26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150181099 | TOF ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND TOF CAMERA AND METHOD FOR OPERATING, WITH CONTROL MEANS FOR DRIVING ELECTRONIC DEVICES LOCATED IN THE SCENE - A system, and a method is described for use with electronic devices such as a TV display, a laptop, a PC, a media centre platform, a Set Top Box or a DVD player, a light bulb, said system and method combining advantageously several separate control means into one single device. The combined control means shares at least one common property such as, as for example, the use of an IR signal to convey information signal. In particular, the invention is related to the combination of a TOF illumination system of a TOF camera and the method for operating it, with the control means for driving electronic devices located in the scene such as, as for example, an IR emitter for driving 3D IR synchronized viewing glasses. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY CONTROLLED SCENE ILLUMINATION - A scene illumination system is provided that produces spatially uniform or controlled brightness levels for machine vision applications. The system includes a camera, multiple light sources that preferentially illuminate different regions within the camera's field-of-view, and a processing unit coupled to the camera and light sources. Focal regions of the light sources within the camera's field-of-view are sampled to determine average regional brightness and compared to target brightness levels. The processing unit controls the light sources to increase or decrease illumination levels to converge toward the target brightness levels within the field-of-view. This modulation of the light sources may be repeated with successive video images until target brightness levels are achieved. Once achieved, the iterative feedback control may be locked-in for some applications, while for others, the iterative process may continue periodically or continuously to account for different scenes or changes in lighting conditions. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181101 | Image Capture Using Display Device As Light Source - A digital image capture system and method uses a display device to illuminate a target with light for improved image capture under poor lighting conditions. Various characteristics of the flash (e.g., brightness, color, duration, etc.) can be adjusted to improve image capture. Users are provided with feedback (e.g., live video feed, audio and/or visual countdowns, etc.) to assist them in preparing for image capture. The captured images are seamlessly integrated with existing applications (e.g., video conferencing, instant text messaging, etc.). | 2015-06-25 |
20150181102 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided a control device including a setting unit configured to set a first control value used for performing exposure control of a first pixel group and a second control value used for performing exposure control of a second pixel group, the first pixel group and the second pixel group being disposed in a single imaging surface. The setting unit sets the first control value and the second control value to different values before a predetermined photometric process is executed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181103 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HDR IMAGE FROM IMAGES CAPTURED AT DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor including a microlens array between an imaging optical system and a plurality of pixels and configured to receive a light flux from each of microlenses in the microlens array at the plurality of pixels to output an image signal, and a generation unit configured to select, among a plurality of pixel signals obtained at different viewpoints corresponding to a subject in the image signal from the image sensor, the pixel signal based on the brightness of the pixel signal serving as a reference and positions of the pixels at which the plurality of pixel signals are output relative to each of the microlenses, to generate an output image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181104 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus for generating a high dynamic range image using a plurality of images obtained by capturing images of a same object with different exposure values, has: an input unit for inputting a correctly exposed image generated with correct exposure and an incorrectly exposed image generated with exposure other than the correct exposure; a filter unit for performing low pass filter processing on the incorrectly exposed image; and a composition unit for generating a high dynamic range image by composing an output image of the filter unit with the correctly exposed image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181105 | FUNCTION EXPANDING SYSTEM - A function expanding system is provided and includes an image capturing device and a function expanding stand. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a device processing module, and a first connecting interface. The device processing module is electrically connected to the image capturing module, and the first connecting interface is electrically connected to the device processing module. The function expanding stand includes a second connecting interface, a stand processing module and a function expanding module. The second connecting interface is removably connected to the first connecting interface. The device processing module sends a control signal to the stand processing module to execute a function. According to the function expanding system, the image capturing device may be paired with different function expanding stands for expanding functions. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181106 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an imaging apparatus including a first focus detection unit that has a plurality of first focus detection areas in a photographed screen, and detects a first defocusing amount in the first focus detection areas, a second focus detection unit that has a plurality of second focus detection areas in a photographed screen, and detects a second defocusing amount in the second focus detection areas, a defocusing amount selection unit that selects which of the first defocusing amount detected by the first focus detection unit and the second defocusing amount detected by the second focus detection unit is used, and a focus control unit that performs focus control by moving a focus lens on the basis of the defocusing amount selected by the defocusing amount selection unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181107 | AUTOFOCUS ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are an autofocus (AF) adjusting method and apparatus. The AF adjusting method for an AF adjusting apparatus includes: generating a first image signal by photographing an area (or object) during a first exposure time; generating a second image signal by photographing the area during a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time; generating a composite image signal by combining the first and second image signals; and calculating a focus detection evaluation value from the composite image signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181108 | IMAGING DEVICE AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device, includes: a sensor including first phase difference detecting pixels arranged in a row direction and second phase difference detecting pixels arranged in the row direction; a defocus amount calculating unit which calculates a correlated amount of a first output signal group and a second output signal group while shifting the first output signal group and the second output signal group in the row direction by an arbitrary amount to calculate a defocus amount from a first shift amount of the first output signal group and the second output signal group when the correlated amount is at a maximum. The defocus amount calculating unit changes an upper limit of a shift amount of the first output signal group and the second output signal group in accordance with at least one of an F value, a focal distance, and a position of a focus lens. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181109 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGER WITH SOLID-STATE AUTO-FOCUS - An imaging system having a solid-state auto focusing system advantageously images broadband light reflected from an object to be imaged using a lens objective having chromatic aberration, which focuses different colors of light at different focal planes. Using the color information in the focal planes in conjunction with an object distance determined by a range finder, a luminance plane is constructed that has a focused image of the object. The system provides the focused image of the object without the use of any moving parts. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181110 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device includes: a camera; a display; a touch panel that overlaps the display, and a vertical sensor that detects a vertical direction. When a flick operation from down to up along the vertical direction is performed, a brightness of the display is changed from a first brightness to a second brightness that is brighter than the first brightness. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181111 | GESTURE INVOKED IMAGE CAPTURE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for gesture invoked image capture. An electronic device includes an image capture device. An initiation module enables the image capture device to capture images. A detection module recognizes an object held in a user's hands within a field of view of the image capture device. An imaging module captures an image of the object being held in the user's hands in response to recognizing that the user is holding an object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181112 | PREPROCESSING APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING USER - A preprocessing apparatus of recognizing a user. The preprocessing apparatus may include an image acquisition controller to compare a received filmed image and a pre-registered background image, and update the pre-registered background image based on whether light is changed; a Modified Census Transform (MCT) transformer to transform the pre-registered background image or the updated background image through an MCT method to generate an MCT background image, and transform the received filmed image through the MCT method to generate an MCT filmed image; and a difference image processor to differentiate the MCT filmed image and the MCT background image to generate a difference image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181113 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus acquires, from an external apparatus, other image data obtained by other imaging apparatuses, and other image data information containing information about the other image data, and superimpose the other image data information on an imaging confirmation screen and display the other image data information on a display unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WIDE VIEWING ANGLE IMAGE - An apparatus for processing a wide viewing angle image may include: a correction parameter generating unit for analyzing an image input from a camera to generate a correction parameter, a projection geometry generating unit for generating a projection geometry to output a wide viewing angle image by using the correction parameter, and a wide viewing angle image packaging unit for encoding the input image, the correction parameter and the projection geometry to generate a wide viewing angle image package. A method for processing a wide viewing angle image may be performed using the apparatus. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181115 | IN CAMERA IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTING AND STITCHING FRAMES FOR PANORAMIC IMAGERY - A system, method, and computer program product for selecting qualifying frames from an image sequence for use in subsequent stitching into a composite panoramic image are disclosed. Incoming frames from any source may be cropped and downscaled prior to evaluation against qualifying criteria relating to image overlap and local motion. Qualifying images are saved and/or output. The resulting panoramic image generally uses fewer qualifying images and appears smoother and has fewer artifacts than those of the prior art. The qualifying criterion for image overlap is a predetermined overlap margin or percentage between a current image and a previous image from the sequence. The qualifying criterion for image motion includes a maximum amount of local motion, often due to passing objects. The embodiments may process incoming images in real time or from stored sequences. Problems may trigger user warnings. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181116 | MOTORIZED CAMERA WITH AUTOMATED IMAGE CAPTURE - A motorized camera captures images of an object detected within one or more of its detection areas. The motorized camera moves or repositions its movable imaging device to target various locations, and captures one or more images including the object and before, during, or as the imaging device is moved. One or more sensors monitor the detection areas for the object and identify the detection area at which the object is present. Various operations of the motorized camera can be conditioned on specific circumstances or environmental conditions relevant to image capture or the operation of the motorized camera. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181117 | THERMAL AND POWER MANAGEMENT - In an example, a method includes determining, by an electronic device, a user experience metric associated with content captured by at least one camera of the electronic device. The method also includes adjusting at least one operating parameter of the device to produce an operating characteristic target, wherein the adjustment is based on an estimated change to the determined user experience metric due to the adjustment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - This invention makes it possible to increase the image processing speed and reduce the power consumption at the same time by controlling power supply to each processing circuit with a simple control arrangement. To achieve this, when displaying or recording a captured image, a plurality of processing circuits are allowed to equally access a DRAM. When a captured image is displayed to be confirmed in a non-recording mode, power is supplied to an image developing unit with high power consumption in one of two sections obtained by dividing a display frame interval so as to concentrate memory access in the section, and power supply to the image developing unit is stopped upon the end of processing. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181119 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An imaging element which continuously outputs image data obtained by photoelectrically converting object light, a buffer memory which temporarily stores image data being output from the imaging element, a plurality of image processing units which are capable of performing image processing on image data output from the imaging element, and a control unit which causes an image processing unit of the plurality of image processing units to operate based on a number of pieces of the image data stored in the buffer memory when the image data is output continuously from the imaging element, in which the image processing unit performs image processing on each piece of image data output continuously. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181120 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an axially rotatable imaging unit; a detector that detects a photographing direction of the imaging unit; a processor that performs image processing on image data generated by the imaging unit; and a controller that changes a setting method of an image processing parameter depending on the photographing direction detected by the detector, the image processing parameter being given to the image data by the processor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181121 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING GPS FUNCTION AND INTERVAL PHOTOGRAPHING FUNCTION, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus reduced in wasteful electric power consumption due to execution of a GPS function and capable of adding the newest position information measured by the GPS function to an image photographed by interval photographing. An image pickup section has a plurality of image pickup modes including an interval mode for performing image pickup at photographing intervals of interval photographing. A GPS module acquires position information indicative of a position of the image pickup apparatus at GPS positioning intervals. The GPS positioning interval is set according to a user's operation. In a case where the image pickup section is set to the interval mode, GPS positioning interval is changed from the interval set according to a user's operation to an interval synchronized with the photographing interval of interval photographing. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTUATOR IN OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER USING THE SAME - Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for controlling an actuator in an optical image stabilizer. The apparatus includes a hand-shake frequency determination unit configured to determine a hand-shake frequency based on distance data output from a distance calculator which is configured to calculate a distance based on an output from a motion sensor. The apparatus further includes a proportional-integral-derivative coefficient selection and switching controller configured to apply proportional-integral-derivative coefficients suitable for the determined hand-shake frequency to a PID controller. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181123 | IMAGE ORIENTATION ADJUSTMENT BASED ON CAMERA ORIENTATION - Systems and methods are disclosed to rotate an image recorded by an image sensor to compensate for angular rotation or tilt of the image sensor. For example, a camera can include an image sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, an accelerometer, a memory, and a processing unit. The processing unit can be configured to read a first plurality of pixels corresponding to an imaging area of the image sensor. The processing unit can also be configured to receive an acceleration value from the accelerometer, and determine an tilt angle value from the acceleration value that represents at least in part the tilt of the image sensor relative to the Earth's gravitational field or the horizon. The processing unit may also be configured to rotate at least a subset of the first plurality of image pixels of the image sensor based on the tilt angle value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181124 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMAGE REFOCUSING FOR LIGHT-FIELD IMAGES - In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating receipt of a plurality of light-field images of a scene captured in a burst capture by a light-field camera. The method includes determining shifts between images of the plurality of light-field images, where the shifts between the images of the plurality of light-field images are associated with shake of the light-field camera while capturing the plurality of light-field images. The method includes generating a plurality of depth maps for the plurality of light-field images, and generating a set of view images of the scene based on the plurality of light-field images and the plurality of depth maps. The method includes generating a refocus image by combining the set of view images based at least on the shifts between the images of the plurality of light-field images. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181125 | SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THEREOF, AND OPTICAL DEVICE MOUNTABLE ON IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The shake correction unit includes a shake detection unit that detects shake and a first optical correction unit and a second optical correction unit that optically perform shake correction using a shake signal output from the shake detection unit. This allows a sufficient shake-proof range to be secured and allows a stable shake-proof process to be performed under exposure even when a panning operation or large camera shake occurs under recording of a thru-image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - This information processing device ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181127 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device, includes: a first display image generation section that generates a first display image; a second display image generation section that generates a second display image for use in focus-checking; an acquisition section that acquires color data of the first display image; a determination section that, based on the color data, determines as a display color for the second display image a color with different color characteristics from color characteristics of the first display image; and a display controller that displays on a display section the first display image generated by the first display image generation section, and displays on the display section the second display image generated by the second display image generation section within a display region of the first display image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181128 | CCTV LENS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING CCTV LENS - A substrate of a control unit is composed of a flexible circuit, a microcomputer is provided on the flexible circuit, and a control unit is provided so as to extend along an outer edge of a lens body. Pulse motors are used for zoom adjustment and focus adjustment, and a drive voltage is applied directly from the flexible circuit to an input terminal of each of the pulse motors. The microcomputer of the control unit is connected to an external control device via a serial communication line, and configured to control the respective pulse motors of the CCTV lens on the basis of a command from the external control device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181129 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a zoom lens unit that forms image light on an imaging unit; a zoom ring that is provided around the zoom lens to be manually rotated; a rotation detection unit including: a slit member that includes a plurality of blades that are spaced apart from one another in a rotation direction and is rotated by being connected to the zoom ring, and a sensor that detects rotation of the slit member and outputs a detection signal; and a lens control unit that adjusts a zoom ratio by driving the zoom lens unit based on the detection signal of the sensor, wherein a rotation ratio of the slit member to the zoom ring is greater than 1. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181130 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image data obtaining unit configured to obtain first image data which is generated by imaging an object using an imaging unit, an information obtaining unit configured to obtain photographing information of the first image data, and a file generating unit configured to generate a first image file based on the obtained first image data and the obtained photographing information. The file generating unit changes a size of an area of the first image data to be stored in the first image file according to the photographing information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - An apparatus for image reconstruction comprises an optical system and a control means for controlling the optical system, which control means is configured to control the optical system, for the capture of a plurality of single images, in such a manner that at least one parameter of the optical system is different upon capture of at least two single images. The apparatus comprises a processing device for digitally reconstructing an image in dependence on the plurality of single images and in dependence on information about optical transfer functions of the optical system upon capture of the plurality of single images. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181132 | CUSTOMIZED VIDEO MOSAIC - Various arrangements for outputting a customized video mosaic are presented. Based on received user input, it may be determined that a customized video mosaic is to be output for presentation. A plurality of television channels to be presented as part of the customized video mosaic may be determined. One or more tuners may be tuned based on the determined plurality of television channels to be presented. The plurality of television channels may be output for presentation to a presentation device. Each of these television channels may be presented by the presentation device as live video simultaneously as part of the customized video mosaic. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181133 | Video Display Device and Video Display Method - A video display device includes: a video display unit that displays video in accordance with a video signal; a switching detection signal input and output terminal that receives and outputs from and to another video display device a switching detection signal taking a first or second state; a display control unit that stops video display by the video display unit when a predetermined operation is instructed; a switching process signal output unit that outputs a predetermined switching process signal to change the switching detection signal to the first state when the predetermined operation is instructed, the switching process signal output unit stopping the output of the switching process signal when the predetermined operation is complete; and a switching detection signal input unit that releases the stoppage of the video display by the video display unit when the switching detection signal is in the second state. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181134 | IMAGING APPARATUS METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, a mode setting unit that sets a still image capturing mode, and a control unit that performs control to display on a display unit an image obtained by superimposing an image captured by the second imaging unit on an image captured by the first imaging unit, wherein the control unit performs control in such a manner that when a first still image capturing mode has been set by the mode setting unit, the image captured by the second imaging unit is displayed at a position further away from an end portion of the image captured by the first imaging unit than a position of when a second still image capturing mode has been set by the mode setting unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181135 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprises a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit that is different from the first image capturing unit, and a control unit configured to perform control such that a second live image captured by the second image capturing unit is superimposed and displayed on a first live image captured by the first image capturing unit, wherein if first information is to be displayed on a display unit along with the first live image and the second live image, the control unit controls to switch a display state in which the first information is superimposed on the second live image or a display state in which the first information is displayed behind the second live image, according to a state of a predetermined function for shooting. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181136 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CONCEALED OBJECTS USING HANDHELD THERMAL IMAGER - A method and system for detecting concealed objects using a handheld thermal imager is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes capturing thermal sensor data from the handheld thermal imager, transmitting the thermal sensor data to a processor, and formatting the sensor data using the processor. The method also includes identifying a pre-determined relative difference between a temperature of a subject and a background scene and isolating the subject of interest from the background scene in the thermal sensor data using the processor. In addition, the method includes detecting a deviation in the temperature within a discrete area to suggest a size and location of the concealed object on the subject and filtering the thermal sensor data to generate a visual image displaying the concealed object on the subject of interest. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181137 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM - A detection camera includes an imaging optical unit and a light receiving unit that acquire image data, a first detection processing unit that detects a specified substance, a second detection processing unit that acquires distance information from the imaging optical unit to the specified substance, and a display control unit that outputs display data in which information regarding the specified substance is combined with the image data in a case where the distance information is in a detection target distance range. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181138 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging element that includes a plurality of semiconductor layers stacked, a plurality of stack-connecting parts for electrically connecting the plurality of semiconductor layers, a pixel array part in which pixel cells that include a photoelectric conversion part and a signal output part are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, and an output signal line through which signals from the signal output part of the pixel cells are propagated, in which the plurality of semiconductor layers includes at least a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, and, in the first semiconductor layer, the plurality of pixel cells are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, the signal output part of a pixel group formed with the plurality of pixel cells shares an output signal line wired from the stack-connecting parts, and the output signal line has a separation part which can separate each output signal line. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181139 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING A SET OF IMAGES ILLUMINATED BY A FLASH - An electronic imaging device having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in an array to form a frame region, the frame region being composed of a plurality of frame sub-regions each frame sub-region corresponding to a sub-set of photosensitive cells, the device comprising an array controller configured to expose each of said frame sub-regions during an exposure duration wherein the exposure of at least some of said frame sub-regions occurs at different times during a total time of exposure of the frame region, a flash unit for illuminating a scene to be imaged during a flash time duration an activator for activating the flash unit to illuminate the scene to be imaged at a flash time delay determined in dependence upon said exposure duration of a frame sub region and the flash time duration; an image data acquisition unit for acquiring a set of frames of the scene wherein the time of occurrence of a flash event within a frame shifts temporally from frame to frame; and an image reconstruction unit for constructing a sequence of images from the frame sub-regions of the acquired frames. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181140 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DRIVING METHOD OF IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is an imaging device, an imaging system, and a driving method of the imaging device. A signal of difference between a photogenerated signal of a first pixel which is an effective pixel, and a reference signal of a second pixel which is an effective pixel, is obtained. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181141 | SIGNAL MODULATING INTERFACE FOR A SOLID STATE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A signal modulating interface for a solid state electronic device includes an input arranged to receive a control signal from a driver arranged to control the solid state electronic device, and a signalling module connected to the input wherein the signalling module is arranged to generate a modulated control signal by eliminating unwanted triggering signal portions capable of false triggering the solid state electronic device from the control signal for transmission to the solid state electronic device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181142 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH MULTI-SHARED PIXEL ARCHITECTURE AND DUAL READOUT PATH - An image sensor includes an M-shared pixel architecture, an N-shared pixel architecture and a switch unit, wherein M is an integer not smaller than two and N is an integer not smaller than two. The switch unit is coupled between a floating diffusion node of the M-shared pixel architecture and a floating diffusion node of the N-shared pixel architecture. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181143 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensing device includes a first read unit suitable for generating a first read signal by reading a first pixel signal, a first input line suitable for transmitting the first pixel signal, a first feedback line suitable for feeding back the first read signal, a second read unit disposed adjacent to the first read unit in a same row and suitable for generating a second read signal by reading a second pixel signal, a second input line suitable for transmitting the second pixel signal, and a second feedback line suitable for feeding back the second read signal wherein the first input line and the first feedback line are disposed symmetrically to the second input line and the second feedback line. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181144 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181145 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CONFIGURED TO OPERATE AT HIGH SPEED AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to compare a reference voltage with an analog voltage output by the pixel array and latch and decode a comparison result. The ADC is controlled in response to clock information and a counter clock, which are obtained by expanding and encoding a master clock. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181146 | AD CONVERTER, AD CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND AD CONVERSION METHOD - In a case where a magnitude of an analog signal falls below a first threshold value, a comparator compares the analog signal with a first reference signal so as to obtain a p-bit digital signal. In a case where the magnitude of the analog signal exceeds the first threshold value, the comparator compares the analog signal with a second reference signal, which has a higher rate of change relative to time than the first reference signal, so as to obtain a q-bit digital signal, where q is less than p. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181147 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image sensor and an image processing system. The image sensor comprises: a CMOS photosensitive array used for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal; a control signal conversion circuit used for converting into a second control signal a first control signal for driving a CCD photosensitive array to operate, the first control signal at least comprising a vertical transfer signal, a horizontal transfer signal, an electronic shutter signal and a read-out clock signal, and the second control signal at least comprising a column address signal, a row reset control signal and a row read-out control signal; a row selection circuit used for generating a row reset signal according to the row reset control signal and generating a row read-out signal according to the row read-out control signal; and a column selection circuit used for conducting column gating on the CMOS photosensitive array under the control of the column address signal and outputting a column read-out signal. The technical solution of the present invention achieves the compatibility substitution of a CCD image sensor and a CMOS image sensor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181148 | CAMERAS AND METHODS WITH DATA PROCESSING, MEMORIES, AND AN IMAGE SENSOR WITH MULTIPLE DATA PORTS - A camera includes a first processing device, a second processing device, and an image sensor that has a first plurality of ports connected to the first processing device and a second plurality of ports connected to the second processing device. A method includes providing first data from the first plurality of ports of the image sensor to the first processing device, and providing second data from the second plurality of ports of the image sensor to the second processing device. Another camera includes a first memory, a second memory, and an image sensor having a first plurality of ports connected to the first memory and a second plurality of ports connected to the second memory. A method includes providing first data from the first plurality of ports to the first memory and providing second data from the second plurality of ports to the second memory. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181149 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a readout circuit configured to read out pixel signals from the pixels for each pixel row, an analog to digital (AD) converter configured to adjust an AD conversion gain depending on an output level of the readout circuit and to provide a signal from the readout circuit with an AD conversion to output image data, and a controller configured to control the AD conversion gain of the AD converter depending on a predetermined condition. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEPTION OF DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNAL - The present invention provides a digital television signal reception system, comprising a chip having a low-noise amplifier and a master receiver, at least one slave receiver, and at least one local-oscillator leakage processing unit. The chip receives at least one digital input signal of television channel. The low-noise amplifier amplifies and sends the input signal of television channel to the master/slave receiver. The input signal of television channel is frequency-mixed by the master/slave receiver so as to output an output signal of second television channel and an output signal of second television channel. The local-oscillator leakage processing unit detects and removes local-oscillator leakage of the master receiver included in the output signal of second television channel, so as to avoid interference of the local leakage of master receiver on sensitivity of receiving the output signal of second television channel of slave receiver by the slave television. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE USERS CHANGING CHANNELS ON MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - Systems and methods are provided enable multiple users who are in an area containing multiple display devices presenting audiovisual content to easily change the channel on a selected display device by using a conditional access device to arbitrate the channel-changing requests in an organized and fair way. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181152 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE AND BIDIRECTIONAL MESSAGE OVERLAY ON A COMMUNICATIONS SIGNAL - Systems and methods are disclosed for overlaying interactive and bidirectional messages on a communications device via a communications signal. The system and related methods allow for such communications between remote locations where one of the locations has a communications device, such as a television. Data from a sensor, such as a medical device, or input from a user, such as a patient, may be communicated between the locations. The overlaid messages may be displayed on the communications device display, such as a television or computer. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181153 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system includes a light source, an imaging unit, a control unit, and a projecting unit. The light source applies a light beam having a predetermined wavelength. The imaging unit captures a subject to which the light beam is applied. The control unit generates image data for projection based on the captured image. The projecting unit projects a projection image onto the subject. The imaging unit captures the projection image together with an image of a region responding to the light beam. The control unit corrects the image data for projection to additionally display the projection image on a region which responds to the light beam and does not overlap a region onto which the projection image is projected, and to erase the projection image in a region onto which the projection image is projected and does not overlap the region responding to the light beam. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181154 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLAYING VIDEO - The present invention discloses a method for playing a video, which includes the following steps: a selected video is played on a first display unit through a video player. A corresponding script related to the selected video is received through a handheld electrical device. A currently playing time of the selected video is received through the handheld electrical device from the video player. Metadata, which is related to the corresponding script and has a plurality of time stamps, is played through a second display unit of the handheld electrical device according to the currently playing time. During a process that the selected video is played on the first display unit, the handheld electrical device is utilized to re-receive the currently playing time of the selected video from the video player at a preset time interval. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181155 | MOBILE DEVICE VIDEO DECISION TREE - An example method for managing a plurality of media is provided. The method includes providing a composite media file with a plurality of scenes and a plurality of events; playing a scene of the media on a display with at least one event of the plurality of events positioned over the scene; determining if an event of the at least one event has been selected while the scene is playing; and responsive to the event being selected, taking an action. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181156 | AUGMENTING CAPABILITIES OF A HOST DEVICE - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for augmenting capabilities of a host device is presented. A first application on the host device is executed, where the first application is configured to execute on a second device and is configured to use a capability that is available on the second device, and where the capability is not included in the host device. A request is received from the first application to use the capability that is available the second device, where the first application does not have knowledge of the capabilities of the second device. A connection is established to the second device through at least one network. Communications are facilitated between the first application and the second device though the at least one network to provide the capability that is available on the second device to the first application. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181157 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMATTING AUDIO-VIDEO INFORMATION - Techniques and mechanisms for formatting digital audio-video (“AV”) information. In an embodiment, interface logic includes circuitry to receive digital AV information which, in one or more respects, is according to or otherwise compatible with a first interface specification. The interface logic changes a format of the digital AV information to allow for subsequent physical layer processing which is according to a second interface specification. In another embodiment, conversion logic receives analog signals according to the second interface specification and, based on such analog signals, performs digital information processing for subsequent generation of other analog signals to be transmitted according to the first interface specification. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181158 | Resolution Conversion Method and Device, UHDTV - The present invention provides a resolution conversion method and device, and UHDTV. The resolution conversion method includes the following steps: acquiring a diagonal interpolation parameter matrix in the vertical direction and a diagonal interpolation parameter matrix in the horizontal direction; performing a diagonal interpolation processing to the input signal that the resolution thereof is to be conversed to acquire a target resolution signal on basis of the diagonal interpolation parameter matrix in the vertical direction and the diagonal interpolation parameter matrix in the horizontal direction. By performing a diagonal interpolation processing to the input signal that the resolution thereof is to be conversed according to the diagonal interpolation parameter matrix in the horizontal and vertical directions, on one hand, image distortion is reduced, and on the other hand, image blur and image aliasing can be effectively avoid, and clarity of the image is thus improved. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181159 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To enable a high-quality image process while reducing power consumption, an image processing apparatus is characterized by acquiring a plurality of image frames constituting a moving image; detecting a feature quantity of the image frame; determining the number of image frames to be used for the image process of the image frame, based on the detected feature quantity; and performing the image process to a process-object frame, by using the image frames corresponding to the determined number of image frames. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181160 | CLOUD MONITORING SYSTEM - A cloud monitoring system includes at least one webcam device, at least one monitoring controlling module, at least one operation executing device, and an authorizing module. The webcam device is provided for monitoring a scene of environment and sending the scene via a network. The monitoring controlling module is provided in an end-user networking device. The operation executing device and the authorizing module are connected with the network. By the authorizing module, an observation privilege of the webcam device of the monitoring controlling module is authorized to another specific monitoring controlling module to display the scene on a screen of the end-user networking device of the specific monitoring controlling module, and/or the authorizing module authorizes a controlling privilege of the operation executing device to the monitoring controlling module specifically to allow the operation executing device to execute an operation by operating a controlling element of the monitoring controlling module. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181161 | Information Processing Method And Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing method and an information processing apparatus are described. The method includes acquiring a first display image of a first user of a first electronic apparatus in response to establishment of a communication link between the first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus; receiving, from the first electronic apparatus, first medium information including first voice information of the first user collected by the first electronic apparatus and first feature information representing feature of the first user; modifying the first display image based on the first medium information to generate a second display image; and transmitting the second display image and the first voice information to the second electronic apparatus to output the second display image and the first voice information at the second electronic apparatus. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP VIDEO MESSAGING SERVICE - A group video messaging method stores user information identifying authorized users of a video messaging system, and provides a user interface to the video messaging system. The user interface permits authorized users to transfer video files to the video messaging system for storage and retrieval, and to identify criteria for other authorized users to access each transferred video file. The method also stores in the video messaging system the video files transferred to the system by the authorized users; stores information identifying the user that transferred each stored video file to the video messaging system, and the criteria for authorized users to access the stored video files; and stores information identifying different groups of the authorized users and which of the stored video files are to be accessible to each of the authorized users or authorized user groups. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181163 | Multiple Subscriber Videoconferencing System - A system, method, and device for use in videoconferencing. The method typically includes installing a videoconferencing services switch at an access point to an IP network, and registering a plurality of subscribers for videoconferencing services. Each subscriber typically has a plurality of endpoints. The method further includes receiving subscriber-specific settings to be applied to multiple videoconferencing calls from the plurality of endpoints associated with each subscriber. The method further includes storing the subscriber-specific settings at a location accessible to the switch, and configuring the switch to connect calls from the plurality of endpoints at each subscriber based on the corresponding subscriber-specific settings. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181164 | MEDIA NEGOTIATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-STREAM CONFERENCE - The present invention provides a media negotiation method, device, and system for a multi-stream conference. The method includes: sending a media advertisement message that carries information about at least two media data objects; receiving a media selection message that carries information, about a media data object, selected by a second media entity; and determining a corresponding media data object according to the information, about the media data object, selected by the second media entity, and establishing a media transmission channel with the second media entity, so as to transmit the corresponding media data object to the second media entity through the media transmission channel. In embodiments of the present invention, more media data streams can be represented, and the representation accuracy and the amount of information of the media data stream can be improved | 2015-06-25 |
20150181165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE LOAD BALANCING IN A CONFERENCING SESSION - Methods and systems for resource load balancing of teleconference and video conference sessions are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for resource load balancing of a teleconference session including a plurality of participant devices may include assigning each of the plurality of participant devices into one of a plurality of groups of participant devices based on at least one first heuristic, designating a leader device for each group of participant devices, based on at least one second heuristic to coordinate the teleconference session communications, and coordinating the teleconference session communications of each leader device to facilitate the teleconference session among the plurality of participant devices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181166 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT - A method of managing video conference includes requesting the server for each IP address of each of the remote electronic devices. The server transmits an IP address of each of the remote electronic devices to a local electronic device. According to the received IP addresses, connections are established between the local electronic device and each of the remote electronic devices. An image of a user of the local electronic device is acquired. Images of remote users of the remote electronic devices sent by the remote electronic devices are received. The acquired image and the received images are merged into an image for the user of the local electronic device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181167 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT - A method of managing video conference includes requesting the server for each IP address of each of the remote electronic devices. The server transmits an IP address of each of the remote electronic devices to a local electronic device. According to the received IP addresses, connections are established between the local electronic device and each of the remote electronic devices. An image of a user of the local electronic device is acquired. Images of remote users of the remote electronic devices sent by the remote electronic devices are received. The acquired image and the received images are merged into a first image for a user of the local electronic device and a second image for the remote users of the remote electronic devices. The second image is transmitted to the remote electronic devices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181168 | INTERACTIVE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING - An apparatus and method are provided to allow users of a device for video conferencing operating in a very low bandwidth environment to touch or gesture to an object or region of the image that they would like to see with improved quality. The feedback is then sent to the transmitting end where the selected region is encoded with higher quality parameters while other regions are pre-processed and encoded with fewer bits. Depth information, available through a depth camera or other method, may be used to determine the boundary of the selected object as well as to perform depth-based saliency detection and pre-processing of the image in order to reduce the overall required bandwidth. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181169 | SECURITY DEVICE, BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD THEREOF - A security device includes an interface configured to be connected to a camera, a storage configured to store reference audio data, a microphone configured to receive a sound input and convert the sound input into audio data, and a controller configured to, in response to the converted audio data corresponding to the reference audio data, activate the camera. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181170 | INFORMATION ASSOCIATING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, an information associating apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an acquisition image taken by a camera and individual identification information of the camera, an analysis unit configured to analyze attribute information of the camera from an attribute information expression body shown in the acquisition image, a detection unit configured to detect an pattern representing a specific direction recorded in the acquisition image and an association unit configured to form a pair by associating the individual identification information and the attribute information based on a detection result concerning the specific direction calculated from the pattern. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181171 | INTERACTIVE AND TARGETED MONITORING SERVICE - The disclosure is related to an interactive and targeted monitoring service. The interactive and targeted monitoring service may be provided in cooperation of a service server and a control system. The service server may perform: providing a target object recognition signal to the user equipment and the control signal in response to a service request message from the user equipment, requesting the control system to provide the interactive and target monitoring service on a target object recognized based on the target object recognition signal using the plurality of monitoring devices, performing, by the service server, a protection procedure in response to a protection request from at least one of the control system and the user equipment, and requesting, by the service server, the control system to terminate the interactive and targeted monitoring service in response to termination notification from the control system. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181172 | VEHICLE EVENT RECORDERS WITH INTEGRATED WEB SERVER - Vehicle event recorders are arranged with integrated web servers to provide a simple user interface and control mechanism which may be address with commonly available hardware and software. A vehicle event recorder of these inventions couples to a network having a workstation node. The workstation having either of the many available web browsers can be used to view, address, control, perform data transfer, et cetera, by way of data exchange in accordance with simple IP protocols. A vehicle equipped with these systems returns to a household to make a network connection. A local server is used to see all exposed system controls as provided by predefined web pages provided by a web server integrated as part of the vehicle event recorder unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181173 | LANE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DEFOG SENSOR - Disclosed herein is a lane recognition system using a defog sensor, including: a defog sensor mounted in a defogging system of a vehicle; an imaging unit mounted on a windshield of the vehicle so as to image the front of the vehicle; and an integrated control unit configured to analyze a defog sensor signal received from the defog sensor, process an image signal received from the imaging unit based on the analyzed defog sensor signal, and acquire lane information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181174 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURVEYING DEVICE - A system and methods are provided for controlling a surveying device. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a control screen including image data captured by a surveying device, detecting an input associated with the control screen, and determining a control command for the surveying device based on the input associated with the control screen. The method may further include controlling operation of the surveying device based on the control command, wherein the surveying device is configured to rotate in one more of a horizontal and vertical direction based on the control command. The device and methods may advantageously allow for precise pointing of a surveying device and translation of input position to surveying device commands. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181175 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imager disposed at the vehicle and viewing exterior the vehicle. A control includes an image processor and is operable to process captured image data for at least a first application and a second application and to adjust the image sensor to at least two settings and to process captured image data via at least two processing techniques. The control is operable to synchronize the at least two settings of the image sensor and the at least two processing techniques to extract respective information from the captured image data for the first and second applications. The control adjusts a setting of the image sensor to capture image data suitable for the first application or the second application. The image processor processes captured image data via a processing technique suitable for the first application or the second application. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181176 | DIVE COMPUTER INCORPORATING STORED DIVE SITE INFORMATION - Dive computers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed that store information concerning a dive site. The stored information can be accessed during the dive to provide information concerning such things as points of interest and/or hazards. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, memory connected to the processor, a pressure transducer connected to the processor and configured to measure depth, and a display connected to the processor. In addition, the memory contains factual information concerning a dive site, and the processor is configured to display at least a portion of the stored factual information concerning the dive site via the display. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181177 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL CHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system includes a ground segment and a monitoring system displaying first thread view for a first channel and displaying a second thread view for a second channel. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181178 | METHOD FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF A COLOUR FILTER FOR A DITIGIAL SENSOR AND THE ASSOCIATED FILTER - Method for the adjustment of a photo finish camera including a matrix colour filter, characterized in that the method includes the following steps:
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20150181179 | PROJECTOR HAVING LIGHT SOURCE INCLUDING LASER DIODES - There is provided a projector including a plurality of laser diodes and a rectangular display device on to which light emitted from the plurality of laser diodes is shone, wherein the display device is disposed so that a direction of a major axis of an elliptic section of light emitted from each of the plurality of laser diodes becomes substantially parallel to a direction of longer sides of the display device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZONAL SWITCHING FOR LIGHT STEERING TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE HAVING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE - A method and system for zonal switching for light steering to produce an image having high dynamic range is described. The system comprises: a light source for providing light along an optical path; a spatial light modulator for directing portions of the light to off-state and on-state light paths, thereby producing an image, the spatial light modulator having a plurality of illumination zones corresponding to the image; and a set of sequentially-arranged optical elements in the optical path for steering at least some of the light from a first subset of the plurality of illumination zones to a second subset of the plurality of illumination zones to increase the dynamic range of the image. The dwell time of the one or more sequentially arranged optical elements can be modified to steer light. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181181 | Light Source Unit And Projection Apparatus - Described is a light source unit which emits fluorescence light to a display element which displays an image by using the fluorescence light including an excitation light source which emits excitation light, a collecting unit which collects the excitation light emitted from the excitation light source and a fluorescent plate which converts the excitation light collected by the collecting unit into the fluorescence light, and a position of the fluorescent plate is shifted from a position where the fluorescence light is the brightest by a predetermined distance along a light axis direction of the collecting unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181182 | Method for controlling display - A method for controlling a display is provided. An RGB video signal is transformed into an RGBW video signal based on a human factor. The display has a plurality of pixels configured to display images according to the RGBW video signal, where each of the pixels has a red subpixel, a green subpixel, a blue subpixel and a white subpixel. According to the method, when brightness of a backlight module of the display is reduced to decrease energy consumption of the display, quality of the images of the display observed by users is still maintained within an acceptable range. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181183 | Projection Apparatus, Geometric Correction Adjustment Method, and Storage Medium Storing Codes for Geometric Correction Adjustment - A projection apparatus includes a projection optical system, an output display element, an operation unit acquiring an adjustment instruction, a geometric correction adjustment unit, and a geometric correction unit. The output display element having an element region including pixels that modulate projection light by a quadrangular effective element region in the element region. The geometric correction adjustment unit transforms the effective element region to shift a vertex of the effective element region along a side, according to the adjustment instruction. The geometric correction unit performs an operation of projecting an input image on the effective element region. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181184 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A display device and method are provided. The display device includes a projector that is configured to project light based on an image signal per frame unit on a screen and a light receiving sensor that is configured to output a voltage proportional or inversely proportional to an amount of light reflected by the screen among the light according to the image signal. A controller is configured to measure the amount of light reflected by the screen based on the voltage output from the light receiving sensor, to detect an abnormal position at which the voltage that corresponds to the amount of light reflected by the screen exceeds a predetermined reference voltage, and to adjust an image signal to be projected on the abnormal position in a subsequent frame. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181185 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - An image processing device, comprising an image obtaining means that obtains color endoscopic image data, a color space conversion means that converts a color space of the color endoscopic image data to an HSI color space based on hue, saturation and intensity or an HSV color space based hue, saturation and a value, a lesion pixel judgment means that judges, for each of pixels constituting a color endoscopic image, whether or not each pixel is a lesion portion based on the hue and the saturation, a lesion pixel counting means that counts a number of lesion pixels which is a number of pixels judged to be the lesion portion, a lesion index calculation means that calculates a lesion index based on the number of lesion pixels; and a lesion index display means that displays the lesion index. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181186 | Image Tone Adjustment using Local Tone Curve Computation - Image tone adjustment using local tone curve computation may be utilized to adjust luminance ranges for images. Image tone adjustment using local tone curve computation may reduce the overall contrast of an image, while maintaining local contrast in smaller areas, such as in images capturing brightly lit scenes where the difference in intensity between brightest and darkest areas is large. A desired brightness representation of the image may be generated including target luminance values for corresponding blocks of the image. For each block, one or more tone adjustment values may be computed, that when jointly applied to the respective histograms for the block and neighboring blocks results in the luminance values that match corresponding target values. The tone adjustment values may be determined by solving an under-constrained optimization problem such that optimization constraints are minimized. The image may then be adjusted according to the computed tone adjustment values. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181187 | COLOR AND INFRARED FILTER ARRAY PATTERNS TO REDUCE COLOR ALIASING - Embodiments of a color filter array include a plurality of tiled minimal repeating units, each minimal repeating unit comprising an M×N set of individual filters, and each individual filter in the set having a photoresponse selected from among four different photoresponses. Each minimal repeating unit includes a checkerboard pattern of filters of the first photoresponse, and filters of the second, third, and fourth photoresponses distributed among the checkerboard pattern such that the filters of the second, third, and fourth photoresponses are sequentially symmetric about one or both of a pair of orthogonal axes of the minimal repeating unit. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181188 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes a signal processing unit that converts an input value of a input HSV color space of an input signal into an extension value of an extended HSV color space extended with a first color, a second color, a third color, and a fourth color to generate an output signal; performs peaking processing for analyzing the input signal of the imaged image to detect a focusing region; and determines whether to perform display in a peaking mode for highlighting the focusing region. When it is determined to perform display in the peaking mode, the signal processing unit increases a value of the output signal of the fourth color of a pixel in an outer edge of the focusing region. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181189 | ADAPTIVE COLOUR FILTER FOR DIGITAL SENSOR - Colour filter for a digital sensor formed of a two-dimensional array of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a given colour. The pixels are arranged in at least one base pattern repeated over a given surface, which has at least three pixels of three different colours. The colour filter is characterized in that it includes a plurality of distinct base patterns, each of these patterns having predefined optical properties of sensitivity, of colour quality and of resolution, and in that it is subdivided into a plurality of distinct areas, each corresponding to a two-dimensional sub-array of pixels. Each of the base patterns is repeated several times along each dimension of the two-dimensional sub-array, respectively over the entirety of a corresponding area. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181190 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATED RESTITUTION OF AUDIO CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The present invention relates to an audio content restitution method in a receiver of audio and/or audiovisual content, the receiver being adapted to the restitution of the audio content, the audio content being received encoded and containing a succession of frames of audio samples and pointer type information on at least one portion of the audio samples of the frames. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181191 | SYNTHESIS-PARAMETER GENERATION DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A plurality of units ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181192 | ENHANCED 3D AUDIO/VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The enhanced 3D audio/video processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a three-dimensional (3D) content generating unit for generating 3D content including video content and analog content; a depth information generating unit for generating depth information for the video frames constituting the video content; and a signal generating unit for generating a 3D enhanced signal including the generated 3D content and the depth information. Further, the enhanced 3D audio/video processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a signal processing unit for processing the 3D enhanced signal including the 3D content including the video content and the audio content: a depth information extraction unit for acquiring the depth information of the video frames constituting the video content from the processed 3D enhanced signal; a 3D audio effect generating unit for generating 3D audio effect based on the acquired depth information; and a 3D audio content generating unit for generating 3D audio content by applying the generated 3D audio effect. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181193 | 3D CAPTION DISPLAY METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A 3D caption display method for harmoniously merging and displaying closed caption with 3D image in a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D display apparatus suitable for implementing the method. The 3D display apparatus receives a broadcast signal containing caption data, and obtains caption control commands including a 3D parameter setting command from the caption data. Afterwards, the 3D display apparatus displays a plurality of 3D caption images according to the caption control commands. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181194 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing device, includes: an expansion amount decision section that, for each target pixel for image processing in a first image and a second image, decides on an expansion amount of parallax according to parallax; a coefficient decision section that, for each target pixel for image processing in the first image and the second image, decides on a parallax conversion coefficient for converting the parallax into expanded parallax based on the expansion amount decided by the expansion amount decision section; an image processing section that performs processing on the target pixels to expand parallax based on the parallax conversion coefficient decided by the coefficient decision section; a generation section that generates a first display image based on an image signal, and generates a second display image for use in focus verification based on the first image and the second image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181195 | METADATA FOR DEPTH FILTERING - A 3D video system transfers video data from a video source device ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181196 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes: a coefficient decision section that, for each of target pixels in a first image and a second image, decides on a parallax conversion coefficient to convert a parallax computed by a parallax computation section into a parallax visually confirmable that the first image and the second image are within the first parallax range in cases determined by a first determination section to be within the first parallax range, and that decides on a parallax conversion coefficient to convert the parallax into a parallax visually confirmable that the first image and the second image are outside the first parallax range in cases determined by the first determination section to be outside the first parallax range; and an image processing section that performs image processing on the target pixels based on the parallax conversion coefficient decided by the coefficient decision section. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181197 | STEREO IMAGING USING DISPARATE IMAGING DEVICES - Stereo imaging can be provided on an electronic device without the need for two matched, high resolution, large format cameras. In various embodiments, two or more cameras of disparate types can be used to capture stereoscopic images. Various processing algorithms can be used to adjust aspects such as the effective pixel size and depth of focus in order to provide for sufficient information to generate three-dimensional images without significant artifacts resulting from differences in the mismatched cameras. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181198 | Automatic Scene Calibration - Described herein is a method of calibrating a three-dimensional imaging system. During calibration, a position and an orientation of the three-dimensional imaging system is determined with respect to a first parameter comprising a real world vertical direction (V | 2015-06-25 |