18th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 87 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220141336 | CONTEXT-AWARE REDIRECTION FROM TELEPHONY ENVIRONMENT TO MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT - A redirection and messaging system receives telephony information identifying a caller and call context from a telephony system. The system selects one of a plurality of messaging operators based on the call context, optionally sends an introductory message to the caller via a messaging service, and generates a message interface for the selected message operator. The message interface includes the caller and call context and any messages sent between the caller and the selected message operator, with an input interface allowing the selected message operator to input and send messages to the caller. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CONTEXT - A system including a mobile application on a user's mobile device for connecting to a plurality of contact centers and providing personalized context to the user. The system includes: the mobile application; a connection from the mobile application to a central API service, wherein the central API service provides authentication tokens to the mobile application for facilitating interaction therebetween; a plurality of vendors which the user has associated with their profile and have been integrated with the central API service, wherein the vendors are operably connected with the central API service for information sharing; and a plurality of media channels connecting the plurality of vendors with the central API service, allowing the user to: view personalized context from past interactions between the user and the plurality of contact centers through the mobile application; and connect with the contact centers. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE CALL ROUTING AND QUEUING - An agent queuing system implemented without relying on a private branch exchange. The queuing system can be cloud-based and routes calls to agents, for example, through a first-in/first-out (FIFO) queue. Clients are assigned a unique number that identify one or more queues. When a call is received, a database maintains the unique number that was called and the associated company information is retrieved, along with any queues allocated for their company. A call is placed to the next available agent from the selected queue. A recording is played to the agent identifying the queue the call is arriving from and the agent is prompted to accept the call. If the call is accepted, the agent is taken out of the available agent pool for the duration of the call. The call can be routed without exposing the phone numbers of the caller or agent involved in the call. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141339 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VARIANCE ALGORITHM (VA) AND/OR DISTRIBUTION COMPENSATION - In the field of telecommunications, methods, systems, and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums comprising program code are disclosed that comprise receiving a set of agents defining a first agent, a second agent, and a third agent available for pairing to a contact at a contact center; and selecting the first agent for pairing to the contact based on a pairing strategy, wherein the pairing strategy is configured such that if the third agent had not been available, the second agent would have been selected for pairing to the contact, and wherein the third agent has been waiting the longest and occupied the least among the set of agents. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141340 | CALL MAPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING VARIANCE ALGORITHM (VA) AND/OR DISTRIBUTION COMPENSATION - In the field of telecommunications, methods, systems, and tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums comprising program code are disclosed that comprise receiving a first agent, a second agent, a third agent, and a fourth agent available for pairing to a contact; and selecting the first agent for pairing to the contact based on a pairing strategy, wherein the pairing strategy is configured such that if the third agent and fourth agent had not been available, the second agent would have been selected for pairing to the contact, wherein the pairing strategy is configured such that if the first agent had not been available, the third agent would have been selected for pairing to the contact. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141341 | CONFERENCE TERMINAL AND MULTI-DEVICE COORDINATING METHOD FOR CONFERENCE - A conference terminal and a multi-device coordinating method for the conference are provided. In the method, multiple conference terminals are allocated to a plurality of areas according to location relationship. Each area includes one or more conference terminals that are close in the location relationship. An input sound signal is obtained from picking up a sound by the conference terminal in each area. The input sound signal of the one or more conference terminals in a first area among the areas is allocated to the one or more conference terminals in a second area among the areas to be played. The input sound signal obtained from picking up the sound by the conference terminal in each area is not played by any conference terminal in the same area. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes: a scanner to read a plurality of images of document into a plurality of pieces of image data each representing the image; a memory to store the plurality of pieces of image data in an order of image reading by the scanner; a printer to print, on one or more recording media sheets, the plurality of images according to the plurality of pieces of image data having been stored in the memory, in an order different from an order of image reading by the scanner; and circuitry to: in response to reading of a first image of the plurality of images of document into first image data representing the first image, calculate a remaining number of readable images using the first image data; and display information based on the remaining number of readable images. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141343 | Multipurpose Drawing Tablet - The present invention relates to a device, method, and system for drawing, printing, and uploading an artwork or picture drawn on a touch surface. A multipurpose drawing tablet is designed for enabling children to draw on a touch surface with a stylus or a finger. The tablet features a touch surface for sensing pressure and movement of the stylus or finger, a built-in printer for printing a drawn picture or artwork on the touch surface, a paper feeding slot for feeding physical papers for printing, and a wireless communication module for establishing a wireless channel with at least one handheld electronic device for transmitting the drawn picture or artwork. A computer implemented application receives the artwork or picture and stores and uploads to a cloud storage, a website, or any social media. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141344 | TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device may include: a controller configured to: search for one or more devices in the network; and execute a first changing process for changing a state of a memory configured capable of storing service information in association with identification information identifying a device, in which the first changing process includes a process for, in a situation where the memory stores specific service information in association with specific identification information identifying a specific device, storing the specific service information in association with target identification information in place of the specific identification information, the specific device is a device indicated by device information currently registered in the terminal device, and the target identification information is information identifying a target device from among the searched one or more devices. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141345 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a case where an image processing apparatus and a terminal display screens in an associated manner, if the terminal receives a user operation in a state where an enlarged screen is displayed only on the terminal, and the terminal transmits information about the operation as it is to the image processing apparatus, processing not intended by the user may possibly be performed. Therefore, when the terminal receives a user operation in a state where an enlarged screen is displayed only on the terminal, the terminal does not transmit the operation information as it is to the image processing apparatus. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141346 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION PROGRAM - An inspection system includes: an inspection part that compares a scanned image obtained by scanning a sheet on which an image is formed on the basis of a job with a reference image prepared in advance and thereby performs inspection of the scanned image; and a hardware processor that sets an inspection target page to be a target of inspection and a non-inspection target page to be excluded from inspection, for the job, wherein the hardware processor causes the inspection part to perform inspection for the inspection target page and not to perform inspection for the non-inspection target page on the basis of the setting of the hardware processor, and the hardware processor creates an inspection report including scanned images of all pages of the job including the non-inspection target page. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141347 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a method for an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image processing apparatus. The method includes displaying a screen of an application, wherein the screen corresponds to a screen displayed on a display unit of the image processing apparatus and is subjected to display control by the image processing apparatus, and transmitting an instruction to stop the display control to the image processing apparatus if a predetermined condition is satisfied in a state where the application is no longer operating as a user's operation target on the information processing apparatus. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141348 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FACSIMILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FACSIMILE RECEIVING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes circuitry to determine whether to reject or accept a facsimile being transmitted from a transmission source based on a common transmission source list. The common transmission source list is shared by a plurality of electronic devices including the electronic device. The circuitry further outputs a part of the facsimile in response to determining that the transmission source is one from which the facsimile is to be rejected, based on the common transmission source list. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141349 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND CORRECTING MIS-CONVERTED CHARACTER IN TEXT EXTRACTED FROM DOCUMENT IMAGE - An image processing device includes a storage device that previously stores a document image, a plurality of registered words, and a plurality of font characters, and a control device that functions as: a character region identifier that identifies a character region in the document image; an image acquirer that acquires an image of the character region; a text extractor that extracts a text from the image of the character region; a word identifier that identifies each of words in the text; a word determiner that determines whether each of the words is matched with one of the registered words; and a generator that generates a corrected text by replacing a target character of a non-matching word in the text with, among the font characters, a font character having a first degree of matching not lower than a first rate with the target character and a highest first degree of matching. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141350 | READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COLOR MIXTURE PREVENTION METHOD - A reading device includes a first light source configured to emit light, a second light source configured to emit light in a wavelength of light different from a wavelength of light of the first light source, circuitry configured to instruct the first light source and the second light source to turn on and turn off, a first light-intensity adjuster configured to adjust light intensity of the first light source based on a first light intensity value, a second light-intensity adjuster configured to adjust light intensity of the second light source based on a second light intensity value, a first image sensor configured to receive the light that is emitted from the first light source and is reflected by an object, and a second image sensor configured to receive the light that is emitted from the first light source and the second light source and is reflected by the object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141351 | ASSOCIATING BIOMETRIC USER CHARACTERISTICS WITH DOCUMENT PROCESSING JOBS - Examples disclosed herein relate to receiving a request to perform a document processing job, capturing a biometric user characteristic associated with the request via a biometric authentication component, and creating a log entry comprising the biometric user characteristic and a plurality of details associated with the document processing job. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141352 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - An image data transmission apparatus that includes an operator that receives an command from a user, a transmission status generator that generates a dedicated page to check a transmission status of image data, a display that displays various kinds of screens, and a controller that controls the operator, the transmission status generator, and the display, in which when the operator receives a command to transmit the image data, the controller causes the transmission status generator to generate the dedicated page to check the transmission status of the image data, and causes the display to display a transmission screen including address information that enables access to the dedicated page, and a transmit start button to start transmission of the image data. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Processing of an electronic file using blockchain is performed in an image forming apparatus to decrease the number of apparatuses to be managed and reduce the management load. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141354 | COLOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING CALIBRATION OF COLOR MEASUREMENT UNIT - A color measurement apparatus comprising: a color measurement unit configured to perform color measurement of an image on a sheet, the color measurement unit including a light source; a reference member used for calibration of the color measurement unit; a moving unit configured to move the color measurement unit to a first position at which the light source irradiates a region other than the reference member with light and a second position at which the light source irradiates the reference member with light; and a control unit configured to, after causing the light source to emit light when the color measurement unit is positioned at the first position, and then moving the color measurement unit to the second position, execute the calibration based on data obtained by causing the light source to irradiate the reference member with light. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141355 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit is provided. The apparatus determines a color of a tone patch for tone correction, to be composited with an image, in accordance with a color component used in the image; generates a patch-included image by compositing the tone patch of the color determined with the image; generates a corrected image by performing tone correction on the patch-included image on the basis of tone correction information for each color component; performs color measurement of the tone patch formed on the medium on which the corrected image has been formed, and updates the tone correction information on the basis of a value measured. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141356 | COLOR CHART, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A color chart is for performing color adjustment on an image forming apparatus. The color chart includes identification information and a color adjustment patch. The identification information is on an image forming apparatus to which color adjustment is to be applied. The color adjustment patch includes a plurality of color patches for performing color adjustment on the image forming apparatus indicated by the identification information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141357 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO PWM SYNCHRONISATION - Disclosed is a method of synchronising an image sensor with a PWM driver operable to drive an arrangement associated with the image sensor, wherein at least one synchronisation signal produced by the image sensor is used to reset the PWM driver and the at least one synchronisation signal is delayed before being used to reset the PWM driver such that the switching on or off of the at least one synchronisation signal occurs at a defined time in relation to a sensitive period of the image sensor's operation. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141358 | LENS MOVING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed on the housing; a first sensing coil, disposed on the housing, for generating a first induced voltage by interacting with the first coil; a first circuit board connected to the first coil and the first sensing coil; and a first amplifier, disposed on the first circuit board, for amplifying the first induced voltage of the first sensing coil and outputting a first amplified signal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141359 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to an imaging device and a display apparatus. The imaging device includes: a casing including a first accommodating cavity therein, wherein a first opening is provided at one end of the first accommodating cavity; a lens module including a rotating portion and an extension portion connected to the rotating portion, the rotating portion being accommodated in the first accommodating cavity, the extension portion extending through the first opening to an exterior of the casing; and a mounting component, which is at least partially accommodated in the first accommodating cavity and fixed to the casing, wherein the rotating portion is hinged with the mounting component via a spherical joint. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141360 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a first assembly including a first optical path conversion unit and a lens module, a second assembly including a second optical path conversion unit configured to refract or reflect light emitted from the lens module in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the lens module, the second assembly being configured to be coupled to the first assembly, and a third assembly including an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the second optical path conversion unit into an electrical signal. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141361 | LIGHT SHIELDING PLATE, CAMERA UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light shielding plate includes: a front surface located on a light entry side; a rear surface facing away from the front surface; and a hole extending through between the front surface and the rear surface. The hole includes a first hole portion and a second hole portion connected to the first hole portion at a center opening. The first hole portion extends from a rear surface opening in the rear surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second hole portion extends from a front surface opening in the front surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front surface opening is larger in size than the rear surface opening. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141362 | LIGHT SHIELDING PLATE, CAMERA UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE LIGHT SHIELDING PLATE - A light shielding plate includes a front surface that is located on a light incident side, a rear surface that is a surface facing away from the front surface, and an aperture that penetrates through the front surface and the rear surface. The aperture has a first aperture portion and a second aperture portion that is connected to the first aperture portion via a central opening, and the first aperture portion extends from a rear opening in the rear surface toward the central opening and has a shape tapered from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second aperture portion extends from a rear opening in the front surface to the central opening and has a shape tapered from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front opening is larger than the rear opening. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141363 | SCREEN ASSEMBLY, CAMERA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A screen assembly is applied to the electronic device, and includes at least one light-transmitting layer capable of transmitting light, an optical surface structure is formed at a part of the light-transmitting layer, to form a first lens element at the part of the light-transmitting layer, and the first lens element serves as a lens element of a camera module of the electronic device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141364 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA WITH ADAPTIVE FIELD OF VIEW - A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having an exterior field of view. The camera includes a wide angle lens providing the field of view and the camera captures an image data set representative of the field of view of the camera. During a driving maneuver of the vehicle, an image processor processes a sub-set of the image data set to determine presence of an object in a sub-portion of the field of view of the camera. The sub-set of the image data set that is processed at the image processor is representative of the sub-portion of the field of view of the camera that is less than the field of view of the camera. The sub-set of the image data set that is processed at the image processor is based on steering direction of the vehicle during the driving maneuver of the vehicle. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141365 | Phased Metalens for Adjusting a Focus of an Image - The techniques of this disclosure relate to a system for adjusting a focus of an image. A system includes a phased metalens configured to adjust a focus of an image detected by an imaging substrate of an image sensor to compensate for warpage of the imaging substrate. The phased metalens can achieve a near-diffraction-limited focusing over incoming light wavelengths using precisely defined nanoscale subwavelength resolution structures. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141366 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH ENHANCED HEAT DISSIPATION - A vehicular camera module includes a camera housing, an imager printed circuit board and a processor printed circuit board. An imager is disposed at a first side of the imager printed circuit board. A heat transfer element is accommodated in the camera housing and is in thermal conductive contact with an active cooling element and with a second side of the imager printed circuit board or the processor printed circuit board. Circuitry of the camera module is electrically connected to electrical connecting elements that electrically connect to a wire harness of a vehicle when the vehicular camera module is disposed at the vehicle. With the electrical connecting elements electrically connected to the wire harness of the vehicle, heat generated by operation of the vehicular camera module is drawn from the imager printed circuit board to the camera housing via the heat transfer element. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING VIDEOS - Visual content is captured by an image capture device during a capture duration. The image capture devices experiences motion during the capture duration. The intentionality of the motion of the image capture device is determined based on angular acceleration of the image capture device during the capture duration. A punchout of the visual content is determined based on the intentionality of the motion of the image capture device. The punchout of the visual content is used to generate stabilized visual content. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141368 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) IMAGING ARTIFACTS IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - This disclosure is generally directed to mitigating light-emitting diode (LED) imaging artifacts in an imaging system of a vehicle. In an example embodiment, the imaging system includes a first camera that operates under control of a first pulse trigger sequence, and a second camera that operates under control of a second pulse trigger sequence. The second pulse trigger sequence has a temporal offset with respect to the first pulse trigger sequence. The first camera captures an image of a light source, such as a traffic light containing LEDs. This image may contain an LED imaging artifact indicating that the traffic light is off. The second camera also captures an image of the light source. The temporal offset of the second pulse trigger sequence may eliminate the LED imaging artifact in the second image. A controller may compare the two images and determine that the traffic light is actually on. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141369 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing device, configured to illuminate an object by an illumination means and capture reflected light from the object as a reflection image by a capturing means, includes an irradiation angle range determination means. The irradiation angle range determination means determines, assuming that a group of pieces of unevenness existing at the same position on the surfaces of a plurality of individuals of an object is an unevenness group, an irradiation angle range for irradiating the object by the illumination means, on the basis of a statistic value of the inclination angles of the unevenness group in which variations in the inclination angles of the unevenness between individuals is larger than other unevenness groups, among the plurality of unevenness groups. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141370 | AUTO EXPOSURE METERING FOR SPHERICAL PANORAMIC CONTENT - Auto exposure metering is adapted for spherical panoramic content. Using input image data, a first metering map is generated for a selected image sensor and a second metering map is generated for an unselected image sensor. Auto exposure level values for the selected image sensor and for the unselected image sensor are respectively metered using the first metering map and the second metering map, such as by adjusting luminance weights in certain locations of the respective image sensor panoramic image capture band. Hemispherical images are processed using the auto exposure metered level values and stitched together in a panoramic format to produce a spherical panoramic image. The metering maps are generated to account for areas of greatest image data importance relative to a primary orientation direction of the spherical panoramic image. This allows for effective auto exposure metering of such areas within the resulting spherical panoramic image. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141371 | CONTROL APPARATUSES, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES, MOVABLE OBJECTS, CONTROL METHODS, AND PROGRAMS - An exposure time may become extremely long due to automatic exposure control. A control apparatus includes a circuit, configured to set an upper limit of an exposure time is provided. The circuit is configured to determine an exposure time of a photographing apparatus within a range below the upper limit according to an exposure control value of the photographing apparatus. A control method includes steps of setting an upper limit of an exposure time is also provided. The control method includes the following step: determining an exposure time of a photographing apparatus within a range below the upper limit according to an exposure control value of the photographing apparatus. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141372 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An illumination device emits light toward a moving subject. A controller controls light emitted from the illumination device so that the amount of light applied to the subject is adjusted to a specific amount or smaller. For example, when the illumination device emits light in a pulsed manner, the controller may control the amount of light applied to the subject by controlling at least one of the pulse width and the pulse intensity of the light. The controller may, for example, control the light emitted from the illumination device according to the distance between the illumination device and the subject. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141373 | LIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MATERIAL SORTING - In one aspect, an elongated lighting module includes plural colors of LEDs that flash in a cyclical sequence to provide multi-spectral illumination. Several such modules can be arranged end-to-end to span a conveyor system that transports a stream of plastic waste items in a recycling center, enabling capture of differently-illuminated image frames depicting the items. Each module may include N LEDs of a first color (e.g., red) and M LEDs of a second color (e.g., blue), where N and M are different. Drive circuitry can be simplified by configuring the LEDs in strings of common colors, but with different counts. Electrical noise due to switching transients can be reduced by operating the LEDs at a low current when not being flashed. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141374 | INTELLIGENT FLASH INTENSITY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for intelligent flash intensity control are provided. The method includes that: receiving an input from a user to open a camera [ | 2022-05-05 |
20220141375 | Vehicle Vision LED Flicker Interference Mitigation System - A light emitting diode (LED) flicker mitigation system disposed on a vehicle captures multiple images of an exterior scene to determine whether a light that appears to be off is actually off, or whether the state of the light is actually on but erroneously shown in the system image captures as off due to temporal aliasing. The LED flicker mitigation system may obtain information from external infrastructure and contact other vehicles proximate to the captured scene to determine the true state of the LED light source by identifying homography using the vehicle image captures, infrastructure information, and vehicle sensors. The images may be shared amongst the vehicles to correctly determine the LED status and correct any erroneous LED state information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141376 | CONTROL DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM - Provided is a control device that electrically controls a medical observation apparatus configured to capture an image of an observation target and includes a voice recognition section, a recognized-information processing section, a switch input reception section, and a control section. The voice recognition section recognizes a voice inputted from outside. Based on a result of recognition by the voice recognition section, the recognized-information processing section determines processing to be executed by the medical observation apparatus. The switch input reception section receives an input of an operation signal based on an operation performed on a switch. Upon detecting a first operation signal received by the switch input reception section or upon acquiring information regarding processing determined by the recognized-information processing section, the control section causes the voice recognition section to start voice recognition processing and causes the medical observation apparatus to execute the processing determined by the recognized-information processing section. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141377 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A STATE OF A CONTROLLABLE DEVICE - This disclosure provides a method for controlling a camera, the camera comprising a controllable component and associating with at least one associated client and a reference device, the method comprises: obtaining a first client list of the at least one associated client and a second client list of clients that are currently connected to the same local area network as the camera by connecting with the reference device; comparing the first client list with the second client list; and controlling a state of the controllable component so that the camera is in a first state when one or more of the at least one associated client are connected to the same local area network as the camera via the reference device and is in a second state when no associated client is connected to the same local area network as the camera. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141378 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - Disclosed is an image sensing device including a first pixel group including at least one first half-shading pixel and at least one first normal pixel, and an image processor suitable for using a first pixel signal, which is generated from the first half-shading pixel during a first period, as phase information, and using a first pixel signal, which is generated from the first half-shading pixel during a second period, as dynamic range information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141379 | TECHNIQUES TO SET FOCUS IN CAMERA IN A MIXED-REALITY ENVIRONMENT WITH HAND GESTURE INTERACTION - An adjustable-focus PV (picture/video) camera in a mixed-reality head-mounted display (HMD) device operates with an auto-focus subsystem that is configured to be triggered based on location and motion of a user's hands to reduce the occurrence of auto-focus hunting during camera operations. The HMD device is equipped with a depth sensor that is configured to capture depth data from the surrounding physical environment to detect and track the user's hand location, movements, and gestures in three-dimensions. The hand tracking data from the depth sensor may be assessed to determine hand characteristics—such as which of the user's hands or part of a hand is detected, its size, motion, speed, etc.—within a particular region of interest (ROI) in the field of view of the PV camera. The auto-focus subsystem uses the assessed hand characteristics as an input to control auto-focus of the PV camera to reduce auto-focus hunting occurrences. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141380 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A photographing apparatus includes a camera; a light-emitting device provided in the vicinity of the camera; a human sensor that detects a photographic subject; first light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device in accordance with a first mode when the photographic subject is detected; detection means for detecting that a photograph-taking timing has arrived when an interocular distance of the photographic subject in an image generated by the camera in accordance with the first mode becomes at least a prescribed distance; and second light emission control means for controlling light emission of the light-emitting device, at the photograph-taking timing, in accordance with a second mode in which a light emission intensity is higher than in the first mode. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141381 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING EXPRESSION - An imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: an event detection device that outputs an event signal corresponding to a temporal change of a first pixel signal, the first pixel signal being obtained by imaging; and an expression detector that detects an expression on a basis of the event signal to be outputted from the event detection device. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING A SMART PANORAMIC IMAGE - Mobile handheld electronic devices such as smartphones, comprising a Wide camera for capturing Wide images with respective Wide fields of view (FOV | 2022-05-05 |
20220141383 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Aspects of the present invention relate to a composite image generation system ( | 2022-05-05 |
20220141384 | SITUATIONAL AWARENESS-BASED IMAGE ANNOTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Techniques for facilitating situational awareness-based annotation systems and methods are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a respective image from each of a plurality of imaging systems. The method further includes generating a panoramic image based on the images received from the plurality of imaging devices. The method further includes detecting an object in the panoramic image. The method further includes determining, for each image received from the plurality of imaging systems, whether the image contains the object detected in the panoramic image. The method further includes annotating each image received from the plurality of imaging systems determined to contain the object to include an indication associated with the object in the image. Related systems are also provided. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141385 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND SWITCH - A configuration is implemented that can adjust a stroke of an operation section of a switch required to cause predetermined processing to be executed. The present disclosure includes an operation section that can move in a predetermined direction from an initial position by a user operation, a position adjustment section that adjusts, in the predetermined direction, an amount of movement of the operation section from the initial position to a detection position, a position detection section that detects a position of the operation section with respect to the detection position, and a control section that controls execution of processing corresponding to the detection position based on a detection result from the position detection section. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141386 | MEDICAL IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - [Object] To provide a medical image transmission system, a medical image processing apparatus, and a medical image transmission method that are capable of performing image processing on a medical image generated in a modality without deteriorating the visibility of additional information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141387 | CAMERA LENS SMOOTHING METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A camera lens smoothing method includes: obtaining a current video frame of a camera video and gyroscope information of the current video frame, and calculating a current first rotation matrix; conducting smoothing on the first rotation matrix, and calculating a third rotation matrix; conducting viewpoint decomposition on the current video frame according to the third rotation matrix, and calculating a fourth rotation matrix; and conducting 3D rotation on the current video frame according to the fourth rotation matrix, and rebuilding an anti-shake video. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141388 | METHOD OF ACTIVATING AN OBJECT-SPECIFIC ACTION - A method of activating an object-specific action comprises obtaining, based on image analysis of acquired images, a plurality of values of a movement characteristic, each value representing a moving object detected in the acquired images; receiving an input signal from a user input device, wherein the input signal represents a value of the movement characteristic for the user input device; comparing the value of the movement characteristic for the user input device with each value of the movement characteristics for the moving objects, and determining the moving object corresponding to the closest value of movement characteristic as a selected moving object; and activating the object-specific action for the selected moving object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141389 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING VOICE COMMAND, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a driving unit configured to drive a driving member configured to change an imaging direction of the image capturing unit, and a detection unit configured to detect a first voice command for performing specific processing and a second voice command for starting the detection of the first voice command. The driving unit limits the driving of the driving member in response to the detection of the second voice command by the detection unit. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141390 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A photographing method, device, and system, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: displaying a time-lapse shot and tracking icon; obtaining a user's operation on the time-lapse shot and tracking icon, to generate a time-lapse shot instruction and a tracking instruction; determining a to-be-tracked target based on the user's operation on a picture displayed on a display interface; and controlling a mobile platform to adjust a gimbal attitude of the mobile platform based on the tracking instruction to track the to-be-tracked target, and performing time-lapse shot on the to-be-tracked target based on the time-lapse shot instruction, so as to implement time-lapse shot and tracking on the to-be-tracked target simultaneously. Therefore, time-lapse shot and target tracking can be implemented simultaneously, without requiring the user to manually adjust a shooting angle of a photographing apparatus. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141391 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data; a controller that records an image file based on the image data on the recording medium; and an operation interface that inputs a user operation for selecting a file system from first and second file systems different from each other, the file system managing the image file in the recording medium, wherein in accordance with the user operation input in the operation interface, the controller switches a folder for storing the image file between a first folder corresponding to the first file system and a second folder corresponding to the second file system in the recording medium. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141392 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - The object detection apparatus includes: a laser light irradiation unit; a light reception element configured to detect a laser light intensity of reflection light of laser light and an ambient light intensity of reflection light of ambient light; a correlation information generation unit configured to generate correlation information indicating a correlation relationship between the laser light intensity and the ambient light intensity; an image correction unit configured to correct the camera image captured by the camera based on the correlation information and generate a corrected camera image; and an object detection unit configured to detect an object target based on the corrected camera image. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141393 | Unscanned Optical Inspection System using a micro camera array - An arrangement of one or more micro cameras are used in conjunction with computer controlled illumination to create a high-throughput microscope able to operate without the need of expensive scanning stages. A single unit contains a plurality of sensors, lenses tiled in such a way to cover a significant fraction of the desired field of view in a digital single acquisition. Mechanical stages and patterned illumination can then be used in conjunction with the system to enhanced the imaged depth of field, or create an acquisition stack to enhance the information acquired. Multiple units can be combined to obtain images of a single sample from different angles. The absence of mechanical stages makes the imaging system ideal for use in scenarios that require the sample to be in a climate and/or environmentally controlled chamber. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141394 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MOVABLE APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE - A measurement apparatus mountable on a movable apparatus includes a first imaging device to capture an image in a first image capture direction, the first image capture direction having a first angle with respect to a direction of travel of the movable apparatus, and a second imaging device disposed next to the first imaging device to capture an image in a second image capture direction, the second image capture direction having a second angle with respect to the direction of travel of the movable apparatus. The first and second imaging devices are disposed to overlap at least partially a first imaging range of the first imaging device and a second imaging range of the second imaging device. At least one of the first image capture direction of the first imaging device and the second image capture direction of the second imaging device is set at a given angle with respect to a width dimension of the movable apparatus. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141395 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING SURFACE COVERINGS IN AN IMAGE OF A SCENE - Methods and apparatus for visualizing a surface covering on at least a portion of a surface in an image of a scene. The method comprises identifying, using at least one computer processor, a surface plane from the image of the scene, determining, for each pixel of a plurality of pixels corresponding to the surface plane, whether the pixel corresponds to at least a portion of the surface in the scene, and generating an updated image of the scene by overlaying on the surface plane, a visualization of a plurality of surface covering tiles on pixels along the surface plane determined to correspond to at least a portion of the surface in the scene. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141396 | VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOVING INTERRUPTION THEREOF - A video conferencing system and a method of removing an interruption thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A video conference is activated and a video stream is obtained through an image capturing device. A deep learning model is used to detect at least one first image object in a first video frame of the video stream. Whether the at least one first image object is an interruption object is determined. The at least one first image object is removed from the first video frame in response to the at least one first image object being determined to be the interruption object. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141397 | IMAGING UNIT AND RADIATION IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An imaging unit includes a housing having a wall portion in which a slit for passing radiation is formed, a scintillator having an input surface to which radiation passing through the slit is input, a first mirror that reflects scintillation light output from the input surface, and a line scan camera that detects scintillation light reflected by the first mirror. The scintillator is placed to make the input surface parallel to both the conveying direction and a line direction. The first mirror is positioned outside an irradiation region connecting the peripheral edge of the slit to the input surface of the scintillator. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141398 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION DETECTOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A radiation detector can perform wireless communication and includes a CPU that is provided in a housing accommodating a radiation detection unit. The CPU receives an instruction to change a connection destination of the wireless communication which is input by operating an operation button that is provided in the housing to input the instruction to change the connection destination and specifies a connection destination corresponding to the change instruction from a plurality of preset connection destinations in a case in which the change instruction is received. The CPU determines whether or not a connection to the plurality of connection destinations by the wireless communication is possible. The CPU performs control to display information indicating that the connection is not possible on a display unit provided in the housing in a case in which it is determined that the connection to the specified connection destination by the wireless communication is not possible. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141399 | COLOR AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR - A color and infrared image sensor includes a silicon substrate, MOS transistors formed in the substrate and on the substrate, first photodiodes at least partly formed in the substrate, a photosensitive layer covering the substrate, and color filters, the photosensitive layer being interposed between the substrate and the color filters. The image sensor further includes first and second electrodes on either side of the photosensitive layer and delimiting second photodiodes in the photosensitive layer, the first photodiodes being configured to absorb the electromagnetic waves of the visible spectrum and of a first portion of the infrared spectrum and the photosensitive layer being configured to absorb the electromagnetic waves of the visible spectrum and to give way to the electromagnetic waves of said first portion of the infrared spectrum. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141400 | COLOR AND INFRARED IMAGE SENSOR - A color and infrared image sensor includes a silicon substrate, MOS transistors formed in the substrate and on the substrate, first photodiodes at least partly formed in the substrate, separate photosensitive blocks covering the substrate, and color filters covering the substrate, the image sensor further including first and second electrodes on either side of each photosensitive block and delimiting a second photodiode in each photosensitive block. The first photodiodes are configured to absorb the electromagnetic waves of the visible spectrum and each photosensitive block is configured to absorb the electromagnetic waves of the visible spectrum of a first portion of the infrared spectrum. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141401 | INTEGRATED HIGH-SPEED IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An integrated high-speed image sensor includes a pixel array; a processor configured to determine a region of interest (ROI) and a region of non-interest (RONI) of the pixel array; an analog signal processing circuit configured to read out ROI image data at a first frame rate and read out RONI image data at a second frame rate; and a memory storing the ROI image data and the RONI image data. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141402 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FOR IMAGE CAPTURING ACCORDING TO CHANGE IN SUBJECT IMAGE - An imaging apparatus acquires pixel signals for each region of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing an imaging plane having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional pattern and detects a region among the plurality of regions in which a subject image has changed. The imaging apparatus determines an image capturing mode and controls to perform image capturing in the determined image capturing mode in response to the region in which the subject image has changed being detected and to output a captured image. The imaging apparatus determines the image capturing mode by selecting a first image capturing mode or a second image capturing mode based on the region in which the subject image has changed. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141403 | INTENSITY AND CONTRAST CHANGE DETECTION CAPABLE PIXELS WITH SHARED PHOTODETECTOR - Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods implemented by an electronic device with an imaging sensor including a plurality of pixels (e.g., a matrix of pixels) that each are capable of detecting illumination intensity or contrast change using at least one shared photosensor. In some implementations, the imaging sensor is capable of operating in a first illumination intensity detecting mode (e.g., in a frame-based camera mode) or in a second contrast change detecting mode (e.g., in an event camera mode). In some implementations, the first illumination intensity detecting mode and the second contrast change detecting mode are mutually exclusive. In some implementations, pixels at an imaging sensor include two transfer transistors (e.g., gates) where a first transfer transistor allows intensity detection, and a second transfer transistor allows contrast change detection. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141404 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMAGE BLACK LEVEL COMPENSATION AND METHOD - An image sensor array and circuit design employs a method of black level compensation to address vertical image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor having the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141405 | DIGITAL PIXEL SENSOR WITH ADAPTIVE NOISE REDUCTION - In some examples, a sensor apparatus comprises: a pixel cell configured to generate a voltage, the pixel cell including one or more photodiodes configured to generate a charge in response to light and a charge storage device to convert the charge to a voltage; an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of integrated memory circuits and configured to: generate, based on a first voltage obtained from the charge storage device of the pixel cell, a first voltage value during a first time period; and generate, based on a second voltage generated by fixed pattern noise from the pixel cell and the integrated circuit, a second voltage value occurring a second time period; and one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADC) configured the convert the first voltage value to a first digital pixel value and the second voltage value to a second digital pixel value; and a processor configured to generate a first altered digital pixel value based on the first digital pixel value and the second digital pixel value. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141406 | DARK CURRENT CALIBRATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED PIXEL CIRCUITRY - Image sensors capable of dark current calibration and associated circuits are disclosed herein. The method for calibrating dark current includes acquiring at least one dark current frame of a first plurality of pixels of a pixel array of the image sensor. The dark current frame contains readings of individual dark currents for the corresponding pixels obtained during an exposure period when a transistor is turned on disabling the photodiode. The method also includes acquiring at least one normal frame of a second plurality of pixels of the pixel array of the image sensor. The normal frame contains readings of individual signals for the corresponding pixels obtained during the exposure period when the transistor is turned OFF. The method includes subtracting the at least one dark current frame from the at least one normal frame. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141407 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMAGE BLACK LEVEL COMPENSATION AND METHOD - An image sensor has an image sensor array and circuit design employing a method of black level compensation to address image shading related to global exposure image capture and rolling row by row readout schemes. An image sensor including the invented black level compensation pixel array and method may be incorporated within a digital camera. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141408 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus by which a phase-difference detection pixel that avoids defects such as lowering of sensitivity to incident light and lowering of phase-difference detection accuracy can be realized. A solid-state image pickup device as a first aspect of the present disclosure is a solid-state image pickup device in which a normal pixel that generates a pixel signal of an image and a phase-difference detection pixel that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of a phase-difference signal for controlling an image-surface phase difference AF function are arranged in a mixed manner, in which, in the phase-difference detection pixel, a shared on-chip lens for condensing incident light to a photoelectric converter that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of the phase-difference signal is formed for every plurality of adjacent phase-difference detection pixels. The present disclosure is applicable to a backside illumination CMOS image sensor and an electronic apparatus equipped with the same. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141409 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus acquires pixel signals for each predetermined-size partial region of an imaging plane and for detecting a region among the regions of the imaging plane in which a subject image has changed, the number of acquired pixel signals being less than the number of pixels included in the partial region, and controls to perform image capturing in response to detection of the region in which the subject image has changed, and to output a captured image based the pixel signals. The imaging apparatus acquires pixel signals from each partial region of the imaging plane by, when pixel signals are to be acquired from a first partial region of the imaging plane, acquiring pixel signals from a second partial region that is adjacent to the first partial region and partially overlapped with the first partial region. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141410 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid state imaging device including: a pixel region that is formed on a light incidence side of a substrate and to which a plurality of pixels that include photoelectric conversion units is arranged; a peripheral circuit unit that is formed in a lower portion in the substrate depth direction of the pixel region and that includes an active element; and a light shielding member that is formed between the pixel region and the peripheral circuit unit and that shields the incidence of light, emitted from an active element, to the photoelectric conversion unit. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141411 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - To improve charge transfer efficiency in a solid-state imaging device that transfers a charge from a photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion layer. A solid-state imaging device is provided with a transfer transistor and a potential control unit. In this solid-state imaging device, the transfer transistor transfers a charge from a photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion layer in a predetermined transfer period according to a transfer signal transmitted through a predetermined transfer line. Furthermore, the potential control unit makes a potential in a transfer period of a predetermined signal line capacitively coupled with the floating diffusion layer higher than that outside the transfer period. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141412 | INTEGRATED IMAGE SENSOR WITH INTERNAL FEEDBACK AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An integrated image sensor includes a pixel array; an analog circuit configured to control the pixel array and read out image data based on an output signal of the pixel array; a processor configured to generate a control signal for controlling the analog circuit based on the image data and to feed back the control signal to the analog circuit; and a memory storing the image data. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141413 | IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a pixel array of pixels arranged in one or more rows and one or more columns, the pixel array configured to generate an image based on light being incident on one or more pixels of the pixel array. The image sensor includes pixel load circuitry connected to one column of pixels and including transistors serially connected to each other. The image sensor includes switches connected in parallel to separate, respective nodes between adjacent transistors. The image sensor includes image sensor processing circuitry configured to receive, from image processor circuitry, gain information indicating an intensity of light concurrently with an image being generated by the image sensor, and control at least one switch of the plurality of switches to be turned on/off to change an electrical path of a current that passes through the pixel load circuitry, based on the gain information. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141414 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT USING COMPARATOR AND COUNTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS USING COMPARATOR AND COUNTER, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM USING COMPARATOR AND COUNTER - An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes a comparator circuit configured to perform processing of comparison between an analog signal and a ramp signal, and a counter configured to perform count processing in parallel with the comparison processing by the comparator circuit. The analog-to-digital conversion circuit acquires digital data, which is a count value corresponding to the comparison processing, and subjects the analog signal to analog-to-digital conversion. A period from the start to the end of the analog-to-digital conversion of the one analog signal includes a first period and a second period following the first period. The first and the second periods are switched based on an output of the counter. The count processing is performed at a high speed during the first period and performed at a low speed during the second period. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141415 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING ELEMENT, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, and a processing portion that generates single image data by combining a plurality of pieces of image data output from the imaging element and outputs the generated single image data, in which the plurality of pieces of image data are image data generated by performing imaging accompanying A/D conversion of different reference levels, and the number of bits, in units of pixels, of the single image data output from the processing portion is greater than the number of bits of each of the plurality of pieces of image data in units of pixels. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141416 | Video Recorder Power Source - A video recorder battery pack for a firearm includes a housing, a power supply, and a port in the housing. The power supply is disposed within the housing. The port is configured to connect with a video source and is configured to simultaneously receive a video output from the video source and provide power to the video source. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141417 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATION OF RECORDING DEVICES SUCH AS DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS (DVRs) - According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to transfer a stored representation of a television program from a first recording device to a second recording device; and transferring the stored representation from the first recording device to the second recording device, where the representation is stored on the second recording device and made available for later output. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141418 | SCREEN RECORDING CAMERA MODE - A messaging system, which hosts a backend service for an associated messaging client, includes a screen recording system configured to address the technical problem of enhancing usability of a screen recording process while preserving users' privacy in the messaging system. The screen recording system generates a camera view user interface including a screen recorder user selectable element, which is actionable to request recording of an output of a display system shown on a screen of a client device. When a user taps on or otherwise activates the screen recorder user selectable element, the screen recording system removes the foreground focus from the messaging client and causes to commence the recording of the output of the display system shown on the screen of the client device. The screen recording is automatically paused once the screen recording system detects a request to bring the messaging client to the foreground. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141419 | UNIVERSAL TELEMATICS AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE BASED CAMERA SYSTEMS - A system for remotely controlling the operation of a vehicle having a camera device via Wi-Fi or cellular networking. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141420 | IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAM - An imaging element includes a storage portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and stores image data obtained by imaging, a control portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and controls storage of the image data in the storage portion and stores attribute information of the image data in the storage portion, an output portion that is incorporated in the imaging element and outputs the image data stored in the storage portion, and a reception portion that receives an instruction related to the attribute information, in which the output portion outputs the attribute information corresponding to the instruction received by the reception portion. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141421 | INMATE DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE FOR INMATE INITIATED VIDEO VISITATION SYSTEM - A secured party audio and audio/video communication system and method providing administration, management and control that includes a portable secured communication device in possession solely of a secured party positioned in a secured environment, the portable secured communication device being exclusive to the secured party and communicatively connectable only to a secured connection management system, in a secured connection management system hosting a secured communication device interface, hosting a remote communication device interface, storing in the database information related to the secured party, the portable secured communication system, and the external party, at least one of which includes a predetermined connection parameter, creating the selective communication between the portable secured communication device and only the remote communication device response to the stored database information and controlling a duration of the communication as a function of the predetermined connection parameter as stored in the database. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141422 | EYE GAZE ADJUSTMENT - A computing system, a method, and a computer-readable storage medium for adjusting eye gaze are described. The method includes capturing a video stream including images of a user, detecting the user's face region within the images, and detecting the user's facial feature regions within the images based on the detected face region. The method includes determining whether the user is completely disengaged from the computing system and, if the user is not completely disengaged, detecting the user's eye region within the images based on the detected facial feature regions. The method also includes computing the user's desired eye gaze direction based on the detected eye region, generating gaze-adjusted images based on the desired eye gaze direction, wherein the gaze-adjusted images include a saccadic eye movement, a micro-saccadic eye movement, and/or a vergence eye movement, and replacing the images within the video stream with the gaze-adjusted images. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141423 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHABLE TAILGATE IMAGING AND SENSING - Switchable tailgate imaging and sensing systems and methods are disclosed herein. A vehicle may include a tailgate comprising a closed position and an open position, a first camera and a second camera configured to obtain images in a field of view, and a first proximity sensor and a second proximity configured to determine a proximity of the vehicle to objects in a sensing area. When the tailgate is in the closed position, the first camera and the first proximity sensor are used. When the tailgate is in the open position, the second camera and the second proximity sensor are used. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DETECTION OF PESTS - A stereoscopic imaging apparatus to capture pest images. The apparatus comprises stereoscopic sensors to capture pest images and an image processing code operative to process the pest image. An image processor and hardware control unit stores and runs a program instruction code and the image processing code. The program instruction code runs interface drivers to communicate with the stereoscopic sensors, hardware interface circuits, and has an alarm notification operation to generate a pest removal action from a property. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141425 | Target Tracking in a Multi-Camera Surveillance System - Tracking of targets in video captured by a multi-camera surveillance system is often difficult due to incomplete camera coverage and due to the complexities associated with automated recognition in a dense and highly variable environment. The present disclosure embraces a system and method for target tracking in a multi-camera surveillance system that reduces the time required for a user to track a target by offering computer generated search results that include suggestions of candidates found in the video that match (to some degree) the target. When one of the candidates is selected by a user, the search is shifted to other cameras and continued. In this way, the target may be tracked quickly. Further, a playlist of video snippets of the target is accumulated during the search and can be played to show all captured video of the target moving about the facility. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141426 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RECEIVED FROM IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Video streaming from the first external electronic device, such as the vehicle image acquisition device according to various embodiments, may be processed based on a designated state (e.g., a traffic accident) identified by the first external electronic device. For example, when receiving a notification related to a designated state from the first external electronic device, the electronic device may acquire information related to the designated state and then broadcast the obtained information to one or more terminals (e.g., terminal | 2022-05-05 |
20220141427 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR - Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of first pixels configured to sense first wavelength light in an infrared ray band and a plurality of second pixels configured to sense second wavelength light in a visible light band, and a color separating lens array disposed on the sensor substrate and configured to change a phase of the first wavelength light incident on the color separating lens array such that the first wavelength light is condensed to the plurality of first pixels, wherein the color separating lens array includes a plurality of light condensing regions configured to condense the first wavelength light respectively on the plurality of first pixels, and wherein an area of each of the plurality of light condensing regions is larger than an area of each of the plurality of first pixels. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141428 | SCROLLING SPECTRAL FILTER - A device including an array of pixels and a filter wheel may capture a plurality of images by exposing the array of pixels. The device may spin, while capturing the plurality of images, the filter wheel, and the filter wheel may include filter segments. In some implementations, a portion of the filter wheel in front of the array of pixels includes two or more filter segments. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141429 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND FILTER ARRAY - The disclosure relates to a filter array and to a method for processing image data in a camera. The camera is configured to receive light and generate image data using an image sensor having an associated filter array. The image sensor includes an array of pixels, each of which corresponds to a filter element in the filter array, so that each pixel has a spectral response at least partly defined by a corresponding filter element. The filter array includes a pattern of wideband filter elements and at least two types of narrowband filter elements. The method includes the step of generating a luminance image comprising a wideband filter element value that is calculated for each pixel of the image sensor. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141430 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HOMOGENIZING IMAGES OF MULTIPLE PROJECTORS - A method and device for homogenizing images of projectors is provided, and includes: projecting a first test pattern on respective projection images of projectors, projection images between a first and a second projectors among the projectors having an overlapping area, and the first test pattern having grid lines; selecting, in the grid lines of the first test pattern on the projection image of the first projector, an inner and an outer boundaries of the overlapping area of the first projector; selecting, in the grid lines of the first test pattern on the projection image of the second projector, an inner and an outer boundaries of the overlapping area of the second projector; gradually reducing a brightness from the inner to the outer boundaries of the overlapping area of the first projector; gradually reducing a brightness from the inner to the outer boundaries of the overlapping area of the second projector. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141431 | CONTROL DEVICE, MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROL DEVICE - A control device configured to communicate with a first projector which projects a first image in a first projection area, and a second projector which projects a second image in a second projection area having a first overlap area overlapping the first projection area to make the first projector and the second projector perform an edge blending process includes a reception section for receiving input of designation information including a direction in which an overlap width, a generation section for generating first overlap information including information representing first side in the first overlap area and information representing the overlap width of the first overlap area, and second overlap information including information representing second side in the first overlap area and the information, and a transmission section for transmitting the first overlap information to the first projector, and the second overlap information to the second projector. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141432 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - This projection display device includes: a light source unit emitting a white light along a first optical axis; a lighting unit provided on a second optical axis, the lighting unit splitting the white light into predetermined color lights and uniformizing an illuminance distribution of the predetermined color lights; an image generator including a display element modulating the predetermined color lights, and a projection lens projecting an image light including the predetermined color lights modulated along a third optical axis; at least one optical path switching unit selectively switching between reflection and transmission of the white light; a light diffuser including a diffusion optical system spreading the white light to a desired illumination area and projecting the spread white light as an illumination light; and a controller causing the at least one optical path switching unit to switch between emission of the image light and emission of the illumination light. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141433 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DEVICE - The disclosure provides an illumination system and a projection device applying the illumination system. The illumination system includes a laser light source, a wavelength conversion module, and a spot region modulation module configured to shift a transmission path of a laser beam. When the wavelength conversion module rotates, the spot region modulation module moves, in a first period of time, the laser beam in a wavelength conversion region of the wavelength conversion module along a first shift path, so that the laser beam forms a first spot region in an irradiation region in the wavelength conversion region. The spot region modulation module causes, in a second period of time, the laser beam to form a second spot region in an irradiation region in a non-conversion region of the wavelength conversion module. A size of the first spot region is greater than a size of the second spot region. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141434 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND KEYSTONE CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A projection device and a keystone correction method thereof are provided. The keystone correction method is adapted for the projection device and includes the following steps. A first image is obtained. A first line-taking position parameter is determined according to a ratio of a first target edge length to a second target edge length. At least one line of input pixels disposed in a first direction is retrieved from the first image according to the first line-taking position parameter. A first scaling process related to the first direction is performed according to at least one line of input pixels of the first image, such that a line of output pixels of a second image disposed in the first direction is generated. The projection device projects the second image onto a projection screen to display a rectangular projected image. | 2022-05-05 |
20220141435 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTION PICTURE CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A projection device and a projection picture correction method thereof are provided. When the projection device performs projection toward a projection surface, a plurality of target coordinates of a plurality of target vertexes are obtained based on a plurality of planes of the projection surface. The plurality of planes are not coplanar with each other, and the plurality of target vertexes form a target polygon. A first direction scaling process is performed respectively on a plurality of first image portions of an original trapezoidal image and a trapezoidal image block is generated. A second direction scaling process is performed respectively on a plurality of second image portions of the trapezoidal image block and a target image block aligned with the target polygon is generated. An output image including the target image block is projected onto the projection surface. | 2022-05-05 |