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20090028462 | Apparatus and program for producing a panoramic image - a panoramic image producing apparatus provides an intensity image production unit which produces intensity images from input source image captured by an imaging device, a reference image data storage unit for storing a reference image which is used to compute the motion data of the intensity image and its absolute motion data, an absolute motion data calculation unit which uses the intensity image of the target image by first computing its relative motion data against the reference image and using its result to compute the absolute motion data against the target image, an image stitching unit to produce a panoramic image by using the absolute motion data computed above to stitch together input source images, and a reference image setting unit which sets target image as the new reference image under certain conditions. | 01-29-2009 |
20090039233 | Image data processing method and imaging apparatus - An image data processing method for sharpening a captured image; the method defines a first transformation equation to change the pixel values of a defocused image into a focused image using the coordinates of the defocused image and the focused image as arguments, calculates a DetailedFocus function from the optimal solution of the first transformation equation by giving the pixel values of the focused image and the defocused image as educational data, extracts a predetermined number of important points on the DetailedFocus function, defines a second transformation equation to change the pixel values of the important points of a defocused image into a focused image using the coordinates of the defocused image and the focused image as arguments, calculates a SmartFocus function from the second transformation equation, and produces a focused image from a defocused image using the SmartFocus function. | 02-12-2009 |
20090185721 | Image data processing method and image processing apparatus - An image data processing method for creating a clear blur-compensated image; the method calculates the motion data between a reference image and a target image, calculates difference in pixel value between the reference image and the target image for every block matched by the motion data, calculates, based on the difference in pixel value, the blending ratio between the reference image and the target image for each block, and creates a synthesized image by synthesizing the reference image and the target image according to the motion data and the blending ratio. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190013 | Method and apparatus for capturing an image - A method for capturing an image using an image capturing module with multiple pixels configured in a 2-dimensional matrix and a focal plane electronic shutter function which sequentially slides the exposure timing by constant interval by pixel group which is a unit of predetermined number of the pixels while scanning; the method includes an image data input process for detecting shutter operation, obtaining a reference image while skipping one or more of the pixel groups by sequentially sliding the exposure timing by the constant interval, and obtaining a target image while not skipping pixel groups to be captured, a motion data detection process for calculating the motion data of the target image based on the reference image, and a distortion compensation process for compensating for distortion in the target image according to the motion data. | 07-30-2009 |
20100183240 | Image processing method and imaging apparatus - An image processing method for reducing noise of an image to be filtered; the method includes a step of creating shrunken image of shrinking ratio r×r (where r is a natural number) by averaging the pixel values for each pixel in a block for every r pixels, a step of obtaining the pixel value in the shrunken image that correspond to the focus pixel in the source image by performing linear interpolation from the shrunken image pixels, a step of determining the noise reduction filter from the focus pixel and reference pixel in the shrunken image, and a step of computing the compensated pixel value of the focus pixel in the source image by weighted sum of each pixel value applying the filter to the focus pixel in the source image and the corresponding shrunken pixel. | 07-22-2010 |
20100272369 | Image processing apparatus - Multi-resolution images of a reference image and a target image are generated. Then, whole-range matching is performed on an image of a lower resolution to detect a two-dimensional displacement between the images. Block matching is performed on an image of a higher resolution to detect a displacement at each feature point. The accuracy of motion data is increased by correcting the motion data with an image of a higher resolution by using the previously calculated motion data of the lowest resolution through higher resolutions as an initial value. | 10-28-2010 |
20130011020 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes an image input portion, a motion vector acquisition portion and a distortion component estimation portion. The image input portion inputs a plurality of frame images. The motion vector acquisition portion acquires an amount of parallel movement between two frame images. The distortion component estimation portion performs approximation such that a motion matrix indicating a motion between the frame images consists only of a parallel movement component and a rolling shutter distortion component, uses the amount of parallel movement to calculate, for each of the frame images, a tentative distortion coefficient included in the rolling shutter distortion component and uses the plurality of tentative distortion coefficients calculated to estimate a distortion coefficient. | 01-10-2013 |
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20120093436 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device that accumulatively generates a synthetic image by joining a first image, which is a single image or is constituted by a plurality of the images joined together, and a second image that is input, every time when the second image is input, the device comprising: a center-position obtainment portion ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120177302 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device that sequentially generates a synthetic image by joining a first image, which is a single image or constituted by a plurality of the images joined together, and a second image that is input, every time when the second image is input, includes: an overlapping region obtainment portion | 07-12-2012 |
20120300982 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides an image identification device that classifies block images obtained by dividing a target image into predetermined categories, using a separating plane learning of which has been completed in advance for each of the categories. The image identification device includes a target image input unit inputs the target image, a block image generation unit divides the target image into blocks to generate the block images, a feature quantity computing unit computes feature quantities of the block images, and a category determination unit determines whether the block images are classified into one of the categories or not, using the separating plane and coordinate positions corresponding to magnitudes of feature quantities of the block images in a feature quantity space, wherein the feature quantity computing unit uses, as a feature quantity of a given target block image, local feature quantities and a global feature quantity. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301015 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides an image identification device uses a separating plane to classify block images into the categories. The image identification device includes a target image input unit inputting a target image, a block image generation unit generates block images, a feature quantity computing unit computes feature quantities of the block images, and a category determination unit determines whether the block images are classified into the categories or not. The feature quantity computing unit uses local feature quantities of the block images and a global feature quantity of the target image as a whole, and also in a feature quantity space using features of the block images as coordinate axes, uses coordinate positions of feature quantity vectors optional areas in the feature quantity space to count the block images and causes the global feature quantity to include the number of the block images thus counted. | 11-29-2012 |
20130083171 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus | 04-04-2013 |
20130182135 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image input portion, a motion vector acquisition portion and a distortion component estimation portion. The image input portion inputs a target image which is an image to be processed. The motion vector acquisition portion acquires a motion vector generated by relative movement with respect to a subject drawn in the target image when an imaging device which has generated the target image generates the target image. The distortion component estimation portion estimates a rolling shutter distortion component of the target image based on the motion vector. | 07-18-2013 |
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20090176637 | OA APPARATUS ROLLER - The invention offers an OA apparatus roller that has a surface layer formed by applying fluororesin and baking it, that has various excellent properties without impairing the parting ability and thermal conductivity, and that is suitable for mass production. An OA apparatus roller is produced by forming an elastic layer and a surface layer in this order on a core metal. In the roller, the surface layer is composed of a plurality of fluororesin layers and has a thickness of 6 to 30 μm. An OA apparatus roller has a structure in which of the multiple fluororesin layers forming the surface layer, at least one layer is a fluororesin layer containing filler. An OA apparatus roller has a structure in which of the multiple fluororesin layers forming the surface layer, the outermost layer is a fluororesin layer containing no filler and at least one layer other than the outermost layer is a fluororesin layer containing filler. | 07-09-2009 |
20100167890 | OA APPARATUS ROLLER - The invention offers an OA apparatus roller that has a surface layer formed by applying fluororesin and baking it, that has various excellent properties with-out impairing the parting ability and thermal conductivity, and that is suitable for mass production. An OA apparatus roller is produced by forming an elastic layer and a surface layer in this order on a core metal. In the roller, the surface layer is composed of a plurality of fluororesin layers and has a thickness of 6 to 30 μm. An OA apparatus roller has a structure in which of the multiple fluororesin layers forming the surface layer, at least one layer is a fluororesin layer containing filler. An OA apparatus roller has a structure in which of the multiple fluororesin layers forming the surface layer, the outer-most layer is a fluororesin layer containing no filler and at least one layer other than the outermost layer is a fluororesin layer containing filler. | 07-01-2010 |
20120222796 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORORESIN-COATED ROLLER OR BELT - A fluororesin coating layer fusion-bonded directly to a base member or to a rubber layer on a base member can be formed by conducting heating for a significantly short time. A fluororesin-coated roller or belt that has a fluororesin coating layer with few defects and a rubber layer underneath whose thermal deterioration is suppressed is provided. The production method therefor include a step of inserting a base member or a rubber-coated base member including a base member and at least a rubber layer on the outer peripheral surface of the base member into an empty space of a thermally shrinkable fluororesin tube; a preliminary shrinking step conducted according to need; a pressure fusion-bonding step of bringing the base member or rubber-coated base member into contact with a hot plate surface heated to a temperature in a range of 250° C. to 400° C. under pressure while rotating the base member or rubber-coated base member so as to fusion-bond the thermally shrinkable fluororesin tube onto the outer peripheral surface of the base member or the rubber-coated base member; and a reheating step and a rapid cooling step that are conducted according to need. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090080577 | COMMUNICATION SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF GAIN AND OFFSET - A D.C. offset canceling and gain adjusting techniques permitting completion of correction of D.C. offsets and gain adjustment of amplifiers for amplifying reception signals in a radio communication system are provided. A communication semiconductor integrated circuit has a plurality of low-pass filters and variable gain amplifiers which are alternately connected in multiple stages, and high gain amplifier circuits for amplifying reception signals to a predetermined amplitude level. Offset cancellation values are generated by detecting D.C. offsets of amplifiers for amplifying reception signals according to a set gain, and stored into a memory, and read out of the memory to cancel the D.C. offsets of the amplifiers when starting reception and altering the gain. Gain setting in a high gain amplifying section is accomplished using rough and precise settings. | 03-26-2009 |
20090258626 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - A filter circuit includes first capacitors, second capacitors capable of altering a cutoff frequency by being connected in parallel with the first capacitors, first switches for connecting the second capacitors in parallel with the first capacitors, and charging circuits for the second capacitors. The charging circuits include second switches, and resistances for attenuating the amplitudes of input voltages to be fed to the second capacitors, by being connected in series with the second capacitors. The second capacitors are charged through the resistances in a state where the first switches are turned OFF and where the second switches are turned ON. Thus, a DC offset which is ascribable to the cutoff frequency switching of a filter is reduced. | 10-15-2009 |
20110026507 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND RECEIVER USING THE SAME - Gain setting can be performed at high speed while reducing DC offset due to a filter cutoff frequency changeover without the need for input signal muting. A filter circuit having first and second filters is capable of allowing settings of first and second cutoff frequencies. First and second filter switch circuits and a charging circuit including a charging resistor and a charging switch are provided. For a first time period, the first switch circuit is controllably turned on while the second switch circuit is controllably turned off, thereby providing the first filter function. For a second time period, the first switch circuit is controllably turned off while the second switch circuit is controllably turned on, thereby providing the second filter function. For the first time period, the charging switch is controllably turned on so that the second capacitor is charged via the charging resistor. | 02-03-2011 |