| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348208120 | Combined with other camera operations (e.g., autofocus or autoexposure details) | 59 |
| 20090009614 | DIGITAL STILL CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A solid-state electronic image sensing device senses the image of a subject repeatedly for an exposure time over which camera shake is thought not to occur, and repeatedly outputs image data representing the image of the subject. A combining device generates one frame of a combined image obtained by combining the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device with the image of the subject represented by image data that was output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device by an immediately preceding image sensing operation, in such a manner that the images of the subject coincide. A combining control device controls the combining device so as to repeatedly execute processing for generating one frame of a combined image updated by combining the combined image, which is the result of combination by the combining device, with the image of the subject represented by image data that has been output from the solid-state electronic image sensing device, in such a manner that the images coincide. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015681 | MULTIPOINT AUTOFOCUS FOR ADJUSTING DEPTH OF FIELD - A device may include logic to capture an image, logic to detect a plurality of faces in the image, logic to calculate a distance associated with each face, logic to calculate a depth of field based on the distance associated with each face, and logic to calculate focus and exposure settings to capture the image based on the depth of field associated with the plurality of faces. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090051776 | AUTOFOCUS ASSEMBLY - A camera assembly may include an autofocus assembly that selectively imparts a first displacement between a lens assembly and an imaging sensor and a second displacement between the lens assembly and the imaging sensor. The autofocus assembly includes at least one positioner and an actuator. The actuator is configured to move the positioner between a first position in which the positioner contacts a first surface that is in a first plane corresponding to the first displacement and second position in which the positioner contacts a second surface that is in a second plane corresponding to the second displacement. The first and second planes may be offset so that a distance between the first displacement and the second displacement directly corresponds to a distance between the first and second planes. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090153681 | Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling the same - A digital photographing apparatus that is capable of detecting the shaking of the apparatus by using an autofocusing (AF) process and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are provided. These involve calculating a first focal value while focusing on an object by performing the AF process and comparing the first focal value with a second focal value of a location on an image captured by actually photographing the object. This location corresponds to a location corresponding to the first focal value. As a result of these features, the shaking of the digital photographing apparatus can be detected. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090167879 | HAND MOVEMENT CORRECTION APPARATUS, MEDIUM STORING HAND MOVEMENT CORRECTION PROGRAM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PICKUP PROGRAM - The hand movement correction apparatus | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090284609 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image capture apparatus shifts an image sensor at each shooting initiation time in the continuous-shoot mode in the event of a camera-shake in response to a control signal which reflects an offset signal indicating pixel shifting information in a compensating signal indicating shake compensating information. Thereby, a change in the shooting range of the image sensor due to the camera-shake is mostly compensated for and the shooting range is changed by one pixel at each shooting. Thus, even in the event of a camera-shake, the distance between a feature portion of a main subject and a fixed pattern noise can be made different for each of continuously shot images. As a result, even in the event of the camera-shake, a composite image having fixed pattern noises scattered can be obtained by combining continuously shot images with reference to the feature portion. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100007747 | CAMERA AND LENS DEVICE - A taking lens consists of first to third lens groups. The second lens group is held in a lens frame that is coupled through an arm to a supporting shaft, and is able to rotate about the supporting shaft, to move the second lens group in a circular direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the taking lens. As a movable lens barrel retreats into a camera body, the lens frame rotates to remove the second lens group from an inserted position inserted in an optical path of the taking lens to a removed position set out of the optical path. The arm is provided with an actuator that causes the lens frame to move in a lengthwise direction of the arm. Because the movement in the circular direction includes a component that is perpendicular to the lengthwise movement of the arm, it is possible to move the lens frame and thus the second lens group in any directions in the perpendicular plane to the optical axis, in order to cancel a deviation of an optical image that result from a camera shake. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100091124 | Photo Sensor Array Using Controlled Motion - A movable sensor including a plurality of photo pixel sites arranged in an array comprising a photo sensor and a neutral density filter filtering the photo sensor. Each of the neutral density filters have a density value that are graduated over a range of densities. The sensor is linearly movable across an image. Each point in the image is exposed to at least one pixel site with the graduated density values and each of the photo pixel sites of the array is exposed to a same light input during a time span of exposure, such that the image is captured at a defined range of exposure values and can be combined into a single high dynamic range image. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100149353 | PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS ACCORDING TO MOTION OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Provided are a photographing control method and apparatus according to motion of a digital photographing apparatus. The photographing control method may prevent inconvenience when a subject is photographed while changing a viewing angle by using an additional zoom button, by sensing predetermined motion via a motion sensor comprised in the digital photographing apparatus and calculating a first motion value; comparing the calculated first motion value to predetermined threshold values; and controlling a zoom lens to be driven in a predetermined direction according to a result of the comparing. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100220201 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a digital image processing apparatus having improved hand-shake compensation performance by measuring a distance between the digital image processing apparatus and a subject to be photographed and performing hand-shake compensation by reflecting the measured distance, and a method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus. The method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus includes measuring a subject distance corresponding to a distance between a body of the digital image processing apparatus and a subject to be photographed; setting a first tuning coefficient for tuning hand-shake compensation according to the subject distance; sensing hand-shake that causes the body to shake; and compensating for the hand-shake by incorporating the first tuning coefficient. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100302388 | CAMERA UNIT AND MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION APPLIANCE INCLUDING CAMERA UNIT - A camera unit includes an image sensor, an image signal processor, an application processor and a frame memory. The image sensor receives an optical signal from a lens unit and converts it into an electrical signal. The image signal processor converts the electrical signal into an image signal, and includes a first sub block controlling the image sensor and the lens unit and a second sub block receiving and processing the image signal from the first sub block. The application processor receives the image signal from the second sub block and further processes the image signal. The frame memory is connected to the second sub block and the application processor to store the processed image signal. The image sensor and the first sub block constitute a first chip not connected to the frame memory, and the second sub block and the application processor constitute a second chip connected to the frame memory. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110122268 | IMAGING DEVICE - An image capture device that can cut down power dissipation to a certain degree while carrying out an image stabilizing operation to a certain degree at any zoom power is provided. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110169974 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE-CAPTURING LENS - An image-capturing lens has, in order from an object, an object side lens group G | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110181744 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE COMPRESSION RATIO OF THE SAME - When an input image is received from an imaging element, a detection circuit detects frequency information of the input image, and an electronic shake processing circuit detects shake information (motion amount) of the input image. A CPU receives the frequency information and the shake information via an image processing circuit. The CPU increases a compression ratio of the input image when high frequency components are dominant, and decreases the compression ratio when low frequency components are dominant. The CPU also increases the compression ratio when the input image is moving, and decreases the compression ratio when the input image is not moving. A compression/decompression circuit compresses the image based on the compression ratio thus set. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110242340 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT UNIT, AUTOFOCUS UNIT, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup element unit is used for an image pickup apparatus having an autofocus function configured to determine a direction in which an in-focus position is located by wobbling in an optical axis direction an image pickup element configured to photoelectrically convert an optical image formed by an image pickup optical system. The image pickup element unit includes a deformable member connected with the image pickup element and configured to deform when receiving a force, a support configured to support the deformable member and to serve as a fulcrum when the deformable member deforms so that the deformable member can move the image pickup element in the optical axis direction, and a weight fixed onto the deformable member and configured to move reverse to the image pickup element as the image pickup element moves. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120002061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OVERLAY REMOTE AND LOCAL VIDEO FEEDS - According to some embodiments, a studio video feed, including a studio subject, may be received from a studio video camera. A remote video feed, including a remote subject, may be received from a remote video camera. The remote video feed may include, for example, the remote subject positioned in from of a solid-colored background. The remote subject may be overlaid into the studio video feed to produce a composite video signal, and at least one of the studio video feed and the remote video feed may be automatically adjusted to create an impression that the studio subject and the remote subject occupy a shared physical space. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120081560 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The digital photographing apparatus obtains a first image from an input image according to a first shutter input signal, obtains a second image from the input image according to a second shutter input signal, and corrects the second image based on the first image. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120162455 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING HANDSHAKE CORRECTION MODULE AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus, the method including: generating a live view image; performing a preprocessing operation on the live view image; driving a vibration mode of a handshake correction module in response to a result of the preprocessing operation; and if a photographing signal is input, generating a photographing image after terminating the vibration mode of the handshake correction module. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130222626 | Photographic machine comprising a camera system with exeptional 1,500mm-3000mm mega zoom capability with 3 distinct levels of magnification, image stabilization, accurate metering, and auto focus confirmation - This camera system comprises a novel or new combination of three elements or parts including a 1000 mm focal length Maksutov Cassegrain MTO or Rubinar mirror lens threaded to an M42 to Sony Alpha mount or M42 to Olympus 4/3 mount adapter, both with their own “dandelion chip”, programmed with the focal length of 1000 mm allowing for the only currently image stabilized lens of this length, also allowing the lens to communicate with the camera to allow proper metering and exposure as well as focus confirmation for faster, more certain sharp photos whether through “focus peaking” in the case of the Sony, or “catch in focus” and a confirmation beep with the Olympus, as well as 3 variable levels of zoom from 1500 mm to 3000 mm in the case of the Sony (incorporating both the crop factor of the sensor and the crop zoom push button feature) and 2× crop with Olympus. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130258124 | PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS ACCORDING TO MOTION OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Provided are a photographing control method and apparatus according to motion of a digital photographing apparatus. The photographing control method may prevent inconvenience when a subject is photographed while changing a viewing angle by using an additional zoom button, by sensing predetermined motion via a motion sensor comprised in the digital photographing apparatus and calculating a first motion value; comparing the calculated first motion value to predetermined threshold values; and controlling a zoom lens to be driven in a predetermined direction according to a result of the comparing. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130293729 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing apparatus receives shake information detected by, for example, a sensor which detects a shake, and determines whether the hold status of the image capturing apparatus is handheld or fixed, based on the shake information (first shake determination). Also, the image capturing apparatus sequentially acquires images output upon photoelectric conversion by charge-accumulation type photoelectric conversion elements, and determines whether the hold status is handheld or fixed, based on an image displacement between the images (second shake determination). The exposure settings at the time of image capturing are changed between the case wherein it is determined by first shake determination that the hold status is fixed, and that wherein it is determined by second shake determination that the hold status is fixed. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130300884 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES USING ORIENTATION DETECTORS TO IMPLEMENT AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE MECHANISMS - Several methods and apparatuses for implementing automatic exposure mechanisms for image capturing devices are described. In one embodiment, an orientation detector located in the device determines orientation data for the device, The automatic exposure mechanism projects an orientation vector into an image plane of an image sensor, Next, the automatic exposure mechanism adjusts an initial position of a metering area used for automatic exposure towards a target position based on the projected orientation vector. The automatic exposure mechanism optionally dampens the adjustment of the metering area. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140015989 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject to output image data, an optical system that includes a focus lens and is configured to form an image of the subject on the imaging unit, a finder that allows a user to view the subject, a proximity sensor configured to sense proximity of an object to the finder, and a controller configured to perform a focus operation to drive the focus lens to focus on the image of the subject when the proximity sensor senses proximity of an object, and fix the position of the focus lens after completion of the focus operation until a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140028864 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus is such that in a case where an operation is instructed by an operation member, a mode changing unit changes operation modes or control amounts in the operation modes of at least two controllers from among a plurality of controllers. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140098254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING OBJECTS - Systems and methods for imaging objects are provided. An imaging device includes a sensor to provide an image of an object. The sensor can have a sensor exposure time and a sensor gain and the image includes a plurality of frames, each of the plurality of frames that can depict at least a portion of the object. The imaging device includes a motion detector to determine whether there is movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames of the plurality of frames. The imaging device also includes a controller. The controller can set the sensor exposure time to a first value in response to a determination by the motion detector that there is movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames. The controller can also set the sensor exposure time to a second value in response to a determination that there is no movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames. The controller can also adjust the sensor exposure time, the sensor gain, or both to maintain a luminance value of the plurality of frames at a target luminance value. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140139694 | ADAPTING AN OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER ON A CAMERA - Disclosed are methods and systems of adapting an optical image stabilizer (OIS) for a camera, the methods comprising acquiring an image of the scene; obtaining image context associated with the image of the scene; selecting a mode of operating the OIS based on the obtained image context; and, applying the OIS using the selected mode of operation. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140307114 | CAMERA MODULE - The present invention relates to a camera module including an auto focusing module vertically moving a lens, a handshake compensation module wrapping the auto focusing module, and tilting the auto focusing module to compensate handshake, a circuit board electrically connected to the handshake compensation module, a bottom case supporting the circuit board and coupled to the auto focusing module, a main circuit board fixed to bottom case and electrically connected to an image sensor module and the circuit board, and a spring unit arranged at a periphery of the main circuit board and having a symmetrical opening having thereinside a gap spaced apart at a predetermined distance. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140362243 | CAMERA MODULE - The camera module according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) mounted with an image sensor, a housing mounted therein with camera constituent parts and configured to protect the image sensor, an actuator arranged on the housing, and an electronic circuit pattern layer integrally formed on a surface of the housing to conductively connect the actuator to the PCB. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150022679 | Fast Motion Detection with GPU - Disclosed are systems and methods for determining when to focus a digital camera to capture a scene. A current frame and a prior frame are differenced to determine a frame difference. The current frame is also differenced with a jittered version of the current frame to produce a jitter difference. If the frame difference exceeds the jitter difference, the scene is deemed to have moved and the camera is autofocused, and otherwise the camera focus is not altered. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150103195 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A camera module may include a fixed part, and a driving part moved relatively with respect to the fixed part in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction. The driving part and the fixed part may be disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the optical axis direction, and the driving part may be supported by a plurality of suspension wires and a plurality of ball bearings, such that occurrence of tilting of a lens may be prevented when the driving part is driven in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150116519 | Noise Reduction - An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate a signal from at least one sound transducer of an apparatus, where the signal is generated based upon sound received at the at least one sound transducer, where the sound includes acoustic noise generated by a component of the apparatus; and remove a noise component from the signal, where the noise component at least partially corresponds to the acoustic noise generated by the component. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160080621 | VOICE COIL MOTOR AND AUTOFOCUS MODULE HAVING THE SAME - A voice coil motor includes a casing with a receiving space, a plurality of magnetic elements disposed in the receiving space, a carrier movably disposed in the receiving space for carrying a lens unit, a coil wrapped around the carrier, and a resilient member interconnecting the casing and the carrier to seal a gap between the casing and the carrier. The coil interacts with a magnetic field of the magnetic elements when energized for generating a driving force to displace the carrier. The resilient member is movable along with the carrier and is deformed to generate a restoring force that is opposite to the driving force. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160127637 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus capable of executing autofocus by at least one of a phase difference detection method and a contrast detection method using an image signal obtained from a set focus detection region and from which an imaging optical system and a converter lens are detachable. The image capturing apparatus comprises: a conversion unit configured to convert aberration information indicating a spherical aberration of the imaging optical system based on a magnification and aberration information of the converter lens in a case where the converter lens is mounted; a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction value for correcting a difference between a result of the autofocus and a focus condition of a captured image; and a control unit configured to control a position of a focus lens based on the result of the autofocus that has been corrected using the correction value. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160191801 | REAL TIME ASSESSMENT OF PICTURE QUALITY - A computerized method for computing the photo quality of a captured image in a device image acquisition system, comprising on-board combining of a plurality of quality indicators computed from said captured image and its previous image frames quality indicators and a confidence level for at least one of said quality indicators, and using a processor to determine, based on said combining, whether photo quality is acceptable and taking differential action depending on whether quality is or is not acceptable. | 06-30-2016 |
| 348208130 | Motion correction plus resolution enhancement | 5 |
| 20090153682 | Reducing Video Shaking - Included are embodiments for reducing undesirable motion in a video. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a plurality of video frames that comprise at least one segment of a video, the plurality of video frames being captured by a capture device and determining a maximum undesired movement of the capture device for the plurality of video frames during the at least one segment. Some embodiments include trimming at least a portion of the video frames according to the determined maximum undesired movement such that the undesirable movement in the video is reduced. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153683 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In an image acquisition apparatus, RAW data obtained in image acquisition with an imager in which a color filter is disposed in a front face is divided into each identical color by a RAW data dividing unit, a compression coding processing unit produces coded data of each color by compressing the RAW data at a compression rate controlled for each color, and the coded data of each color is recorded in a recording unit. A motion compensation unit compensates a relative positional relationship between frames by estimating a motion of a subject between frames of plural images, using specific color division coded data which is decoded by the compression coding processing unit and a RAW format data reproducing unit, the specific color division coded data being coded data of a color close to a peak of spectral sensitivity of human vision in the coded data of each color. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100033584 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing device that performs registration processing between a plurality of images using an image transformation defined by at least one inter-frame motion vector, is provided with a lens characteristic acquisition unit for obtaining a lens characteristic of an imaging lens that photographs the plurality of images; a motion vector measurement region setting unit for setting, on the basis of the lens characteristic, a plurality of motion vector measurement regions in each of which a motion vector is to be measured; a motion vector reliability calculation unit for calculating a reliability of each of calculated motion vectors; and a motion vector integration processing unit for calculating the at least one inter-frame motion vector by integrating the motion vectors of the plurality of motion vector measurement regions in accordance with the reliability of the motion vectors. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100097481 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON COMPUTER PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - A photographing apparatus is provided that is capable of minimizing an access bandwidth of memory included in the photographing apparatus and is capable of reducing power consumption, and a method of controlling the photographing apparatus. The photographing apparatus includes a distortion correction unit for performing distortion correction on a captured image by performing image processing; a digital zoom unit for performing digital zoom on the captured image by performing image processing; and a host central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the photographing apparatus to perform one of the distortion correction by the distortion correction unit and the digital zoom by the digital zoom unit. A method of controlling the photographing apparatus is also provided. In addition, a recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program to implement the method is also provided. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20160119545 | IMAGING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An imaging module ( | 04-28-2016 |
| 348208140 | Object tracking | 11 |
| 20080204563 | Picture Freeze Detector - The present invention describes a method and system for identifying a picture freeze situation on a display by adding a repeated electronic signature in the signal chain fed to the display, and detecting if the electronic signature is present on the display. If the electronic signature is not present a warning unit will be activated. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080278589 | Methods for identifying a target subject to automatically focus a digital camera and related systems, and computer program products - Methods, devices and computer program products for identifying a target subject for auto-focusing a digital camera include selecting a target subject at a first position in a first image and identifying the target subject on a display. The target subject is identified at a second position in a second image based on the first image. A digital camera lens is automatically focused on the target subject at the second position. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090091633 | IMAGE-TAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is provided an image-taking method and apparatus capable of quickly taking an image in which a human face is in focus. When an instruction to take an image is input, multiple images are taken with different focus positions. A human face in each of the images is detected, an area enclosing a detected human face is set as a focus evaluation area, and a focus evaluation value is calculated. Once focus evaluation values for all the images taken have been calculated, the image with the highest focus evaluation value among the images is chosen and recorded. Thus, an image in which the human face is in focus can be readily taken without having to perform cumbersome operations such as an image choosing operation. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090316012 | Method of processing multiple video images - A method of storing and organizing digital images includes the steps of: | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100007748 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method - While an image of an object is taken and image data of the image is generated by an imaging apparatus, at least either a panning or tilting movement of the imaging apparatus is detected. Form the image data, a feature of one or more humans is detected. Moving speeds of the one or more humans in the image data are calculated. Imaging control procedures with at least either a focus or exposing adjustment are performed to the human moving at the calculated minimum speed when at least either the panning or tilting movement of the imaging apparatus is detected. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100066843 | Image tracking apparatus, image tracking method and camera - An image tracking apparatus includes: an imaging device that generates image information by capturing an image formed through an image forming optical system; a setting unit that sets, based upon the image information, first reference image information that includes image information corresponding to a part of an image to be designated as a target in the image information and also sets second reference image information based upon information related to an image assuming a position close to an image corresponding to the first reference image information; and a recognition unit that recognizes the target based upon the first reference image information and the second reference image information. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20120262591 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method in which auto-selecting of an object to be prioritized from among a plurality of detected objects is capable more appropriately. A characteristic detecting unit detects a previously set characteristic portion of an object from an image signal constituting a moving image. A control unit sets a priority to each characteristic portion when a plurality of the characteristic portions are detected by the characteristic detecting unit and also sets a high priority to a characteristic portion being detected for a long period of time. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130242123 | BEAM STEERING ELEMENT FEED FORWARD COMMAND AIDING ARCHITECTURE - A feed forward command aiding architecture with corresponding method, system, and computer product are provided. The feed forward command aiding architecture includes generating angle and rate commands from a received inertial data input. The angle command is feed into a proper order position loop producing an intermediate result. An angle feedback is differentiated producing a rate loop feedback. The intermediate result, rate command, and rate loop feedback are then feed into a proper order rate loop producing a torque command. The proper order rate loop is nested inside of the proper order position loop. The torque command being generated moves a beam steering element of an electro-optic sensor to deflect a line of sight of the electro-optic sensor by an angle approximating the received inertial angular input. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150332608 | LASER DAZZLE EVALUATION - There is provided a laser dazzle simulator system, comprising a video camera ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160057349 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An image processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to select either of a first tracking system that tracks a subject by the optical processing of an optical image shake correction unit, or a second tracking system that tracks the subject by electronic processing of cutting out an area of the subject from an imaged image, as a tracking system used for tracking the subject in the captured image. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20180024622 | MOTION CAPTURING GARMENTS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CAPTURE USING JEANS AND OTHER GARMENTS | 01-25-2018 |
| 348208150 | Warning/indicator | 1 |
| 20170237900 | REAL TIME ASSESSMENT OF PICTURE QUALITY | 08-17-2017 |
| 348208160 | Changing camera function based on motion detection (mode, power supply) | 8 |
| 20080231714 | System and method for capturing images - System and method for capturing images with reduced blur. An embodiment includes an image sensor to capture optical information, a shutter coupled to the image sensor, a motion sensor to measure movement of an electronic device, and a processor coupled to the image sensor, to the shutter, and to the motion sensor. The shutter initiates a capturing of optical information, and the processor controls a state of the shutter based on predicted future movements of the electronic device based on movement information from the motion sensor. The predicted future movements permit a determination of image capture time to reduce blur. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080266406 | IMAGE SENSORS - A method of compensating for camera shake includes reading a sequential series of images from an image sensing array, establishing a sharpness value for each of the sequential series of images, and performing an image selection based upon each sharpness value. The sharpness value is calculated for each image of the sequential series thereof during the reading. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090002501 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION USING A SECONDARY CAMERA - A device that employs a secondary camera for use in image blur correction. The device includes a first camera that acquires a digital image and a second camera that acquires a series of digital images that enable a determination of a motion of the device during acquisition of the digital image. The determined motion may be used to correct an image blur in the digital image acquired with the primary camera. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090256921 | CAMERA EXPOSURE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES THAT TAKE CAMERA AND SCENE MOTION INTO ACCOUNT - Quantities of motion regarding an imaging device such as an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to capture an image to improve the quality of the image. Motion blur caused by movement of the camera or by movement of an object within the scene being photographed is reduced by selecting appropriate exposure parameters. Further, when there is little or no motion detected, the exposure parameters may be selected to improve the depth of field and reduce the noise in the captured image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100265344 | AUTO-TRIGGERED FAST FRAME RATE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING - This disclosure describes techniques for triggering recording of digital video in a fast frame rate mode. In one example, a digital video recording apparatus includes a video sensor that captures digital video data at a fast frame rate in a fast frame rate mode, a video buffer that buffers the captured digital video data according to a first-in-first-out storage schema, a video storage that stores digital video data, and a motion detection unit that detects fast motion in the buffered digital video data, that stores digital video data from the video sensor in the video storage after detecting the fast motion, and that copies the contents of the video buffer to the video storage prepended to the stored video data. The digital video recording apparatus may be incorporated in a wireless communication device, such as a cellular phone. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20120262592 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SAVING POWER BY ADAPTING FEATURES OF A DEVICE - Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to reduce power consumption of devices. Particularly, present embodiments contemplate modifying parameters of embedded components, including imaging sensors and electronic displays, to reduce power consumption. By modifying parameters of these components in an intelligent manner, the full capabilities of these components are available when needed by a device user, while power is conserved by reducing the capabilities of the components when those capabilities are not needed to support a current use of the device. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20140267811 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE MODULE CONFIGURATION - Technologies are provided in embodiments for receiving an indication of an image processing service request, retrieve environmental information indicative of an environmental condition of an apparatus, retrieving operational information indicative of an operating condition of the apparatus, determining image processing software configuration information based, at least in part, on the image processing service, the environmental information, and the operational information, and causing configuration of at least one image processing software module based, at least in part, on the image processing software configuration information. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160044222 | DETECTING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR DETECTING STATE IN PREDETERMINED AREA WITHIN IMAGES - An imaging apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a detecting unit | 02-11-2016 |
