21st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140139606 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND TRANSFER METHOD - To perform preheating on a recording medium before transfer with an inexpensive configuration to reduce a transfer failure due to a change in temperature of a transfer film and further reduce thermal damage to the transfer film, in a transfer apparatus for nipping a transfer film and recording medium with a transfer roller and transfer platen, preheating treatment of the recording medium is performed by heat of the transfer roller before transfer processing. When the preheating treatment is performed using the transfer roller, the transfer film exists between the transport roller and the recording medium, and by shifting the position of the transfer film during the preheating treatment, it is possible to suppress thermal damage to the transfer film without applying heat of the transfer roller to only a part of the transfer film excessively. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139607 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE - An optical writing device is configured to form electrostatic latent images on a plurality of photosensitive elements by a plurality of light sources. The optical writing device includes: an image-data acquiring section that acquires image data; and a light-source control section that performs light-emission control on the light source based on pixel data generated from acquired image data, and also performs a neutralization process on the photosensitive element by controlling the light source to expose the photosensitive element to light. In the neutralization process, the light-source control section divides a period during which light-on/off control can be performed on the light source, into sub-periods based on pixel data input to the light-source control section, and causes the light sources to be lit in any one of the sub-periods so as to always place at least one of the plurality of light sources in a light-off state. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEMSTONE MICROINSCRIPTION - A gemstone micro-inscription system, comprising an energy source, a spatial light modulator, and a control, the control controlling a spatial light pattern modulation of the spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator exposes a photoresist on the gemstone, which selectively impedes an etching process to produce a pattern on the gemstone corresponding to the spatial light modulation pattern. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONFERENCING - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing images that are associated with a video conference communication session, obtaining a video conference policy associated with the video conference communication session, applying object pattern recognition to the images to detect an object in the images, and retrieve first replacement image content according to the video conference policy. The images can be adjusted by replacing a first portion of the images other than the detected object with the first replacement image content to generate first adjusted video content. The first adjusted video content can be provided to the first recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Non-adjusted video content can be provided according to the video conference policy to the second recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139610 | NAVIGABLE TELEPRESENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING AN ARRAY OF CAMERAS - A telepresence system including an array of cameras, a user interface device and at least one processor. Each camera has an associated view of the environment and an associated camera output representing the associated view, the array thus including at least one camera path for viewing the environment. In one embodiment, the user interface device has first user inputs associated with movement along a first path in the environment. The user interface device is coupled to the processor, which receives and interprets the user inputs and provides camera outputs to the user interface device, thereby allowing the user to navigate through the environment. In another embodiment, the processor is configured to provide additional source output, such as virtual world imagery and data, to the user interface device, thereby allowing the user to navigate real, virtual and combination real and virtual worlds. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139611 | MULTIPOINT CONNECTION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A multipoint connection apparatus ( | 2014-05-22 |
20140139612 | Video Processing in a Multi-Participant Video Conference - Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing multi-participant video conferences. This architecture has a central distributor that receives video images from two or more participants. From the received images, the central distributor generates composite images that the central distributor transmits back to the participants. Each composite image includes a set of sub images, where each sub image belongs to one participant. In some embodiments, the central distributor saves network bandwidth by removing each particular participant's image from the composite image that the central distributor sends to the particular participant. In some embodiments, images received from each participant are arranged in the composite in a non-interleaved manner. For instance, in some embodiments, the composite image includes at most one sub-image for each participant, and no two sub-images are interleaved. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139613 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AN IMAGE IN A VIDEO FEED - Systems and method for modifying an image in a video feed are described. In some aspects, a plurality of images are received from a plurality of client computing devices. Each image within the plurality of images includes a face. The plurality of images are modified according to a baseline face position and a baseline face size. At least a portion of the modified plurality of images are provided for display to at least one of the plurality of client computing devices. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139614 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION AMONG A PLURALITY OF SERVER APPLICATIONS - A videoconference system in which a plurality of users communicate video and audio data to each other, the system including at least two conference servers each having a plurality of users linked to one another over the server wherein the plurality of users can share real time audio and video data with one another, the conference servers being in communication with each other, a plurality of redundant videoconference applications configured to be run on the at least two conference servers, and at least one resource distribution node configured to determine in response to a request for access to one of the videoconference applications which of the plurality of redundant videoconference applications to utilize. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139615 | AUDIO CONFERENCING SYSTEM FOR ALL-IN-ONE DISPLAYS - A conferencing system may comprise an electronic display configured to display remote video generated within a remote conference room, a speaker configured to reproduce remote audio generated within the remote conference room, and a processor configured to receive local audio generated within a local conference room and picked up by a microphone assembly that is part of a separate device from the electronic display. A related method may include displaying remote video on an electronic display of an all-in-one display, reproducing remote audio through at least one speaker of the all-in-one display; and performing echo cancellation of local audio using the remote audio as an echo cancellation reference. Another method may include receiving, at an all-in-one display, a plurality of local audio signals from a plurality of microphone assemblies that are separate from the all-in-one display, and controlling, within the all-in-one display, gating of the plurality of microphone assemblies. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139616 | Enhanced Diagnostics for a Telepresence Robot - A telepresence device may autonomously check patients. The telepresence device may determine the frequency of checking based on whether the patient has a risk factor. The telepresence device may include an image sensor, a thermal camera, a depth sensor, one or more systems for interacting with patients, or the like. The telepresence device may be configured to evaluate the patient's condition using the one or more sensors. The telepresence device may measure physiological characteristics using Eulerian video magnification, may detect pallor, fluid level, or fluid color, may detect thermal asymmetry, may determine a psychological state from body position or movement, or the like. The telepresence device may determine whether the patient is experiencing a potentially harmful condition, such as sepsis or stroke, and may trigger an alarm if so. To overcome alarm fatigue, the telepresence device may annoy a care provider until the care provider responds to an alarm. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139617 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING INTERNET VIDEO CONFERENCING USING STANDARD PHONE CALLS - A video conferencing system ( | 2014-05-22 |
20140139618 | Media transmission method and system based on telepresence - A media transmission method based on telepresence is disclosed, comprising: during connection establishment, a master telepresence terminal of a local media transmission system and a remote endpoint perform signaling exchange, to establish a media logical channel between the local media transmission system and the remote endpoint; and transmits the same type of media streams between the local media transmission system and the remote endpoint through a media logical channel or respectively through multiple media logical channels, and receives the same type of media streams through a media logical channel or respectively through multiple media logical channels. A media transmission system based on telepresence is further disclosed correspondingly. Through the disclosure, when a telepresence system of a certain conference site is called, only one number needs to be called, which is easy to operate; moreover, agent information exchange can be performed in the telepresence system, thereby achieving the effect of sound-based localization, solving the problem such as synchronization between streams, and improving user experience. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139619 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO SIMULATION IMAGE - A method and device for communicating a video with a simulation image is provided. The method includes: acquiring, by a sender, video data, transforming the acquired video data into vector data in image recognition algorithm, and sending the vector data to a receiver; and calling, by the receiver, a cartoon rendering model and rendering the received vector data in the video with a corresponding cartoon simulation image according to the cartoon rendering model. By using the present invention, the amount of data transmitted in a network may be reduced, and network bandwidth resources are saved. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139620 | TELEPRESENCE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - The sharing an image of a local participant in a group with at least one other participant in that group commences by establishing, for that local participant, orientation information indicative of an orientation of the communication channel local participant relative to a display screen and a video camera. The local participant sends his or her image of the local participant along with the orientation information to at least one other participant. The orientation information enables display of the image of the local participant with a common orientation recognized by the at least one other participant. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139621 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction that is a moving direction of an imaging section during capture, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the consecutively acquired still images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction that differs from the first camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of a still image among the consecutively acquired still images based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139622 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD, AND IMAGE SYNTHESIZING PROGRAM - An image synthesizing apparatus includes a subject region determination unit that determines a region of a nearby subject for each of taken images based on subject distance information of a plurality of points generated by distance measurement made during imaging and an image synthesizing unit that creates a synthetic image by cutting out an image from each of the taken images based on a position of the region of the nearby subject and combining the cut images of the taken images. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139623 | PANORAMIC MULTI-SCALE IMAGER AND METHOD THEREFOR - A panoramic imager comprising a mirror and a multi-scale imaging system is presented. The multi-scale imaging system comprises an objective lens and a plurality of cameras that is arranged in a non-planar arrangement at the image field of the objective lens. The objective lens reduces a first aberration introduced by the mirror, and each camera further reduces any residual first aberration. As a result, panoramic imagers of the present invention can provide improved image quality and higher resolution than panoramic imagers of the prior art. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139624 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction, a slit image generation section that generates slit images based on the consecutively acquired still images, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the slit images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of each slit image based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139625 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND/OR CLASSIFYING CANCEROUS CELLS IN A CELL SAMPLE - The current invention concerns a method for detecting cancerous cells and/or classifying cells in a cell sample comprising the following steps: providing a cell sample; obtaining holographic information from said cell sample by digital holographic microscopy (DHM); deriving at least one cellular parameter from said holographic information, and; classifying said cells of cells sample; characterized in that said classification occurs by appointing a Scoring Factor to said cells of cell sample, based on said cellular parameters. In a second aspect, a system for the detection of cancerous cells and/or classification of cells in a cell sample is provided, employing the method as disclosed in the invention. In a final aspect, a method for updating and/or improving a database comprising thresholds linked to holographic information and the database related thereof is equally disclosed. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139626 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3D CAPTION AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A 3D caption display method for harmoniously merging and displaying closed caption with 3D image in a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D display apparatus suitable for implementing the method. When the 3D display apparatus receives image signals of first and second images for implementing 3D image in a stereoscopic scheme, the 3D display apparatus receives closed caption data only for a base view determined from the first and second images. Then, the display apparatus determines the position of a closed caption for an extended view based on the closed caption data for the base view and a certain 3D caption information, and formats caption graphic data for the base view and the extended view to output 3D closed caption in a stereoscopic format. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139627 | ADAPTIVE LUMINANCE COMPENSATION IN THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - A method of coding video data includes deriving prediction weights for illumination compensation of luma samples of a video block partition once for the video block partition such that the video block partition has a common set of prediction weights for performing illumination compensation of the luma samples regardless of a transform size for the video block partition, calculating a predicted block for the video block partition using the prediction weights using illumination compensation, and coding the video block partition using the predicted block. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139628 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND RECOGNIZING TRANSMISSION MODE IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING - The present invention relates to a method for selecting an appropriate mode when performing a new broadcast, such as a 3D stereo broadcast, a UHDTV broadcast, and a multi-view broadcast, among others, while maintaining compatibility with existing broadcasting channels in an MPEG-2-TS format for transmitting and receiving digital TV, and to a method for recognizing a descriptor. To this end, the present invention suggests providing the descriptor which is related to synthesizing left and right images using the type of stream, existence of the descriptor, and a frame-compatible mode flag. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139629 | ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT WITH A SUBJECT - A method comprises receiving one or more depth images from a depth camera, the depth images indicating a depth of a surface imaged by each pixel of the depth images. The method may further comprise identifying a human subject imaged by the depth images and recognizing within one or more of the depth images a beacon emitted from a control device. A position of the control device may be assessed in three dimensions, and the control device may be associated with the human subject based on a proximity of the control device to the human subject or other parameter of the control device with relation to the human subject. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139630 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING WITHOUT RETRO-REFLECTION - A non-retro-reflective imaging system and methods in which a relay optic is configured to segment a source image into a plurality of slices and reimage each of the slices individually onto a rotated image plane such that a substantially in-focus reconstruction of the entire image is obtained, while substantially eliminating retro-reflection from the system. According to one example a non-retro-reflective imaging system includes a segmented relay optic configured to reimage a source image onto an image plane tilted with respect to an optical axis of the system, and further configured to slice the image volume into a plurality of image slices and spatially position the plurality of image slices such that a depth of focus of each image slice overlaps the tilted image plane. The system further includes an image sensor co-aligned with the tilted image plane and configured to produce a reconstructed image from the plurality of image slices. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139631 | DYNAMIC CONSERVATION OF IMAGING POWER - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide adaptable settings for imaging devices and systems. Operating modes may be defined based on whether movement is detected within a predetermined area. One or more parameters of illumination or modulation may be dynamically adjusted based on the present operating mode. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139632 | DEPTH IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION OF AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - A depth imager such as a time of flight camera or a structured light camera is configured to capture a first frame of a scene using illumination of a first type, to define a first area associated with an object of interest in the first frame, to identify a second area to be adaptively illuminated based on expected movement of the object of interest, to capture a second frame of the scene with adaptive illumination of the second area using illumination of a second type different than the first type, possibly with variation in at least one of output light amplitude and frequency, and to attempt to detect the object of interest in the second frame. The illumination of the first type may comprise substantially uniform illumination over a designated field of view, and the illumination of the second type may comprise illumination of substantially only the second area. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139633 | Method and System for Counting People Using Depth Sensor - A sensor system according to an embodiment of the invention may process depth data and visible light data for a more accurate detection. Depth data assists where visible light images are susceptible to false positives. Visible light images (or video) may similarly enhance conclusions drawn from depth data alone. Detections may be object-based or defined with the context of a target object. Depending on the target object, the types of detections may vary to include motion and behavior. Applications of the described sensor system include motion guided interfaces where users may interact with one or more systems through gestures. The sensor system described may also be applied to counting systems, surveillance systems, polling systems, retail store analytics, or the like. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139634 | CONFOCAL IMAGING USING ASTIGMATISM - The present disclosure provides computing device implemented methods, apparatuses, and computing device readable media for confocal imaging using astigmatism. Confocal imaging can include receiving an image of a portion of an object captured by a confocal imaging device having a particular astigmatic character, determining an image pattern associated with the image, and determining a distance between a focus plane of the confocal imaging device and the portion of the object based, at least in part, on information regarding the image pattern. Confocal imaging can also include receiving data representing an image pattern associated with an image of an object captured by a confocal imaging device having a particular astigmatic character and having an image sensor with a plurality of pixels, and determining a positional relationship between the object and a focus plane of the confocal imaging device based on a distribution of the diffraction pattern over a portion of the plurality of pixels. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139635 | REAL-TIME MONOCULAR STRUCTURE FROM MOTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for multithreaded navigation assistance by acquired with a single camera on-board a vehicle; using 2D-3D correspondences for continuous pose estimation; and combining the pose estimation with 2D-2D epipolar search to replenish 3D points. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139636 | IMAGE SENSING UNIT, 3D IMAGE PROCESING APPARATUS, 3D CAMERA SYSTEM, AND 3D IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image sensing unit is disclosed. In one aspect, the sensing unit includes optical sensors for acquiring a two dimensional (2D) image from a subject and micro-structures for supporting the optical sensors and adjusting the heights of the optical sensors. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139637 | Wearable Electronic Device - In one embodiment, a device includes a device body that includes a touch-sensitive display and a processor. The device also includes a band coupled to the device body and an optical sensor in or on the band. The optical sensor faces outward from the band and captures images. The processor communicates with the optical sensor to process captured images. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139638 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SPECTRAL CONFOCAL SENSORS - A measurement machine includes an optical lens and a spectral confocal sensor. An electronic device adjusts a zoom ratio of the lens to be a maximum ratio, and calculates X, Y, Z coordinate differences between the lens center and the sensor center. The electronic device calibrates the X, Y coordinate differences at least twice, to obtain calibrated X, Y coordinate differences. The X, Y differences are replaced by the calibrated X, Y coordinate differences when the calibrated X, Y coordinate differences satisfy first predetermined requirements. The electronic device further calibrates the Z coordinate difference at least twice to obtain a calibrated Z coordinate difference. The Z coordinate difference is replaced by the calibrated Z coordinate difference when the calibrated Z coordinate difference satisfies second predetermined requirements. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139639 | REAL-TIME 3D RECONSTRUCTION WITH POWER EFFICIENT DEPTH SENSOR USAGE - Embodiments disclosed facilitate resource utilization efficiencies in Mobile Stations (MS) during 3D reconstruction. In some embodiments, camera pose information for a first color image captured by a camera on an MS may be obtained and a determination may be made whether to extend or update a first 3-Dimensional (3D) model of an environment being modeled by the MS based, in part, on the first color image and associated camera pose information. The depth sensor, which provides depth information for images captured by the camera, may be disabled, when the first 3D model is not extended or updated. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139640 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a coordinate conversion unit and a drawing unit. The coordinate conversion unit obtains a coordinate of an intersection P | 2014-05-22 |
20140139641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING MOTION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - Methods and systems for capturing motion and/or determining the shapes and positions of one or more objects in 3D space utilize cross-sections thereof. In various embodiments, images of the cross-sections are captured using a camera based on edge points thereof. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139642 | Camera Array Systems Including At Least One Bayer Type Camera And Associated Methods - A method for processing a plurality of images of a scene recorded from different vantage points, where the plurality of images includes a color reference image captured by a Bayer type camera and at least one additional image, the method including (a) registering at least a portion of the plurality of images, and (b) generating a unitary color image from the plurality of images, wherein color information of the unitary color image is determined exclusively from the color reference image. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139643 | IMAGER WITH ARRAY OF MULTIPLE INFRARED IMAGING MODULES - An imager array may be provided as part of an imaging system. The imager array may include a plurality of infrared imaging modules. Each infrared imaging module may include a plurality of infrared sensors associated with an optical element. The infrared imaging modules may be oriented, for example, substantially in a plane facing the same direction and configured to detect images from the same scene. Such images may be processed in accordance with various techniques to provide images of infrared radiation. The infrared imaging modules may include filters or lens coatings to selectively detect desired ranges of infrared radiation. Such arrangements of infrared imaging modules in an imager array may be used to advantageous effect in a variety of different applications. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139644 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND PROGRAM - Left- and right-eye captured images are output upon reception of light beams having passed through one imaging optical system, and the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of each of subjects included in the left- and right-eye captured images is detected. An extraction image extracted from a region which includes a main subject and has a predetermined size is output for each of the left- and right-eye captured images. At this time, the region is set so that the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of a subject which is different from the main subject and included in both the extraction images has a predetermined value. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139645 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged therein; a light shielding member disposed between an imaging optical system and the image sensor, the light shielding member configured to make only a light flux, which has passed through a predetermined area of the imaging optical system, incident on a first light receiving element which is a part of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an image generation device configured to generate an image of a subject from an imaging signal of the first light receiving element, in which the light shielding member is a plate-shaped member having a first light shielding material configured to shield a light flux, which has passed through an area other than the predetermined area, formed therein. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IMAGE USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image output apparatus including a filtering unit configured to filter a first superimposed image including a plurality of image data regarding a target object and to output a second superimposed image including the plurality of image data at a predetermined ratio, and a controller configured to control the filtering unit to vary the ratio based on an external input. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139647 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image display device includes a display unit, a first obtaining unit, a measuring unit, a determining unit, and a parallax control unit. The display unit displays thereon a stereoscopic image. The first obtaining unit obtains a captured image that is obtained by capturing a space including a viewing position in which a viewer supposed to view the stereoscopic image. The measuring unit measures an angle of convergence of the viewer who appears in the captured image that is obtained by the first obtaining unit. The determining unit determines based on the angle of convergence measured by the measuring unit whether the viewer is fatigued. The parallax control unit performs control to reduce an amount of parallax of the stereoscopic image when the determining unit determines that the viewer is fatigued. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139648 | 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A 3D display apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a display unit, an input unit, an estimator, a generator and an output unit. The display unit is capable of displaying a plurality of parallax images as a 3D image. Each of the parallax images may have a mutually different parallax. An input unit may input an input image. An estimator may estimate a relative tilt angle of an interocular direction of an observer with respect to a reference direction having been preset on the display unit. A generator may generate the parallax images from the input image using the relative tilt angle, each of the parallax images having the mutually different parallax along the interocular direction. An output unit may make the display unit display the parallax images. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139649 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A stereoscopic video display system includes a display device for displaying stereoscopic video, an image pickup element for generating image data, a position determiner for processing the image data received by the image pickup element to determine position information of at least one object identified in the image data, and a plurality of light output sections each having one or more light transmitters. Each light transmitter is configured to output timing signals having a signal strength based on the determined position information. The stereoscopic video display system also includes at least one set of shutter eyeglasses including a light receiving section for receiving timing signals output from at least one of the light transmitters of the light output sections. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139650 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a background image generator which generates a background image, a receiver which receives additional information, a depth memory which stores in advance a depth for each of types of the additional information, a depth decide module which determines a type of the additional information received by the receiver, and reads a depth which is associated with the determined type from the depth memory, a three-dimensional image generator which generates an object image based on the additional information, and generates a three-dimensional image based on the object image and the depth which is read by the depth decide module, an image composite module which generates a video signal by displaying the background image and displaying the three-dimensional image in front of the displayed background image, and an output module which outputs the video signal generated by the image composite module. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139651 | NAKED-EYE 3D TV WALL - A naked-eye 3D TV wall is disclosed, which is composed of a full-color light-emitting diode (LED) display array and a slit grating (or a cylinder lens grating). The grating is placed in front of and parallel to the array, and a distance is made between the grating and the array. The grating direction of the array is provided as an oblique angle. A red, green and blue color LED tube are packed into one tube to make a full-color LED tube to emit full-color light, and the full-color LED tube is the element unit of the array. When a multi-view image is interlaced and displayed on the array, the resolution loss is shared in the horizontal and vertical directions. A 3D image will be watched on the wall without wearing special glasses. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139652 | PULSED PROJECTION SYSTEM FOR 3D VIDEO - A 3D-display system alternates between directing light representing a left-eye view of a 3D image to a viewer's left eye and directing light representing a right-eye view of a 3D image to a viewer's right eye. To direct the light towards the viewer's eyes, the system receives eye-location data relative to a display device from an eye-tracking system and uses light deflectors, such as acousto-optic, electro-optic, and passive optical deflectors, to aim the light in a particular direction. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139653 | METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL(3D) IMAGE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for generating a signal to display a three-dimensional (3D) image, and an image display apparatus using the same are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first synchronization signal, generating a second synchronization signal, and generating an output signal. Therefore, a user may satisfactorily view a 3D image regardless of whether the synchronization signal received from a display device reports errors or whether there is an obstruction between the display device and shutter glasses. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139654 | PICKUP SYSTEM AND PICKUP METHOD - Article specifying information for specifying articles collected in an article collection site is detected from an image captured by an imaging unit ( | 2014-05-22 |
20140139655 | DRIVER DISTRACTION AND DROWSINESS WARNING AND SLEEPINESS REDUCTION FOR ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE - The present invention relates to a vehicle telematics device for driver monitoring for accident avoidance for drowsiness and distraction conditions. The distraction and drowsiness is detected by facial processing of driver's face and pose tracking as a function of speed and maximum allowed travel distance, and issuing a driver alert when a drowsiness or distraction condition is detected. The mitigation includes audible alert, as well as other methods such as dim blue night to perk up the driver. Adaptation center of driver's gaze direction and allowed maximum time for a given driver and camera angle offset as well as temporary offset for cornering for shift of vanishing point and other conditions is also performed. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139656 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND PROCESSING MEASUREMENT READINGS OF A LIVING BEING - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2014-05-22 |
20140139657 | DISPLAY BRACKET AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY BRACKET - A display bracket is electronically and physically connected to a display. The display is installed with a camera and an infrared sensor. First, a user is prompted to look straight ahead. The camera captures a first image of eyeballs of the user. Then the user is prompted to look at the camera, the camera captures a second image of the eyeballs. An initial angle between the display and the display bracket is detected. When the user is looking at the display, the camera captures a third image of the eyeballs. The angle between the display and the display bracket to be adjusted is calculated according to the first image, the second image, the third image and the initial angle between the display and the display bracket. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139658 | REMOTE VISUAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A remote visual inspection system and method for transmitting live digital video of an ongoing inspection to remote network sites is disclosed. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139659 | DOOR INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An inspection system for a vehicle includes a vision inspection device including a plurality of vision camera and a plurality of laser device which move along exterior and sides of a door, which will be inspected, and inspect segmented sections respectively, a hanger device clamping the hemmed door on a hanger frame, and a jig device which clamps the hanger frame of the hanger device, and moves the door toward the vision inspection device for the vision inspection device to inspect the door fixed to the hanger device. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139660 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting People by a Surveillance System - Surveillance systems may be found in both private and public spaces. In private spaces, they can be designed to help provide and monitor secure premises. Similarly, public spaces may also use surveillance systems to determine an allocation of public resources. A camera surveillance system according to an embodiment of the invention uses advanced image processing techniques to determine whether an object moving across a scene is a person. The camera surveillance system achieves an accurate and efficient classification by selectively processing a set of features associated with the object, such as features that define an omega shape. By selectively processing the set of features associated with the object, the methods and systems described herein reduce the computational complexity of standard image processing/object detection techniques. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING DYNAMIC VIDEOS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for acquiring and transmitting dynamic videos which reflect the position and motion information of a video acquiring device. The video acquiring device comprises an AV acquiring module which photographs an object to acquire videos of the object, a location information acquiring module which acquires the location information of the video acquiring device or the user of the video acquiring device, a motion information acquiring module which acquires the motion information of the video acquiring device or the user of the video acquiring device, a multiplexing module which generates multiplexed signal by multiplexing the video, location information and motion information, and a wireless communication module which transmits the multiplexed signal to a mobile terminal equipped with wireless communication device via wired or wireless communication. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139662 | MONITORING DEVICE, HANDHELD DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring device communicates with a handheld device and at least one image capturing device, the handheld device is capable of communicating with the image capturing device. The monitoring device responds with a warning signal from the handheld device and controls the handheld device to detect whether the image capturing device is connected with the handheld device, and obtains the identification information of the image capturing device when the image capturing device is detected to be connected with the handheld device, and further controls the image capturing device to capture video and/or image of the emergency scene surrounding the handheld device according to the identification. As a result, the user of the monitoring device can get a visual of the emergency scene. A handheld device and a monitoring method are also provided. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139663 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a detector to detect a mobile object by referring to sensing information; a first communicating unit to communicate mobile object information, which is related to a detection result of the mobile object, with another wireless communication device; a first calculator to calculate a moving path of the mobile object between wireless communication devices by referring to the detection result of the mobile object and mobile object information received from the other wireless communication device; a second communicating unit to communicate movement information, which is related to the moving path of the mobile object, with the other wireless communication device; and a second calculator to calculate distances between wireless communication devices that are dependent on the number of times of movement in the moving path by referring to the calculated moving path and movement information received from the other wireless communication device. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139664 | System Apparatus and Device for Facilitating Network Camera Edge Device Backup and Methods of Operation Thereof - Disclosed is a system apparatus and device for facilitating the backup of network edge devices, such as video cameras, and methods of operation thereof. A monitoring circuit(s) may detect inoperable electrical power condition(s) (IEPC) on the power-line of a network edge device. Upon detection of an IEPC a backup power source may provide electrical power to the edge device. Upon detection of a connectivity fault between the edge device and its packet sink, a packet sink emulator may emulate a packet sink of the edge device. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139665 | System and method for managing alcohol consumption of a user using a smartphone application - A device for managing alcohol consumption of a user includes a camera that captures an image associated with a beverage container, a display unit, a memory unit that stores (a) a set of modules, and (b) a database, and (iv) a processor that executes (a) an alcohol content identification module, when executed by the processor, identifies (i) a type of drink in the beverage container and (ii) an alcohol content associated with the drink, (b) an alcohol consumption determination module, executed by the processor, determines an alcohol consumption by the user, (c) an alcohol consumption updating module, when executed by the processor, updates the alcohol consumption by the user in the database, and (d) an alert generation module, when executed by the processor, generates an alert when the alcohol consumption by the user is in proximity with the at least one of periodic threshold. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139666 | Electronic Viewer For Peephole - An electronic viewer for peephole contains an image capture unit for shooting images; a main circuit board including an application specific integrated circuit electrically connected with the image capture unit so as to control the image capture unit to shoot the images; a flat panel display unit electrically connected with the main circuit board so as to display the images shot by the image capture unit; an ambient light sensor electrically coupled with the main circuit board so as to sense a change of an ambient light source. Thereby, when the ambient light source changes, an electronic viewer is driven to operate the application specific integrated circuit, and the application specific integrated circuit controls the image capture unit to shoot the images so that the flat panel display unit displays the images. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139667 | IMAGE CAPTURING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus for image capturing are provided. A first camera mounted on a rear side of a mobile terminal, and a second camera mounted on a front side of a mobile terminal, are driven in an image capturing mode. A user's face is detected in a second image generated by the second camera. An alarm is generated that indicates that a first image is out of an intended image capturing area, when the user's face is not detected in the second image and when a difference is detected between the first image and a reference first image. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139668 | PROJECTION CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one example, a projection capture system includes: a digital camera, a projector, and a mirror housed together as a single unit in which, when the unit is deployed for use with a work surface: the camera is positioned above the projector; the projector is positioned below the camera; and the mirror is positioned above the projector and configured to reflect light from the projector into the camera capture area. In one example, a projection capture method includes: establishing a camera capture area within which a camera can capture an image of an object; establishing a projector display area overlapping the capture area and into which a projector can project light; lighting the camera capture area with the projector; and positioning a specular glare spot from the projector lighting outside the camera capture area. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRONT-ORIENTED VISUAL INFORMATION TO VEHICLE DRIVER - This invention provides a camera system installed on the front end of a vehicle, either on the left front, the right front, or both sides, that prevents accidents resulting from the driver's propensity to protrude into oncoming traffic to view that traffic. The camera is linked via wired or wireless connection to an onboard computer and a commercially available navigation display that is placed within the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The driver reviews a visual description on the display of any oncoming traffic in the form of motor vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, animals and the like on the navigation display via a single screen, split screen or alternating screens. The camera system is furnished with a speed sensor that detects when the vehicle reaches a threshold speed of 3 miles per hour to activate or de-activate the camera. This camera system can be retrofitted into older vehicles. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139670 | AUGMENTING ADAS FEATURES OF A VEHICLE WITH IMAGE PROCESSING SUPPORT IN ON-BOARD VEHICLE PLATFORM - Systems and methods directed to augmenting advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features of a vehicle with image processing support in on-board vehicle platform are described herein. Images may be received from one or more image sensors associated with an ADAS of a vehicle. The received images may be processed. An action is determined based upon, at least in part, the processed images. A message is transmitted to an ADAS controller responsive to the determination. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE CAMERA CALIBRATION - A method and apparatus for providing a vehicle camera calibration includes choosing overlap images from among the image information captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, and filtering images having the same vehicle attitude from among the chosen overlap images on a basis of a map coordinate system and status information of the vehicle, picking out objects in the filtered images, separating stationary objects from the picked out objects, and predicting an angular misalignment with respect to the separated stationary objects. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139672 | NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE - A notification control method executed by a computer, the notification control method includes: acquiring image data of a displayable image captured by an imaging device, and controlling a notification concerning detection of an object based on output of a sensor, depending on a determination of visibility for the displayable image based on the image data. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139673 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain image data regarding an image captured by an image capture device that moves along with a moving body and of which image capture direction is a certain traveling direction of the moving body, and detect a feature caused by a reflection from features based on information regarding positions of the features in the image data at a time when the moving body has moved in a direction different from the image capture direction. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139674 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining section for obtaining images from cameras on a moving object; a correspondence processing section for generating a correspondence between characteristic points extracted from a pair of images before and after the moving object moves straight; a height/orientation estimating section for estimating orientations and heights of the cameras, by estimating a homography matrix from the corresponded characteristic points, then decomposing the homography matrix, and using the decomposition result, a movement direction vector, a road surface normal vector, and a moved amount of the moving object; a projective transform section for applying projective transform to common view parts between the cameras; and a relative position estimating section for estimating a relative position of one of the cameras relative to another one of the cameras using translation for overlapping the common view parts after projective transform. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139675 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SAFE DRIVING - In a method for monitoring safe driving of a vehicle, the method obtains a current image captured by an image capturing device positioned on an outside sideview mirror of the vehicle, determines a horizontal distance and a vertical distance between each pixel point in the current image and the lens of image capturing device, and selects a reference point from first specified pixel points whose horizontal distances are less than a first preset value. The method further determines second specified pixel points whose vertical distances are less than or equal to a second preset value based on the reference point, to obtains a processed image based on the second specified pixel points, and displays the processed image on an inside rearview mirror of the vehicle. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139676 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED DISPLAY FUNCTIONS - A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one image sensor, a control and a display. The image sensor is disposed at a subject vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The control, at least in part responsive to image processing of image data captured by the image sensor, is operable to generate an avatar representative of at least one object or scene segment in the field of view of the image sensor. The display is operable to display the avatar. The vision system may display an avatar that is a substantial representation of an object that is only partially viewed by the image sensor to enhance the display for viewing and understanding by the driver of the subject vehicle, and a portion of the avatar representing the non-viewed portion of the object may be displayed as a phantom image. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139677 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARKING A VEHICLE - A method for assisting a reverse parking maneuver of a motor vehicle equipped with a rear-view camera system into a longitudinal parking space, wherein the image of the surroundings to the rear of the motor vehicle is displayed on a display of the motor vehicle. For the determination of the parking position on both sides of the vehicle, two 3D symbols, in particular 3D cuboids, are respectively blended into the image of the rear-view camera system, wherein the distance between two 3D symbols corresponds to one side of a minimum parking space for the motor vehicle. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139678 | Intrusion Detection - Disclosed is an intrusion detector that may be used to determine if a person is authorized or unauthorized based upon the person carrying a token in an area being monitored for security. The intrusion detector may include: an interface and processor. The interface may receive video stream data from a camera and token data. The processor may execute operations including: receiving the video stream data and the token data and determining whether a person in the video stream data is carrying a token based upon whether the token data is associated with the person. If the person is determined to not be carrying a token, the person may be displayed as unauthorized. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139679 | DEVICE FOR VIDEO FILMING OF A SUBJECT | 2014-05-22 |
20140139680 | Method And System For Metadata Extraction From Master-Slave Cameras Tracking System - An embodiment of the present invention includes a master camera that may record master metadata regarding an object of interest and communicate the master metadata to a slave camera. The slave camera may zoom, pan, or tilt to isolate and record more detailed image data regarding the object of interest based on the master metadata. In addition, the slave camera may record slave metadata regarding the object of interest. The master and slave metadata may be stored associated with the recorded image data enabling a later search for the object of interest to be expedited. The recorded image data including the object of interest may be identified with greater ease as it may be guided by the master or slave metadata, or a combination thereof. According to embodiments presented herein, processing time for searching and identifying an object of interest may be reduced by enabling a search on the metadata associated with image data, rather than by searching the image data itself. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF FRIEND AND FOE IN A SECURITY INCIDENT - The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder security officer to take command and control of a building having a security incident. Using the method and system herein, the security officer is able to clearly distinguish the positions of his building entry teams in the building relative to the position of a suspect through a graphic display of friend and foe designation whereupon he can precisely direct a maneuver to close with the suspect. A group of motion sensors are mounted throughout the building to monitor various hallways for movement and collocated RFID readers are interrogated by the security alarm panel software to provide the intelligence for the security alarm control panel to distinguish a police building entry team (Friend) from the suspect (Foe). | 2014-05-22 |
20140139682 | MULTIPLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE METER READING PROBES - An apparatus to monitor one or more utility meters includes a communication unit with a processor, a communication interface coupled to the processor, and a probe interface coupled to the processor. A meter monitoring probe that includes a probe head is coupled by a cable to a probe connector capable to mate with the probe interface. The probe head includes an image sensor, an indicator, and a button. The probe head is capable to detect a characteristic of a utility meter that is dependent on a usage of a utility metered, and send information related to the characteristic to the processor. The processor is capable to receive the information from the probe head and send a message related to the usage of the utility over the communication interface, and the image sensor is capable to capture an image in response to a press of the button. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139683 | KEY BLANK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM WITH GROOVE SCANNING - A key identification system is provided. The key identification system comprises an imaging system to capture an image of a master key, and a logic to analyze the captured image. The imaging system may be capture an image of a groove in the master key from an angle between perpendicular and parallel to the blade of said master key. The logic analyzes the captured image to compare characteristics of the groove with groove characteristics of known key blanks to determine the likelihood of a match between the master key and a known key blank. The key identification system may further compensate for displacement or orientation of the master key with respect to the imaging system when analyzing characteristics of the groove. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139684 | INFRARED DETECTOR WITH INCREASED IMAGE RESOLUTION - Apparatus for increasing resolution of cryogenically cooled vacuum-sealed infrared imaging detector. A two-dimensional detector array of photosensitive pixels is successively exposed to an image scene, acquiring multiple imaging samples. A masking filter, disposed between the detector array and image scene focal plane, is maintained at a fixed position with respect to the detector array, and reduces the region of pixels collecting incident radiation for each imaging sample such that only a portion of each pixel area of the image scene is imaged onto the corresponding detector array pixel. Shifting means successively shifts the optical path of the image scene relative to the masking filter, by a shifting increment or fill-factor reduction amount equal to a fraction of the array pixel width, to image different sub-pixel regions in each imaging sample. A processor reconstructs an image frame having a resolution greater than the intrinsic detector resolution by the fill-factor reduction amount. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139685 | LOW POWER AND SMALL FORM FACTOR INFRARED IMAGING - Various techniques are provided for implementing an infrared imaging system. In one example, a system includes a focal plane array (FPA). The FPA includes an array of infrared sensors adapted to image a scene. The FPA also includes a bias circuit adapted to provide a bias voltage to the infrared sensors. The bias voltage is selected from a range of approximately 0.2 volts to approximately 0.7 volts. The FPA also includes a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) adapted to provide signals from the infrared sensors corresponding to captured image frames. Other implementations are also provided. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139686 | Digital Camera and Image Capturing Method Thereof - An image capturing method for a digital camera includes the following steps: capturing a plurality of pre-captured images in sequence, wherein each of the pre-captured images includes a plurality of sections; capturing a plurality of captured images based on the number of sections and piecing the plurality of captured images together as an output image, wherein an image capturing optical setting value of each captured image is substantially the same; a target section is selected among the plurality of sections while capturing the plurality of captured images, and an indicating signal is outputted by determining the relative position between an object and the target section based on the plurality of pre-captured images. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139687 | MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VIDEO SESSION IN A DATA NETWORK - The invention relates to a monitoring device for monitoring a video session in a data network between a video server providing a video file and a video client playing the video file, comprising: a data interface configured to connect to an end-to-end communication path between the video server and the video client and configured to capture video resolution information and to retrieve client screen resolution information; and a determination unit configured to determine a quality measure for the video session based on the video resolution information, based on the client screen resolution information and based on a buffer model, the buffer model modeling a fill level of a receive buffer in the video client, the receive buffer being configured to buffer the video file before playing the video file. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139688 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING IPTV FAULT - A method, an apparatus, a system locate an IPTV fault, where the method includes: performing synchronized evaluation on a monitored IPTV video stream according to a synchronization message, obtaining multiple corresponding local upstream evaluation results; receiving an evaluation result report message sent by a downstream monitoring point, where the evaluation result report message includes a downstream evaluation result, an evaluation result identifier, and synchronization packet information; finding, according to the synchronization packet information and the evaluation result identifier in the evaluation result report message sent by the downstream monitoring point, an upstream evaluation result corresponding to the downstream evaluation result; comparing the downstream evaluation result with the upstream evaluation result, and performing fault locating according to a result of the comparison. The present disclosure implements IPTV fault locating, saves costs of manpower and material resources, and improves efficiency in fault locating. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139689 | OFFLOADING PROCESSING OF IMAGES FROM A PORTABLE DIGITAL CAMERA - Images are offloaded from a portable camera automatically to a network server at the time the images are taken, transparently to a user of the camera. The server executes processing functions on the images and returns the output of the processing over the network to the camera and/or other user-defined destination device to thereby relieve the camera processor of potentially complex processing chores. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139690 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CAMERA HAVING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus has a communication part, a message receiving part, a network-information acquiring part, a peripheral-apparatus information managing part, a task accepting part, a task allocating part, a task processing part, a process-related information generating part, and a message transmitting part configured to generate a message that includes the process-related information and transmit the message including the process-related information to the other communication apparatuses via the communication part and the network. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139691 | CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Collision of communication data on a network line is prevented. A plurality of CPU boards which are independent of one another and have respective ones of CPUs mounted thereon are connected by a network line. Since data collision will occur when multiple streams of control data are transmitted on the network line, the order of priority of camera control is decided. If a zoom lens is shifted toward telephoto and, moreover, the aperture of an iris is shifted toward the open side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is raised. If a zoom lens is shifted toward wide angle and, moreover, the aperture of the iris is shifted toward the closed side, the order of priority of focusing lens control is lowered. Since camera control is carried out in accordance with the order of priority, collision of data on the network line is avoided. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139692 | Capturing an Image on a Mobile Device - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a check's image is automatically captured. A stabilization parameter of the mobile device is determined using a movement sensor. It is determined whether the stabilization parameter is greater than or equal to a stabilization threshold. An image of the check is captured using the mobile device if the stabilization parameter is greater than or equal to the stabilization threshold. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139693 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical unit with camera-shake correction function capable of minimizing the load applied to a movable element from a flexible wiring substrate even when the movable element is oscillated, in order to correct camera shake. In an optical unit provided with a camera-shake correction function, a movable element can be oscillated about an oscillation support point by actuating a drive mechanism for camera-shake correction, and camera shake can therefore be corrected. In a flexible wiring substrate drawn out from the movable element, a folded part folded along the rear end portion of the movable element in the optical axis direction is formed in a drawn-out portion from the movable element, and in the optical axis direction, the oscillation support point is positioned between the surface of the folded part that faces the end part on the other side −Y in the Y-axis direction of the rear end portion of the movable element in the optical axis direction, and the surface that faces toward the rear in the optical axis direction at a fixed part of the flexible wiring substrate with respect to a fixed body. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139694 | ADAPTING AN OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER ON A CAMERA - Disclosed are methods and systems of adapting an optical image stabilizer (OIS) for a camera, the methods comprising acquiring an image of the scene; obtaining image context associated with the image of the scene; selecting a mode of operating the OIS based on the obtained image context; and, applying the OIS using the selected mode of operation. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139695 | DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE INSTRUMENT COMPRISING THIS DRIVING DEVICE - A driving device moves a movable lens in a plane direction intersecting at right angles with an optical axis to correct a shake. The driving device includes a movable frame which holds the movable lens, a fixed frame facing the movable frame, three balls held between the movable frame and the fixed frame, a single tension spring which pulls the movable frame toward the fixed frame to press the three balls, and VCMs which move the movable frame relative to the fixed frame. The tension spring is located inside a triangle that connects the centers of the three balls and outside a holding region where the movable frame holds the movable lens. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139696 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a portable terminal and a method for driving the portable terminal, the portable terminal including a camera module capturing an image of an object, a position information obtaining sensor detecting a motion of the portable terminal, and a controller driving the camera module using the motion of the portable terminal detected by the position information obtaining sensor. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139697 | CAMERA IMAGE EDITING USING A TELEVISION - Images stored in a camera are edited using a television. Television remote control output signals are received at the camera. The television remote control output signals are converted to camera image editing commands. An image stored in a memory associated with the camera is edited based upon the camera image editing commands. The edited image is output to the television. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139698 | Imaging Optical System, Imaging Device, And Digital Apparatus - An imaging optical system, an imaging device, and a digital apparatus of the invention are provided with an optical system constituted of five lens elements having positive, negative, positive, positive, and negative refractive powers, or positive, negative, negative, positive, and negative refractive powers; and satisfy the conditional expressions: | 2014-05-22 |
20140139699 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A photographing apparatus is disclosed. The photographing apparatus includes a determination unit which determines a scene category to which an input image belongs from a plurality of predetermined scene categories, a photographing unit which photographs the input image, a control unit which controls the photographing unit to generate an original image corresponding to the input image and an additional image where image processing corresponding to the determined scene category has been performed on the input image, and a display unit which displays the generated original image and additional image according to a predetermined event. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139700 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMMUNICATION METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a communication unit, a display unit, a selecting unit, an imaging unit, and a control unit. The communication unit acquires image data of a connection partner from an external apparatus of the imaging apparatus. The display unit displays an image in accordance with the acquired image data of the connection partner. The selecting unit selects, as a connection side, one of sides of the image displayed on the display unit. The imaging unit images a subject to acquire image data to be connected to the image data of the connection partner after the connection side is selected by the selecting unit. The control unit records the image data acquired by the imaging unit in a recording unit together with information indicating the position of the connection side. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139701 | IMAGE CORRECTION CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE CORRECTION PROGRAM - A device includes a correction section configured to correct an image of an object captured by using a first shutter operation for starting exposure of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a second shutter operation for ending exposure of the photoelectric conversion elements. The correction section is configured to correct the image according to a distance from an optical axis center to the photoelectric conversion elements to minimize variance in exposure duration among the photoelectric conversion elements between the first shutter operation and the second shutter operation. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139702 | ELECTRONIC FLASH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA AND LIGHT EMITTING HEAD - An electronic camera having an electronic flash including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit different wavelength light is disclosed. Electric energy is supplied to a capacitor to the LEDs. A system controller controls light emitting amounts of the LEDs so that a color temperature of the electronic flash light becomes a color temperature that has been manually set with a color temperature setting switch or a color temperature of a light source determined by color temperature sensors. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139703 | Camera Resolution Modification Based on Intended Printing Location - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining picture resolution to optimize storage, wherein input is received from a user interface. The input includes a selected picture destination, such as a printer, a photograph processing service provider, a web application, a website, and/or a display. Attributes of the picture destination are determined with a processor, wherein the attributes of the picture destination include a print resolution, a print size, a screen resolution, and/or a image size. The processor determines the picture resolution based on the attributes of the picture destination. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139704 | Camera Resolution Modification Based on Intended Printing Location - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for determining picture resolution to optimize storage, wherein input is received from a user interface. The input includes a selected picture destination, such as a printer, a photograph processing service provider, a web application, a website, and/or a display. Attributes of the picture destination are determined with a processor, wherein the attributes of the picture destination include a print resolution, a print size, a screen resolution, and/or a image size. The processor determines the picture resolution based on the attributes of the picture destination. | 2014-05-22 |
20140139705 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing method includes acquiring an input image produced by an image pickup system including at least one imaging optical system and causing light rays from a same point in an object space to respectively enter different image pickup pixels depending on light ray passing areas of a pupil through which the respective light rays pass, performing a shaping process including at least one of an image restoration process to restore a degraded image and a luminance estimation process to estimate a luminance of a saturated area, a reconstruction process to reconstruct a new image different from the input image, and performing a blur addition process to add an image blur component to an addition target image. The method performs the shaping process before the reconstruction process and the blur addition process. | 2014-05-22 |