| 31st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20120194631 | FUNCTIONALITY FOR INDICATING DIRECTION OF ATTENTION - A communication system is described herein which provides an indicator that helps hub participants of a meeting (or other environmental setting) determine a direction of attention of a satellite participant (who is not physically present at the meeting). The indicator can be implemented as a mechanical pointer, a solid-state display mechanism, a rotating display mechanism, a display mechanism which presents visual information that reflects directionality, and so on. The communication system can assess the directionality of the satellite participant based on any combination of control inputs from explicit input mechanism(s) and/or implicit input mechanism(s). The communication system can also choose between explicit and/or implicit control of the indicator based on at least one selection criterion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194632 | TOUCH SCREEN VIDEO SWITCHING SYSTEM - The present invention is a video production and control system that uses a touch screen display and user interface, managed by a controller, for video switching. The system is used to select Preview and Program video feeds from a set of video input feeds. The video source configuration for some of the feeds may have been selected using touch screen video source control technology. Over time, the user can use the touch screen controls to switch which feeds are then designated as the Preview and Program feeds. The evolving Program signal is sent to a Program output connection for consumers of the Program, possibly after some reformatting. The current Program feed may be promoted from the current Preview feed. User controls determine the type of transition, such as cut or crossfade, that will apply to a transition from Preview to Program. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194633 | Digital Broadcast Receiver - One embodiment provides a digital broadcast receiver, including: a video telephone module connected to a communication network; a program table generator configured to generate a program table of broadcast programs; and a display control module configured to display the program table on a screen so as to be superimposed on a video transmitted to the video telephone module at a first predetermined time that comes after the video telephone module has been off-hooked and the video transmitted to the video telephone module has been displayed on the screen. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194634 | SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND TEST MONITORING OF IMMERSIVE VIDEO NETWORKS - A computing device determines a schedule for monitoring an immersive video-telepresence (IMV-TP) network, and receives, based on the schedule, immersive video (IMV) information directly from one or more of devices, software, or systems associated with the IMV-TP network. The computing device aggregates the received IMV information, generates a report based on the aggregated IMV information, and provides the generated report to one or more users associated with the IMV-TP network. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194635 | System and Method for Real-Time Media Data Review - A system is provided for receiving communication data that uses a first amount of bandwidth at a communication computing device. Portions of the communication data are displayed on a display and are provided to at least one speaker. A playback computing device receives playback data via a communication interface. The playback data uses a second amount of bandwidth that is greater than the first amount of bandwidth. A display of the playback computing device displays high-quality video data of the playback data, and a plurality of speakers output high-resolution audio data of the playback data. A talkback device is coupled to both the communication computing device and the playback computing device. The talkback device includes a microphone to provide at least a portion of the communication data and an activating element that, upon activation, mutes the plurality of speakers. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit, a setting unit, a retrieval unit, an arrangement unit, a determination unit, and a notification unit. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a display range of an input image. The setting unit is configured to set an inclusive range including at least a part of the calculated display range. The retrieval unit is configured to retrieve an image to be combined that is associated with the input image. The arrangement unit is configured to arrange the retrieved image to be combined in the inclusive range. The determination unit is configured to determine an area within the inclusive range, in which the image to be combined is not arranged, as an image-missing area. The notification unit is configured to notify a user of information on the determined image-missing area. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194637 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS FOR PHOTGRAPHING PANORAMIC IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A photographing apparatus is provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit, a display unit for displaying a screen image corresponding to light entering the photographing unit, a sensor which senses a motion of the photographing apparatus, a graphic processor which generates a plurality of guide images and a photographing focus for photographing a panoramic image and displays the plurality of guide images and the photographing focus on the screen image, and changes a position of the photographing focus according to the motion of the photographing apparatus, a controller for controlling the photographing unit to automatically photograph, if the photographing focus matches one of the plurality of guide images, and a storage unit which stores photographed image data panoramic image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194638 | Holographic Video Display System - A holographic video display employs at least one light source adapted to produce at least one wavelength of monochromatic light, a video signal generator, at least one guided-wave acousto-optic modulator for diffracting light received from the light source according to signals received from the video signal generator, a vertical scanning subsystem, and an optical path between the acousto-optic modulator and the vertical scanning subsystem. The optical path may preferably include a Bravais lens system, at least one Fourier transform lens system, and at least one moving horizontal mirror. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194639 | IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus and method includes extracting video depth information indicating a depth of a 3D video image from a video stream. The image processing apparatus and method also includes adjusting a depth value of a graphic screen, to be synchronized with the 3D video image, using the video depth information. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194640 | DECODER, PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - A decoder, a projecting system, and a method for processing an image thereof are provided. The decoder is adapted to the projecting system having a projecting module and a shutter glass. The decoder includes a decoding circuit and an indicating unit. The projecting module outputs a frame turning control signal to the shutter glass. The decoding circuit receives and decodes a three-dimensional (3D) video signal to produce a first image data and a second image data to the projecting module. The indicating unit is coupled to the decoding circuit and correspondingly produces an indicating signal when the decoding circuit outputs one of the first image data and the second image data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194641 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes a projecting unit that includes an illumination capable of varying illuminance and that projects a stripe to a measurement object with light from the illumination and shifts a phase of the stripe projected to the measurement object; an imaging unit which captures an image of the measurement object; and a control unit which allows the imaging unit to capture a plurality of the images by allowing the projecting unit to shift the phase of the stripe projected to the measurement object a plurality of times, extracts luminance values from the plurality of captured images, calculates an error rate in three-dimensional measurement of the measurement object based on the extracted luminance values, calculates the error rate for each illuminance by varying the illuminance of the illumination, and determines measurement illuminance for three-dimensionally measuring the measurement object based on the calculated error rate of each illuminance. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194642 | MOTION PICTURE DEPTH INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A motion picture depth information processing system for processing depth information of a plurality of frames in a motion picture segment, each of which has corresponding color information, is composed of a buffer, a motion estimation unit, a motion compensation unit, and an adaptive post-filtering unit. The system can carry out motion estimation by referring to the color information of the frames to obtain a motion vector for each block in a frame and depth motion compensation based on the aforementioned motion vectors to get an initial depth map for each frame in the segment, then do a post-processing via the adaptive post-filtering unit to get a refined depth map of every frame, and finally generate more definite depth information for the whole motion picture segment, thus reducing geometrical texturing burrs, which are commonly known in the depth processing prior art technology. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194643 | VIDEO CODING DEVICE AND VIDEO CODING METHOD - A video coding device includes a three-dimensional video detection unit that determines whether an input video is a three-dimensional video or a two-dimensional video, a coding parameter setting unit that sets an upper limit value of a quantization width to be used in coding on the basis of the result of the determination by the three-dimensional video detection unit, and a coding unit that codes the input video at a quantization width not more than the upper limit value set in the coding parameter setting unit, wherein when the three-dimensional video detection unit determines that the input video is the three-dimensional video, the coding parameter setting unit sets the upper limit value of the quantization width for the three-dimensional video at a different value from the upper limit value of the quantization width for two-dimensional video. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194644 | Mobile Camera Localization Using Depth Maps - Mobile camera localization using depth maps is described for robotics, immersive gaming, augmented reality and other applications. In an embodiment a mobile depth camera is tracked in an environment at the same time as a 3D model of the environment is formed using the sensed depth data. In an embodiment, when camera tracking fails, this is detected and the camera is relocalized either by using previously gathered keyframes or in other ways. In an embodiment, loop closures are detected in which the mobile camera revisits a location, by comparing features of a current depth map with the 3D model in real time. In embodiments the detected loop closures are used to improve the consistency and accuracy of the 3D model of the environment. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194645 | LIVING ROOM MOVIE CREATION - A system and method are disclosed living room movie creation. Movies can be directed, captured, and edited using a system that includes a depth camera. A virtual movie set can be created by using ordinary objects in the living room as virtual props. The system is able to capture motions of actors using the depth camera and to generate a movie based thereon. Therefore, there is no need for the actors to wear any special markers to detect their motion. A director may view scenes from the perspective of a “virtual camera” and record those scenes for later editing. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194646 | Method of Enhancing 3D Image Information Density - A method of enhancing 3D image information density, comprising providing a confocal fluorescent microscope and a rotational stage. 3D image samples at different angles are collected. A deconvolution process of the 3D image samples by a processing unit is performed. A registration process of the deconvoluted 3D image samples by the processing unit is performed. An interpolation process of the registered 3D image samples by the processing unit is performed to output a 3D image in high resolution. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194647 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional measuring apparatus includes: a projecting unit that projects a stripe to a projectable region which is a peripheral region of an intersection point on a measurement object when a vertical line is drawn down toward the measurement object; an imaging unit that includes a plurality of imaging regions at which the measurement object to which the stripe is projected is imaged within the projectable region; and a control unit that performs a process of three-dimensionally measuring the measurement object based on an image imaged by the imaging unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194648 | VIDEO/ AUDIO CONTROLLER - An apparatus for controlling video and/or audio material, the apparatus comprising: at least one sensor that generates a signal responsive to a physiological parameter in a user's body; a processor, that receives the signal and determines an emotional state of the user responsive to the signal; and a controller that controls the V/A material in accordance with the emotion state of the user. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194649 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING OF OBJECTS IN A SCATTERING MEDIUM - A system for three-dimensional visualization of object in a scattering medium includes a sensor for receiving light from the object in the scattering medium and a computing device coupled to the sensor and receiving a plurality of elemental images of the object from the sensor. The computing device causes the elemental images to be magnified through a virtual pin-hole array to create an overlapping pattern of magnified elemental images. The computing device also averages overlapping portions of the element images to form an integrated image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194650 | Reducing Interference Between Multiple Infra-Red Depth Cameras - Systems and methods for reducing interference between multiple infra-red depth cameras are described. In an embodiment, the system comprises multiple infra-red sources, each of which projects a structured light pattern into the environment. A controller is used to control the sources in order to reduce the interference caused by overlapping light patterns. Various methods are described including: cycling between the different sources, where the cycle used may be fixed or may change dynamically based on the scene detected using the cameras; setting the wavelength of each source so that overlapping patterns are at different wavelengths; moving source-camera pairs in independent motion patterns; and adjusting the shape of the projected light patterns to minimize overlap. These methods may also be combined in any way. In another embodiment, the system comprises a single source and a mirror system is used to cast the projected structured light pattern around the environment. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194651 | Shape measuring apparatus - [PROBLEMS] To provide a shape measuring apparatus having a configuration which enables the operation for aligning a measuring probe and a candidate object to be simplified when the shape of the candidate object is measured. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194652 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images, which are images of the same subject captured from different viewpoints; an image offset correction unit configured to modify the plurality of images obtained by the image obtaining unit on the basis of parameters for correcting image offset and generate a correction image for each of the obtained images; an evaluation value calculation unit configured to calculate, as an evaluation value, an integration value, for an entire screen, of an error amount indicating a degree at which association in a parallax direction among the plurality of correction images generated by the image offset correction unit is not possible; and an update unit configured to change a parameter that is necessary for association in the parallax direction among the parameters so as to update the parameter so that the evaluation value becomes a minimum. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194653 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES GENERATED BY ADDING CONTENT TO ALTERNATE EYE IMAGES FOR RETINAL RIVALRY - A method for generating stereoscopic images with retinal rivalry effects. The method includes retrieving primary eye images and alternate eye images from memory. These images are filmed from horizontally offset cameras but include the same content. The method continues with processing the alternate eye images to introduce retinal rivalry such as by including a set of frames that have differing content from a corresponding set of frames from the primary eye images. The differing content, for example, may include an object rendered for the alternate eye that was not rendered in the primary eye images. The method may further include editing the primary eye images by inserting a transition and then editing the alternate eye images to perform the transition (e.g., a dissolve or cut) at a temporally offset transition point such as several frames later to introduce frames that differ in content from one eye stream to the other. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194654 | EMBEDDED LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY ARCHITECTURE TO PROCESS AND DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIGHT FIELD DATA - An embedded light field display architecture to process and display three-dimensional light field data in a light field display is provided. The light field display architecture includes a plurality of hierarchical modules to decode compressed light field data associated with a light field and a plurality of tile modules embedded directly in the light field display to process light field data for display. A plurality of networking modules is also provided to transmit light field data among the hierarchical modules and the tile modules. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194655 | DISPLAY, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus positioned in a display includes a receiving unit, a color separation unit and an image processing unit. The receiving unit is utilized for receiving 3D image data, where the 3D image data includes left-eye image data and right-eye image data. The color separation unit is coupled to the receiving unit, and is utilized for performing a color separation operation upon at least a portion of the left-eye image data to generate color-separated left-eye image data, and performing the color separation operation upon at least a portion of the right-eye image data to generate color-separated right-eye image data. The image processing unit is coupled to the color separation unit, and is utilized for generating adjusted 3D image data according to the color-separated left-eye image data and the color-separated right-eye image data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO STREAMS ON ONE MONITOR - A video display system and method that allows two different users to view different video streams on the same monitor without being able to see the other user's video stream. Frames of each video stream are rendered on the monitor. Each user views the monitor using a viewing device that allows the user to see his/her respective video stream and blocks the user from seeing frames associated with the other video stream. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194657 | SHUTTER GLASSES, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AMBIENT BRIGHTNESS RECEIVED BY SHUTTER GLASSES OPERATIVE UNDER TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE VIEWING MODE - A method for adjusting an ambient brightness received by a pair of shutter glasses which are operative under a two-dimensional image viewing mode includes: generating an ambient brightness control signal; and adjusting a shutter-open period of eyeglass (s) of the shutter glasses according to the ambient brightness control signal, for adjusting a length of the shutter-open period of the eyeglass (s) to be longer than an activation time length of a backlight of a display device so as to adjust the received ambient brightness. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194658 | RADIO SIGNAL TRANSMITTER, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE GLASSES, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A radio signal transmitter receives, from an image display device (i) synchronizing signals for switching between displaying a right-eye image and displaying a left-eye image on the image display device and (ii) liquid crystal shutter control data indicating which image is displayed, and transmits the synchronizing signals and the liquid crystal shutter control data to stereoscopic image glasses. The radio signal transmitter includes: a period detecting section that detects a period of each of the synchronizing signals; and a period data storage section in which the period is stored as period data. The radio signal transmitter is configured such that the period data in the period data storage section is updated every time the period of each of the synchronizing signals is detected. This makes it possible to provide a radio signal transmitter, stereoscopic image glasses, and an image display system that achieve a reduction in power consumption. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194659 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display control circuit includes: a frame memory; a first correction image data generation unit that generates first correction image data that corrects a response characteristic of an electro-optical element; a second correction image data generation unit that generates second correction image data that corrects the intermixing of a right-eye image and a left-eye image; a selection unit that selects the first correction image data in a first field and the second correction image data in a second and subsequent fields; and a correction unit that generates output image data by correcting the first image data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194660 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREO IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display device that provides stereo image display with the help of special glasses (i.e. a vision aid) and that allows a viewer looking at the screen without such a vision aid to view a less strange image, and a stereo image display system including such an image display device are provided. The image display device includes: a display module capable of displaying a left eye image (L) to be viewed via a left eye portion of the vision aid and a right eye image (R) to be viewed via a right eye portion of the vision aid, the left eye and right eye images being displayed separately in time and space; and an average brightness controller capable of regulating an average brightness of the left eye image and an average brightness of the right eye image displayed on the display module in one given frame such that these average brightnesses are different from each other. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194661 | ENDSCOPIC SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM BASED ON OPTICAL COHERENT FIBER BUNDLE - The present invention relates to a spectral domain optical coherence tomography apparatus having an endoscopic small-sized probe, and more particularly, to a technology imaging an external shape or an internal structure of a sample by a non-contact and non-invasive method by applying an optical coherent fiber bundle probe attached with a lens to Michelson interferometer or a Fizeau interferometer. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194662 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTISPECTRAL PALMPRINT VERIFICATION - A method for palmprint verification of an individual that includes illuminating a palm of an individual with a plurality of spectral bands, collecting a plurality of palmprint images that are illuminated under the different spectral bands, locating a sub-image from each of the plurality of palmprint images, extracting palmprint feature maps from the sub-images, determining a palmprint matching score for each of the spectral bands based on the palmprint feature maps, computing a fused score by combining at least two of the palmprint matching scores under different spectral bands, without double-counting overlapping regions, and comparing the fused score with a threshold score from a database. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194663 | Microscopy System, Microscopy Method and a Method of Treating an Aneurysm - A microscopy system and method allow observing a fluorescent substance accumulated in a tissue. The tissue can be observed at a same time both with visible light and with fluorescent light. It is possible to observe a series of previously recorded fluorescent light images in superposition with the visible light images. An end of the series of images may be automatically determined. A thermal protective filter may be inserted into a beam path of an illuminating system at such automatically determined end of the series. Further, the fluorescent light image may be analyzed for identifying a coherent fluorescent portion thereof. A representation of a periphery line of the coherent portion may be generated, and depths profile data may be obtained only from the coherent portion. An illuminating light beam for exciting the fluorescence may be modulated for improving a contrast of fluorescent images. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194664 | CELL PICKING-ASSISTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CULTURE CONTAINER - A cell picking support device, a display device and a culture container that can enhance work efficiency. An adapter fixes a well plate that holds cells cultured in a cell culture observation device. A control unit reads culture observation information that includes cell information and coordinate information, from a memory card that is fitted to an external memory I/F. A display unit is provided on a placing surface side of the well plate that is fixed by the adapter, and in response to control by the control unit, displays the cell information, read from the memory card, at display positions corresponding to positions on the bottom face of the well plate, as specified by the coordinate information. Embodiments can be used, for instance, as a cell picking support device that supports a picking operation that is performed in a clean bench. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194665 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR THE EXTRACTION OF IMAGE DEPTH DISCONTINUITY AND METHOD OF USE - A machine vision system is provided. The machine vision system includes a camera. A first flash unit is in communication with the camera and adapted to emit light or a first range of wavelengths in synchronization with operation of the camera. A second flash unit is in communication with the camera and adapted to emit light of a second range of wavelengths in synchronization with operation of the camera. The light of the first range of wavelengths does not overlap the wavelength of the light of the second range of wavelengths. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194666 | Avionic Display Testing System - A method and apparatus for testing a number of display devices. Images displayed on the number of display devices are received by a computer system for a platform during a performance of a number of tests at a number of test locations for the platform. A portion of the images from the images are identified as a number of images of interest using a policy. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194667 | TURBINE ENGINE THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a system includes an imaging system configured to capture a first image of a rotating component within an interior of a turbine using a first integration time, to capture a second image of the rotating component within the interior of the turbine using a second integration time, different than the first integration time, and to subtract the first image from the second image to obtain a differential image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194668 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN FLAT GLASS AND DETECTING METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting particles in flat glass and a detecting method using the same. The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting particles in flat glass, comprising: an illumination unit which is installed in one region selected from upper and lower regions on the basis of flat glass; a first polarizer which is installed between the illumination unit and the flat glass, and has a first polarization direction; a first camera and a second camera which are installed in the opposite direction where the illumination unit is installed on the basis of the flat glass; a second polarizer which is equipped in a space between the first camera and the flat glass, and has a polarization direction in the range of 0° to 20° that is different from the polarization direction of the first polarizer; a fourth polarizer which is equipped in a space between the second camera and the flat glass, and has a polarization direction in the range of 70° to 90° that is different from the polarization direction of the first polarizer; and a processor which receives images obtained from the first camera and the second camera, and decides whether defects are benign particles or malignant particles. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194669 | FLUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS - A fluid sample analyzing system may be formed from an image sensor integrated circuit substrate. A glass wafer may be used to cover a wafer of image sensors. The glass wafer and the image sensor wafer may be attached using oxide bonding. Fluid channels may be formed in a layer that is interposed between the image sensor wafer and the glass wafer. The layer may be deposited on the image sensor wafer and the glass wafer prior to oxide bonding. A spacer may be used to deliver the fluid channel layer to the image sensor wafer before the glass wafer is bonded to the image sensor wafer. The spacer may be formed from a silicon wafer. The silicon wafer may be bonded to the image sensor wafer and thinned, leaving a thin spacer wafer layer on the image sensor wafer in which fluid channels may be formed. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194670 | Determining Energy Consumption in a Structure - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for measuring the supply of a consumable product/energy source, such as electrical power, to a facility over time and analyzing the measurements to determine the consumption or supply of the product by one or more loads and/or sources in the facility, and to determine induced and residual heat flow through the facility's envelope. Various aspects compare the measured supply of the consumable product to a database of consumption signatures, which characterize access to the consumable product by particular users. Operating conditions and facility characteristics, such as temperatures, load factors, insulation factors, etc., may be further considered in determining a particular user's access of the consumable product. To aid in the controlling of energy use, thermal resistance factors of the building are determined, which are based on the induced and residual heat flow through the facility. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194671 | Image And Part Recognition Technology - A system and method for recognition of images may include the use of alignment markers. The image recognized may be a pattern from an array, a character, a number, a shape, and/or irregular shapes. The pattern may be formed by elements in an array such as an identification marking and/or a sensor array. More particularly, the system and method relate to discriminating between images by accounting for the orientation of the image. The size and/or location of alignment markers may provide information about the orientation of an image. Information about the orientation of an image may reduce false recognitions. The system and method of image recognition may be used with identification markings, biosensors, micro-fluidic arrays, and/or optical character recognition systems. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194672 | Dimension Measuring Apparatus, Dimension Measuring Method, And Program For Dimension Measuring Apparatus - A dimension measuring apparatus is configured by: a movable stage; a measurement setting data storing section that holds feature amount information and measured position information; a low-magnification imaging section that photographs a workpiece with a low magnification; a workpiece detecting section that specifies a position and a posture of the workpiece in the low-magnification image based on the feature amount information; a stage controlling section that controls the movable stage | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194673 | Dimension Measuring Apparatus, Dimension Measuring Method, And Program For Dimension Measuring Apparatus - A dimension measuring apparatus is configured of an imaging section that photographs a workpiece on the movable stage; a depth extending section that performs depth extension on a plurality of the workpiece images in different Z-directional positions in the movable stage, to generate a depth extended image; a master image displaying section that screen-displays as a master image the depth extended image obtained by photographing a master workpiece; a measured position information generating section that designates a position to be measured and a measuring method with respect to the master image, to generate measured position information; an edge extracting section that extracts an edge of the position to be measured from the depth extended image, obtained by photographing the workpiece, based on the measured position information; and a dimension value calculating section that obtains a dimension value of the position to be measured based on the extracted edge. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194674 | Method and System of Progressive Analysis for Assessment of Occluded Data and Redendant Analysis for Confidence Efficacy of Non-Occluded Data - A method of progressive analysis for assessment of occluded data is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes capturing sensor data from at least one sensor, identifying a target of interest using the sensor data, and determining a location and orientation of the target of interest using a last computed direction of travel of the target. The method also includes segmenting the sensor data of the target of interest into segments for analysis and determining whether a particular segment of the segments is occluded. In addition, the method includes determining whether additional sensor data from the at least one sensor confirms that the particular occluded segment is no longer occluded allowing unresolved analysis to be supplemented with progressive analysis to provide incremental resolution to the analysis. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194675 | Method and System for Providing Access to Image System Services - A method and system according to the disclosure facilitates subscription based access to services for image systems including an image acquisition device configured to generate image data describing a target object in a target area of the image acquisition device and an image display device configured to generate a human perceptible rendering of the target object based on the image data. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194676 | VIDEO ANALYTICS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for performing video analytics comprises capturing video data using a video source disposed at an acquisition end. The captured video data is stored at the acquisition end, and non-adjacent single frames of the captured video data are transmitted from the acquisition end to a server via an IP network. The non-adjacent single frames of captured video data are transmitted one at a time at known time intervals, or a burst of a plurality of non-adjacent single frames is transmitted at another known time interval. At the server, video analytics is performed on a current one of the non-adjacent single frames for detecting an actionable event relative to a previous one of the non-adjacent single frames. In response to detecting an actionable event, a signal for requesting previously stored video data captured between the current one of the non-adjacent single frames and the previous one of the non-adjacent single frames is transmitted to the acquisition end via the IP network. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194677 | LANE MARKER DETECTION SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED DETECTION-PERFORMANCE - In a lane marker detection system, an image capturing element captures a road image ahead of a vehicle. The road image contains a plurality of color light components individually extractable therefrom. A selecting element extracts color groups from at least one of left and right areas of the road image in front of the vehicle, and selects, from the extracted color groups, one color group. The color groups are comprised of one or more combinations of at least one of the plurality of color light components. The selected one color group has a position in the at least one of the left area and the right area with a contrast equal to or higher than a threshold. The position of the selected one color group is the closest to a boundary between the left and right areas in the extracted color groups. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194678 | POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAMERA AND A LEAST ONE LAMP - A power-driven vehicle having at least one camera and at least one lamp, the camera is provided to photograph at least part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, the lamp is used to illuminate at least sections of said part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, and the lamp can be supplied by a power supply medium of the power-driven vehicle with power having a first frequency to generate the light. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194679 | MULTI-MODE VEHICLE COMPUTING DEVICE SUPPORTING IN-CAB AND STAND-ALONE OPERATION - Techniques involving connecting an in-cab computing device to an onboard computing device mounted in a vehicle. Vehicle-related information may be communicated between the in-cab computing device and onboard computing device while the in-cab computing device is connected to the onboard computing device. Techniques involve facilitating disconnection of the in-cab computing device from the onboard computing device and operating the in-cab computing device in a stand-alone mode, and facilitating reconnection of the in-cab computing device to the onboard computing device to resume operations between the in-cab computing device and onboard computing device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194680 | PEDESTRIAN DETECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a pedestrian detection system including a pedestrian detection device ( | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194681 | AUTOMATIC CONTENT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of analyzing images over time is provided herein. The method includes: capturing a plurality of images each associated with specified objects in specified locations such that a specified area is covered; specifying regions of interest (ROI) in each of the captured images; repeating the capturing with at least one of: a different location, a different orientation, and a different timing such that the captured images are associated with the specified covered area; and comparing the captured imaged produced in the capturing with the captured imaged produced in the repeating of the capturing to yield comparison between the captured objects by comparing specified ROI. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194682 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING VIDEO MONITORING BY MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and a system are disclosed for implementing video monitoring by a mobile terminal. The method includes a mobile client sending a request for on-demand of a monitoring front end to a media transcoding device directly or through a mobile stream media relay, the media transcoding device receiving said request, then requesting a media code stream of said monitoring front end from a fixed network stream media server, and transcoding and outputting the received media code stream, wherein the media transcoding device presets video transcoding parameters corresponding to various mobile network standards, thereby implementing video monitoring of mobile terminals of various standards. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194683 | REMOTE METER READER USING A NETWORK SENSOR SYSTEM AND PROTOCOL - A system and method is provided for automatically reading meters, such as utility meters. A camera unit is attached to or otherwise associated with an existing meter. From time to time, either automatically, or upon wireless command, the camera unit takes an image of the meter's readings, and communicates wirelessly the image or image data, to a local area receiver. The images can be transmitted immediately, or stored for later transmission, depending on the network protocol. The camera unit is battery powered, and operates communication protocols that enable extended operational life. These protocols allow for the camera's radio and processor to be turned on only when necessary, and then for only brief periods of time. At most times, the camera is in a power conserving sleep mode. Multiple camera units may be arranged to communicate meter image data to the local area receiver, either using asynchronous or synchronous processes. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194684 | System, Method, and Devices for Searching for a Digital Image over a Communication Network - Systems, devices, and methods for searching using at least one digital image over a communication network are disclosed. Embodiments include a remote computer server receiving a digital image from a digital capturing device and the remote computer server processing the digital image to provide digital image processing information. Further, the remote computer server determines a list of search results based on the digital image and the digital image processing information and transmits the list of search results to the digital capture device. The list of search results includes links to websites, one or more search result images, and image identification information. In addition, a search engine software application implemented by the remote computer server receives the digital image and determines the list of search results. An image processing device and/or computer program identifies one or more objects within the digital image that may be used in a search. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194685 | IMAGING DEVICE DETECTING MOTION VECTOR - An imaging device includes a first detection unit, a vector correction unit, and a second detection unit. The first detection unit is configured to detect a motion vector based on reference image data and input image data after aberration of a lens is corrected. The vector correction unit is configured to correct an error component included in the motion vector detected by the first detection unit according to an aberration characteristic of the lens. The error component is produced by aberration correction. The second detection unit is configured to set a search area of the motion vector based on the motion vector corrected by the vector correction unit and detect the motion vector in the search area. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194686 | METHODS FOR MOTION CORRECTION FOR HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGING SYSTEMS - Electronic devices may include image sensors and processing circuitry. Image sensors may be used to capture multiple exposure images. Processing circuitry may be used to combine multiple exposure images into high-dynamic-range images. A motion correction method is provided that detects motion between multiple exposure images without using a frame buffer. A noise model is used to separate noise from motion for more accurate motion detection. A dilation operator may be used to enlarge a motion mask generated by the motion detector. Motion-corrected images may be generated from the multiple exposure images using a soft switch based on the motion strength. Motion-corrected multiple exposure images may be combined to generate a motion-corrected HDR image. A smoothing filter may be applied to the motion region of the motion-corrected HDR image. A blooming correction may be used to eliminate color artifacts in the motion-corrected HDR image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CORRECT DIGITAL IMAGE BLUR DUE TO MOTION OF SUBJECT OR IMAGING DEVICE - Signal processing techniques are applied to digital image data to remove the distortion caused by motion of the camera, or the movement of the subject being photographed, or defective optics, or optical distortion from other sources. When the image is captured, the effect of relative motion between the camera and the subject is that it transforms the true image into a blurred image according to a 2-dimensional transfer function. The 2-dimensional transfer function representing the motion is derived using blind estimation techniques or by using information from sensors that detect the motion. The transfer function is inverted and used to define a corrective filter. The filter is applied to the image and the blur due to the motion is removed, restoring the correct image. Another embodiment uses the transfer function to avoid blur by combining multiple consecutive images taken at a fast shutter speed. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194688 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND THEIR CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USED FOR FLASH DEVICE WIRELESS MULTI-ZONE INDEPENDENT CONTROL - A transmitter used for wireless multi-zone independent control of flash devices is disclosed. The transmitter includes a zone signal transmitting unit at a transmitter terminal connected to a micro processing unit. The zone signal transmission unit at the transmitter terminal is connected with a zone selection unit at the transmitter terminal with multiple independent switch devices and a zone display unit at the transmitter terminal connected to the transmitter terminal. A corresponding receiver, and a system consisting of said transmitter and multiple receivers, are also disclosed. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194689 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - Suppression of a flicker and appreciated AF accuracy are both taken into account in a program diagram for AF for determining shooting conditions for capturing an image for executing an auto-focus detection process in a moving image/still image continuous shooting mode for recording a still image and moving images of a predetermined period just before the still image capturing. Specifically, in a sector of low luminance in which ISO sensitivity is not a minimum value, a shutter speed that can suppress the flicker is set, and then the ISO sensitivity is reduced to the minimum value to allow obtaining a moving image with the suppression of the flicker. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194690 | IMAGE DATA RECORDING APPARATUS - A moving image data recording apparatus and method that records a moving image file and a still image file and associates them with each other in the same directory. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194691 | IMAGING APPARATUS - A controller determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied and, in response to a recording instruction, controls a recorder to record still image data on a recording medium, and in a case that the predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, the controller controls the recorder not to record the moving image data on the recording medium. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194692 | TERMINAL OPERATIVE FOR DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC RECORD - There is set forth herein a terminal having an input device. The terminal can be hand held. In one embodiment the terminal can be operative for determining a direction of movement of the terminal by processing of signals generated by the input device. The terminal can further be operative for moving a portion of an electronic record displayed on a display of the terminal responsively to the determining of a direction of movement of the terminal. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194693 | VIEW ANGLE FEEDBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention provides a portable device that includes at least one view angle sensor for collecting sensor information about the view angle of the portable device. It also includes a view angle determination component for determining (1) the view angle of the portable device engaged in a videoconference session and (2) whether the view angle is within a predefined range for the videoconference session. The portable device also includes a feedback component, wherein responsive to the determination that the view angle is out of range, providing user feedback. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194694 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING NON-BLINKING IMAGES OF PEOPLE - In a method for capturing non-blinking images of people using a camera device, the camera device includes an image capturing unit and a storage system. The image capturing unit captures a series of digital images of a group of persons. A face feature value and an eyes feature value of people are predefined, and are stored in the storage system. The number of faces is detected from each of the digital images according to the face feature value, and the number of eyeballs is detected from each of the face area according to the eyes feature value. The method calculates the ratio of the number of faces and the number of eyeballs, and selects the digital image of which the ratio of the face number and the eyeball number is 1:2 as a non-blinking image of the a group of persons. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194695 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus receives a plurality of consecutive images, and regards pixels having the same coordinates in each of the consecutive images as a pixel match. The apparatus determines a range for red values, a range for green values, and a range for blue values in each pixel match, and filters out R, G, and B values which fall outside a corresponding range for the pixel match. In addition, the apparatus calculates an average R value, an average G value, and an average B value for each pixel match according to remaining R values, remaining G values, and remaining B values of the pixel match, and creates a new image by taking the average R value, the average G value, and the average B value of each pixel match as color values of a corresponding pixel in the new image. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194696 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels for focus detection by a phase difference detection scheme. The pixel includes a semiconductor region provided therein with a plurality of photoelectric converters configured so that signals therefrom are independently read out, a microlens, and a lens surface arranged between the microlens and the semiconductor region, wherein the lens surface exerts a negative power on light which passes through the microlens toward the semiconductor region. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194697 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program product cooperate in detecting a first target object contained in image information. Image information of an image is received through an interface. A processing circuit determines whether a first target object in the image information has not yet been detected. A determination is also made regarding whether a second target object in the image information has been detected. An image quality parameter of the image is modified to assist subsequent detection attempts in recognizing the first target object when the first target object has not yet been detected but the second target object has been detected. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194698 | FLICKER DETECTION FOR IMAGING DEVICES WITH HIGH FRAME RATES - Common electronic devices having imaging systems that use a rolling shutter scheme suffer from flicker due to the oscillating brightness of an illuminating light source. Some imaging systems use fast frame rates that result in less than two cycles of the illuminating light source occurring during a single frame capture. For devices that employ rolling shutter schemes and fast frame rates, a method of data collection and processing is provided that utilizes a combination of multiple sets of more than two image data frames to automatically detect flicker. Measured patterns of energy differences between various image frames and a reference image frame may be compared with an expected pattern of energy differences to determine a probability of flicker detection due to a given flicker frequency. This probability of flicker detection may be used to activate flicker avoidance procedures in an electronic device. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194699 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An illumination device performs illumination light communication, and signals indicative of the luminance of an object illuminated with illumination light and the color temperature of the illumination light are superposed on the illumination light. An electronic camera demodulates the illumination light received by a light-receiving circuit and determines the aperture value and the shutter value depending on luminance information included in the demodulation signal and an imaging sensitivity set in the electronic camera. The electronic camera demodulates the illumination light received by the light-receiving circuit and changes the color temperature adjustment reference used for color adjustment processing in accordance with color temperature information. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194700 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - An imaging apparatus is provided including an imaging unit configured to obtain image data, a display unit, and a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of external apparatuses. The imaging apparatus further includes a storing unit configured to store person identification information including at least face image data while associating the person recognition information with information relating to the external apparatuses, a collation unit configured to collate a target in the image data with the person identification information, a detection unit configured to detect an external apparatus that is communicating with the imaging apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display a plurality of pieces of face image data on the display unit each as a candidate of a transmission destination of the image data in an order based on a result of collation by the collation unit and a result of detection by the detection unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194701 | Image Capturing Device and Image Correction Method Thereof - An image capturing apparatus and an image correction method thereof are provided. The image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing module, a sensing module, a storage module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures an image. The sensing module senses an included angle between the image capturing apparatus and a horizontal plane. The storage module stores a rotation compensation data table containing a plurality of offset angles and a plurality of rotation compensation values for pixels corresponding to each offset angle. According to a difference value between the angle and a preset angle, the processing module finds out the appropriate rotation compensation values in the rotation compensation data table for rotating and correcting the image. A calibrated image is then generated, and the calibrated image matches the image captured by the image capturing device at the preset angle. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194702 | MOVING IMAGE DATA RECORDING APPARATUS - In response to an input of a recording instruction, a recorder is controlled to record on a recording medium moving image data of a predetermined time length before the recording instruction is input among the moving image data temporarily stored in a memory, and in response to that a predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied before the recording instruction is input, the recording unit is controlled not to record on the recording medium the moving image data stored in the memory before the predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194703 | APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: a camera module configured to capture a first image of a subject with a first image capture parameter and at least one further image of substantially the same subject with at least one associated further image capture parameter; a reference image encoder configured to encode the first image into a first encoded image; a further image encoder configured to encode the at least one further image into at least one further encoded image; and a file compiler configured to combine the first encoding image and the at least one further encoded image into a first file. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194704 | Processing Data From A CCD And CCD Imaging Apparatus To Correct Smearing Artifacts - A method of processing data from a CCD | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194705 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: a half-silvered mirror that divides incident light from a subject into light fluxes traveling along two optical paths; a first imaging device that receives one of the incident light fluxes divided by the half-silvered mirror; a second imaging device that receives the other one of the incident light fluxes divided by the half-silvered mirror; a first subject luminance information calculator that calculates first subject luminance information based on an output from the first imaging device; a second subject luminance information calculator that calculates second subject luminance information based on an output from the second imaging device; and a subject luminance information comparator that compares the first subject luminance information with the second subject luminance information. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194706 | TERMINAL AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal and method for processing video data of an augmented reality image produced by adding information about objects in the image taken by the camera of the terminal in real time are provided. The method includes displaying an image in augmented reality mode, requesting augmented reality information of objects constituting the image, presenting, when the augmented reality information is received, the augmented reality information in relation to the respective objects, merging, when a message transmission is requested, the image and the augmented reality information; and transmitting the merged image as an augmented reality image. The image processing method of the present invention is advantageous for the terminal to provide the user with information related to the objects presented in an image produced using the augmented reality function. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194707 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a target image generating portion that generates a target image by photography using optical zoom and digital zoom, and an output image generating portion that generates an output image by performing image processing on the target image. An entire image region of the target image includes a first image region and a second image region having a focus degree lower than that of the first image region. The image processing includes a blurring process for blurring an image in the second image region of the target image, and the output image generating portion performs the blurring process in accordance with a magnification of the digital zoom. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194708 | Digital Camera Devices and Methods for Implementing Digital Zoom in Digital Camera Devices and Corresponding Program Products - A device having a digital zoom function to form an output image, including a sensor and optics to produce a primary image, a display in which the primary image is arranged to be cropped in connection with the digital zoom function to form said output image, user interface means to set one or more settings relating to the digital zoom function and a image processor arranged to put a size for said output image based on the cropping of the primary image. The user interface arranged to be set as said setting one or more size limit for said output image and based on the one or more size limit and the size of the cropped primary image, the image processor arranged to perform scaling operations for the cropped primary image at least in part of the digital zoom range defined by said one or more size limit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194709 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an input image generating portion that generates an input image from an optical image of a subject entering through a zoom lens, and an output image generating portion that generates an output image by adjusting a focused state of the input image by image processing when an optical zoom magnification is changed by a positional change of the zoom lens. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194710 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An imaging device includes a display on which a captured image of a subject is displayed, a first corrector to correct a first parameter related to shooting of the subject, a second corrector to correct a second parameter related to image processing to the captured image, and an automatic correction controller to determine a correction amount for the second parameter on the basis of a correction amount for the first parameter corrected by the first corrector, and control the second corrector to correct the second parameter by the determined correction amount. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194711 | System And Method For Improving The Quality Of Thermal Images - An image improvement system and method are disclosed that compensates for effects of optical scattering and pixel cross-talk on image quality in an imager employing a focal plane array. The method characterizes these effects on a test image, presents them as a set of stored numerical coefficients, and applies the coefficients during image processing. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194712 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING AND CONTROLLING MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - An Electronic device may include a master camera module, a slave camera module, and host subsystems. The master camera module may control some of the operations of the slave camera module. The master camera module may transmit data to the slave camera module. The master camera module may interrupt data transmission to the slave camera module, when a delay-sensitive event occurs, to transmit information corresponding to the delay-sensitive event. The slave camera module may respond to the event information with a predetermined fixed delay relative to the occurrence of the event at the master camera module. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194713 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a frequency selective imager. In particular, the frequency selective imager includes an array of pixels arranged in a focal plane array. Each pixel includes at least one nanoparticle-sized diameter thermoelectric junction that is formed between nanowires of different compositions. When a nanoparticle-sized diameter thermoelectric junction senses a photon, the nanoparticle-sized diameter thermoelectric junction emits an electrical pulse voltage that is proportional to an energy level of the sensed photon. In one or more embodiments, the frequency selective imager is a frequency selective optical imager that is used to sense photons having optical frequencies. In at least one embodiment, at least one of the nanowires in the frequency selective imager is manufactured from a compound material including Bismuth (Bi) and Tellurium (Te). | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194714 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor region including a plurality of photoelectric converters from which signals are allowed to be independently read out; a first microlens; and a second microlens which is arranged between the first microlens and the semiconductor region, wherein the second microlens includes a central portion and a peripheral portion that surrounds the central portion, and a power of the peripheral portion is a positive value and larger than a power of the central portion. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194715 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH LOW NOISE MODE FOR PIXEL ARRAY CURRENT BIAS - An electronic device may have an image sensor for capturing digital image data of a scene. The image sensor may have an array of image sensor pixels. The image sensor pixels may have photosensitive elements for capturing image data signals. The image data signal from each photosensitive element may be conveyed to an output line associated with a column of the array using a source-follower transistor. The source-follower transistors may be provided with a current bias using current source coupled to each output line. The current source may include a configurable current source transistor that has multiple branches that can be selectively switched into use to adjust transconductance and drain saturation voltage characteristics for the current source. Gate structures in the configurable current source transistor may be supplied with a reference voltage from an adjustable voltage reference circuit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194716 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device may include an image pickup unit in which unit pixels having photoelectric conversion elements are arranged, the unit pixels outputting pixel signals, a reference signal generation unit, a comparison unit that includes a differential amplifier unit and a reset unit, the differential amplifier unit comparing a voltage of the first input terminal to a voltage of the second input terminal, a measurement unit that measures a comparison time of the comparison unit from a comparison start to a comparison end, and a change unit that changes the voltage of the first input terminal so that a voltage difference between the first input terminal and the second input terminal is set to a voltage at which a comparison operation by the comparison unit is ensured after a reset operation by the reset unit. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194717 | IMAGING APPARATUS, AN IMAGING SYSTEM, AND A DRIVINGMETHOD OF AN IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit, an amplifying transistor, and a control unit. The pixel unit includes a first photoelectric conversion unit generating a first charge based on incident light of a first color, a second photoelectric conversion unit generating a second charge based on incident light of the first color, and a third photoelectric conversion unit generating a third charge based on incident light of a second color. The amplifying transistor is provided in common to the first to third photoelectric conversion units, and outputs a signal based on the first, second, and third charges generated by the first, second, and third photoelectric conversion units, respectively. The control unit sets the pixel unit to a selected state or a non-selected state according to an electric potential of a control terminal of the amplifying transistor. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194718 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes an imaging unit that outputs imaging data by performing an imaging operation, a temperature sensor that outputs a diode voltage according to a diode current, and an output circuit that shares a part of a circuit with the imaging unit and outputs temperature data based on the diode voltage outputted from the temperature sensor in the same semiconductor chip. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194719 | IMAGE SENSOR UNITS WITH STACKED IMAGE SENSORS AND IMAGE PROCESSORS - An image sensor unit has stacked imager and processor integrated circuits. The imager may have an image sensor pixel array on its front surface. Processor die may be mounted back-to-back with respective imagers on a wafer. A photodefinable dielectric film may cover the rear surface of the wafer. Metal traces in the photodefinable dielectric and through-silicon vias in each imager may be used to interconnect the processing circuitry on the front surface of a processor to the image sensor pixel array on the front surface of the imager. Openings may be formed in the photo definable dielectric to allow solder balls to form electrical connections with the metal traces. A cavity may be formed in a photo definable dielectric layer or an imager to accommodate the processor. The processor may also be mounted in a cavity in a separate silicon standoff structure before attaching the standoff structure to the imager. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BINNING PIXELS - An imager may be configured to perform pixel binning on captured images. Pixel binning may be performed by forming groups of pixels and combining sampled values from the pixels in each group. The sampled values from the pixels may be combined by assigning weights to each pixel, scaling the sampled values by the corresponding weights, and summing the scaled values. The groups of pixels and pixel weights may be selected to produce binned images with even spatial distribution. The pixel binning operation may be performed by processing circuitry that receives captured image data from the imager. The pixel binning operation may also be separated into a horizontal binning step and a vertical binning step that are performed by image readout circuitry during image readout. During the horizontal binning step, pixels of a particular row may be combined. During the vertical binning step, pixel rows may be combined. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194721 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor having multiple segmental pixels each including multiple photoelectric conversion units arranged two-dimensionally for receiving light beams that have passed through different pupil regions, the photoelectric conversion units being divided for each segmental pixel in a first or second pupil-division direction for addition reading; a determination unit configured to determine an edge direction of an image for each divided area of the image sensor; a decision unit configured to, based on the determined edge direction, decide for each divided area either the first or second pupil-division direction; a reading control unit configured to perform addition reading of the segmental pixels by dividing the photoelectric conversion units in the first or second pupil-division direction decided, and to control the image sensor such that pairs of image signals are outputted; and a focus adjusting unit configured to carry out phase difference focus adjustments. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194722 | DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSORS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Aspects of the invention provide dynamic range extension for CMOS image sensors for mobile applications. An embodiment of the invention may comprise setting for each pixel in a pixel array one of a plurality of integration times and one of a plurality of signal gains, wherein the settings may be used to generate corresponding digital data for each pixel in the pixel array. The corresponding digital data for adjacent pixels for the same color plane may then be grouped into a superpixel, where each pixel has associated with it a different combination of integration time and signal gain. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194723 | SOLID STATE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image capture device includes: a pixel section in which pixels are arranged in a matrix; control lines; a pixel drive section that performs control, through the control lines, an operation of the pixels so as to perform a shutter operation of the pixel section and so as to perform reading; a reading circuit that reads signals from the pixels; and a shutter-mode switching section that controls an operation of the pixel drive section in accordance with a rolling shutter system in which exposure is performed for each row or a global shutter system in which exposure is simultaneously performed on all the pixels. The pixel drive section includes a shutter-mode corresponding section that causes an impedance value from the control lines to a power supply in a global shutter operation to be greater than an impedance value in a rolling shutter operation. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194724 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a source follower transistor for outputting a signal based on a voltage of the floating node to a signal line, and a clip circuit clipping the signal line at a first voltage and a second voltage. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194725 | ELETRONIC VIEWFINDER DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - The electronic viewfinder | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194726 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an image capturing lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the fifth lens element is made of plastic; and a sixth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric, and the sixth lens element is made of plastic. By such arrangement, the photo-sensitivity and the total track length of the image capturing lens assembly can be reduced. Furthermore, the aberration and astigmatism of the assembly can be effectively corrected for obtaining higher image resolution. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194727 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING IMAGE SENSING MODULE WITH PASSIVE COMPONENTS - A camera module includes an image sensing module and a lens holder. The image sensing module includes a base defining a top surface and a recess, and a transparent plate mounted on the top surface, the transparent plate covering the recess and having a first surface facing away from the recess. First electrically conductive poles in the transparent plate, second electrically conductive poles, an image sensor in the recess, and passive components attached on the first surface and surrounding the sensor. The sensor includes a light sensitive region and a light non-sensitive region. The second electrically conductive poles are embedded in the light non-sensitive region, and electrically connecting the sensor to the first electrically conductive poles. The passive components are electrically connected to the sensor via the first electrically conductive poles. The lens holder is attached on the top surface of the base and surrounding the transparent plate. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194728 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are an image sensor module, a camera module including the image sensor module, and a method of correcting a back focal length of a camera including the camera module. The image sensor module includes an image sensor which converts light into an electrical signal; an infrared ray filter which is configured to be movable between a first position in an optical path of the light entering the image sensor and a second position outside the optical path of the light entering the image sensor, and decreases an amount of infrared rays entering the image sensor if the infrared ray filter is at the first position; and a variable focus liquid crystal lens which is disposed in the optical path. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194729 | Fast Auto-Focus in Imaging - The disclosure relates to methods and systems for automatically focusing multiple images of one or more objects on a substrate. The methods include obtaining, by a processor, a representative focal distance for a first location on the substrate based on a set of focal distances at known locations on the substrate. The methods also include acquiring, by an image acquisition device, a set of at least two images of the first location. The images are each acquired using a different focal distance at an offset from the representative focal distance. The methods further include estimating, by a processor, an ideal focal distance corresponding to the first location based on comparing a quality of focus for each of the images, and storing the estimated ideal focal distance and the first location in the set of focal distances at known locations. | 2012-08-02 |
| 20120194730 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens group of positive refractive power; a second lens group of negative power; a third lens group of positive power; a fourth lens group of negative power, and a fifth lens group of positive power arranged from the object side to the image side. At activation of variable power from the wide angle end to the telescopic end, the first, third, fourth and fifth lens groups moves so as to get closer to the object side or the image side at the telescopic end than at the wide angle end; and a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases; a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases; a gap between the third lens group and the forth lens group increases; and a gap between the forth lens group and the fifth lens group increases. | 2012-08-02 |
