04th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100020131 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection head which can fly a minute high viscosity droplet with high precision by a low drive voltage in electric field assist system which exhibiting excellent maintainability such as cleaning. The liquid ejection head ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100020132 | Inkjet head actuator and manufacturing method of the same - There are provided an inkjet head actuator and a manufacturing method of the same. The inkjet head actuator includes: a vibration plate having a recess formed in a top surface thereof; a first electrode formed to cover a bottom surface and a side wall of the recess; a piezoelectric body formed on the first electrode to fill the recess; and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric body. The inkjet head actuator having the thin film piezoelectric body and the vibration plate ensures large vibration displacement. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020133 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A liquid jet head includes: a nozzle plate having a nozzle opening; a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle opening and formed above the nozzle plate; a vibration formed on one side of the pressure chamber substrate; and a piezoelectric element formed above the vibration plate and provided at a position corresponding to the pressure chamber, wherein the piezoelectric element includes two electrodes, a piezoelectric layer provided between the electrodes, and an orientation layer that is provided between one of the electrodes closer to the vibration plate and the piezoelectric layer, wherein the orientation layer includes a mixed crystal of lanthanum nickelate, and the lanthanum nickelate included in the mixed crystal is expressed by a formula La | 2010-01-28 |
20100020134 | INK-JET HEAD - An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body, a plurality of chambers, which are formed inside the body such that the plurality of chamber accommodate ink, a plurality of actuators, which are coupled to one side of the body such that pressure is supplied to each of the plurality of chambers, a holding groove, which is formed on one side of the body, and a common electrode, which is interposed between the actuators and the body and in which a part of the common electrode is formed on in the holding groove such that the plurality of actuators are electrically connected to one another. The ink-jet head can prevent defective signal transduction of an actuator and crosstalk between chambers. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020135 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER - A liquid-ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicatively connected to a nozzle opening and also includes a piezoelectric transducer including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode contains platinum and titanium oxide with a rutile content of 76.5 to 100 mole percent. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020136 | INKJET PRINTHEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same. The inkjet printhead includes: a substrate having an ink feed hole extending therethrough; a chamber layer including a plurality of ink chambers above the substrate; a nozzle layer including a plurality of nozzles above the chamber layer; and at least one support beam formed in the substrate to connect inner walls of the ink feed hole. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020137 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device includes: a supply pump which is provided in a liquid supply passage; a first unidirectional valve which is provided on an upstream side of the supply pump; a second unidirectional valve which is provided on a downstream side of the supply pump; a first member; a second member; and a flexible member. The supply pump and the first and second unidirectional valves are formed such that the flexible member is interposed between the first and second members and held by locking a locking unit in the state where the flexible member is interposed between the first and second members. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020138 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device includes a supply pump in a liquid supply passage, a first unidirectional valve upstream from the supply pump and a second unidirectional valve downstream from the supply pump. Constituent members each include a single passage forming member provided with a part or the whole of the liquid supply passage. The constituent members are laminated and formed such that a partial passage of the liquid supply passage permitting the first unidirectional valve to communicate with the supply pump and a partial passage thereof permitting the supply pump to communicate with the second unidirectional valve are formed in the laminated state. The supply pump and the first and second unidirectional valves are disposed on the substantially same plane by laminating the constituent members. The first unidirectional valve communicates with the supply pump and the supply pump communicates with the second unidirectional valve by the partial passage. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020139 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID SUPPLYING METHOD - A liquid supply device includes a liquid supply passage which supplies a liquid from an upstream side on which the liquid is supplied from a liquid supply source to a downstream side on which the liquid is consumed. A pump is provided with a pump chamber in the liquid supply passage. A displacement member forms a part of a wall surface of the pump chamber and is displaceable to increase or decrease the volume of the pump chamber. An urging member urges the displacement member in a direction decreasing the volume of the pump chamber. A displacement mechanism displaces the displacement member in a direction increasing the volume of the pump chamber against an urging force of the urging member upon driving the displacement mechanism. Upon stopping the drive of the displacement mechanism, the pump chamber remains in a pressurized state by the urging force of the urging member. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020140 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device includes a liquid supply passage which supplies a liquid from an upstream side where it is supplied from a liquid supply source to a downstream side where it is consumed. A passage forming member has a shape in which the liquid supply passage is formed. A flexible diaphragm forming member has a diaphragm forming part of a wall surface of a pump chamber in the liquid supply passage and is displaceable to change the volume of the pump chamber. A lamination structure is formed by laminating the diaphragm forming member and the passage forming member to form the pump chamber between facing surfaces thereof. A portion corresponding to the outer circumference of the diaphragm forming member has an outer circumference sealing portion preventing liquid, which has leaked from the liquid supply passage to a space between the facing surfaces, from flowing outside the lamination structure. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020141 | INK TANK AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink tank includes a stirrer supported in a freely moveable manner near an inner wall of an ink storage chamber. When the stirrer moves closest to the inner wall, a predetermined gap is formed between opposing surfaces of the inner wall and the stirrer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020142 | REFILL INK AND INK CARTRIDGE - A refill ink with which a used ink cartridge is to be refilled, including: a colorant, a wetting agent, and a surfactant, wherein in a mixed ink formed by mixing a residual ink remaining in the used ink cartridge and the refill ink at a volume ratio (residual ink:refill ink) of 1:1, the number A of coarse particles of 0.5 μm or greater in diameter measured immediately after the mixing and the number B of coarse particles of 0.5 μm or greater in diameter measured after the mixed ink has been left to stand at 25° C. and at RH of 50% for 24 hours satisfy the relationship B/A≦2. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020143 | Solid Ink Stick with Reflection Features - An ink stick for use in an imaging device comprises an ink stick body formed of a phase change ink material; and a reflection surface formed in the ink stick body. The reflection surface is configured to receive light from a light source associated with the reflection surface in an ink delivery system of a phase change ink imaging device. The reflection surface is configured to direct the light from the light source away from or onto one or both a first light detector and a second light detector associated with the reflection surface in the ink delivery system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020144 | Check Valve Unit For Solid Ink Reservoir System - A check valve unit is provided for a high-speed phase change ink image producing machine between a reservoir for receiving and holding a volume of melted ink from a source and a receiving unit, which may be a printhead system. The check valve unit includes a plurality of ball elements trapped between upper and lower housings defining a like plurality of inlet and discharge passageways. The passageways are configured to optimize flow of melted ink through the unit during charging of the secondary reservoir. The check valve unit is scalable as to size and number of reservoirs for a particular application. The unit further incorporates features that simplify the manufacturing and assembly process while maintaining optimal performance. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020145 | PHASE CHANGE INK IMAGING COMPONENT HAVING TWO-LAYER CONFIGURATION - Herein includes an offset printing apparatus for transferring and optionally fixing a phase change ink onto a print medium including a) a phase change ink application component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image to an imaging member; b) an imaging member for accepting, transferring and optionally fixing the phase change ink image to the print medium, the imaging member having i) an imaging substrate, and thereover ii) an intermediate layer comprising a polyurethane, and iii) outer coating comprising a nitrile butadiene and a conductive filler; and c) a release agent management system for supplying a release agent to the imaging member, wherein an amount of release agent needed for transfer and optionally fixing the phase change ink image is reduced. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020146 | PRESSURE ROLLER TWO-LAYER COATING FOR PHASE-CHANGE INK-JET PRINTER FOR DIRECT ON PAPER PRINTING - A printing apparatus having a) a printing station including at least one printhead for applying phase-change ink to a print substrate in a phase-change ink image, and b) an ink spreading station including an ink spreading member and a back-up pressure member in pressure contact with the ink spreading member forming a nip between the ink spreading member and pressure member for spreading the phase-change ink image on the print substrate, wherein the print substrate is passed through the nip, and wherein the pressure member includes i) a pressure member substrate, and having thereon ii) an intermediate coating comprising a polyurethane material, and having thereon, iii) an outer coating comprising a nitrile butadiene and a conductive filler. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020147 | INK STICK WITH ELECTRONICALLY-READABLE MEMORY DEVICE - A machine, such as a phase change or solid ink printing apparatus, comprises at least one ink stick and a coupler external to the ink stick. The ink stick has an electronically-readable memory device attached thereto, with the memory device having stored therein electronic data associated with the ink stick. The coupler is configured to read the electronic data from the memory device. The data in the memory device may include identification data, anti-arbitrage variables, usage data, maximum use values, and performance data related to the ink stick, and the coupler and memory device may employ various means for communicating this data. Also, communication between the coupler and memory device facilitates a method for determining a quantity of marking material in the machine. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020148 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PRESSURE ROLL SURFACES FOR PHASE-CHANGE INK-JET PRINTER FOR DIRECT ON PAPER PRINTING - A printing apparatus having a) a printing station including at least one printhead for applying phase-change ink to a print substrate in a phase-change ink image, and b) an ink spreading station including an ink spreading member and a back-up pressure member in pressure contact with the ink spreading member forming a nip between the ink spreading member and pressure member for spreading the phase-change ink image on the print substrate, wherein the print substrate is passed through the nip, and wherein the pressure member includes i) a pressure member substrate, and ii) an outer coating with a urethane and conductive salt. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020149 | INK STICK WITH ELECTRONICALLY-READABLE MEMORY DEVICE - A machine, such as a phase change or solid ink printing apparatus, comprises at least one ink stick and a coupler external to the ink stick. The ink stick has an electronically-readable memory device attached thereto, with the memory device having stored therein electronic data associated with the ink stick. The coupler is configured to read the electronic data from the memory device. The data in the memory device may include identification data, anti-arbitrage variables, usage data, maximum use values, and performance data related to the ink stick, and the coupler and memory device may employ various means for communicating this data. Also, communication between the coupler and memory device facilitates a method for determining a quantity of marking material in the machine. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020150 | VACUUM PLATEN FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a source of negative pressure; a platen including a plurality of chambers that are connected to the source of negative pressure; and a media sensing system configured to sense an extent of overlay of media over the plurality of chambers of the platen. A controller is responsive to input from the media sensing system. The controller is configured to adjust the source of negative pressure depending on the extent of overlay of media over the plurality of chambers of the platen. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020151 | Identification Card Printer-Assembler for Over-The-Counter Card Issuing - The present invention relates to assembling identification documents in an over-the-counter issuing environment. In one implementation of the present invention, we provide an ink jet printer-based assembling system. An identification document substrate receives ink jet printed information. The printed substrate is laminated. In another implementation, a carrier web carries lamination pieces. Both the carrier web and the document substrate include form feed holes or other registration notches. The holes or notches are used to align the substrate with the lamination pieces, and to align a laminated document substrate for final cutting. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020152 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: (a) a conveying device for conveying a recording medium on a supporting surface; (b) a nip roller movable to be brought into contact with the conveyed recording medium when the conveyed recording medium has a portion positioned in a contactable position; (c) a moving device for moving the nip roller, so as to place the nip roller selectively in a gripping state and a releasing state, such that the nip roller, while being placed in the gripping state, is held in contact with the conveyed recording medium so as to cooperate with the supporting surface to grip the conveyed recording medium therebetween when the conveyed recording medium has a portion positioned in the contactable position, and such that the nip roller, while being placed in the releasing state, is not in contact with the conveyed recording medium; and (d) a controlling device for controlling the moving device such that the nip roller is placed in one of the gripping state and the releasing state which is selected depending on a position of the conveyed recording medium. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020153 | IMAGE DRUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an image drum and a method of manufacturing the image drum. The image drum includes multiple ring electrodes arranged along a longitudinal direction of a drum body and on an outer circumferential surface of the drum body. The ring electrodes are separated from each other. Between the ring electrodes there are ring insulator molds. The image drum can be manufactured by patterning a seed layer on the outer surface of the drum body, forming multiple ring insulator molds on the seed layer, and depositing a conductive material between the ring insulator molds to form the ring electrodes. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020154 | Thermal printer unit and printing device - In order to realize an adjustment mechanism which can adjust the pressing force of a thermal head according to paper thickness, and in addition, which is suitable for a small thermal printer, in a small thermal printer in which a platen roller ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100020155 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor which is rotatable with respect to a body frame, an exposing member which is movable relative to the body frame, a spacing member which is provided between the exposing member and the photoreceptor to maintain a distance between the photoreceptor and the exposing member, a positioning member which makes a contact with the exposing member to position the exposing member in a direction of rotation of the photoreceptor, and a pressing member which is provided to the body frame to press the exposing member toward the photoreceptor and the positioning member. Accordingly, it is possible to position the exposing member accurately with respect to the photoreceptor, in any of the light-axis direction and the rotational direction of the photoreceptor. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTING OF VIDEO, VOICE AND DATA - The present invention provides a system and method for distributing video, voice and data simultaneously to multiple end-points over packet switching networks, compliant with H.323 or SIP standard. A customer connected to the H.323 or SIP compliant LAN receives a copy datagram stream produced by one-to-many proxy server (OTMPS). Control is granted to customer, subject to permission by a control module, also connected to the LAN. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020157 | OPTICAL FINGERPRINT ACQUISITION - A swept distance between a subject and a plurality of cameras provides a plurality of raw images. Focused portions of the raw images are fused to generate a synthetic image and a distance image. A projection of the synthetic image and the distance image yields a panoramic image. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020158 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL DISK FOR RECORDING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO, OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE - An optical disk for recording stereoscopic videos and high-quality video signals and a system for reproducing the videos and signals from the optical disk are made compatible with the conventional video reproducing system. A reproducing device which is used for reproducing stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains stereoscopic video or high-quality videos by reproducing both first and second interleaved blocks on the optical disk in which first and second video signals are alternately recorded on the left and right sides by dividing the first and second video signals into frame groups of one GOP or more and a reproducing device which is not used for reproducing the stereoscopic videos and high-quality videos obtains ordinary videos by only reproducing either the first or second interleaved block by jumping tracks. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020159 | Method and System For Enhancing Standard Definition Video Signals For Display on a High Definition Television - A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from a video source device, a standard definition video signal, fragmenting the standard definition video signal into at least one of a red representation of the standard definition video signal, a green representation of the standard definition video signal, and a blue representation of the standard definition video signal using one or more 3D converter devices, reconstructing at least one of the red representation of the standard definition video signal, the green representation of the standard definition video signal, and the blue representation of the standard definition video signal using one or more video reconstruction devices, capturing at least one of a reconstructed red representation of the standard definition video signal, a reconstructed green representation of the standard definition video signal, and a reconstructed blue representation of the standard definition video signal using one or more video image capture devices, and outputting, to a high-definition video receiver device, an enhanced standard definition video signal. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020160 | Stereoscopic Motion Picture - A stereoscopic motion picture sequence comprises a first channel of sequential images intended for viewing by one of a viewer's left and right eyes and a second channel of sequential images intended for viewing by the other one of the viewer's left and right eyes. Each image in each channel comprises primary image content representing a scene consisting of a plurality of elements and ‘temporal shadow’ image content. The temporal shadow image content in a first image comprises a degraded and/or partially transparent image of at least one element of the primary image content corresponding to a view of said at least one element as seen in the primary image content of a second image from the first or second channel. The temporal shadow images provide additional cognitive cues assisting the viewer's perception of the stereoscopic image sequence as having 3D depth. The temporal shadows may be used to augment conventional stereoscopic motion pictures and are particularly useful in relation to pseudo-stereoscopic ‘time parallax’ motion pictures derived from a 2D motion picture sequence by duplicating the original motion picture sequence in two (left and right) channels and applying a relative lateral displacement and relative time delay to the duplicated channels. Methods and systems for producing such motion picture sequences are also described, together with a modified display screen (or motion picture sequence) having a border pattern incorporating irregular protruding edge details: | 2010-01-28 |
20100020161 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A FIRST OBJECT WITHIN A SECOND OBJECT - The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a position of a first object ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100020162 | STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A stereo image display device includes an image display unit for displaying a parallactic image having a right-eye image and a left-eye image on a display plane, a parallactic image selecting unit for making only the right-eye image of the parallactic image reach the right eye of a viewer and making only the left-eye image of the parallactic image reach the left eye of the viewer to thereby make the viewer view a stereo image, an eye fatigue degree detecting unit for detecting the eye fatigue degree of the viewer, and an eye fatigue relaxation processing unit for carrying out eye fatigue relaxation processing for relaxing the eye fatigue of the viewer. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020163 | FLUORESCENCE ENDOSCOPE - A fluorescence endoscope is provided that can easily judge whether body-cavity tissue is benign or malignant when fluorescence generated at the entire inner circumferential face of the body cavity serving as a subject is observed. The fluorescence endoscope includes: an insertion portion ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100020164 | Surface Analysis Method and System - A surface analysis method and system, the system comprising a digital imaging system for generating a digital image of a surface, a processor so coupled to the digital imaging system as to receive the digital image, to process the digital image and to generate a processed digital image highlighting relief variations in the surface, and a display system for displaying the processed digital image. The processor being so configured as to apply at least one digital filter to the digital image to highlight relief variation in the surface. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020165 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FULL-MOUTH INTRAORAL IMAGE ACQUISITION - Apparatus and methods for full-mouth intraoral image acquisition. An intraoral sensor configuration includes a multi-aperture digital camera and/or a conformal layered sensor structure, a bite piece, and an electronic cable for imaging inside surfaces of a mouth of a patient without having to re-position the digital camera and/or the conformal layered sensor structure within the mouth of the patient during an image acquisition session. Images may be acquired sequentially or simultaneously. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020166 | Environmental hazard warning system - A system, including a radiological or other environmental hazard detector, has means to overlay graphical and or alpha numeric text video of the hazard status, alarm annunciation, and or hazard level information, onto the video output of a pre-existing surveillance camera installation. The surveillance camera installation can be fixed or mobile. The system, contained in a field installable module, may utilize power available from the surveillance camera installation. The analog video coaxial cable from the camera is interrupted, such that the video signal is run through the module. This system permits low cost installation of environmental hazard monitoring into an existing analog video surveillance system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020167 | Image Capture, Alignment, and Registration - Embodiments of the present invention enable image capture, alignment, and registration. Certain applications of the present invention are its use in various embodiments of a system for inspection of a printed circuit board (“PCB”) substrate. In embodiments, an image capture system comprising a camera and a two-dimensional surface supporting an image may be calibrated based on configuration parameters of an image to be captured and of a simulated reference bitmap based on the image. In embodiments, the position of the image to be captured on the two-dimensional surface is determined based on calibration parameters. In embodiments, a sequence of images may be captured of sections of an image that cannot be captured in a single scan. A scan path across the image may be determined that is based in part on calibration parameters. In embodiments, consistency of quality of captured images is maintained by validating selected characteristics of each image as it is being captured and by validating the alignment of each captured image with a corresponding simulated reference bitmap. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020168 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF INTACT PULP FIBERS - A non-destructive method capable of real-time or on-line measurement of a wood or pulp fiber without sample pretreatment for the microfibril angle and the path difference. A circular polariscope in combination with a line spectral camera generating a micrograph insensitive to the orientation of a fiber and determined only by the fiber's properties related to polarized light. A line image across the fiber is captured and dispersed it into a spectral image to perform a real-time spectral analysis of the fiber's image. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020169 | PROVIDING VEHICLE INFORMATION - A vehicle navigation apparatus including a transceiver configured to communicate with at least one other vehicle near a vehicle including the vehicle navigation apparatus and configured to receive traveling information about the at least one other vehicle, a controller configured to calculate first movement information of the vehicle and second movement information of the at least one other vehicle based on the received traveling information, and a display unit configured to display a graphical representation of the vehicle and the at least one other vehicle based on the calculated movement information. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020170 | Vehicle Imaging System - A vehicle vision system includes an image sensor having a forward field of view and capturing image data of a road surface forward of the vehicle. An image processor processes the image data and the vehicle vision system determines at least an estimate of a traction condition of at least a portion of the imaged road surface. The vision system may detect objects forward of the vehicle and may distinguish between live and dead animals in the field of view of the image sensor, and may at least one of (a) generate an alert and (b) control the vehicle to assist in avoiding a collision. The system may detect situations in which the vehicle lighting system can be turned off or operated under reduced power consumption in order to enhance fuel efficiency of the vehicle. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020171 | SURVEILLANCE DATA RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD - A surveillance data recording device includes a display, a digital tuner, and a control mechanism. The display displays a received surveillance data signal over a first bandwidth. The control mechanism allows a user to select a frequency band of interest. The digital tuner truncates the received signal to produce a narrowband signal comprised only of portions of the received signal that are within the frequency band of interest. A digital storage unit, such as a fixed or removable hard drive or solid state storage device, stores the narrowband signal over a period of time. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020172 | PERFORMING REAL-TIME ANALYTICS USING A NETWORK PROCESSING SOLUTION ABLE TO DIRECTLY INGEST IP CAMERA VIDEO STREAMS - The present invention discloses a solution for an intelligent video surveillance (IVS) system able to perform real-time analytics on internet protocol (IP) video streams which are directly ingested by the IVS system. An internet protocol camera can be identified and connected to the intelligent video surveillance system which lacks an intermediate video management component. The raw video stream can be received directly from the camera in the form of a real-time video stream such as real-time streaming protocol (RTSP). One or more real-time analytics can be performed on said video stream based on one or more system criteria and user established criteria. When an incident event is detected one or more programmatic actions can be performed in response to analytics enacted. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020173 | Camera for Use in a Digital Network - The present disclosure relates to a camera for use in a digital network, in particular as a surveillance camera in a working device, including an integrated router having at least two ports for communication with further network components, in particular having a first port for communication with a terminal and having a second port for communication with a further camera. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020174 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is provided which determines an effective image area by automatically detecting a boundary between the effective image area and a non-image area created owing to the difference between the pixel numbers of the camera image sensor and television signal, to thereby display the images on a monitor by adjusting a display size and position suitable for the effective image area, whereby an inappropriate display size and position are avoided from being set while a lighting device for illuminating a camera's field of vision is off. The display system receives a signal notifying about activation of the lighting device from the lighting controller that provides on/off control of the device; the system then determines the effective image area if the device is on, and does not if it is off. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020175 | VIDEO-RECORDING AND TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND VIDEO-RECORDING AND TRANSFER METHOD - An apparatus being mounted on a car of a train, video-recording video data from an internet protocol (IP) camera, and transferring the video data outside the car, comprises a network digital recorder (NDR) performing video-recording of the video data from the IP camera in a full-time, an archive-type NDR (A-NDR) reading the video-recorded video data from the NDR to record it, a communication device determining priority of a communication to and from the outside of the car to establish a communication path to and from a partner communication device in a communicable state, and a control device reading the recorded video data from the A-NDR to transfer the video data to the partner communication device via the communication path. The A-NDR ranks each item of the video data with importance, and the control device controls the video data so as to read it in descending order of ranking. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020176 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system includes an imaging device, a control device for performing image processing, and a display device for displaying the image, the image processing system including an imaging unit for imaging an image of a periphery of a vehicle, a conversion unit for converting the image of the periphery of the vehicle imaged with the imaging unit from a first image to a second image corresponding to a partial region of the first image, an operation unit for performing operation on the display device, and a control unit for controlling the conversion unit and the display device so that when the display device is displaying a third image other than the image imaged with the imaging unit, the second image is displayed after changing a display image from the third image to the first image according to the operation of the operation unit. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020177 | Apparatus for remotely, privately, and reliably monitoring a fixed or moving location, property or asset - An apparatus for visually and environmentally monitoring a location, property or asset remotely is disclosed comprising elements of a radio transceiver, an antenna, a visual input device, a digital signal processing computing device, a data storage mechanism, a mobile power source, and environmental sensors. The machine's elements are configured in such a manor that the apparatus has unique characteristics of being able to be installed at a location that is mobile; provides a visual link to a specified personal computer (PC) or wireless mobile device at another location that is solely and privately observable by the authorized user of the specified PC or wireless mobile device; is highly secure to prevent unauthorized access to the monitored visual and environmental data; is highly reliable compared to other monitoring systems. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020178 | CALIBRATING A CAMERA SYSTEM - A method of calibrating a camera system which is capable of recording at least two images simultaneously is described. The method comprises the step of processing a first pair of images, wherein the processing step comprises transforming at least one of a first and a second image of the first pair through a projective map on a plane, the map depending on one or more parameter values, so as to align an epipolar line in the first image with a corresponding epipolar line in the second image of the first pair, resulting in a second pair of images. The method further comprises estimating respective values for a disparity, which values associate respective first pixels along a first epipolar line in a first image of the second pair with respective second pixels along a corresponding second epipolar line in a second image of the second pair, and displacing respective pixels of the first epipolar line in the first image of the second image pair in accordance with a respective value of the disparity for the respective pixels. The method further comprises determining a measure of error between the first and the second image of the second image pair, dependent on the one or more parameters, determining an update for the one or more parameter values for reducing a value of the measure of error, and updating the one or more parameter values, using the update. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020179 | Self calibrating cable for high definition digital video interface - A High Definition Multi-Media Interface (HDMI) cable may exhibit frequency dependent signal attenuation, inter symbol interference, and inter-pair skew. A boost device integrated with the cable can compensate for such impairments of the cable. A self calibrating cable with a boost device of the embodiment of the invention is described, in which parameters that control the response of the boost device are set optimally in a self-calibrating process comprising looping the boosted cable on itself through a calibration fixture that contains a calibration control device. The boost device includes pattern generators and a sampling circuit. Each high speed channel of the cable is separately tested and calibrated with the help of one of the other channels serving as a sampling channel. Additional embodiments provide for a selected replica boost device and a distinct pattern generator device in the calibration fixture. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020180 | ALIGNMENT METROLOGY AND RESOLUTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR IMAGING ARRAYS - An alignment metrology and resolution measurement system concurrently determines the alignment of an imaging array in six degrees of freedom relative to an external reference frame, and further determines the resolution of the imaging array. To achieve this, an image of at least three mask patterns is projected on the imaging array. First and second positions of the imaging array relative to first and second coordinate axis of the reference frame is obtained using pixel positions of the images along the first and second axis. A first rotational position of the imaging array about a third coordinate axis is obtained using pixel positions of the images along the first and second axes. The third position and the second and third rotational positions of the imaging array about the first and second coordinate axis are determined using feature widths of focus images of the patterns and distances between the mask patterns. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020181 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus according to the present invention, a control unit obtains identification information identifying an information device connected to the information processing apparatus, determines compatibility based upon the identification information and a prestored list table of compatible information devices, and writes information that is recorded in advance to the information device to a disc when it is determined that the information device is compatible with the information processing apparatus. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020182 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device including a body, a control circuit, an object-image capture module, a first transmission mechanism and a receiver is provided. The control circuit is disposed in the body. The object-image capture module independent of the body includes a housing, an object-image capture circuit and a lens. The object-image capture circuit is disposed in the housing, and the lens is electrically connected to the control circuit by the object-image capture circuit. The first transmission mechanism includes a first shaft connected between the body and the object-image capture module. The receiver is electrically connected to the control circuit. The receiver is used to receive a signal and transmit the signal to the control circuit, such that the control circuit controls the first transmission mechanism to drive the object-image capture module to rotate about the first shaft. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020183 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image capture apparatus includes: a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via a first transmission line and a second transmission line. The control unit determines whether or not the communication unit is in a predetermined state, in a case where the operation mode of the image capture apparatus changed to either a playback mode or an image capture mode. The control unit does not execute a connecting process in a case where the communication unit is in the predetermined state. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020184 | IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS, AND CAMERA HAVING IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS - An image shake correction apparatus of a camera in which an object image is formed on an image sensor that is driven to move in first and second directions, which are orthogonal to each other, in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis to compensate for camera shake. The image shake correction apparatus includes a first table provided in a camera body to be movable in the first direction, and a second table which supports the image sensor and is movable in the second direction on the first table. At least one of the first table and the second table is supported by one guide bar and supported by a linear actuator which moves the one of the first table and the second table along the one guide bar, the one guide bar extending in a corresponding one of the first direction and the second direction. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020185 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention makes it possible to let a user arbitrarily and easily see any other scene than himself or herself in his or her view (the scene seen from any other moving body than him or her). In a display device (an image pickup and display device | 2010-01-28 |
20100020186 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE CONTROL METHOD - A data processing apparatus detects attribute information of image data, and sets a wireless communication parameter based on the detected attribute information. The wireless communication parameter used for performing wireless communication can be easily set. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020187 | PLENOPTIC CAMERA - One embodiment of the present invention provides a plenoptic camera which captures information about the direction distribution of light rays entering the camera. Like a conventional camera, this plenoptic camera includes a main lens which receives light from objects in an object field and directs the received light onto an image plane of the camera. It also includes a photodetector array located at the image plane of the camera, which captures the received light to produce an image. However, unlike a conventional camera, the plenoptic camera additionally includes an array of optical elements located between the object field and the main lens. Each optical element in this array receives light from the object field from a different angle than the other optical elements in the array, and consequently directs a different view of the object field into the main lens. In this way, the photodetector array receives a different view of the object field from each optical element in the array. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020188 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording apparatus includes: a still image acquiring unit configured to acquire a still image from a moving image during recording or playback of the moving image; an information adding unit configured to add information related to the moving image at or slightly before the time the still image is acquired by the still image acquiring means, to the still image acquired by the still image acquiring unit; and a still image recording unit configured to record the still image to which the information related to the moving image has been added by the information adding unit. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020189 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING IRIS MEMBER AND FILTER UNITS - An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing a decline of resolution of a still image while keeping a dynamic range of exposure control. The image pickup apparatus capable of photographing with changing over a moving image and a still image, includes an iris mechanism for changing an amount of light input to an image pickup element by changing an aperture diameter, a filter unit, having a single density or a plurality of densities, for changing the amount of the light input to the image pickup element by its advancing towards and withdrawing from the aperture diameter of the iris mechanism, a unit for driving the iris mechanism and the filter unit independently, and a control unit for setting the filter unit in one of two types of states such as fully covering the aperture diameter of the iris mechanism and fully withdrawing from the aperture diameter in the still image photography. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020190 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A photographing device includes a motion amount calculation unit that calculates a motion amount of an image in the successive images, an image selection unit that selects an image to be processed based on the motion amount, and an image combination unit that combines overlapped parts by using a plurality of partially overlapped images selected by the image selection unit. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020191 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - To output stable results as necessary when recognizing scenes with a camera. Unless the result of scene recognition can be stabilized, an output result will confuse the user. In consideration thereof, by combiningly performing processing for determining what type of scene a particular scene is and processing for monitoring whether or not a change has occurred from a recognized scene, it is now possible to perform scene recognition in an accurate and stable manner. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020192 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTO WHITE BALANCE - There is provided a method of controlling auto white balance that can be appropriately used for a camera of an electric device that uses a wide-angle or a super wide-angle lens. A method of controlling auto white balance according to an aspect of the invention may include: converting a color space of an input image from an RGB color space into a YCbCr color space; dividing the input image into a plurality of divided regions; selecting a predetermined number of divided regions in order determined by mean values of Y of pixels included in the plurality of divided regions; comparing a predetermined threshold value with the number of pixels having values of Cb and Cr within a predetermined Cb-Cr range among the pixels included in the selected divided regions in order to determine a white area; and calculating auto white balance gains by using mean values of Y, mean values of Cb, and mean values of Cr of the pixels included in each of the selected divided regions when the number of pixels within the predetermined Cb-Cr range is greater than the threshold value. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WHITE BALANCE - A method and apparatus for white balancing. The method comprising estimating the color temperature of at least a portion of the image, wherein the color temperature estimation algorithm is based on computing histogram correlations of at least a portion of at least one reference image and at least a portion of at least one target image, and correcting the white balance of at least a portion of the image utilizing the estimated color temperature. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020194 | Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus having a wide dynamic range, including an imaging unit, an exposure control unit realizing a plurality of the imaging processes on the same object with different sensitivities by controlling the exposure of the imaging unit, a camera signal processing unit generating a video signal by processing the camera signal from the imaging unit, a video synthesis unit synthesizing a plurality of video signals having different sensitivities generated by the processing unit, and an object recognition unit processing the video signals from the processing unit and detecting the object information. The object recognition unit detects the object information for each of the plurality of the video signals. Based on the detected object information, the control unit controls the exposure, the processing unit controls the gamma characteristic of the video signals, and the synthesis unit controls the ratio for synthesizing the plurality of the video signals. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020195 | Method Of Operating Camera Timing Module - A method of operating a timer module includes the steps of querying a non-volatile memory module to determine available digital image storage locations, each storage location having assigned thereto an image number; receiving a selection selecting one of the available digital image storage location as a starting location, and assigning an image number corresponding to the starting location as a starting image number; determining a number of image storage locations having an image number equal to or greater than the starting image number; instructing the image capture module to capture images a number of times equal to the number of image storage locations having an image number equal to or greater than the starting image number; transferring an image to the memory module each time the image capture module captures an image, the image being transferred into the memory module at a storage location corresponding to the starting image number; and updating the starting image number to correspond to a consecutively subsequent storage location. When a plurality of non-volatile memory modules are provided, a memory module physically closest to the image capture module is completely filled first before a memory module that is next closest to the image capture module is filled. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020196 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD - An image processing system including: an image pickup apparatus for picking up an image of a subject; and an image reproducing apparatus for reproducing the image picked up by the image pickup apparatus; wherein the image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for obtaining an image by image pickup, an image pickup rate controlling unit for controlling an image pickup rate of the image pickup unit, a line reducing unit for removing a plurality of lines from the image obtained by the image pickup, and an image storing unit for storing a reduced image in which the plurality of lines are removed on a storage medium, and the image reproducing apparatus includes an image reading unit for reading the image stored on the storage medium, an up-converter for up-converting the read image, and a reproduction displaying unit for displaying the up-converted image. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020197 | Imaging device, reproduction device and image reproduction program - An imaging device comprises: a mount unit at which an optical system can be mounted; a detection unit that detects disengagement of the optical system from the mount unit; an imaging unit that captures a subject image formed via the optical system mounted at the mount unit and outputs image signals; a display unit at which an image is brought up on display based upon the image signals output from the imaging unit; and a control unit that prohibits display of the image at the display unit, the image being based upon the image signals output from the imaging unit after the detection unit detects disengagement of the optical system. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020198 | Digital Still Camera and Method of Controlling Same - Disclosed is a digital still camera in which amount of exposure is decided appropriately even when there is a changeover from one shooting scene to another. When a shooting mode is set, a first shooting scene discrimination is performed before a shutter-release button is half-pushed. A first amount of exposure is calculated using a program diagram suited to the shooting scene that has been discriminated by the first shooting scene discrimination. Shooting for focusing control is performed at an exposure corresponding to the first amount of exposure, whereby image data is obtained. Focusing control is carried out based upon the image data obtained, and shooting is performed again. Second shooting scene discrimination is performed based upon the image data obtained by shooting. A second amount of exposure is calculated using a program diagram suited to the shooting scene that has been discriminated by the second shooting scene discrimination. Shooting for recording purposes is performed at the exposure corresponding to the second amount of exposure and the image data obtained is recorded. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020199 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH REDUCED IMAGE BUFFER MEMORY AND MINIMAL PROCESSING FOR RECYCLING THROUGH A SERVICE CENTER - A digital camera system in which capture, processing and storage functions are partitioned differently than in existing systems. A hand-held digital camera is used with a workstation that may exist in a commercial image processing service center. A minimal amount of image data processing is performed in the digital camera, thereby allowing significant digital camera cost reductions due to lower memory requirements, lower processing requirements, and lower power requirements. Real-time single pass image compression techniques are employed within this digital camera to permit rapid gathering and storage of raw or minimally processed image data. The workstation to which the image data are transferred performs the image processing normally done within existing cameras. This processing takes advantage of the increased computational power that is possible to have in such a workstation, compared to that of a small camera, and the increased time over which such processing may be performed. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020200 | Flash emission method and flash emission apparatus - According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, when a non-flash image that is taken without a flash emitted before main photographing and a flash image that is taken with the flash pre-emitted before the main photographing are obtained so that an amount of flash emission light for the main photographing (amount of main emission) based on the obtained non-flash image and flash image, a moving body in the angle of view is detected. If the detected moving body is a main object, the amount of main emission is calculated based on the image of the moving body. If the detected moving body is not the main object, the amount of main emission is calculated based on the image other than the moving body. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020201 | SENSOR ARRAY MODULE WITH WIDE ANGLE, AND IMAGE CALIBRATION METHOD, OPERATION METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR THE SAME - A sensor array module with wide angle for creating a composite image includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a storage unit and a processor. The first image sensor is for capturing a first image. The second image sensor is for capturing a second image and has a relative spatial relationship with respective to the first image sensor. The storage unit stores at least one transformation matrix obtained according to the relative spatial relationship between the first and the second image sensors. The processor combines the first image and the second image by using the transformation matrix to create the composite image. The present invention also provides an image calibration method, an operation method and an application for a sensor array module with wide angle. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020202 | CAMERA APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a camera apparatus capable of displaying an image where a wide range is imaged, and enlarging an image of a narrow range when required for display, thereby facilitating to distinguish the content of the image. The camera apparatus generates a reduced image where the entire captured image is displayed in a certain area of the display screen of the display means, corrects a distortion caused by a wide-angle lens with respect to one or more portions of the captured image, generates an enlarged image enlarged in comparison with the reduced image, and displays both of the reduced and enlarged images on the display screen. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020203 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A reproducing apparatus, an image data reproducing method, a program, and a storage medium each detects an attitude state of the reproducing apparatus, extracts a part of an area of image data obtained by an image pickup device, and reproduces the part of the area of the extracted image data. According to the detection result, the part of the area of the image data is changed to another part of the area and rotation processing of another part of the area is performed, thereby reproducing the another part of the area which was subjected to the rotation processing. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NONLINEAR SELF-FILTERING VIA DYNAMICAL STOCHASTIC RESONANCE - A system and method for filtering and enhancing signals from a noise background based on the nonlinear interaction of waves. The system and method amplify low-level signals, hide information in the signals, and then nonlinearly recover the signals. With the present invention, this can be performed for both spatial beams and temporal pulses. The signal self-filters and self-amplifies at the expense of the surrounding noise via the nonlinear medium. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020205 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus ( | 2010-01-28 |
20100020206 | IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image sensing system comprises a solid-state image sensor including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and vertical output lines connected by column to each pixel, with signals in accordance with voltages of the vertical output lines each output to a horizontal output line via column circuits provided for each vertical output line. Electrical charges in photoelectric conversion elements included in the pixels are not output to the vertical output lines, while signals corresponding to voltages of the vertical output lines and output to the horizontal output line via the column circuits are averaged by column to acquire a correction value. Then, electrical charges in the photoelectric conversion elements are output by row to the vertical output lines, and signals corresponding to voltages of the vertical output lines and output to the horizontal output line via the column circuits are corrected using the correction value. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020207 | CORRECTION OF NON-UNIFORM SENSITIVITY IN AN IMAGE ARRAY - An improved non-uniform sensitivity correction algorithm for use in an imager device (e.g., a CMOS APS). The algorithm provides zones having flexible boundaries which can be reconfigured depending upon the type of lens being used in a given application. Each pixel within each zone is multiplied by a correction factor dependent upon the particular zone while the pixel is being read out from the array. The amount of sensitivity adjustment required for a given pixel depends on the type of lens being used, and the same correction unit can be used with multiple lenses where the zone boundaries and the correction factors are adjusted for each lens. In addition, the algorithm makes adjustments to the zone boundaries based upon a misalignment between the centers of the lens being used and the APS array. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AN ACTIVE RANDOM FIELD FOR REAL-TIME IMAGE DENOISING - An Active Random Field is presented, in which a Markov Random Field (MRF) or a Conditional Random Field (CRF) is trained together with a fast inference algorithm using pairs of input and desired output and a benchmark error measure. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020209 | Imaging method and apparatus - Disclosed are an imaging method and apparatus. The apparatus may include an image sensor that may include a plurality of pixels, wherein at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a light-detector element and a filter that band-passes a select visible light component to the light-detector element and band-passes a select non-visible light component to the light-detector element. A color value and depth value may be obtained using the same pixel through the image sensor. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020210 | Image Sensing Device And Image Processing Device - There is provided an image sensing device including: an image acquisition portion that switches between a plurality of reading methods in which pixel signals of a group of light receiving pixels arranged in an image sensor are read and that thereby acquires, from the image sensor, a first image sequence formed such that a plurality of first images having a first resolution are arranged chronologically and a second image sequence formed such that a plurality of second images having a second resolution higher than the first resolution are arranged chronologically; and an output image sequence generation portion that generates, based on the first and second image sequences, an output image sequence formed such that a plurality of output images having the second resolution are arranged chronologically, in which a time interval between sequentially adjacent two output images among the plurality of output images is shorter than a time interval between sequentially adjacent two second images among the plurality of second images. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020211 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a driving control method, and an image pickup apparatus that are capable of performing, in the case of changing the resolution of AD conversion, changing of only a pulse that needs to be changed, with a more simplified configuration. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020212 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying transistor, and a reset transistor. The photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in a well of a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate. A source or drain region of the amplifying transistor or the reset transistor is arranged between the photoelectric conversion unit of a first pixel and the photoelectric conversion unit of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. In the first pixel, a first semiconductor region of an impurity concentration higher than that of the well of the first conductivity type is arranged between the source or drain region and the photoelectric conversion unit, and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is arranged under the first semiconductor region. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020213 | IMAGER ROW-WISE NOISE CORRECTION - An imager having optically and electrically black reference pixels in each row of the imager's pixel array. Since the reference pixels of each row experience the same row-wise noise as active imaging pixels in the associated row, the signals from the reference pixels are used to cancel out row-wise noise from the row of imaging pixels. The reference pixels are designed such that their photosensors are physically or effectively removed from the row-wise noise correction, thus rendering them electrically black or dark. As such, the reference pixels can be used to provide row-wise noise correction without the adverse effects of warm and hot pixels. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020214 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention is a semiconductor device including: a resistor R | 2010-01-28 |
20100020215 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - A decrease in a light receiving sensitivity at a peripheral portion of an image capturing area is suppressed, thereby obtaining a solid-state image capturing device with an excellent luminance shading characteristic. In a solid-state image capturing device in which an image capturing area | 2010-01-28 |
20100020216 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN IMAGE OF A NONPLANAR SURFACE - An image sensing device for detecting an image of a nonplanar surface includes a plurality of pixels configured to detect the image of the nonplanar surface. The plurality of pixels are associated with a plurality of pixel pitches. The plurality of pixels are positioned to maintain a constant image resolution of the nonplanar surface for the plurality of pixels, based on the plurality of pixel pitches associated with the plurality of pixels. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020217 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - The solid-state imaging device having pixels that are arranged in rows and columns and convert optical signals to electric signals to output the electric signals as voltage signals includes column signal lines each provided for a corresponding one of the columns and transmitting, in the direction of the columns, voltage signals outputted from the pixels, current sources each provided for and connected to a corresponding one of the column signal lines, column amplification circuits each provided for a corresponding one of the column signal lines and amplifying the voltage signals transmitted through the column signal lines, a current-source ground potential supply line supplying the current sources with ground potential, and a column amplification circuit ground potential supply line supplying the column amplification circuits with ground potential. The current-source ground potential supply line and the column amplification circuit ground potential supply line are interconnected at positions corresponding to the columns. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020218 | Method for driving semiconductor device having capacitive load, method and apparatus for driving load, and electronic apparatus - When a signal is read from a CCD solid-state image pickup element, the CCD solid-state image pickup element is driven with at least two driving voltages so that high-speed reading is performed with generation of noise due to interference between the driving voltages reduced. The CCD solid-state image includes a charge storage section between a vertical transfer register and a horizontal transfer register. By performing the transfer of charge in the direction of columns during an effective transfer period of the transfer in the direction of rows, signal charge of one row generated by a light receiving sensor is transferred to the charge storage section, and by performing the transfer outside the effective transfer period in the transfer in the direction of the row, the signal charge of one row transferred to the charge storage section is transferred to the horizontal transfer register. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020219 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensing device includes: a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a matrix in a device formation region surrounded by a device isolation region of a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of vertical transfer sections for transferring charges of the light receiving elements in the column direction; and a horizontal transfer section for receiving the charges from the vertical transfer sections and for transferring the received charges in the row direction. The horizontal transfer section includes: a horizontal channel region; and a plurality of horizontal transfer electrodes extending over the horizontal channel region and the device isolation region and being spaced apart from each other. The distance between the horizontal transfer electrodes is larger at a boundary between the device formation region and the device isolation region than in the middle of the horizontal channel region. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020220 | Imaging apparatus - Light from an object is converted by an imaging device into an electric signal carrying an object image. A video signal is generated by a video signal processor based on the electric signal. A human face is detected by a face detector if a human is contained in the image, based on the video signal. An on-screen signal is generated by an on-screen generator for either a first or a second menu window each for use in selection among imaging modes. The first and second windows are used when no face and the face is being detected, respectively. The on-screen signal is supplied to a screen which displays one of the windows. The generator is controlled by a controller based on information, supplied by the detector, indicating whether the face is contained in the image, so that the on-screen signal is generated for the first or the second window. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020221 | Camera Interface in a Portable Handheld Electronic Device - In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at a handheld electronic device having a built-in digital camera and a touch sensitive screen. The method includes detecting a multi-finger gesture on the touch sensitive screen, wherein the touch sensitive screen is serving as part of an electronic viewfinder of the camera; storing coordinates of a location corresponding to the detected multi-finger gesture; translating the stored coordinates to a selected area of an image that is captured by the camera and that is being displayed on the touch sensitive screen; contracting or expanding the selected area in response to the user's fingers undergoing a pinching movement or a spreading movement, respectively, while the detected multi-finger gesture remains in contact with the touch sensitive screen; and applying an automatic image capture parameter adjustment process that gives priority to the selected area. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020222 | Image Capturing Device with Touch Screen for Adjusting Camera Settings - Several methods for operating a built-in digital camera of a portable, handheld electronic device are described. In one embodiment, the device receives a user selection (e.g., tap, tap and hold, gesture) of a region displayed on the display screen (e.g., touch sensitive screen). A touch to focus mode may then be initiated in response to the user selection and exposure and focus parameters determined and adjusted. Then, an automatic scene detection mechanism can determine whether a scene has changed. If the scene has changed, then the touch to focus mode ends and a default automatic focus mode initiates. This mode sets a new exposure metering area and focus area prior to determining and adjusting exposure and focus parameters, respectively. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020223 | Operator Control Unit with Tracking - An apparatus equipped with an electronic camera, lensed optics, and a visual display in communication with the optics. An analog or digital video signal is conveyed to an operator of the apparatus through the visual display. The apparatus includes an embedded processor to track the orientation and position of the apparatus. Orientation and position information of the apparatus is used to dynamically recalculate display information. In addition, the apparatus may be in communication with a remote device having digital camera optics. Orientation and position information of the apparatus may be conveyed to the remote device to alter the orientation and position of the associated electronic camera optics. The global position and orientation data is refined through the use of a machine vision algorithm. Accordingly, data conveyed to the operator of the apparatus is in relation to the orientation and position of the apparatus and/or the associated orientation and position of the remote device. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020224 | METHOD FOR SELECTING DESIRABLE IMAGES FROM AMONG A PLURALITY OF IMAGES AND APPARATUS THEREOF - An image processing method includes calculating a desirability score which indicates a desirability of the image, for each of a series of images captured in a time-sequential manner, based on a recognition result of the image, and selecting a plurality of images as best-shots in which desirability scores are a local maximum value in a time-sequence, from the series of images. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020225 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is an image processing apparatus for converting an original image into an enlarged image on which enlargement processing has been performed with respect to a reference point, as the center, including: a selection processing unit that treats, as a starting point, a coordinate point which is the farthest from the reference point and selects a processing-target pixel from among pixels constituting the enlarged image; a calculation processing unit that calculates a coordinate point of the original image which is mapped to the coordinate point of the processing-target pixel; a reading processing unit that reads the pixel value of a pixel of the original image from the recording medium in accordance with the coordinate point of the original image; an interpolation processing unit that interpolates the pixel value of the processing-target pixel using the pixel value of the pixel of the original image read by the reading processing unit; and a writing processing unit that writes the pixel value of the processing-target pixel which has been interpolated by the interpolation processing unit into an area, on the recording medium, other than a storage area in which the pixel value of each of pixels of the original image has been stored, the pixels of the original image being positioned at the same coordinate points as pixels of the enlarged image, each of which has not been selected as the processing-target pixel. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020226 | Web camera - The web camera of the present invention is used to capture the external images. The web camera of the present invention comprises a circuit control unit, a focal adjustment module, a focus adjustment button, an image capturing module, and a shutter button, wherein the focus adjustment module has an auto-focus mode and a fixed focus mode; the focus adjustment button is electrically connected to the focus adjustment module and the circuit control unit. The focus adjustment button is used to change the mode of the focus module to the auto-focus mode or to the fixed focus mode; the image capturing module is electrically connected to the circuit control unit, which is used to transform the external images into image signals; and the shutter button is electrically connected to the circuit control unit, which is used to send outward the image capturing signals. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020227 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A FLASH - A method of controlling a flash output for capturing an image in a portable electronic device having a digital camera includes receiving light at an image sensor, determining a flash output adjusted for colour and brightness based on the light received at the image sensor, providing the flash output, and capturing a resultant image at a digital image processor. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020228 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an imaging apparatus in which an acquiring system supported by an AV hard disk device (AVHDD) as an external storing device is detected, either an FCP system, an RT system or a WT system is selected, latest battery capacity information and storage capacity information of the AVHDD is acquired by using either the FCP system, RT system or WT system and conditions of a battery and a storage capacity of the AVHDD are informed to the user. By providing such an imaging apparatus, the user can recognize the conditions of the battery and the storage capacity of the AVHDD, thereby preventing recording of a photo-taken image from suddenly becoming impossible. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020229 | WEARABLE PERSONAL VIDEO/AUDIO DEVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system for capture and transmission of video and audio data includes multiple input devices, each designed to be worn by a user. The input devices capture video and audio signals corresponding to views available at the location of each user and transmit the information to a remote system. The remote system uses the video and audio signals to create enhanced views. These enhanced views may be transmitted to other input devices. | 2010-01-28 |
20100020230 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image processing apparatus, degradation of edges of stationary subjects can be suppressed in a moving image obtained by converting moving image data having F frames per unit time into moving image data having 2F sub frames per the unit time. For this purpose, pixel data is inputted in order of raster scanning into an input terminal. Then three contiguous pixel data X | 2010-01-28 |