| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 396014000 | BODY EXAMINATION PHOTOGRAPHY | 13 |
| 20080267600 | Face image capturing apparatus - A face image capturing apparatus includes a camera, an on-axis illuminator, an off-axis illuminator, an illumination control device, an image capturing control device, and a luminance calculation process device. The camera repeatedly captures an image of a face of an occupant of a vehicle. The illumination control device is configured to adjust an illumination condition of light applied to the face of the occupant. The image capturing control device is configured to control the camera 10 to capture the image of the face at an image capturing timing that is synchronized with a timing for adjusting the illumination condition. The luminance calculation process device is configured to perform a luminance calculation process by using a bright pupil face image, a dark pupil face image, and an ambient light face image. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100080544 | VEIN IMAGING APPARATUS AND THUMBNAIL IMAGE CREATION METHOD - A vein imaging apparatus includes a lens array including a plurality of photo-receiving lenses arranged in an array, a plurality of near-infrared illumination sources placed along opposed ends of the lens array to illuminate a part of a living body with near-infrared light, an image pickup device to create a picked-up image of a vein based on the near-infrared light scattered inside the living body, transmitted through the vein and gathered by the lens array, where a plurality of photoreceptors are allocated to one photo-receiving lens, and a thumbnail image creation unit to acquire information about the near-infrared light received by one photoreceptor among the plurality of photoreceptors allocated to one photo-receiving lens as pixel information corresponding to one photo-receiving lens, acquire the pixel information for all the photo-receiving lenses included in the lens array and create a thumbnail image based on the acquired pixel information. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120301124 | System and Method for Capsule Camera with On-Board Storage - A capsule camera with on-board storage to archive the captured images in on-board non-volatile memory is disclosed. The capsule camera with on-board storage comprises multiple chips including a system processing chip and one or more non-volatile memory chips, where the system processing chip includes a compression module to compress images captured. If the multiple chips use individual chip packages and are disposed on respective printed circuit boards according to a conventional approach, it would require too much space to fit the multiple chips into the capsule camera housing. Accordingly, a capsule camera embodying the present invention is disclosed where the capsule camera integrates an image sensor, a light source, at least one system processing chip comprising compression module, one or more non-volatile memory chips and a battery into a housing, wherein the at least one system processing chip and said one or more non-volatile memory chips are disposed vertically in a multiple chip assembly. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130129334 | System and Method for Capsule Camera with On-Board Storage - A capsule camera with on-board storage to archive the captured images in on-board non-volatile memory is disclosed. The capsule camera with on-board storage comprises multiple chips including a system processing chip and one or more non-volatile memory chips, where the system processing chip includes a compression module to compress images captured. If the multiple chips use individual chip packages and are disposed on respective printed circuit boards according to a conventional approach, it would require too much space to fit the multiple chips into the capsule camera housing. Accordingly, a capsule camera embodying the present invention is disclosed where the capsule camera integrates an image sensor, a light source, at least one system processing chip comprising compression module, one or more non-volatile memory chips and a battery into a housing, wherein the at least one system processing chip and said one or more non-volatile memory chips are disposed vertically in a multiple chip assembly. | 05-23-2013 |
| 396015000 | Skin ridge pattern (e.g., fingerprint) | 2 |
| 20080260365 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes a main body, a cover having a through hole, an image sensor and a first lens received in the main body, a second lens received in the through hole, and a light source embedded in the main body. The first lens has a bottom surface with a first curved portion, a first flat surface and a side surface. The light source is configured for illuminating the first flat surface. The second lens has a top surface with a second curved portion, and a second flat surface. Wherein the cover is movable relative to main body between a first position where the second lens is away from the first lens such that the first flat surface is exposed, and a second position where the second flat surface faces towards the first flat surface and the second curved portion aligns with the first curved portion. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120045192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMMERSION SCANNER OVERLAY PERFORMANCE - System and method for improving immersion scanner overlay performance are described. One embodiment is a method of improving overlay performance of an photolithography immersion scanner comprising a wafer table having lens cooling water (“LCW”) disposed in a water channel therein, the wafer table having an input for receiving the LCW into the water channel and an output for expelling the LCW from the water channel. The method comprises providing a water tank at at least one of the wafer table input and the wafer table output; monitoring a pressure of water in the water tank; and maintaining the pressure of the water in the water tank at a predetermined level. | 02-23-2012 |
| 396016000 | Mouth, jaw, or tooth | 3 |
| 20080292295 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CAMERA - An image processing system which performs photography of the teeth of a patient while causing a plurality of illumination light LEDs of different wavelengths to emit light by means of a photography device when producing a crown repair or denture of the patient, whereby image data are acquired. The image data are transmitted to a dental filing system constituting a processing device where color reproduction data are determined through computation. In addition, color reproduction data are transmitted to the dental technician's office via a public switched network. A repair material compound ratio calculation database is searched and compound data for a material that matches the hue of the patient's teeth is retrieved, so that a crown repair or denture or the like that very closely matches the color of the patient's teeth can be produced. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100158490 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL SCANNING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS BY MEANS OF A DENTAL 3D CAMERA USING A TRIANGULATION METHOD - A dental 3D camera for optically scanning a three-dimensional object, and a method for operating a dental 3D camera. The camera operates in accordance with a triangulation procedure to acquire a plurality of images of the object. The method comprises forming at least one comparative signal based on at least two images of the object acquired by the camera while at least one pattern is projected on the object, and determining at least one camera shake index based on the at least one comparative signal. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110222841 | AUTO FOCUS INTRAORAL CAMERA WITH LIQUID LENS - The present invention related to an auto focus intraoral camera. The auto focus intraoral camera includes an illumination module for providing illuminating light, an imager, and a lens system for collecting light reflected from an object and focusing the light onto the imager, wherein said lens system further comprises at least one liquid lens including a vessel filled with a first liquid, and a second liquid being in contact with said first liquid, the first and second liquids being immiscible, of different optical indexes, and of substantially same density; wherein the lens system further includes a driver integrated circuit applying variable voltage to control the focal length of said lens. According to the present application, a compact auto focus intraoral camera with a small size and simple structure is provided, which decreases the camera complexity and improve the performance. | 09-15-2011 |
| 396017000 | Endoscope | 2 |
| 20120002956 | DUAL OPTICAL PATH PRISM AND CAMERA IN A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM - In a minimally invasive surgical system, a camera includes a prismatic element having a lens within the prismatic element. The lens corrects the resulting image focus for the non-visible light to make it substantially the same as the focus for the visible light. Alternatively, the lens corrects the resulting image focus for the visible light to make it substantially the same as the focus for the non-visible light. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20130064530 | CABLE CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A cable connection structure includes: a cable including a core wire and an external covering layer covering the core wire; a board on which an electrode is formed, the core wire being electrically connected to the electrode at an end face of the cable; and a compressing member attached to an outer periphery of the cable and radially compressing a part in a longitudinal direction of the cable. | 03-14-2013 |
| 396018000 | Eye photography | 2 |
| 20090263115 | Opthalmic photography apparatus - An ocular fundus is photographed as an electronic image via photographic stops ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20120163783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING AND IMAGING THE IRIS OF A PERSON - A system and method for capturing an image of one or both irises. To image an iris, a person stands or moves in a target zone. A flash element provides an incoherent flash of light through an aperture. The flash is filtered to produce filtered light. The filtered light has primary wavelengths in the far red and near infrared portions of the spectrum. The filtered light is not perceived well by the human eye due to short duration, NIR color and small size. The intensity of the filtered light at the target area surpasses the intensity of all ambient light. In this manner, a person's face in the target area will always be properly illuminated, even if that person were backlit by full sunlight. An image of the person's face is taken with a camera. The image of the face is analyzed to obtain any iris pattern information. | 06-28-2012 |
