Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080211928 | Image output system, image operating apparatus, image method, image operating method, and computer readable medium - According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; an image capturing section which captures an image; a image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section. | 09-04-2008 |
20080242954 | IMAGE PRESENTATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PRESENTATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image presentation apparatus is provided that includes a display section that sequentially displays a plurality of images, a biosignal acquisition section that acquires a signal value of a biosignal indicating a biological response of an observer watching the image displayed on the display section, and a display controlling section that controls a timing at which an image subsequent to the image being displayed on the display section is displayed on the display section based on the signal value acquired by the biosignal acquisition section. | 10-02-2008 |
20090016577 | COLLATION SYTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON PROGRAM - A collation system for selecting a registrant matched with a passer-by among a plurality of registrants registered in advance includes a photographing section for photographing the passer-by, a candidate searching section for searching a plurality of candidates for the registrant matched with the passer-by among the plurality of registrants based on a first image of the passer-by photographed by the photographing section, and a passer-by collating section for selecting the registrant matched with the passer-by among the plurality of candidates based on a second image of the passer-by photographed by the photographing section when the passer-by is closer to the photographing section than when the first image is photographed. | 01-15-2009 |
20090164561 | ALBUM CREATING SYSTEM, ALBUM CREATING METHOD AND ALBUM CREATING PROGRAM - An album creating system is provided for speedily creating an album in which images appropriate for the album are automatically laid out without selecting the images to be laid out in the album by a user. The album creating system according to the present invention includes: a low-quality image receiving section for receiving a low-quality image; a layout information generating section for generating layout information on a low-quality image album in which the low-quality image is laid out; a layout information storage section for storing the layout information in association with order identification information an order identification information transmitting section for transmitting the order identification information to the album orderer terminal; an order identification information acquiring section for acquiring a high-quality image corresponding to the low-quality image from the album orderer; a layout information acquiring section for acquiring layout information; and an album creating section for creating a high-quality image album by laying out the high-quality image according to the layout information. | 06-25-2009 |
20090174708 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM - An image generating apparatus for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, comprises a photographed person's position detector for detecting a position of the photographed person, based on at least two of the plural two-dimensional images; a photographed person's direction detector for detecting a face direction of the photographed person; a three-dimensional information generating section for generating three-dimensional information of space that is photographed, based on at least two of the two-dimensional images; and an image generating section for generating the visual field image seen from the position of the photographed person along the face direction, based on the three-dimensional information, the position of the photographed person, and the face direction of the photographed person. | 07-09-2009 |
20100034432 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM, CERTIFICATE PHOTOGRAPH TAKING APPARATUS, AND CERTIFICATE PHOTOGRAPH TAKING METHOD - A face image in which a user's face turns to a direction different from the front is picked up clearly and individual authentication is executed more precisely. An authentication system for executing authentication of a user is provided, wherein the authentication system comprises a first image pickup unit for picking up a face image of the user; a second image pickup unit for picking up a face image of the user from a direction different from that of the first image pickup unit, a direction calculation unit for acquiring a direction to which the user's face turns on the basis of the face images picked up by the first and the second image pickup units, and a selection unit for selecting at least one of the face images picked up by the first and second image pickup units on the basis of the direction to which the user's face turns. | 02-11-2010 |
20100040257 | IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES BY CHANGING THE DISPLAYED IMAGES BASED ON DIRECTION OR DIRECTION CHANGES OF A DISPLAYING UNIT - An image displaying system for displaying an image operable to change a displayed image according to a direction of a image displaying apparatus, including: an image storing unit storing thereon the image; a displaying unit operable to display the image, the displaying unit being carried by a user; a photographing unit operable to photograph exterior as a plurality of photographed images, the photographing unit being carried with the displaying unit all together; a travel distance computing unit operable to compute a travel distance of the displaying unit by analyzing the plurality of photographed images which are photographed by the photographing unit at different times; and a display control unit operable to change the image, which is different from the photographed images, based on the travel distance computed by the travel distance computing unit and to causes the displaying unit to display the image. | 02-18-2010 |
20100079627 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus comprising an image acquiring section that acquires an image captured through an optical system having an optical transfer function that depends at least on distance to an object point, the optical system holding spread of light from the object point substantially constant regardless of the distance to the object point; an image processing section that applies a correction process for correcting the spread of light to the image, based on the optical transfer function of the optical system; and an image generating section that generates a composite image by superimposing, onto each other, a plurality of corrected images generated by the image processing section applying, to the image, different correction processes corresponding to different optical transfer functions. | 04-01-2010 |
20100079659 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing section; an optical system that has an optical transfer characteristic that remains substantially constant with regard to distance to an object point due to modulation of a wavefront of light from the object point, and that modulates the wavefront of the light from the object point to have a different slope according to the distance to the object point; a control section that controls an imaging characteristic of the optical system by controlling an optical characteristic of the optical system; and a position identifying section that identifies a subject distance, which is distance to a subject, based on a position of an object representing the same subject in a first image and a second image, which are respectively captured when the control section controls optical system to have different imaging characteristics. | 04-01-2010 |
20100178639 | TRAINING ASSISTING APPARATUS, TRAINING ASSISTING METHOD, AND TRAINING ASSISTING PROGRAM - An examinee is subjected to an image or a sound suitable for the examinee's overcoming his worries in accordance with change in a physical state of the examinee. The training assisting apparatus according to the present invention is at training assisting apparatus for assisting an examinee in overcoming the examinee's worries by displaying a training image, including: a display section that displays the training image; a display ratio storage section that stores a change quantity of a display ratio of the training image displayed on the display section, in association with a physical state of the examinee; a physical state acquiring section that acquires the physical state of the examinee looking at the training image displayed on the display section; a display ratio extraction section that extracts the change quantity of the display ratio of the training image stored in the display ratio storage section in association with the physical state of the examinee acquired by the physical state acquiring section; and a display control section that changes the display ratio of the training image displayed on the display section, in accordance with the display ratio of the training image extracted by the display ratio extraction section. | 07-15-2010 |
20100232696 | ALBUM CREATING APPARATUS, ALBUM CREATING METHOD, AND ALBUM CREATING PROGRAM - A color scheme suitable for a captured position is performed on a portion except a captured image based on position information of the captured image. The album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a captured position specifying section that specifies a captured position at which a captured image constituting an album is taken, an image storing section that stores a captured images in association with a captured position, an image classifying section that classifies a plurality of captured images stored on the image storing section into captured image groups based on the captured position, a color selecting section that selects a color to be used in a portion except the captured image in the album based on the captured position specified by the captured position specifying section, a color adding section that uses the color selected by the color selecting section to add color to the portion except the captured image in the album, and an image arranging section. | 09-16-2010 |
20110141313 | IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM, IMAGE OPERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE METHOD, IMAGE OPERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; a image capturing section which captures an image; an image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section. | 06-16-2011 |
20110199510 | TITLING APPARATUS, A TITLING METHOD, AND A MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TITLING - An apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a unit for storing a captured image group including a plurality of captured images, a unit for storing an image capturing time when each of the stored images is captured, a unit for judging an image capturing period and an image capturing season including the stored image capturing time, a unit for storing terms respectively related to a plurality of periods with different time widths each of which includes a period and a season, the term corresponding to the period and the season, and a unit for giving a title to the stored captured image group by using a term related to a period of a wider time width out of the stored terms as a difference between the image capturing time and either the image capturing season or the acquired output time, whichever is longer. | 08-18-2011 |
20130057963 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Provided is a lens apparatus in which a plurality of lenses are formed, including: a housing filled with a first liquid and a second liquid that do not mix with each other; a partition to divide the inside of the housing into a plurality of regions, each of the regions being filled with one of the first liquid and the second liquid; and a pressure control section that controls the internal pressure of the region filled with the first liquid, where the partition is provided with a plurality of openings, in which a plurality of lenses having different characteristics from each other are formed by the interface between the first liquid and the second liquid, and the regions inside the housing filled with the first liquid are linked to each other so that the first liquid can move therebetween. | 03-07-2013 |
20130208175 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device for an imaging apparatus adapted to image an object through an image formation lens includes: a light receiving section having a plurality of light receiving elements; a microlens section having a plurality of microlenses respectively provided corresponding to a plurality of the light receiving elements to make the corresponding light receiving elements receive an object light beam that passed through the image formation lens; a control section adapted to control shapes of the plurality of the microlenses so as to control pupil regions in an exit pupil of the image formation lens that pass a light beam that should be received by each of the plurality of the light receiving elements; and an image signal generation section adapted to generate an image signal of an image of the object based on imaging signals of the plurality of the light receiving elements. | 08-15-2013 |
20130222676 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus, including: an image formation lens having focal lengths different in every region; a light receiving section having light receiving elements; optical elements corresponding to a plurality of the light receiving elements to make the corresponding light receiving elements receive an object light beam that passed through predetermined pupil regions in an exit pupil of the image formation lens; and an image generation section, wherein in the case of selecting, for generation of the image of the object, any one of the pupil regions in the exit pupil through which an object light beam passes, the image generation section selects, based on an object distance and focal lengths each corresponding to a plurality of the pupil regions of the exit pupil, at least one of the pupil regions through which an object light beam that forms an image at a position of the light receiving section passes. | 08-29-2013 |
20130265463 | TITLING APPARATUS, A TITLING METHOD, AND A MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TITLING - A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a captured image storing unit, an image capturing time storing unit, an image capturing period judging unit, a period terminology storing unit and a titling unit. A title to a captured image group is determined by using terminology corresponding to a period and a season. | 10-10-2013 |
20140139645 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged therein; a light shielding member disposed between an imaging optical system and the image sensor, the light shielding member configured to make only a light flux, which has passed through a predetermined area of the imaging optical system, incident on a first light receiving element which is a part of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an image generation device configured to generate an image of a subject from an imaging signal of the first light receiving element, in which the light shielding member is a plate-shaped member having a first light shielding material configured to shield a light flux, which has passed through an area other than the predetermined area, formed therein. | 05-22-2014 |
20140176681 | IMAGING APPARATUS - In an imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the light-shielding member performing light shielding so that the light beam passing through the second region does not enter the first light-receiving element is provided only to the first light-receiving element. That is, no light-shielding member is provided to the second light-receiving element. Therefore, the number and types of light-shielding members can be reduced, and pupil division can be performed with a simple structure. Also, various products can be easily supported. | 06-26-2014 |