05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 75 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160036957 | System for Limiting Mobile Phone Distraction in Motor Vehicles and / or within fixed locations - A system that utilizes a remote device that is capable of transmitting speed, velocity, instantaneous velocity, angular velocity, acceleration, deceleration or other means of data to wirelessly notify a mobile handset that the vehicle is in motion or is traveling at a speed, velocity, instantaneous velocity, angular velocity, acceleration, deceleration greater than zero without using the cellular signal, gps data, or on board diagnostic computer or other direct or indirect link to vehicle mechanical, electrical mechanical or computer derived speed data. This system, or an embodiment thereof shall be universally compatible with all vehicles including passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, busses, trains, airplanes, boats, construction equipment or otherwise where it is desirable to limit distractions from a personal communication device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036958 | METHODS AND APPARATUS NOTIFYING A USER OF THE OPERATING CONDITION OF A REMOTELY LOCATED HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - Sounds, alarms or other indications of conditions of potential interest that are produced by appliances and other household devices are detected by one or more sensors to trigger a notification signal that is sent to a remotely located user. The signals produced by the sensors are advantageously compared with a database of signals representing conditions of potential interest produced by known appliances and devices, producing the appropriate notification signal when a match is found. Notifications may be relayed to one or more selected users only when predetermined conditions are satisfied. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036959 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Contact Information Using a Wireless Terminal - A method and apparatus for processing contact information, the method comprising: displaying a list of contacts on a display of a wireless terminal; determining a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user; obtaining a web log address and an online shop address of the first contact; obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the web log address and the online shop address of the first contact; and displaying the first content on a first area of the display, the first content being dynamically updated. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036960 | System and Method For Sending Local Information From A Wireless Browser To A Web Server - A system and method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server. A service request received from a handset user includes the type of local information needed to carry out the request as well as the URL address of the server. The handset confirms that the input is not a telephone number to be dialed. If the input is a telephone number, the browser is terminated and the number is dialed. Otherwise, the browser acquires the local information needed to carry out the request from the handset. The local information is appended to the URL address, which is extracted from the user input, and the browser is instructed to navigate to the URL address to provide the local information to the server. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036961 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING CALL WHEN RECEIVED ON MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for connecting a call when received on a mobile device and, more specifically, relates to a method for connecting a call when received on a mobile device, wherein, if a call arrives in circumstances under which it is difficult to use a lock function without the free use of both hands, it is possible to connect the call even without using the lock function by converting a user voice signal incoming from a microphone (MIC) of the mobile device into text data and comparing same with stored reference text data and, if there is a match, controlling the mobile device as instructed by an applicable command, so as to either send text or connect the call immediately. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036962 | UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A unified communications system enables a user to simultaneously manage real time voice communication with background audio streams such as a music. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of devices connected through a persistent voice over IP channel, where each device is playing background audio independently, and each device is operatively coupled to a microphone. When a connected user speaks, Voice Activity Detection results in the automatic adjustment of background audio on other connected devices, the adjustments based upon user-input settings on each device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036963 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF EXECUTING APPLICATION BASED ON PARTICULAR ZONE - Provided is a mobile terminal that executes an application in a predetermined area, and a method performed by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal that executes the application in the predetermined area may include a memory; a location finder configured to obtain location information of the mobile terminal; a communicator configured to communicate with a server; and a controller configured to receive, via the communicator, the application that is executable in a predetermined area corresponding to the obtained location information and an operating system (OS) for executing the application from a server that corresponds to the obtained location information, and to install the application and the OS in the memory. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036964 | DETERMINING THAT A USER IS IN A VEHICLE OR DRIVING A VEHICLE BASED ON SENSOR DATA GATHERED BY A USER DEVICE - A device may receive sensor data regarding a user device; and determine, based on the sensor data, that a user of the user device is in a vehicle or driving the vehicle. When determining that the user of the user device is in the vehicle or driving the vehicle, the device may compare the sensor data, received from the user device, with a reference dataset that includes reference data associated with users being present in or driving a vehicle, or determine that a value of a measurement, received as part of the sensor data, satisfies a threshold that is related to whether the user is in the vehicle or driving the vehicle. The device may output a particular control instruction to the user device based on determining that the user is in the vehicle or is driving the vehicle. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036965 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of operating the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes a sensor configured to sense a motion of the mobile terminal, and a communication interface configured to receive, from a wearable device corresponding to the mobile terminal, information of a motion of the wearable device, the motion of the wearable device being sensed during a time period from a start time requested by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal further includes a controller configured to determine whether the motion of the mobile terminal and the motion of the wearable device have a correlation of a level or greater, and unlock the mobile terminal, in response to the controller determining that the motion of the mobile terminal and the motion of the wearable device have the correlation of the level or greater. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036966 | MOBILE TERMINAL CONTROLLED BY AT LEAST ONE TOUCH AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A mobile terminal is disclosed. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a memory configured to store at least one command in advance, a display module configured to output a screen containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a text data, an image data and a video data, a first user interface module configured to detect a first touch of a user, a controller configured to execute a first command on the basis of the detected first touch and a second user interface module configured to detect a second touch of the user, wherein the controller is configured to control a second command to be executed on the basis of the detected second touch. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036967 | Method and Electronic Device for Individualizing Ringtones - A first electronic device (“first device”) identifies a second electronic device (“second device”) that is within hearing range of the first device. The first device determines whether a ringtone of the first device conflicts with a ringtone of the second device (e.g., the first and second devices have the same incoming text message ringtone). If the first device determines that there is a conflict (e.g., the active ringtones of the two devices have the same file name or the audio files of the ringtones have the same digital signature or identifier) then the first device appends an individualized alert to its ringtone, either in advance of playing the ringtone or in real time as the ringtone is being played. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036968 | Bluetooth headset with an audio table - Techniques for a personalized Bluetooth headset and a voice interaction control method thereof are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the Bluetooth headset is configured to create and maintain a voice-based table. Each item in the table includes a phone number paired with a set of audio data (e.g., a voice or a predefined audio), where the audio data is created by a user. When a paired mobile device receives a call, the table is searched per the caller number. A corresponding audio is played back first when an item is located in the table. As such a user of the Bluetooth headset knows who is calling and determines whether the call shall be answered or not. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036969 | COMPUTER-BASED STREAMING VOICE DATA CONTACT INFORMATION EXTRACTION - Embodiments relate to extracting contact information from streaming voice data. An aspect includes a speech recognition module configured to transcribe a stream of voice data representing at least a portion of a telephone conversation into text data; a contact information extraction module configured to extract contact information from the text data; and a transceiver configured to send at least a portion of the contact information to a recipient calling device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED VOICE AND DATA SERVICES UTILIZING WIRED CORDLESS ACCESS WITH UNLICENSED/UNREGULATED SPECTRUM - Integrated voice and data services are provided that utilize wired cordless access with unlicensed/unregulated connectivity sources. A digital cordless telephone operates over unlicensed/unregulated spectrum in conjunction with one or more wireless access points (WAPs) that are installed in homes, businesses, entertainment venues, and the like. The WAPs are connected to a communications service provider's broadband packet data network. A user may use the device when they are in range of another wireless access point in a public or private building that also is connected to their communications service provider's broadband packet data network. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036971 | System and Method for Handling Mobile Messages with Embedded URLs - A system and method for handling mobile or text messages that include an original uniform resource locator (“URL”) replace the original uniform resource locator (“URL”) included in a body of the mobile message with a new replacement URL. Mobile messages may be sent to a mobile subscriber from a variety of sources, including other mobile subscribers both in and out of a carrier network, or from sources (e.g., a computer, etc.) outside of the carrier network. According to various implementations of the invention, when the mobile message is received by the carrier network (e.g., at a gateway to the carrier network or within the carrier network itself) the mobile message is scanned for a URL. If a URL is included in the mobile message, a replacement URL is generated and the original URL from the mobile message is replaced with the replacement URL. The original URL is stored and associated with the replacement URL for subsequent access and retrieval. The mobile message with the replacement URL is forwarded to the mobile subscriber. According to various implementations of the invention, when the mobile subscriber selects the replacement URL, the replacement URL directs the mobile device to content (e.g., a web page) notifying the mobile subscriber that content associated with the original URL is outside of the carrier network and providing a series of actions that the mobile subscriber may take. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036972 | System and Method for Addressing Communication Issues for Contact Center Service Quality - A system and method include a processor and a memory, where the memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine whether a session is hard-to-understand. When the session is hard-to-understand the processor provides an adjustment for the session. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036973 | SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDBACK FOR ROUTING USER COMMUNICATIONS - A call handling platform receives a call placed by a caller to a calling number. The platform examines parameters of the call, determines identifying information of the caller and matches the identifying information with a social network username corresponding to a social media network. The platform obtains the caller's social network data from the social media network. Using the social network data, the platform computes a social network influence score for the caller. The platform compares the social network influence score to a predetermined influence score threshold value and determines that the social network influence score for the caller indicates that the activity of the caller in the social media network has a high level of impact. The platform accordingly selects a first human agent at a call center and routes the call to the first human agent at the call center. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036974 | METHODS OF USING CALL FOR SERVICE DATA IN AN ANALYTIC CAPACITY - Computer-implemented methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for processing call-for-service data to facilitate queries and reports to enhance usefulness of call-for-service data. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method performable by a computer system includes receiving at a computer system data for a plurality of calls-for-service. Individual data for an individual call-for-service includes one or more fields storing information relating to the call-for-service. Based on the information stored within the one or more fields of the individual data, one or more supplemental classifiers are automatically identified. The one or more supplemental classifiers are associated with the individual data. The one or more supplemental classifiers associated with the individual data enable the individual call-for-service to be identified when the one or more supplemental classifiers match one or more specified criteria. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING AGENTS IN AN ENTERPRISE - A contact manager system for generating an agent's script is disclosed. The contact manager system includes a monitoring module configured to determine one or more browsing activities and related context information of at least one customer. The contact manager system further includes a script generation module configured to generate the at least one agent script based on the one or more determined browsing activities. The contact manager system further includes a display module configured to display the at least one agent script to one or more agents. The contact manager system further includes a verification module configured to validate the agent's script. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036976 | System And Method For Providing Agent Guidance - A system and method for providing agent guidance is provided. Speech communicated by a user to an agent is monitored during a call within a call center. Traits of the user are identified during the call based on the speech of the user. A determination is made as to how likely the user is to accept an offer provided by the agent based on the user traits. The user is classified as belonging to one of a plurality of stages of persuasion based on the likelihood determination, and guidance is provided to the agent based on classification of the user in at least one of the classes. The offer is provided to the user based on the guidance. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036977 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF OPTIMUM CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT CHANNEL - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for handling a customer contact in a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system by defining one or more channel models, each channel model mapping one or more contact purposes or one or more contact types to one or more of the plurality of channels. Real-time information about a received customer contact can be collected and one or more of a plurality of channels can be selected to handle the customer contact based at least in part on a predictive analysis of the collected real-time information. A contact purpose or a contact type for the received customer contact can be determined based on the collected real-time information. In such cases, selecting one or more of the plurality of channels can be further based on the determined contact purpose or contact type for the received customer contact and the defined one or more channel models. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE INTERACTION PRIORITIZATION - A system and method include a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to allocate interactions to a server based on a function of a criteria over time, where the server can only handle a determined number of interactions at a time. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036979 | DYNAMIC CONNECTION DISTRIBUTOR - A dynamic call connection distributor and a related method, the distributor including an agent pool, having information of call agents, the agent pool is at least partly configurable by a plurality of individual call agents, a recipient dialer, including circuitry for dialing at least one number of predefined potential recipients for establishment of a recipient connection, an agent dialer including circuitry for establishing an agent connection from the dynamic connection distributor to a call agent, and a call linker, having circuitry for linking the agent connection with the recipient call. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036980 | System and Method for Addressing Hard-To-Understand for Contact Center Service Quality - A system and method include a processor and a memory, where the memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine whether a session is hard-to-understand. When the session is hard-to-understand the processor provides an adjustment for the session. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASE-BASED ROUTING FOR A CONTACT - A system and method for case-based routing as opposed to atomic interaction routing. A processor opens a case in a customer database. The case is associated with a workflow that has steps anticipated to be executed for the case. The processor identifies first and second steps of the workflow, and further identifies an agent with skills for handling the first and second steps. The processor generates a task for handling at least the first step of the workflow, and transmits instructions to route the task to the identified agent. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036982 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANTICIPATORY DYNAMIC CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION FOR A CONTACT CENTER - System and method for enhanced interaction processing in a contact center that includes dynamically determining customer segmentation. A processor detects a pending interaction with a customer. The processor retrieves, in response to detecting the pending interaction, identification of a first customer segment to which the customer belongs. The first customer segment is associated with a first objective of the contact center. The processor predicts an outcome of the pending interaction, and identifies a second customer segment based on the predicted outcome. The processor re-associates the customer to a second customer segment, where the second customer segment is associated with a second objective of the contact center different from the first business objective. The processor handles the pending interaction according to the second objective instead of the first objective. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036983 | ADAPTABLE BUSINESS OBJECTIVE ROUTING FOR A CONTACT CENTER - A system and method for enhanced interaction processing in a contact center that includes routing interactions based on adaptable business objectives. A processor detects a pending interaction with a customer. The processor identifies first and second objectives of the contact center in response to detecting the pending interaction, where the first objective is identified as more important to the contact center than the second objective. The processor identifies a first agent for handling the first objective, and determines a likelihood of success of the first agent in achieving the first objective. The processor identifies a second agent for handling the second objective, and determines a likelihood of success of the second agent in achieving the second objective. In the event that the likelihood of success in achieving the second objective by the second agent is higher than the likelihood of success of achieving the first objective by the first agent, the processor transmits instructions to route the pending interaction to the second agent. The processor also prompts the second agent to pursue the second objective. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036984 | System and Method for Automatically Transcribing Voicemail - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable media for automatically transcribing voicemail. The method includes receiving a plurality of voicemail messages from callers, identifying for each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages a first frequency with which the respective caller leaves voicemails, identifying for each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages a second frequency with which a user requests transcription of each voicemail, assigning a priority ranking to each voicemail message in the plurality of voicemail messages based on the respective first frequency and the respective second frequency, and transcribing untranscribed voicemail messages with a highest priority ranking. The method can include establishing a priority ranking threshold and repeatedly transcribing a next highest ranking untranscribed voicemail message until no further untranscribed voicemail messages remain above the priority ranking threshold. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036985 | REAL-TIME RULE-BASED RECOVERY PLATFORM - A method, medium, and system to receive information indicative of a monitored entity's state of operation, determine whether to perform an action in response to the received information and a set of criteria rules, the action including at least one of to repair an issue indicated in the received information and to redirect a call to the monitored entity to a different entity, in an instance it is determined to redirect a call to the monitored entity to a different entity, automatically redirect the call to the different entity based on at least one redirect rule; and save a record of at least the determination of whether to perform an action, the action taken, and the redirecting of the call. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036986 | Usage Parameters for Communication Content - In one aspect, a method related to data management. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present application. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036987 | Normalization of Soundfield Orientations Based on Auditory Scene Analysis - Embodiments are described for a soundfield system that receives a transmitting soundfield, wherein the transmitting soundfield includes a sound source at a location in the transmitting soundfield. The system determines a rotation angle for rotating the transmitting soundfield based on a desired location for the sound source. The transmitting soundfield is rotated by the determined angle and the system obtains a listener's soundfield based on the rotated transmitting soundfield. The listener's soundfield is transmitted for rendering to a listener. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036988 | METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR TELEPHONE CALL TRANSFER - A method and terminal device for transferring a telephone call, are provided. The method comprises: detecting if an incoming call is received; displaying an incoming call interactive interface containing an incoming call transferring option, if the incoming call is detected; transferring the incoming call to a terminal device corresponding to a designated number when the incoming call transferring option is chosen. As the user is allowable to choose whether the incoming call should be transferred according to actual needs, the problem of automatically transferring incoming calls under some circumstances not suitable for transferring a telephone call may be avoided, thereby achieving more intelligent call transfer manner with more flexibility and better effect for transferring a telephone call. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036989 | CALL EXTENDER FOR INTER-CARRIER NETWORK SWITCH - A method of extending calls includes receiving a request to establish a call session with a called party, and establishing the call session between the calling party and the called party. The method further includes monitoring the length of the established call session, and receiving a message requesting a termination of the call session. Still further, the method includes, in response to receiving the message requesting the termination of the call session, maintaining the established call session for an additional time period, wherein the additional time period plus the monitored length of the established call session is equal to or greater than a threshold of time. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036990 | SELF-HEALING INTER-CARRIER NETWORK SWITCH - A vendor evaluator system enables real-time or near real-time efficiencies of an inter-carrier switch. At a nominal periodic rate (e.g., every fifteen minutes or less), the vendor evaluator system updates a performance map of vendor exchanges to which calls may be routed from the switch. Specifically, in real-time or in near real-time, an updated performance score is generated for each vendor exchange and/or for each NPA-NXX code that is connected to the switch based on a weighted average of post dial delay, average call hold time, and attempt-seizure ratio. The score is compared against performance thresholds to determine whether or not the respective exchange and/or code should be included in a pool of acceptably-performing, candidate vendor exchanges from which a particular exchange is selected to service a call. Such techniques prevent poorly performing vendors from servicing calls routed by the inter-carrier network switch in real time or near real-time. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036991 | AUTO-DIALER DETECTOR FOR INTER-CARRIER NETWORK SWITCH - To maximize efficiencies and to reduce termination costs of inter-carrier exchanges, an auto-dialer detection system enables an inter-carrier network switch to detect, in real-time or in near real-time, calls that are originated by auto-dialers. A call router of the switch may receive an incoming call attempt that includes a particular Automatic Number Identification (ANI). The auto-dialer detection system allows for a real-time or near-real time determination, based on the ANI and contents of a cache during a sliding window of time coincident with the reception of the origination, whether or not the call should be routed through the switch. Further, the auto-dialer detection system provides a real-time or a near real-time update to the cache contents to enable further real-time or near-real time detection and blocking of auto-dialed calls. Overrides to the cache (e.g., to always allow and/or to always block calls that include certain ANIs) may be provided. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036992 | LEAST COST DIALING - Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for directing a voice or video call using least cost dialing. Rules for directing a call may be generated by a server or a mobile device. The rules may be applied at a mobile device, facilitating a least-cost call with little or no input from the user of the mobile device. The rules may be based on identifying information about a caller or an intended call, or both. In determining what constitutes a least-cost option, a number of resources and factors, both monetary and non-monetary, may be considered. In some examples, a call identifier may be sent from a mobile device to a server, and the mobile device may receive, in response, one or more rules for directing a call. The rules may be applied at the mobile device, and the call may be placed accordingly. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036993 | POLICY DECISION METHOD, CHARGING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A policy decision method is provided, including receiving, by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) device, a first user policy request for a first user sent by a gateway device, determining, by the PCRF device, that the first user and a second user share a usage quota, and the second user is an owner user of the usage quota, acquiring, by the PCRF device, a current second user counter status of a second user counter of the second user, and generating, by the PCRF device, a first user control policy according to the current second user counter status and sending the first user control policy to the gateway device. The present invention can implement sharing of accumulated data among users, reduces processing pressure of the charging system, and decreases a performance loss of the charging system. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036994 | Advertisements in Controlled-Environment Communication Systems Using Tablet Computing Devices - A tablet computing device and controlled-environment communications processing system implemented process calls for the tablet requesting, via the controlled-environment communications system, a communication link between the tablet and another communications device. A resident of the controlled-environment facility operating the tablet is identified by the tablet to the controlled-environment communications system. The controlled-environment communications system selects advertisement(s) to be played on at least the tablet operated by the resident. The advertisement(s) are played on at least the tablet. The communications link is established by the controlled-environment communications system, between the tablet and the other communications device, before, during or following playing of the advertisement(s) on at least the tablet. Communication is carried out on the tablet, via the communications link, before, during and/or following playing of the advertisement(s). | 2016-02-04 |
20160036995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND ALERTING RISKS IN REFILL TRANSACTIONS - Apparatus and method are disclosed for detecting a risk in a refill transaction. The method may include receiving, from a user, a request for refilling an account, the request including account information associated with the account. The method may also include acquiring a contact information set corresponding to the user. The method may further include determining whether the contact information set includes the account information by searching in the contact information set for information matching the account information. In addition, the method may include providing a risk alert to the user if it is determined that the contact information set does not include the account information. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036996 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH STATIC ELECTRIC FIELD SENSOR AND RELATED METHOD - Electronic devices and related methods employ a static electric field sensor to detect variations in the electric field around the electronic device. Detected changes in the electric field invoke the performance of associated functions, thereby achieving efficient user interaction with the electronic device and/or reducing power consumption by the electronic device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036997 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit that has multiple pixels for performing image reading, a driving unit that outputs a driving signal to the pixels of the reading unit, and a connection unit that connects the reading unit to the main body of the image reading apparatus. An identification signal is inserted by the driving unit at a specific pixel among ineffective pixels that do not react to external light among the pixels of the reading unit, and detection of whether or not the reading unit is connected correctly to the main body of the image reading apparatus by the connection unit is performed by examining the signal level of the specific pixel. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036998 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PROCESSING FOR WRITING CONFIGURATION DATA TO PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION AREA, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a circuit function required to execute a job, a reading unit configured to read use state information of partial reconfiguration unit areas, a determination unit configured to determine an unused partial reconfiguration unit area as a writing destination based on the use state information read by the reading unit, a selection unit configured to select configuration data based on both the circuit function identified by the identification unit and the partial reconfiguration unit area determined as a writing destination by the determination unit, and a control unit configured to control processing for writing the configuration data selected by the selection unit to the partial reconfiguration unit area determined as a writing destination. | 2016-02-04 |
20160036999 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Free Printing - Print/fax/scan/copy kiosk located at various points of service such as convenience stores provides services to authorized users, including printing of documents, scanning of documents, copying, and sending faxes. At least some quantity of such services is provided at no cost as a service to the users and to attract the users to the point(s) of service, being subsidized by advertisements that are displayed at the kiosk. Each user must be authorized to use the service and, in some embodiments, the user is provided with a predetermined amount of free usage per period of time such as five free print pages per week, twenty free print/copy pages per month, 50 free scan pages per month, etc. In some embodiments, after exceeding the predetermined free usage per period, the user is provided with further service at a fee, for example, five cents per page printed, etc. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037000 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Upon an image processing device receiving a message from a terminal device, a screen display section displays the message and a predetermined inquiry key in a predetermined screen image on the image processing device. The message is displayed using a font preregistered in the image processing device. Upon the image processing device receiving input of selecting the inquiry key, a screen image transmitting section transmits to the server the screen image in which the message is displayed and information specifying the terminal device as a transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving the screen image, a screen image notifying section notifies the screen image to the terminal device based on the information specifying the terminal device as the transmission source of the message. Upon the server receiving a re-created message from the terminal device, a re-notification section notifies the re-created message to the image processing device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITALLY STORING DATA - An apparatus configured to digitally store data is disclosed. The apparatus including an image capturing device configured to capture image data and content data associated with the image data thereon and a software application disposed on the image capturing device. The software application includes a plurality of software functions configured to allow a user to capture and modify the image data and content data. The software functions compile the image data and content data into a single folder having a unique file extension for use by the user. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037002 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD WHICH DETERMINE PRINTED MATTER CONDITION BASED ON CAMERA-CAPTURED IMAGE - Provided is an image forming apparatus that is capable of solving a problem caused at a discharge part in quick, effective manner. The discharge part is for placing a discharged printed matter. A camera captures an image of a sheet stacking surface of the discharged printed matter. A delivery decision processing part determines, based on the image captured by the camera, a current condition of the discharged printed matter that is placed in the discharge part. Then, the delivery decision processing part takes a specified action in response to the determination result. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037003 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD SUITABLE FOR MANAGEMENT OF TONER - Provided is a control apparatus that manages expendable supplies appropriately so as a trouble unexpected to an image forming apparatus does not happen. An image forming apparatus has a detecting circuit that detects identification information of a container when replacing the container of expendable supplies and transmitting circuit that transmits event information including detected identification information to the control apparatus. The control apparatus has a receiving circuit that receives the event information. An identification information determining circuit of the control apparatus compares the identification information of the container included in the received event information with a management table that manages shipped expendable supplies. Thereby, the identification information of the container corresponds to the shipped expendable supplies is determined. If not correspond to the shipped expendable supplies, the notice circuit notifies content that shows not corresponding to the image forming apparatus. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus has an image reading unit which reads an image, a photographing unit, a storing unit, a printing unit, a detecting unit, a notifying unit, an extracting unit, and a displaying unit. When the detecting unit detects untaken printed paper, the notifying unit notifies a user to promote reading of the image of the untaken printed paper by the image reading unit. The extracting unit extracts the data of the image of at least one part other than the face of the whole body of the user photographed by the photographing unit from the image of the printed paper read by the image reading unit. The displaying unit displays the image of at least one part other than the face of the whole body of the user extracted by the extracting unit. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037005 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - Provided is an electronic equipment facilitating a search for setting items associated with items to be set. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display a first setting item connected with various settings and an advanced setting menu associated with the first setting item. The operation receiving circuit receives an operation of the first setting item or the advanced setting menu. The uncertain operation detecting circuit detects an uncertain operation of the first setting item by confirming that no setting is conducted in the advanced setting menu, and a process is returned to the first setting item. The display management circuit manages to cause the display circuit to display the first setting item and a second setting item associated with the first setting item based on a detected result of the uncertain operation of the first setting item. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037006 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS - A display input apparatus according to a first aspect of the present disclosure includes a display portion, a touch panel portion, and a communication portion. The display portion displays a setting screen which disposes a plurality of images for accepting a setting operation. The touch panel accepts the setting operation on the setting screen and when accepting the setting operation, accepts a selection operation as well for selecting a non-permission image from the plurality of images that is an image not permitted to be displayed on a partner machine which is a communication destination. The communication portion transmits screen data for forcing the partner machine to display a screen to the partner machine, in which the non-permission image is removed from the setting screen, as a sharing screen and forces the partner machine to display the sharing screen. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037007 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads a document mounted on a document table, a printing unit that performs printing on a print medium fed from a feed opening, and a document cover which is supported openably/closably with respect to the document table and which supports the print medium inserted into the feed opening. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037008 | Scanning Apparatus and Computer-Readable Medium Storing Program Therefor - A scanning apparatus is controlled to extract edges of an original document from an image scanned by a scanning device, execute an end obtaining process which causes the scanning apparatus to obtain a leading end of the original document and a trailing end of the original document based on the edges extracted in the extraction process, an inclination obtaining process to obtain a first inclination of the leading end and a second inclination of the trailing end, and a determination process to determine that a rotational skew has occurred when a difference between the first inclination and the second inclination is greater than a rotational skew threshold, the rotational skew being a change of inclination of the original document during conveyance of the original document. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037009 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a job processing apparatus includes determining, when an instruction is issued to input a job by a voice that is input via a voice receiving unit, whether there is another job being executed. If the determining determines that the other job is being executed, an inquiry is made of a user about whether to interrupt the other job to execute the input job or to execute the input job without interrupting the other job. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037010 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a process control part configured to execute at least one processing unit provided for input data in an order which is defined in definition information, and a selection part configured to select a target processing unit, which is executed by the process control part, among a plurality of processing units defined in the definition information as a candidate to be executed after each of the at least one processing unit based on output information obtained from the at least one processing unit. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037011 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor ( | 2016-02-04 |
20160037012 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a reading unit, a drive section, an operation control section, an acquiring section, and a casing. The drive section moves the reading unit. The operation control section controls a drive operation by the drive section and a light emitting operation by a light emitting section. The acquiring section acquires status information indicating a state of the device. The casing constitutes an outer contour of the device. The casing has a symbol inscribed on a predetermined portion therein. The symbol corresponds to the status information item. When the acquiring section acquires the status information item, the operation control section controls the drive section to move the reading unit to a position corresponding to the portion on which the symbol corresponding to the status information item is inscribed and controls the light emitting section to emit light while the reading unit is located at the position. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037013 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass provided at an upper surface of a main body of the apparatus to set a manuscript thereon, an image sensor being positioned below the contact glass and having a reading surface on contact glass side for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass, a carriage supporting the image sensor accommodated in a sensor container formed to have a recess open to the contact glass side, a rail member slidably supporting the carriage, and a biasing member biasing the image sensor to the contact glass side via a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor. An upper end of the biasing member is positioned below the contact glass and above the lower surface of the image sensor. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037014 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus is configured to capture an object image, generate a RAW image, perform simple development on the RAW image during the image capturing operation, and store not only the developed image but also the RAW image in a storage medium. If the imaging apparatus displays an image during the image capturing operation and immediately after the image capturing operation, the imaging apparatus displays the image processed by the simple development. When the imaging apparatus completes processing of high-quality image development, the imaging apparatus replaces the image processed by the simple development with the image processed by the high-quality image development and displays the image processed by the high-quality image development. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037015 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus determines whether or not administrator authority of a user is set, and whether access is made locally or from the network. When the access is made locally, even if the user has the administrator authority, folders of all users are not displayed. The folders of all users are displayed only when the user having the administrator authority accesses from the network. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING IMAGES USING AN IMAGE UPLOAD MENU - There is disclosed a system and method for uploading an image file to an image repository from a mobile handheld communications device having an integrated camera. In an embodiment, the method comprises: upon determining capture of an image using the integrated camera, automatically initiating an image upload module; configuring the image upload module to display an image upload user interface having user selectable image upload settings; and upon receiving user instructions, uploading the image file to the image repository with the selected image upload settings. The upload settings may be preselected and the device may be preauthorized to access an account on the image repository. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037017 | ENCODING DATA IN AN IMAGE - Certain methods and systems are described for encoding data in an image. According to an example, a set of metamers under a first set of conditions may be determined that vary under a second set of conditions. These may be used to generate a set of color mappings for a sampled color value, each color mapping being used for a different data value in the data. As such the data values may be detectable when the image is observed under the second set of conditions but not detectable when the image is observed under the first set of conditions. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037018 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS ADJUSTING IMAGE DATA INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SETS OF COMPONENT IMAGE DATA - An image processing apparatus adjusts first and second component images. The adjusted first component image has a pixel count in a prescribed direction determinative of a first resolution. The adjusted second component image has a pixel count in the prescribed direction determinative of a second resolution lower than the first resolution. Each adjusted component image is generated by: selecting a target pixel; acquiring gradation values of correspondence pixels in the pre-adjusted component image; and determining a gradation value of the target pixel based on gradation values of the correspondence pixels. The correspondence pixels are overlapped by the target pixel when the pre-adjusted component images are shifted in the prescribed direction relative to the adjusted component images and superimposed in the adjusted component image. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037019 | SEMI-FIXED-HUE GAMUT COMPRESSION - One or more apparatus and method for compressing xvYCC or sRGB color to a narrower color gamut. Embodiments may be utilized in processing images/video image sequences provided in a wide gamut color space for display in standard RGB color space. In further embodiments, an sRGB or xvYCC compliant input is compressed to a gamut narrower than sRGB. Embodiments where a narrow output color gamut lacks a fully-defined 3D color space, semi-fixed-hue gamut compression may be performed by adjusting parameters provided to a fixed-hue compression module capable of mapping 3D color space representations between well-defined gamuts. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037020 | DETECTING TRANSIENT SIGNALS USING STACKED-CHIP IMAGING SYSTEMS - Imaging systems may be provided with stacked-chip image sensors. A stacked-chip image sensor may include a vertical chip stack that includes an array of image pixels, control circuitry and storage and processing circuitry. The image pixel array may be coupled to the control circuitry using vertical metal interconnects. The control circuitry may provide digital image data to the storage and processing circuitry over additional vertical conductive. The stacked-chip image sensor may be configured to capture image frames at a capture frame rate and to output processed image frames at an output frame rate that is lower that the capture frame rate. The storage and processing circuitry may be configured to process image frames concurrently with image capture operations. Processing image frames concurrently with image capture operations may include adjusting the positions of moving objects and by adjusting the pixel brightness values of regions of image frames that have changing brightness. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037021 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a lens optical system including a lens, a stop, and first through nth divided optical elements in which first through nth optical regions are defined, respectively, along a plane perpendicular to an optical axis and positioned to be point-symmetric with respect to the optical axis, an image sensor, and a microlens array guiding light that has passed through the first through nth optical regions to the first through nth pixels of the image sensor, respectively. At least three of s | 2016-02-04 |
20160037022 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus comprises a lens optical system including a lens and having first through nth optical regions (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), an image sensor including pixel groups each including first through nth pixels, an optical element array disposed between the lens optical system and the image sensor and including optical components each guiding light that has passed through the first through nth optical regions to the respective first through nth pixels in each of the pixel groups, and an optical absorption member on which light reflected by the imaging surface of the image sensor is incident. The optical absorptance of the optical absorption member is substantially uniform across the entire wavelength bands of light that passes through the first through nth optical regions and is substantially uniform across the entire optical absorption member. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037023 | MULTI-CAMERA IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPENSATION METHOD FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - The disclosure relates to a multi-camera imaging system, and a compensation method for image reconstruction. The main components of the multi-camera imaging system are an image capturing module having a multi-lens module and a multi-sensor module, and a distance adjustment unit automatically adjusting the distance between the multi-lens and multi-sensor modules. Note that the distance adjustment unit conducts compensation performed on the change of the system's focal length caused by temperature in the system. The multi-camera imaging system further includes a position-sensing module which is used to sense a displacement or change of the distance made by the distance adjustment unit. A set of image reconstruction parameters corresponding to the displacement or the change of distance is then provided. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037024 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a liquid crystal lens imaging apparatus and method. Wherein, the imaging apparatus comprises a lens group including at least a liquid crystal lens, a drive circuit, an image collecting unit and an image processing unit. The drive circuit is connected to the liquid crystal lens to drive the liquid crystal lens respectively into an in-focus state or into an out-of-focus state. The image collecting unit is configured to collect light signal passing through the liquid crystal lens to generate an image. When the liquid crystal lens is in the in-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an in-focus image of the light signal and, when the liquid crystal lens is in the out-of-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an out-of-focus image of the light signal as a reference image. Further, the image processing unit is connected to the image collecting unit to receive both the in-focus image and the reference image, to process the in-focus image using the reference image to generate a processed image, and to deconvolute the processed image to generate a final image. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037025 | WEARABLE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING AN EYEWEAR CAMERA - A wearable camera system includes an eyewear which includes a temple and a lens and a camera coupled to eyewear, the camera having a field of view. The wearable camera system further includes a marker coupled to the eyewear, the camera, or both, the marker positionable on or in front of the lens of the eyewear at a location such that when a wearer of the eyewear aligns the marker with a target, the field of view of the camera includes the target. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037026 | 360 DEGREE CAMERA MOUNT AND RELATED PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO SYSTEM - A camera holding assembly that is configured to hold a plurality of cameras in a predetermined orientation includes a support having a plurality of receptacles. Each of the receptacles include at least one feature enabling a camera to be releasably retained therein as well as at least one and preferably at least three attachment features configured for enabling the camera holding assembly to be secured to another object. The receptacles are oriented about the support so that each camera, when loaded into the defined receptacles, is aimed in a different angular orientation. Images obtained from each retained camera can be stitched to create either a composite 360 degree×180 degree full spherical image or a composite 360 degree composite image of a scene of interest. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037027 | Durable Flexible Circuit Assembly - A flexible circuit assembly for an endoscope or borescope having an image sensor. The flexible circuit assembly has a flexible circuit with a first end, a second end, and a length between its first and second ends, the first end of the flexible circuit electrically connectable with the image sensor. A strengthening member is adjacent to the flexible circuit and along the length of the flexible circuit. An electrically insulated layer retains the strengthening member adjacent to the flexible circuit and encloses at least of portion of the strengthening member and the flexible circuit. The strengthening member may comprise a nitinol wire, and the nitinol wire may have a neutral position such that the nitinol wire returns to the neutral position after being articulated to a different position. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037028 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH CAMERA HAVING MOLDED INTERCONNECT DEVICE - A camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view interior or exterior of the vehicle. The front housing portion houses a lens assembly. The rear housing portion has a connector portion for electrically connecting circuitry of the camera to an electrical connector of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The circuitry of the camera includes an imager comprising an imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The rear housing portion has circuitry and electrically connecting elements established via molded interconnect device (MID) technology. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037029 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes a laminated substrate on which a plurality of electronic components configuring a driving circuit of a solid-state image pickup device are mounted and in which a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of vias are formed, electronic component connection lands provided on a surface of the laminated substrate, any one of the plurality of electronic components being electrically connected to the electronic component connection lands, and a cable connection land provided on the surface of the laminated substrate, a plurality of signal cables being electrically connected to the cable connection land. At least one of the plurality of electronic components is embedded in a position superimposed on the electronic component connection lands or the cable connection land on an inside of the laminated substrate. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037030 | ALIGNMENT OF A CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT AID - The alignment of a camera system is less expensive when using a holder with a plurality of connecting pieces, each implemented for connecting, fitting or clamping with a counterpart of a camera housing or an objective, a holder that is implemented such that the connecting pieces or holder modules of the holder, where the connecting pieces are held rigidly or merely at rotation axes, are held rigidly with respect to one another along at least one common spatial direction. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037031 | MULTI-SENSOR CAMERA WITH APERTURED CIRCUIT-CARRYING SUBSTRATE - A circuit-carrying assembly for use in an imaging system, the assembly comprising a first circuit carrier; a second circuit carrier spaced apart from the first circuit carrier; at least one attachment member to attach the circuit-carrying assembly to a rigid support member; and a compliant part between the first circuit carrier and the second circuit carrier, the compliant part allowing the second circuit carrier to move towards and away from the first circuit carrier. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037032 | METHOD FOR DETECTING MOUNTING POSTURE OF IN-VEHICLE CAMERA AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to a method, distortion of a picked-up image is corrected. A vertical line relative to a road surface is detected from the picked-up image. A vanishing point of a group of the detected vertical lines is calculated. A rotation angle around a Z axis of an in-vehicle camera is calculated as a roll angle of the camera. A rotation angle around an X axis of the camera is calculated as a pitch angle of the camera. A boundary line between a specific part and the road surface is detected from the picked-up image, and a reference line of the vehicle is calculated based on the detected boundary line. A rotation angle around a Y axis of the camera is calculated as a yaw angle of the camera. The roll angle, pitch angle, and the yaw angle are outputted as a mounting posture of the camera. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037033 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037034 | NEAR-INFRARED-RAY-ABSORBING COMPOSITION, NEAR-INFRARED-RAY CUT FILTER USING SAME, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, CAMERA MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition having strong near-infrared shielding properties when a cured film is produced, a near-infrared-ray cut filter, a manufacturing method therefor, a camera module, and a manufacturing method therefor. The near-infrared-ray-absorbing composition includes a copper complex obtained by reacting a compound (A) having at least two coordination sites with a copper component. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037035 | SELF-ILLUMINATED HANDHELD LENS FOR RETINAL EXAMINATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - System and method directed towards providing full and even illumination of a patient's retina through lighting integrated into a handheld fundus lens. By integrating the lighting, the method and system reduces and even eliminate many lens artifacts and reflections. By increasing the accuracy, quality, and field of view afforded during clinical examination of the retina, the method and system will allow practitioners to make more accurate diagnoses and will increase safety during retinal surgical procedures. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037036 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SEAL MEMBER INTEGRALLY FORMED THEREWITH - A camera assembly for an electronic device. The camera assembly comprises an image sensor, a housing barrel, at least one lens and a seal member. The housing barrel is positioned above the image sensor and includes a proximal end and a distal end, as well as an inner surface which defines a barrel cavity. The image sensor is configured to receive light that extends through the barrel cavity. The at least one lens is positioned within the housing barrel. The upper lens cover is positioned over the distal end of the housing barrel. The upper lens cover has an inner surface and an outer surface. The seal member is integrally formed with one of the housing barrel, at a distal end thereof, and the inner surface of the upper lens cover, wherein the seal member effectively provides a seal between the housing barrel and the upper lens cover. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037037 | SWITCHING BETWEEN CAMERAS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The subject matter described herein relates to switching between cameras of an electronic device. A method, system and computer storage medium are provided for switching between cameras of an electronic device. In an embodiment, the method comprises detecting at least a partial obstruction of a camera of the electronic device; and upon detection, switching between the at least partially obstructed camera and another camera of the electronic device. In such a way, it enables a user to switch between two different cameras by simply at least partially obstructing one of the cameras using, for example, a finger, which improves the accuracy of user operations and enhances usability of the electronic device, thereby providing a better user experience. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037038 | Information Processing Method Applied to Terminal and Terminal - An information processing method applied to a terminal, where the method includes acquiring existing photographing status information; generating notification information according to the existing photographing status information; outputting the notification information, so that a user adjusts a photographing status of the terminal according to the notification information. In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal. The method and the terminal can help a user acquire a better photographing result. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037039 | LIGHT METERING METHODS AND DEVICES - A light metering method is provided. The method includes: acquiring a touch screen point inputted by a user; identifying an initial light metering area based on an image displayed on a touchscreen, the initial light metering area containing the touch screen point; segmenting the initial light metering area into a background region and an object region containing the touch screen point; and performing light metering on image points within the object region. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037040 | LENS APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A lens apparatus attached to and detached from an image pickup apparatus includes a diaphragm unit, a driver configured to drive the diaphragm unit, and a lens controller configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus to which the lens apparatus is attached, and to control the driver based on aperture driving instruction information or aperture stop time request received from the image pickup apparatus. The lens controller is configured to send to the image pickup apparatus time information necessary to drive the diaphragm unit according to the aperture driving instruction information or aperture stop time request, during a period that starts when the driver starts driving the diaphragm unit and ends when the driver stops driving the diaphragm unit. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037041 | ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are an adaptive illumination apparatus and an adaptive illumination method. The adaptive illumination apparatus is associated with a target scene and comprises a control module and an illumination module. The control module is configured to generate a command associated with an area included in the target scene. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037042 | SHOOTING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a shooting method and apparatus of an electronic device, and the electronic device. The shooting method of an electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: enabling a front-facing camera to prepare for shooting; and when the front-facing camera is used to perform shooting, adjusting a pixel grayscale of a liquid crystal display to a set grayscale value and/or adjusting a color of the liquid crystal display to a set color, so as to supplement light to an object being photographed. In the embodiments of the present invention, a pixel grayscale and/or a color of a liquid crystal display are/is adjusted so as to supplement light to an object being photographed, thereby resolving a problem of a dim shooting effect of a front-facing camera. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037043 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGES FREE OF MOTION ARTIFACTS - Embodiments are disclosed of a process for high dynamic range (HDR) images using an image sensor with pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels to capture a first image having a first exposure time, a second image having a second exposure time, and a third image having a third exposure time, wherein of the first, second, and third exposure times the second exposure time is the shortest. The first, second, and third images are combined into a high-dynamic-range (HDR) image. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037044 | DEINTERLEAVING INTERLEAVED HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE BY USING YUV INTERPOLATION - Systems and methods for generating high dynamic images from interleaved Bayer array data with high spatial resolution and reduced sampling artifacts. Bayer array data are demosaiced into components of the YUV color space before deinterleaving. The Y component and the UV components can be derived from the Bayer array data through demosiac convolution processes. A respective convolution is performed between a convolution kernel and a set of adjacent pixels of the Bayer array that are in the same color channel. A convolution kernel is selected based the mosaic pattern of the Bayer array and the color channels of the set of adjacent pixels. The Y data and UV data are deinterleaved and interpolated into frames of short exposure and long exposures in the second color space. The short exposure and long exposure frames are then blended and converted back to a RGB frame representing a high dynamic range image. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037045 | MULTI-EXPOSURE VIDEO - Certain cameras and systems described herein produce enhanced dynamic range still or video images. The images can also have controlled or reduced motion artifacts. Moreover, the cameras and systems in some cases allow the dynamic range and/or motion artifacts to be tuned to achieve a desired cinematic effect. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037046 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image capturing unit; an image capture control unit configured to control the image capturing unit to repeat image capture of frame images under different exposures; a development unit configured to apply development processing to each of the captured frame images; and a composition unit configured to generate a composite image by compositing temporally consecutive images that have been developed by the development unit, wherein the development unit generates, from one of the captured frame images, a first image and a second image that are associated with different development parameters, and the composition unit composites images generated using the same development parameter among images generated from the captured frame images that are temporally consecutive. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037047 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a driving unit configured to drive the image sensor, and a detection unit configured to detect a variation in amount of light within one frame image based on a plurality of image signals obtained by driving the image sensor with different accumulation periods by the driving unit. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037048 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CAMERA FEATURE - Methods and electronic devices for sharing a camera feature are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure describes a method. The method is performed by a first electronic device which has a camera. The method includes: establishing wireless communications between the first electronic device and a second electronic device using a short range communication module of the first electronic device; and entering a camera-feature-sharing mode in which a camera-related feature of the second electronic device is accessible to the first electronic device using the short range communication module and in which a camera-related feature of the first electronic device is accessible to the second electronic device using the short range communication module. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037049 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CLIENT APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CLIENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus connectable to a client apparatus via a network includes an imaging optical system, an image sensor, an infrared cut filter (IRCF) driving circuit that inserts and retracts an IRCF into and from an optical path of the imaging optical system, and a communication circuit that receives, from the client apparatus, an automatic insertion and retraction control command for causing the imaging apparatus to automatically control insertion and retraction of the IRCF and additional information about insertion and retraction of the IRCF. The communication circuit transmits, to the client apparatus, operation information indicating which of cases the imaging apparatus uses the additional information received by the communication circuit. The cases include a case where the IRCF is inserted into the optical path, a case where the IRCF is retracted from the optical path, and both the cases where the IRCF is inserted and where the IRCF is retracted. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037050 | CAMERA BODY, MOUNT ADAPTER, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - An image captured using a lens mounted via a mount adapter is corrected in simple fashion in accordance with the lens. An interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera body via the mount adapter. The mount adapter is provided with a slide switch capable of setting a lens type that corresponds to the interchangeable lens. The slide switch is positioned in accordance with the interchangeable lens. The switch setting state of the positioned slide switch is detected in the camera body. Correction parameters that conform to the detected switch setting state are read out of a memory within the camera body. The captured image is corrected using the correction parameters that have been read out. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037051 | LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING LENS UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens unit L | 2016-02-04 |
20160037052 | Depth-Segmenting Peak Tracking Autofocus - An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium related to autofocusing a camera lens system. An initial image is captured at a first lens position and focus information is extracted with respect to a first plurality of focus windows. A second image is captured at a second lens position and focus information is extracted for a second plurality of focus windows that correspond to the first plurality of focus windows in the initial image. The focus information for corresponding windows is compared to determine whether the focus status in each window is improving or degrading; this determination reveals whether the lens is positioned in a desirable position with respect to the data revealed by the data extracted from the focus windows. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037053 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA BODY - An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes a body, an imaging unit provided in the body, the imaging unit for capturing an image of an object and generating an image, a focus lens movable in an optical axis direction, the focus lens for adjusting a focus state of the image, an evaluation value detector for detecting a focus evaluation value of the image, a movement detector for detecting a moving direction and an amount of movement of the body in the optical axis direction, and a controller for controlling movement of the focus lens. The controller determines a direction to which the focus lens is to be moved, based on the moving direction of the body in the optical axis direction detected by the movement detector and the focus evaluation value detected by the evaluation value detector. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037054 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH AUTOFOCUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device which includes a focus detection pixel that has a light shielding film, which is formed on a light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion portion and shields light in a part of the light receiving surface, performs pupil division and photoelectric conversion of a received light flux and acquires a phase difference detection signal, where the light shielding film is formed avoiding a gate electrode of a reading gate portion to read a signal charge from the photoelectric conversion portion. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037055 | CAPTURING IMAGES OF ACTIVE SUBJECTS - Techniques for capture of images of active subjects are described herein. In one or more implementations, a wearable device is configured to collect data regarding action of a subject associated with the wearable device during an activity. The wearable device then communicates with a user's mobile phone or other computing device to trigger image capture in accordance with trigger points defined for the activity. This may involve streaming collected data for processing by the capturing computing device to recognize the triggers and/or sending indications of trigger points that are recognized by the wearable device. | 2016-02-04 |
20160037056 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method for an information processing apparatus includes causing display of an image, and recognizing a subject in a selected portion of the image. The method also includes identifying image settings modes based on the subject recognized in the selected portion of the image, and causing display of icons corresponding to the image setting modes identified. One of the image setting modes is then specified based on selection of one of the icons. | 2016-02-04 |