| 14th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20120082342 | 3 DIMENSION TRACKING SYSTEM FOR SURGERY SIMULATION AND LOCALIZATION SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - The 3-dimensional tracking system according to the present disclosure includes: a photographing unit for photographing an object; a recognizing unit for recognizing a marker attached to the object by binarizing an image of the object photographed by the photographing unit; an extracting unit for extracting a 2-dimensional coordinate of the marker recognized by the recognizing unit; and a calculating unit for calculating a 3-dimensional coordinate from the 2-dimensional coordinate of the marker by using an intrinsic parameter of the photographing unit. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082343 | DETECTING A CHANGE BETWEEN IMAGES OR IN A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES - Detecting a change between images is performed more effectively when a measure of change is used for the detection that depends on a length of the code blocks to which the images are individually entropy-encoded, and which are allocated to different sections of the respective image, since the length of these code blocks is also available without decoding. This uses the fact that the length or amount of data of a code block directly depends, in large parts, on the entropy and hence on the complexity of the allocated image section, and that changes between images are, with high probability, also reflected in a change of complexity. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSED SENSING - Method and apparatus for compressed sensing yields acceptable quality reconstructions of an object from reduced numbers of measurements. A component x of a signal or image is represented as a vector having m entries. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082345 | ATTITUDE ESTIMATION IN COMPRESSED DOMAIN - In general, in one embodiment, a starfield image as seen by an object is analyzed. Compressive samples are taken of the starfield image and, in the compressed domain, processed to remove noise. Stars in the starfield image are identified and used to determine an attitude of the object. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082346 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT DEPTH IMAGING - Techniques are provided for determining depth to objects. A depth image may be determined based on two light intensity images. This technique may compensate for differences in reflectivity of objects in the field of view. However, there may be some misalignment between pixels in the two light intensity images. An iterative process may be used to relax a requirement for an exact match between the light intensity images. The iterative process may involve modifying one of the light intensity images based on a smoothed version of a depth image that is generated from the two light intensity images. Then, new values may be determined for the depth image based on the modified image and the other light intensity image. Thus, pixel misalignment between the two light intensity images may be compensated. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082347 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING MOTION OF OBJECT - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for measuring a speed of a rotation body and recognizing a spin using a line scan. The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for calculating a motion of an object capable of acquiring line scan images using some lines of an area scan camera and calculating a three-dimensional speed and a three-dimensional spin of a rotation body by using a composite image in which the line scan images are coupled. The present invention can provide a realistic game or training at low cost by providing realistic physical simulation of the rotation body while allowing a competitive price when producing products by using the existing inexpensive camera. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082348 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION - A biometric authentication device includes: a biometric information acquisition unit which generates a first input biometric image representing the biometric information of a user, a storage unit which stores data relating to registered biometric information of at least one registered user, and a processing unit. The processing unit realizes a quality judgment function which judges if the first input biometric image is suitable or not for use for comparison of the biometric information represented in the first input biometric image with the registered biometric information, a selection function which selects registered biometric information which is similar to biometric information represented in the first input biometric image among registered biometric information when the first input biometric image is judged unsuitable, and a matching process function which compares the user's biometric information represented in a second input biometric image with the selected registered biometric information. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE GENERATION - Method and apparatus for image generation from biometric data is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the biometric data is in the form of IrisCode and the method comprises constructing a graph of filter responses and bits which define the biometric data at | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING MOTION CORRECTION - A method for evaluating the effectiveness of a motion correction procedure includes acquiring an imaging dataset of an object using an imaging system, identifying a motion affected portion of the imaging dataset, motion correcting the identified portion to generate a motion corrected imaging dataset, and displaying both the identified portion and the motion corrected imaging dataset on a display device in a comparable manner or format. A system and computer readable medium for implementing the method are also described herein. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082351 | FAST 3D-2D IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD WITH APPLICATION TO CONTINUOUSLY GUIDED ENDOSCOPY - Fast and continuous registration between two imaging modalities makes it possible to completely determine the rigid transformation between multiple sources at real-time or near real-time frame-rates in order to localize video cameras and register the two sources. A set of reference images are computed or captured within a known environment, with corresponding depth maps and image gradients defining a reference source. Given one frame from a real-time or near-real time video feed, and starting from an initial guess of viewpoint, a real-time video frame is warped to the nearest viewing site of the reference source. An image difference is computed between the warped video frame and the reference image. Steps are repeated for each frame until the viewpoint converges or the next video frame becomes available. The final viewpoint gives an estimate of the relative rotation and translation between the camera at that particular video frame and the reference source. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082352 | WORKSTATIONS WITH CIRCUITS FOR GENERATING IMAGES OF GLOBAL INJURY - Physician interactive workstations with global voxel distribution visualization may also include one or more of a 3-D color scale image of a population of voxel in target regions, organs or systems. The workstation may be configured to evaluate intensity or other measures of voxels of patient images associated with tissue for early detection of a global injury. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082353 | Mobile Video-Based Therapy - Mobile video-based therapy, using a portable therapy device that includes a camera, a therapy application database, a processor, and a display. The camera is configured to generate images of a user, and the therapy application database is configured to store therapy applications. The processor is configured to select, from the therapy application database, a therapy application appropriate for assisting in physical or cognitive rehabilitation or therapy of the user, to invoke the therapy application, to recognize a gesture of the user from the generated images, and to control the invoked therapy application based on the recognized gesture. The display is configured to display an output of the controlled therapy application. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082354 | ESTABLISHING A CONTOUR OF A STRUCTURE BASED ON IMAGE INFORMATION - A system for establishing a contour of a structure is disclosed. An initialization subsystem ( | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082355 | Intrinsic Detection of Motion in Segmented Sequences - A self-navigating technique designed to detect motion in segmented sequences is disclosed. Certain embodiments compare a plurality of segments containing adjacent sets of k-space lines and produce an aliased error function which corresponds to a correlation of the segments. A global shift of the aliased error function may indicate the presence of in-plane rigid-body translation while other types of motion are evident in the dispersion or breadth of the error function. Some embodiments may then replace motion corrupted data with reacquired data. Further, some embodiments may correct or remove corrupted data retrospectively. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082356 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION - A method of processing image data includes obtaining an image set that includes at least a first image and a second image, determining a deformation registration using the first and second images, wherein the act of determining the deformation registration is performed using a processor, performing image compression on at least a portion of the image set using the determined deformation registration to obtain compressed image data, and storing the compressed image data. A method of processing image data includes obtaining compressed image data, obtaining a deformation registration previously used to create the compressed image data, performing image decompression on the compressed image data using the deformation registration to obtain decompressed image data, wherein the act of performing the image decompression is performed using a processor, and storing the decompressed image data. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING GRADIENT COIL OPERATION INDUCED MAGNETIC FIELD DRIFT - A system and method for modeling gradient coil operation induced magnetic field drift include a computer programmed to acquire a pulse sequence to be applied during an MR scan and determine a power spectrum of a plurality of gradient pulses of the pulse sequence. The computer is also programmed to calculate a drift of the magnetic field attributable to application of the plurality of gradient pulses by the plurality of gradient coils during application of the pulse sequence and apply the pulse sequence during the MR scan. The computer is further programmed to acquire MR data based on application of the pulse sequence, correct the acquired MR data based on the calculated drift of the magnetic field, and reconstruct an image based on the corrected MR data. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082358 | Method for Visualization of Airway Anatomical Changes | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082359 | AUTO-SCALING OF PARAMETRIC IMAGES - An embodiment is proposed for analyzing a body-part. A corresponding embodiment of a data-processing method includes the steps of providing a parametric map including a plurality of parameter values each one characterizing a corresponding location of the body-part, and determining at least one statistical indicator of at least one distribution of a plurality of analysis parameter values corresponding to selected analysis locations, each statistical indicator being indicative of a condition of an analysis region of the body-part defined by the analysis locations. In an embodiment, the step of determining at least one statistical indicator includes, for each distribution of the analysis parameter values, determining a saturation value partitioning an ordered sequence of processing parameter values, corresponding to selected processing locations at least including the analysis locations, into a first subset and a second subset consisting of a number of the processing parameter values being determined according to a predefined auto-scaling percentage, generating an auto-scaled map including, for each processing location, an auto-scaled value being equal to the corresponding processing parameter value if included in the second subset, or the saturation value if the corresponding processing parameter value is included in the first subset, and determining the at least one statistical indicator from the auto-scaled values corresponding to the analysis locations. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082360 | DEVICE SIZING SUPPORT DURING INTERVENTIONS - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing device sizing support, the method comprising obtaining an X-ray image of a vessel, introducing a guide wire having a radiopaque wire tip into the vessel, obtaining an X-ray image of the wire tip, segmenting the wire tip when it passes through the vessel, and providing sizing information relating to the size of the vessel based on the size of the wire tip. The imaging system according to the invention includes means providing functionality for performing the method according to the invention. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082361 | METHOD - In one aspect the present invention provides a method for selecting a cell or cell colony which produces a polypeptide of interest, comprising a) providing a medium comprising cells and a detection agent, wherein the detection agent is associated with a detectable signal and the detection agent is capable of binding to the polypeptide of interest; b) providing a solid phase having a capture agent disposed thereon, wherein the capture agent is capable of binding to the polypeptide of interest; c) contacting the medium with the solid phase; d) detecting the signal associated with the detection agent; and e) selecting a cell or cell colony associated with the signal, wherein presence of the signal is indicative of a cell or cell colony which produces the polypeptide of interest. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082362 | Method for analyzing biological specimens by spectral imaging - A method for analyzing biological specimens by spectral imaging to provide a medical diagnosis includes obtaining spectral and visual images of biological specimens and registering the images to detect cell abnormalities, pre-cancerous cells, and cancerous cells. This method eliminates the bias and unreliability of diagnoses that is inherent in standard histopathological and other spectral methods. In addition, a method for correcting confounding spectral contributions that are frequently observed in microscopically acquired infrared spectra of cells and tissue includes performing a phase correction on the spectral data. This phase correction method may be used to correct various types of absorption spectra that are contaminated by reflective components. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082363 | Method for Displaying a Vessel of a Particular Biological Subject - A method for displaying a vessel of a particular biological subject is proposed. The particular object is inserted into the vessel. The deformation of the vessel is predicted by an inserted object on the basis of experience. This experience is quantified by assigning values to particular parameters, the parameters providing information concerning characteristics of the patient, characteristics of his/her vessel and information about the interventional instrument inserted. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082364 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an image processing system including a multiband signal acquisition unit and a dye spectral property determining unit. The multiband signal acquisition unit acquires a multiband signal value of a subject specimen that has been stained with H&E dyes. The dye spectral property determining unit generates new spectral properties of the H dye and the E dye by varying standard spectral properties previously set to each of the H dye and the E dye according to a spectral property change model, and determines the spectral properties of the H dye and the E dye based on the generated new spectral properties and multiband signal values. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082365 | PATHOLOGIC TISSUE IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS, PATHOLOGIC TISSUE IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD, AND PATHOLOGIC TISSUE IMAGE ANALYZING PROGRAM - This invention is directed to improvement of the accuracy of cancer differentiation in the pathologic diagnosis using a pathologic tissue image analysis. There are included a stroma area/duct area detecting module for detecting, from a biological tissue image, a duct area on the basis of duct characteristic information indicating the characteristic of ducts included in a tissue area in the biological tissue image; an intraduct cell-nucleus detecting module for extracting, based on a predetermined pigment reference, cell nucleuses included in the detected duct area; and a duct formation evaluating module for calculating a heterotypic degree of each duct on the basis of the distribution state of the cell nucleuses for a predetermined base areas in each duct. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082366 | PATHOLOGIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, PATHOLOGIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND PATHOLOGIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM - Pathologic tissue images are to be output which allow effective image diagnosis to be performed. There are included an index amount calculating unit that divides a captured pathologic image into a predetermined divisional areas and sets a measurement index value related to a reference of pathologic diagnosis for each divisional area; and a significance calculating module that sets, for each divisional area, a significance related to the pathologic measurement on the basis of both the measurement index value of each divisional area and the measurement index value of a respective divisional area adjacent to that divisional area. The significance calculating module extracts that one of the divisional areas in which the areas for which images of the living tissues have been captured represent a given percentage, and further the significance calculating module associates, with the extracted divisional area, the measurement index value and significance set therefor for transmission. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082367 | METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING A DEFECT OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY USING THE IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A method forms an ultimate or final image of a sample by selecting some of a plurality of image frames and integrating the selected frames. The method includes providing a semiconductor device including a region of interest and a peripheral region; obtaining a plurality of image frames each including a region of interest image and a peripheral region image respectively corresponding to the region of interest and the peripheral region; selecting at least some of the plurality of image frames based on a contrast between the region of interest image and the peripheral region image; and obtaining an image of the semiconductor device by integrating the selected image frames. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082368 | DEPTH CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a depth correction apparatus includes a clusterer, a calculator and a corrector. The clusterer is configured to apply clustering to at least one of pixel values and depth values of a plurality of pixels in a calculation range corresponding to a correction target pixel, and to classify the plurality of pixels in the calculation range into a plurality of classes. The calculator is configured to calculate pixel value statistics of the respective classes using pixel values of pixels in the respective classes. The corrector is configured to determine a corresponding class of the correction target pixel based on a pixel value of the correction target pixel and the pixel value statistics of the respective classes, and to apply correction which replaces a depth value of the correction target pixel by a representative depth value of the corresponding class. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082369 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided an image composition apparatus including a parallax deriving unit configured to derive a parallax of one area in a background image, the one area corresponding to one object in the background image, an image selection unit configured to select an image which has a parallax different from the parallax of the one area in the background image, as a material image, from a plurality of three-dimensional images, each of which is viewed as a specific object in a three-dimensional manner, and an image composition unit configured to superpose the material image selected by the image selection unit on the background image. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082370 | MATCHING DEVICE, MATCHING METHOD AND MATCHING PROGRAM - Provided is a matching device capable of improving the accuracy of the degree of similarly in the calculation of the degree of similarly between data sets. Element selection means | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082371 | LABEL EMBEDDING TREES FOR MULTI-CLASS TASKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for label embedding trees for large multi-class tasks. In one aspect, a method includes mapping each image in a plurality of images and each label in a plurality of labels into a multi-dimensional label embedding space. A tree of label predictors is trained with the plurality of mapped images such that an error function is minimized in which the error function counts an error for each mapped image if any of the label predictors at any depth of the tree incorrectly predicts that the mapped image belongs to the label predictor's respective label set. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082372 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT IMAGE EXTRACTION AND COMPARISON - Systems and methods are described that extract and match images from a first document with images in other documents. A user controls a threshold on the level of image noise to be ignored and a page range for faster processing of large documents. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082373 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A POINT IS INSIDE A POLYHEDRON - A method for determining if a test point is within a color gamut of an image processing device, which includes: (a) selecting a test point which may or may not be within the color gamut of the image processing device, and wherein the color gamut of the image processing device is defined by at least one polyhedron; (b) forming a test plane containing the test point and two other points, and which intersects an inner portion of the at least one polyhedron; (c) generating a polygon from the intersection of the test plane and an outer boundary of the at least one polyhedron, the polygon having a closed path, which forms a boundary of the polygon; (d) generating a test ray extending from the test point and which is within the test plane; and (e) counting a number of times the test ray crosses the boundary of the polygon. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING COLOR IN AN IMAGE - A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring an image having a plurality of pixels from a sample and a plurality of pixels from known color calibration patches. The image is color calibrated using the known color patches to endow the pixels from the sample with the tristimulus values they would have under one or more known illuminants. The calibrated image is transmitted, together with metadata, to a remote location where further computations and an approval process are performed. The further computations include comparing all of the pixels in the image of a standard that are of a first color to all pixels of a second color in the similarly calibrated image of the sample, where the second color is a color in the image of the sample that is most similar to the first color from the image of the standard. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING MULTIPLE COPIES OF A MOSAIC - The creation of multiple copies of unique and individualized mosaics is performed by creating a pattern from an image using a computer and inserting colored sticks into a frame to match the rows or columns of the pattern. After gluing the sticks of a row or column together while the sticks are still in the frame, the rows or columns are removed and joined together to form assemblies which are sliced to provide near identical copies of each assembly. The slices are then adhered to separate substrates, again in conformance with the pattern, to make multiple copies of the mosaic. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082376 | Reduced Complexity and Blur Technique for an Electronic Lighting System - Digital blurring of an image is carried out by blurring using a linear or piecewise continuous blurring function. The blurring function blurs a rectangular portion of an image so that the blurring can be embodied by vertical blurring followed by halls on pull blow. Blurring is done by getting on portion of the line of pixels, adding and dividing by the number of pixels. All the columns are blurred, followed by all of the rows being blurred. The columns and rows can be blurred at the same time to maximize the number of cache hits. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082377 | RECOGNIZING A FEATURE OF AN IMAGE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ORIENTATION OR SCALE OF THE IMAGE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for recognizing a feature of an image independently of the orientation or scale of the image. During operation, the system receives an image. Next, the system identifies a feature within the image. The system then performs a principal component analysis (PCA) operation on the feature to determine an orientation of a primary component of the feature and a secondary component of the feature, wherein the PCA operation is performed while source data for the image is retained. Finally, the system recognizes the feature by analyzing the primary component of the feature and the secondary component of the feature. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE - A method of selecting at least one representative image from a plurality of images, the method comprising the steps of: dividing ( | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082379 | Image Adjustment Method and Device - An image adjustment method includes the steps of: a) configuring a weight-value generator to receive first image data and specified data and to generate an adaptive weight value according to the first image data and the specified data; and b) configuring an image blender to receive the first image data and second image data, and to generate adjusted image data by blending the first image data and the second image data with reference to the adaptive weight value. The adaptive weight value has a magnitude that corresponds to a difference between the first image data and the specified data. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082380 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND MEDIUM STORING THIS PROGRAM - Whether purple fringing (PF) has occurred is determined for every pixel of interest P(i,j) (step | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082381 | VIDEO ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a method of classifying a feature in a video sequence includes selecting a target region of a frame of the video sequence, where the target region contains the feature; dividing the target region into a plurality cells, calculating histograms of optic flow with the cells comparing the histograms of optic flow for pairs of cells; and assigning the feature to a class based at least in part on the result of the comparison. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082382 | DISTRIBUTED DOCUMENT PROCESSING - A system for document processing including decomposing an image of a document into at least one data entry region sub-image, providing the data entry region sub-image to a data entry clerk available for processing the data entry region sub-image, receiving from the data entry clerk a data entry value associated with the data entry region sub-image, and validating the data entry value. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082383 | PROJECTING PATTERNS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION TEXTURE EXTRACTION - Camera-based texture extraction in Augmented Reality (AR) systems is enhanced by manipulating projected patterns. One or more fine line patterns are projected onto a textured surface, a Moiré interference pattern measured, and different properties of the projected pattern(s) adjusted until the Moiré interference pattern measurements indicate that a similar texture pattern to that of the three dimensional target is being projected. Thereby, the target texture may be more closely matched even as sub-pixel resolutions, variable lighting conditions, and/or complicated geometries. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082384 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A feature point detection unit ( | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082385 | EDGE BASED TEMPLATE MATCHING - A method for image processing includes decomposing a model image into at least one lower resolution image and determining generally rotation invariant characteristics of a model object of the lower resolution image and an object orientation of the model object of the lower resolution image using an edge based technique. Decomposing the image into at least another lower resolution image and determining a candidate test object's position within another lower resolution image and an orientation of the test object using an edge based technique. The orientation ambiguity of the test object is resolved. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINE SEGMENT EXTRACTION - A method for extracting line segments from an edge image comprises receiving a digital image comprising a plurality of edge pixels, and processing the plurality of edge pixels using a breadth first search to determine a plurality of breadth first search pixels in a breadth first search order for a connected component. The connected component comprises a plurality of components. The method continues by processing the plurality of breadth first search pixels in an order related to the breadth first search order to determine a plurality of component pixels for at least one component of the plurality of components. Each of the plurality of components comprises a line segment. The method concludes by processing the plurality of component pixels to determine a plurality of line segment pixels for the line segment. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082387 | OPTIMIZED FAST HESSIAN MATRIX COMPUTATION ARCHITECTURE - Methods and systems of recognizing images may include an apparatus having a hardware module with logic to, for a plurality of vectors in an image, determine a first intermediate computation based on even pixels of an image vector, and determine a second intermediate computation based on odd pixels of an image vector. The logic can also combine the first and second intermediate computations into a Hessian matrix computation. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082388 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - This invention generates a digital document by applying character recognition to character images in a document image, and rendering the character recognition result on the document image in a transparent color. This digital document allows to specify a part corresponding to a search keyword on the document image upon conducting a search. When this digital document is generated, it includes a description required to use glyph data (font data) of a simple character shape commonly to a plurality of character types as font data used upon rendering the character recognition result. Therefore, even when the digital document needs to save font data, an increase in file size can be minimized. Also, by rendering using a simple character shape, the data size of the font data itself can be reduced. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082389 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT OF IMAGE EVALUATION - An image processing device includes: a first arithmetic operation unit that individually calculates an evaluation value based upon first factors, in correspondence to each of a plurality of images included in an image batch input thereto; an exclusion unit that executes exclusion processing based upon calculation results provided by the first arithmetic operation unit so as to exclude an image, the calculation results for which satisfy a predetermined condition, from the image batch; a second arithmetic operation unit that individually calculates an evaluation value based upon second factors, which include a factor different from the first factors, in correspondence to each image in the image batch having undergone the exclusion processing; and an evaluation processing unit that ranks individual images in the image batch having undergone the exclusion processing based upon calculation results provided by the second arithmetic operation unit. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082390 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION TERMINAL - The present invention is an image transmission terminal including: an image capture unit ( | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082391 | LOW COMPLEXITY SECONDARY TRANSFORM FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method for encoding video or images includes receiving input data associated with a block within a video or image frame and performing a transform of the input data to produce a first set of output coefficients. The method also includes receiving the first set of output coefficients and performing a second transform to produce a second set of output coefficients. The method further includes quantizing the second set of output coefficients. The second transform is performed using a rotational transform matrix that is selected to maximize a degree of orthogonality of the rotational transform matrix. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME CODING IN VERTICAL RASTER SCAN ORDER FOR HEVC - A method and apparatus for frame coding in adaptive raster scan order. The method includes encoding at least one of image or video utilizing input frames and at least one of a data related to the input frame to produce bitstream with raster scan order information and displacement information for producing compressed video bitstream, at decoding time, decoding at least one of the encoded bitstream with raster scan order information and displacement information for producing compressed video bitstream. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082393 | ATTITUDE ESTIMATION WITH COMPRESSIVE SAMPLING OF STARFIELD DATA - In general, in one embodiment, a starfield image as seen by an object is analyzed. Compressive samples are taken of the starfield image and, in the compressed domain, processed to remove noise. Stars in the starfield image are identified and used to determine an attitude of the object. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082394 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including an image detecting unit, an image interpolating unit and an image blending unit is provided. The image detecting unit detects a pixel difference value of an image frame and a previous image frame or a next image frame thereof and outputs a weight value according to the pixel difference value. The image interpolating unit interpolates a pixel value of the image frame in an intra-field interpolation method and an inter-field interpolation method. The image blending unit blends the pixel value interpolated in the intra-field interpolation method and the pixel value interpolated in the inter-field interpolation method to restore the image frame according to the weight value. An image processing method is also provided. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082395 | Entropy Coder for Image Compression - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a fast entropy coder/decoder for use in real time image compression. A method of processing graphics data for transmission to a remote computing device may comprise receiving graphics data representative of a client screen to be rendered, receiving information indicative of available bandwidth for transmission and, based on the information, determining that the available bandwidth meets a predetermined threshold, and entropy encoding the graphics data using a fixed bit size encoding stream, wherein runs of zeroes are encoded in a variable number of units of the fixed bit size, and literal values are encoded using one of an entry in a cache of recently used literal values or a variable number of units of the fixed bit size. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082396 | Digital Image Resampling - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for resampling a digital image. According to an implementation, a source image can be presharpened and upsampled to a first upsampled image having a specified image size and a first level of presharpening. The source image is also presharpened and upsampled to a second upsampled image having the specified image size and second level of presharpening that is less than the first level of presharpening. The first and second upsampled images are deblurred. A binary edge mask image is generated from the deblurred, upsampled images. The binary edge mask image is dilated and blurred to generate a deep mask image. The first and second, deblurred upsampled images are blended together using the deep mask image. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082397 | CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A method according to the invention enhances contrast of an image by accessing an original image, and establishing, assigning, or initializing pixel values and pixel coordinates of pixels of the image. Then, a Laplacian pyramid having an integral number of levels is generated for the image. A contrast boost pyramid is generated and applied to the Laplacian pyramid to obtain a modified Laplacian pyramid wherein values in the levels of the Laplacian pyramid are enhanced. An enhanced image is then constructed from the modified Laplacian pyramid. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082398 | Signal Processors and Methods for Estimating Transformations Between Signals with Phase Estimation - Signal processing devices and methods estimate transforms between signals, and in particular, utilize techniques for estimating phase between a reference signal and a suspect signal. A phase estimation method estimates the phase of reference signal components in a suspect signal using a point spread function. The method provides a set of feature locations representing a discrete reference signal, applies a transform to the reference signal to provide a set of transformed locations, and then uses a point spread function to sample phase from the suspect signal at discrete sample locations in a neighborhood around the transformed locations. This process provides an estimate of phase of the suspect signal at locations corresponding to the transformed locations. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082399 | CALCULATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A calculation device may include a data read unit configured to sequentially read pixel values in the first direction while sequentially making a shift in the second direction from a position of a reference pixel in the first and second directions, a first data integration unit configured to output a sum of values of pixels as a first integration value, a second data integration unit configured to output a sum of values of pixels as a second integration value, and a data cumulative calculation unit configured to obtain a cumulative value by accumulating pixel values respectively included in a first rectangular data area expressed by the first number of pixels in the first direction and the second number of pixels in the second direction based on the first integration value output from the first data integration unit and the second integration value output from the second data integration unit. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082400 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE REDUCTION PROCESSING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention has a configuration in which a reduction and interpolation circuit having a variable reduction ratio and at least one reduction circuit having a fixed reduction ratio are sequentially connected. In the case where a set reduction rate cannot be achieved in the reduction and interpolation circuit, a reduction ratio for the reduction and interpolation circuit is determined such that the set reduction ratio can be achieved through a combination of the reduction ratio of the reduction and interpolation circuit and the reduction ratio of the reduction circuit. It is thereby possible to obtain an image processing apparatus capable of generating a reduced image reduced at a high reduction ratio and having high image quality while suppressing the circuit size. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERING AND CREATING PHOTO STORIES - A system and method are described for creating, managing and sharing photo stories. For example, one embodiment of a computer implemented method for selecting among a plurality of different photo story templates comprises: receiving a plurality of new photos from a user the photos having metadata associated; analyzing the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; responsively grouping the photos into a plurality of different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos; and selecting a set of photo story design templates for each of the different photo stories based on the analysis of the photos and the metadata associated with the photos grouped into the different photo stories. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082402 | Utility Bag - A utility bag having a closure arrangement coupled with opposing first and second panels of the utility bag. The first closure member coupled to the first panel at about an entrance of the utility bag. The first closure member includes a pair of parallel bulbous elements which form a longitudinal channel parallel to the entrance of the utility bag. A second closure member includes a third bulbous element having an interfacing surface complementary with an interfacing surface of the longitudinal channel to form an overlapping closure arrangement. Counterpart strips of hook/loop fasteners coupled to complementary interfacing surfaces associated with the first and second closure members are used to maintain the utility bag in a closed state. The bulbous elements may be formed from deformable materials disposed in sleeves which surround the entrance to the utility bag. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082403 | Cover for a Fluid Collection Device | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082404 | Ease Open Storage Bag Container - A storage bag opening device is provided to facilitate improved opening of a re-sealable storage bag. The device comprises a bag container, an edge trim, a set of ring tabs attached thereto, and a sealing means disposed on opposing inner surfaces of said edge trim. The bag container may be any resilient and reusable bag. Its upper edges are attached to or housed within the edge trim that is secured thereto. Ring tabs secured to the center of said edge trim are adapted to receive at least one of a user's fingers. To open the bag, a user pulls the ring tabs outward in opposing directions to cause separation therebetween, thereby causing the re-sealing means to disengage and open the bag. The re-sealing means may then be firmly pressed together to close the container and create an air and moisture tight seal. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082405 | Drawstring Polymeric Bag - The present invention is directed to a drawstring trash bag having drawstring access holes with increased width and a method for producing drawstring trash bags having drawstring access holes with increased widths. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082406 | HYBRID LUBRICATING MODULE - A hybrid lubricating module includes a housing and an assembly which consists of at least two elements and has an axial hole run through by a shaft. At least one of the elements has one set of multiple notches on one end surface communicating with the axle hole. The housing has a through axial cavity to encase the assembly. The outer wall surface of the assembly and the inner wall surface of the housing are assembled to each other to form at least one storage chamber to store lubricating media. The multiple notches on at least one adjacent element form at least one set of fine flow passages communicating with the axial hole and the storage chamber. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082407 | Railway car bearing seal spacer assembly - A bearing assembly is provided having a roller bearing with two cones defining an inner raceway fitted around the journal portion of an axle. A cup defines an outer raceway that combines with the inner raceway to receive roller elements. A spacer separates the cones, and a spacer support is provided to position and support the spacer. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082408 | BEARING PRELOAD STRUCTURE OF MACHINE TOOL - On an outer surface | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082409 | ROLLER BEARING CAGE AND ROLLER BEARING - A cage is formed of a plurality of spacers that are arranged along a circumference of a same circle. Each spacer includes: first, second and third cage bars extending in substantially an axial direction of the circle and located at intervals from each other; a first coupling portion that couples an end portions of the first and second cage bars at one of the axial direction; and a second coupling portion that couples the other end portions of the second and third cage bars at the other one of the axial direction. The first cage bar, the second cage bar and the first coupling portion define a first pocket that is open at the other one of the axial direction side, and the second cage bar, the third cage bar and the second coupling portion define a second pocket that is open at the one of the axial direction side. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082410 | Hybrid Waveguide Device in Powerful Laser Systems - A hybrid waveguide device includes a hollow core fiber having a core formed by a combination of solid material and gases. The hybrid nature of the core allows the hybrid device to transport a high energy high power laser beam having an ultra-short pulse width without damage to the hybrid device due to a higher tolerance of irradiance than single-matter cores. A waveguide device having a core with gases in addition to solid matter is characterized by a lower nonlinear refractive index coefficient (n | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082411 | HIGH VOLTAGE PHOTO SWITCH PACKAGE MODULE - A photo-conductive switch package module having a photo-conductive substrate or wafer with opposing electrode-interface surfaces, and at least one light-input surface. First metallic layers are formed on the electrode-interface surfaces, and one or more optical waveguides having input and output ends are bonded to the substrate so that the output end of each waveguide is bonded to a corresponding one of the light-input surfaces of the photo-conductive substrate. This forms a waveguide-substrate interface for coupling light into the photo-conductive wafer. A dielectric material such as epoxy is then used to encapsulate the photo-conductive substrate and optical waveguide so that only the metallic layers and the input end of the optical waveguide are exposed. Second metallic layers are then formed on the first metallic layers so that the waveguide-substrate interface is positioned under the second metallic layers. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082412 | Communication Methods, Methods of Forming an Interconnect, Signal Interconnects, Integrated Circuit Structures, Circuits, and Data Apparatuses - Some embodiments include communication methods, methods of forming an interconnect, signal interconnects, integrated circuit structures, circuits, and data apparatuses. In one embodiment, a communication method includes accessing an optical signal comprising photons to communicate information, accessing an electrical signal comprising electrical data carriers to communicate information, and using a single interconnect, communicating the optical and electrical signals between a first spatial location and a second spatial location spaced from the first spatial location. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082413 | AN OPTICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides an optical connection system which comprises optical components that include a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) for emitting modulated light in response to applied electrical signals and a plurality of receivers for receiving the emitted light. The optical components are arranged in at least two monolithically integrated modules each comprising at least two of the optical components. The optical connection system further comprises at least one light guiding component for guiding the light between the VCSELs and the receivers. The optical connection system also comprises coupling elements for coupling the at least one light guiding component to the monolithically integrated modules such that in use light is transmitted between modules via the at least one light guiding component. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082414 | OPTICAL 90-DEGREE HYBRID CIRCUIT - An optical 90-degree hybrid circuit includes: first and second optical splitters for receiving and splitting a first and second light beam into two, respectively; a first optical coupler for generating an interfering light beam by multiplexing one of the light beams split by the first optical splitter and the second optical splitter; and a second optical coupler for generating an interfering light beam by multiplexing another one of the light beams split by the first optical splitter and the second optical splitter. The first optical splitter includes an optical coupler configured to output two light beams having equal phases, and the second optical splitter includes an optical coupler configured to output two light beams having a phase difference of 90 degrees. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082415 | BRAGG GRATING FIBER HYDROPHONE WITH A BELLOWS AMPLIFIER - A Bragg grating fiber hydrophone, includes a fluid chamber and an optical fiber in which a Bragg grating is integrated, the optical fiber passing through the fluid chamber along a longitudinal axis such that the Bragg grating is positioned inside the latter. The fluid chamber is filled with a compressible fluid and is defined by a casing including two ends connected to the optical fiber. The casing includes at least one portion formed by an extensible and compressible tube extending along the longitudinal axis. The portion formed by an extensible and compressible tube includes an outer end coinciding with one of the two casing ends and can be longitudinally deformed by a difference in the pressures applied on the walls thereof, which results in a variation of the length of the optical fiber as measured by a variation in the wavelength of a luminous flux extracted from the optical fiber. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082416 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR ADAPTER, OPTICAL FIBER LINE, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There are provided an optical connector having one or more protruding portions protruding and one or more recessed portions depressed relative to a reference plane corresponding to a reference face of a coupling of a standard optical connector in a connecting end face of a coupling into which a housing receiving a ferrule is inserted, a connector adapter to which the optical connector can be inserted and coupled, an optical fiber line using the optical connector and the connector adapter to connect optical fibers, and an optical communication system. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082417 | CLEANABLE AND SELF-CLEANING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR - An optical connector having a body with an outer surface, a first cavity extending within the body from the outer surface and a second cavity spaced apart from the first cavity and extending within the body of the connector from the outer surface. An optical component is positioned within the first cavity and an ejector, which extents into the second cavity, is coupled to the optical component. A biasing mechanism is operatively coupled to apply a biasing force to the ejector to secure the optical component within the first cavity. When a force greater than the biasing force is applied to the ejector within the second cavity, the ejector ejects the optical component from the first cavity so that it extends beyond the outer surface. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082418 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR FERRULE - An optical connector comprises a housing, a regulating portion which is protrudes toward an inner surface of the housing, a ferrule which is secured to an optical fiber and which is accommodated inside the housing so as to be movable. The ferrule includes a base portion and a thinned portion that has a thickness smaller than that of the base portion. If the ferrule moves forward in the butt-connection direction, the regulating portion and the base portion approach each other, so that the regulating portion regulates the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction. If the ferrule moves backward in the butt-connection direction, the ferrule reaches a position where the thinned portion faces the regulating portion, so that the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction is not regulated by the regulating portion. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082419 | POLISHING JIG, FERRULE, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A polishing jig | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082420 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes: a flexible board having a first surface on which a component is mounted and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a bottom electrode part having a bottom surface on which a heat release electrode is provided, the bottom electrode part mounted on the first surface of the flexible board; and a heat release member configured to absorb heat from the bottom electrode part and release the heat to outside. The heat release member is arranged close to said second surface of the flexible board at a position where the bottom electrode part is mounted. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082421 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR HAVING INCORPORATED WITH POWER - A connector assembly includes an insulative housing having a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and a first body and a second body located at opposite sides of the base portion and protruding beyond the base portion along a mating direction thereby defining a first mating cavity therebetween. An optical device is retained on the base portion, with a pair of lens projecting into the first mating cavity. A first terminal group is retained in the base portion with contacting portions located above the lenses in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and mating direction. A second terminal group is respectively retained in the first and second bodies and arranged as a symmetrical manner with respect to the base portion. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082422 | ELECTRIC CABLE WITH STRAIN SENSOR AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STRAIN IN AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC CABLE - An electric cable includes a strain sensor longitudinally extending along the cable and including a strain optical fibre arranged within a bending neutral region surrounding and including a bending neutral longitudinal axis of the electric cable, and at least two longitudinal structural elements, at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements being a core including an electrical conductor, wherein the strain sensor is embedded in a strain-transferring filler mechanically coupling at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements with the strain sensor. With the disclosed cable construction, the strain experienced by the at least one of the at least two longitudinal structural elements is transferred to the strain sensor at least in a strained condition. In the preferred embodiments, the electric cable is a heavy-duty cable. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082423 | BULLET LENS DESIGN FOR THE DASAL SEEKER - An optic assembly is provided, that assembly comprising: a bullet collection lens; a plurality of fiber optic fiber bundles; and those fiber optic bundles being parallel to a central channel. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT PLAYBACK - An approach for facilitating the playback of content concurrently on multiple devices is described. A time reference associated with a first device is provided to a synchronization platform for corresponding to playback of content on the first device. The synchronization platform also receives a request from a second device to synchronize concurrent playback of a version of the content on the second device. Timing information is generated for transmission to the second device in response to the request for enabling the second device to playback its version of the content in synchronization with that of the first device. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082425 | RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGING AND RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording device includes: an input portion to which data to be recorded is input; and a recording control portion which transfers the data input to the input portion to a recording medium to record the data in the recording medium by using a certain file system, and specifies a partial region or some files in the data recorded in the recording medium to set the partial region or the files as recording information of an additional information region prepared in the file system. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082426 | Systems and Methods for Incentivizing Content Engagement - Systems and associated methods for incentivizing content engagement are described. Embodiments provide a recommended feature application to offer premier/recommended content. This can take place at a variety of times, for example during the primary content selection interface display, as well as offering said content interactively as an overlay during the conclusion of a piece of content. Embodiments employ a weighted process for selecting a recommended feature based on one or more stored preference files. The recommended feature application can be utilized across titles. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082427 | SYSTEM FOR DELAYED VIDEO VIEWING - The disclosure concerns methods of playback of a video stream comprising: receiving from a first user device first media content associated with said video stream; associating with said first media content a time stamp indicating the time at which said first media content is received with respect to a reference time associated with said video stream; and during delayed playback of said video stream on a second user device, transmitting, at the time indicated by said time stamp, said first media content for display by said second user device. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MODIFY PLAYOUT OR PLAYBACK - Systems and methods to modify playout/playback include responding to a trick mode request (e.g., fast forward, rewind). First, a transmission is received at a receiving device. The transmission includes primary content and a secondary information identifier and is stored on a storage device. Next, primary content is rendered to an output device at the receiving device at a normal speed for the primary content. Next, a request is received to render the primary content to an output device at the receiving device at an accelerated speed of the primary content. Next, the primary content is associated to secondary derivative content based on the secondary information identifier. Finally, the secondary derivative content is rendered instead of the primary content, to the output device at the receiving device at a normal speed for the secondary derivative content. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082429 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING APPARATUS ON NETWORK - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus including, a monitoring module, LAN-connected to a command supplier, configured to monitor a start state of a power unit which is and turned on when receiving a start command, and a controller, LAN-connected to a command supplier, configured to detect that the start command is transmitted to a power unit which and turned on when receiving the start command, and configured to supply a start signal to the power unit via a bidirectional interface when the power unit does not start after a predetermined time elapses. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MOVING PICTURE FILES - A method for playing a moving picture file in which at least one video data and at least one audio file or data is arranged non-sequentially, in order to prevent performance deterioration due to frequent search for video and audio information is provided. The method includes calculating a total reproduction time of the at least one video data and the at least one audio data, calculating an amount of collected data of which total reproduction time is shorter than a predetermined total reproduction time while data of which total reproduction time is longer is reproduced, and collecting the data of which total reproduction time is shorter among the calculated amount of collected data while the data of which total reproduction time is longer is reproduced. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082431 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUMMARIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus is provided. The method comprises calculating an attribute for a set of encoded frames of a multimedia file. A frame attribute of at least one encoded frame of the set of encoded frames is compared with a threshold value, which is based on the attribute for the set of encoded frames. An encoded frame of the set of encoded frames is selected as a primary summary file of the multimedia file based on the comparison of the frame attribute of the at least one encoded frame with the threshold value. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082432 | System and Method of Playback and User Interface for Video Players - A method and a system of displaying a user interface to control playback and features that may be associated with a prerecorded media. A media player, such as a DVD player, a personal computer, a home media server, a high definition video player, an optical player, a hard drive based player, or a software DVD-ROM player receives streams of video from different media and displays its content. Simultaneously, and without interrupting the video playback, a user interface is overlaid on the video image. The user interface may include menu selections to control the playback of the video including scene selection, settings, and viewing rights. The user interface may include menu selections to control features associated with the video such as Documentaries, Games, Purchases, Activities, Commentaries, Outtakes, Karaoke, Trailers, Songs, Wishlists, and Events. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082433 | METHOD OF SETTING A SYSTEM TIME CLOCK AT THE START OF AN MPEG SEQUENCE - Method to enable a local system time clock counter (STC) of a receiving recording device to lock to program clock reference (PCR) information comprised in a received real time sequence of information signal packets, such as MPEG2 Transport Stream packets. The method comprising determining the number of cycles between arrival of the first information signal packet and the arrival of the information signal packet comprising the first Program Clock Reference (PCR) information. This information is stored as an attribute of the stored sequence. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082434 | Systems and Methods for Settings Management Across Multiple Titles - Systems and associated methods for managing application settings across titles are described. A settings management application allows for setting, saving and accessing preferences for one or more applications. Users can manage their application settings as desired and once saved, these application settings can be accessed repeatedly, even upon loading of a new title/disc into the media player. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082435 | MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - When an instruction to start list display of moving images is given, a process is performed to display representative images of respective Video | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082436 | PICTURE EDITING DEVICE, PICTURE EDITING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device ( | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082437 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image editing apparatus which decreases a CPU load required for previewing a group of finished images used for continuous presentation, such as a photo movie, and reduces a processing time. The image editing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit obtaining material images; a converting unit carrying out conversion on an image, included in the material images, of which load required for playback is greater than a predetermined load reference, the conversion additionally creating a proxy image corresponding to the image and having a smaller load required for the playback; and a preview playback unit playing back, as a preview, the proxy image and material images which are included in the material images and are other than the image corresponding to the proxy image in a predetermined order. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082438 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video data processing apparatus includes a file receiver, an analyzer, and a recorder. The file receiver receives a data file. The analyzer analyzes the data file, divides the data file into first data blocks of first data units, and adds index information to each of the first data blocks. The index information includes particular verification data located at a first position in the index information, and management information for playback of the each first data block. The recorder records each of the first data blocks with the index information. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082439 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Content Play List Creation - Systems and associated methods for dynamic content play list creation are described. A fastplay application provides for dynamic play list generation, using feature categorization and local storage to present a set of custom play list(s) that are tailored to a user's preference(s). The settings may be stored locally on the media player storage device such that the preference(s) can be utilized across titles. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082440 | CONTENT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A content transmission apparatus includes: a retaining section adapted to retain a high-definition video image content; a reception section adapted to receive picture frame information transmitted from a content reproduction apparatus; a calculation section adapted to calculate a cutout range based on the received picture frame information; a cutout section adapted to cut out the calculated cutout range from the retained high-definition video image content; and a signaling section adapted to signal an arbitrary picture frame content configured from a result of the cutout to the content reproduction apparatus. | 2012-04-05 |
| 20120082441 | AERIAL DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An aerial digital camera comprises a housing | 2012-04-05 |
