21st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150138289 | ACTIVE RAY-CURABLE INKJET INK AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING SAME - An active ray-curable inkjet ink which contains a photocurable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a gelling agent and a non-polymerizable liquid compound that is in a liquid state at 25° C., with the liquid compound being contained in an amount of 15-50% by mass relative to the mass of the ink. Since droplets of this active ray-curable inkjet ink are prevented from combining with each other after landing, this active ray-curable inkjet ink is capable of providing high quality images. Meanwhile, the surface gloss of printed images is increased, and printed images having less coating film thickness difference (namely, less relief-like texture) can be formed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138290 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport drum that supports and transports a recording medium on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a recording head that is provided in a position so as to be capable of facing the outer peripheral surface and ejects ink onto the recording medium, and a drying unit that is provided in the inside of the transport drum and dries the ink. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138291 | RECORDING APPARATUS - By providing a rotating body which supports three-dimensional recording media on a support surface in a direction which intersects with a gravity direction and which has a rotating shaft in the direction which intersects with the support surface, and a recording head which carries out recording onto recording media by discharging ink in a direction which intersects with the rotating shaft, recording is carried out with high quality with respect to the recording media while firmly supporting the three-dimensional recording media. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138292 | SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING A MEDIA WEB IN A PRINTING PRESS - A printing system includes a media transport system configured to transport a web of print media through a printing zone in a transport direction proceeding from an up-web location to a down-web location. A plurality of printheads each at least partially span the print zone along a transverse direction which is generally orthogonal to the transport direction. A media alignment detection system is positioned down-web from the media print zone generates a signal indicative of the alignment of the web of print media along the transverse direction. A transverse adjustment mechanism positioned up-web from the media print zone, the transverse adjustment mechanism is configured to enable the adjustment of the transverse position of the web of print media based upon the signal. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138293 | RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided are recording sections which record onto recording media which are supported on pallets, a first transport section which transports the recording media by moving the pallets in a first region which does not include recording positions according to the recording sections, and second transport section which transports the recording media with higher precision than the first transport section in a second region which includes the recording positions. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138294 | MEDIUM-HOLDING DEVICE, MEDIUM-CONVEYING DEVICE, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a medium-holding device capable of setting a suction pressure for each of various areas within a suction-holding surface, a medium-conveying device, and an inkjet recording device. In an embodiment of the invention, a cover is attached to a main body formed into a drum shape such that a surface of the cover functions as the suction-holding surface for a paper sheet. The cover has a plurality of suction apertures formed thereon from which suction apertures the paper sheet on the suction-holding surface is sucked. The suction apertures are arranged at a certain pitch. A specific suction aperture of them has a narrowing member attached thereto. The suction aperture having the narrowing member attached thereto has the suction pressure lowered. Therefore, by adjusting an arrangement of the specific suction aperture having the narrowing member attached thereto, the suction pressure can be partially controlled within the suction-holding surface. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138295 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING OR CORRECTING A DIRECT PRINT ON CONTAINERS WITH A RELIEF-LIKE SURFACE CONTOUR - Method for inspecting a direct print on containers with a relief-like surface contour, where the relief-like surface contour is at least partially printed onto, the direct print applied onto the relief-like surface contour is, with an inspection device, inspected in terms of its quality and/or position | 2015-05-21 |
20150138296 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTABLE FOCUS FOR LED WRITING BARS USING PIEZOELECTRIC STACKS - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided methods of dynamically focusing an LED print bar or printhead using piezoelectric stacks. The stack is mounted on either end of the LED bar to adjust the focus of the bar against the photoreceptor surface. The piezo level could be either controlled through active feedback of some description such as optical or electrical, or as a service or manufacturing input. With electronic control, focus adjustments can be made by the machine, and dynamically, if needed. In one embodiment, a flextensional cell structure is employed to amplify the movement of the piezo stack to move the LED bar in the order of >50 microns closer or away from the photoreceptor surface. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138297 | MULTIBEAM LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE SAME, LIGHT SCANNING UNIT, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A multibeam light source unit, a method of adjusting the same, a light scanning unit, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The multibeam light source unit includes light sources that emit multiple beams, a flange that includes installation surface on which holder installation holes are provided, and middle holders on which a light source is installed. The middle holder includes a light source mounting unit, a cylinder-shape insertion unit that is inserted into a holder installation hole, and fixing protrusion units protruding outside from a light source mounting unit and fixed to the flange, and a jig coupling unit that is coupled with a jig when adjustment is performed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138298 | FINE WIRING PATTERN, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND THERMAL PRINT HEAD - According to the present disclosure, a manufacturing method of a fine wiring pattern is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes preparing a support member, forming a first layer on the support member by thick-film printing, and forming a second layer including Ag on the first layer by the thick-film printing. The method also includes forming a predetermined fine wiring pattern by performing an etching process upon the first layer and the second layer. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138299 | PRINTER WITH CUTTER PROTECTION MECHANISM - A printer includes a main body case in which a sheet roll is installed, a sheet discharge port from which a printed sheet of paper is discharged, an opening/closing cover that opens and closes with respect to the main body case, a cutter that is attached to the opening/closing cover and configured to cut the printed sheet of paper from the sheet roll, and a cutter protection mechanism configured to move in correspondence with an opening movement or a closing movement of the opening/closing cover. The cutter protection mechanism is configured to expose the cutter at the sheet discharge port when the opening/closing cover is in a closed state and conceal the cutter when the opening/closing cover is in an open state. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138300 | Mobile Video Calls - A mobile device, and a method and computer program product for displaying a streaming video image at the mobile device during a packet based video call via a channel established over a wireless communication network, the method comprising: | 2015-05-21 |
20150138301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TELEPRESENCE - An apparatus and method for generating telepresence are disclosed. The apparatus for generating telepresence includes a visual information sensing unit that is mounted on a robot which is located in a remote location, and senses visual information corresponding to a view of the robot, a tactile information sensing unit that is mounted on the robot, and senses tactile information in the remote location, an environmental information sensing unit that is mounted on the robot, and senses environmental information which is information for a physical environment of the remote location, a robot communication unit that receives movement information for movement performed by a user who is located in a space separated from the remote location in correspondence to the visual information, the tactile information, and the environmental information, and a robot control unit that drives the robot based on the movement information. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOT DISPLAYING DUPLICATE IMAGES IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE - A video conference is established between a first video device and a second video device. The first video device captures a first participant's images in the video conference. The first participant's image is also captured as part of the video conference via the second video device (i.e., there are duplicate images of the first participant's image being captured). The first participant's image is detected as being captured by the first video device and the second video device in the video conference. For example, the duplicate images can be determined based on facial recognition. In response to detecting that the first participant's image is being captured by the first video device and the second video device in the video conference, the process automatically forbears from displaying at least one of the first participant's image captured by the first and second video devices. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138303 | Eye to Eye Camera Apparatus - A camera apparatus with a light-absorbing panel houses a camera facing downwards toward a two-way mirror angled to reflect a view of a user within an observations zone. The camera apparatus is placed on the top of an image display device to cover a computer window displayed on a portion of the image display device. The computer window is used to display a customer transmitted from another location to appear in the line of sight of the user looking through the two-way mirror angled to reflect this line of sight to the camera above. The captured image of the user is transmitted to the location of the customer to appear on an image display system with a perceived eye contact with the customer. A system is disclosed to deliver professional services with eye contact while consummating financial transactions through identification systems and an electronic signature pad. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138304 | PRESENTATION AND DISPLAY EQUIPMENT - A presentation and display system comprising a pedestal mounted on a plinth and a display screen or monitor carried by the pedestal, in which the individual components of the system are secured together by manually operable releasable fasteners. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TELEPRESENCE SESSIONS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining a latency area of a network based on latency testing, identifying a configuration of a network route of a telepresence session exchanging media content between media processors of first and second users at first and second locations based on the latency area, determining a first latency associated with a first presentation of the media content at the first location, determining a second latency associated with a second presentation of the media content at the second location, and determining one of a first delay for the first presentation, a second delay for the second presentation or both based on one of the first latency, the second latency or both. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138306 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROGRAM - A management system receives, when a state of a terminal is changed based on control by another management system, state information after change that indicates the state after the change from the another management system. Consequently, there is an effect that, even if control associated with communication is executed by the another management system, the management system can control the state of the terminal based on the received state information after change. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138307 | Method, Device, and System for Testing Video Quality - A method and apparatus that tests video quality includes a superimposing of at least one code to a video that is to be transmitted by a communication device to another communication device. The at least one code is transmitted such that the superimposed at least one code is extractable and readable from the decoded video by the device that receives the transmitted video. The extracted at least one code may then be read to determine the quality level of the transmitted video. The determination of quality for the received video may be based upon one or more tests performed using at least one code extracted from the received video. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138308 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a method of transmitting video via a network and a user device and computer program product configured to implement the method. The method comprises transmitting video of one or more users, received from an image capture device, to at least another user device via the network; receiving information about a communication channel between the user device and the other user device and/or about one or more resources of the user device and/or the other user device; selecting characteristics from a plurality of visual user characteristics based on the received information; and controlling the video based on detection of the selected characteristics to track the selected characteristics. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138309 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND STITCHING METHOD OF CAPTURED IMAGE - A stitching method of a captured image is disclosed. The stitching method includes capturing a plurality of images having different viewing angles, setting a feature point extraction region on the plural images, extracting a plurality of feature points from a plurality of objects in the set region, extracting a combination line connecting corresponding feature points based on the plural extracted feature points, outputting the extracted combination line, and combining the plural images based on the extracted combination line. Accordingly, the stitching method provides an effective and high-quality stitched image. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138310 | AUTOMATIC SCENE PARSING - A method comprising: obtaining an image about an at least one object of interest and a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud about said object of interest; aligning the 3D point cloud with the image; segmenting the image into a plurality of superpixels preserving a graph structure and spatial neighbourhood of pixel data of the image; associating the superpixels in the image with a subset of said 3D points, said subset of 3D points representing a planar patch in said object of interest; extracting a plurality of 3D features for each patch; and assigning at least one vector representing at least one 3D feature with a semantic label on the basis of at least one extracted 3D feature of the patch. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138311 | 360-DEGREE PANORAMIC CAMERA SYSTEMS - 360-degree panoramic camera systems include a plurality of modular cameras positioned at angular intervals to capture images around a 360-degree field of view, a camera-housing module configured to at least house the plurality of cameras, an electronic interface coupled to each camera, and an imaging system coupled to the electronic interface. The camera systems utilize technology that processes fixed images or raw video streams at a minimum of 24 frames per second. In so doing, these systems produce a high-resolution, seamless image of objects within the 360-degree field of view. The technology also allows for real-time correction of distortions, spherical projection, stitching, blending, white balance, etc. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SURROUND VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM PHOTOMETRIC ALIGNMENT - A method, apparatus and a surround view camera system. The method includes extracting block samples from at least one of a composite view geometric LUT, input fish-eye image and view overlapping region, selecting sample inliers from the extracted block samples, estimating optimal color gain for the selected block samples, performing refined adjustment based on the estimated color gain and applying color transform, and producing a composite surround view image. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138313 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM TO INCREASE SUCCESS RATES IN PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY - Digital photographing apparatus, methods of controlling the same, and computer-readable storage medium to increase success rates in panoramic photography are disclosed. A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus is provided that includes initiating panoramic photography, and providing a capture guide when an image is captured during the panoramic photography. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138314 | Generating Panoramic Images - Methods and systems for generating panoramic images using images captured from, for instance, a camera-enabled mobile device (e.g., a smartphone, tablet, wearable computing device, or other device) are provided. More particularly, a panoramic image can be generated from images simultaneously captured from at least two cameras facing in different directions, such as a front facing camera and a rear facing camera of a camera-enabled mobile device. The images can be captured while the photographer rotates the device about an axis. The panoramic image can then be generated from the images captured from the different cameras. The first set of images and the second set of images can be calibrated to accommodate for different positions of the cameras on the device and/or can be processed to accommodate for different resolutions of the images captured by the different cameras. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138315 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a subtitle information acquiring unit configured to acquire subtitle information to be combined with a main stereoscopic picture, a parallax acquiring unit configured to acquire a parallax causing the subtitle information to be stereoscopically displayed, a stereoscopic subtitle picture generating unit configured to generate a stereoscopic subtitle picture to be stereoscopically displayed at a display position according to the parallax based on the subtitle information, and an edge processing unit configured to change intensity of an edge in the stereoscopic subtitle picture according to the parallax. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138316 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a subtitle information acquiring unit configured to acquire subtitle information to be combined with a main stereoscopic picture, a parallax acquiring unit configured to acquire a parallax causing the subtitle information to be stereoscopically displayed, a stereoscopic subtitle picture generating unit configured to generate a stereoscopic subtitle picture to be stereoscopically displayed at a display position according to the parallax from the subtitle information, and an enlarging/reducing unit configured to enlarge or reduce the stereoscopic subtitle picture in a manner that a size of the stereoscopic subtitle picture increases as the display position approaches a front side. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BROADCAST SERVICE BASED ON RETRANSMISSION NETWORKS - A system and method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) broadcast service based on a retransmission network are provided. A 3D broadcast retransmission apparatus in a 3D broadcast service providing system may include a remultiplexer to remultiplex 3D TV service information in a received stream of a first broadcast network, based on a retransmission scenario, and to generate a stream of a retransmission network, and a retransmission network transmitter to transmit the stream of the retransmission network through the retransmission network. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138318 | CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING, CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A MODIFIED VIDEO - A source video comprising a sequence of 2D image frames is acquired, and an image frame that includes two or more motion vectors that describe motion in the image frame is obtained from the source video, wherein each of the motion vectors is associated with a region of the image frame. A respective parameter is calculated for each of the following: (a) a lateral speed of the image frame, using the two or more motion vectors, and (b) a direction of motion of the image frame, using the two or more motion vectors. A deformation value is generated by applying an algorithm that uses both of the parameters, and the deformation value is applied to the image frame to identify a modified image frame. The modified image frame is blended with a bridge frame that is a non-solid color and is different from the modified image frame, to generate a blended frame. The direction of motion and velocity of motion parameters in the calculating step are calculated only from the motion vectors input along with the image frame. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138319 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, 3D IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processor | 2015-05-21 |
20150138320 | High Accuracy Automated 3D Scanner With Efficient Scanning Pattern - A high accuracy automated | 2015-05-21 |
20150138321 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: a face detector that detects a face of a subject from images captured by an imaging unit; a display controller that causes a display unit to display a guide image for prompting the subject to change a direction of the face; an angle calculation unit that calculates an angle of turn of the face of the subject from a reference position of the direction of the face when the guide image is displayed, based on pieces of image data before and after a change in the direction of the face; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the imaging apparatus and the face based on the calculated angle; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on at least one of the pieces of image data, according to the change in the direction of the face, based on the angle and the distance. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138322 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing device that includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image data and a depth data correspond to the image data; a calculating unit configured to calculate a position and attitude change for each depth from the image data and the depth data; and a determining unit configured to determine a position and attitude change of a whole image by a position and attitude change data calculated by the calculating unit based on a statistic of the position and attitude change calculated by the calculating unit. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138323 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including capturing portions that respectively capture a first image and a second image that form an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye which can be stereoscopically viewed in three dimensions, a comparison portion that compares the first image and the second image captured by the capturing portions, a determination portion that determines, based on a comparison result of the comparison portion, which of the first image and the second image is the image for the right eye and which is the image for the left eye, and an output portion that outputs each of the first image and the second image, as the image for the right eye and the image for the left eye, based on a determination result of the determination portion. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138324 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE LIGHT AND METHOD THEREOF - In an image analysis apparatus, by control of a stereo camera, left and right cameras capture images of a common area ahead of an own vehicle, and generate pieces of image data (left and right image data) expressing the captured images. At this time, exposure timings of the left camera and the right camera are controlled so that the exposure timing of the left camera is shifted from that of the right camera. Pieces of image data (left and right image data) having differing exposure timings are obtained. Based on either piece of image data, candidates for vehicle light are extracted. Furthermore, a flashing light is detected by the left image data and the right image data being compared. The detected flashing light is eliminated from the extracted candidates for vehicle light. A light source that ultimately remains as the candidate for vehicle light is detected as the vehicle light. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138325 | CAMERA INTEGRATED WITH LIGHT SOURCE - Disclosed is a camera integrated with a light source, and a method of operating the same. The camera includes: the light source configured to emit light; a scanning mirror configured to scan the light emitted from the light source toward an object; an optical detector configured to detect the light reflected from the object; and a controller configured to transmit a control signal for selectively adjusting a scanning angle of the scanning mirror, and to generate a depth image of the object using the reflected light detected by the optical detector. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138326 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a display apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) communication and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a communicator configured to transmit and receive information for the 3D image communication; an image processor configured to process a received image received through the communicator and to process a first image captured by a first imaging device and a second image captured by a second imaging device; a displayer configured to display the processed first image and the processed second image; and a controller configured to, in response to a first characteristic value of the first image and a second characteristic value of the second image being different from each other, calibrate at least one of the first image and the second image so that the first characteristic value is equal to the second characteristic value. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138327 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an electronic device and a method of controlling the same. The electronic device may include a sensor configured to detect the location of at least one viewer, a display configured to generate a 3D image and generate at least one 3D-visible area where a 3D image is able to be recognized and at least one 3D-invisible area where a 3D image is unable to be recognized, and a control unit configured to change a display state of a 3D image if the detected at least one viewer is placed in the 3D-invisible area. In accordance with the present invention, a viewer may smoothly view an image because the display state of a 3D image is changed if the viewer is placed in a 3D-invisible area. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138328 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: e.g., an image pickup device including an effective pixel region and an ineffective pixel region, a signal transmission cable that transmits an output signal from the image pickup device, an analog front-end circuit that samples the transmitted output signal and converts a resulting output signal into a digital signal, and a timing generator that generate first and second image pickup drive signals for driving the image pickup device in first and second image pickup device drive modes using horizontal transfer clocks having different frequencies, respectively, and when the first image pickup device drive mode is switched to the second image pickup device drive mode, a control circuit adjusts a timing for a timing generator to generate the second image pickup drive signal. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION OF A CAPSULE BASED ON IMAGE STREAM CAPTURED IN-VIVO - Embodiments of the invention include a method and system for displaying an in vivo imaging procedure. The method includes receiving real-time image data captured by the capsule, and continuously generating an updated summarized color bar, said color bar comprising color strips and time scale marks. The color bar is calculated based on color values of received image data, and is updated continuously as new image data is received. The displayed time period is periodically updated, for example based on pre determined fixed time intervals, based on varying time intervals, or based on an accumulated amount of received image data. Other methods of determining the periodic updates may be used. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138330 | DETECTION OF AN OBJECT'S VARYING FEATURES WITH A NON-STATIONARY DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, method, computer program products, media and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing by an image capturing unit of a mobile device images of a scene including a target object, determining motion of the mobile device, and detecting from the captured images variations in one or more varying features of the target object based, at least in part, on the determined motion of the mobile device, the variations in the one or more varying features being independent of the target object's position in the scene. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138331 | IMAGE CAPTURING ARRAY SYSTEM AND FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - An image capturing array system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, at least two image lens units and at least one image sensor disposed on an image plane of each of the image lens units. Each of the image lens units includes at least one lens element with refractive power, an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the lens element are aspheric, and an object is relatively stationary with respect to the in lens units during an image capturing process. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138332 | ADAPTIVE MULTI-MODAL INTEGRATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - A surveillance system is provided that includes at least one sensor disposed in a security area of a surveillance region to sense an occurrence of a potential security breach event; a plurality of cameras is disposed in the surveillance region; at least one camera thereof has a view of the security area and can be configured to automatically gather biometric information concerning at least one subject person in the vicinity of the security area in response to the sensing of a potential security breach event; one or more other of the plurality of cameras can be configured to search for the at least one subject person; a processing system is programmed to produce a dossier corresponding to the at least one subject person to match biometric information of one or more persons captured by one or more of the other cameras with corresponding biometric information in the dossier. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138333 | Agent Interfaces for Interactive Electronics that Support Social Cues - An anthropomorphic device, perhaps in the form factor of a doll or toy, may be configured to control one or more media devices. Upon reception or a detection of a social cue, such as movement and/or a spoken word or phrase, the anthropomorphic device may aim its gaze at the source of the social cue. In response to receiving a voice command, the anthropomorphic device may interpret the voice command and map it to a media device command. Then, the anthropomorphic device may transmit the media device command to a media device, instructing the media device to change state. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138334 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device | 2015-05-21 |
20150138335 | OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An observation apparatus includes a stage on which a sample is placed, image capturing device for capturing an image of the sample placed on the stage, velocity calculation unit for calculating a velocity of the stage, display unit for displaying the image of the sample, and a control unit for switching an operating mode, on the basis of the velocity of the stage, between a first operating mode for causing the display unit to display an image, which has a dynamic range wider than original images and is generated by merging the plurality of original images that the image capturing device obtains by capturing images of the sample under a plurality of different image capturing conditions, and a second operating mode for causing the display unit to display an original image or an image obtained by processing the original image. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138336 | HOUSING FOR AN UNDERWATER VIDEO CAMERA - The present invention provides a housing for use in an underwater video camera which does not require a window comprised from a thick parallel flat plate and large scale pressure resistant sealing container and which can take 3D images in deep water or hadal zone. A housing for an underwater video camera formed from a glass hollow sphere for housing an imaging video camera including filling a roughly spherical segmental shape correction lens to a spherical segment enclosed by a cutting plane parallel to a lens surface of an imaging lens of the imaging video camera housed inside the glass hollow sphere, the cutting plane being a flat surface facing the lens surface and an inner surface of a spherical crown of the glass hollow sphere cut out using the cutting plane. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138337 | Imaging-Based Measurement Device - A fluid separator separates a fluid flow into a plurality of fluid portions, and delivers at least a first fluid portion of the plurality of fluids to a flow conduit. An imaging-based measurement device includes a light source and an image sensor. The imaging-based measurement device measures the first fluid portion in the flow conduit. An imaging processor in the imaging-based measurement device processes the measurement data to determine a characteristic of the first fluid portion. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138338 | WORKING VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle periphery monitoring system includes: a synthesis process unit that acquires image information output from a plurality of image capturing devices at a predetermined timing and synthesizes the acquired image information to generate synthesis image information; an updating information adding unit that adds updating information to the synthesis image information generated by the synthesis process unit; a synthesis image storage unit that stores the synthesis image information to which the updating information is added; and an updated state determining unit that acquires the synthesis image information to which the updating information IR is added from the synthesis image storage unit and detects that the synthesis image information is updated based on the updating information. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138339 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS GARDEN TOOL, METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention relates to a control system for an autonomous garden tool that is equipped with at least one camera and one motor. The control system comprises a camera control module and an image generation module. With the camera control module the camera settings are controlled that are used for capturing images. With the image generation module two consecutive images in a sequence of images that is captured by the camera is determined whereby theses two consecutive images are captured on the basis of different camera settings. The two determined pictures are used as a basis for generating an HDR image in an HDR mode of the control system. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138340 | TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A target monitoring system and method are provided herein. An imager is configured to image a scene rearward of a vehicle and containing a target disposed on a trailer attached to the vehicle. A controller is configured to receive images from the imager, modify each image to increase the size of the imaged target, and analyze the modified images to determine at least one trailer related information. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INSPECTING COMPONENT SIDEWALLS - A component inspection process includes positioning a component (e.g., a semiconductor component or other object) such that component sidewalls are disposed along an optical path corresponding to sidewall beam splitters configured for receiving sidewall illumination provided by a set of sidewall illuminators, and transmitting this sidewall illumination therethrough, toward and to component sidewalls. Sidewall illumination incident upon component sidewalls is reflected from the component sidewalls back toward the sidewall beam splitters, which reflect or redirect this reflected sidewall illumination along an optical path corresponding to an image capture device for sidewall image capture to enable component sidewall inspection. Sidewall illuminators and sidewall beam splitters can form portions of a five sided inspection apparatus that includes a brightfield illuminator, a darkfield illuminator, and an image capture beam splitter such that the five sided inspection apparatus is configurable for inspecting component bottom surfaces and/or component sidewalls in a selective/selectable manner. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE VISIBLE DAMAGE - A method of calculating an amount of visible damage on a component includes capturing an image of the component, identifying an area of visible damage, calculating a size of the area, and communicating the size of visible damage to a storage device. A system for evaluating coating loss is also disclosed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138343 | BILL COUNTER WITH A DETECTOR - A bill counter has two side panels, a bill-in part, a bill-out part, and a detector. The detector has a reflecting board, a lighting element, and an image capturing device. When the bill counter is in use, the lighting element flashes upon the passing of a bill. The reflecting board reflects the flash to uniformly illuminate the bill, and the image capturing device takes images at the same time. Because the image capturing device does not need to be located near the bill, even when the bill is moved slightly by shock, the images taken do not distort greatly, which prevents identification failure. Besides, the image capturing device eliminates the problem of image dragging, such that a mechanism of the bill counter can be simplified and a production cost is reduced. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138344 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an imaging apparatus includes a light source for illumination, a stage on which an imaging object illuminated by illumination light from the light source is to be placed, a critical illumination optical system configured to supply the illumination light to the imaging object placed on the stage, and to have a greater magnification in a first axis direction than in a second axis direction, an imaging optical system configured to form an image of the imaging object placed on the stage and illuminated using the critical illumination optical system, and a detector configured to detect the image of the imaging object formed by the imaging optical system, and to have a detection area longer in the first axis direction than in the second axis direction. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138345 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VIDEO OBJECT TRACKING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a video object tracking method are provided. The electronic device includes a video providing unit and a processing unit. The video providing unit is configured to provide a video. The process unit is configured to: extract a video segment of the video which includes a plurality of successive frames; define a position of at least one first object in a first frame of the successive frames; define a position of the at least one first object in a second frame of the successive frames; and determine the position of the at least one first object in each frame appearing between the first frame and the second frame according to the positions of the at least one first object in the first frame and the second frame. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138346 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Depth from Projected Texture using Camera Arrays - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention estimate depth from projected texture using camera arrays. One embodiment of the invention includes: at least one two-dimensional array of cameras comprising a plurality of cameras; an illumination system configured to illuminate a scene with a projected texture; a processor; and memory containing an image processing pipeline application and an illumination system controller application. In addition, the illumination system controller application directs the processor to control the illumination system to illuminate a scene with a projected texture. Furthermore, the image processing pipeline application directs the processor to: utilize the illumination system controller application to control the illumination system to illuminate a scene with a projected texture capture a set of images of the scene illuminated with the projected texture; determining depth estimates for pixel locations in an image from a reference viewpoint using at least a subset of the set of images. Also, generating a depth estimate for a given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint includes: identifying pixels in the at least a subset of the set of images that correspond to the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint based upon expected disparity at a plurality of depths along a plurality of epipolar lines aligned at different angles; comparing the similarity of the corresponding pixels identified at each of the plurality of depths; and selecting the depth from the plurality of depths at which the identified corresponding pixels have the highest degree of similarity as a depth estimate for the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138347 | PORTABLE SELF POWERED LINE MOUNTED HIGH SPEED CAMERA SYSTEM FOR OVERHEAD ELECTRIC POWER LINES - A method of locating a fault on a power line conductor includes measuring a change in magnitude from a load current to a fault current with a first “C” loop coil through an electric power line conductor. At least one camera is selected based on a polarity of the load current and the fault current. An image is captured with the at least one camera assembly in the direction of a fault. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138348 | Device and Method for Multifunction Relative Alignment and Sensing - A tiltmeter-integrated two element relative alignment optical monitor relative alignment and contact sensing and can provide precise information regarding the nature of physical contact experienced by the objects being monitored. A computer monitor can display the information in real time, in an intuitive manner. This system can provide all the information with good resolution in a low-cost, easily installable package for both high energy physics applications and industrial uses. The system includes a projector unit mounted on one component, with a diffuse light source, a coded mask, and a lens, the projector aligned with a camera to receive the focused image. Shifts in the image of the mask indicate relative motion between the camera and the projector unit. A tiltmeter is affixed to either the camera or projector, to distinguish between image shifts due to translational movement and image shifts due to rotation or tilting. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138349 | 3-D SCANNING AND POSITIONING SYSTEM - A system for obtaining three-dimensional information about a surface, the system comprising: a sensing device having: a pattern projector for providing a projected pattern on the surface; and a camera for acquiring a 2D image of the surface from a viewpoint, wherein at least one target of a set of reference targets and at least a portion of the projected pattern is apparent on the 2D image; a storage for calibration data; an image processor for extracting 2D image coordinates of surface points of the projected pattern and target contours from the 2D image; a 3D surface point calculator for calculating 3D coordinates of the surface points from the 2D image coordinates of the surface points; a 3D target calculator for calculating a 3D position and/or an actual orientation for the reference target. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138350 | DEVICE FOR ACQUISITION AND MEASUREMENT OF GEOMETRIC DATA OF AT LEAST ONE MOTIF ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECTACLE FRAME GLASS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - This data acquisition and measuring device for acquisition and measurement of geometric data for at least one motif associated with a glass for a spectacle frame, for the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses, similar or complementary to the glass, comprises a support capable of holding the glass, an illuminator for illuminating this support, a video imaging system for capturing images oriented towards the support and capable of capturing at least two images of the contour of the glass placed on the support, and a signal analyzer and processor that receive at the input each image captured by the video imaging system. The analyzer and processor is capable of measuring the distance from at least one point of the form contour of the glass to a reference plane based on said images. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138351 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DIMENSIONS OF ELEMENTS OF A RAILWAY TRACK - The invention relates to a device for measuring at least one dimension of at least one element constituting a railway track, comprising a housing having a camera and a laser rangefinder pointing in the same direction as the camera, said housing being provided with a guide suitable for being positioned against a known reference point relative to said element of which a dimension is to be measured, as well as to a device for receiving, transmitting, computing, storing, and displaying information from the camera and the laser rangefinder and for remotely controlling these latter. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138352 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor acquires a first image captured at a first timing by an imager that is mounted on a movable body. The processor acquires a range image that represents a distance to a subject. The processor estimates a difference in viewpoint of the imager between at the first timing and at a second timing that is different than the first timing, based on movement information of the movable body. The processor generates a second image that is predicted to be captured by the imager at the second timing based on the first image, the range image, and the difference in viewpoint. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138353 | SMART DOORBELL WITH ENERGY SAVING METHOD - Disclosed is an energy-saving method for operating a smart doorbell including an activating element which is in a sleeping mode when the activating element is not activated, the activating element includes an electrical doorbell, a photographing module, a communicating module, a first processor, and a second processor, the method comprises: a step of activating the first processor while a movement of an object is sensed by a first sensor; a step of activating the photographing module and the second processor while a second sensor senses that the object is approaching toward the electrical doorbell, analyzing an image information of the object captured by the photographing module; and a step of activating the communicating module while the image information is analyzed that has a human image approaching toward the electrical doorbell, so as to achieve a goal of real time response to a bell call by consuming less energy. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING EQUIPMENT FIELD DATA TO SERVICE CENTERS - A method and system for providing efficient repair of mining equipment includes providing an electronic device having a camera, a microphone and geolocation determining hardware and software. The method includes capturing an image and sound of the mining equipment in need of repair along with the geolocation of the mining equipment, and automatically dispatching an electronic message including the captured image, sound and geolocation data to an electronic address of a service center. The automatic dispatch of the electronic message occurs without need of further action by an operator of the electronic device, and the timing of the dispatch is instantly, or when a network connection becomes available. In one embodiment of the invention the electronic device is integrated in a wearable device such as a hard hat. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138355 | Visual Detection of Volcanic Plumes - A system for detecting volcanic plumes using a camera on an aircraft, a distant point-like source of light, and a computerized method of processing images acquired by the camera to detect phenomena indicative of the presence of volcanic plumes in a volume of space intersected by light from the light source. A computer system is programmed to determine whether the image data from the camera has characteristics indicating that the imaged light had passed through a volcanic plume or not. In response to detection of a volcanic plume in the flight path of an aircraft, the computer system outputs an alert activation signal to an alert device that produces a visible or audible alert. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138356 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - A bird's eye view image is displayed to be recognized by an operator intuitively and precisely, irrespective of the displayed direction of the bird's eye view image. The display device has a plurality of cameras having optical axis directed obliquely downward to take images around a self-propelled industrial machine. A view point converting section converts the camera images to an upper view point to create bird's eye images, and an image composing section creates a composite bird's eye view image by composing respective bird's eye images around a symbol image of a dump truck. A direction superposing section superposes a forward direction indicator to indicate the forward direction of the dump truck on the composite bird's eye view image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck displays the composite bird's eye image in an arbitral direction which is composited with the forward direction indicator. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138357 | Integrated Automotive System, Pop Up Nozzle Assembly and Remote Control Method for Cleaning a Wide Angle Image Sensors Exterior Surface - A pop-up external lens washing system has an extendable aiming fixture configured to aim a lens cleaning spray at an external lens which is exposed to the elements and apt to become soiled with debris. The extendable nozzle assembly is configured to be aimed toward the external lens by the extended aiming fixture during the washing operation only and has at least one laterally offset washing nozzle projecting from the aiming fixture to a spray washing fluid toward the external lens surface, spraying at a shallow, glancing spray aiming angle to impinge upon and wash the lens external surface. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138358 | OBSTACLE MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An obstacle map generation apparatus using an ultrasonic sensor comprises a sensor controller configured to control one ultrasonic sensor of a plurality of ultrasonic sensors to transmit an ultrasonic wave, and control the ultrasonic sensors to receive reflected waves; a signal aligner configured to align the reflected waves received by the ultrasonic sensors; a signal summer configured to sum signals aligned by the signal aligner; an obstacle determiner configured to determine that an obstacle exists if signal strength summed by the signal summer exceeds a threshold; and an obstacle map generator configured to generate an obstacle map based on determining result of the obstacle determiner. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138359 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA CONTROL DEVICE - An in-vehicle camera control device is provided for an in-vehicle camera that includes an imaging element for picking up an image around the vehicle. The apparatus controls a state of current supply to the imaging element. In the apparatus, current supply to the imaging element is prevented from starting when the temperature in the vicinity of the imaging element is high. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138360 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - This invention has an object to assist for traveling operation of a self-propelled industrial machine to display underneath image of the self-propelled industrial machine on a monitor of a display device mounted in a operator's cab. The display device of the self-propelled industrial machine according to the present invention is provided for a dump truck, which comprises cameras having field of view to underneath of the dump truck, a symbol image storage section to store a symbol image which is symbolized the dump truck, a superposing process section to make transparent with a predetermined transparent ratio in the symbol image as a transparent region and to superpose an image taken by the camera on the area corresponding to the transparent region as underneath image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck for displaying the symbol image composed by the superposing process section. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138361 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING APPARATUS - A lane departure warning apparatus is mounted to a vehicle, and issues a warning when there is a probability of departure of the vehicle from a traffic lane. The lane departure warning apparatus includes a lane recognizing unit, a departure determining unit, a warning unit, and a warning control unit. The lane recognizing unit recognizes the traffic lane on which the vehicle is traveling. The departure determining unit determines a probability of departure of the vehicle from the traffic lane based on a correlation between the vehicle and the traffic lane recognized by the lane recognizing unit. The warning unit issues a warning to a driver regarding the probability of departure. The warning control unit changes a level of warning issued by the warning unit based on the probability of departure. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138362 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Emergency Services Notification Through A Centralized Parking Services Server - A computer-implemented system and method for managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces through a centrally-located server is provided. A plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Further, a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Use of the parking spaces are managed. Occupancy of each of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle is sensed through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor. Use of the parking space is processed based on an identity of a driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device. Emergency services for an individual are notified through one of the smart parking devices upon request. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138363 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras mounted at a vehicle, with each camera including a respective image sensor and having a respective field of view exterior of the vehicle. The system includes a control and a video output for transmitting a stream of video captured by an image sensor of a camera of the plurality of cameras, and a serial data interface permitting a microcontroller of the control to communicate with at least one electronic device of the vehicle. A switch is openable by the microcontroller to deactivate the video output and closable by the microcontroller to activate the video output. The microcontroller complies with messages received via a serial data bus. The control sends instructions to a camera of the plurality of cameras via the serial data bus and the control receives messages from an electronic device of the vehicle via the serial data bus. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138364 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND SHUTTER - A monitoring apparatus is provided for controlling an image capturing device and a shutter which limits a capturing area of the image capturing device. The monitoring apparatus includes a capturing area controller, configured to transmit a first control signal to cause the image capturing device to capture an image in an actual capturing area of the image capturing device, and a shutter controller, configured to transmit a second control signal to open the shutter after the first control signal is transmitted. The actual capturing area of the image capturing device is selected from a capturable area of the image capturing device in accordance with first information which is sensed by a sensor device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138365 | NETWORK VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING CAMERAS IN THE SAME - A network video monitoring system includes a core-control module, a plurality of network video recording (NVR) hosts, and a plurality of cameras. The core-control module assigns the cameras to the NVR hosts respectively for controlling the camera by the NVR hosts according to status of each NVR host. In this application, the core-control module obtains the status of each NVR host periodicity for determining if the NVR hosts are over loading or failed, and re-assigns the cameras automatically for the overloaded or malfunctioned NVR hosts. The application rescues the NVR hosts from the over loading problem, and prevents the termination of the monitoring action of the cameras when one of the NVR host malfunctions. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138366 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH VISIBLE LIGHT SENSITIVE PIXELS AND INFRARED LIGHT SENSITIVE PIXELS - An image sensor may have an array of image pixels arranged in color filter unit cells that each have at least one red image pixel that generates red image signals, at least one blue image pixel that generate blue image signals, at least one clear image pixels that generate clear image signals, at least one infrared image pixel that generates infrared image signals, and optionally at least one green image pixel that generates green image signals. The image sensor may be coupled to processing circuitry that performs chroma demosaicking operations on the image signals. The processing circuitry may generate an infrared image using the infrared image signals and a luminance value using the clear, red, blue, and infrared image signals. The processing circuitry may perform point filter operations on the image signals based on the generated luminance value to produce corrected visible light image signals having improved image quality. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138367 | IMAGER WITH INCREASED READOUT CAPACITANCE - An image sensor may be provided. The image sensor may be a high-capacitance image sensor or a dual-mode image sensor having a high-capacitance operational mode. A high-capacitance image sensor may include image detectors and associated unit cells. During operation, the image sensor may integrate image signals from each detector row using unit cells in multiple unit cell rows. The image sensor may integrate and readout image signals in an interleaved process that allows each detector row to capture image data using multiple unit cells. A dual-mode image sensor may operate in a similar manner to a high-capacitance image sensor when operated in the high-capacitance mode. The dual-mode image sensor may have switches interposed between unit cells to selectively couple and decouple the unit cells for switching between the high-capacitance mode and a normal operational mode. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138368 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus that communicate with an external apparatus through a network includes an imaging optical system; an imaging unit that captures an image of an object by the imaging optical system; an optical filter; an inserting and removing unit that inserts and removes the optical filter into and from an optical path of the imaging optical system; a receiving unit that receives an adjustment command from the external apparatus through the network, the command including individual adjustment values respectively for insertion and removal of the optical filter into and form the optical path; an automatically determining unit that, based on one of the adjustment values, automatically determines the other adjustment value in the adjustment command; and a control unit that controls the inserting and removing unit based on the one adjustment value received by the receiving unit and the other adjustment value determined by the automatically determining unit. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138369 | NEAR INFRARED ABSORPTIVE LIQUID COMPOSITION, NEAR INFRARED CUT FILTER USING THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provide a near-infrared absorbing composition excellent in the light resistance, and suppressed from producing non-uniformity. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate calibration of an audio playback system with a video presented upon a display. In the context of a method, an image including a display from a first location is received. The method also includes determining a dimension of the display within the image and determining an angle of the display based upon the dimension of a display determined within the image and the first location. The method further includes permitting an audio playback system associated with the display to be calibrated, such as with a video to be presented upon the display, based upon the determined angle. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138371 | INTEGRATED REFERENCE PIXEL - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide dynamic calibration for imaging devices and systems. A reference pixel is arranged to receive an electrical reference signal and to output a calibration signal. The reference signal may be based on imaging illumination. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138372 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A CAMERA - A device and a method are described for measuring a camera having an image sensor, in particular a fixed-focus camera, the device including: a camera support for accommodating at least one camera to be tested in at least one camera position, a collimator device for emitting collimator light of a test pattern having different object distances, a mirror system for deflecting the collimator light to the camera position, the mirror system having at least one first mirror device which is pivotable by a mirror adjustment device into multiple pivot positions, and a second mirror device having multiple second mirror units, the second mirror units reflecting the light emitted by the first mirror device in its different pivot positions to the camera position for imaging the test pattern in different image regions of an image sensor. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138373 | CONTENT-DEPENDENT VIDEO QUALITY MODEL FOR VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES - A method for estimating the perception quality of a digital video signal includes: (1a) extracting information of the video bit stream, which is captured prior to decoding; (1b) getting estimation(s) for one or more impairment factors IF using, for each of the estimations, an impact function adapted for the respective impairment factor; and (1c) estimating the perceived quality of the digital video signal using the estimation(s) obtained in step (1b). | 2015-05-21 |
20150138374 | IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-TAKING SYSTEM - There is provided an image-taking system including an information processing apparatus and an image-taking apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output external brightness information, a determining unit configured to determine if an external image-taking apparatus exists or not, and an output unit configured to output the external brightness information to the image-taking apparatus if the image-taking apparatus exists. The image-taking apparatus includes a detector configured to detect brightness of an object image, and to output internal brightness information, and a controller configured to control exposure based on an exposure value, the exposure value being based on the internal brightness information detected by the detector and external brightness information received from an external apparatus. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A MOTION VIDEO CAPTURING SYSTEM - A method for delivering motion video, which is captured by a first motion video camera, to a client device from said first motion video camera. The method comprises receiving, at the first motion video camera from the client, a request of a motion video and an indication of a requested format, matching, in a transcoding format list of the first motion video camera, the selected format to an address of a second motion video camera, sending, to said address of the second motion video camera, a motion video which have been identified in a request, the motion video having a format different from the selected format, receiving at the first motion video camera from the second motion video camera said requested motion video in the selected format, and sending said requested motion video in the selected format to the client. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138376 | INTERFACE BETWEEN OBJECT DEVICES INITIATED WITH A MASTER DEVICE - A master device images an object device and uses the image to identify the object device. The master device then automatically interfaces with the identified object device, for example, by pairing with the object device. The master device interfaces with a second object device and initiates an interface between the first object device and the second object device. The master device may receive broadcast data from the object device including information about the visual appearance of the object device and use the broadcast data in the identification of the object device. The master device may retrieve data related to the object device and display the related data, which may be display the data over the displayed image of the object device. The master device may provide an interface to control the object device or be used to pass data to the object device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138377 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LENS CHARACTERIZATION - Methods and systems for analyzing camera lenses and presenting information regarding camera lenses performance are described. An interactive user interface is provided over a network for display on a user terminal by a computer system. A user request is received at the computer system from the user terminal for lens data from a first lens. Lens data, including test data obtained via a first digital image captured using the first lens at the first focal length setting and the first aperture setting is accessed from memory and transmitted to interactive user interface. The interactive user interface is configured to display an identification of the first camera body, an identification of the first lens, the first focal length setting used to capture the image, and the first aperture setting used to capture the image. Using the lens test data, the interactive user interface generates and displays sharpness graph data. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138378 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING IMAGE - A shooting processing section shoots one or more users as an object to generate a shot image, an editing processing section allows the one or more users to edit the shot image, and an outputting section outputs the shot image that is edited. A display control section controls display of at least one image for compositing to be composited to the shot image, and the image for compositing based on a purpose of behavior of the one or more users, and a compositing processing section composites the displayed image for compositing to the shot image. The present invention can be applied to a photo sticker creating device, for example. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138379 | Video Stabilisation with Deblurring - Methods of processing a frame in a video sequence of digital images are described, the methods comprising: determining a global motion vector for the frame relative to a previous frame in the sequence; deriving a jitter function from the global motion vector, the jitter function comprising an estimate of undesired motion of the frame relative to the previous frame; determining whether the frame is blurred above a first predetermined threshold; and if so, stabilising the frame using the jitter function and applying a deblur function to the frame. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138380 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING MOTION VECTOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of detecting a motion vector and selecting a vector search method which enables effects to be always obtained in various usages of a camera, taking into account load balancing with the performance. One input image is set as a reference image, and the other input image is set as a search target image. Using a template having a predetermined size on the reference image, a motion vector is detected from the search target image. A determination index associated with frequency of occurrence of parallax conflict is calculated. When the determination index is not larger than a threshold value, a first detection method using a single layer is selected, whereas when the determination index is larger than the threshold value, a second detection method using a plurality of layers is selected. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138381 | CAMERA MODULE - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a first board mounted with an image sensor, a first holder coupled to an upper surface of the first board, a second holder arranged at an upper surface of the first holder and mounted at a periphery with a plurality of magnets, a first elastic member supporting the second holder, and a ball guide unit interposed between the first holder and the second holder. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138382 | IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Various embodiments provide methods, apparatus, and electronic devices for image capturing. An exemplary image capturing method can include first acquiring image information via a camera contained in an electronic device and then detecting whether a shake amplitude of the electronic device is within a pre-set range. When the shake amplitude of the electronic device is detected within the pre-set range, the image information acquired by the camera can be captured. An exemplary image capturing apparatus can include an acquisition module for acquiring image information; a first detection module for detecting whether a shake amplitude of an electronic device is within a pre-set range; and a capturing module for capturing the image information, when the first detection module detects that the shake amplitude of the electronic device is within the pre-set range. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138383 | AUTOMATED TILT AND SHIFT OPTIMIZATION - In a method for calculating corrections for tilt in an image, one or more processors receive a digitized image from a camera. The one or more processors initiate display of the digitized image in a screen on the camera, the screen having user-selectable focus points. The one or more processors receive from a user a focus point selection of an area of the displayed image to correct for tilt, and in response, the one or more processors correct the digitized image for tilt in the area such that an object is in focus in the area. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138384 | LOCATION-TAG CAMERA FOCUSING SYSTEMS - A system for improved camera focusing systems using subject location tags. More particularly, the disclosed subject matter relates to providing a system comprising camera accessories and in-lens technologies that allows for the continuous, automated focus of a subject by measuring the distance between the camera and a subject that has been “tagged” with a locator beacon. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138385 | DIGITAL ANNOTATION-BASED VISUAL RECOGNITION BOOK PRONUNCIATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION - A digital annotation-based visual recognition book pronunciation system and its method of operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile application program in the system extracts graphical feature points from a page image of a book captured by an integrated camera lens, transmits the graphical feature points to a digital annotation database executed in a cloud computing server, retrieves a book pronunciation content associated with the page image of the book, and superimposes an icon or a representation of the book pronunciation content on the page image of the book displayed as a real-time augmented application on the display panel of the mobile device. The system further includes the digital annotation database that stores relational data between the page image of the book and the book pronunciation content recited by a human narrator, and a related image analysis and matching program. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138386 | OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises: an image acquiring unit to acquire an image including an object; a dividing unit to divide the image, which is acquired by the image acquiring unit, into a plurality of superpixels based on similarity of adjacent pixels; a candidate area acquiring unit to acquire, from the superpixels divided by the dividing unit, a plurality of candidate areas acting as candidates of an area of the object; an extracting unit to extract a feature quantity from each of the plurality of candidate areas acquired by the candidate area acquiring unit; a checking unit to check the feature quantity, which is extracted from each candidate area by the extracting unit, against registered information concerning a feature quantity of object area; and an outputting unit to output the area of the object in the image, based on a checked result by the checking unit. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138387 | OPERATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An operation apparatus includes a touch detection section, a vibration section, a setting section and a control section. The touch detection section is provided on an exterior part, and outputs a signal when touched by an user. The vibration section is provided on the touch detection section in an overlapping manner, and vibrates when the touch of the user is detected by the touch detection section. The setting section is configured to set a function to be carried out when the touch detection section is touched. The control section is configured to determine a touch position of the touch detection section, provided on the touch detection section of the determined touch position, and configured to cause the vibration section to vibrate, and output a signal used to cause the function. | 2015-05-21 |
20150138388 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a solid-state image pickup device. The device includes a first substrate including a photoelectric conversion element and a transfer gate electrode configured to transfer charge from the photoelectric conversion element, a second substrate having a peripheral circuit portion including a circuit configured to read a signal based charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element, the first and second substrates being laminated. The device further includes a multilayer interconnect structure, disposed on the first substrate, including an aluminum interconnect and a multilayer interconnect structure, disposed on the second substrate, including a copper interconnect. | 2015-05-21 |