20th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120120206 | METHOD, TV SET FOR DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE AND GLASSES - A method for displaying 3D image is provided in the present invention. The method includes: 3D image signals, which comprise consecutive one frame of left-eye signal and one frame of right-eye signal, are received; the 3D image signals are processed by frequency multiplication, and n consecutive frames of left-eye signals and n consecutive frames of right-eye signals are obtained, n being the times number of the frequency multiplication and equal to or greater than 2; light-emitting diode (LED) driving signals drive the LED to display the n consecutive frames of left-eye signals and the n consecutive frames of right-eye signals; in the n consecutive frames of left-eye signals, the first frame of left-eye signal corresponds to an LED driving signal which is off, the nth frame of left-eye signal corresponds to an LED driving signal which is on, and in the n consecutive frames of right-eye signals, the first frame of right-eye signal corresponds to an LED driving signal which is off, the nth frame of right-eye signal corresponds to an LED driving signal which is on. The present invention also provides a TV set for displaying 3D image and a pair of glasses for viewing 3D image. By the present invention, the problem of crosstalk between leftimage and rightimage is solved, and backlight sources energy consumption and complete apparatus cost are reduced. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120207 | IMAGE PLAYBACK DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image playback device includes a playback portion which plays back content data to make a video stereoscopically viewed by means of video data including first and second images for first and second view points, respectively; a setting portion which sets a playback speed for playing back the content data; and an adjuster which adjusts parallax information about parallax between the first and second images in response to the playback speed set by the setting portion. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120208 | 3D shutter glasses with frame rate detector - Active shutter 3D glasses with multiple optical detectors, such as photodiodes, are described that detect a frame rate of a 3D television or other 3D display by using independent component analysis. The detected frame rate is used to update a clock onboard the 3D glasses that times the active shutters, thereby synchronizing the shutters to the 3D display. A switch can reverse the shutters in case the left eye/right eye images are shown oppositely. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120209 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes a liquid crystal panel which switches between a left frame image which is viewed by a left eye and a right frame image which is viewed by a right eye to alternately display the left and right frame images on a display surface with time; and a liquid crystal driver which scans and drives the liquid crystal panel with a frame image signal for displaying the left or right frame image over the display surface. The liquid crystal driver executes a first scanning operation over the display surface and a second scanning operation over the display surface after the first scanning operation, and the first scanning operation is executed in a shorter period than the second scanning operation. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120210 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electric apparatus includes a receiving module, an expanding module, and an output module. The receiving module is configured to receive a motion picture including a first image and a second image having a parallax therebetween. The expanding module is configured to expand the first image and the second image at least in a horizontal direction. The output module is configured to output data of a third image corresponding to a first region of the expanded first image and a fourth image corresponding to a second region of the expanded second image. The first region comprises the same size as the first image and does not include a first horizontal end portion of the extended first image. The second region comprises the same size as the second image and does not include a second horizontal end portion of the extended second image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120211 | DISPLAY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND PROJECTOR APPARATUS - A display control circuit includes a device driving unit that alternately writes a left video image and a right video image in a time-division manner to a light modulating device, a light source driving unit that increases or reduces the brightness of a light source that emits light passing through the light modulating device, a shutter eyeglass driving unit that provides shutter eyeglasses with a shutter driving signal, and a control unit that instructs the light source driving unit to reduce the brightness of the light source in the duration of a switchover between the left video image and the right video image for the light modulating device or instructs the light source driving unit to increase the brightness of the light source in the duration in which the left video image or the right video image is written solely to the light modulating device. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120212 | 3D SHUTTER GLASSES SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL THROUGH STEREO HEADPHONE WIRES - 3D shutter glasses with a synchronization signal sent through a stereo headphone wire are presented. In some embodiments, the 3D shutter glasses receive a synchronization signal through the same wire that transmits audio data to headphones or other audio devices. The synchronization signal may be combined with the audio data through various techniques so as to not disrupt the audio a listener hears, but to still provide the data to the 3D shutter glasses to synchronize with a display. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120213 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a two-dimensional display unit that displays p viewpoint videos, which are spatially divided, within one screen; and an optical device that optically splits the p viewpoint videos displayed on the display unit so as to enable a stereoscopic view at p viewpoints. The display unit includes unit pixels each formed from sub-pixels that display r types of colors necessary for a color video display, and the sub-pixels that emit light of different colors are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a same row in a screen horizontal direction. Each of the p viewpoint videos is displayed in n sub-pixel rows, each of which is configured by the sub-pixels aligned in a first direction other than the screen horizontal direction and which are consecutive in the screen horizontal direction, in the screen horizontal direction on a cycle of (p×n) rows. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120214 | Product Demonstration - Included are embodiments for product demonstration. One embodiment of a system includes a first image capture device that captures a real-time video image of a first product and a memory component that stores a computer application, the computer application causing the system to identify the first product and render an altered version of the real-time video image. The altered version of the real-time video image may include a first virtual menu option that is selectable by the user making a first physical gesture and a second virtual menu option that is selectable by the user making a second physical gesture. Some embodiments include a display device for displaying the altered version of the real-time video image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120215 | OBTAINING CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE STATE INFORMATION - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to obtain an image of a consumer electronic device, the image comprising at least one visual indication of a first operating state of the consumer electronic device, and to transmit one or more commands to the consumer electronic device to change to a second operating state different from the first operating state, responsive to determining the first operating state by extracting information associated with the at least one visual indication from the image. The commands may be determined by accessing a database having control instructions associated with the consumer electronic device. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120216 | ENDSCOPE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An endoscope apparatus includes an image acquisition section that acquires images in time series, a coefficient calculation section that calculates a correction coefficient for correcting blurring in a depth direction that is a direction along an optical axis of an imaging section, and a depth-direction blurring correction section that performs a depth-direction blurring correction process that corrects blurring in the depth direction on the images acquired in time series based on the correction coefficient. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120217 | MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A medical image recording apparatus for recording observed images of a subject outputted from a medical instrument, includes: an image arithmetic portion which generates feature images by highlighting specific features contained in the observed images; a display portion which displays inputted display images; a display image switching portion which switches the display images outputted to the display portion to either the observed images or images including the feature images generated by the image arithmetic portion; and an image information recording portion which records, as an image file, image-relevant information including timing information at execution of image switching by the display image switching portion and image generation information for generating the feature images and image information of the observed images. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120218 | SEMI-PRIVATE COMMUNICATION IN OPEN ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method providing semi-private conversation using an area microphone between one local user in a group of local users and a remote user. The local and remote users may be in different physical environments, using devices coupled by a network. A conversational relationship is defined between a local user and a remote user. The local user's voice is isolated from other voices in the environment, and transmitted to the remote user. Directional output technology may be used to direct the local user's utterances to the remote user in the remote environment. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120219 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EMOTION MANAGEMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - An electronic device and emotion management method includes presetting emotion classifications having different facial expression features, and presetting a relaxation method corresponding to each of the emotion classifications. Original characteristic values of facial expression features of each of the emotion classifications are stored in a storage device. An image is acquired using a camera module. Expression characteristic values of a human face of a recognized person in the image are acquired to determine an emotion classification of the determined expression characteristic values. A relaxation method corresponding to the determined emotion classification is executed to calm the recognized person. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120220 | WOUND MANAGEMENT MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A mobile device and method for capturing and transmitting medical images. The mobile device includes a camera component configured to acquire an image, a communications interface configured to establish an operable connection to a server, and a processing device operably connected to the camera component and the communications interface. The processing device is configured perform the method of capturing and transmitting the medical images, the method including causing the camera component to acquire an image of a wound on a patient's body, receiving location information associated with the acquired image, wherein the location information indicates where on the patient's body the wound is located, and transmitting, in response to a user request, the acquired image and location information to the server via the communications interface. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120221 | Body Fluid Analyzing System and an Imaging Processing Device and Method for Analyzing Body Fluids - The present invention discloses a body fluid analyzing system, comprising: a central control and processing component for sending a control signal to the source image capturing component; a source image capturing component for capturing a body fluid source image according to said control signal and sending said source image to said central control and processing component. Said central control and processing component is further used for transforming source images to image coefficients and generating the corresponding coefficient matrix. Then the coefficient matrix is inversely transformed to a focus-fused image for output. The present invention further discloses an image processing device and method for analyzing body fluid. The application of the present invention can reduce the probability of object image omission or fuzziness and, to a great extent, increase the identification success rate so that the precision of the entire system is increased. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120222 | OPERATOR CONTROL UNIT FOR A MICROSCOPE - An operator control unit for use with a microscope is configured for at least one of selecting and adjusting at least one electrically controllable function of the microscope. The operator control unit is portable with one hand and includes a handle portion and at least one sensor configured to receive user control commands so as to at least one of activate, deactivate and adjust the at least one electrically controllable function. The at least one sensor includes a touch sensor and is disposed so as to accommodate holding and operation of the operator control unit simultaneously with one hand. The at least one sensor is disposed symmetrically with respect to the handle portion. The at least one sensor is assignable to different changeable microscope functions by actuation of at least one of the control unit and the at least one sensor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120223 | PORTABLE MICROSCOPE - A portable microscope includes an integrated operator control unit configured for at least one of selecting and adjusting at least one electrically controllable function of the microscope. The operator control unit includes at least one sensor configured to receive user control commands for at least one of activation, deactivation and adjustment of the at least one electrically controllable function. The at least one sensor includes a touch sensor and is disposed so as to accommodate holding and operation of the microscope with a single hand of a user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120224 | MICROSCOPE HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A microscope includes an image acquisition system, microscope components and a touch screen. The image acquisition system is configured to optically and digitally image an object so as to produce an object image The microscope components are at least one of motorized and electrically controllable. The touch screen is configured to display the object image in a display area thereof and to sense inputs in the display area within the displayed object image so as to change settings of the microscope components. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120225 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for determining a position of an area of an object within the complete object, wherein the image of the area of the object is contained within a field of view of a microscope. The method comprises acquiring high magnification image data representing an image of the field of view of the microscope, typically from a digital camera attached to the microscope; processing the high magnification image data to reduce the resolution thereof; comparing the processed high magnification image data with portions of the low magnification image data, and determining said position based on the results of said comparison. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120226 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY FOR IMAGING LIVE CELLS - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a microfluidic chamber. In one embodiment, the microfluidic chamber has a first sub-chamber and at least one second sub-chamber. The first sub-chamber has a first window and a second window. Both the first window and the second window are transparent to electrons of certain energies. The second window is positioned substantially parallel and opposite to the first window defining a first volume therebetween. The first window and the second window are separated by a distance that is sufficiently small such that an electron beam that enters from the first window can propagate through the first sub-chamber and exit from the second window. The at least one second sub-chamber is in fluid communication with the first sub-chamber and has a second volume that is greater than the first volume of the first sub-chamber. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120227 | PANEL CONDUCTIVE FILM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A panel conductive film configuration system and method thereof are presented. A panel is configured with a plurality of groups of lines staggered in different groups, and ends of the lines are arranged in a staggered manner at two different lengths and include a film contact unit. A processing unit analyzes line widths of the groups of lines through images of the panel photographed by a photographing unit, and when configuring a film on the panel, a setting unit controls a configuration position of the film to adjust attachment areas between a plurality of line contact blocks of the film and each film contact unit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120228 | INSPECTION METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENTS, INSPECTION DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPONENTS - An inspection method includes photographing an image by a camera mounted on a lamination head during a first fiber-reinforced plastic tape is attached by the lamination head while the lamination head moves, and calculating a gap amount between the first fiber-reinforced plastic tape and a second fiber-reinforced plastic tape on the basis of a first component of translational displacement in an optical axis direction of the camera which is a translational displacement of the lamination head during attachment of the first fiber-reinforced plastic tape, an in-plane second component of translational displacement which is perpendicular to the optical axis direction of the translational displacement, and the image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120229 | CIGARETTE PACKAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An inspection system and associated method are provided for inspecting a cigarette package. A transport device is configured to transport individual cigarette packages to an inspection position such that at least a portion of the cigarette package is visibly accessible for optical inspection. An inspection device is configured to optically inspect each cigarette package, at least about the visibly accessible portion thereof, as the cigarette package is transported through the inspection position, and to automatically determine from the optical inspection whether the inspected cigarette package is defective. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120230 | Apparatus and Method for Small Scale Wind Mapping - An apparatus and method for wind profiling using a lighter than air tracer balloon moving under the influence of air currents. A retroreflective target is attached to the tracer balloon to improve the intensity of a return signal reflected back to the rangefinder. After the balloon is released, the rangefinder and attitude sensor are used to measure the range and direction angles of the retroreflective target on the tracer balloon at periodic time intervals. The recorded trajectory data are processed by a computer program using data smoothing and filtering techniques to calculate the wind velocity components, horizontal wind speed and direction, and an estimate of wind shear, | 2012-05-17 |
20120120231 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IMAGING APPARATUS - A first optical system irradiates a target with a detecting wave and making the detecting wave that is transmitted through the target incident upon the electrooptical crystal. A second optical system slants a pulse plane of a probe wave relative to a pulse plane of the detecting wave and making the probe wave incident upon the electrooptical crystal. A camera detects the probe wave passing through the electrooptical crystal. The first or second optical system includes a compensating component which partitions a beam cross section of the detecting wave or the probe wave into unit areas. The optical component makes different an optical path length of a beam passing each unit area and compensates a phase shifting between the pulse plane of the detecting wave and the pulse plane of the probe wave at positions in a crossing direction of a surface of the electrooptical crystal and the virtual plane. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120232 | SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A shape measuring device comprises a high speed image processor for extracting one target image and at least one reference image other than the target image from among the plurality of images, and for causing a digital operator to act on the target image and the reference image to calculate local degrees of focusing for each extracted pair of the target image and the reference image on a pixel by pixel basis for the target image; and a control computer for finding the surface height of the measurement object on the basis of the maximum relative movement position of each pixel from among a plurality of the local degrees of focusing calculated on a pixel by pixel basis. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120233 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE-BASED BIOLOGICAL DATA QUANTIFICATION - A device and method for determining a concentration of a biological target including capturing an image of a ticket that contains the biological target; extracting a region of interest from the captured image; detecting a target from the extracted region of interest; computing intensity of the target in the region of interest; and determining the concentration of the biological target according to the computed intensity. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120234 | PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR - A platform screen door system, comprising a fixed panel, a door leaf slidably disposed adjacent to the fixed panel, a drive means adapted to slidingly move the door leaf from a door open position to a door closed position; and a microprocessor adapted to control the movement of the drive means and, thereby, control the movement of the door leaf The system also includes a media panel, disposed on the fixed panel, wherein the media panel is adapted to display information. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120235 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA HAVING LENS CONTROLLER WATERPROOFING MEMBER - A surveillance camera has waterproofing members detachably fitted into guide holes for focus control and zoom control. The camera has a lens controller waterproofing member, a focus controller and a zoom controller and includes a housing having a first guide hole and a second guide hole; a first rod fixing part combined with the focus controller outer surface and including a first extended part with a first rod fitting hole; a second rod fixing part combined with the outer surface of the zoom controller and including a second extended part with a second rod fitting hole; first and second waterproofing members sealing the first and second guide holes; a focus control rod fastened through the first waterproofing member; and a zoom control rod fastened through the second waterproofing member. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120236 | Web Camera - A web camera has a clamping apparatus, an extending arm and a camera module. The clamping apparatus includes a base and a supporting bracket. The supporting bracket is connected pivotally to a rear edge of the base and has a chamber and an open front. The extending arm is disposed inside the chamber of the supporting bracket of the clamping apparatus and is pivotally and slidably connected to the supporting bracket of the clamping apparatus. The camera module is connected pivotally to a front end of the extending arm. The extending arm can be operated to protrude out of the open front of the supporting bracket and then to rotate relative to the clamping apparatus. Therefore, a horizontal position of the camera module is changeable and various camera angles can be achieved. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120237 | VIDEO PROCESSING - Video processing comprises storing data relating to images of a video signal captured over at least a reference period relative to a current image of the video signal; comparing the current image with a reference image of the video signal captured within the reference period, so as to detect image features in the current image representing changes with respect to a corresponding position in the reference image; detecting whether a detected image feature in the current image has remained at substantially the same image position over a group of images preceding the current image; and displaying the current image with an indication of any such image features and an indication of the duration of the presence of the image feature at that image position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120238 | TWO LAYER VIDEO MOTION DETECTION - A method of identifying suspicious movements in video images, comprising: examining a video stream, in a first video motion detection (VMD) stage, to identify sequences of a plurality of video frames in which the video frames together indicate a possibility of movement of an object within the video stream; initiating operation of a second VMD stage on the video stream, which includes analyzing the pixel content of frames of the video stream to identify suspect objects, responsive to an indication from the first VMD stage; and providing an indication of a suspicious movement if the second VMD resulted in an identification of movement of a suspect object. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120239 | FORWARD FACING IMAGING SYSTEM - A forward facing imaging system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle and a camera disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly. The camera has a forward field of view through a windshield of the vehicle. The camera captures image data and captured image data is recorded by a recording system. During operation of the vehicle, the recording system records image data, as it is captured over a given period of operation of the vehicle, in a closed-loop fashion onto electronic memory. Image data, as captured by the camera, is processed by an image processor in order to determine the presence of at least one object forward of the equipped vehicle. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120240 | VIDEO IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120241 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - A video surveillance system comprises two or more video cameras each providing a video signal, the cameras each being positioned at a respective known location; a motion detector to detect image motion of an image feature within the field of view of one of the video cameras and for deriving a corresponding physical motion of an object represented by the image feature; and a motion predictor to predict the physical motion of the object with respect to the known locations of the cameras so as to derive an expected time when the object may be observed in the field of view of another one of the video cameras, in which the motion predictor is responsive to routing data defining possible routes from the observed location of the object to the field of view of another of the cameras. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120242 | SECURITY-ENHANCED CCTV SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a security-enhanced CCTV system. The security-enhanced Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) system includes a plurality of CCTV cameras installed at locations desired to be captured. An image processing device is installed outside an Operations Room (OR) so as to control the CCTV cameras and to store and output captured images. A resource distributor is installed inside the operations room, with the resource distributor being connected to the image processing device in a wired or wireless manner, and is configured to receive stored images from the image processing device or mutually communicate control signals required to control the CCTV cameras with the image processing device. An input/output device outputs the control signals for the CCTV cameras or displays the captured images through the resource distributor. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120243 | Device Having Built-In Digital Data Device Powered By Unlimited Power Source - The device has build-in digital data means and powered by unlimited power source for lamp-holder, LED bulb, light device which connect with unlimited power source by prong-means, base-means, conductive wires from the said device with plug means which has no female-male construction. The said digital data means in desired combination selected from camera head(s), Sensor head(s), tracking means, rotating means, join-means, connector means, motor means, position means, orientation means to take photos, video, audio digital data storage into memory means, send/transmitte/wireless to the said display means, screen means, phone, communication means, computer means of any status for indoor or outdoor at any time under predetermined time, location, function, features, performance as market requirement. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120244 | ONLINE SYSTEM FOR SAMPLING NIGHTCLUB ACTIVITY - A system for sampling and monitoring the activity of a pre-determined establishment has a data-collection device connected to a group of sensors. The data-collection device is connected to the internet. A control panel on the data-collection device controls all of the device's and the sensors' operations. The group of sensors may include a thermal imaging camera, a microphone, a thermometer, a hygrometer, and a light sensor, and may include more than one of any of these sensors. Data collected from the atmosphere of the pre-determined establishment is uploaded from the data-collection device to be presented and organized on a publicly accessible website, which is viewable by any personal computers, phones etc. that have an active internet connection. A system of rating the related establishments on the website provides users an additional method of comparing establishments and deciding where to spend their time based on their needs. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120245 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-RESOLUTION SHARPNESS TRANSPORT ACROSS COLOR CHANNELS - Provided are a system and method for image sharpening is provided that involves capturing an image, and then decomposing the image into a plurality of image-representation components, such as RGB components for example. Each image-representation component is transformed to obtain an unsharpened multi-resolution representation for each image-representation component. A multi-resolution representation includes a plurality of transformation level representations. Sharpness information is transported from an unsharpened transformation level representation of a first one of the image-representation components to a transformation level representation of an unsharpened multi-resolution representation of a second one of the image-representation components to create a sharpened multi-resolution representation of the second one of the image-representation components. The sharpened multi-resolution representation of the second one of the image-representation components is then transformed to obtain a sharpened image. The improved and sharpened image may then be displayed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120246 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGE TO A DECK OF A BRIDGE - Provided is a method for detecting damage to a deck of a bridge, the method allowing detection work to be achieved with less labor and being capable of reducing the time and cost needed for the detection work. From a road-surface measuring vehicle running on pavement | 2012-05-17 |
20120120247 | Image sensing module and optical signal processing device - An image sensing module includes an image sensor and a sensing controller. The image sensor captures an image with a first frequency. The sensing controller determines whether the image sensor has detected an object according to the image. When the sensing controller determines that the image sensor has detected an object, the sensing controller switches the image sensor to capture the image with a second frequency for the image sensor to continuously detect the location of the object. By setting the first frequency higher than the second frequency, the image-sensing module detects the object in real time and the power consumption of the image-sensing module continuously detecting the location of the object is saved as well. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120248 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND OBJECT TRACKING METHOD - An image photographing device of an object tracking system includes: an image recognizing module for collecting image information within a field of view (FOV) region in real time, recognizing occurrence of an event from the collected image information to extract an object contributing to the occurrence of the event, and sensing whether the extracted object is out of the FOV region or not. The device further includes an object tracking module for extracting property of the object from the extracted object to generate metadata, storing the metadata in a database, and providing the metadata stored in the database to ambient image photographing devices based on the sensing result of the image recognizing module. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120249 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus, an imaging system, a control method, and a program in which, when performing automatic image-recording, subjects which seem to be present around an imaging apparatus can be recorded as evenly as possible. An automatic recording operation for recording, upon detection of a subject from an image obtained by imaging, data representing an image containing the subject is performed. On that basis, if it is determined, on the basis of image-recording history information, that the transition to a subject configuration different from that used in the last image-recording is to be performed, a movable mechanism unit is moved to change an imaging field-of-view range, thereby obtaining a different subject configuration. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120250 | REDUCING TV LICENSING COSTS - A TV with various licensable components including, e.g., an ATSC demodulator requests a license for a component upon detection of a physical condition implicating use of the component, such as plugging a cable into a particular port, or upon receipt of a user-input command requiring use of the component, such as a request to autoscan channels. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120251 | Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Video Quality Parameter, and Electronic Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for obtaining a video quality parameter and an electronic device. The method includes dividing a target video segment into at least one video subsegment, where duration of every video subsegment is at least time perceivable by human eyes; obtaining a video quality parameter of the video subsegment; and processing the video quality parameter of the video subsegment, and obtaining a video quality parameter of the target video segment. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF DE-INTERLACING OF SCALED VIDEO - A system, apparatus, and method are provided for a video detector that computes a measure of how much a given video content resembles one of a de-interlaced video content or a progressive video content. More particularly, the present invention determines the position of original and interpolated lines and the scaling factor of an input content whenever that content was scaled after de-interlacing. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120253 | Apparatus and method used to evaluate and optimize image quality in high color gamut imaging systems - A test apparatus comprising a combination of front illuminated and rear illuminated optical reference test elements designed to produce predetermined electronic signals. The front illuminated elements comprise spectrophotometrically neutral gray patches and primary and secondary color patches of predetermined hues. Additional color patches having the same hue as the primaries and secondaries, but at lower saturation levels, generate unique logical patterns on display devices well known to the broadcasting and image reproducing industries. The rear illuminated test elements comprise wide color gamut hues at levels of saturation not attainable in reflected light systems. Also disclosed is a method of evaluating and optimizing the image quality in high gamut imaging systems, using the above described apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120254 | REDUCING COMMUNICATION DELAY OF VIDEO DATA - According to one embodiment, video data from a video transmitter ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120255 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DEFECT IN AN IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method for estimating a defect in an image-capturing system ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120256 | PARALLEL IMAGE PROCESSING USING MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - An electronic device for parallel image processing using multiple processors is disclosed. The electronic device includes multiple image sensors for providing image data. The electronic device also includes multiple processors for processing segmented image data to produce processed segmented image data. Each processor is dedicated to one of the image sensors. A multiple processor interface is also included. The multiple processor interface maps the image data to the processors, segments the image data to produce the segmented image data and synchronizes the segmented image data to processor clock rates. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING IMAGES CAPTURED FROM A BOOTH - A system for capturing images in a booth. The system includes a network, a server communicatively coupled to the network, the server comprising a database operable to store images. The system further includes a booth communicatively coupled to the network, the booth comprising an input device operable to receive one or more inputs from a user, a camera operable to capture one or more images of the user, a display operable to present the one or more images, and a booth computer operable to transmit the one or more images to the server. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120258 | Imaging Recording Apparatus - A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, the cover sliding between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed and in the second position the camera is exposed. The body-mountable image capture device comprises activation means operable to initiate the camera when the cover is in the second position and the camera is exposed. The orientation of the camera is adjustable with respect to that of the device body such that the orientation of the camera can be maintained. The orientation of the camera may be automatically adjusted to keep the field of view generally horizontal. The camera may automatically rotate left and right in a horizontal plane responsive to movement of a head mounted sensor to thereby track a user's head movements. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120259 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH EASE OF OPERATION - When a shot is taken by a portable terminal, the position and orientation at the time of shooting is transmitted to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus, which stores information including the position of equipment, detects the equipment included in the shot image by the portable terminal, based on the position and orientation of the portable terminal and the position of the equipment, and transmits information about the equipment to the portable terminal. The portable terminal obtains an operation history on an image processing apparatus in the equipment based on the received information, and displays an operation screen presenting the operation history in a selectable manner on a display unit. Then, when a selection of operation history is accepted, a control signal for allowing the image processing apparatus to execute image processing indicated by the operation history is transmitted to the image processing apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120260 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Digital camera is provided with face detection section that detects faces of a plurality of photographing objects, microcomputer performs continuous shooting in optimum photographing conditions in accordance with the number of faces of the photographing objects for each face of the plurality of photographing objects by a single shutter operation and performs control by assigning serial photographing object numbers to the images of the plurality of photographing objects taken by continuous shooting and recording the images in a single continuous-shooting image folder. Furthermore, microcomputer performs continuous shooting in predetermined order in accordance with the number of faces of the photographing objects and detects, when the photographing object speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the photographing object speed again after photographing other photographing objects. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120261 | CAMERA-ENABLED REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES - An apparatus for the remote wireless control of a consumer electronic audio and/or visual (A/V) appliance such as a TV set, and/or for internet uploading, includes a remote control handset that includes an A/V device component such as a digital still and/or video camera and/or audio player/recorder, and is configured to one or both of directly control the CE appliance, or indirectly via a wireless receiver, for playing, displaying, transitioning and/or editing audio and/or visual data, including a push-button image processing interface including multiple push-buttons configured to be depressible by one or more fingers or a thumb or both of a same hand within which the remote control handset is being held by a user. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120262 | ROTATIONALLY DEPLOYED ACTUATORS - A method for making an actuator includes forming, e.g., using photolithography techniques, a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, e.g., a semiconductor, to include an outer frame, a fixed frame coupled to the outer frame for rotational movement relative thereto, a moveable frame coupled to the outer frame for rotational movement relative thereto, and an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame. The fixed frame is then rotated to a deployed position relative to the outer frame such that the fixed portion of the actuator teeth is disposed at a selected angle relative to the moving portion of the actuator teeth, and the position of the fixed frame relative to the outer frame is then fixed at the deployed position. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120263 | Image Capturing Device and Exposure Time Adjusting Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and an exposure time adjusting method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a processing module and an image integrated module. The image capturing module is used to capture a plurality of temporary images. While the image capturing module captures the temporary images, the processing module dynamically adjusts the exposure times of the temporary images according to a predetermined file, a plurality of analysis results of the temporary images or the vibration information sensed by a vibration sensor. Next, the image integrated module controlled by a control module in the processing module integrates the temporary images to generate a stored image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION BY COMPENSATING FOR VIEW DIRECTION OF CAMERA - A video stabilization method includes: measuring an inter-frame camera motion based on a difference angle of a relative camera view direction in comparison with a reference camera view direction in each frame of a frame sequence of a video; generating a camera motion path of the frame sequence by using the inter-frame camera motion and determining a camera view direction adjustment angle based on a user's view direction by using the camera motion path; and compensating for the camera view direction by using the camera view direction adjustment angle in each frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120265 | REAL TIME VIDEO STABILIZATION - The present invention provides a method and a system for video stabilization in real time. The method comprises the steps of: estimating an optical flow from an previous image, I | 2012-05-17 |
20120120266 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CONNECTING COUNTERPART DEVICE BY CAPTURING IMAGE OF COUNTERPART DEVICE IN WIRELESS DEVICE - An apparatus and a method detect and connect a counterpart device by capturing an image of the counterpart device in a wireless device. A Relative Distance Value (RDV) between the wireless device and the counterpart device is determined via image capture using a camera. The counterpart device is identified using the determined RDV. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120267 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to, for example, an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a program that are capable of realizing an image-capturing system that is more intelligent than existing systems and useful for the user, and to the image-capturing system. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120268 | CONTENT PARAMETER CONTROL FOR AVAILABLE MEMORY - A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for enabling a user to set the number of images/video that needs to be recorded prior to storing them in memory. The system is configured to manage the resolution and quality of the images/video, either automatically or manually, so that the images or video recordings are stored with the highest possible quality aspects within the free memory space available. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120269 | RAPID AUTO-FOCUS USING CLASSIFIER CHAINS, MEMS AND/OR MULTIPLE OBJECT FOCUSING - A smart-focusing technique includes identifying an object of interest, such as a face, in a digital image. A focus-generic classifier chain is applied that is trained to match both focused and unfocused faces and/or data from a face tracking module is accepted. Multiple focus-specific classifier chains are applied, including a first chain trained to match substantially out of focus faces, and a second chain trained to match slightly out of focus faces. Focus position is rapidly adjusted using a MEMS component. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED AUDIO IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving audio data at a microphone array that includes a plurality of microphones. The microphone array is provisioned at a first endpoint, which includes a camera element configured to capture video data associated with a video session involving the first endpoint and a second endpoint. The method also includes formatting the audio data into a time division multiplex (TDM) stream, and communicating the stream to a port for a subsequent communication over a network and to the second endpoint. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120271 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE, MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multimedia device includes a first image sensor to acquire a first image, a second image sensor to acquire a second image, and a processor to determine coordinate information of the person in the first image and to extract a feature of the person in the second image based on the coordinate information. The first and second image sensors have overlapping fields of view, the coordinate information provides an indication of a distance to the person, and the processor compares the extracted feature to reference information and recognizes the person based on the comparison. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120272 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SYNTHESIZES ACQUIRED IMAGES TO GENERATE SUCCESSIVE IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that can reduce the area where acquired images are held and reduce the load in image synthesis when successive images are to be generated. Acquired images are sequentially acquired and held in an acquired image storage circuit. A first set number of acquired images among the acquired images are synthesized to generate first composite images. The first composite images are held in a grouped image storage circuit. Second composite images from an image generated last to an image corresponding to a second set number among the first composite images are synthesized to generate a second composite image. The acquired images used to generate the first composite images are sequentially deleted. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120273 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD - An object of the exemplary embodiment is to make it possible to easily take a group photo of a plurality of persons including a photographer. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120274 | Method and Apparatus of Correcting Hybrid Flash Artifacts in Digital Images - A method for digital image eye artifact detection and correction include identifying one or more candidate red-eye defect regions in an acquired image. For one or more candidate red-eye regions, a seed pixels and/or a region of pixels having a high intensity value in the vicinity of the candidate red-eye region is identified. The shape, roundness or other eye-related characteristic of a combined hybrid region including the candidate red-eye region and the region of high intensity pixels is analyzed. Based on the analysis of the eye-related characteristic of the combined hybrid region, it is determined whether to apply flash artifact correction, including red eye correction of the candidate red-eye region and/or correction of the region of high intensity pixels. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120275 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup device configured to output an image signal, an analog image processing device having an A/D converter configured to convert the output image signal from the image pickup device into a digital image signal and transfer the digital image signal, a digital image processing device configured to load the transferred digital image signal and perform an image processing on the loaded digital image signal, a clock generator configured to supply a clock having a frequency to each of the image pickup device, the analog image processing device, and the digital image processing device to drive the image pickup device, the analog image processing device and the digital image processing device at a predetermined driving frequency, and a controller configured to perform a monitoring stop processing to stop the transfer of the digital image signal from the analog image processing device and the image processing of the digital image processing device in a predetermined state. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120276 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING AUTO FOCUSING FUNCTION USING FRACTAL DIMENSION AND AN AUTO FOCUSING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus having auto focusing function using fractal dimension and an auto focusing method of an image pickup apparatus are disclosed, the apparatus characterized by comprising: a pickup unit; a fractal controller generating a fractal dimension value indicating chrominance information change per pixel of a pickup image of the pickup unit to determine whether the auto focusing has been adjusted; and an auto focusing adjustor adjusting a focus of the pickup unit in response to an auto focus adjustment signal from the fractal controller. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120277 | Multi-point Touch Focus - A camera includes a lens arranged to focus an image on an image sensor and a touch sensitive visual display for freely selecting two or more regions of interest on a live preview image by touch input. An image processor is coupled to the image sensor and the touch sensitive visual display. The image processor displays the live preview image according to the image focused on the image sensor by the lens. The image processor further receives the selection the regions of interest and controls acquisition of the image from the image sensor based on the characteristics of the image in regions that correspond to at least two of the regions of interest on the live preview image. The image processor may optimize sharpness and/or exposure of the image in at least two of the regions of interest. The image processor may track movement of the selected regions of interest. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120278 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit that captures images of a photographic subject and continuously generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays, at a predetermined display frame rate, images corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit; an image processing unit that either performs a first-type special effect operation that can be displayed at the predetermined display frame rate or performs a second-type special effect operation that can be displayed at a faster display frame rate than the predetermined display frame rate; an operation input unit that receives input of a change instruction signal that provides an instruction for changing a combination of image processing operations during a special effect operation performed by the image processing unit; and a control unit that instructs the image processing unit to switch the special effect operation from the first-type special effect operation to the second-type special effect operation. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120279 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and an image synthesis method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, an exposure module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a high bit-depth scene image corresponding to a scene. The exposure module meters the light of the scene to generate a plurality of histograms. The processing module calculates a plurality of discrete values of different exposure conditions of the high bit-depth scene image based on the plurality of histograms, processes the high bit-depth scene image to generate at least two low bit-depth temporary images in different brightness conditions based on at least two highest discrete values, and synthesizes the at least two low bit-depth temporary images in different brightness conditions to generate a high dynamic range image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120280 | CAMERA DEVICE, EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A camera device ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BACKGROUND REPLACEMENT IN STILL PHOTOGRAPHS - A first digital image is acquired of a framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a first lighting condition. A second digital image is then acquired of the same framed area while illuminating the background and foreground object under a second lighting condition. Preferably, the first lighting condition illuminates the background without illuminating the foreground object so that a silhouette of the foreground object is acquired in the first image. The second lighting condition illuminates the foreground object (e.g., with frontal lights). Due to the difference in the illumination between the background and silhouette in the first image, an alpha mask can be created from the first acquired image. Using the mask, the background from the second image can be removed and replaced by virtually any other desired background image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120282 | Reducing Temporal Aliasing - Camera systems and methods to reduce temporal aliasing are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment the method may include selecting exposure times for each frame based on lighting conditions and a frame rate for frame capture. The method may also include capturing a plurality of exposures for each frame based on the selected exposure times. The method may also include integrating the plurality of exposures for each frame. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120283 | RAPID AUTO-FOCUS USING CLASSIFIER CHAINS, MEMS AND/OR MULTIPLE OBJECT FOCUSING - A smart-focusing technique includes identifying an object of interest, such as a face, in a digital image. A focus-generic classifier chain is applied that is trained to match both focused and unfocused faces and/or data from a face tracking module is accepted. Multiple focus-specific classifier chains are applied, including a first chain trained to match substantially out of focus faces, and a second chain trained to match slightly out of focus faces. Focus position is rapidly adjusted using a MEMS component. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120284 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Capturing Apparatus and Method Thereof - The present invention discloses an electronic apparatus, an image capturing apparatus and a method thereof. The image capturing method comprises the steps of: capturing a plurality of temporal images by an image capturing module; setting one of the temporal images as a base image by a processing module; determining whether the difference between the temporal images and the base image is over a predetermined range by the processing module; if yes, deleting the temporal image by the processing module; combining the else temporal images and the base image and correspondingly generating an output image. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING TIME OF FLIGHT SHOT MODE - A method and apparatus for configuring Time Of Flight sensor and data transfer for dynamically reconfigurable sensor mode change depending on scene characteristics. The method includes configuring the sensor configuration set on normal shot mode, performing scene analysis on at least one captured scenes, when dynamic motion is detected and the automatic shot mode sensor change is enabled, configuring the sensor to fast shot mode, and when in normal shot mode, capturing and transferring the full size TOF raw pixels for each phase, and when in fast shot mode, capturing and transferring less than all the size of the Time Of Flight raw pixels for each phase. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120286 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix form; an electronic shutter scanning circuit controlling an accumulation time of the pixels for each line of the pixel unit; a flicker correction circuit correcting flicker generated in a signal imaged in the pixel unit for each line based on a signal of the pixels of each of the lines in which the accumulation times are different from each other. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120287 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an image outputting apparatus, including, an image pickup section, an error correction code calculation section adapted to calculate an error correction code using pixel data, which configure an image obtained by image pickup by the image pickup section, as an information word, and an outputting section adapted to output coded data, which are data of a codeword obtained by adding the error correction code to the pixel data, to an image processing apparatus provided in an apparatus in which the image outputting apparatus is provided. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120288 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid state image sensor includes an extracting unit including a plurality of pixels, each having an optical waveguide formed by a core and a clad for guiding incident light entering the pixel to a photoelectric converter section via the core. The extracting unit is formed by at least two pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel and the cores in the optical waveguides of the first and second pixels are designed to show an oblate cross section and arranged with their respective major axes disposed in different directions. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120289 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DATA STRUCTURE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image outputting apparatus includes a header production section for producing a header including header information formed from first and second frame information regarding whether pixel data included in a payload are of first and last lines of one frame, respectively, first line information regarding whether or not the pixel data included in the payload are valid, and second line information regarding a line number of a line formed from the pixel data included in the payload, and an error detection code for use for detection of an error of the header information. A packet production section produces a packet which includes, in the payload thereof, pixel data for one line which configure an image obtained by imaging by an imaging section and to which the header is added. An outputting section outputs the produced packet to an image processing apparatus. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120290 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image sensing device includes, inter alia, a ramp signal generation unit generating a ramp signal that decreases during first and second periods for finding data values corresponding to a pixel signal and an offset value, respectively. The image sensing device also includes a comparison unit compares the pixel signal with the ramp signal during the first period, and compares the ramp signal with an internally generated offset value during the second period. A first counting unit is configured to perform a counting operation during the first period, and a second counting unit configured to latch a count value of the first counting unit as a data value in response to the result of the first comparison operation during the first period, perform a down-count operation from the latched data value in response to the result of the second comparison operation during the second period, and latch a counting result. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120291 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING PROGRAM - An electronic shutter control part is configured to control an electronic shutter. A mechanical shutter has a light-shielding part. The mechanical shutter is configured to end exposing the first and second photoelectric conversion elements by moving the light-shielding part. The assessing part is configured to assess whether the length of a exposure time is longer or less than a threshold value. The electronic shutter control part is configured to control the electronic shutter to start exposing the first photoelectric conversion element at a first exposure-start timing and control the electronic shutter to start exposing the second photoelectric conversion element at a second exposure-start timing in order to make the first exposure time to be closer to the second exposure time when the exposure time is less than a threshold value, than when the exposure time is longer than a threshold value | 2012-05-17 |
20120120292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE DATA COLLECTION DEVICE - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided to form an image using an active pixel sensor imager ( | 2012-05-17 |
20120120293 | Solid-state imaging device and electronic equipment - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels converting physical quantities into electric signals are arranged in a two-dimensional shape, a vertical signal line for reading signals from the pixels, and column circuits arranged corresponding to columns of the pixel unit and collecting the signals from the vertical signal line at the inside of the pixel unit. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120294 | Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus - An solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region formed on a semiconductor substrate, an effective pixel region and a shielded optical black region in the pixel region, a multilayer wiring layer formed on a surface of the side opposite to a light incident side of the semiconductor substrate, a supporting substrate bonded to a surface of the multilayer wiring layer side, and an antireflection structure that is formed on the bonding surface side of the supporting substrate. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120295 | IMAGE SENSOR, DATA OUTPUT METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CAMERA - An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image data to outside in parallel output; wherein the parallel interface further outputs a register value group stored in the register group to outside when the image data is not being outputted to outside. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120296 | Methods and Systems for Dynamically Presenting Enhanced Content During a Presentation of a Media Content Instance - Exemplary methods and systems for dynamically presenting enhanced content during a presentation of a media content instance are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an enhanced content presentation system detecting, within a view acquired by a camera, a display device presenting a media content instance, displaying the view acquired by the camera on a display screen of a mobile device associated with the camera, and dynamically presenting, within the displayed view, one or more display elements representative of one or more enhanced content instances associated with the media content. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120297 | ACTUATOR INSIDE OF MOTION CONTROL - A device can comprise an outer frame, a platform, and a motion control mechanism. The motion control mechanism can be adapted to permit movement of the platform in a desired direction with respect to the outer frame and inhibit rotation of the platform with respect to the outer frame. An actuator can be contained at least partially within the motion control mechanism. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120298 | LENS MODULE, CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a lens holder, a liquid crystal lens, wires, and a driving unit. The holder includes an outer surface, a first end portion adjacent to an object side, and a second end portion adjacent to an image side. The first end portion and the second end portion are at opposite sides of the holder. The outer surface connects the first end portion to the second end portion. The holder defines wire grooves in the first end portion and the outer surface. The liquid crystal lens is received in the first end portion. The wires are formed on the first end portion and the outer surface in the grooves. The wires are electrically connected to the liquid crystal lens. The driving unit is electrically connected to the wires and drives the liquid crystal lens to zoom. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120299 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE CAMERA - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a camera electrically connected to the main body, and a holder assembly. The holder assembly includes a first connecting beam, a second connecting beam, and a third connecting beam. The second connecting beam is rotatably connected to an end of the first connecting beam and an end of the third connecting beam. The camera is rotatably assembled on the other end of the first connecting beam, and the other end of the third connecting beam rotatably is connected to the main body. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120300 | Image Sensor with Two Transfer Gate Off Voltage Lines - An apparatus of one aspect includes an array of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a photosensitive element and a transfer transistor coupled with the photosensitive element. Each of the transfer transistors has a transfer gate. The apparatus also includes a first transfer gate off voltage supply conductor and a second transfer gate off voltage supply conductor. A circuit is coupled with the first and second transfer gate off voltage supply conductors. The circuit is operable to couple the first transfer gate off voltage supply conductor to transfer gates of a first subset of the pixels of the array. The circuit is also operable to concurrently couple the second transfer gate off voltage supply conductor to transfer gates of a second subset of the pixels of the array. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120301 | CAMERA APPLICATIONS IN A HANDHELD DEVICE - A hand held device containing at least one camera can perform various functions. In some embodiments, the optical path between the lens and the optical sensor may be redirected at least once to allow it to fit within the body of a narrow device. For example, at least one reflector or beam combiner may be used to redirect the light so that part of the optical path is perpendicular to another part of the optical path. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120302 | FOCUS CONTROL METHOD AND CULTURE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - The focus control culture observation apparatus enable simple and reliable detection of a focusing position of an objective lens on a subject and with certainty. When a focusing position is detected, an area, which includes an edge portion of the culture medium drop is selected as an AF area which is to be a target of detecting the focusing position of the objective lens on the culture medium drop. The apparatus detects the focusing position on the culture medium drop based on an observation image of the AF area. By detecting the focusing position as a targeting area that is different from an area which is near the edge of the culture container and where illumination unevenness is generated, the detection accuracy can be improved. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120303 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TRACKING CURVES - The method includes a first adjusting step of adjusting a first tracking curve which has been set so as to keep an in-focus state between a position of a magnification-varying lens and a position of an image sensor, and a second adjusting step of adjusting a second tracking curve which has been set so as to keep the in-focus state between the position of the magnification-varying lens and a position of the focus lens for an object distance. The magnification-varying lens is moved in an optical axis direction during a variation of magnification. The image sensor generates an image signal by photoelectrically converting an optical image formed by an image-pickup optical system. The image-pickup optical system including the magnification-varying lens and a focus lens moved in the optical axis direction during focusing. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120304 | Digital Image Processing Using Face Detection and Skin Tone Information - A technique for processing a digital image uses face detection to achieve one or more desired image processing parameters. A group of pixels is identified that corresponds to a face image within the digital image. A skin tone is detected for the face image by determining one or more default color or tonal values, or combinations thereof, for the group of pixels. Values of one or more parameters are adjusted for the group of pixels that correspond to the face image based on the detected skin tone. | 2012-05-17 |
20120120305 | IMAGING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, a first focusing section that controls a focus of the optical system, and performs a first focusing process based on a first evaluation value, a second focusing section that controls the focus of the optical system, and performs a second focusing process based on a second evaluation value, and a focusing process switch section that switches a focusing process between the first focusing process and the second focusing process. The first focusing section includes an in-focus determination section that determines whether or not the first focusing process has been accomplished. The focusing process switch section switches the focusing process from the first focusing process to the second focusing process when the in-focus determination section has determined that the first focusing process has been accomplished. | 2012-05-17 |