| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348184000 | Monitor | 40 |
| 20090021585 | REMOTE MONITORING METHOD USING MOBILE TERMINAL AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A remote monitoring method and system enables the moving picture data being captured at Place | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090091622 | ABNORMALITY DETECTING APPARATUS - An abnormality detecting apparatus comprises a synchronous detecting circuit for detecting a synchronous signal from a video signal outputted from a camera unit, and an abnormality detecting circuit for judging whether or not a first direct current signal level obtained from an input path of said video signal is greater than a predetermined first threshold value, whether or not a second direct current signal level obtained from said input path of said video signal is smaller than a predetermined second threshold value, and whether or not said synchronous signal is detected by said synchronous detecting circuit, and determining that said input path of said video signal is in one of a normal state, an open state, a power connected state, and a ground connected state based on the result of the judgments. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090185037 | MEASURING HUM IN A DIGITAL TV SIGNAL - The invention relates to a method for measuring Hum on a digital QAM carrier using a testing device for testing digital TV signals including a QAM demodulator therein, and to a testing device implementing the method. A micro-controller is used to sample a register associated with an AGC circuit in the QAM demodulator, and to process the collected register values to obtain one or more Hum characteristics. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090195658 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDING IMAGE PATTERN DETECTION BASED UPON IMAGE TRANSITION BOUNDARIES AND RELATED METHODS - A video processing system may include an input for receiving video data including video signal values for a corresponding plurality of image pixels and having an image pattern therein. The system may further include a processor coupled to the input for determining a series of video signal value differences for each pair of adjacent image pixels along at least one direction, detecting at least one image transition boundary based upon the series of video signal value differences, and detecting the image pattern based upon the at least one image transition boundary. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090231439 | Method for Propagating Data Through a Video Stream - A method for propagating an error between video frames of a video stream wherein data in a single macroblock is propagated from a first video frame to a second video frame via inter-frame coding. Once integrated into the second video frame, the macroblock may be utilized as the basis for intra-frame coding within the second video frame. Intra-frame coding within the second video frame allows for any error in the data contained in the macroblock to propagate through the second video frame while minimizing the amount of the second video frame dedicated to propagation the existing error(s). Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the application of stress to a decoder, to cause an error in the decoder, and propagation of the error between video frames of a video stream. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090278939 | QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPIRABLE OBJECTS - A quality monitoring system for an expirable object includes an image capturing unit capable of capturing an image of the expirable object, a setting unit capable of setting an expiring date and a warning date and associating the set dates with the captured image, a storage unit configured for storing the captured image and its associated dates, a date acquiring unit capable of acquiring the expiring date and the warning date, a processing unit capable of monitoring whether the warning date is due, and a display unit configured for displaying the captured image and the expiring day of the expirable object. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100053338 | Method And System For Automatic Color Wheel Calibration In A Projector - In a method for automatic color wheel calibration in a projector, the color wheel includes three primary colors and a non-primary color. The method includes: enabling the projector to project the non-primary color, and measuring first optical physical amounts of the projected non-primary color; enabling the projector to project a combination color of the three primary colors having respective color level values, measuring second optical physical amounts of the projected combination color, and adjusting the respective color level values of the three primary colors according to respective values of differences between the first optical physical amounts and the second optical physical amounts; and repeating the above steps until each of the values of differences approximates zero, thereby obtaining color level values for the three primary colors to produce a combination color matching the non-primary color. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100079597 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining the Operating State of Audio-Video Devices - Methods and apparatus for identifying the operating state of an audio-video (AV) device are described. Example methods and apparatus include monitoring messages transmitted via a data bus in a first AV device, wherein the data bus is communicatively coupled to a processor and an AV network controller of the first AV device, and wherein the AV network controller is further communicatively coupled to a second AV device external to the first AV device. The example method also involves extracting messages associated with an operation of the second AV device from the monitored messages, analyzing the extracted messages for data associated with an operating state of the second AV device, and sending a command to the AV network controller to request data missing from the extracted messages and associated with the operating state of the second AV device. Additionally, the example methods and apparatus include identifying the operating state of the second AV device by analyzing the extracted messages and a response from the second AV device associated with the command. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100245591 | Small Memory Footprint Light Transport Matrix Capture - A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface 5irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. A display pipeline of user-supplied image modification processing modules are reduced by first representing the processing modules as multiple, individual matrix operations. All the matrix operations are then combined with, i.e., multiplied to, the transformation matrix to create a modified transformation matrix. The created transformation matrix is then used in place of the original transformation matrix to simultaneously achieve both image transformation and any pre and post image processing defined by the image modification processing modules. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110032364 | Circuitry and Techniques to Asynchronously Process, Output and/or Display Digital Video Data of a Broadcast - A method and circuitry for processing a video signal corresponding to a source synchronous video broadcast which corresponds to a selected channel which is one of a plurality of channels of a broadcast spectrum. In one aspect, the method includes generating digitized data of the video signal, which corresponds to the source synchronous video broadcast, using a local clock signal having a frequency which is different from the frequency of the source clock of the video broadcast; generating video data using the digitized data of the video signal; generating formatted video data blocks by arranging the video data into one or more lines or frames of video data; generating temporal reference signals wherein each temporal reference signal is associated with at least one formatted video data block. The video processing device, in one aspect, includes circuitry to convert the video signal of the source synchronous video broadcast to a baseband video signal; clock generation circuitry to generate a local clock signal; processing circuitry to: (i) asynchronously, with respect to the source clock, digitize the baseband video signal using the local clock signal, wherein the local clock signal includes a frequency which is different from the frequency of the source clock, and (ii) generate video data using the digitized data which corresponds to the video signal of the broadcast; and output format circuitry to generate formatted video data blocks by arranging the video data into one or more lines or frames of video data. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110141290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY SIGNAL GROUPS - A system and method for testing video graphics array (VGA) signal groups includes configuring a route parameter of each of the VGA signal groups, establishing a connection between an input channel and an output channel of a signal channel selector corresponding to each of the VGA signal groups, and transferring each of the VGA signal groups to the digital oscilloscope through the connection. The system and method further includes enabling the digital oscilloscope to analyze each of the VGA signal groups and acquire analysis results of each of the VGA signal groups. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110181732 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information display apparatus having a display unit that displays first information based on a signal corresponding to one channel in a broadcast wave received by a receiving unit, further includes a detecting unit that detects a reception state of the signal while the first information is displayed on the display unit; a judging unit that judges whether information displayed on the display unit has been changed from the first information to second information, if the reception state of the signal has deteriorated; a monitoring unit that monitors whether the reception state has returned to a favorable state, if the displayed information has been judged to have been changed to the second information; and a display control unit that continues display of the second information and redisplays the first information on a portion of the display unit, if the reception state of the signal has returned to a favorable state. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110199490 | HANDHELD PORTABLE FIBER OPTIC SERVICE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND METHODS FOR SAME - Embodiments according to the present application can provide hand held portable diagnostic tools and methods for using the same that can terminate a user port in a coaxial cable system to detect whether a digital service marker indicating that fiber optic digital CATV service is present. Embodiments of a hand held portable tool and methods for using the same can include a connector attached at one end of a housing to pass a downstream signal from a coupled user-side coaxial cable port, and a power detector. The detector includes a first filter to pass a selected bandwidth and a rectifying power detector circuit to detect RF power in the selected bandwidth indicative of the digital service marker. Upon detection of the digital service marker, an indicator in the hand held portable diagnostic tools provides detectable or visual results to the user. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110216204 | Systems and Methods for Bio-Image Calibration - Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for bio-image calibration are described. One aspect provides a bio-image calibration device including: a calibration portion comprising predetermined color areas; wherein the predetermined color areas are arranged in a predetermined pattern corresponding to a watermark; wherein the predetermined color areas are a predetermined size and a predetermined shape; and wherein the predetermined color areas are located on one or more edges of the bio-image device. Other embodiments are described. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110310253 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-ENABLING PORTABLE TELEVISION BAND DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for determining wireless channel interference in a television (TV) band white space spectrum. Upon sensing a signal on a wireless channel from a wireless white space device that transmits a unique device identifier, interference by the wireless white space device on the wireless channel is determined. A report of the channel interference by the wireless white space device is generated and may be utilized to cease the interference. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120033086 | SENSOR SYSTEM DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD USING SAME - A sensor system detection device for detecting quality of a sensor system includes a first connector electrically connected to the sensor system, a second connector; a display unit, a controller and an encoder. A first terminal of the encoder is connected to the first connector to receive first image data from the sensor system. A second terminal of the encoder is connected to the display unit via the second connector. A third terminal of the encoder is connected to the controller. The controller controls the encoder to transform the first image into second image data matching with the display unit. The second image data is transferred to the display unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120120254 | REDUCING COMMUNICATION DELAY OF VIDEO DATA - According to one embodiment, video data from a video transmitter ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127321 | WALL PLATE DIGITAL TELEVISION ANTENNA SIGNAL METER AND METHOD - A wall plate assembly having a television channel select switch, a channel display, and a signal strength display. A circuit board on the rear of the wall plate includes a television antenna connector, a television output connector, and control electronics. The control electronics displays the selected channel in the channel display, determines the signal strength for the selected channel in any signal on the television antenna connector and displays it in the signal strength display. The control electronics delivers the signal for the selected channel to the television output connector. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120154602 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING HANDHELD TEST & MEASUREMENT VIDEO QUALITY INFORMATION - Video content information associated with video content is received, by at least a first computing device, wherein the first computing device is a mobile media device. End destination information associated with a reception instance of the video content is received, by at least the first computing device, wherein the end destination information includes experience information that, at least in part, includes information relating to a quality of the reception instance of the video content and one or more of the mobile media device and a location of an end destination associated with the reception instance of the video content. At least a portion of the video content information and the end destination information, which includes at least a portion of the information relating to the quality of the reception instance of the video content, is selectively aggregated, by at least a second computing device, to generate aggregated information. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120206610 | VIDEO QUALITY MONITORING - Systems and methods of perceptual quality monitoring of video information, communications, and entertainment that can estimate the perceptual quality of video with high accuracy, and can be used to produce quality scores that better correlate with subjective quality scores of an end user. The systems and methods of perceptual quality monitoring of video can generate, from an encoded input video bitstream, estimates of one or more quality parameters relating to the video, such as the coding bit rate parameter, the video frame rate parameter, and the packet loss rate parameter, and provide these video quality parameter estimates to a predetermined video quality estimation model. Because the estimates of the video quality parameters are generated from the encoded input video bitstream as it is being received, the systems and methods are suitable for use as QoE monitoring tools. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206611 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING ERRORS IN VIDEO SIGNALS - Systems and methods for analyzing the performance of a digital network include capturing a stream of digital data, e.g., interne protocol (IP) packets, that represent streaming video, identifying which of the IP packets include bit errors, determining to which of a plurality of pixels the IP packets including bit errors belong and identifying such pixels as corrupted pixels, and illuminating only the corrupted pixels on a display of a tool. Corrupted pixels in different time blocks can be displayed with different colors to gain a better appreciation of the bit error rate over time. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20130057705 | VIDEO QUALITY SCORING - A network device may be configured to receive video quality data that includes information corresponding to a delivery of video content from a content source to a user device via a network and information corresponding to video presentation conditions corresponding to the user device. The network device may also be configured to determine video quality metrics based on the video quality data. Each of the video quality metrics may correspond to a characteristic of the delivery of the video content from the content source to the user device or the video presentation conditions corresponding to the user device. The network device may also be configured to determine, based on the video quality metrics, a video quality score that corresponds to an estimated user viewing experience corresponding to the video content. The network device may also be configured to communicate the video quality score to an operator of the network. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130120588 | VIDEO WINDOW DETECTION - A video window detector includes a region characteristic determiner to generate at least one characteristic value for at least one region of a display output; a characteristic map generator to generate an image map from the at least one characteristic value for at least one region of the display output; and a window detector to detect at least one video window dependent on the image map. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130147968 | TESTING METHOD FOR CAMERA - A testing method includes: providing a camera under test and a planar light source having a first mark, wherein the camera includes a voice coil motor (VCM) and a lens module is fixed on the VCM by glue, the VCM moves the lens module, the VCM includes an elastic tab for limiting and restoring the movement of the lens module; | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130321644 | DISPLAY DEVICE, INSPECTING AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device according to the present invention includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels coupled to a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of scan driving blocks coupled to the plurality of scan lines and adapted to apply a plurality of scan signals; an electrostatic discharge (ESD) unit adapted to protect the plurality of scan driving blocks from static charges; an AC power source unit for supplying a first power source voltage of which a level is changed between a logic high level and a logic low level, to the plurality of scan driving blocks through a first power source voltage wire during a pixel test of the plurality of pixels; and a DC power source unit for supplying a second power source voltage of the logic high level to the ESD unit through a second power source voltage wire. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140009625 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus including: a signal reception unit including a connector that is configured to connect to a plug of an external device and includes a first terminal and a second terminal, the signal reception unit being configured to receive a signal from the external device through the plug connected to the connector; a signal processor that processes the signal received by the signal reception unit according to a preset process; a storage that stores a test signal; and a controller that transmits the test signal stored in the storage to the first terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other, and determines a signal transmission state of the connector to the signal processor based on a change in signal characteristics of the test signal fed back through the second terminal. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140049650 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER - A video processing system includes a switch apparatus connected between first and second computers. The first computer outputs a video signal including test information of the first computer to the switch apparatus. The switch apparatus obtains a resolution of the second computer, and encodes the video signal according to the resolution of the second computer. The second computer displays the test information. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140104436 | Circuit to adjust backlighting for a display device - A display device to measure ambient light brightness may include a camera to provide an image, a controller to detect a face from the image and to measure brightness from a ratio of the iris diameter to the pupil diameter D | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140125818 | Automated Camera and Monitor Color Calibration - A method for calibrating a camera and a display monitor is provided. The method includes identifying a parameter for optimization, assigning to a test color a target color relevant to the parameter, repeatedly performing, two or more times, a set of steps, determining a direction and timing of color divergence for the target color from obtained images, and adjusting the parameter based on the direction and rate of color divergence for the target color. The set of steps includes instructing the display monitor to display the test color on a portion of the display monitor, obtaining an image captured by the camera while the display is executing the instruction, and reassigning, to the test color, a color obtained from a portion of the image in which the portion of the display monitor was captured. The obtained image includes the portion of the display monitor. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140192207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE VIDEO CHARACTERISTICS LOCALLY OR REMOTELY - A system for displaying video is provided that includes a first computing system that has a first display and is operable to render video data from a multimedia source. A video measurement module is associated with the first computing device and operable to calculate from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data and generating for display a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140293068 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, MONITOR APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to our invention, linked operation between a monitor apparatus for displaying images, and a set-top box for transmitting image signals to the monitor apparatus via a required interface, can be achieved properly, even if both units are constructed in casings separate from each other. The monitor apparatus uses a CEC line to transmit a CEC vendor command including at least a code associated with unit information, and the set-top box apparatus transmits the CEC vendor command including at least the code associated with the unit information. Upon receiving the vendor command from the set-top box apparatus, the monitor apparatus switches to the linked operation with the set-top box. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140300751 | OPTICAL ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY FOR A VIDEO BASED METROLOGY TOOL - A system for quickly aligning a test optic with various components of an optical metrology tool. A collimated target is presented to a beamsplitting reference surface located on a positioning system for holding and manipulating the test optic. Video images of the target and its reflection from the reference surface are displayed for analysis and visualization so that any tilt between the reference surface and the optical axis of the collimated beam can be removed to align the test optic. After alignment, the video based system is used to quickly measure and display in real-time a variety of performance characteristics of optical components such as lenses. The metrology system is under the control of a computer which uses a windowing software program to provide the user with a graphical user interface by which the various components of the system and test lenses may be aligned and characterized. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140320671 | TELEVISION CAMERA DEVICE - The present invention displays the light transmission/reception level, the usable amount of remaining power of a utility, or the like, and by means of viewing the display, a user becomes able to easily make a determination, thus increasing the operability of a television camera device. The television camera device has: a camera head; a camera control unit that controls the camera head; and a cable that connects the camera head and the camera control unit. The camera head is provided with: a means for outputting a utility power source; a return video output means; and a prompt output means. The camera control unit is provided with a detection means that detects the power used by the television camera device. The camera head is provided with an output means that displays the power that the utility power source can output and the power detected by the detection means. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150009340 | CHARACTERIZING A DOWNSTREAM PATH OF A CABLE NETWORK - Downstream channel parameters of a cable network are displayed in graphical form as a function of the channel number or center frequency. Such parameters, including digital channel demodulation parameters, may be plotted concurrently as frequency spectra, revealing frequency signatures of particular network impairments. Frequency spectra of MER, BER, IUC, carrier level, and in-band spectral response may be plotted concurrently in various combinations, providing a concise summary view of a condition of a downstream path at a particular location in the network. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150029344 | VIDEO OUTPUT SUPERVISOR - A video output supervisor includes a test region indicator for verifying that the commanded output to specific areas of a display is valid. Areas reserved displaying safety-critical data in the data frame to be displayed can be supervised for the presence and status of display indicators of the safety-critical data. The confidence of the supervision can be increased by measuring other display and frame parameters in conjunction with supervising the indicators of the safety-critical data. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150070509 | SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A sensor information management device of an embodiment includes an image input section, an image display section, an operation section, an operation information storage section, and an output section. The image input section obtains an image from each of multiple image sensors that are installed at different positions or different angles from one another and image goods. The image display section displays multiple images obtained from the multiple image sensors. The operation section receives input of operation content for at least one image among the displayed multiple images. The operation information storage section stores operation information based on the operation content. The output section outputs the operation information stored in the operation information storage section. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150077572 | Digital Video Pixel Tester - Presented is a system and method for testing a digital video distribution environment. A digital video signal generator transmits a reference video bit stream to a distribution path. A digital video signal analyzer receives a test video bit stream from the distribution path. The digital video signal analyzer generates a diagnostic video bit stream as a function of the reference video bit stream and the test video bit stream. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150130951 | INTERACTIVE CAMERA CALIBRATION TOOL - An interactive camera calibration tool is presented that provides live feedback on the state of the calibration and produces tightly-distributed calibration parameters even when used by novices. Target positions are suggested by the calibration tool. Once the target has been aligned with the target positions, image data of the target is captured and used to compute calibration parameters. This process is repeated until the computed parameters meet the accuracy requirements specified by the user. A novel calibration quality metric is also leveraged to automatically determine whether a calibration is sufficiently accurate. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150331653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE DISPLAYING OF VIDEO CONTENTS | 11-19-2015 |
| 348185000 | Combined plural functions (e.g., picture and waveform monitor) | 1 |
| 20150146013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A MARKER - A marker generating method is provided for facilitating the finding of positions which correspond to one another among a plurality of images associated with a video signal. A position within an image ( | 05-28-2015 |
