Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348576000 | Selective image modification (e.g., touch up) | 28 |
20080225177 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING SOLID-STATE ELECTRONIC IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - Signal charge is branched in either of two directions, namely to a first output circuit or to a second output circuit, by a branching portion at the left end of a horizontal transfer line. Imperfect transfer of signal charge occurs at the branching portion owing to the branching operation, and this signal charge is added to signal charge of the next pixel. Data representing an amount of correction that corrects for the imperfect transfer is calculated, and imperfect transfer at the branching portion is compensated for using the data representing this amount of correction. | 09-18-2008 |
20080239150 | Using a region restricted cleanup signal to bridge a signal level mismatch between a blue screen and an adjoining garbage matte - A visible luminance step in a background scene, caused by a signal level mismatch between a matte signal level and a blue backing signal level, is significantly reduced by a soft edge transition region that raises the blue backing signal level up to the signal level of a garbage matte by using a cleanup signal restricted to the transition region. The soft edge formed by cleanup does not make subjects transparent, and actors may enter this zone with little loss of image quality. | 10-02-2008 |
20090147141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO TELEPHONY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for video telephony in a mobile terminal includes: extracting, after establishment of a video call, a facial feature from a video image captured by a camera unit of the mobile terminal, comparing the extracted facial feature with that of a pre-stored reference image, and correcting the video image according to the facial feature of the reference image. The corrected video image is transmitted to a counterpart of the video call. | 06-11-2009 |
20100002145 | ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF A VIDEO SIGNAL - A video signal includes a plurality of frames of image data. A single frame of image data or multiple frames of image data, one or more reduced resolution frames, or a portion or portions of one or more frames or reduced resolution frames can be analyzed to determine initial statistics. One or more correction operations are then performed on the initial statistics to generate initial correction values. The one or more correction operations include a balance correction operation, a flare correction operation, and a tonal correction operation. After the initial correction values are determined, a temporal filter is applied to the initial correction values to generate final correction values. Optimized image data is then generated by applying the final correction values to image data in one or more frames. | 01-07-2010 |
20100039561 | SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING LIGHT RADIATION - A system that provides a more immersive viewing experience of an image sequence is provided. This is realized by extending the currently presented frame of the image sequence. The backlighting effect is used to display the extended part of the currently presented frame. A method and computer-readable medium is also provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100053441 | Video display device, video display method and system - There is provided a video display device including a content control unit for displaying a video content on a display screen; a user specifying unit for specifying a user viewing a video content displayed on the display screen; and an image quality adjustment unit for adjusting the image quality of the display screen according to the user specified by the user specifying unit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100118198 | VIDEO QUALITY ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT UNIT, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT, AND VIDEO QUALITY ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT METHOD - [PROBLEMS] To provide a video quality adjustment support unit capable of contributing to video quality improvement. | 05-13-2010 |
20100208140 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a motion vector detection unit that determines a motion vector between a plurality of images obtained in time series, an image synthesis unit that obtains a synthesized image by correcting a positional deviation between the plurality of images on the basis of the determined motion vector and synthesizing the plurality of images subjected to the positional deviation correction, a smoothing area extraction unit that extracts a smoothing area in which smoothing processing is to be performed on the basis of a degree of inconsistency occurring when the positional deviation is corrected, and a smoothing processing unit that performs the smoothing processing on the extracted smoothing area, from among respective areas of the synthesized image. | 08-19-2010 |
20100253846 | IMAGE ACQUISITION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING INFORMATION DERIVED FROM AN AREA OF INTEREST IN A VIDEO IMAGE IMPLEMENTING SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZED BRIGHTNESS CONTROL AND USE OF METADATA - Method and apparatus for preparing and displaying images uses image characteristics of an area of interest of images to optimize or otherwise determine image characteristics of the entire image to be displayed. The area of interest information may be used in computing an SSBC profile for the area of interest, and the SSBC profile may be used to adjust the image signal to provide an image in which the image characteristics, e.g., are optimized for the image at the area of interest. The image characteristics and/or SSBC profile information may be provided as metadata included in a video signal data stream. The area of interest may be selected where the image is obtained, where the image is shown or elsewhere, e.g., in an image storage device, image player, etc. | 10-07-2010 |
20110051003 | VIDEO IMAGE MOTION PROCESSING METHOD INTRODUCING GLOBAL FEATURE CLASSIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION DEVICE THEREOF - The invention involves the technology of video digital image processing. With respect to the problem of larger error existed in the existing video image motion processing method, a video image motion processing method introducing global feature classification is provided. The video image motion processing method introducing global feature classification includes the following steps of: extracting local features of pixel points, including local motion features; extracting the global feature of an image; classifying the pixel points according to the obtained local features and the global feature; assigning correction parameters to the obtained types; correcting the local motion features by means of the obtained correction parameters. Another object of the invention is to provide a device for realizing the above video image motion processing method introducing global feature classification. Due to the introduction of the global feature of the video image to be processed for classifying the local motion features of pixel points, and the pertinent correction according to different types, the final local motion features obtained by using the technology scheme according to the present invention is more accurate. | 03-03-2011 |
20110080522 | USE OF METADATA IN VIDEO TO ESTABLISH TV SETTINGS - Metadata defining TV video settings is embedded in or otherwise accompanies a video stream. The metadata is executed by the TV to establish the settings, which consequently may be optimized for the particular video stream. | 04-07-2011 |
20110211119 | INTERMEDIATE FRAME OCCLUSION ESTIMATION SYSTEM USING PROJECTED VECTORS - In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing motion compensated interpolation wherein, for any pixels in the interpolated frame to which there is neither a forward vector nor a backward vector projecting: including the pixel in an intermediate frame conceal area if it is not located within the full frame reveal area; including the pixel in an intermediate frame reveal area if it is not located within the full frame conceal area; and using the intermediate frame conceal and reveal areas to interpolate values for pixels within an area of the interpolated frame. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus processes image data corresponding to a display image. The image processing apparatus includes M image processing sections which have a function of processing image data of M (where M is an integer equal to or greater than 2) images segmented from the image and an image processing control section which, when an image corresponding to input image data is an image which has a resolution being of size to be processable by N (where N is an integer equal to or smaller than M−1) image processing sections, causes L image processing sections from among the M image processing sections to process image data corresponding to L (where L is an integer equal to or greater than N+1 and equal to or smaller than M) partial images segmented from image data. | 09-01-2011 |
20110242417 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes an acquisition unit, a memory, a search unit, and a synthesis unit. The acquisition unit acquires a moving image including a plurality of images, and sets a pixel in a process image as a target pixel. The process image is to be processed in the moving image. The memory stores a fine texture image obtained by extracting a texture component in a reference image different from the process image. The search unit sets a pixel position of the target pixel as a first position, and to search a predetermined range in the fine texture image in order to find a second position corresponding to the first position. The synthesis unit synthesizes a pixel value of the second position in the fine texture image with a pixel value of the target pixel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242418 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, a min-max pixel difference value computing unit computes the difference between the maximum and minimum pixel values in a first image portion including a target pixel and neighbor pixels. A maximum adjacent pixel difference value computing unit computes the maximum value among the difference values between adjacent pixels in the first image portion. An image change feature value computing unit computes a feature value corresponding to the suddenness of image change in the first image portion. A filter coefficient computing unit computes filter coefficients. A sharpen filter accepts, as input, pixels forming a second image portion including the same target pixel as the first image portion and neighbor pixels, and computes an output pixel value for the target pixel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110267538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERING IMAGES IN A VIDEO FILE USING PREDETERMINED PARAMETERS - A system and method for altering images using predetermined parameters is provided, through the use of a record associated with a digital video file. The record contains a number of parameters about insertion opportunities, including the location, time span, and shape of such opportunities. When a digital video file is requested, the record is accessed, and a determination is made as to whether the file should be altered. Should the determination be made for an alteration, a distinctive image is selected based on the information, including the parameters in the record, and an insertion or substitution is made. | 11-03-2011 |
20120127368 | ANTI-BLUR APPARATUS FOR E.G. BACKLIGHT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A display control apparatus comprises a video source( | 05-24-2012 |
20120133835 | SELECTIVE COMPENSATION FOR AGE-RELATED NON UNIFORMITIES IN DISPLAY - A video signal compensator ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120314136 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ON-SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - A television receiver, which is an image display device of the present invention, includes an EPG/OSD/reservation processing section ( | 12-13-2012 |
20140071347 | Method for Editing Propagation of Video and Image Content Based on Local Feature Structure Preservation - The invention discloses a method for editing propagation of video and image content based on local feature structure preservation, comprising: mapping all pixels in the input original image and/or video key frames to a selected feature space; finding K nearest neighbor pixels for each pixel according to feature vectors' Euclidean distance in the selected feature space; using Locally Linear Embedding (LLE) dimension reduction to construct the locally linear relationship between each pixel and its K nearest neighbor pixels in the selected feature space; According to the present invention, it is possible to accurately perform such image or video processing as automatic color transformation, interactive color editing, gray image colorization, video cloning and image matting. | 03-13-2014 |
20140168517 | System for Annotating Media Content for Automatic Content Understanding - A method to correct for temporal variability in incoming streams of media and data to optimize the performance of a pattern recognition system includes the steps of receiving from one of the incoming streams a point in time when an event is announced, applying a probability distribution about the point in time, shifting a point of highest probability of the probability distribution back in time by an amount effective to accommodate for a delay between the event and the announcement, comparing a detected pattern of the event to a stored pattern of similar events and applying a confidence value to the comparison, and confirming to the pattern recognition system that the event occurred at the point of highest probability when the confidence score exceeds a predefined threshold. The method is useful to determine the time at which a particular play occurs during a sporting event, such as the time of a shot-on-goal in a soccer match. | 06-19-2014 |
20140362296 | PREDICTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF A PORTION OF VIDEO DATA RENDERED ON A DISPLAY UNIT ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A method includes predicting, through a processor of a data processing device communicatively coupled to a memory, a portion of a video frame on which a user of the data processing device is likely to focus on during rendering thereof on a display unit associated with the data processing device. The video frame is part of decoded video data. The method also includes rendering, through the processor, the portion of the video frame on the display unit at an enhanced level compared to other portions thereof following the prediction of the portion of the video frame. | 12-11-2014 |
20150103250 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING-IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A video processing device ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150350560 | VIDEO CODING WITH COMPOSITION AND QUALITY ADAPTATION BASED ON DEPTH DERIVATIONS - Techniques for coding video data estimate depths of different elements within video content and identify regions within the video content based on the estimated depths. One of the regions may be assigned as an area of interest. Thereafter, video content of a region that is not an area of interest may be masked out and the resultant video content obtained from the masking may be coded. The coded video content may be transmitted to a channel. These techniques permit a coding terminal to mask out captured video content prior to coding in order to support coding policies that account for privacy interests or video composition features during a video coding session. | 12-03-2015 |
348577000 | Color change type | 4 |
20100171880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT CONTROL SIGNAL VIA COLOR BURST PHASE MODIFICATIONS - The “color stripe” process is well known in the video field for preventing copying by analog video tape recorders of video content, and operates by altering the phase of a portion of the video signal color burst. Here, a weakened version of the color stripe process is employed in a video signal whereby the color burst phase alterations are reduced or attenuated so there is no copy prevention effect on a typical video tape recorder. However the weakened color stripe process is still sufficient to be detectable by a suitable detector located in a compliant device, so the detected presence of the color stripe serves as an encoded indication of copy control or other content control for the video signal by the compliant device. | 07-08-2010 |
20110176058 | USE OF FILM GRAIN TO MASK COMPRESSION ARTIFACTS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with processing video data are described. According to one embodiment, a device comprises a video processor for processing a digital video stream by at least identifying a facial boundary within images of the digital video stream. A combiner selectively applies a digital film grain to the images based on the facial boundary. | 07-21-2011 |
20110199541 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - When conducting video display with a wide color gamut display based on a video signal conforming to a standard (sRGB standard and the like) having a color reproduction range narrower than that of the wide color gamut display, the video processing circuit | 08-18-2011 |
20120249879 | METHOD FOR ELIMINATING SUBTITLES OF A VIDEO PROGRAM, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for eliminating subtitles of a video program is provided, where each of the subtitles is originally stored as a portion of an image of the video program. The method includes: detecting whether a sub-region of a specific color exists within a predetermined region on the image, in order to determine whether a subtitle exists; and when it is detected that the subtitle exists, changing at least one color within the predetermined region to eliminate the subtitle. An associated video display system is also provided. | 10-04-2012 |