36th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100225708 | MEMS Devices and Methods of Fabrication Thereof - MEMS devices and methods of fabrication thereof are described. In one embodiment, the MEMS device includes a bottom alloy layer disposed over a substrate. An inner material layer is disposed on the bottom alloy layer, and a top alloy layer is disposed on the inner material layer, the top and bottom alloy layers including an alloy of at least two metals, wherein the inner material layer includes the alloy and nitrogen. The top alloy layer, the inner material layer, and the bottom alloy layer form a MEMS feature. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225709 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric element that can effectively utilize a piezoelectric constant d | 2010-09-09 |
20100225710 | Multilayer Piezoelectric Actuator and Liquid Discharge Head - A multilayer piezoelectric actuator and a liquid discharge head are provided which are equipped with dense piezoelectric ceramics having improved insulation performance. The multilayer piezoelectric actuator comprises a multilayered body comprising a plurality of piezoelectric ceramic layers containing a PZT phase as a main crystal phase; and an electrode layer containing Ag, which is disposed at least one of on the surface and in the interior of the multilayered body. A lattice constant c of c-axis of the PZT phase is 0.4085 nm to 0.4100 nm, and a ratio of the lattice constant c of the c-axis of the PZT phase and a lattice constant a of a-axis, namely, the ratio c/a, is 1.011 or more. A second phase containing Ag different from the PZT phase is not substantially contained in the piezoelectric ceramic layer. A Zn | 2010-09-09 |
20100225711 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head is provided which includes a pressure generating room communicating with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element generating a pressure change in the pressure generating room. In the above liquid ejecting head, the piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer provided on the first electrode and having a thickness of 5 μm or less, and a second electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer at a side opposite to that of the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer contains lead, zirconium, and titanium, and a Schottky barrier value at the interface between the first electrode and the piezoelectric layer is in the range of 0.76 to 1.29 eV. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225712 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing an inkjet head includes providing a piezoelectric substrate having a porous structure, a diaphragm on the porous structure, and a piezoelectric substance layer on the diaphragm, and forming a cavity by etching out the porous structure from the piezoelectric substrate. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225713 | Liquid Ejecting Head and Image Forming Device - At an inkjet line head, pressure chambers are disposed, via plural ink supply paths, at both sides of a common flow path that stores ink. The pressure chambers communicate with nozzles that eject droplets. Cylindrical structural bodies are disposed within the common flow path, along a vertical direction of the common flow path within sections between extended lines of positions where the nozzles are disposed. The structural bodies are arranged cyclically in an order of one, two three structural bodies in the sections of the common flow path. A liquid ejecting head and image forming device are provided that suppress effects of crosstalk due to low frequency resonance, and accordingly, can suppress locality of crosstalk. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225714 | REFILL UNIT HAVING FLUID STORAGE ACTUATORS - A refill unit is provided for refilling a fluid storage compartment of a printer. The refill unit has a body containing fluid, and a plurality of actuators defined in the body for actuating a constrictor of the storage compartment as the refill unit engages with the storage compartment and deactivating the constrictor as the refill unit disengages from the storage compartment. The constrictor constricts a flexible wall of the storage compartment. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225715 | AUTOMATIC CLEANING IN A LIQUID INK PRINTING SYSTEM - A system for automatic cleaning in a liquid ink printing system includes an ink tank, a pump which is configured pump a carrier liquid from the ink tank as a pressurized carrier liquid flow. A filter is configured to remove particulates from the pressurized carrier liquid flow to produce a filtered carrier liquid flow. A sprayer is configured to receive the filtered carrier liquid flow and spray the filtered carrier liquid flow into an interior of the ink tank. The pump recirculates the filtered carrier liquid flow through the filter and the sprayer. A method for automatic cleaning in a printing system is also included. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225716 | INK CARTRIDGE AND AN IMAGING APPARATUS - An ink cartridge attachable to and detachable from an imaging apparatus, and including an ink accommodating unit; and a cartridge casing having an opening, whereby the ink accommodating unit includes: an ink accommodating body; and an ink supplying portion including a nozzle insertion path and connected to the ink accommodating body, whereby the ink supplying portion is held by the cartridge casing so that the ink supplying portion is rotatable between a position where the nozzle insertion path faces the opening and a position where the nozzle insertion path faces an inner wall surface of the cartridge casing, and when the ink cartridge is attached to the imaging apparatus the ink supplying portion is rotated to direct the nozzle insertion path toward the opening, and when the ink cartridge is detached the ink supplying portion is rotated to direct the nozzle insertion path toward the inner wall surface. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225717 | PRINTHEAD CARTRIDGE WITH COLLAPSIBLE INK BAGS - Provided is a printhead cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge has a cartridge body, a number of ink supply bags positioned inside the cartridge body, each ink supply bag having two panels sealed together to form a collapsible ink holding chamber, a printhead assembly in fluid communication with the ink supply bags, the printhead assembly having ink supply channels, a leaf spring for biasing said ink holding chamber to increase an internal volume of the ink holding chamber and, | 2010-09-09 |
20100225718 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply apparatus includes a liquid supply passage that supplies liquid from an upstream liquid supply source side to a downstream side where the liquid is consumed and a filter chamber midway in the liquid supply passage. The filter chamber has a filter that catches air bubbles in the liquid. The liquid supply passage has a pressure chamber upstream of the filter chamber. The pressure chamber is defined by a first movable wall that moves upon receiving pressure in the pressure chamber and by a second movable wall. The second movable wall receives force from the first movable wall upon displacement thereof. The second movable wall displaces toward the side of reducing the volume of the filter chamber by the force transmitted by the first movable wall when the pressure chamber and the filter chamber are pressurized from upstream side of the pressure chamber. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225719 | Transporting device and liquid ejecting apparatus - The transporting device includes a linear guide member disposed at a position facing to inkjet line heads and a drying device, moving a pallet on which a sheet is attracted by magnetic force, and a belt driving device supporting both sides of the pallet by an endless belt and driving the pallet by circumferential movement of the belt. An ink is ejected from the inkjet line heads to the sheet on the pallet transported by the linear guide member, and a recording surface of the sheet is dried by the drying device. Subsequently, the pallet from which the sheet is separated is moved back to an upstream side of the inkjet line heads passing through a lower side of the linear guide member in the vertical direction by circumferential movement of the belt. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225720 | DRAWING DEVICE - A drawing device includes a carriage, a base configured and arranged to mount a substrate, and a movement device configured and arranged to move the substrate and the carriage relative to each other in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The carriage includes a plurality of types of droplet ejection head units and a plurality of ink-curing light irradiation sections. The droplet ejection head units are configured and arranged to respectively eject a plurality of types of photo-curing inks onto the substrate with the droplet ejection head units being aligned along a direction intersecting the second direction at a predetermined pitch. The ink-curing light irradiation sections are respectively disposed in positions adjacent to both sides of each of the droplet ejection head units in the second direction, and configured and arranged to cure the photo-curing inks. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225721 | TABLE HAVING INDICIA ON SURFACE - A method of creating a display on a table top having an upper surface is provided. The method comprises the steps of printing indicia on the upper surface of the table top and curing the indicia to create the display. The method further includes the steps of applying a first sealant layer over at least a portion of the display on the upper surface, and curing the first sealant layer. In one example, at least one of the ink and the first sealant layer is curable via exposure to a radiation source. In another example, the radiation source is a source of ultraviolet light. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225722 | COMBINED INKJET AND PHOTOCHROMIC REUSABLE PAPER PERSONAL PRINTER - A printing system and method combine conventional print and reusable print media functionality in a shared stand-alone system to allow a user flexibility in deciding whether to print a temporary document or an archival permanent document. The system integrates and shares functionality to reduce manufacturing and operating costs, as well as to reduce the device's footprint. Commonality may include a common printhead shuttling mechanism (traversing carriage) and portions of the mechanism for moving paper. Pre-conditioning and printzone conditioning stations may also be shared to achieve precondition heating and/or erasing of media sheets prior to printing and maintaining of an elevated temperature during printing. In embodiments, separate feed trays are provided for each media sheet type. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225723 | CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A conveyance apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a roll sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the roll sheet in a first direction in which the roll sheet is unrolled and a second direction opposite from the first direction, and a control unit configured to control the drive of the conveyance unit. The amount of drive per unit conveyance distance at the time when the conveyance unit conveys the roll sheet is controlled so as to be larger in the conveyance in the first direction than in the conveyance in the second direction. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225724 | PRINTING UNIT INCORPORATING INTEGRATED DATA CONNECTOR, MEDIA SUPPLY CARTRIDGE AND PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY - A printing unit includes a support structure having a body portion with a tray positioned at one end of the body portion and a power and data connector positioned at an opposite end of the body portion; a media supply cartridge located between the connector and the tray, the media supply cartridge storing a stack of print media; a feed arrangement including a primary feed roller on an in-feed side of the tray for feeding a sheet of print media from the stack of print media towards the tray, and a secondary feed roller on an out-feed side of the tray for feeding the sheet of print media out of the tray; and a print head assembly mounted on the tray, the print head assembly for printing on the sheet of print media fed by the feed arrangement. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225725 | Customizing security features - A printer for printing customized security features on a medium, such as a sheet or roll of labels. The printer comprises: a first container storing a first security fluid having a first luminescence signature and a second container storing a second security fluid having a second luminescence signature different to the first luminescence signature. The printer also comprises a printer controller for receiving a printing request and for selectively controlling fluid application from the first and second containers to apply the first and second security fluids to the medium in a proportion required to produce a composite luminescence signature that fulfils the printing request. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225726 | Printer Accessory Module for High Capacity Printing - A printer accessory module for coupling to a printer to increase its printing capacity. The printer accessory module includes an auxiliary media module for storing and supplying printer media; and an auxiliary ink supply station for storing and supplying ink to the printer. The auxiliary ink supply station is connected to the printer by a ink delivery conduit system. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225727 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL SUPPLY METHOD - The light-emitting device includes: light-emitting elements linearly arrayed at intervals corresponding to a first resolution; switch elements electrically connected to the light-emitting elements; a transfer signal supply unit supplying a transfer signal for transmitting an on state among the switch elements by alternately repeating operations of turning on one switch element and turning on two adjacent switch elements including the one switch element; and a light-emission signal supply unit supplying a light-emission signal corresponding to a second resolution being a half of the first resolution, at supply timing changed according to whether in a first mode for causing an odd-numbered light-emitting element and a next even-numbered one to emit light as a pair, or the second mode for causing an even-numbered light-emitting element and a next odd-numbered one to emit light as a pair, the light-emitting elements arrayed at positions corresponding to the numbers. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225728 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes: a board; plural light-emitting chips that are one-dimensionally arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the board and that are connected to a first potential and a second potential; and plural capacitors that each include a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in a short-side direction of the board, and that are arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the board so that the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately positioned between each adjacent two of the capacitors. The first electrode is connected to the first potential for the light-emitting chips, and the second electrode is connected to the second potential for the light-emitting chips. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225729 | EXPOSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING EXPOSURE - An exposing device includes a plurality of exposing units which forms a latent image, wherein exposing units includes: an exposure light source; a rotating polyhedron that reflects light from the exposure light source; a driving source that rotates the rotating polyhedron; a first detecting unit that detects the number of rotations of the driving source; a second detecting unit that detects the light from the exposure light source at a position; and a control unit that performs a first control of the driving source based on a detection signal of the first detecting unit at a start of the rotation of the rotating polyhedron and thereafter performs a second control of the driving source based on a detection signal of the second detecting unit. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225730 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - According to an exposure device includes an exposure section, a lighting drive section, a first temperature detector and a second temperature detector. The exposure section has a plurality of light-emitting elements. The lighting drive section determines light-emitting energies of the respective light-emitting elements and drives to light the respective light-emitting elements in accordance with the determined light-emitting energies. The first temperature detector is provided in the exposure section. The second temperature detector is provided outside the exposure section. The lighting drive section determines the light-emitting energies of the respective light-emitting elements based on a temperature detected by the first temperature detector and a temperature detected by the second temperature detector. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225731 | Exposure Head, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming Method - An exposure head includes a light emitting segment that emits light; an electrical load that is electrically connected to a circuit in which a current to be supplied to the light emitting segment flows; and a current supply controller that supplies a first current to the light emitting segment to cause the light emitting segment to emit light and supplies a second current to the electrical load during the time when the current supply controller blocks the supply of the first current to the light emitting segment. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CONFERENCING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving data indicative of a personal position of an end user. A media stream is selected from a plurality of media streams to be transmitted to the end user based on the personal position. The selected media stream includes image data of an object captured by a camera and the image data is used to construct a three-dimensional rendering of the object. In more specific embodiments, the media stream selection is executed by a server configured to be coupled to a network. The camera can be part of a plurality of cameras that capture image data associated with the object and that transmit respective media streams over a network. Once a camera begins transmitting image data over the network and to the end user, other cameras from the plurality of cameras stop transmitting their respective media streams over the network. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225733 | Systems and Methods for Managing Virtual Collaboration Systems - Systems and methods for managing virtual collaboration systems are disclosed herein. A virtual collaboration system includes a hoster configured to receive second media streams from at least a second node, and to transmit those streams from at least one simulated node to at least a first node; and a management subsystem adapted to dynamically configure a topology of a virtual collaborative event, wherein configuration of the topology includes a determination of media stream connections among the at least one simulated node and the at least a first node based on at least one policy, and wherein the media stream connections establish and maintain virtual relationships among the at least one simulated node and the at least a first node. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225734 | STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for providing a stereoscopic interactive object comprising the steps of: (a) providing a display capable of displaying in stereoscope; (b) providing a system capable of motion tracking; (c) providing a stereoscopic image of an object, on said display; (d) tracking user's motion aimed at interacting with said displayed stereoscopic image; (e) analyzing said user's interactive motion; and (f) performing in accordance with said user's interactive motion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving data indicative of a personal position of an end user and receiving image data associated with an object. The image data can be captured by a first camera at a first angle and a second camera at a second angle. The method also includes synthesizing the image data in order to deliver a three-dimensional rendering of the object at a selected angle, which is based on the data indicative of the personal position of the end user. In more specific embodiments, the synthesizing is executed by a server configured to be coupled to a network. Video analytics can be used to determine the personal position of the end user. In other embodiments, the method includes determining an approximate time interval for the synthesizing of the image data and then delaying audio data based on the time interval. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225736 | Virtual Distributed Multipoint Control Unit - A virtual distributed multipoint control unit in a videoconference may be implemented using a master endpoint, one or more facilitator endpoints, and one or more leaf endpoints. The facilitator endpoint(s) may receive video and/or audio from the leaf endpoints (which may provide/receive videoconference audio and video to one or more local participants). The master endpoint may receive video and/or audio from one or more facilitator endpoints (which may include cumulative video stream from multiple leaf endpoints) and/or directly from one or more leaf endpoints. The master endpoint may arrange received video and/or audio and provide cumulative video and/or audio streams to the leaf endpoints (e.g., directly and/or through the facilitator endpoints). The virtual distributed multipoint control unit may support a conference with more leaf endpoints than the master endpoint has input ports and/or decoders. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225737 | Videoconferencing Endpoint Extension - In some embodiments, a primary endpoint may receive a request from an endpoint to begin a videoconference and/or may be managing a videoconference with an endpoint. The primary endpoint may determine whether to switch or direct conference communications from one or more endpoints in the videoconference or attempting to connect to the videoconference to a secondary endpoint and may communicate the instructions to the endpoint and/or secondary endpoint. In some embodiments, the primary endpoint may seamlessly pass one or more of the endpoints to the secondary endpoint such that participants in the videoconference may not be aware that a switch has been performed. In some embodiments, the primary endpoint may contact the secondary endpoint and may then pass endpoints to the secondary endpoint. The primary endpoint may also pass configuration information for the endpoints to the secondary endpoint. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225738 | Vehicle Safety Camera System - An externally-mounted camera system for large commercial trucks. The video cameras are positioned around the outside of the vehicle and feed their video images to a control unit within a tamper-proof black box typically located within the truck's cab. The cameras are wide-angle 360 degree type cameras and only four cameras completely surrounding the truck. This system is designed to work with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Accident Reporting regulations, standards, and protocols. The video feeds will be attached to accident reports and reviewed by the federal authorities who provide feedback in compiled statistics and enhanced safety regulations. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225739 | METHOD OF REDUCING EFFECTIVE PIXEL PITCH IN ELECTROHOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AND ELECTROHOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electroholographic display system ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225740 | METADATA GENERATING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING METADATA - A metadata generating method including: receiving sub-region dividing information to divide an object into a plurality of sub-regions; and generating sub-region indicating information to indicate each of the plurality of sub-regions divided according to the sub-region dividing information. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225741 | 3D VIDEO PROCESSING - A method and apparatus for reducing motion judder in a 3D input source are disclosed. The 3D input source is separated into left and right images. Motion vectors for the left and right images are calculated. Frame rate conversion is performed on the left and right images, to produce motion compensated left and right images. The left and right images and the motion compensated left and right images are reordered for display. Alternatively, the motion estimation and motion compensation can be performed on the 3D input source, and the input image and the motion compensated image can then be separated into respective left and right images. The method and apparatus can be adapted to perform 2D to 3D conversion by extracting a 2D input source into left and right 3D images and performing motion estimation and motion compensation. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225742 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS IN BROADCAST NETWORKS - An interactive method includes receiving background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames include a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225743 | Three-Dimensional (3D) Imaging Based on MotionParallax - Techniques and technologies are described herein for motion parallax three-dimensional (3D) imaging. Such techniques and technologies do not require special glasses, virtual reality helmets, or other user-attachable devices. More particularly, some of the described motion parallax 3D imaging techniques and technologies generate sequential images, including motion parallax depictions of various scenes derived from clues in views obtained of or created for the displayed scene. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225744 | SHOOTING APPARATUS AND SHOOTING CONTROL METHOD - A shooting apparatus has an image pickup section, a display section which displays an image picked up by the image pickup section, an operation section for performing operations including a shooting command, a communication section which performs communication with a further shooting apparatus, a determination section which determines a left-right placement relationship between the shooting apparatus and the further shooting apparatus from a predetermined position held by the user with a right hand or a left hand or from a predetermined operation, and a control section which, by transmitting a signal to the further shooting apparatus through the communication section, performs control for causing at least a portion of an image picked up by the further shooting apparatus to be transmitted from the further shooting apparatus. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225745 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES OF A SCENE - An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor, a lens, an adjusting mechanism, and a controller. The image sensor is configured for detecting incident light to generate a corresponding captured image. The lens is configured for guiding light of a scene toward the image sensor. The adjusting mechanism is configured for adjusting a relative position relationship between the image sensor and the lens when the image capture apparatus is capturing the scene. The controller is configured for controlling the image sensor to generate a plurality of captured images of the scene in response to different relative position relationships between the image sensor and the lens. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225746 | REFERENCE IMAGE TECHNIQUES FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING - A method including providing a device that projects a pattern of coherent radiation. The method further includes capturing a reference image of the pattern using an image sensor by projecting the pattern of the coherent radiation onto a reference surface and engendering a relative motion between the reference surface and the image sensor while capturing the reference image. The method also includes storing the reference image in a memory associated with the device. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225747 | 2D/3D Image Displaying Apparatus - A 2D/3D image displaying apparatus includes a sub-pixel, a first and second data lines and a gamma circuit. The sub-pixel includes a first portion and a second portion. The first and second data lines are coupled to the first and second portion of the sub-pixel, respectively. The gamma circuit transmits correlated gamma signals to a driving circuit for driving the first and second part of the sub-pixel via the first and second data lines when 2D image is to be displayed, and transmits a single gamma signal to the driving circuit for driving the first and second portion of the sub-pixel via the first and second data lines when 3D image is to be displayed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225748 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - Irradiation light LA and irradiation light LB, which are to be projected toward an irradiation target object from a plurality of irradiation light projection units, respectively, are corrected so as to be ached with outlines of the irradiation target object, which are viewed individually from the irradiation light projection units. In such a way, a surface of the irradiation target object is coated with irradiation light LA′ and irradiation light LB′, which are narrower in range than the irradiation light LA and the irradiation light LA. In such a way, the irradiation target object having an arbitrary shape is coated with the plural pieces of irradiation light with high accuracy. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225749 | Aerial display system - An aerial display system comprising inexpensive optical elements and a high brighted LCD display or similar video image display types provides floating images in an inexpensive enclosure. In the aerial display system, either an anti-reflective acrylic plastic layer or a circular polarizer is disposed proximate and parallel to a beam splitter so that the focal point of the floating image is proximate to the plastic layer or polarizer. This image position yields both a wider field of view and wider perceived field of view. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225750 | Image display apparatus, image display observation system, and image display method - An image display apparatus of present invention includes a signal control unit for receiving an input of an image signal, and converting to a signal for displaying each of a right eye image and a left eye image at least two times continuously; and a display panel, input with the signal converted by the signal control unit, for alternately displaying the right eye image continuing two or more times, and the left eye image continuing two or more times. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225751 | Optical Filter Devices and Methods for Passing One of Two Orthogonally Polarized Images - Shutter glasses or other viewing mechanisms for selectively passing one separable image in a composite image stream, which includes a first image stream polarized at a first orientation and a second image stream polarized at a second orthogonal orientation. The apparatus includes a first switchable optical rotator that receives the composite image stream and rotates the first and second image streams by 90 degrees or passes them unchanged. A first polarization filter is placed adjacent to the first optical rotator and is aligned to pass the first image stream when the first optical rotator rotates the image streams and to pass the second image stream when the images are passed without rotation. The apparatus includes a second switchable optical rotator that selectively rotates the image stream to choose a time slot for viewing, and a second polarization filter passes image streams at the first or second orientation to a viewer. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225752 | Method and apparatus for high-speed data transfer employing self-synchronizing quadrature amplitude modulation - A Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) method and apparatus including a QAM transmit modulator with at least one unbalanced mixer, which creates an asymmetric two-dimensional (2-D) QAM symbol constellation. The asymmetrical symbol constellation provides baseband symbol clock signal leakage sufficient to facilitate quick and simple baseband symbol clock recovery and signal channel compensation at the QAM receiver without significantly degrading the system bit-error rate (BER). While slightly degrading static BER, overall system performance is improved when considering baseband symbol clock recovery and received signal compensation for an imperfect signal channel. This allows QAM to be deployed in systems where QAM is otherwise prohibitively expensive and improves overall system performance for any existing QAM system application without additional bandwidth, cost or complexity. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225753 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument used by being introduced into a body and fixed thereto, includes a camera body provided with a fixing section to be fixed to a body wall in the body, an image pickup section incorporated in the camera body that picks up an image of an object to be examined in the body from an observation window formed in the camera body, a contamination removing section provided by being fixed to the camera body, a transparent cover member, an outer surface of which is in contact with the contamination removing section, movably disposed on the observation window and a drive section incorporated in the camera body that drives the cover member to make a sliding contact with the contamination removing section, and can thereby easily and reliably remove deposits stuck to the observation window and obtain a clear observation image even when deposits are being removed. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225754 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument according to the present invention is a medical instrument used by being introduced into the body and fixed therein, which includes a fixing section fixed to a body wall in the body, an image pickup section that picks up an image of an object to be examined in the body, an illumination section that illuminates the object to be examined in the body and a sheet body in which the illumination section is disposed and which is made unfoldable so as to spread with respect to the image pickup section so that an illumination region of illumination light is expanded in an image pickup region of the image pickup section and a wide range is irradiated with the illumination light, and can thereby irradiate the object to be examined whose images are taken with illumination light of sufficient brightness and luminous intensity distribution. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225755 | COMPOUND EYE CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical filter array ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225756 | Navigation apparatus and navigation method - A navigation apparatus includes: a current-position information acquisition section obtaining measured current-position information; a camera section obtaining a captured image of a subject; a direction detection section detecting a direction when obtaining the captured image by the camera section; from characteristic-point information related to multiple predetermined characteristic points stored in a storage section, a characteristic-point information extraction section extracting the characteristic-point information related to the characteristic points located in the vicinity of the current position and in a range shown in the direction; and a control section displaying the captured image on a display section, wherein the control section displays a predetermined direction line indicating a distance from the current position on the captured image, obtains a distance and a direction from the current position to the characteristic point, and displays the characteristic-point information at a position corresponding to the distance and the direction on the captured image. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING IRREGULAR OBJECTS WITH A SINGLE CAMERA - An optical system for measuring an irregularly shaped object includes a dimensioning station having a base, a first wall extending from the base, and a second wall extending from the base. A collimated light is passed from each of first and second collimated light sources arranged generally parallel to the base, illuminating the first and second walls and defining first and second shadows, respectively. A camera is arranged to obtain image data representing each of the first and second shadows. The system is configured to collect the image data for determining at least one dimension of an object from each of the first and second shadows. Each of the first and second collimated light sources may be a light with a collimating lens arranged between the light and the respective wall. The light source may be an LED and the collimating lens may be a collimating Fresnel lens. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225758 | Wearable system for filming, recording and communicating during sport activity - A system for acquiring and displaying images obtained from a user's field of vision back to said user, especially useful for a user engaged in an active motion activity. The system includes: at least one body mounted camera (BMC) for acquiring at least one image of a user's field of vision; at least one body-mounted remote control unit (RCU) in electronic communication with said BMC for controlling said BMC; and, at least one body mounted remote display (RD) in electronic communication with said BMC and said RCU, for displaying said at least one image back to said user. The RD is mounted on said user's body such that said image is displayed to said user whilst said field of vision of said user is constantly maintained clear and unobstructed. A clear and unobstructed field of vision to said user is constantly maintained. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225759 | Extended depth-of-field surveillance imaging system - An extended depth-of-field (EDOF) surveillance imaging system ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225760 | VIEW HANDLING IN VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - A method of video processing may include analyzing input video information to determine if a current video frame is directed to a same view as a previous video frame; determining whether a new view is present; and indicating a need to use video processing information pertaining to the new view if a new view is determined to be present. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225761 | Maneuvering Assisting Apparatus - Each of cameras C | 2010-09-09 |
20100225762 | Method for Providing Driver Information in a Motor Vehicle - A method provides driver information in a motor vehicle, in which method a recording device of the motor vehicle captures an image flow containing images of at least one part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit in the interior of the motor vehicle reproduces at least one image section of the image flow. A display control unit of the motor vehicle automatically modifies the environmental section shown to the driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit. During the reproduction of the image section, in addition to the representation of the environmental section, at least first optical information relating to the position of the environmental section relative to the motor vehicle is output to the driver. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225763 | EVENT AND SPORT PERFORMANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and measuring performance characteristics and metrics of participants and vehicles. These performance characteristics and metrics include, but not are limited to, airtime, g-force, spin, rotation, drop distance, acceleration, and video and still images. These vehicles include, but are not limited to a snowboard, ski, skateboard, wakeboard, motorcycle, bicycle, ice skates and rollerblades. In one implementation, a camera provides near real-time images and video footage of a participant's actions on a vehicle which can be correlated with performance metrics. The camera may be located on the participant, the participant's vehicle or other equipment, or from some other observation point. The images recorded by the camera can be downloaded to a recording or other storage device to produce memorabilia (e.g., a CD ROM, or video cassette). If desired, the images can be sent in real-time through an event system and network (e.g., using a radio or other transmitter) to television, the Internet, and to other locations for producing the memorabilia or for providing images to television display devices, such as those located in a ski lodge for entertainment purposes or in a coach's or personal trainer's office for training purposes. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OCCUPANCY DETECTION - A detection system includes a plurality of sensors including an entry sensor having a field of view oriented to detect object entry with respect to an entry portion of an occupancy volume, and an exit sensor having a field of view oriented to detect object exit with respect to an exit portion of the occupancy volume, the exit portion different than the entry portion. The detection system further includes at least one approach sensor having a field of view oriented to detect object approach relative to the entry portion of the occupancy volume, and at least one retreat sensor having a field of view oriented to detect object retreat relative to the exit portion of the occupancy volume. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225765 | MONITORING SUPPORT APPARATUS, MONITORING SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A monitoring support apparatus includes an image shot information acquiring unit which acquires image shot information including a plurality of frames shot up by a plurality of cameras at different image shooting times, a difference region extracting unit which, in the pieces of image shot information acquired by the image shot information acquiring unit, compares an arbitrary frame with a frame shot at image shooting time different from that of the arbitrary frame or a background frame shot in advance to detect a region including different pixel values and extracts the detected pixel region as a difference region for each of the pieces of image shot information, and a superimposing unit which superimposes the difference regions of the pieces of image shot information extracted by the difference region extracting unit at the same time to generate one frame. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225766 | Image Alignment and Trend Analysis Features for an Infrared Imaging System - In one embodiment, a thermographic imaging device having a visual compare mode that allows a user to compare a live image of a subject to a previously captured image of the same subject to aid the user in aligning the live image with the previously captured image. In this manner, a user can capture a series of images of the subject with the device located and oriented at a common location and orientation that is consistent throughout the series. In another embodiment, trend analysis software that includes a thermographic tool copying feature for copying one or more thermographic tools from a tooled thermographic image file to one or more non-tooled thermographic image files. In some embodiments, the software includes a trend-graphing feature that generates one or more trend plots after one or more tools have been copied to one or more non-tooled thermographic image files. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225767 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING SKIPPED FRAMES IN A VIDEO SEQUENCE - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for detecting and locating skipped frames in a video sequence. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RELIABLE MOTION VECTORS - The present invention relates to a method for providing reliable motion vectors, comprising the steps of determining motion vectors between two image frames with backward and forward estimation, comparing backward estimation motion vectors and forward estimation motion vectors, and detecting unreliable motion vectors based on the comparison result. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225769 | STANDARD COLOR REFERENCING PANEL SYSTEM FOR CINEMATOGRAPHING - The present invention relates to a standard color referencing panel system for cinematography that reproduces the original colors of captured images. The standard color referencing panel system for cinematography includes a memory that stores scene display content and standard color display content of an object to be captured; an input unit that allows a user to turn on a power switch and an image capture start switch; a controller that supplies power in response to a power switch on a signal received from the input unit, transmits control signals in response to an image capture start switch on the signal received from the input unit, and reads the scene display content and the standard color display content from the memory; and a display unit that is supplied with power from the controller to preheat a screen, and displays the scene display content and the standard color display content on the screen in response to the control signals transmitted from the controller. According to the above-mentioned structure, it is possible to accurately and easily correct the colors of the captured image, and considerably reduce the time and cost required to correct the colors. As a result, it is possible to exactly reproduce the colors of the captured images and improve the quality of the images. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225770 | DRIVE CIRCUIT ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCTION AND TEST METHODS THEREOF - A drive circuit array substrate allowing for tests without mounting any driver ICs and without using expensive panel contact jigs and production and test methods thereof are provided. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225771 | IMAGING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided is an imaging device capable of appropriately displaying or printing a combined image including a print image and a captured image. The device includes: an imaging sensor for receiving an optical image of a photographing object and converting the optical image into an electric image signal; a focus position detection unit for detecting a focus potion for the object; and a control unit for recording the image signal while correlating it with focus position information. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225772 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225773 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CENTERING A PHOTOGRAPH WITHOUT VIEWING A PREVIEW OF THE PHOTOGRAPH - Systems and methods are providing for capturing images of objects or faces without previewing the image to be captured. In particular, systems and methods are provided for using a detection algorithm to determine when a camera lens of an electronic device is properly oriented to capture an item (e.g., a face in a self-portrait). The detection algorithm can be configured to identify specific faces or objects, and can direct the electronic device to automatically store a captured image in response to detecting objects or faces of interest. In some embodiments, a motion-sensing component can be used to help align the lens. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225774 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion for converting a quantity of incident light into an electric signal, and a plurality of pixel transistors; wiring layers formed on one surface side of a semiconductor substrate having the plurality of pixels formed therein, a light made incident from a side opposite to the one surface having the wiring layers formed thereon being received by corresponding one of the photoelectric conversion portions; a scribe line formed in a periphery of a pixel portion composed of the plurality of pixels; and square-shaped termination detecting portions each having higher hardness than that of the semiconductor substrate and formed in the scribe line; wherein each of the square-shaped termination detecting portions has a side parallel with a direction of the scribe line of the semiconductor substrate. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225775 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A solid-state image capturing device includes, in a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion section which performs photoelectric conversion on incident light to obtain signal charges; a pixel transistor section which outputs the signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion section; a peripheral circuit section which is formed in the periphery of a pixel section including the photoelectric conversion section and the pixel transistor section; and isolation areas which electrically separate the photoelectric conversion section, the pixel transistor section, and the peripheral circuit section from each other. The isolation areas in the periphery of the pixel transistor section each have an insulating section formed higher than a surface of the semiconductor substrate. A first gate electrode of a transistor of the pixel transistor section is formed between the insulating sections and on the semiconductor substrate with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225776 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a photodetector which is formed on a substrate and is configured to generate signal charge by photoelectric conversion, a floating diffusion configured to receive the signal charge generated by the photodetector, a plurality of MOS transistors including a transfer transistor that transfers the signal charge to the floating diffusion and an amplification transistor that outputs an pixel signal corresponding to a potential of the floating diffusion, a multi-wiring layer which is formed in a layer higher than the substrate and is composed of a plurality of wiring layers electrically connected to the MOS transistors via contact portions, and a light-shielding film that is constituted by a bottom wiring layer disposed in a layer higher than the substrate and lower than the multi-wiring layer. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225777 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The image processing apparatus is provided with a subject movement data creation unit that detects the movement of subjects in a plurality of partitioned blocks that partition a screen area of moving images, and creates subject movement data that specifies a partitioned block where there is movement in the subject and the movement of the subject in that partitioned block; a still image acquisition unit that acquires still images; and a still image processor that causes the image of the still image blocks corresponding to the partitioned blocks specified by the subject movement data to move in accordance with the movement of the subject specified by the subject movement data, on the still image acquired by the still image acquisition unit using the subject movement data created by the subject movement data creation unit. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225778 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing device, encoding method, and program in which even if the capturing of a large sized image is required, the capacity of a memory required for processing can be reduced. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225779 | Method and Device to extend camera battery life - The battery power consumption in a camera is adjustable based on the level of camera activity determined from formation on scene changes. Information can be gathered from statistical data on auto-white balance, auto-exposure and auto-focusing calculations, or from scene movement and camera movement. When the activity level is low, the viewfinder frame rate can be reduced, the accuracy of analog-to-digital conversion in the camera can be reduced, and the entire camera operation can be slowed down. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225780 | WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A white balance adjustment apparatus comprises an area estimation unit that estimates at least one light, source color estimation area for estimating a light source color in a photographed image, a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance of the light source color estimation area in a depth direction of the photographed image as the distance of the light source color estimation area, a chromaticity calculation unit that calculates a chromaticity of the light source color estimation area, and a white balance adjustment value calculation unit that calculates a white balance adjustment value on the basis of the distance of the light source color estimation area and the chromaticity of the light source color estimation area. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A pixel-interpolation processing unit generates a sensitivity level value of an insufficient color component according to interpolation processing of image signals. A sensitivity level value of an insufficient color component in a pixel of attention is calculated, according to an arithmetic operation corresponding to an acquired color component of the pixel of attention, by assuming a geometric figure including sensitivity level values of acquired color components as vertexes. As the geometric figure, the same figure is used irrespectively of which color component the acquired color component is. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225782 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A plurality of image signals having different exposure levels is acquired; low-frequency components are extracted from each of the image signals to generate a plurality of low-frequency image signals; and the plurality of low-frequency image signals are combined to generate a combined low-frequency image signal. A first image signal is extracted from the plurality of image signals; and high-frequency components are extracted from the first image signal to generate a high-frequency image signal. Then, a combined image signal is generated by combining the combined low-frequency image signal and the high-frequency image signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225783 | Temporally Aligned Exposure Bracketing for High Dynamic Range Imaging - The invention provides an optical imaging system for temporally aligning bracketed exposures of a single image, the system comprising a light aperture, a prism and a image capturing device, where the prism is capable of splitting an incoming image from the light aperture into at least two temporally aligned images, and where the image capturing device captures the temporally aligned images at different levels of exposure. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225784 | CAMERA - An image-capturing device includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit into which a plurality of frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate designation unit that designates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after an output of the photographing instruction signal among a plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit as save candidate images that may be saved into a recording medium; and a control unit that controls the save candidate designation unit so as to designate as the save candidates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after a second photographing instruction signal issued within a predetermined length of time following the output of the photographing instruction signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225785 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A camera device | 2010-09-09 |
20100225786 | Method for creation of an animated series of photographs, and device to implement the method - The present invention relates to a method for creation of an animated series of photographs. A photograph acquisition device analyzes the images in order to detect an absence of movement. The detection of an absence of movement during a determined period triggers a photograph to be taken and the memorization of image data in the series of photographs. The user introduces a command to end the acquisition of the series of photographs. The data of different to photographs taken are assembled to form an animated series. During the reproduction, the series is reproduced by displaying successively each photograph, the time between each photograph reproduction can possibly be introduced by the user. The invention also relates to a photograph acquisition device designed acquire said animated series of photographs. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225787 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING SUBJECT REGION FROM CAPTURED IMAGE - An image capturing apparatus includes: a first image capturing unit that captures a subject existing image; a first nonflatness calculating unit that calculates nonflatness of a peripheral portion of the subject existing image; a first determination unit that determines whether the nonflatness of the peripheral portion of the subject existing image is higher than a threshold value; a background generating unit that generates an extracting background image from the peripheral portion of the subject existing image when the first determination unit determines that the nonflatness is not higher than the threshold value, the extracting background image serving to extract a subject region containing the subject in the subject existing image; and a subject extracting unit that extracts the subject region from the subject existing image based on difference information of each corresponding pixel between the extracting background image and the subject existing image. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225788 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE ABNORMALITY CAUSED BY POWER SUPPLY - A method for processing an image abnormality caused by power supply is provided, which is used in a digital image-capturing apparatus. The method can be described as follows. First, power of the digital image-capturing apparatus is turned on. Next, a line data of an image being captured is started to be transmitted, wherein the line data has a dummy pixel region and an effective pixel region, and the dummy pixel region is first transmitted, and then a plurality of pixel data of the effective pixel region is transmitted. Next, a horizontal driving current to be input to a horizontal driver is processed, so that the horizontal driving current substantially approaches a stable state before the effective pixel region is output. Finally, the above steps are repeated for continually transmitting a next line data of the image being captured until the image of the digital image-capturing apparatus is completely transmitted. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225789 | IMAGE NOISE FILTER AND METHOD - An image noise filter includes a wavelet transform module and an edge based adaptive filter module. The dual tree wavelet transform module provides low frequency wavelet information and high frequency wavelet information in response to image information. The edge based adaptive filter module provides filtered high frequency wavelet information in response to the high frequency wavelet information and edge information that is based on the low frequency wavelet information. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225790 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a region extracting section that extracts a first predetermined region including a target pixel in a current frame and a second predetermined region including a pixel located at the same position as the target pixel in a previous frame, a motion vector calculating section that calculates a motion vector of the first predetermined region with respect to the previous frame based on part or all of the pixels in the first predetermined region and part of the pixels in the second predetermined region, a filter coefficient determining section that determines a filter coefficient for a plurality of pixels in the second predetermined region based on the motion vector, and a noise reducing section that reduces noise in the target pixel based on the plurality of pixels in the second predetermined region and the filter coefficient. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225791 | Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus - A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units disposed on an imaging surface of a substrate; and a plurality of inner-layer lenses that are disposed in correspondence with each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units on the upper side of the photoelectric conversion units and are formed in shapes protruding in directions toward the photoelectric conversion units, wherein each of the plurality of inner-layer lenses is formed to have different lens shapes in the center and in the periphery of the imaging surface. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225792 | Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method of solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus - A solid-state imaging device, includes: plural unit pixels including a photoelectric conversion portion converting incident light into an electrical signal, and a waveguide having a quadratic curve surface at an inner surface and introducing the incident light to the photoelectric conversion portion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225793 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A plurality of photoelectric conversion elements including a first photoelectric conversion element, a second photoelectric conversion element, and a third photoelectric conversion element, are arranged in a photoelectric conversion apparatus of the present invention. Provided, between the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element, is a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and of a first width in which a signal charge is a minor charier. And, provided, between the first photoelectric conversion element and the third photoelectric conversion element, is a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type in a higher impurity concentration and of a second width narrower than the first width at a position deeper in a semiconductor substrate rather than a depth of the first semiconductor region. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225794 | Digital filter, analog-to-digital converter, and applications thereof - In one embodiment, the ADC includes a modulator configured to generate a symbol sequence, an operand generator configured to generate operands, and a selector configured to selectively output at least one of (1) a reference value and (2) at least one of the operands based on the symbol sequence. The ADC further includes an accumulator configured to accumulate output from the selector. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225795 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus that makes it possible to achieve both high picture quality and a wide dynamic range is provided. Each pixel unit included in the image pickup apparatus includes: four photodiodes; four transfer transistors; a charge storage portion (four floating diffusions) for storing electric charges generated at the photodiodes; an amplification transistor; a select transistor; and a reset transistor. The image pickup apparatus further includes multiple coupling transistors. Each coupling transistor couples together the charge storage portions of two pixel units of the pixel units. A scanning circuit switches on or off the coupling transistors according to read mode. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225796 | DOUBLE DATA RATE (DDR) COUNTER, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) USING THE SAME, CMOS IMAGE SENSOR USING THE SAME AND METHODS IN DDR COUNTER, ADC AND CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - In a double data rate (DDR) counter and counting method used in, for example, an analog-to-digital conversion in, for example, a CMOS image sensor and method, a first stage of the counter generates a least significant bit (LSB) of the value in the counter. The counter includes at least one second stage for generating another bit of the value in the counter. An input clock signal is applied to a data input of the first stage and a clock input of the second stage. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225797 | TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING IMAGE FIELD DATA OBTAINED USING ILLUMINATION SOURCES - Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination and/or effects of saturation appearing in data obtained using one or more artificial illumination sources. In an implementation, correction factors are derived using data from at least two images that have been captured with different illumination levels of the object scene and close in time to the capture of the image of interest. Typically, the image of interest is of higher resolution than at least one of the at least two images. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225798 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a digital photographing device is provided. In the digital photographing device, in a display mode, at least one set display value is set. The method includes displaying a first image file, and in response to a direction key signal, displaying a second image file while the set display value is maintained. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225799 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - In the image pickup unit according to the present invention, of a lens group, a leg section of a lens at a tail end located closest to an image sensor in an optical axis direction is adhered to the image sensor using a UV adhesive and a light-receiving section of the image sensor is thereby sealed between the lens at the tail end and the light-receiving section via an enclosed space. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225800 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD FOR CAMERA PERFORMING ADDITIONAL SCANNING - An automatic focusing method for a camera, including scanning in a macro mode, scanning in a normal mode, and additional scanning. In the scanning in the macro mode, a region within a first distance is scanned if the macro mode is set by a user. In the scanning in the normal mode, a region beyond the first distance is scanned if the normal mode is set by the user. In the additional scanning, the scanning in the normal mode is performed additionally if it is determined that the position of the focus lens found in the scanning in the macro mode does not have the largest focus value, and the scanning in the macro mode is performed additionally if it is determined that the position of the focus lens found in the scanning in the normal mode does not have the largest focus value. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225801 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A digital image processing apparatus that detects a moving object included in an input image, establishes a shutter speed according to an amount of movement of the moving object, and performs a capturing operation based on the established shutter speed, and a method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving an input image; detecting a moving object in the input image; measuring an amount of movement of the moving object; and establishing a shutter time for a capturing operation according to the amount of movement of the moving object and according to at least one of: an established file size of an image to be captured or an established image size of the image to be captured. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225802 | MONITOR CAMERA - The monitor camera ( | 2010-09-09 |
20100225803 | CAMERA SUPPORT DEVICE - A camera support device includes: a first rotating member to which an imaging device is fixed; a second rotating member having first and second arm portions interposing the first rotating member therebetween and supporting the first rotating member turnable by the first and second arm portions; a support member interposed between the first and second arm portions and supporting the second rotating member turnably; an operation member changing a distance between the first and second arm portions; a first engagement portion formed by a serration formed on a contact surface of at least one of the first and second arm portions and the first rotating member; and a second engagement portion formed by a serration formed on a contact surface of at least one of the first and second arm portions and the support member and being set to have an engagement depth different from that of the first engagement portion. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225804 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancement of High-Definition Video Content - The detail and clarity of high-definition video content may be enhanced by a display device or client-side device before being displayed. In certain embodiments, the high-definition video image frames may be upsampled by scaling the image's resolution. The now-upsampled HD video image frames may then be low pass filtered so as to concentrate the image's energy distribution into a tighter range of frequencies. The filtered HD video image frames may then be sub-sampled back down, such as to the original HD image's frame resolution, or other HD-level resolution, without compromising image detail. In this fashion, the clarity and detail level in video content, even though already considered of a high-definition quality, may be further improved. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225805 | VIDEO PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DEINTERLACING AND INVERSE TELECINE - A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is one of telecine, non-telecine progressive and non-telecine interlaced formatted, and to automatically reformat the video into a non-telecine progressive format if the video is determined to be one of telecine and non-telecine interlaced formatted. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225806 | Image Processing Method - An image processing method is provided. An image signal is received and correspondingly converted to an original luminance value, an original first chroma value and an original second chroma value. The original luminance value is adjusted to a modulated luminance value. The modulated luminance value is larger than the original luminance value as the original luminance value is larger than a threshold. The modulated luminance value is less than the original luminance value as the original luminance value is less than the threshold. The original first and second chroma values are linearly adjusted to a modulated first chroma value and a modulated second chroma value according to an original vector between the original first and second chroma values and a white point in a color gamut. The modulated luminance value, the modulated first chroma value and the modulated second chroma value are reconverted to a modulated image signal. | 2010-09-09 |
20100225807 | Closed-Captioning System and Method - An apparatus and method for processing closed caption information associated with a video program, including: identifying a keyword in the closed caption information; determining whether the identified keyword has an icon associated therewith; and displaying the icon in place of the keyword in the closed caption display. | 2010-09-09 |