44th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110267435 | MULTIPLE VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conveyer method and system comprising at least one conveyer unit conveying an object; a lighting unit; a vision unit; wherein the lighting unit illuminates the object in the line of sight of the vision unit as the vision unit takes at least a first image at a first angle and a second image at a second angle of each surface of the object on the conveyer unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267436 | Nanowire Bonding Method and Apparatus - The present invention provides method for creating point to point metallic contact and bridges between two structures at the nanoscale. Embodiment methods permit for the formation of individual and arrays of silver-gallium nanostructures bridges by mobilizing a gallium microdroplet and bringing in contact with silver coated surface. The invention also describes an example instrument for formation of individual and multiple nanostructure bridges at selective location and orientation. Example structures including multiple nanostructure bridges on the top of each other, suspended nanostructure sensors and actuators, nanowire bonded that provides electrical contacts between nanostructures (e.g. carbon nanotube, Graphene, nanowires) and microelectronic circuits are enabled by this invention. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267437 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR VIEWING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems and methods for viewing stereoscopic television are described. The methods generate stereoscopic views from 3D content; synchronize with external view ware (e.g., shuttered glasses) to include shutter information and viewing geometry; sequence 3D content for multiple viewers at multiple perspective views; and output to a display component for viewing. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267438 | 3D LCD USING SPECTRUM METHOD AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a 3D LCD using a spectrum method. The 3D LCD which forms and displays a 3D image using light sources comprises: a 1st light source that forms an image for a left eye; a 2nd light source that forms an image for a right eye; and a control unit that is connected to the 1st and 2nd light sources and drives the light sources in turn, wherein the RGB spectrum bands of each light source overlap to a degree that does not cause interference between the RGB spectrum bands. Preferably, the 1st and 2nd light sources include an LED. More preferably, the 1st and 2nd light sources are installed on a light source unit for a back light unit. Selectively, the 1st and 2nd light sources comprise at least one light source body respectively. Therefore, the invention can: produce a 3D image of which brightness and definition are more improved than a 3D LCD using a polarization method; display the 3D image at a cheaper cost than a 3D LCD using a time-sequential method; and improve user satisfaction by increasing user convenience. In addition, the invention is able to simplify the fabrication processes of the 3D LCD and reduce fabrication costs as the 3D image can be produced through the spectrum method by using little-changed conventional LCD production processes. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267439 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE FULL-SCREEN IMAGES AND RELATED METHOD - A display system displays multiple full-screen images and includes a first video source for outputting a first video signal, a second video source for outputting a second video signal, a display module for displaying an image frame, a system control module for receiving the first video signal and the second video signal, and generating an image signal comprising alternating full-screen image frames of the first and second video signals. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267440 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL - A display device receives first data for an object to be displayed at a first point in time and second data for the object to be displayed at a second point in time, the second point in time being after the first point in time. A controller determines a difference between the first and second data and controls output of an audio signal based on the difference. The difference is indicative of a change in perceived depth by a viewer. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267441 | 3-D MOVING PICTURE VIEWING APPARATUS - A 3-D viewing apparatus for viewing moving pictures, the apparatus comprising a left-channel viewer and a right-channel viewer respectively for viewing by left-eye and right-eye of a user, and an electronically controlled shutter mechanism which is arranged to alternatively shut the left-channel viewer and the right-channel viewer such that a user only sees the left- and right- channels through the left- and right viewers respectively. The shutting frequency of the shutter mechanism is predetermined or preset by an electronic controller. The 3-D viewing glass has a shutting mechanism which is arranged to shut the left- and right-viewers at a predetermined, preset or pre-programmed means there is no need to extract electronic synchronization signals from the video source and this makes the 3-D viewing glass more economical and more convenient to use. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267442 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM, DISPLAY SYSTEM, OPTICAL SHUTTER, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO VIEWING METHOD - Disclosed is three-dimensional video viewing system ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267443 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING STRAY LIGHT IN LENS MODULE - An exemplary apparatus for detecting stray light in an lens module includes a worktable having a top surface, a protractor dial defined in the top surface, a lens module supporting seat on the top surface, a light source supporting seat on the top surface, a track defined in the top surface along a circumference of the dial, a light source on the light source supporting seat, an image pick-up unit. The dial includes an origin point and many scale lines. The lens module supporting seat is arranged on the top surface at the origin point for supporting the lens module. The light source is movable along the track, and configured for emitting light along a scale line towards the lens module. The image pick-up unit is configured for capturing images of the light from the light source through the lens module at respective different incident angles. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267444 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an endoscope apparatus that simultaneously displays a plurality of observation images, which are images for form observation or function observation of an organism. The endoscope apparatus comprises an image capturing section that captures a series of raw images, which are images of the organism; a movement detecting section that detects movement of the organism; a range setting section that sets ranges for extracting portions of the raw images respectively as the observation images, according to the movement of the organism detected by the movement detecting section; an extracting section that extracts images of the ranges set by the range setting section respectively from the raw images; and a display control section that displays the raw images together with the observation images extracted respectively therefrom. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267445 | FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A fingerprint authentication apparatus and a fingerprint authentication are provided. The fingerprint authentication apparatus is configured to prevent infection from viruses or bacteria and quickly and accurately perform fingerprint authentication. The fingerprint authentication apparatus includes an irradiation section that irradiates a mounting section when a finger is not detected to prevent infection. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267446 | Calibrating Laser Beam Position and Shape Using an Image Capture Device - The present invention provides improved methods and systems for laser beam positioning, shape profile, size profile, drift, and/or deflection calibration using an image capture device, such as a microscope camera, for enhanced calibration accuracy and precision. The methods and systems are particularly suited for iris calibration and hysteresis measurement of a variable diameter aperture. One method for calibrating laser pulses from a laser eye surgery system using an image capture device comprises imaging a known object with an image capture device. A pulsed laser beam is directed onto a calibration surface so as to leave a mark on the calibration surface. The mark on the calibration surface is then imaged with the image capture device. The laser eye surgery system is calibrated by comparing the image of the mark on the calibration surface to the image of the known object. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267447 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image of the iris contained in an image of an eye is accurately specified. An image of the iris contained in a digital image (P) of an eye is accurately specified. In view of low-intensity pixels of the digital image (P) of the eye, and high-intensity pixels having a predetermined relationship with the low-intensity pixels, a reference pixel (PX | 2011-11-03 |
20110267448 | MICROSCOPY - According to one aspect, the present invention relates to an imaging system ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267449 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A microscope system improves the operability of a user in performing a microscope observation. The microscope system attains the improvement by including: a microscope apparatus including a plurality of drive units; a display unit for displaying an operation screen for operation of the microscope apparatus; a pointing device for inputting by a pointer an operation instruction to the microscope apparatus on the operation screen; and a control unit for switching the drive units depending on the position of the pointer on the operation screen, and controlling the operation of the switched drive units depending on the operation of the pointing device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267450 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF THE PRESENCE AND TYPE OF CAPS ON VIALS AND CONTAINERS - Methods, systems and apparatus for determining the presence of a cap on a container are provided. An exemplary method comprises capturing an image of an object; extracting an area of interest from the image; determining from the image a position of one or more edges of the object; and determining the presence of a cap based on a comparison of the one or more edge positions to reference data. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267451 | ON-THE-FLY DIMENSIONAL IMAGING INSPECTION - A method and system are provided for inspecting a plurality of target features arrayed in spaced arrangement on a surface of a target object, such as but not limited to inspection of the location of cooling air holes in the surface of a turbine blade or vane. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267452 | IMAGE COMPRESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMPRESSING METHOD AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A road shape recognition device checks a position of a currently travelling vehicle detected by a position detection device with map information so that a road shape at each travelling spot of the currently travelling vehicle is recognized. An image division device divides a display screen of surrounding image data of the currently travelling vehicle into a plurality of divided regions depending on the road shape and sets a data compression rate suitable for the road shape in each of the plurality of divided regions. An image compression device compresses the surrounding image data in each of the plurality of divided regions into codes based on the data compression rate set for each of the divided regions. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267453 | SURFACE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A surface is inspected by irradiating a light in a specific waveband onto a surface coated film which is formed on a surface of a workpiece and absorbs said specific waveband, picking up an image of a reflected light of the light irradiated onto the workpiece by an image pickup portion having a sensitivity to a light in said specific waveband, and inspecting a condition of the surface coated film based on the picked-up image. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267454 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETECTING CRACKS IN AN OBJECT - A method for detecting cracks in an object includes treating an object with a fluorescent agent, illuminating the object, and recording fluorescence from the illuminated object by means of an image-recording unit. An image of the object obtained by means of the image-recording unit is digitized and analyzed automatically with regard to the color content in the image in order to detect any cracks in the object. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267455 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A LIGHT BEAM IN THE AREA IN FRONT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A system is described for generating a light beam in the area in front of a motor vehicle, which system has the following components—a headlight which comprises at least one LED array comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which can be electrically actuated separately, —an object detection device for detecting objects in the area around the motor vehicle, and—a position determining device for determining the position of a detected object relative to the motor vehicle. In this context, the light beam which is generated by the LED array in conjunction with an optical imaging system can be characterized by at least one horizontal illumination intensity distribution value, in which the contributions of at least two LEDs to the illumination intensity distribution value overlap at least partially in terms of the horizontal angle, wherein the illumination intensity can be defined respectively for a) different positions in front of the motor vehicle and b) different horizontal angles relative to a reference direction. For a detected object, a horizontal angle range which is critical in terms of dazzle is then identified in each case as a function of the position of the object with respect to the motor vehicle and as a function of an assumed or identified object width, and the individual LEDs are driven, while taking into account the overlapping, in terms of horizontal angle, of their contributions to the illumination intensity distribution value, in such a way that an illumination intensity limiting value is not exceeded in the horizontal angle range which is critical in terms of dazzle and in terms of the position of the detected object. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267456 | DETECTING MOTION FOR A MULTIFUNCTION SENSOR DEVICE - To detect movement of a depth camera in a motion capture system, readings from an accelerometer in the depth camera are processed to provide short and long term moving averages for each of the x, y and z axes. For each axis, a difference between the short and long term averages is obtained. A sum of the differences is obtained by summing the absolute value of each difference, across all three axes. This sum of differences is then compared to a threshold to determine if movement is detected. In another approach, the short and long term averages of the accelerometer readings are converted to pitch and roll values, and the pitch and roll values are separately compared to a threshold to determine if movement is detected. A tracking algorithm can be temporarily halted while movement is detected. Readings in the vertical direction can be attenuated by a scaling factor. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING - The present invention relates to systems and methods for sequencing nucleic acids, including sequencing nucleic acids in fluidic droplets. In one set of embodiments, the method employs sequencing by hybridization using droplets such as microfluidic droplets. In some embodiments, droplets are formed which include a target nucleic acid, a nucleic acid probe, and at least one identification element, such as a fluorescent particle. The nucleic acid probes that hybridize to the target nucleic acid are determined, in some instances, by determining the at least one identification element. The nucleic acid probes that hybridize to the target nucleic acid may be used to determine the sequence of the target nucleic acid. In certain instances, the microfluidic droplets are provided with reagents that modify the nucleic acid probe. In some cases, a droplet, such as those described above, is deformed such that the components of the droplets individually pass a target area. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267458 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE - A fluorescence observation apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source section that can emit a plurality of excitation light beams for exciting a plurality of fluorescent substances and a reference light, an image pickup section that picks up images of a plurality of fluorescent light beams emitted by emitting the plurality of excitation light beams to the plurality of fluorescent substances and reflected light of the reference light, an image generation section that generates an image signal corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams and the reflected light of the reference light whose images are picked up by the image pickup section, a brightness detection section that detects brightness of a plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams and brightness of an image signal corresponding to the reflected light of the reference light, sets an upper limit value and a lower limit value of brightness using brightness of the image signal corresponding to the reflected light of the reference light as a reference and detects whether or not the brightness of the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams falls within a range between the upper limit value and the lower limit value, and a brightness adjusting section that adjusts brightness of each image signal outside the range out of the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams so as to fall within the range based on a detection result by the brightness detection section. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267459 | PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA AND METHOD THEREOF - A portable apparatus for processing measurement data and a method thereof are provided. The portable apparatus may extract measurement data from a captured image representing a measurement device, and may store and manage the extracted measurement data together with a type of the measurement data. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267460 | VIDEO SPEED DETECTION SYSTEM - A system and method for measuring vehicle speeds using video sensing. The system comprises a tracking camera that generates accurately time-stamped video sequences of the monitored road at high frame rates and a processing unit that analyzes the video sequences in real time to detect moving vehicles and calculate their speeds using the time-over-distance method. The system automatically detects moving vehicles in each image frame and derives vehicle positions from a projective mapping established from reference markers on the road. Time information is obtained from the date and time stamp associated with each image frame. In one example, the system also allows a user of the system to set a trigger speed, and the system automatically saves a video clip of the vehicle whose speed exceeds the trigger speed, recording the speeding vehicle passing through the monitored traffic zone defined by the reference markers. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267461 | TRAJECTORY DETECTION AND ANALYSIS IN SPORTING EVENTS - It is provided a method for conveying data on a flying object in a scene. The method including capturing video frames of the scene by video cameras to get video frames which include image of the object, identifying the object in captured video frames to get associated object parameters, calculating motion variables, solving motion equations for anticipated object trajectory taking into account certain effects, and conveying data to displaying devices. The certain effects are an effect of object collision with a ground surface, air friction, wind effect, and interaction of a spinning object with air. The method may be applied to a ball in a sporting playing field. The cameras may have variable operating parameters desirable for the calculating the motion variables, which may be determined by camera calibration using captured artifacts of the scene. Shadow of the object may be captured as well and be used to provide data absent due to occluding a of the object from a video camera. Also, the captured frames of a ball may be used to calculate parameters relating to a bat which hits the ball. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267462 | VERSATILE REMOTE VIDEO MONITORING THROUGH THE INTERNET - A communication device for monitoring an infant remotely has a controller and a memory. The communication device also has a transmitter, a receiver, a display screen, and a speaker. The receiver receives data associated with the infant. The data is adapted for display on the display screen and is adapted for outputting audio via the speaker. The controller controls the transmitter for transmitting the data along at least one communication path of a plurality of communication paths to a remote destination. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267463 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A method for controlling an image capturing device captures a plurality of images of a monitored scene by a lens of the image capturing device, detects a pedestrian in the monitored scene, and detects if a human face is in the pedestrian. The method further adjusts the lens according to movement data of the human face if the human face is detected, or adjusts the lens according to movement data of the pedestrian if no human face is detected. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267464 | REMOTE TELEMETRY AND VIDEO - This invention concerns remote telemetry and video. In a first aspect, the invention is a remote telemetry and video support platform for communicating with at least one remote mobile telemetry video monitoring installation, and with users. The platform stores a profile for each remote installation and uses this profile to assemble a message for transmission to each remote installation to enable automatic configuration of the remote installation's hardware, and establishment of a monitoring regime. Thereafter as the monitoring regime is performed by the remote installation and monitoring data is generated, the server platform receives, stores and interprets the data, and provides the data to users as required and according to the respective profile. In another aspect a remote mobile telemetry and video monitoring installation. In a further aspect the invention is a remote telemetry and video network comprising the platform and plural remote installations. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267465 | System and Method for Acquiring Images of Medication Preparations - A system for holding a camera for acquiring images of preparations includes a rail that can be mounted above a preparation surface. A camera carrier couples a camera with the rail such that the camera is movable relative to the rail and such that the camera can acquire images of preparations on the preparation surface. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267466 | FRONT END MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle camera mount has a bracket, a support arm, and a camera housing. The bracket is used to fasten the support arm to a vehicle. The camera housing is connected to the support arm, the camera housing contains a camera, and the camera housing has a wind resistance reducing aerodynamic profile configured to reduce wind resistance by the camera housing as the vehicle is moving. The support arm is configured to support the camera housing to the vehicle so that the camera housing is above a front fender of the vehicle and alongside a hood of the vehicle. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267467 | In-vehicle camera apparatus enabling recognition of tail lamp of distant preceding vehicle - A camera apparatus installated on a vehicle includes an image sensor having a RGB Bayer array of pixel sensors and a beam-splitting optical filter disposed between the camera lens assembly and the Bayer array. An incident light beam from a source such as a distant vehicle tail lamp becomes split into a plurality of light beams which become focused on respectively separate pixel sensors. Since the color of the light source is detected based on a plurality of pixel sensors, erroneous detection due to light falling on only a single R, G or B pixel sensor is prevented. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267468 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING ABNORMAL SITUATIONS OF VEHICLES - A handheld device monitors an abnormal situation of a vehicle in real-time, and continuously records video and audio information of the vehicle. The handheld device continuously caches the recorded video and audio information, and stores the video and audio information within a first fixed time period. The handheld device stores the video and audio information within a second fixed time period when an abnormal situation of the vehicle occurs, and the video and audio information within the second fixed time period is not covered by video and audio information recorded by the video and audio recording module. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLAYING DATA ONTO IMAGES OF A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMERA - A system and method for overlaying data, in the form of a databar, onto image frames that collectively show a video of a traffic violation event. In the system and method, a digital video of the violation event is first captured, where the video is comprised of a plurality of image frames of the violation event. Pertinent data corresponding to the violation event is determined and then this data is overlaid onto each image frame as a databar. In this manner, a single integrated file showing an image frame, having the databar overlaid thereon, may be stored in a database for evidentiary purposes to be reviewed by traffic enforcement personnel. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267470 | RADIO BEACON FOR A WIRELESS ROAD TOLL SYSTEM - A radio beacon for a wireless road toll system including a transceiver, which is arranged for packet-type radio communication with onboard units of passing vehicles; at least one camera for recording an image of a passing object; and a control device connecting to the transceiver and the camera. The control device is configured to measure, in conjunction with the transceiver, the number of data packets received per unit time from a specific onboard unit and to actuate the camera to record an image of the object carrying this onboard unit, in the case of a number exceeding a threshold value. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267471 | SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A security monitoring system includes a display, a power source, a main camera, a number of sub-cameras, a processor, and a storage unit. The main camera is connected to the power source though a power cable and connected to the display through a data cable. Each sub-camera includes a power unit, a network unit, and a capturing unit. The storage unit includes a detecting module and a camera selecting module. The detecting module stores a first instruction to be executed by the processor, thereby the processor determines whether the main camera is malfunctioning. The camera selecting module stores a second instruction to be executed by the processor, thereby the processor initiates the operation of the sub-cameras if the main camera is malfunctioning. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267472 | CAMERA SYSTEM - In a camera system wherein video signals generated by a plurality of cameras are transmitted in units of image frames to a host PC, in a shared isochronous band through an IEEE1394 bus, each of the cameras comprises an asynchronous streaming-packet receiving circuit configured to receive an asynchronous streaming packet transmitted to the IEEE1394 bus, an asynchronous streaming-packet transmitting circuit configured to transmit an asynchronous streaming packet to the IEEE1394 bus, and an image output switch configured to supply a video signal generated by any camera, in the form of an isochronous packet, to the IEEE1394 bus under the control of the asynchronous streaming-packet receiving circuit. The asynchronous streaming-packet receiving circuit causes the asynchronous streaming-packet transmitting circuit to transmit an acceptance packet, thereby enabling the image output switch to transmit the isochronous packet, upon receiving an asynchronous streaming packet which is addressed to the asynchronous streaming-packet receiving circuit and which assigns a right of using an isochronous band. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267473 | INFRARED SENSING ELEMENT AND INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE - An infrared sensing element is provided and includes a substrate, a supporting electrical insulating layer formed on the substrate; a first electrode formed on the supporting electrical insulating layer, a pyroelectric layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the pyroelectric layer. The pyroelectric layer has a light receiving area of 1×10 | 2011-11-03 |
20110267474 | METHOD OF TAGGING SIGNALS USED FOR LEAKAGE DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT IN CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION AND/OR MEASUREMENT OF LEAKAGE SOURCES TAGGED WITH THIS METHOD - A method of tagging signals for leakage detection and measurement in cable television networks which uses additional signals carrying the tagging information and transmitted in these networks. A narrowband tagging signal or signals are placed in the unused frequency spectrum parts of any used cable television channel, in particular in the guard bands (GB) of analog or digital channels, carrying, for example, television, radio or data services. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267475 | SIGNAL AND POWER INTERCONNECT FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an interconnect between a data signal source and a display device. The interconnect may be used to transmit data signals, command data, and power from the data signal source to the display device. The interconnect also may be used to transmit feedback data from the display device to the data signal source. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267476 | VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication system in which a transmitting device transmits a video signal to a receiving device, one or both of these devices includes a beacon analyzer that analyzes beacon signals transmitted by other wireless systems operating in the same frequency band and predicts periods during which beacon transmission is expected. During these predicted periods, video transmission is suspended and the video signal is stored in a buffer in the transmitting device. At the end of each predicted period, the stored video signal is read from the buffer and transmitted without horizontal and vertical blanking periods until the buffering delay is made up. The receiving device displays the received video signal with standard video timing. A normal unbroken video picture is thereby obtained despite beacon interference. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267477 | RANGE MEASUREMENT USING SYMMETRIC CODED APERTURES - A method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene includes providing an image capture device having an image sensor, a coded aperture having circular symmetry, and a lens; storing in a memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data; capturing images of the scene having a plurality of objects; producing a set of reference edge images using the blur parameters from the stored set; providing a set of deblurred images using the captured image, the reference edges and each of the blur parameters from the stored set; and using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects in the scene. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267478 | IMAGE CAPTURE - Image capture techniques are described. In implementations, an image is captured, by an image capture device of a computing device, of an object that is disposed on a surface of a first display device of the computing device. The computing device includes a first housing that includes the first display device and a second housing that is rotatable attached to the first housing and that includes a second display device. The captured image is displayed on at least one of the first display device or the second display device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267479 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image capture device having an image capture function includes an interface which receives first data from an external electronic device; and a processing section including a circuit which is used for transcode processing. The processing section performs the transcode processing on the first data using the circuit to generate second data. The interface transmits the generated second data to the electronic device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267480 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of obtaining good shake-corrected images in electronic image stablization irrespective of changes of image-taking conditions. An image processing apparatus comprises a shake correcting part that performs coordinate transformation processing based on shake information to an input image that is generated by use of an image-pickup device, and a method changing part that changes a coordinate transformation method for the coordinate transformation processing. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267481 | CAMERA PLATFORM SYSTEM AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The camera platform system of the present invention operates at least one function selected from zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris of a mounted camera or lens in response to an operation instruction output from an operation device. The camera platform system includes a drive control unit configured to convert an operation instruction output from the operation device into a drive control signal corresponding to any one motion of the zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris; a motion prediction position calculation unit configured to calculate a motion prediction position of any one of the zoom/focus/tilt/pan/iris based on the drive control signal converted by the drive control unit; and a motion prediction position output unit configured to output the motion prediction position, which has been calculated by the motion prediction position calculation unit, as motion prediction position information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267482 | MULTIPLEXED IMAGING - An imaging method comprises acquiring image data in which image components are spatially modulated at distinct spatial frequencies, transforming the image data into the Fourier domain and separating the image components in the Fourier domain. The image components may be transformed into the spatial domain. The image components may comprise different colors. In some embodiments saturated pixels are reconstructed by performing an optimization based on differences between image copies in the Fourier domain. Imaging apparatus may perform the imaging methods. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267483 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARPENING DIGITAL IMAGES - Disclosed is a method for sharpening a digital image captured by a digital imaging device, the method comprising, for each pixel X | 2011-11-03 |
20110267485 | RANGE MEASUREMENT USING A CODED APERTURE - A method of using an image capture device to identify range information includes providing an image capture device having an image sensor, coded aperture, and lens; storing in memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data; and capturing an image having a plurality of objects. The method further includes providing a set of deblurred images using the capture image and each of the blur parameters from the stored set by, initializing a candidate deblurred image; determining a plurality of differential images representing differences between neighboring pixels in the candidate deblurred image; determining a combined differential image by combining the differential images; updating the candidate deblurred image responsive to the captured image, the blur parameters, the candidate deblurred image and the combined differential image; and repeating these steps until a convergence criterion is satisfied. Finally, the set of deblurred images are used to determine the range information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267486 | RANGE MEASUREMENT USING MULTIPLE CODED APERTURES - A method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene includes providing an image capture device having an image sensor, at least two coded apertures, and a lens; storing in a memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data for each coded aperture; capturing images of the scene having a plurality of objects using each of the coded apertures; providing a set of deblurred images using the captured images from each coded aperture and each of the blur parameters from the stored set; and using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects in the scene. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267487 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DISPERSING ELEMENT - A solid-state image pickup device capable of taking more light into light receiving regions is provided. The solid-state image pickup device of the present invention includes: a photoelectric conversion unit having a plurality of light receiving regions that are two-dimensionally arrayed, the photoelectric conversion unit for photoelectrically converting light incident on each of the light receiving regions, and outputting an electric signal according to the intensity of the incident light; a lens unit comprising a plurality of converging lenses provided on an upper layer of the photoelectric conversion unit, each of the converging lens being provided corresponding to a set of continuous first to third light receiving regions; and a dispersing element provided between the photoelectric conversion unit and the lens unit, the dispersing element being formed of a medium whose refractive index varies periodically, and diffracting beams of a first wavelength band and of a third wavelength band, having been transmitted through the converging lens, and directing the beams onto the first light receiving region and the third light receiving region, and transmitting, without diffracting, a beam of a second wavelength band, having been transmitted through the converging lens, and directing the beam onto the second light receiving region. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267488 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, imaging apparatus, and program - An image processing apparatus includes: a global motion estimation apparatus that performs global Motion Estimation on current and reference images and then outputs a Motion Vector, wherein the global motion estimation apparatus includes a motion estimation processing unit that has a function of executing an LK method two or more times across a whole screen to perform the global motion estimation between the current and reference images; and the motion estimation processing unit obtains a set of motion vectors based on at least information about pixel value variations and information in which a calculation result of an arbitrary calculation expression is added across a whole screen in first motion estimation, and determines whether to perform addition on each pixel according to a set condition when obtaining the at least information, and obtains and outputs a new set of motion vectors as a result of a second LK method when the condition is satisfied in second motion estimation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267489 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO DETECT OBJECT INCLUDED IN IMAGE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus acquires a plurality of input images which are serially photographed, detects a plurality of object regions from each input image, and associates object regions in a past input image with object regions in a current input image. If any object region that has not been appropriately associated exists in the object regions detected from the past input image, the apparatus calculates object region movement information for each size of the object region based on the object regions mutually associated between the past input image and the current input image, and estimates a position of the object region of the current input image that has not been associated based on the movement information for each size of the object region and a size of the object region that has not been associated. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267490 | CAMERA BASED METHOD FOR TEXT INPUT AND KEYWORD DETECTION - The present invention relates to a camera based method for text input and detection of a keyword or of a text-part within page or a screen comprising the steps of: directing a camera module on the printed page and capturing an image thereof; digital image filtering of the captured image; detection of word blocks contained in the image, each word block containing most likely a recognizable word; performing OCR within each word block; determination of A-blocks among the word blocks according to a keyword probability determination rule, wherein each of the A-blocks contains most likely the keyword; assignment of an attribute to each A-block; indication of the A-blocks in the display by a frame or the like for a further selection of the keyword; further selection of the A-block containing the keyword based on the displayed attribute of the keyword; forwarding the text content as text input to an application. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267491 | COLOR CORRECTION DEVICE, COLOR CORRECTION METHOD, DYNAMIC CAMERA COLOR CORRECTION DEVICE, AND VIDEO SEARCH DEVICE USING THE SAME - A color correction device ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267492 | INDOOR/OUTDOOR SCENE DETECTION USING GPS - A digital camera system, comprising: a digital image sensor; an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the digital image sensor; a global positioning system sensor; a processor-accessible memory system; and a processor. The processor performs the steps of analyzing a signal from the global positioning system sensor to determine whether the digital camera system is indoors or outdoors; capturing an input digital image of the scene using the digital image sensor; processing the input digital image responsive to whether the digital camera system is indoors or outdoors; and storing the processed digital image in the processor-accessible memory system. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267493 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A fluorescence observation apparatus of the present invention includes a light source section that can emit a plurality of excitation light beams for exciting a plurality of fluorescent substances and a reference light, an image pickup section that picks up images of a plurality of fluorescent light beams emitted by emitting the plurality of excitation light beams to the plurality of fluorescent substances and reflected light of the reference light, an image generation section that generates image signals corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams and the reflected light of the reference light whose images have been picked up by the image pickup section, and an image processing section that assigns a plurality of fluorescent light images related to image signals corresponding to the plurality of fluorescent light beams and a reference light image related to an image signal corresponding to the reflected light of the reference light to a plurality of color channels respectively and outputs the resulting image as a synthesized image, wherein the image generation section generates an image signal in which the one fluorescent light image and the synthesized image are arranged side by side on a same screen, and the image processing section calculates, when a color tone operation is performed on any one of the plurality of image signals generated by the image generation section, a color tone adjustment coefficient for achieving color tone balance with image signals other than the image signal subjected to the color tone operation and performs color tone calculation processing on the image signals to be assigned to the plurality of color channels using the calculated color tone adjustment coefficient. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267494 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - Disclosed are an image processing apparatus which effectively corrects, by a simple method, color crosstalk that is generated in a captured image by light obliquely entering an image sensor, and a control method thereof. A white-detection area used in white balance processing for a captured image signal is set in accordance with an aperture value used in image capturing. The degree of color crosstalk depends on an aperture value used in image capturing, and the spectral sensitivity characteristic of the image sensor changes depending on the degree of color crosstalk. By setting a white-detection range to correct a change of the spectral sensitivity characteristic depending on the aperture value, color crosstalk can be simply, effectively corrected. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267495 | Automatic Pixel Binning - In accordance with at least some embodiments, a method for outputting video images is disclosed. The method starts by measuring the ambient light in a scene. When the ambient light in the scene is lower than a threshold, images of the scene are created in the analog domain by combining multiple pixel values from imaging cells in an image sensor. The analog image will have a lower resolution than the native resolution of the image sensor. The images of the scene are converted into the digital domain and up-sampled to match the native resolution of the image sensor. The up-sampled images are used as the outputted video images. When the ambient light in the scene is not lower than a threshold, images of the scene are outputted where each pixel value in the image is created from the pixel value from only one pixel cell in the image sensor. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267496 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE STORING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging device for capturing an image of a subject to acquire captured-image information, comprises: a positioning element arranged to measure a location at which the image is captured, to acquire capturing location information indicating a capturing location when the captured-image is acquired; a creation element arranged to create image information based on the capturing location information acquired by the positioning element and the captured-image information; a memory element arranged to store the image information created by the creation element; a decision element arranged to, when the image information stored in the memory element is output to the outside, decide whether or not the capturing location information included in the image information is to be kept secret; and a fabricator element arranged to fabricate the capturing location information included in the image information in accordance with a result of the decision by the decision element. Thus, it is possible to prevent leaking of information on the capturing location that is a kind of private information, minimizing reduction of convenience and versatility of the image information including the information on the capturing location. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267497 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MODULE FOR A CONTENT CONTROL LAYER FOR AN OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE - A system, method and content filtering module is provided for analyzing image data received from an imaging sensor, such as a CCD camera, determining whether or not image data meets appropriate criteria, and potentially blocking unacceptable image data, before the data is stored in a device memory or on some other storage medium, or passed to other applications. This system encourages safer and more responsible use of electronic imaging devices without compromising the general utility of said devices. In particular, it may help to protect young people from making and distributing nude, or sexually suggestive pictures, or pictures containing content that is deemed inappropriate, when using a PDA, camera phone, or computer equipped with a camera. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267498 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A low-priced image pickup apparatus that does not require a memory dedicated to store light-shielded image data for detection of defective pixels of an image pickup device. A system controller of the image pickup apparatus performs control such that two storage areas of a memory are used to store normal image data at the time of continuous shooting. At the time of shooting that requires noise reduction processing to subtract light-shielded image data from normal image data, the system controller performs control such that one of the storage areas is used to store the normal image data and the other storage area is used to store the light-shielded image data. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267499 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A ZOOM OPERATION - A method of performing a zoom operation on a camera is disclosed, wherein, one or more regions of interest within a captured image of a scene are determined. Camera motion direction towards one of the regions of interest is determined. A target region of interest is determined based on the determined camera motion direction. The zoom operation is performed to the target region of interest. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267500 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An imaging device includes a lens unit and a device body detachably joined with each other. The lens unit includes an optical lens, an image sensor capturing an optical lens image of a subject having transmitted through the optical lens and outputting an output signal, and an image processing unit executing a plurality of image processings on image data generated from the output signal of the image sensor. The device body includes a display unit displaying the image data, a storage unit storing an image file containing the image data and an image processing unit having a substantially same image processing function as that of the lens unit and executing a plurality of image processings on the image data. The imaging device is configured that the image processings to execute on the image data are changeably allocated to the image processing units of the lens unit and the device body. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267501 | SCANNED BEAM DISPLAY AND IMAGE CAPTURE - A method for displaying or capturing an image comprises directing an illumination beam onto a mirror of a highly resonant, mirror-mount system and applying a drive signal to a transducer to deflect the mirror. In this method, the drive signal has a pulse frequency approaching a resonance frequency of the mirror-mount system. The method further comprises reflecting the illumination beam off the mirror so that the illumination beam scans through an area where the image is to be displayed or captured, and, addressing each pixel of the image in synchronicity with the drive signal to display or capture the image. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267502 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system is adapted to compress a captured image having a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs). The image compression device includes an image dividing unit, a resolution distribution unit and an encoder. The image dividing unit divides the captured image into a number of blocks according to a predetermined size. The resolution distribution unit distributes a display resolution to each ROI of the captured image according to predetermined display information which includes a position and a resolution level of each ROI. The resolution distribution unit further obtains the blocks covered by each ROI according to the position of each ROI. The encoder separately encodes each block in the captured image according to the resolution level of each block using predetermined rules to obtain compression strings of each block, and generates compression image based on the compression strings and the predetermined display information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267503 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an imaging apparatus including a lens unit having an optical zoom function of collecting light from a subject and optically changing an angle of view, an imaging unit that continuously generates electronic image data using the light collected by the lens unit, an electronic zoom unit that performs electronic zoom by sequentially trimming and enlarging an image corresponding to the image data, a setting unit that sets an enlargement area to be enlarged in the image, a lens manipulation unit that receives a manipulation signal for changing an angle of view, and a control unit that continuously controls, while switching between enlargement of a center of the image by the optical zoom of the lens unit and enlargement of the enlargement area by the electronic zoom of the electronic zoom unit, according to the manipulation signal received by the lens manipulation unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267504 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same - An image forming optical system comprising four or five lens groups in total, wherein during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group increases, the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group changes, the first lens group comprises three lenses including a negative meniscus lens, a positive meniscus lens, and a positive lens, the second lens group includes a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface directed toward the object side and a concave surface directed toward the image side, the negative meniscus lens being located closest to the object side in the second lens group, the position of the second lens group at the telephoto end is closer to the object side than that at the wide angle end, the image forming optical system has an aperture stop that moves integrally with the third lens group, the third lens group includes a positive lens component and a negative lens component, and the fourth lens group comprises one lens. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267505 | PIXEL WITH REDUCED 1/F NOISE - A pixel is provided, comprising at least one transistor, the pixel being arranged for cycling the at least one transistor between two or more bias states, e.g. inversion and accumulation, during a readout phase. Due to the cycling between the at least two bias states, the correlation over time of the 1/f noise of the readout signals is broken, thus taking multiple samples and applying an operator onto the samples can reduce the effect of the 1/f noise to arbitrary low levels. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267506 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE SIGNAL FOR DOUBLE OR MULTIPLE EXPOSURE CAMERAS - Methods are described for processing an image signal for double or multiple exposure cameras in order to reduce fluorescent artifact effects. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267507 | RANGE MEASUREMENT USING A ZOOM CAMERA - A method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene, includes providing an image capture device having at least one image sensor, a lens and a coded aperture, storing in a memory a set of blur kernels derived from range calibration data for the coded aperture, capturing a first and second image of the scene having a plurality of objects, corresponding to first and second optical magnifications, respectively. The method further includes providing a set of deblurred images using the capture images from each magnification and each of the blur kernels from the stored set, and using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects in the scene. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267508 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH CODED APERTURE RANGEFINDER - Method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene includes providing an image capture device at least one image sensor, a coded aperture, a first optical path including the coded aperture and a second optical path not including the coded aperture; storing in a memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data for the coded aperture; capturing a first and second image of the scene, corresponding to the first and second optical paths, the second image having equal or higher resolution than the first; providing a set of deblurred images using the first capture image and each of the blur parameters from the stored set; using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects captured by the first optical path; and using the range information to control the image capture or processing of second image. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267509 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An imaging device made of a single-chip type including a RGB Bayer pattern color filter is where pixel signals outputted from the imaging device are inputted through a signal processing part to an image processing part. A correlation judgment part judges a correlation between the pixel signals, and an interpolation processing part performs a pixel interpolation process based on a correlation result. Thus, each pixel signal becomes a perfect signal having all R, G and B color components. Filter factors for a filter are determined based on the correlation result, and a filtering process is performed on the pixel signals subjected to the pixel interpolation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267510 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE AND VIDEO CAPTURE - In various example embodiments, an imaging system and method are provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a first image sensor array, a first optical system to project a first image on the first image sensor array, the first optical system having a first zoom level. A second optical system is to project a second image on a second image sensor array, the second optical system having a second zoom level. The second image sensor array and the second optical system are pointed in the same direction as the first image sensor array and the first optical system. The second zoom level is greater than the first zoom level such that the second image projected onto the second image sensor array is a zoomed in on portion of the first image projected on the first image sensor array. The first image sensor array includes at least four megapixels and the second image sensor array includes one-half or less than the number of pixels in the first image sensor array. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267511 | CAMERA - A camera includes an image sensor that includes a first pixel row at which a plurality of first pixels that output focus adjustment signals are disposed, and second pixel rows each made up exclusively with a plurality of second pixels that output image data generation signals; and an interpolation processing device that executes, when outputs from a plurality of pixel rows are provided as a combined output according to a predetermined combination rule, interpolation processing for an output from a specific second pixel row which would be combined with an output from the first pixel row according to the predetermined combination rule, by using the output of the specific second pixel row and a combined output of second pixel rows present around the specific second pixel row. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267512 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CAMERA - A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of pixels on a light-receiving surface, photodiodes disposed on the light-receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate while being partitioned on the pixel basis, signal transferring portions which are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and which read signal charges generated and stored in the photodiodes or voltages corresponding to the signal charges, insulating films disposed on the semiconductor substrate while covering the photodiodes, concave portions disposed in the insulating films, pad electrodes disposed on the insulating films, a passivation film which covers inner walls of the concave portions, which is disposed on the pad electrodes, and which has a refractive index higher than that of silicon oxide, and a core layer which is disposed on the passivation film while being filled in the concave portions and which has a refractive index higher than that of silicon oxide. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267513 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus is provided having: a pixel unit including an effective pixel region of multiple pixels accumulating charges generated according to incident light to output signals and an ineffective pixel region of multiple pixels outputting signals not dependent on incident light; a plurality of vertical signal lines provided for each column of pixels of pixel unit; a vertical scanning circuit that scans and selects pixels of pixel unit in row units to output signals of selected pixels of same row to plurality of vertical signal lines; and a horizontal scanning circuit that scans and selects signals of plurality of vertical signal lines to output signals of selected vertical signal lines; wherein the vertical scanning circuit selects pixels of same row of effective pixel region in row units once during one frame and selects pixels of same row of ineffective pixel region in row units multiple times during one frame. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267514 | Method to compensate the effect of the rolling shutter effect - A method to create a video sequence of a plurality of resultant images is disclosed. The video sequence is produced from images originating from a rolling shutter acquisition sensor. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267515 | ELECTRONIC SHUTTER CONTROL IN IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that is used to drain charge during an electronic shutter operation. A timing generator is electrically connected to a selector component. The selector component is electrically connected to an electronic shutter pulse driver component. The electronic shutter pulse driver component is electrically connected to a current sensing component. The current sensing component is electrically connected to the electronic shutter layer through a contact. The current sensing component senses a current level in the electronic shutter layer and changes a state of an alert signal when the current level equals or exceeds a threshold current level. Depending on the state of an alert signal, the selector component either transmits, or does not transmit, the drive pulse signal to the electronic shutter pulse driver component. An electronic shutter operation is performed when the electronic shutter pulse driver component receives the drive pulse signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267516 | ELECTRONIC SHUTTER CONTROL IN IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that is used to drain charge away from the photosensitive regions during an electronic shutter operation. A current sensing component and a selector component are electrically connected to a contact to the electronic shutter layer in the image sensor. The current sensing component senses a current level in the electronic shutter layer and changes a state of an alert signal when the current level equals or exceeds a threshold current level. The selector component receives the alert signal from the current sensing component and a shutter signal from an electronic shutter pulse driver component. Depending on the state of the alert signal, the selector component either transmits, or does not transmit, the shutter signal to the electronic shutter layer. An electronic shutter operation is performed when the electronic shutter layer receives the shutter signal. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267517 | ELECTRONIC SHUTTER CONTROL IN IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that is used to drain charge away from the photosensitive regions during an electronic shutter operation. A current reference component is electrically connected to a contact to the electronic shutter layer. The current reference component produces a signal having a level that is constant as a load current varies from zero to a threshold current level. A scaler component is electrically connected between the current reference component and an electronic shutter pulse driver component. The scaler component transmits the signal to the electronic shutter pulse driver component when the load current does not exceed the threshold current level. When the load current exceeds the threshold current level, the scaler component scales the level of the signal to a different level and transmits the scaled signal to the electronic shutter pulse driver component. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267518 | CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC SHUTTER IN IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that drains charge away from the photosensitive regions during an electronic shutter operation. A signal is applied to the electronic shutter layer through a contact. Prior to performing an electronic shutter operation, a determination is made as to whether or not a current level in the electronic shutter layer substantially equals or exceeds a threshold current level. If the current level in the electronic shutter layer substantially equals or exceeds the threshold current level, the electronic shutter operation is not performed. The electronic shutter operation is performed if the current level in the electronic shutter layer does not substantially equal or exceed the threshold current level. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267519 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE APPROACH FOR A CMOS IMAGER USING A ROLLING SHUTTER AND A GATED PHOTOCATHODE - An imaging system includes a photocathode, configured to be gated ON/OFF at a selected gating frequency, for converting photons from an object into electrons and selectively transmitting the electrons toward an imaging sensor. The imaging sensor is configured to receive the electrons and provide a rolling shutter read out of rows of pixels. The imaging sensor includes a variable well selectively set to charge the rows of pixels to a first intensity level during a first integration period and charge to a second intensity level during a second integration period. The second integration period is longer than an OFF time of the photocathode gating frequency. The first and second integration periods are equal to a frame duration of the imaging sensor, defining a number of frames per second, and the selected gating frequency of the photocathode is higher than the number of frames per second. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267520 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING IMAGES AND RELATED USE FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES ACQUIRED - A system for capturing images includes a sensor with a plurality of photosensitive elements, an optical system for focusing the light towards the sensor, and an electronic rolling shutter arranged so as to expose the photosensitive elements to light at moments that depend on the relative positions thereof inside the sensor. The system for capturing images also includes a means for adapting, at each of at least two distinct given moments while capturing an image, the light focus towards the sensor and/or the light exposure for at least part of the photosensitive elements exposed to the light at said moment. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267521 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensing device includes an image sensing chip, an optical module and a protecting element. The image sensing chip has a front surface defining an image sensing region thereon. The optical module includes a barrel and at least one transparent element. The barrel is directly disposed on the front surface and around the image sensing region. The transparent element is disposed in the barrel and faces to the image sensing region. The protecting element covers an area of the front surface outside the optical module and surrounds the barrel. The image sensing device has a thin thickness. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267522 | Solid-state imaging device, drive method thereof and camera system - A solid-state imaging device includes: pixel signal reading lines; a pixel unit in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arranged; and a pixel signal reading unit performing reading of pixel signals from the pixel unit through the pixel signal reading lines, wherein the pixel signal reading unit includes current source circuits each of which includes a load element as a current source connected to the pixel signal reading line forming a source follower, and the current source circuit includes a circuit generating electric current according to a slew rate of the pixel signal reading line and replicating electric current corresponding to the above electric current to flow in the current source. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267523 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE THEREOF - An imaging apparatus and a graphical user interface are disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes a housing with optics and a display panel. A function switch is disposed on the housing, and configured to switch between an operating mode and a setting mode. A pointing device with a two-stage switch is disposed on the housing. Specifically, in the setting mode, the pointing device is configured to trace among a number of settings on the display panel, and the two-stage switch is configured to be pressed to confirm the setting. In the operating mode, the two-stage switch is configured to be pressed to perform an operation according to the setting confirmed in the setting mode. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267524 | IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD AND PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An image capture method is provided for a portable communication device having a display unit, which real-time displays an image at least including an object to be shot. The method includes sensing a moving acceleration of the portable communication device based on a first gravity-sensing threshold value. A touch focus signal is received so that the portable communication device focuses on one of the objects to be the focus-lock object. Then, according to the touch focus signal, the first gravity-sensing threshold value is changed to a second gravity-sensing threshold value, which is larger than the first gravity-sensing threshold value. The image at least including the focus-lock object is captured. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267525 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED REMOTE CONTROL - The present invention relates to an illumination device comprising at least one light source and a reflector system forming a spotlight ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110267526 | CAMERA - A camera according to the present invention comprises an operation member provided on an outer periphery of a photographing lens of the camera, a mode determination section for determining an adjustment mode in accordance with a first operation of the operation member, a numerical adjustment section capable of numerical adjustment of shooting parameters in accordance with the determined mode, in accordance with a second operation of the operation member, and a switching section for switching the first operation and the second operation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267527 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING TEMPORARY RECORDING MODE AND DIRECT RECORDING MODE - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device acquiring a captured image on a subject; a display section; setting means for setting whether to make effective a temporary recording mode in which the captured image is temporarily recorded in a first storage section; if the temporary recording mode is effective, display control means for playback displaying the captured image recorded in the first storage section from when the temporary recording mode has been effective on the display section in response to an instruction operation of a user; and recording control means for recording an image specified by the user from the playback-displayed captured images in a second storage section as an image to be saved. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267528 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention includes a receiving portion | 2011-11-03 |
20110267529 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store attribute information about a person and information about a priority of the person with the attribute information associated with the information about a priority, an imaging unit configured to capture a subject to generate image data, and a display unit configured to display attribute information of a person included in an image represented by the image data generated by the imaging unit. When displaying plural pieces of attribute information for a plurality of people with the plurality pieces of attribute information being overlapped, the display unit displays attribute information of a person having a higher priority above attribute information of a person having a lower priority. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267530 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of capturing an image using the same. The mobile terminal controls a camera conveniently and efficiently to capture an image and performs focusing in various manners to capture an image. Accordingly, a user can obtain a desired image easily and conveniently. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267531 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REAL TIME FOCUS/PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT - An image capturing apparatus and method for selective real-time focus/parameter adjustment. The image capturing apparatus includes a display unit, an adjustment unit, and a generation unit. The display unit is configured to display an image. The interface unit is configured to enable a user to select a plurality of regions of the image displayed on the display unit. The adjustment unit is configured to enable the user to adjust at least one focus/parameter of at least one selected region of the image displayed on the display unit. The generation unit is configured to convert the image including at least one adjusted selected region into image data, where at least one focus/parameter of the at least one adjusted selected region has been adjusted by the adjustment unit prior to conversion. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267532 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element that includes a plurality of image pickup pixels and a plurality of focus detecting pixels, a detector configured to detect a phase difference between two images of the object on a secondary imaging plane, and a controller configured to provide focusing based on a defocus amount obtained from a detection result of the detector for a first focus detecting point, and set a correcting value used to correct a defocus amount obtained from a next detection result of the detector so that a difference can reduce between the defocus amount obtained from the detection result of the detector for the first focus detecting point and a defocus amount obtained from the focus detecting pixels for the first focus detecting point of a captured image of the object that has been captured. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267533 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus is provided with an image sensor that has a first pixel group and a second pixel group, a focus adjustment unit that executes focus adjustment of an imaging lens based on the signal from the second pixel group, a readout unit that has a first thinning and readout mode that thins and reads out signals from the plurality of pixels at a predetermined thinning ratio and thinning phase, and a second thinning and readout mode that thins and reads out signals from the plurality of pixels with a difference in at least one of the thinning ratio and the thinning phase from the first thinning and readout mode, and a selecting unit that selects in which mode to operate the readout means from among the first and second thinning and readout modes in accordance with the state of the image capturing apparatus. | 2011-11-03 |
20110267534 | IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGE AND CAMERA MODULE USING SAME - The image sensor package includes a transparent substrate, a number of conductive patterns, an image sensor, a flexible circuit board. The conductive patterns are distributed on a surface of the transparent substrate. The image sensor is adhered on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the conductive patterns. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the conductive patterns, and defines an opening for receiving the image sensor therein. | 2011-11-03 |