| 14th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20150092006 | IMAGE WITH AUDIO CONVERSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING A WEARABLE MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are presented to allow audio communication between users concerning an image. The originator of the communication uses a wearable mobile device app to select an image and record an audio commentary. The image, audio commentary, and metadata are submitted to a cloud server for storage. The app uses the server to analyze a recipient address to determine the preferred mode of delivery. If the recipient is a known user of the app, the file is delivered without combining the image, audio commentary, and metadata into a standard movie file. Otherwise, the originator's app delivers the file through MMS or e-mail for the recipient as a movie file for viewing using a standard video player. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092007 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a frame selection unit that selects a characteristic frame from image data representing one or a plurality of objects and including a plurality of frames, an object selection unit that selects a characteristic object from the one or the plurality of objects, a textual information generation unit that generates textual information that indicates at least one of a movement of the characteristic object and a sound from the characteristic object, and a display controller that displays an image of the characteristic frame with the textual information associated with the characteristic object. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092008 | METHODOLOGY FOR NEGOTIATING VIDEO CAMERA AND DISPLAY CAPABILITIES IN A MULTI-CAMERA/MULTI-DISPLAY VIDEO CONFERENCING ENVIRONMENT - This disclosure describes a system and method for negotiating video camera and display capabilities in a multi-camera/multi-display video conferencing environment. The method includes the at least one processor ( | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092009 | STREAMING PLAYBACK WITHIN A LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE - A method for streaming playback within a live video conference. The method includes, a computer detecting access to a video conference using a live interface. The method includes, the computer receiving an indication of an interrupt condition. The method includes, the computer retrieving a selected content. The method includes, the computer inserting the selected content into the video conference, and the computer playing the selected content within the video conference. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092010 | PARTICIPATING IN A PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION SESSION - A third party automatically participates in a peer-to-peer communication session established between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. Once the peer-to-peer communication session is established, a third party receives a first user data provided by the first endpoint, and verifies the first user data. If the verification succeeds, the third party automatically participates in the peer-to-peer communication session. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092011 | Image Controlling Method, Device, and System for Composed-Image Video Conference - The present invention discloses an image controlling method, device, and system for a composed-image video conference, where the method includes receiving audio data of sites; obtaining, according to audio data of each site of the sites and in real time, a voice feature value that is within a first specified period and of a corresponding site, where the voice feature value is used to represent an activation state of the site; selecting a specified site from the multiple sites according to an activation state of each site; and filling a picture of the specified site into a sub-image of a composed image, to update the composed image in real time. This remarkably improves an effect of a conference, and improves experience of participants. In addition, a quantity and locations of sub-images in the composed image may be further adjusted dynamically, which also effectively improves the effect of the conference. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092012 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A transmission/reception unit of a management system receives a relay device ID transmitted by a selection device. Also, the transmission/reception unit transmits communication control request information to another management system based on the relay device ID. Consequently, a relay device to be used to relay content data to be transmitted/received among terminals can be selected from relay devices that the another management system can control. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092013 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A SIGNAL DURING A VIDEO CONFERENCE SESSION - A method and a device for transmitting at least a portion of a signal during a video conference session is disclosed. In one aspect, a method of transmitting at least a portion of a signal acquired by a first terminal to one second terminal during a video conference session, the signal comprising an audio stream and a video stream conveying images acquired with the help of one video image sensor is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a parameter representative of a quality of the acquisition performed by the sensor of the video images conveyed by the video stream of the signal, and a process of notifying the first terminal of information representative of the acquisition quality. If this parameter is representative of an acquisition quality that is higher than a predetermined level, both the audio stream and the video stream of the signal are transmitted to the second terminal. Otherwise, the audio stream is transmitted to the second terminal and the video stream is blocked so that it is not transmitted to the second terminal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092014 | VIDEO CONFERENCING OVER IP NETWORKS - A method for communication includes establishing communication links over a packet network between a server and plurality of client computers that are to participate in a video teleconference. The server receives from the client computers uplink audio packets and uplink video packets, which respectively contain audio and video data captured by each of the client computers. The server mixes the audio data from the uplink audio packets so as to create respective streams of mixed audio data for transmission to the client computers and transmits to the client computers downlink audio packets containing the respective streams of mixed audio data. The server relays the video data to the client computers in downlink video packets. The client computers receive and synchronize the video data with the mixed audio data. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092015 | CAMERA BASED SAFETY MECHANISMS FOR USERS OF HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS - The disclosure provides methods and systems for warning a user of a head mounted display that the user approaches an edge of field of view of a camera or one or more tangible obstacles. The warning includes presenting audio and/or displayable messages to the user, or moving the display(s) of the head mounted displays away of the user's eyes. The determination that the user approaches the edge of scene or a tangible obstacle is made by dynamically tracking motions of the users through analysis of images and/or depth data obtained from image sensor(s) and/or depth sensor(s) secured to either the head mounted display, arranged outside of the scene and not secured to the head mounted display, or a combination of both. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092016 | Method For Processing Data And Apparatus Thereof - A method for processing data and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes: projecting a first structure light and a second structure light onto a surface of a target object, wherein the first structure light is a stripe-structure light; capturing a first image comprising the target object; detecting first image information corresponding to the first structure light in the first image, wherein the first image information is stripe image information; detecting second image information corresponding to the second structure light in the first image; and obtaining a depth of the target object based on the first image information and the second image information. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092017 | METHOD OF DECREASING NOISE OF A DEPTH IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS USING THEREOF - Provided are a method of decreasing the noise of a depth image which predicts the noise for each pixel of the depth image using the difference in depth values of two adjacent pixels of the depth image and the reflectivity of each pixel of an intensity image, and an image processing apparatus and an image generating apparatus that use the method. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS GENERATING COLOR AND DEPTH IMAGES - Provided are methods and apparatuses generating a color image and a depth image by using a first filter that transmits light in multiple wavelength bands and a second filter that transmits light in a particular wavelength band that is included in multiple wavelength bands. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092019 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - Read electrodes are provided to drain signal charge of pixels from photoelectric conversion units provided in the pixels separately to a vertical transfer unit. During a first exposure period during which an object is illuminated with infrared light, signal charge obtained from a first pixel, and signal charge obtained from a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, are added together in the vertical transfer unit to produce first signal charge. During a second exposure period during which the object is not illuminated with infrared light, signal charge obtained from the first pixel, and signal charge obtained from the second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, are transferred without being added to the first signal charge in the vertical transfer unit, and are added together in another packet to produce second signal charge. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092020 | AMBULATORY SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE VISUAL PROJECTIONS - An ambulatory system to communicate visual projections. An embodiment of an apparatus for ambulatory communication includes: a propulsion system to enable the apparatus to fly, including to hover in place and to follow a user; a stereo camera to record an image of a user of the apparatus or a scene nearby the user of the apparatus; a transmitter to transmit video data generated by the stereo camera to a second apparatus via network for a communication with a remote user; a receiver to receive video data via the network from the remote user; and a video projection mechanism to project an image including the received video to the user. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092021 | APPARATUS FOR BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION USING FOCUS DIFFERENCES - First and second images are captured at first and second focal lengths, the second focal length being longer than the first focal length. Element sets are defined with a first element of the first image and a corresponding second element of the second image. Element sets are identified as background if the second element thereof is more in-focus than or as in-focus as the first element. Background elements are subtracted from further analysis. Comparisons are based on relative focus, e.g. whether image elements are more or less in-focus. Measurement of absolute focus is not necessary, nor is measurement of absolute focus change; images need not be in-focus. More than two images, multiple element sets, and/or multiple categories and relative focus relationships also may be used. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092022 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSLATION IMAGE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for generating a translation image includes first and second lenses capturing first and second images toward an object respectively, an image processing device calculating a depth of field of a pixel in the first image relative to the first lens according to a first vertical viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens, a second vertical viewing angle between a corresponding pixel in the second image and the second lens, and a distance between the first and second lenses, the image processing device calculating a horizontal viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens according to the depth of field, coordinates of the pixel in the first image, and the distance, and the image processing device generating a translation image according to the coordinates of the pixel, the depth of field, the distance, and the horizontal viewing angle. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092023 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup apparatus having not less than three optical systems, and an image pickup element which picks up an object image by the optical system, includes an object-information acquiring section which acquires information of an object, a parallax-amount computing section which computes an amount of parallax corresponding to the information of the object, and an optical-system selecting section which selects optical systems for photographing from among not less than three optical systems, based on the amount of parallax corresponding to the information of the object, that has been computed by the parallax-amount computing section. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092024 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - The quality of a planar image is improved while maintaining the parallax of a stereoscopic image. An image capturing device includes an imaging element that performs photoelectric conversion on respective light fluxes passing through different regions of a single pickup lens. The image capturing device includes a neutral density filter an AE control unit that acquires subject brightness, and a diaphragm control unit that, in a case of the stereoscopic pickup, controls whether or not to reduce the amount of light which reaches the imaging element using the neutral density filter based on the subject brightness, and that, in a case of the plane pickup, causes a diaphragm value of the diaphragm to be greater than a diaphragm value in the case of the stereoscopic pickup while setting the light extinction filter to a non-insertion state. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092025 | STEREO DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereo display device includes a display panel and a barrier panel. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel units arranged in an array along an X-direction and a Y-direction. At least three sub-pixel units form a pixel unit. The barrier panel is located at one side of the display panel and includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and an optically anisotropic medium. An included angle between an extension direction of the first electrodes and the Y-direction is +θ1, and θ1≠0 degree. An included angle between an extension direction of the second electrodes and the Y-direction is −θ2, and θ2≠0 degree. The optically anisotropic medium is located between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092026 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A multi-view image display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a crosstalk compensator configured to compensate for crosstalk with respect to multi-view images by using a crosstalk matrix defining the crosstalk that occurs between the multi-view images; a tracker configured to track a position of a user's face as a user's position is moved; a controller configured to determine at least two views to be provided as images for user's left and right eyes from among the multi-view images based on the tracked position of the user's face, and to control the crosstalk compensator to compensate for the crosstalk by applying a predetermined weight to the at least two determined views; and a display configured to display the multi-view images of which the crosstalk is compensated. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092027 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a display including a plurality of light emitting elements that are two-dimensionally arranged, the plurality of light emitting elements being divided into a plurality of division regions, each of which includes more than one of the plurality of light emitting elements; and a lens that is located near a surface of the display so as to correspond to the division regions and that forms a display image by focusing each of images displayed in the respective division regions as a real image or a virtual image so that the focused images overlap on a same image plane. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092028 | UNPACKING METHOD, UNPACKING DEVICE AND UNPACKING SYSTEM OF PACKED FRAME - An unpacking method, an unpacking device and an unpacking system of a packed frame are disclosed. The packed frame is to be displayed on a screen and includes a color frame and a resized depth frame, and the color frame is corresponding to the resized depth frame. The center of the color frame is displayed in the central area of the screen. The unpacking method includes the steps of: extracting the color frame and the resized depth frame from the packed frame; and restoring the resized depth frame to obtain an original depth frame. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092029 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PACKING COLOR FRAME AND ORIGINAL DEPTH FRAME - A method, device and system for packing a color frame and an original depth frame to obtain a packed frame are disclosed. The color frame is corresponding to the original depth frame, and the packed frame is to be displayed on a screen. The method for packing the color frame and the original depth frame includes the steps of resizing the original depth frame to obtain a resized depth frame; and combining the color frame and the resized depth frame to obtain the packed frame. The center of the color frame is displayed in the central area of the screen. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092030 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus providing a multi-view image is provided, which may include a panel unit to provide light through a plurality of pixels corresponding respectively to a plurality of viewpoints, and an optical unit to provide the light to a left eye position and a right eye position at a pre-designated viewing distance, respectively, wherein the optical unit may be configured for light from pixels for view images having discontinuous viewing indices, among the plurality of pixels, to be transferred to the left eye position and the right eye position. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092031 | Lighting Arrangement for Magnification Device - Disclosed is a magnification device for use by blind and/or low vision individuals. The device includes an X-Y table upon which an item to be magnified can be placed. A stationary camera arm and a pivotal monitor arm are oriented over the X-Y table. The monitor arm includes a video monitor pivotally mounted at its distal end. The camera arm also includes two laterally disposed lighting arms. A series of controls are provided along a lower edge of the monitor via a mounting bracket. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092032 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - Violet narrowband light Vn and green narrowband light Gn produced by a light source device are supplied to a complementary color type endoscope, and simultaneously applied to an observation object. In a complementary color type imaging device, first mixed pixels and second mixed pixels, which sense both of the violet narrowband light Vn and the green narrowband light Gn, are read out. The light amount ratio Z of the violet narrowband light Vn to the green narrowband light Gn is set in such a range as to make the light amount of the violet narrowband light Vn larger than the light amount of the green narrowband light Gn, and make a signal value of the second mixed pixel higher than a signal value of the first mixed pixel. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092033 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - Violet narrowband light Vn and green narrowband light Gn produced by a light source device are supplied to a complementary color type endoscope, and simultaneously applied to an observation object. From a complementary color type imaging device, first mixed pixels and second mixed pixels, which sense both of the violet narrowband light Vn and the green narrowband light Gn, are read out. The light amount ratio Z of the violet narrowband light Vn to the green narrowband light Gn is set within a predetermined range based on an optimal light amount ratio Z | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092034 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE OPERATING METHOD - An endoscope system includes a light source apparatus for emitting narrow band light of green and violet in field sequential lighting, for endoscopic imaging. An image sensor has plural pixels arranged on an imaging surface, for imaging an object in a body cavity illuminated with the narrow band light, to output a pixel signal. The plural pixels include first and second pixels. The first pixel has a lower spectral sensitivity than the second pixel. A gain corrector is supplied with the pixel signal by the image sensor, for performing gain correction of multiplying the pixel signal of the first pixel by a gain value, so as to compensate for a difference in the spectral sensitivity of the first pixel from the second pixel. Also, a noise reduction device performs noise reduction of the pixel signal after the gain correction according to the gain value. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092035 | IMAGING APPARATUS, MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, an illuminating unit, and an image-characteristic setting unit. The imaging unit images an object to acquire an image of the object. The illuminating unit includes a light source configured to apply illumination light beams different in optical characteristics to the object. The image-characteristic setting unit sets the image characteristics of the image data, then refers to light source characteristic information, and sets to the illuminating unit, the intensity, distribution pattern, spectrum distribution or polarization characteristic of at least one illumination light beam. The imaging unit acquires effectively image data having the image characteristics set. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092036 | DRIVING METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE - It is a method of driving a MOS type imaging element in which pixels having sensitivities for different colors are arranged two-dimensionally, in which the imaging element has at least two types of read-out lines having different pixel arrangements to read out a charge signal of the pixels, and the method includes driving such that a read-out time interval of a charge signal of at least one type of read-out line among the read-out lines is longer than a read-out time interval of another type of read-out line and a charge accumulating period of each pixel of the one type of read-out line is longer than a charge accumulating period of each pixel of said another type of read-out line. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092037 | REMOTE CONTROLLED ROBOT SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL IMAGES - A remote controlled robot system that includes a mobile robot and a remote control station. The mobile robot is controlled by the remote control station and includes a robot monitor, and a robot camera that captures a robot image. The system also includes a medical image device that can be coupled to the robot. The remote control station includes a camera that captures a remote station image, and a monitor that displays the robot image captured by the robot camera in a robot view field, displays the remote station image in a station view field. The robot transmits the robot and medical images to the remote control station such that a larger portion of a network bandwidth is allocated for the medical image than the robot image. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092038 | Editing image data - There is provided a method comprising: presenting first image data to a user; detecting a first user reaction to the first image data; and determining how to modify image data in dependence on the first detected user reaction. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092039 | IN-SITU BLADE-MOUNTED OPTICAL CAMERA INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR TURBINE ENGINES - Turbine engine casing interiors are visually inspected in a fully assembled turbine casing by mounting an optical camera on a turbine blade that captures optical images, such as of the casing abradable surface. Optical images are recorded as the blade circumferentially sweeps the turbine casing when the turbine is operated in turning gear mode or manually rotated. Blade rotational position data are collected by a rotational position sensor. A data processing system correlates the captured optical images and rotational position data about the turbine casing circumference. This method and apparatus provide an accurate and cost effective solution for accessing a turbine casing interior. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092040 | Gesture-Based Industrial Monitoring - A system includes an imager, such as a 3-D structured light imaging system, and gesture logic in data communication with the imager. The imager is configured to create an image of the motion of a mobile subject. The gesture logic is configured to: generate a first mapping of the current motion of the mobile subject based on the image, access a stored second mapping of a model gesture, and compare the first mapping to the second mapping to determine a operational condition of the mobile subject. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092041 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING SEED MELT BACK OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL - A method and apparatus for measuring a melt back of a seed in a boule are provided. The method includes lifting a boule once it has been produced using an actuating device onto a support table to automatically manipulate the boule from a furnace to the support table. The melt back of the seed is then automatically measured using a vision system that is installed on an imaging device disposed below the boule. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092042 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL RETINAL DISPLAY - A vision system of a vehicle includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The at least one camera is operable to capture image data. A display disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The display is operable to display images derived from image data captured by the at least one camera. The display is a virtual retinal display that displays images at a virtual distance from the driver. When viewing images displayed by the virtual retinal display, the driver has the impression that the virtual distance from the driver's eyes to the displayed images is greater than the distance from the driver's eyes to the virtual retinal display. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092043 | MULTIPLE-FIBER CONNECTOR INSPECTION - A fiber inspection system for inspecting optical-fiber endfaces of a multiple-fiber connector is provided that includes a housing structure, a mating interface fixed relative to the housing structure for interfacing with the multiple-fiber connector, and an imaging assembly. The imaging assembly is enclosed in the housing structure and defines an inspection plane and an image plane, at least a plurality of the optical-fiber endfaces being disposed on the inspection plane, to within a focusing range, when the multiple-fiber connector is mated to the mating interface. The imaging assembly also defines an imaging axis between an inspection point on the inspection plane and a detection point on the image plane, and includes an alignment module disposed between the inspection plane and the image plane and controllable to move the inspection point across the inspection plane for selectively inspecting one or more of the optical-fiber endfaces. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS AND EMBEDDED OBJECTS IN SEALED STERILIZED PACKAGING - An inspection station identifies defects such as artifacts (e.g., dust, hair, particles) in the sealing areas of sealed sterile packages. A multi-head optical scanner can include at least two fiber optic sensors each comprised of a bundle of optical fibers arranged into a linear face coupled to an image processing module and oriented towards a scanning area of sealed packages moving through a conveyance system. An image processing module can analyze input from the at least two fiber optic sensor arrangements to identify artifacts in the sealing areas of the sealed packages. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092045 | Surface State Evaluation Apparatus and Surface State Evaluation Method - According to one embodiment, a surface state evaluation apparatus includes an imaging unit and a processing unit. The imaging unit is configured to image a first region and a second region of a surface of a sample. A plurality of liquid droplets are provided in the first region, and a plurality of liquid droplets are provided in the second region. The processing unit is configured to evaluate a state of the surface based on a result of comparing a first image of the first region imaged by the imaging unit and a second image of the second region imaged by the imaging unit. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092046 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information processing method, a system and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a first motion locus with the first electronic component, where the first motion locus is generated by the first part from a first time instant to a second time instant; and acquiring a second motion locus with the second electronic component, where the second motion locus is generated by the second part from the first time instant to the second time instant. The first electronic device may obtain and execute a first control instruction corresponding to the first motion locus and the second motion locus. With the method and electronic device, an advantage of precisely recognizing a slight local action of the user is achieved. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092047 | AROUND VIEW MONITORING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an AVM system, including: a display module; a camera module which captures surrounding videos of a vehicle; and a control module which calculates an illumination brightness corresponding to an illumination region of a head lamp which is mounted in the vehicle and a shadow brightness corresponding to a shadow region in an AVM video obtained by composing the surrounding videos, generates state information of the head lamp based on the illumination brightness and the shadow brightness, and controls the display module to display the AVM video and the state information. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092048 | Off-Target Tracking Using Feature Aiding in the Context of Inertial Navigation - A Visual Inertial Tracker (VIT), such as a Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) system based on an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) framework (EKF-SLAM) can provide drift correction in calculations of a pose (translation and orientation) of a mobile device by obtaining location information regarding a target, obtaining an image of the target, estimating, from the image of the target, measurements relating to a pose of the mobile device based on the image and location information, and correcting a pose determination of the mobile device using an EKF, based, at least in part, on the measurements relating to the pose of the mobile device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092049 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Image processing method and device are provided. The method includes: controlling a projector to project multi-stripe structured light and dot structured light onto an object, to form multiple light stripes and light spots between the light stripes on the surface of the object; acquiring a target image of the object having the light stripes and the light spots on the surface; obtaining a reference image including the light stripes and the light spots; calculating a first depth value at each light stripe in the target image based on feature information of the light stripes in the reference image and target image; calculating a second depth value at each light spot in the target image based on feature information of the light spots in the reference image and target image; and generating a depth image of the target image based on the first depth value and the second depth value. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092050 | WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE METHOD - There are disclosed a wearable computing device and a method for a user interface. The wearable computing device includes a drowsiness detection unit configured to detect a user's drowsiness; a controller configured to determine whether a current situation corresponds to a first mode not allowing the user's drowsiness or a second mode allowing the user's drowsiness when the user's drowsiness is detected; and a feedback output unit configured to provide the user with at least one feedback comprising a message of the first mode or the second mode according to the mode determined by the controller, wherein the message of the first mode is to fight off the drowsiness and wherein the message of the second mode is to help the user's sleep. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092051 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTOR - According to one embodiment, a moving object detector includes an image input device and an image processing device. The image input device captures a moving object existing at a close distance to acquire image information of the moving object. The image processing device applies arithmetic processing to the image information to generate a cylindrical binary image and a top view binary image, extracts a region of the moving object by background correlation, estimates an approaching direction of the moving object from the cylindrical binary image, and estimates a motion trajectory of the moving object based on the approaching direction and the top view binary image. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092052 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - An image monitoring system including a surveillance camera is provided. The surveillance camera includes: an image analyzer configured to analyze an input image; a sound source analyzer configured to analyze a sound source in the image or a sound source that is input separately; and a determiner configured to determine whether an abnormal image and an abnormal sound source exist, and when the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are obtained, according to a result of the image analysis and the sound source analysis, to generate metadata and alarm information based on a result of the determination, wherein the abnormal image and the abnormal sound source are predefined. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092053 | LASER PROTECTIVE DEVICE WITH REFLECTING FILTER ON NON-ABSORBING AND ABSORBING SUBSTRATES - A laser reflecting has a low transmittance at one or more laser wavelengths while substantially transmitting all other wavelengths in the spectral range of interest, is coated on one or both sides of an absorbing or non-absorbing substrate. A laser reflecting filter on both sides of an absorbing substrate can result in an enhancement of the absorption of laser light by multiple reflections of the laser light in the absorbing substrate. The high transmittance of the laser-reflecting filter at non-laser wavelengths results in a relatively high overall transmittance through the coated substrate. In the specific case of laser reflecting coatings on a lens to protect an eye, this allows a high luminous transmittance and good colour discrimination. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092054 | CASCADING VIDEO OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - A camera system comprises an image capturing device and an object classification module connected to the image capturing device. The object classification module is operable to determine whether or not an object in an image is a member of an object class. The object classification module includes multiple decision steps configured in a cascade configuration, wherein at least one of the multiple decision steps is operable to (a) accept an object as a member of the object class, (b) reject an object as a member of the object class, and (c) call on a next step to determine whether or not an object is a member of the object class. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092055 | POOL MONITOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Cameras can be used to detect if unauthorized visitors enter pool areas. Cameras can send alerts to remote computing devices regarding unauthorized pool entry. Several embodiments include using a camera to take an image of a pool area, sending the image from the camera to a remote computing device, displaying the image on the remote computing device, and using the remote computing device to select a detection zone. Some embodiments include ignoring certain portions of the camera's field of view in response to detection zone selections. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092056 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for promoting safety during operation of a passenger vehicle. Such a system/method may determine positions of rear and sideview mirrors of a passenger vehicle that are optimized for a particular driver of the passenger vehicle to minimize “blind spots” based on the driver and the particular vehicle configuration, and for moving the rear and sideview mirrors into the optimized positions. Alternatively or in addition, such a system/method may collect data corresponding to internal and external conditions of the vehicle, optionally establish a driver profile of typical driving characteristics from the collected data, determine potential risks and/or hazards from the collected data, and warn the driver of the potential risks and/or hazards. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092057 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION - Disclosed are image recognition apparatuses and methods which detect subject objects by configuring effective candidate regions for the subject objects in a target image. The apparatus includes an image inputting part receiving at least one image; an effective candidate region configuring part configured to receive a user input including information on reference positions of effective candidate regions and an upper limit and a lower limit of the effective candidate regions, and to configure the effective candidate regions based on the user input; and an effective region determining part configured to select an effective region meeting a preconfigured threshold among the effective candidate regions configured based on the user input. Therefore, since a complex conventional camera calibration procedure is not necessary, time and cost can be saved. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092058 | System, Vehicle and Method for Online Calibration of a Camera on a Vehicle - A camera mounted on or for a vehicle has camera rotational parameters φ, θ, ψ and camera translational parameters x | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092059 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of photosensing pixels that includes at least one sub-array having a first photosensing pixel, a second photosensing pixel, a third photosensing pixel and a fourth photosensing pixel. Spectral filtering is disposed at the photosensing pixels whereby the first photosensing pixel primarily senses red visible light, the second photosensing primarily senses blue visible light, the third photosensing primarily senses green visible light and the fourth photosensing primarily senses infrared radiation. The imaging sensor is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view external of the vehicle. An image processor is operable for processing image data captured by the imaging sensor. The image data includes outputs of the first, second, third and fourth photosensing pixels. The processing of image data by the image processor may include de-mosaicing that reduces infrared color wash-out. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092060 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR VIDEO SYSTEM - A bicycle video system for facilitating improved aerodynamic positioning of a bicyclist. The bicycle video system includes a video display. The video display is used by the bicyclist to view an area in front of the bicycle. The video display allows the bicyclist to ride while maintaining a lowered head position to see an area in front of the bicycle. The bicycle video system also includes a video camera. The video camera is in electrical communication with the video display. The video camera is positioned in a direction toward an area in front of the bicycle to capture images in front of the bicycle. The video camera may transmit a video signal representative of a real-time image of an area in front of the bicycle to the video display. The video display may continuously receive real-time images of an area in front of the bicycle. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092061 | LOCATION BASED BRAND DETECTION - Techniques for determining brand information and refining a position of a mobile device are described herein. An example of a method for displaying branding information on a mobile device includes receiving a reference image feature data table based on a rough location of the mobile device, such that the reference image feature data table includes a collection of entity records and wherein each entity record includes a plurality of logo image feature fields, obtaining an image including a displayed logo, utilizing an image recognition process and the reference image feature data table on the image to determine a recognized logo, and displaying brand information based on the recognized logo. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092062 | INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - An infrared photographing device and infrared photographing method in the invention relate to an infrared photographing device and an application field of infrared imaging detection. According to an infrared photographing device in the prior art, the objects to be photographed are selected according to subjective experience of users, with lower efficiency and omissions. According to the infrared photographing device and infrared photographing method in the invention, based on the stored object information, the object information and the sequence related to the object to be photographed is determined. Then, the special object information is designated, and the object instructing information acquired according to the special object information is displayed specially, using as the information instruction of the object to be photographed at present. When the switch instruction is sent, the designated special object information is switched according to the sequence. Thereby, the photographing speed is improved, and there are no omissions. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD SUPPORTING COVERT COMMUNICATIONS USING TERAHERTZ IMAGING CAMERA - An apparatus includes a link receiver having a detector array configured to receive radiation from a remote communication device, where the detector array includes multiple detectors. Each detector includes a horn receiver configured to capture the radiation using an antenna positioned in or proximate to a throat of the horn receiver, where the antenna is coupled to an antenna load. Each detector also includes a bolometer electrically isolated from the antenna load and in thermal contact with the antenna load. The link receiver could include a terahertz camera. The detector array can be located at a focal plane of an optical system configured to receive the radiation through a specified far-field solid angle. The apparatus could also include a link transmitter configured to generate and transmit second radiation to the remote communication device and/or a communication transmitter/receiver configured to communicate with the remote communication device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092064 | Recording Device Positioner Based on Relative Head Rotation - In one aspect, a recording device positioner is provided. The recording device includes a base having a connection portion that is configured to receive a recording device. The recording device positioner further includes a positioning sensor configured to sense the movement of a user. Additionally, the recording device positioner includes a motor attached to the base, the motor being configured to rotate the recording device relative to the base based upon signals sent by the positioning sensor. In another aspect, a method of recording a desired area of interest using a recording device positioner is provided. In a further aspect, a device positioner for moving a video recording device based on movements of a user is provided. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092065 | LINK TRAINING IN A VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for training the lanes of a main data link includes setting an initial lane voltage swing and conducting link at the initial value, and determining if link training was successful. If link training at the initial value of lane voltage swing was not successful, the value of lane voltage swing is incremented to a predetermined value. A determination is made as to whether the predetermined value of lane voltage swing exceeds a threshold value, and link training is ended if the predetermined value of lane voltage exceeds the threshold value. If the predetermined value of lane voltage swing does not exceed the threshold value, link training is conducted at the predetermined value of lane voltage swing until link training is successful or until a predetermined number of attempts at the predetermined value of lane voltage swing fail to successfully train the link. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092066 | Using a Second Camera to Adjust Settings of First Camera - A device may operate a first image-capture system to capture first image data of a scene. While the first image-capture system is capturing the first image data, the device may operate a second image-capture system to determine an updated value for the first image setting, and send an instruction to the first image-capture system that indicates to use the updated value for the first image setting to continue to capture the first image data. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092067 | IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A computer program product includes: a receiving module for utilizing a communication circuit to receive a photographing positions distribution information; an option object generating module for utilizing a control circuit to generate multiple option objects; an arranging module for utilizing the control circuit to generate a graphic user interface including the multiple option objects and one or more reference indicators according to the photographing positions distribution information; and a displaying control module for utilizing a display device to display the graphic user interface. When the display device displays the graphic user interface, if an input device receives a shift command inputted by a user, the display controlling module controls the display device to move at least a portion of the option objects on the graphic user interface toward a same side and to change position or content of at least one reference indicator. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092068 | Image Pickup Apparatus and Image Shake Correction Method - A system controller sets an optical correction ratio, which is a distribution ratio in which a shake angle detected by a gyro sensor is distributed to optical shake correction, in accordance with an optical zoom magnification and controls a prism driver to correct the shake angle multiplied by the optical correction ratio by the optical shake correction, and also controls a read controller to correct the rest of the angle by electronic shake correction. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND CAMERA - This invention provides an information processing apparatus for allowing a user to perform operation without any confusion concerning a device which implements a plurality of functions for one operation member in accordance with operation methods for the operation member. A system controller performs control to execute a predetermined function in response to the start of operation on an operation member and terminate execution of the predetermined function in response to the end of the operation. A timer function unit measures the time from the start of operation on the operation member. When a given operation finishes before the time measured by the timer function unit exceeds a predetermined time after the start of the operation, a notification about the operation method for the operation member is output. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092070 | COMPOSITE IMAGE CREATION ASSIST APPARATUS, COMPOSITE IMAGE CREATION ASSIST METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - There are provided a composite image creation assist apparatus and a composite image creation assist method capable of easily assisting the creation of a composite image using not only an image group that a user himself or herself holds but also images that other users hold. An other user image group extraction section extracts image groups of other users belonging to the same group as a target user based on the registration information of an SNS. A second candidate image selection section selects at least one second candidate image suitable for the composite image from the extracted image groups of other users. A use image determination section determines use images, which are to be used for the composite image, from the plurality of first candidate images and the second candidate image. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092071 | COLOR FILTER MODULES FOR PLENOPTIC XYZ IMAGING SYSTEMS - A method for designing a color filter module used in a plenoptic XYZ imaging system. In one approach, the color filter module is spatially partitioned into filter cells, and the spatial partition is designed by considering data captured at the sensor in light of variations in ΔE. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092072 | Data Acquiring Method And Electronic Device Thereof - The disclosure discloses a data acquiring method and an electronic device thereof. The electronic device comprises an image acquisition unit, the image acquisition unit comprises a light-transparent module and a sensing module, and there is a first position relationship between the light-transparent module and the sensing module. The method comprises: obtaining a first image of a target scene acquired by the image acquisition unit, wherein an image resolution of the first image is first resolution; adjusting the image acquisition unit based on preset moving parameters; obtaining a second image of the target scene acquired by the image acquisition unit; obtaining a third image by processing the first image and the second image based on the moving parameters, wherein image resolution of the third image is third resolution and the third resolution is greater than the first resolution. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092073 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a camera; a flash; and a controller configured to capture, via the camera, a first image while controlling the flash to emit a first flash, capture, via the camera, a second image while controlling the flash to emit a second flash, and generate a third image by combining a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092074 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes a plurality of clock selection units configured to select a clock signal to be supplied to each of a plurality of calculation units forming a pipeline from a plurality of clock signals and output the clock signal to the calculation unit, a data delivery unit disposed on the pipeline between the calculation unit to which a first clock signal is input and the calculation unit to which a second clock signal is input, and a control unit configured to control a selection of the clock signal and a combination and a disposition order of the data delivery unit and the calculation units forming the pipeline in accordance with an operation mode of image processing. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092075 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE - There is provided a method of generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image, including obtaining an image sequence with similar exposure times, obtaining a plurality of still images with different exposure times, which temporally correspond to at least one image among the image sequence, and generating a matched image having an HDR from the plurality of still images by using the image sequence. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092076 | Image Capture Accelerator - An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092077 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for digital photography. In use, a method and apparatus are provided for identifying an object including a synthetic image that is generated based on a first image and a second image. Next, an output image is generated utilizing the object and a viewing parameter. Lastly, the output image is outputted. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092078 | FACE TRACKING FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING PARAMETERS - A method of tracking faces in an image stream with a digital image acquisition device includes receiving images from an image stream including faces, calculating corresponding integral images, and applying different subsets of face detection rectangles to the integral images to provide sets of candidate regions. The different subsets include candidate face regions of different sizes and/or locations within the images. The different candidate face regions from different images of the image stream are each tracked. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092079 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MOTION-COMPENSATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may include image sensors. Image sensors may be used to capture images having rows of long-exposure image pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure image pixel values. The long-exposure and short-exposure values in each interleaved image frame may be interpolated to form interpolated values. A combined long-exposure image and a combined short-exposure image may be generated using the long-exposure and the short-exposure values from the interleaved image frames and the interpolated values from a selected one of the interleaved image frames. The combined long-exposure and short-exposure images may each include image pixel values from either of the interleaved image frames in a non-motion edge region and image pixel values based only on the image pixel values or the interpolated values from the selected one of the interleaved images in a motion or non-edge region. High-dynamic-range images may be generated using the combined long-exposure and short-exposure images. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092080 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises: a white-balance processing unit that multiplies a first pixel that includes a plurality of colors constituting a pickup image that is picked up by an imaging unit by a gain value according to the colors and thereby generates a second pixel; a value adjusting unit that generates a third pixel by maintaining the second pixel that is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value out of the second pixel as it is, and by replacing, with the predetermined value, the second value that is larger than the predetermined value out of the second pixel; and a restoration processing unit that restores, by a restoration filter, resolution that has been reduced due to an optical system, on the third pixel. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CAMERA - An apparatus and a method for photographing an image in an electronic device having a camera are disclosed. The electronic device may include an image sensor, an image signal processor configured to process an image obtained by the image sensor, an audio processing unit configured to process a sound received from a microphone, a storage unit configured to store data, and a control unit configured to implement the method. The method may include recording for a set period of time, a series of images and a series of sounds using the image sensor and the microphone when a sound photographing mode is active, selecting a particular sound from the series of sounds having a high correlation with a particular image from the series of images, and synthesizing the particular sound with the particular image and store in the storage unit the synthesized particular sound with the particular image. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092082 | VARIABLE-MAFNIFICATION IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A variable-magnification image processing apparatus, comprising: a magnification setting group storing unit to store a magnification setting group; a display magnification obtaining unit to obtain a display magnification of an image displayed on a display screen at an equal pixel magnification; a magnification setting selection unit configured to select one of the magnification settings in one of decreasing order and increasing order; and a display control unit configured to display the image at the magnification setting, wherein the magnification setting selection unit is configured to execute at least one of: operation to select the obtained display magnification subsequently to a maximum one of the magnification settings smaller than the obtained display magnification when a magnifying operation is conducted; and operation to select the obtained displaying magnification subsequently to a minimum one of the magnification settings larger than the obtained display magnification when a reducing operation is conducted. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092083 | Active Shielding Against Intense Illumination (ASAII) System for Direct Viewing - A technique/system using imaging cameras to detect and actively track intense light sources, such as the Sun, then provide electronically-generated and localized shades, via the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shutter screen imbedded on viewing glasses or windshields, tracking the intense projections as they traverse across the viewing glasses during dynamic motion allowing the viewer to directly and comfortably observe the scene with intense light sources and any displays or objects in direct or nearby line-of-sight that are normally washed-out by eye saturation due to extremely intense illumination. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092084 | IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus for acquiring an image of a subject are provided. The method for acquiring the image of the subject includes acquiring a first preliminary image and a second preliminary image of the subject through an image sensor operatively coupled to an electronic device, determining a candidate emission time relating to an acquisition of an output image of the subject, based on a difference between state information of at least part of the first preliminary image and state information of at least part of the second preliminary image, comparing the candidate emission time with a time corresponding to a synchronization period where a plurality of lines of the image sensor simultaneously acquires the output image, and acquiring the output image of the subject based on the comparison. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092085 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging unit, a signal processing unit, a frequency dividing unit, a noise processing unit, a noise frequency unifying unit, an edge processing unit, an edge frequency unifying unit, a synthesizing unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the rates of the noise processing results of respective frequency components unified by the noise frequency unifying unit, and the rates of the edge processing results of the respective frequency components unified by the edge frequency unifying unit in accordance with control of operations of constituent elements included in the imaging device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092086 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor system and method thereof produce a control signal to make a input terminal repeatedly switch between high potential and low potential, thereby modulating image signals at a specific frequency to prevent image quality from being affected by direct current (DC) voltage variations. The mechanism thus helps improving the image quality. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092087 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a detection unit, a strength determination unit, and a processor. The detection unit is configured to detect at least one area in an image. The strength determination unit is configured to determine strength of processing for a unit of processing of the image, based on a distance between a location of the area being detected by the detection unit and a location of the unit of processing of the image. The processor is configured to perform the processing on the image, per the unit of processing, at the strength being determined by the strength determination unit. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092088 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a gain correcting unit and a gain estimating unit. The gain correcting unit corrects a gain of a pixel output of a phase-difference detecting pixel. The gain estimating unit estimates the gain with which to correct the pixel output of the phase-difference detecting pixel. The gain estimating unit includes a provisional true-value calculating unit configured to calculate a pixel output of a provisional true-value calculating pixel, in accordance with a correlation of the pixel outputs between a base block including the phase-difference detecting pixel and a reference block set in a search area for which a block similar to the base block is searched. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092089 | System And Method For Under Sampled Image Enhancement - A system and method are provided for acquiring a first image and a second image, where the first image has a higher optical density than the second image, and combining the first image with the second image to generate an output image with reduced aliasing artifacts. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a reference image signal outputting unit that outputs a reference image signal in which color information of a plurality of colors is included in a chart image in a display plane or a time axis, a color display information detection unit that detects color display information of an image displayed on a displaying unit based on the reference image signal, a profile generation unit that generates a display characteristic profile of the displaying unit using the detected color display information and the color information of the chart image, a display characteristic correcting unit that generates a color correction image signal obtained by correcting an image signal to be output which is input from a modality based on the display characteristic profile, and a standardization processing unit that converts the generated color correction image signal to a standardization image signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092091 | PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD - A processing device which obtains distance information of a subject, including: a calculation unit configured to calculate the distance information of the subject from a difference in blur degree of a plurality of images photographed by an imaging optical system; a correcting unit configured to correct the distance information using correction data in accordance with an image height in the imaging optical system; and an extraction unit configured to extract at least one frequency component from each of the plurality of images, wherein the calculation unit calculates the distance information from a difference in blur degree in the plurality of images in the at least one frequency component; and the correcting unit corrects the distance information using correction data in accordance with an image height in the at least one frequency component. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092092 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging element having a plurality of pixel cells which is arranged in a row direction and a column direction which is perpendicular to the row direction in a lattice, in which two adjacent pixel cells which include photoelectric convening units which detect the same color light form a pair and the pairs are periodically arranged, in each of pixel cell rows in which pixel cells are arranged in the row direction, the micro lenses are arranged such that the micro lenses in odd-numbered pixel cell rows is off-centered in the row direction from the micro lenses in even-numbered pixel cell rows by a half of an arrangement pitch of the micro lenses, and each micro lens which is provided in at least one of the odd-numbered row and the even-numbered row is disposed over two photoelectric converting units which detect different color light. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092093 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - A unit group which is formed by pixel cell rows L | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092094 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092095 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein the pixel array has a region formed from one of an electrical conductor and a semiconductor to which a fixed electric potential is supplied, each pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated by the photoelectric converter into a voltage, and an amplification unit which amplifies a signal generated by the charge-voltage converter by a positive gain and outputs the amplified signal to an output line, and the output line comprising a shielding portion arranged to shield at least part of the charge-voltage converter with respect to the region. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092096 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section and a signal processing section. The pixel array section is configured to include a plurality of arranged rectangular pixels, each of which has different sizes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a plurality of adjacent ones of which are combined to form a square pixel having the same size in the vertical and horizontal directions. The signal processing section is configured to perform a process of outputting, as a single signal, a plurality of signals read out from the combined plurality of rectangular pixels. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092097 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus comprises: a pixel generating a photoelectric conversion signal; a comparator configured to compare a base signal based on the pixel at a reset state with a time-changing first reference signal, and for comparing an effective signal based on the pixel at a non-reset state with a time-changing second reference signal, wherein the second reference signal has a larger time-changing ratio than that of the second reference signal; a counter configured to count a first count value until an inversion of a magnitude relation between the base signal and the first reference signal, and configured to count a second count value until an inversion of a magnitude relation between the effective signal and the second reference signal; a correcting unit configured to correct a difference of resolutions of the first and second count values, and configured to correct a difference between the first and second count values corrected. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092098 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image capturing apparatus comprising an image sensor has focus detection pixels and image forming pixels, a calculation unit calculates first and second charge accumulation periods, a control unit reads out an image forming signal from the image forming pixels accumulated for the first charge accumulation period and a focus detection signal from the focus detection pixels accumulated for the second charge accumulation period, a display unit displays the image forming signal, and a focus control unit performs phase difference focus control process based on the focus detection signal. When the second charge accumulation period is longer than the first charge accumulation period, the control unit reads out the focus detection signal and the image forming signal in parallel, and sets a readout rate of the focus detection signal to be lower than that of the image forming signal. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092099 | FAST FOCUSING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING - Fast focusing methods and devices for multi-spectral imaging are disclosed. The method comprising selecting one of a plurality of imaging channel as a reference channel, adjusting rotation positions of a stepper motor, calculating focus measures corresponding to all rotation positions of the stepper motor, and obtaining a first distribution curve; in each of the other imaging channels, selecting at least three rotation positions of the stepper motor, matching focus measures at the selected rotation positions with the first distribution curve to obtain a second distribution curve and a offset value between the first distribution curve and the second distribution curve, and calculating a clear focusing position of the imaging channel to be focused according to the offset value; performing a fine-tuning focusing, and thereby obtaining a more precise clear focusing position. A fast focusing for multi-spectral imaging and obtain clear multi-spectral images is obtained. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092100 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power. The first to third lens groups are arranged in order from an object side toward an image side. A focusing operation is performed through allowing the second lens group to travel along an optical axis. The following conditional expressions are satisfied, | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092101 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT UNIT AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A focus adjustment unit of the present invention comprises a phase difference detection section for detecting extreme values, based on the image data, a periodicity-containing subject determination section for determining a periodicity-containing subject in the case where the phase difference detection section detects many extreme values having a high degree of correlation, and a control section for, when a periodicity-containing subject has been determined, determining whether or not a difference between a position of the focus lens shown by an extreme value corresponding to a position that is closest to a current focus lens position, and the current focus lens position, is outside a specified range, and if it is determined that the difference is outside the specified range, carrying out a focus adjustment operation based on the extreme value corresponding to the position that is closest to the current position of the focus lens. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - Systems and methods for capturing images are disclosed. An image capture device includes two or more apertures for directing light to an image sensor device. In some embodiments, each of the apertures admits light from a different direction relative to the image sensor device. Some embodiments include one or more electrically switchable mirror elements configured for directing light from at least one of the one or more apertures to the image sensor. Upon application of a first signal, a first electrically switchable mirror element enters a reflective mode for reflecting light from a first aperture of the one or more apertures to the image sensor device. Upon application of a second signal, the first electrically switchable mirror element enters a transmissive mode for transmitting light from a second aperture of the one or more apertures to the image sensor device. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092103 | Method and Apparatus for Optimization During Camera Flash Pulses - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a camera, a camera flash, and a current optimization system. The current optimization system is connected to the camera and the camera flash. The current optimization system is configured to calculate a shutdown period based on a flash mode of the camera. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092104 | STROBE DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A strobe device according to the present invention includes: a strobe main body; a light emitter; a vertical direction changer that includes a first driver that drives the light emitter in a vertical direction and that includes a vertical direction angle detector that detects vertical direction angle information; a horizontal direction changer that includes a second driver that drives the light emitter in a horizontal direction and that includes a horizontal direction angle detector that detects horizontal direction angle information; a distance measurer that obtains distance information; an imager; a subject recognizer that generates subject recognition information; and a drive controller. The drive controller controls operations of the first driver and the second driver, based on the vertical direction angle information, the horizontal direction angle information, the distance information, and the subject recognition information. With this, the strobe device that does not miss a photo opportunity even when the subject is moving is realized. | 2015-04-02 |
| 20150092105 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CAMERA MODULE - A camera module, in particular, for a vehicle, the camera module including at least: an objective mount and an objective, which is held in the objective mount and has a lens holder and at least one lens secured in the lens holder, the objective being fixed in position in the objective mount by a frictional connection between an outer surface of the lens holder and an inner surface of the objective mount. A plurality of frictional connection devices spaced apart in the circumferential direction are formed on the outer surface of the lens holder and/or on the inner surface of the objective mount, in order to generate the frictional connection. To insert and to adjust the objective, the objective mount is preferably asymmetrically deformed in an elastic manner, and the objective is placed into the deformed objective mount, and the elastic deformation is subsequently removed. | 2015-04-02 |
