Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090285507 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCALING-UP OR SCALING-DOWN IMAGES WITH THE SAME HARDWARE - An image processing device is provided, which scales-up or scales-down images with the same hardware. The device of this invention comprises a line buffer, a first variable, a second variable and a scaler. The scaler practices a scaling-down procedure to scale-down images or scaling-up procedure to scale-up images. | 11-19-2009 |
20100066848 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device including a camera, a discrete signal processor (DSP) and an output device is disclosed. The camera provides image data for the DSP to process. The DSP samples sub-image data to generate a first image processing signal, discrete cosine transforms the first image processing signal to generate a second image processing signal, uses a quantization table to quantize the second image processing signal to generate a third image processing signal, zig-zag scans the third image processing signal to generate a fourth image processing signal, and Huffman codes the fourth image processing signal to generate an output image signal. The DSP adjusts a cut point of a next fourth image processing signal according to the size of the fourth image processing signal so as to control the size of a next output image signal. The output device outputs the output image signal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100091132 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE PREPROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing device and the image preprocessing method thereof. The image preprocessing technique receives digital image consisting of luma data and chrominance data, integrates the chrominance data of adjacent rows to generate integrated chrominance data, buffers the luma data and the integrated chrominance data in a group of line buffers, and generates pre-processed chrominance data by making adjacent rows share the same integrated chrominance data. The luma data from the line buffer group form an image with the pre-processed chrominance. The image may be displayed on a display. | 04-15-2010 |
20100157111 | PIXEL PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM THEREOF - A pixel processing method includes: determining a first difference magnitude according to a difference between a predetermined color component value of a target pixel and a predetermined color component of a surrounding pixel positioned on a first direction, determining a second difference magnitude according to a difference between the predetermined color component value of the target pixel and a predetermined color component of a surrounding pixel positioned on a second direction, generating a first determining value according to the predetermined color component values of a plurality of pixels positioned on the first direction and the first difference magnitude, generating a second determining value according to the predetermined color component values of a plurality of pixels positioned on the second direction and the second difference magnitude, and selecting a plurality of specific pixels to compute for a target color component value according to the first and second determining values. | 06-24-2010 |
20100272352 | PIXEL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A pixel processing method includes: selecting a first plurality of color component values of a first plurality of pixels within a pixel block in a buffering device, performing a first color component process upon a first target pixel in the first plurality of pixels to determine a first target color component value of the first target pixel; and selecting a second plurality of color component values of a second plurality of pixels within the pixel block at the same time as the first color component process is performed, and performing a second color component process upon a second target pixel in the second plurality of pixels according to the second plurality of color component values to determine at least one underdetermined target color component value of the second target pixel, wherein the second target pixel has been processed by the first color component process. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275220 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD - An apparatus for controlling at least one electronic device is coupled to a host. The apparatus includes a controller and a non-volatile storage unit. The controller is controlled by a driver of the host to thereby control the operation of the electronic device. The non-volatile storage unit is externally coupled to the controller and used for storing data. When the driver is activated, it is determined whether the non-volatile storage unit stores a setting data utilized for the driver. If the setting data for the driver is stored in the non-volatile storage unit, the setting data of the driver is read out for setting the driver. | 10-28-2010 |
20110032418 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DEINTERLACING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and a deinterlacing process thereof are provided. The deinterlacing process reads a memory to retrieve ten pixels of an image field that are temporarily stored in the memory, wherein the ten pixels are located on a first column, a second column, a third column, a fourth column and a fifth column of a first row and a second row of the image filed. Then, the deinterlacing process estimates the data of an interpolated pixel according to the data of the ten pixels. The interpolated pixel is inserted between the first and second rows of the image field on the third column to form a deinterlaced image frame. | 02-10-2011 |
20110134281 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The invention provides a camera device. In one embodiment, the camera device comprises a sensor and a controller. The sensor detects an image to generate a first image signal with an RGB format. The controller comprises an image processor and a subsequent processor. The image processor converts the first image signal to a second image signal with a YUY2 format. The subsequent processor adjusts a plurality of luma components, a plurality of first chroma components, and a plurality of second chroma components of the second image signal to obtain a plurality of adjusted luma components, a plurality of first adjusted chroma components, and a plurality of second adjusted chroma components of a third image signal. A host receives the third image signal output by the camera, and uses a Direct Show module to convert the third image signal to a fourth image signal with an RGB format. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141030 | Touch Control Apparatus and Touch Point Detection Method - A touch control apparatus, having a touch pad receiving contact from at least one object is provided. Four edges form a rectangle that encircles the touch pad. All the edges are surfaced with geometric textures. A first camera is deposited on a corner of the first edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a first image including the second edge and third edge of the rectangle. A second camera is deposited on a corner of the second edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a second image including the first edge and third edge of the rectangle. A calculation unit performs a characteristic extraction process on the geometric textures of the first and second images to determine whether an object has touched the touch pad, and if so, coordinates thereof are determined. | 06-16-2011 |
20120039545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BAD PIXEL COMPENSATION - A method for performing bad pixel compensation includes: with regard to each direction of a plurality of directions, summing up absolute values of differences between a plurality of sets of first pixel values around a target pixel of an image to generate a first detection value, and with regard to each direction of at least a portion of the directions, summing up absolute values of differences between a plurality of sets of second pixel values around the target pixel to generate a second detection value, where each set of the sets of first pixel values and the sets of second pixel values includes two pixel values corresponding to a difference; and with regard to a specific direction of the directions, selectively performing bad pixel compensation on the target pixel according to the first detection value and the second detection value. An associated apparatus is also provided. | 02-16-2012 |
20120066437 | DATA PROGRAMMING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR OTP MEMORY - A data programming circuit is provided. A one-time-programmable (OTP) stores a first version of encoding data corresponding to a first version of a read-only memory (ROM) code. A control unit stores a second version of the ROM code into the OTP memory, wherein the control unit obtains a matching table according to the first version of the encoding data and the second version of the ROM code. The control unit obtains a first data segment of the first version of the encoding data and a second data segment of the second version of the ROM code that have the same content, according to the matching table. The control unit encodes the second data segment as a specific address, and the specific address points to the first data segment of the first version of the encoding data in the OTP memory. | 03-15-2012 |
20120105592 | 3D IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND CONTROLLER CHIP THEREOF - A 3D image capturing device and a controller chip thereof. The controller chip includes a first and a second sensor interface, a pixel data synchronization module, a 3D image generator and an output interface. The first and second sensor interfaces are coupled to a first and a second 2D image capturing device, respectively, to receive a first and a second image. The pixel data synchronization module synchronizes the pixel data of the first and second images. Based on the synchronized first and second images, the 3D image generator generates a 3D-image. By the output interface, the 3D-image capturing device transmits the generated 3D image to be received by a host. | 05-03-2012 |
20130113959 | ANTI-FLICKER CAMERA AND IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD THEREOF - Anti-flicker camera and image capture method are disclosed. According to the disclosed method, exposure integrals of different lines of an image sensed by a camera device are calculated. The exposure integrals are compared with reference exposure integrals of the plurality of lines, respectively, to calculate exposure integral offsets for the lines. The reference exposure integrals are estimated from at least one reference image. The positive and negative changes of the exposure integral offsets are statistically analyzed and, accordingly, it is determined whether there is light flicker from background illumination and an auto-exposure control module of the camera device is controlled based on the determination. | 05-09-2013 |