in the zooming and the focusing, and satisfies the condition: |d | 2012-05-03 |
20120105684 | DIGITAL CAMERA - This invention includes an imaging device that photographs a subject, a display device that has a display screen displaying image data photographed by the imaging device, a zoom device that varies the display screen, an extraction device that extracts a predetermined feature portion from image data photographed by the imaging device, a directive device that directs the display device so as to display a predetermined feature portion extracted by the extraction device in a predetermined form, and a controller that controls the directive device so as not to direct a display on the display device in accordance with the varying magnification of the zoom device. Namely, an icon of the extraction result is not displayed while the zoom is in action, so that it can avoid an inappropriate display in which the icon display does not correspond to a photographed subject due to the subject's quick movement or a sudden change in its size within a picture frame. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105685 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND A ZOOM LENS FOR THE IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, WITH DISTORTION CORRECTION - An image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup element that photoelectrically converts an optical image formed by an image-pickup optical system having a zoom function, and a correcting part that performs correction processing for a distortion component in image data generated based on an output from the image-pickup element, the distortion component corresponding to a distortion of the image-pickup optical system. The image-pickup optical system provides a first zoom range in which a distortion amount at a certain image height is larger than a predetermined value and a second zoom range in which a distortion amount at the certain image height is smaller than the predetermined value. The correcting part performs the correction processing so that the distortion component remains in a first corrected image data in the first zoom range is larger than the distortion component remaining in a second corrected image data in the second zoom range. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105686 | Systems And Methods For Determination Of A Camera Imperfection For An Image - Methods and systems for creating an image filter is described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first plurality of images captured by an at least one camera with a same setting as a first camera. The method further includes creating an averaged image from the plurality of captured images, wherein the averaged image comprises a measurement value of intensity for each pixel in the averaged image. The method also includes determining an image imperfection in the averaged image. The method further includes creating the image filter to reduce the image imperfection. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105687 | Methods and Apparatuses for Using Image Acquisition Data to Detect and Correct Image Defects - A method and device for detecting a potential defect in an image comprises acquiring a digital image at a time; storing image acquisition data, wherein the image acquisition data includes at least one of a position of a source of light relative to a lens, a distance from the source of light to the lens, a focal length of the lens, a distance from a point on a digital image acquisition device to a subject, an amount of ambient light, or flash intensity; determining dynamic anthropometric data, wherein the dynamic anthropometric data includes one or more dynamically changing human body measurements, of one or more humans represented in the image, captured at the time; and determining a course of corrective action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the dynamic anthropometric data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105688 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an input unit which inputs image data that is generated by an imaging element including specific pixels, first image generation pixels that are the image generation pixels adjacent to the specific pixels, and second image generation pixels that are the image generation pixels not adjacent to the specific pixels, and includes a luminance value generated by each of the pixels, and a color mixture correction unit which corrects color mixture such that a change value of luminance caused by light leaked from the specific pixels to the first image generation pixels is calculated based on luminance values of each of specific pixels adjacent to the first image generation pixels and correction of color mixture to the first image generation pixels caused by the leaked light is performed. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105689 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processor which is capable of performing correction of defective pixels without degrading image quality when synthesizing a plurality of still images. When a plurality of image data items are synthesized, a first reference value which is smaller than a second reference value for use in determining whether or not to correct pixel data forming the image data is compared with a pixel value indicated by each of synthesized pixel data items forming the synthesized image data, and first correction processing is performed in which the synthesized pixel data of the synthesized image data is corrected according to a result of comparison. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105690 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD USING MULTIPLE LENS AND APERTURE UNITS - A camera system ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105691 | LENS AND COLOUR FILTER ARRANGEMENT, SUPER-RESOLUTION CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lens and colour filter assembly ( | 2012-05-03 |
20120105692 | ANTI-BLOOMING PIXEL SENSOR CELL WITH ACTIVE NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTER, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND DESIGN STRUCTURE - A method of preventing blooming in a pixel array includes affecting an amount of light that impinges on a photoelectric conversion element by adjusting a transmissivity of an electrochromic element based on an output of the photoelectric conversion element. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105693 | ZOOM LENS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A zoom lens according to the invention includes in order starting from an object side a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power and selectively moveable along an optical axis for zooming; an aperture stop; a third lens group having a positive refractive power and including a third-A lens group including a doublet lens including a positive lens and a negative lens and having at least one aspherical surface, selectively moveable along the optical axis for image blur compensation, and having a positive refractive power, and a third-B lens group including a positive lens and a negative lens; and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power and selectively moveable along the optical axis to compensate for a variation in an image plane caused by the zooming and to perform focusing. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105694 | TIME AD CONVERTER AND SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Disclosed is a time AD converter which is provided with an annular delay circuit, a digital signal generation unit, and an annular delay circuit control unit. The annular delay circuit has n delay units (where n is a natural number equal to or larger than 2). The digital signal generation unit generates a digital signal corresponding to an analog signal by using an output of the annular delay circuit. The annular delay circuit control unit controls a current which is input to the n delay units in accordance with an external environmental signal. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105695 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element that converts light into an electric signal, a feedback amplifying circuit that amplifies a signal of the pixel using an amplification factor that is based on a variable feedback capacitor, a storage capacitor connected to an output node of the amplifying circuit via a first switch, and a load element connected to the output node of the amplifying circuit via a second switch. The second switch is in an on state during any one of or both of a period in which the feedback capacitor is reset and a period in which the first switch is in an on state. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105696 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes an imaging element and a logic element. The imaging element includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first wiring layer, and a first metal layer, in which a pixel region which is a light sensing surface is formed. The logic element includes a second semiconductor substrate, a second wiring layer, and a second metal layer, in which a signal processing circuit that processes a pixel signal obtained at the pixel region is formed. The logic element is laminated to the imaging element so that the first metal layer and the second metal layer are bonded to each other, and the first metal layer and the second metal layer are formed on a region excluding a region in which a penetrating electrode layer penetrating a bonding surface of the imaging element and the logic element is formed. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105697 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPRATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105698 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A MOS type solid state imaging device having unit pixels, each having a photodiode a transfer transistor for transferring the signal of the photodiode to a floating node, an amplifier transistor for outputting the signal of the floating node to a vertical signal line, and a reset transistor for resetting the floating node. A gate voltage of the reset transistor is controlled by three values of a power source potential (for example 3V), a ground potential (0V), and a negative power source potential (for example −1V). | 2012-05-03 |
20120105699 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device includes an imaging unit that creates image data of a subject; a contrast detector that detects contrast information on the image data; a movement detector that detects movement information of the portable device; and a control unit that controls, in accordance with the contrast information when the movement information is detected, recording of the image data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105700 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus provided with a display unit for displaying an operation picture, showing control indicia (e.g., icons) corresponding to multiple image processing functions, is operated to display the operation picture on an external display device. The operator selects one of the indicia shown on the external display device by operating an input device, such as touch screen of the apparatus or a remote control, to indicate the position of the desired one of the indicia. The operator can thereby quickly and reliably select an image processing function to be executed, without any need to view an operation picture on the display unit when making the selection. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105701 | PROJECTION DEVICE, PROJECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a main body, a member including a projection device, the member moveably attached to the main body, a detector that detects an orientation of the moveable member with respect to the main body, and a processor that controls the projection device based on an output of the detector. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105702 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video processing method includes calculating mean values with respect to x coordinate value and y coordinate value of vertices that define a corresponding area, which is obtained when a designated area in spherical coordinates is projected on an xy coordinate plane that represents a captured image, and superimposing a mask image R on the captured image in such a way as to bring a point G having an x coordinate value and a y coordinate value identical to the calculated mean values with respect to the x coordinate value and the y coordinate value into coincidence with a point defined by a midpoint in the height direction and a midpoint in the width direction of the mask image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105703 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying a preview image input by a camera in an augmented reality (AR) mode, displaying AR data corresponding to at least one object in the preview image, and providing a user interface for editing at least a portion of the preview image including the AR data in the AR mode in order to generate an edited preview image. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105704 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface and having at least one inflecting point. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105705 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a light source; a prism having an imaging surface to be contacted with an object; and an image-forming optical system that forms an image of the object. The image-forming optical system includes a front lens group having a first optical axis tilted relative to the imaging surface; an image plane tilted from a surface perpendicular to the first optical axis of the front lens group; and a rear lens group having a second optical axis shifted in parallel to the first optical axis of the front lens group. The image-forming optical system is arranged to satisfy the following conditional expression: | 2012-05-03 |
20120105706 | PHOTOGRAPHIC MODULES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - Methods of forming camera modules include forming a chip structure including a molding pattern surrounding a chip and sidewalls of the chip. A lens module is formed, and the lens module is coupled to an upper part of the chip structure. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105707 | Imaging device, imaging method, and program - An imaging device includes a detector that repeatedly carries out a series of operation of generating an evaluation value to evaluate the degree of focusing of a position after driving of a lens toward one end part in the drive range of the lens, and detects the evaluation value of a position that is closer to the end part than the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing and is immediately adjacent or adjacent across a predetermined number of positions to the position of the evaluation value of the highest degree of focusing. The imaging device further includes a drive controller that makes the series of operation be repeatedly carried out toward the other end part in the drive range of the lens, and drives the lens to a position of a degree of focusing not smaller than the detected evaluation value. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105708 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH THE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit is configured to remain stationary, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit are configured to move separately from one another, and the aperture stop is configured to move along a locus convex towards the object side. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105709 | CAMERA, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND LENS POSITION CONTROL METHOD - When a lens position is assumed on the basis of a control result by an AF control, the accuracy of the assumption of the lens position can be improved. A camera resets the position of a lens to a reference position when the number of AF operations, the number of frames for captured images, or the time exceeds a threshold value after the commencement of a continuous AF operation (step ST | 2012-05-03 |
20120105710 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device is configured to include an imaging lens, an imaging unit which acquires image data based on an optical image of a subject received via the imaging lens, a motion detector which detects a motion of the subject based on image data sequentially obtained from the imaging unit, a focus detector which calculates focus position data based on the image data obtained from the imaging lens when the motion detector detects a motion of the subject, and an in-focus position estimating unit which estimates an in-focus position based on the calculated focus position data. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105711 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ACCESSORY, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THE SAME, AND MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus to which an accessory is detachably attached includes an imaging unit configured to convert an object image into an electrical signal, a signal generation unit configured to generate a vertical synchronizing signal that is synchronized with a timing of exposure of the imaging unit and output the generated vertical synchronizing signal, a control unit configured to control communication with the accessory based on the vertical synchronizing signal, a first terminal configured to send a clock signal generated by the control unit to the accessory, and a second terminal configured to communicate data with the accessory based on the clock signal, in which the control unit controls a signal level at the first terminal to a predetermined level when the communication of the data ends, and then changes the signal level in synchronization with the output of the vertical synchronizing signal. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105712 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a lens group having at least two lenses, a lens holding frame configured to hold the lens group, a holding cylinder configured to hold the lens holding frame movably in an optical axis direction of the lens group, a forward-backward moving mechanism configured to move the lens holding frame forward and backward with respect to the holding cylinder, first to third guide shafts fixed on the holding cylinder so as to surround the lens holding frame and each extend in the optical axis direction, and a biasing mechanism configured to be held by the lens holding frame between the first guide shaft and the lens holding frame and bias the lens holding frame in a direction so as to separate the lens holding frame from the first guide shaft toward the second and third guide shafts on a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105713 | LOW PROFILE CHIP SCALE MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A low profile chip scale module and method of making of the same. The low profile chip scale module includes embedded SMD and integrated EM shielding. An adhesive layer is arranged on a substrate, e.g., chip carrier. Dies and SMDs are arranged on the adhesive layer. An etched frame and molding is attached to the substrate. Inputs/outputs (I/O) are formed and the substrate is coated with a dielectric material. Metal lines and connections among bond pads are formed and another layer of dielectric material is applied as a protective layer. The substrate is cut into various predetermined sizes and a lens is attached to form the chip scale module. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105714 | IMAGE CAPTURE MODULE OF HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH POLYDIRECTIONAL ROTATION FUNCTION - An image capture module of a handheld electronic device is provided. In the image capture module, a spherical casing cooperates with a fixing cover and accommodates a camera module. The spherical casing is fixed in a casing of the electronic device by the fixing cover. Thus, the spherical casing can rotate transversely. In addition, the fixing cover has a slot to allow a connecting wire of the camera module to pass through, and thus, the spherical casing may rotate in the fixing cover. | 2012-05-03 |
20120105715 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMING NEXT PROGRAM OF BROADCASTING CHANNEL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an displaying apparatus comprising: a signal converting unit demodulating a digital signal generated by a tuner and encodes an analog signal decoded by the tuner; a decoding unit decoding the demodulated digital signal or the encoded analog signal to generate an image signal or a voice signal; a storing unit storing the image signal or the voice signal; a broadcast program processing unit providing information of a next program using the image signal or the voice signal while a current program is broadcasted; a controlling unit controlling the decoding unit and the broadcast program processing unit; and a displaying unit displaying information of the next program on broadcasting the current program under the control of the controlling unit. | 2012-05-03 |