34th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 75 |
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20220272196 | CUSTOMER JOURNEY CONTACT LINKING TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE AND LOYALTY - Systems and methods include identifying sets of communications using AB testing based on a difference in metadata values between the sets for a first type of metadata, determining at least one similarity between communications in a first set based on metadata values of a second type of metadata, determining at least one similarity between the communications in the second set based on metadata values of the second type of metadata or a third type of metadata, comparing the at least one similarity from the first set to the at least one similarity of the second set to identify differences in metadata values or types of metadata, and determining, based on the differences, a suggested action for an agent for a future communication with respect to at least one of a desired script, a target phrase, or a desired acoustic characteristic. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272197 | TECHNIQUES FOR BENCHMARKING PERFORMANCE IN A CONTACT CENTER SYSTEM - Techniques for benchmarking performance in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking contact center system performance comprising cycling, by at least one computer processor configured to perform contact center operations, between a first contact-agent pairing strategy and a second contact-agent pairing strategy for pairing contacts with agents in the contact center system; determining an agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy comprising a difference between a first agent utilization of the first contact-agent pairing strategy and a balanced agent utilization; and determining a relative performance of the second contact-agent pairing strategy compared to the first contact-agent pairing strategy based on the agent-utilization bias in the first contact-agent pairing strategy. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272198 | CONTACT CENTER NETWORK AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION SESSION IN A CONTACT CENTER NETWORK - A contact center network including a contact center unit connected via a communication network to a plurality of agents and to a plurality of IoT devices, wherein each one of the plurality of IoT devices is equipped with sensor devices adapted to measure predetermined IoT measurement data, and at least one actuator device adapted to control the IoT device remotely, wherein the contact center unit is connectable to the sensor devices and the actuator devices via a IoT middleware unit adapted to receive an incident notification, if sensor measurement data matches a predetermined criterion indicating an incident, and wherein the contact center unit includes a routing unit adapted to route a contact based on the incident information comprised in the incident notification to an agent. Further, embodiments relate to a method for establishing a communication session in a contact center network. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272199 | SELECTIVE AGGREGATION OF ENQUEUED NODES INTO A SUBNETWORK FOR SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATION - Contact centers often encounter situations where a group of customers have a common issue to be addressed. Connecting each customer to an agent for one-on-one communication may be effective, but it is resource intensive both in terms of networking and computer requirements and the time an agent spends repeating the same information. By performing an initial assessment of customers' issues, a common issue may be discovered that a common issue exists that can be handled in a group lecture pod, wherein a number of customer connect to interact with an agent and optionally to each other. Provided confidential information is not required, and any other required consent given, customers may be connected to the group lecture pod for more immediate resolution of a common issue and not have to stay in queue to wait for an agent to become available for a one-on-one interaction. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272200 | AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of this application belong to the field of audio processing technologies and provide an audio processing method and an electronic device. The method is applicable to an electronic device including a camera. The electronic device records a plurality of channels of audio and video pictures corresponding to the audio in a video recording mode, and plays, during video playback, some video pictures and audio obtained after the plurality of channels of audio are combined. When a speaker in a video picture starts to speak, played audio is switched to audio corresponding to the video picture in which the speaker is located; thereby resolving a feeling of a sudden change of sound caused by switching required for obtaining audio content when the electronic device that does not support playback of a plurality of channels of audio plays a video. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - Described herein are methods, devices, media, and systems for managing emergency communications and providing seamless data extraction from a communication device by an emergency service. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272202 | SUPPORT FOR ENVELOPE REPORTING - A method performed in a CP node. The method comprises setting a TQM in a URR to which its corresponding SDFs are applicable for envelope reporting, setting at least one reporting trigger in the URR, to instruct the UP function to generate a usage report upon closure of an envelope, setting a measurement method in the URR, to instruct the UP function to collect usage of volume, time and/or event, sending the set URR to the UP function, receiving one or more usage reports from the UP function, in response to the sent URR, wherein the received usage report(s) comprises at least a usage report trigger set to envelope closure, determining a starting time and/or an ending time for each envelope, based on the received usage report(s), and storing each envelope, with the determined starting time and/or ending time, for online or offline charging. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272203 | Blockchain-Based Roaming Transaction Method and Apparatus - A blockchain-based roaming transaction method includes sending, by a first network device, a charging data record file to a second network device; publishing, by the first network device, a currency statement to a blockchain; and receiving, by the first network device feedback information of the charging data record file from the second network device. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272204 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DATA FROM POPULATION SAMPLE DATA HAVING INCOMPLETE DEMOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATIONS - Methods and apparatus to generate audience measurement data from population sample data having incomplete demographic classifications are disclosed. An example method includes detecting that a number of impressions a time segment of a video occurred based on messages; detecting that no impressions for the time segment of the video were detected by the database proprietor; determining respective percentages of exposures of the video that are attributable to corresponding ones of multiple demographic groups, determining the respective percentages being based on the first demographic information provided by the database proprietor for exposures of other time segments of the video; attributing respective portions of the number of impressions to the demographic groups based on the respective percentages to determine imputed numbers of impressions; generating adjusted numbers of impressions based on the imputed numbers of impressions; and determining ratings information for the video using the adjusted numbers of impressions. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272205 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE - System and methods are disclosed that improve the speed, efficiency and usefulness of providing telecommunication service by computerized telecommunication service. In some embodiments, systems and methods described herein enable a user to receive the telecommunication service to a mobile device of the user, such as by adding data service, minutes and/or text messages to the prepaid plan, in response to having an advertisement played on or otherwise delivered via the mobile device. An ad may be displayed or otherwise played on the mobile device or inserted into messages sent by the user via the mobile device for the user to received minutes, data or texts added to their prepaid plan. The service carrier may split compensation received from an advertiser for playing an ad on a customer's device between the service carrier and the customer. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272206 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an original tray on which an original is to be stacked; a conveyance unit configured to convey the original stacked on the original tray; a reading unit including a reading sensor having a light receiving element to receive light of a first color and a light receiving element to receive light of a second color that is different from the first color, wherein the reading unit is configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyance unit by using the reading sensor to generate image data which represents a reading result of the reading unit; at least one processor configured to: determine a first abnormal position which is a position in a first direction of an abnormal pixel of the first color in the image represented by the image data, wherein, in the image represented by the image data. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272207 | AUTOMATED BEAM SCAN CALIBRATION, ALIGNMENT, AND ADJUSTMENT - A method of calibrating a beam scan field of an additive manufacturing machine in which a radiant energy beam is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, the method including: using a radiant energy source, directing a beam using a steering mechanism so as to create a calibration build job on a substrate, the calibration build job including at least one measurement artifact created by the beam; using a calibrated camera, collecting an image of the calibration build job; generating a set of measurements of the calibration build job from the image; comparing the measurements to a standard; in response to the measurements deviating from the standard by more than a predetermined acceptable tolerance, adjusting the steering mechanism; wherein the steps of directing, collecting, generating, comparing, and adjusting are carried out in response to automated commands from an electronic controller. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272208 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cut-out section, a deriving section, a first processing unit, and a second processing unit. The cut-out section cuts out, from image data obtained by imaging, one or a plurality of pieces of ROI image data included in the image data. The deriving section derives ROI positional information in the image data. The first processing unit generates first transmission data corresponding to a first transmission method based on the one or the plurality of pieces of ROI image data and one or a plurality of pieces of the ROI positional information in the image data. The second processing unit generates second transmission data corresponding to a second transmission method based on the one or the plurality of pieces of ROI image data and the one or the plurality of pieces of the ROI positional information in the image data. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272209 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM - A service providing system and an information processing method. The service providing system stores in one or more memories, a plurality of settings of an application that receives an execution request from the electronic device, duplicates the application that uses one of the plurality of settings stored in the one or more memories to generate duplicated application, and transmits information on the duplicated application to the electronic device, and the electronic device displays on a display, a screen for selecting an application to be executed by a user, the screen including the duplicated application for selection by the user. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272210 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING ALBUM ARTWORK IMAGES - A server computing device can (1) managing a plurality of album artwork templates, wherein each album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates includes a plurality of entries, and each entry of the plurality of entries defines a respective manner by which a respective album artwork image is to be generated, (2) receiving, from a client device, a request for an album artwork image, wherein the request includes: a first identifier that corresponds to a particular image of an artist, a second identifier that corresponds to a particular album artwork template of the plurality of album artwork templates, and locale information that corresponds to a particular entry of the particular album artwork template, and (3) generating the album artwork image according to the respective manner defined by the particular entry, wherein the album artwork image is based at least in part on the particular image of the artist. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272211 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing system of the present disclosure includes a first authentication unit configured to receive first authentication information input by a user and perform authentication based on the first authentication information, a registration unit configured to register an image processing apparatus based on the authentication, a second transmission unit configured to transmit second authentication information to the image processing apparatus upon registration of the image processing apparatus by the registration unit, and a second authentication unit configured to perform authentication to install a predetermined application in a second information processing apparatus based on the second authentication information. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272212 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A communication system includes an information processing device executing processing of controlling a wireless communication device to start transmitting image data to a receiving device, when detecting coupling of the wireless communication device; and the wireless communication device establishing, when coupled to the information processing device communication with the receiving device, and transmitting the image data from the information processing device to the receiving device according to the control. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, RECOMMENDING, UPDATING AND SUPPLYING MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL FLEETS - A system and method for maintenance and supplying of a fleet of multifunction peripheral devices includes two or more networked devices including a decision engine. Devices discover one another and one device is designated as a server. The server creates a virtual lobby accessible by other devices and its decision engine is enabled. The server invites other devices into its virtual lobby, and these devices join the lobby in response. Devices provide their device state information to the lobby. The enabled decision engine generates recommendations for consumable replenishment, device servicing or device configuration, relaying the recommendations to a system administrator's tablet or smartphone. The administrator may accept, reject, modify or implement received suggestions. Consumable supplies or servicing recommendations can be done automatically if enabled. Administrator actions are fed back to the server for machine learning to improve future suggestions. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272214 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that is capable of wireless communication with an operation device and that can be operated by the operation device via the wireless communication, the image forming apparatus comprising:
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20220272215 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Provided is an image forming device capable of managing a printing result of a specific content as a use history of a user designated in advance. According to embodiments, an image forming device includes a printer, a memory, and a processor. The printer forms an image on a medium. The memory stores information indicating a designated user with respect to a specific content as a printing person to print the specific content. When printing of a specific content for which a designated user as a printing person is stored in the memory in correspondence is requested, the processor controls printing of the specific content by the printer with the designated user as the printing person. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272216 | METHOD FOR CHANGING SCAN SETTINGS IN A MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER AND A MULTI-FUNCTION PRINTER THEREOF - A method and apparatus are provided for changing scan settings to verify the size of a scanned document. The method includes displaying on a user interface of the apparatus, a size of the scanned document, scanned based on one or more scan settings. The method further includes receiving a user response relating to the size of the scanned document. The user response is indicative of whether the size of the scanned document is according to a target size. The apparatus provides at least one of color information or resolution information to at least one of a device associated with the user or the user interface, when the size of scanned document is greater than the target size. The user changes one of color and resolution settings. The method includes scanning the document with one of changed color or resolution settings to obtain the scanned document with the target size. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272217 | PRINT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A print apparatus registers information of the print apparatus in a server via an external access point based on an instruction provided via an operation screen of the print apparatus, obtains print data when an audio control device receives a print instruction by audio so that the server generates the print data, and executes a print process based on the obtained print data. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING SECOND APPLICATION CREATABLE FROM FIRST APPLICATION - An information processing apparatus includes: a creating unit that creates, from a first application which a person with a first authority is able to invalidate, a second application which a person with a second authority is able to invalidate; and an invalidating unit that invalidates the second application according to a predetermined condition when the first application is invalidated. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272219 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a housing including a processing unit configured to process image information; an opening and closing member openably and closably provided on the housing, the opening and closing member including a reading unit configured to read an image from an image holding medium and configured to obtain image information from the image; a connection member that electrically connects the reading unit and the processing unit; and a protective member including a first protective member rotatably supported by the opening and closing member and a second protective member rotatably supported by the housing and rotatably connected to the first protective member, wherein rotation axial directions of the first protective member and the second protective member are the same direction as a rotation axial direction of the opening and closing member, and the connection member is accommodated in the protective member and protected by the protective member. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272220 | BOOTH - A booth that is available for use when reserved and that is installed with an image forming apparatus accommodated therein, the booth including a panel having a first opening through which the image forming apparatus accommodated in the booth is operable by a person who has entered the booth; and a panel having a second opening through which the image forming apparatus accommodated in the booth is operable by a person from outside the booth. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272221 | POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE - A post-processing unit includes a punch unit that punches a paper on which recording is performed by a recording unit that discharges ink, and a controller that controls a punching operation of the punch unit. The controller sets at least one of the number of punching and a punching speed per paper in the punch unit based on setting information of at least one of recording information and environmental information in the recording unit. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272222 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image forming apparatus, a method and a system for firmware upgrade. The method includes when a server has a firmware upgrade package, downloading the firmware upgrade package from the server; and transmitting the firmware upgrade package to a second image forming apparatus. The firmware upgrade package is configured to upgrade firmware of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272223 | LIGHT EMITTING COMPONENT, OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE USING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light emitting component includes: a first light emitting element row including light emitting elements arranged in a main scanning direction; and a second light emitting element row including light emitting elements arranged in the main scanning direction such that the second light emitting element row is deviated from the first light emitting element row in a sub scanning direction and each of the light emitting elements in the second light emitting element row is positioned between light emitting elements adjacent to each other in the first light emitting element row, and a light emitting point area that is an area where each light emitting element of the first light emitting element row emits light, and a light emitting point area that is an area where each light emitting element of the second light emitting element row emits light are overlapped with each other in the main scanning direction. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272224 | GUIDE ELEMENT FOR PAPER ALIGNMENT - An image scanning apparatus includes an image sensor to scan a manuscript, a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move the manuscript to a manuscript transfer path, and a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor. The loading apparatus includes a discharge tray to hold a discharged manuscript and a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272225 | METHOD OF GENERATING A SECURE IMAGE - A secure image for a security document is generated by performing a rasterization process for each of a plurality of mono-color base images using a plurality of different threshold functions. For each base image, the plurality of threshold functions cover different intensity regions and result in a complex rasterization pattern depending on the intensity of the input image. The resulting binary images obtained by the rasterization process are combined using offset printing with fluorescent inks of different colors, to result in a multi-color fluorescent output image including a plurality of different complex rasterization patterns. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272226 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF SCREEN FOR SETTING METADATA, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS - Based on one metadata template determined from among a plurality of metadata templates, a screen including a scan image, a plurality of keys defined in the one determined metadata template, and value input fields each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of keys is displayed, and in a case where a user selects any one of the plurality of keys displayed in the screen, character string areas determined to match a data format of a value corresponding to the key are displayed in such a manner that the character string areas are recognizable as value candidates on the scan image. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING LARGE FILES FROM A MEMORY CONSTRAINED MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for printing large files from a memory constrained mobile device analyzes image files to determine whether decompressing them for display or printing would result in image data exceeding device capacity. If not, the image data is displayed on the device and sent to a printer. If so, metadata in the image files is altered such that image data is generated at a lower resolution before decompression for displaying and printing. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272228 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey the original; an image reading unit configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyance unit by using a reading sensor to generate image data which represents a reading result; at least one processor configured to: detect a streak image in an image represented by the image data based on the image data; determine a content area in the image represented by the image data, the content area being an area where content is printed, and perform correction processing for removing the streak image by correcting the image data; wherein the at least one processor is configured to be operable in a first reading mode in which the correction processing is performed to image data corresponding to the streak image in an area outside the content area. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272229 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that includes an image capturing unit capturing an image in front of the apparatus; a display displaying a screen; and a controller including one or more processors, the controller configured to function as: an acquisition unit acquiring a face image of a user from the image captured by the image capturing unit; an authentication unit authenticating, using the face image of the user acquired by the acquisition unit, the user who is within a first distance from the apparatus; a tracking unit tracking the user authenticated by the authentication unit; and a control unit causing the display to display a screen that is based on information corresponding to the user tracked by the tracking unit when the user has reached a position at a second distance from the apparatus, the second distance being shorter than the first distance. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272230 | COLOR SPACE INK MODEL GENERATION MECHANISM - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store ink model estimation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the ink model estimation logic to generate color space ink model parameter data for a print system based on an ink deposition data and color space measurement data for one of a plurality of inks for the print system. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272231 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided with an image processing device. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain a mixed spectral reflectance of a region in which a first color and a second color are mixed in an image including the first color and the second color, a plurality of first spectral reflectances of the first color, a plurality of first halftone dots associated with respective ones of the plurality of first spectral reflectances, a plurality of second spectral reflectances of the second color, and a plurality of second halftone dots associated with respective ones of the plurality of second spectral reflectances. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272232 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES AN IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit, an image forming unit, and a color calibration processing unit. The image forming unit forms an image on an image forming medium using image forming color materials of a plurality of colors including CMY. The color calibration processing unit sets, in consideration of the integrated value of the product of the spectral transmittance and the spectral reflectance in the visible region of the reference document measured by the external colorimeter and the color material image formed using the image forming color materials on the image forming medium, a difference feature amount for bringing the color of the color material image closer to the color of the reference document by using the integrated value of the product of the spectral transmittance and the spectral reflectance in the visible region calculated from the XYZ values measured by the external colorimeter. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272233 | COLORIMETRIC METHOD AND COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM - A colorimetric method includes a server generating a colorimetric job including information about an instruction to perform colorimetry and a colorimetry measurement condition, the server storing the colorimetric job, the server transmitting the colorimetric job, a colorimeter receiving the colorimetric job, and the colorimeter performing colorimetry based on the colorimetric job when the colorimetric job is selected by the colorimeter. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272234 | DEPTH IMAGING CAMERA WITH POLARIZATION-CODED APERTURE - A depth imaging system in a vehicle includes a lens that includes a polarization-coded aperture. The polarization-coded aperture includes a perpendicular polarization portion to pass incident light entering the perpendicular polarization portion of the polarization-coded aperture as perpendicularly polarized light. The polarization-coded aperture also includes a parallel polarization portion to pass the incident light entering the parallel polarization portion of the polarization-coded aperture as parallel polarized light. An image sensor provides a perpendicularly polarized image based on the perpendicularly polarized light and a parallel polarized image based on the parallel polarized light. A controller processes the perpendicularly polarized image and the parallel polarized image to identify one or more objects in a field of view of the depth imaging system and to determine a range to each of the one or more objects. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272235 | ELECTRONIC TRACKING DEVICE FOR CAMERA AND RELATED SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE OUTPUT OF THE CAMERA - A trackable camera beacon is provided that is mountable onto a camera, so that the camera can be more easily tracked and automatically controlled. The camera beacon obtains lens data from the lens of a camera, position data corresponding to the camera beacon, and outputs a unified and synchronized data packet. The unified and synchronized output includes position, orientation and lens data. This can be used to also control the camera, such as the focus, iris and zoom parameters of the lens. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272236 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS THAT IS REDUCED IN SIZE AND HAS HIGH OPERABILITY, AND OPERATION MEMBER - An image sensor converts an optical image formed by an imaging optical system to video signals. A heat dissipation section discharges heat generated in an image sensor to the outside. The imaging optical system, the image sensor, the heat dissipation section, and a battery chamber are arranged on an extension line of an axis of the system in the mentioned order. The battery chamber has an upper surface tilted forward in a direction in which the image sensor is disposed with respect to the axis by a predetermined angle. A projected shadow of a portion, close to the heat dissipation section, of an upper end portion of the battery chamber, which is projected from an upper surface side of the image capturing apparatus, overlaps the heat dissipation section. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272237 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a housing and a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the housing. The camera module includes a camera housing, a sensor assembly including an image sensor and is fixed to the camera housing, and a lens unit, at least part of which is accommodated in a space formed by the camera housing and the sensor assembly, the lens unit being configured such that all or part of the lens unit moves relative to the camera housing and the sensor assembly. The lens unit includes a lens assembly including a lens, a first carrier to which the lens assembly is coupled, a second carrier in which the first carrier is accommodated to be movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens, a stopper coupled to the second carrier to cover at least part of the first carrier, and a first damper, at least part of which is disposed between the stopper and the first carrier. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272238 | CAMERA ACTUATOR - A camera actuator according to an embodiment includes a housing; a prism unit disposed in the housing; and a driving unit for tilting the prism unit, wherein a ball bearing and a pulling magnet for generating attractive force to each other are disposed in the prism unit and the housing, and wherein the prism unit is supported to the housing by the attractive force between the ball bearing and the pulling magnet. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272239 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD - The imaging device includes: a modulator configured to modulate a light intensity in accordance with a real pattern; an image sensor configured to create a sensor image in accordance with the modulated light; and a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses arranged to correspond to a plurality of pixels of the image sensor. The imaging device has a distribution property of a relative positional difference amount between a center position of a light receiver of each pixel of the plurality of pixels and a center position of each micro lens of the plurality of micro lenses of the micro lens array in a plane of the image sensor. This property has at least one point or more with a changing difference value of the difference amount between the adjacent pixels from a positive value to a negative value or from a negative value to a positive value. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272240 | COMPACT OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH SHORTENED FOCAL LENGTH, IMAGING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A compact optical imaging device with shortened focal length, for use in an imaging module and an electronic device, comprises first to fifth lenses. An image-side surface of the first lens is concave near an optical axis. An image-side surface of the third lens is concave near the optical axis. The second and fourth lenses have a negative refractive power. The third and fifth lenses have a positive refractive power. The optical imaging device satisfies formulas: 95°/mm2022-08-25 | |
20220272241 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A camera module includes a housing, a unitary element, an optical lens assembly, an image-side light blocking assembly and a driving device. The unitary element is one-piece formed from a lens carrier and a lens barrel and movably disposed in the housing. The optical lens assembly is disposed in the unitary element. The image-side light blocking assembly includes at least one light blocking sheet, and the image-side light blocking assembly does not contact the optical lens assembly. The driving device is disposed between the housing and the unitary element. The driving device drives the unitary element, the optical lens assembly and the image-side light blocking assembly to move in an optical axis direction parallel to an optical axis of the optical lens assembly by electromagnetic force. A minimal inner opening of the unitary element is located between the optical lens assembly and the image-side light blocking assembly. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272242 | CLUSTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Techniques are provided for managing resources among clusters of computing devices in a computing system. Resource reassignment message are generated for indicating that servers are reassigned and in response to resource compute loads exceed or fall below certain thresholds. Techniques also include establishing communications with the reassigned servers to assign compute loads without physically relocating the servers from one cluster to another cluster. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272243 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH THERMAL COMPENSATING MEANS - A vehicular camera includes a camera housing having a first portion and a second portion joined to the first portion. The first portion of the camera housing accommodates a lens and has an attaching portion having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A circuit board includes circuitry disposed at a circuit board substrate that has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE. The circuitry includes an imager. The circuit board substrate is attached at the attaching portion of the first portion of the camera housing. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature greater than 50 degrees C., the attaching portion expands a greater degree than the circuit board substrate. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature below −20 degrees C., the attaching portion contracts a greater degree than the circuit board substrate | 2022-08-25 |
20220272244 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND IMAGE STABILIZATION MODULE - A flexible printed circuit board according to the present disclosures includes a base film having an insulating property and a planar coil disposed on a surface of the base film, wherein a number of turns on an outside of a center point of a coil width of the planar coil in a plan view is greater than a number of turns on an inside of the center point. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272245 | IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally relate to methods and video system components that have integrated background differentiation capabilities that allow for background replacement and/or background modification. In some embodiments, undesired portions of video data generated in a video environment are separated from desired portions of the video data by taking advantage of the illumination and decay of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, provided from an illuminator, over a distance. Due to the decay of intensity with distance, the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the undesired background has a lower intensity when received by the sensor than the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the desired foreground. The difference in the detected intensity at the one or more wavelengths can then be used to separate and/or modify the undesired background from the desired foreground for use in a video feed. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272246 | UNDER-DISPLAY CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An example image capture device includes memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and a camera sensor. The camera sensor is disposed to receive light through at least a portion of a display. The one or more processors are configured to determine an effective aperture for the camera sensor. The one or more processors are configured to apply a mask to one or more pixels in the at least a portion of the display, wherein the mask is based on the effective aperture. The one or more processors are configured to capture an image using the camera sensor. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTO-SETTING OF CAMERAS - At least one embodiment of a method for setting camera parameters of a camera, the method comprising:
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20220272248 | AUTO CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR EXTERNAL LIGHTS ATTACHED TO MACHINE VISION SYSTEM OPERATING ON POWER OVER ETHERNET - Methods and systems for automatically calibrating external illumination sources are disclosed herein. An example method includes supplying power over Ethernet (PoE) to an imaging assembly. The example method may further include identifying a characteristic corresponding to an external illumination source connected to the imaging assembly. The example method may further include adjusting an output intensity of the external illumination source based upon the characteristic, wherein the imaging assembly supplies the PoE to the external illumination source. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272249 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via a lens and outputs an image; and at least one processor or circuit configured to function as: a detection unit configured to detect flicker from the image output from the image sensor; and a control unit configured, in a case where, in an image capture time period in which images of a subject are being captured for flicker detection by the image sensor, the lens is driven in accordance with a drive operation that causes a change in an amount of light received by the image sensor, to adjust drive of the lens in the image capture time period. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272250 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING FLICKER DUE TO PERIODIC CHANGE IN LIGHT AMOUNT OF OBJECT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a first shutter speed based on a reciprocal of a light amount change frequency of detected flicker and a selection unit configured to select a second shutter speed as a candidate in capturing an image of the object with reduced effect of the flicker. If a third shutter speed is set in advance, the determination unit determines a closer one of shutter speeds to the third shutter speed than the others as the first shutter speed, wherein the shutter speeds being integer multiples of a shutter speed that is the reciprocal of the light amount change frequency of the flicker detected. The selection unit selects one of settable shutter speeds of the image capturing apparatus as the second shutter speed, wherein the one has a smaller difference from the first shutter speed than the others. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272251 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING FLICKER DUE TO PERIODIC CHANGE IN LIGHT AMOUNT OF OBJECT, FLICKER DETECTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a driving control unit configured to control driving of an image sensor, and a flicker detection unit configured to detect flicker, which is a periodic change in a light amount of an object, based on a signal output from the image sensor, wherein the driving control unit is configured to, if the image sensor outputs a flicker detection signal to be used in detecting the flicker, control the driving of the image sensor at n different frame rates, n being a natural number greater than or equal to 3, wherein a least common multiple of the n frame rates used in detecting the flicker is not same as any of the n frame rates, and wherein the flicker detection unit is configured to detect the flicker based on the flicker detection signal obtained at each of the n frame rates. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272252 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR REDUCING COLOR UNEVENNESS DUE TO FLICKER, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: a processor configured to detect a flicker cycle of a light source; generate a difference image between an image in which a light intensity fringe is not present and an image in which a light intensity fringe is present based on the flicker cycle; divide the difference image into a plurality of regions; identify a first color unevenness occurrence region, a second color unevenness occurrence region, and a color unevenness non-occurrence region; determine a center position of an exposure period in the identified color unevenness non-occurrence region, and controls exposure; and control exposure such that, in a direction perpendicular to an image reading direction of an image sensor, the center position of the exposure period located in the color unevenness non-occurrence region satisfying predetermined conditions. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272253 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING PLURALITY OF SOUND INPUT UNITS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a first sound input unit, a second sound input unit different from the first sound input unit, an image capturing unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit generates moving image data with sounds from moving image data generated by the image capturing unit and sound data generated by the first sound input unit, wherein, in a case where a sound corresponding to a voice instruction to control the image capturing apparatus is detected from sound data input to the second sound input unit, the control unit controls the image capturing apparatus based on the voice instruction, and wherein the second sound input unit includes a wireless communication unit configured to receive sound data from an external apparatus. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272254 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT FOR AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method for managing image sensors communicably coupled to an information handling system includes accessing a device inventory storing a list indicating the image sensors; identifying, from the list, an image sensor having a login functionality and a capture functionality, the login functionality causing the image sensor to capture identifying features of a user of the information handling system, the capture functionality causing the image sensor to capture images of the user; accessing a configuration inventory storing configuration policies indicating user permissions associated with the information handling system; determining that the login functionality of the image sensor is permitted based on the user permissions; programmatically enabling the login functionality of the image sensor; determining that the capture functionality of the image sensor is not permitted based on the user permissions; and programmatically disabling the capture functionality of the image sensor. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272255 | SURVEILLANCE VIDEO STREAMS WITH EMBEDDED OBJECT DATA - Systems and methods for surveillance video streams with embedded object data from another video camera are described. At least two video cameras are configured with fields of view to provide images of an object from alternative views. Video data for a primary video stream is received from one camera and secondary object data for the object from the other camera is embedded in the primary video stream. The primary video stream is sent to an analytics engine for processing the primary video and embedded secondary object data, such as performing facial recognition on a better image of a human face and/or feature vectors therefrom that are embedded in the primary video stream. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VISUAL LINE DETECTION SYSTEM, VISUAL LINE DETECTION METHOD, AND VISUAL LINE DETECTION PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including a light source control section that changes intensity of light of a light source which irradiates eyes of a user, a reception section that receives, from an event driven vision sensor including a sensor which generates an event signal when detecting a change in intensity of a light to be incident thereon, the event signal indicating a position and a time of the change in intensity of the light reflected by the eyes of the user, and a visual line detection section that identifies the light source corresponding to the event signal on the basis of a relative positional relation among the eyes of the user, the light source, and the vision sensor, and of the event signal generated at the same time that control is carried out by the light source control section, to detect a visual line of the user. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272257 | CAMERA-CAPTURED IMAGES TRANSFER DEVICE - [Problem to be Solved] When a cable length between a CHU and a CCU varies, images-capture timings of the plural CHUs mismatch. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272258 | CAMERA DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF SURROUNDINGS - A camera device having an enlarged or wide-angle field of view generates images of surroundings simultaneously using only one image capturing unit, such as an image sensor, for example. The camera device uses a diverting unit disposed upstream of the image capturing unit. The diverting unit includes so-called holographic optical elements which, based on their deflection structures, divert or deflect light so that the camera device can capture the wide-angle field of view, without generating imaging aberrations on the resulting image(s). The deflection structures are wavelength-selective and/or angle-selective. The total field of view is subdivided into individual angle-of-incidence regions by virtue of the properties of the deflection structures. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272259 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes a fixation unit, a panning unit that has an opening and is configured to rotate in a pan direction relative to the fixation unit, and a lens unit configured to move within the opening in the pan direction and thereby rotate in the pan direction relative to the panning unit. The lens unit rotates in the pan direction at least 360 degrees relative to the fixation unit due to the panning unit rotating in the pan direction relative to the fixation unit and the lens unit rotating in the pan direction relative to the panning unit. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272260 | UAV PANORAMIC IMAGING - A method includes in response to receiving an instruction for starting a panoramic mode, controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to hover at or near a predetermined location; while the UAV is hovering at or near the predetermined location, causing an image capturing device to capture a plurality of images by controlling a carrier that couples the image capturing device to the UAV to rotate the image capturing device about a first axis of the carrier; and stabilizing the image capturing device against motions with respect to a second axis or a third axis of the carrier while the image capturing device is rotating about the first axis of the carrier. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272261 | IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPLICATIONS - A multicamera panoramic imaging system having no parallax. In an example, the multicamera panoramic imaging system includes multiple discrete, imaging systems disposed in a side-by-side array, wherein a field of view of each discrete, imaging systems is conjoined with a field of view of each adjacent discrete imaging system, further wherein a stencil of chief rays at the edge of the field of view of any one of the discrete imaging systems will be substantially parallel to a stencil of chief rays at the edge of the field of view of any adjacent ones of the discrete imaging systems such that all of the substantially parallel stencils of chief rays appear to converge to a common point when viewed from object space. A method for forming an image of an object having no parallax. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272262 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Exposure in High Dynamic Range Video Capture Systems - The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for implementing high dynamic range and automatic exposure functions in a video system. In one aspect, a method is performed at a video camera device and includes, while operating in a non-high dynamic range (HDR) mode: capturing first video data of a scene with the image sensor; determining whether a minimum number of pixels of the first video data meets one or more first color intensity criteria; and in accordance with the determination that the minimum number of pixels of the first video data meets the one or more first color intensity criteria, switching operation from the non-HDR mode to an HDR mode. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272263 | Image sensing assembly - An image sensing assembly includes an enclosure that defines a first viewport aperture in a front wall of the enclosure. The image sensing assembly includes a first image sensor attached within the enclosure, the first image sensor aligned with the first viewport aperture in the front wall of the enclosure to capture image data representative of a scene viewed through the first viewport aperture. The image sensing assembly includes a bracket attached to the enclosure at a first portion of the bracket and attached to a first mounting plate at a second portion of the bracket. The image sensing assembly includes a vibration dampening mount located between the bracket and the first mounting plate to at least partially isolate the enclosure from vibration of the first mounting plate. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272264 | SHAKE CORRECTION UNIT, OPTICAL UNIT, AND SMARTPHONE - In a shake correction unit, a first circuit board has a first portion extending from a first side to a second side in a direction, a second portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, and a bent portion in which an end portion on the second side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the second side of the first portion. A second circuit board has a first portion extending from the second side to the first side in the direction, a second portion extending from the first side to the second side in the direction, and a bent Portion in which an end portion on the first side of the second portion is bent with respect to an end portion on the first side of the first portion. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272265 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image stabilization apparatus comprises: a first obtaining unit that obtains orientation information of an image capturing apparatus; a determining unit that, on the basis of the orientation information, determines a reference position of an image sensor included in the image capturing apparatus; and a calculating unit that calculates a correction amount for performing image stabilization by moving a position of the image sensor from the reference position in a plane intersecting with an optical axis. The reference position is different between when the orientation information indicates that the image capturing apparatus is in a first orientation and when the orientation information indicates that the image capturing apparatus is in a second orientation. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272266 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display of an electronic apparatus includes first to third display portions that at least partially have flexibility and are integrally configured. The display has a first bending portion at a boundary between the first display portion and the second display portion and has a second bending portion at a boundary between the second display portion and the third display portion. A first hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the first and second display portions. A second hinge portion is relatively rotatably coupled to the second and third display portions. The display is configured to be bendable at each bending portion as a start point in response to rotation of each hinge portion. The first bending portion and the second bending portion do not intersect each other and substantially perpendicularly intersect on extended lines of the first bending portion and the second bending portion. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE SIGNAL ADJUSTMENT OF A MOVABLE CAMERA - System and methods for live signal adjustment of a moveable camera are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a raw image associated with the moveable camera associated with a vehicle mirror. The method includes receiving a rotation input to change a position of a reflective surface of the vehicle mirror. The method includes identifying a first component of the second position of the reflective surface based on a first component sensor. The method includes identifying a second component of the second position of the reflective surface based on a second component sensor. The method includes determining cropping parameters based on a shape of the reflective surface, the first component, and the second component. The method includes generating an adjusted cropped image by cropping the raw image based on the cropping parameters. The method includes displaying the adjusted cropped image on a display in response to the rotation input. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272268 | DUAL APERTURE ZOOM CAMERA WITH VIDEO SUPPORT AND SWITCHING / NON-SWITCHING DYNAMIC CONTROL - A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272269 | OCCUPANT MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An occupant monitoring device for a vehicle includes a user interface module including a display that displays a screen for one or more occupants in the vehicle, and an imager that captures one or more images for monitoring the one or more occupants in the vehicle, an actuator that drives the module to change an orientation of the module, and a controller that executes identification control and/or registration control for the one or more occupants. The controller executes a first control to cause the actuator to change the module's orientation so that the imager's orientation becomes close to an orientation of an occupant who gets into the vehicle, and executes the identification control and/or the registration control for monitoring the one or more occupants in the vehicle with captured image data obtained by the imager in a case where the first control has been executed to change the imager's orientation. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272270 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH AN IMAGE PLANE PHASE DIFFERENC DETECTION PIXEL - The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device that enables inhibition of occurrence of color mixture or noise, and an electronic apparatus. The image pickup device of the present disclosure includes an image plane phase difference detection pixel for obtaining a phase difference signal for image plane phase difference AF. The image plane phase difference detection pixel includes: a first photoelectric conversion section that generates an electric charge in response to incident light; an upper electrode section that is one of electrodes disposed facing each other across the first photoelectric conversion section, the upper electrode section being formed on an incident side of the incident light on the first photoelectric conversion section; and a lower electrode section that is another of the electrodes disposed facing each other across the first photoelectric conversion section, the lower electrode section being formed on an opposite side of the incident side of the incident light on the first photoelectric conversion section, the lower electrode section being multiple-divided at a position that avoids a center of the incident light. The present disclosure is applicable to image sensors. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272271 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF KEEPING FOCUS ON SUBJECT EVEN WHEN MOVING DIRECTION OF SUBJECT CHANGES IN TIME SERIES, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of keeping a focus on a subject even when a moving direction of the subject changes in time series is provided. The image pickup apparatus comprising at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units, an image pickup unit configured to pick up a subject image formed by an image pickup optical system and generate image data, a subject detecting unit configured to detect a subject included in the image data generated by the image pickup unit and obtain a subject detection result, a focus detection unit configured to obtain a focus detection result of a focus detection area, which is set based on the subject detection result, and a control unit configured to perform a predictive calculation, which predicts a position of the subject detected by the subject detecting unit at a time after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from a focus detection time, and perform focus control of the image pickup optical system. The control unit changes at least one of a subject position prediction condition and a focus control condition according to time-series changes in the subject detection result obtained by the subject detecting unit and the focus detection result obtained by the focus detection unit. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOFOCUSING OF A CAMERA ASSEMBLY OF A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM - A surgical robotic system includes a sensor unit, a controller, and a robotic subsystem. The robotic subsystem is in communication with the sensor unit and the controller. Additionally, the robotic subsystem includes a plurality of robotic arms that each have an end effort at a distal end thereof. The robotic subsystem also includes a camera assembly that has at least two cameras and an autofocus unit that automatically focuses a lens of each of the cameras. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272273 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus sets a weighting of a first subject included in a predetermined first range to be larger than that of other subjects when a detected subject is included in a first range in an image, updates a target subject for the photometry of which the weighting is set to be larger after continuing a state where the weighting of the first subject is set to be larger for a predetermined time when the first subject goes out of a second range which is wider than the first range and when the first subject does not go out of a third range which is wider than the second range, and updates the target subject for the photometry of which the weighting is set to be larger in response that the first subject goes out of the third range. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272274 | IMAGING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a focus driving unit for driving a focus lens; a tilting driving unit for tilting at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system; a detection unit for detecting a subject in an image; a setting unit for setting a plurality of focus regions in the image based on positional information of the subject detected in the image; a determination unit for determining respective driving amounts for the focus driving unit and for the tilting driving unit based on the positional information and focal information of the plurality of focus regions so that the plurality of focus regions is in focus; and a control unit for controlling the focus driving unit and the tilting driving unit based on the determined respective driving amounts. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272275 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing method applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of cameras. The method includes: receiving a first touch-control input; acquiring a movement speed of a first target object in response to the first touch-control input, the first target object being a moving object in a photography preview interface; acquiring a target photographic magnification factor set based on the movement speed, the target photographic magnification factor set including a plurality of photographic magnification factors; and taking a plurality of photos based on the target photographic magnification factor set. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272276 | APPARATUS, CORRECTION APPARATUS, AND CORRECTION METHOD - An apparatus includes a first correction unit including a first movable unit and a first mechanism configured to lock a position of the first movable unit. An interchangeable lens including a second correction unit is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus, and the second correction unit includes a second movable unit and a second mechanism configured to lock a position of the second movable unit. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to, when the interchangeable lens is attached to the apparatus and one of the first and second movable units is fixed by the first or second mechanism, move the position of the other movable unit in a direction that cancels a shift of an optical axis caused by the fixation of the one of the first and second movable units. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272277 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a line of sight of a user toward a display unit visually checked by the user through a viewfinder and a control unit configured to display on the display unit an image indicating, in a screen of the display unit, an effective display region in which a display element for calibration of the information is displayed. The control unit performs control so that the effective display region is displayed on the display unit based on any of a plurality of display settings including a first display setting for displaying the effective display region in a first size and a second display setting for displaying the effective display region in a second size smaller than the first size. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272278 | SMART CAMERA SUBSTRATE - Embodiments disclosed herein include a diagnostic substrate, comprising a baseplate, and a first plurality of image sensors on the baseplate, where the first plurality of image sensors are oriented horizontal to the baseplate. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate further comprises a second plurality of image sensors on the baseplate, where the second plurality of image sensors are oriented at a non-orthogonal angle to the baseplate. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate further comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) on the baseplate, and a controller on the baseplate, where the controller is communicatively coupled to the first plurality of image sensors and the second plurality of image sensors by the PCB. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate further comprises a diffuser lid over the baseplate, the PCB, and the controller. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272279 | CONFERENCE DEVICE WITH MULTI-VIDEOSTREAM CAPABILITY - A conference device comprising a first image sensor for provision of first image data, a second image sensor for provision of second image data, a first image processor configured for provision of a first primary videostream and a first secondary videostream based on the first image data, a second image processor configured for provision of a second primary videostream and a second secondary videostream based on the second image data, and an intermediate image processor in communication with the first image processor and the second image processor and configured for provision of a field-of-view videostream and a region-of-interest videostream, wherein the field-of-view videostream is based on the first primary videostream and the second primary videostream, and wherein the region-of-interest videostream is based on one or more of the first secondary videostream and the second secondary videostream. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272280 | IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and a device for performing special effect processing on an image, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a video; capturing an image from the video by an image capture unit of a rendering layer when the video is played, and storing the captured image in a data storage layer; acquiring multiple images from the data storage layer by an image acquisition unit of the rendering layer; performing split-screen processing on the multiple images by a special effect unit of the rendering layer; and outputting an image obtained from split-screen processing and displaying the image obtained from split-screen processing on a terminal screen. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT AWARE DYNAMIC IMAGE FRAMING - Embodiments of the present invention disclose techniques for outputting content aware video based on at least one a video application use case. The technique recognizes objects associated with the use case and performs enhancement of the objects based on content-aware rules, and composes at least some of the objects in an output frame based on on content-aware frame composition templates. Embodiments of the present invention also disclose systems for implementing the above techniques. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272282 | IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally relate to methods and video system components that have integrated background differentiation capabilities that allow for background replacement and/or background modification. In some embodiments, undesired portions of video data generated in a video environment are separated from desired portions of the video data by taking advantage of the illumination and decay of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation, provided from an illuminator, over a distance. Due to the decay of intensity with distance, the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the undesired background has a lower intensity when received by the sensor than the electromagnetic radiation reflected from the desired foreground. The difference in the detected intensity at the one or more wavelengths can then be used to separate and/or modify the undesired background from the desired foreground for use in a video feed. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272283 | IMAGE SPECIAL EFFECT PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and a device for performing special effect processing on an image, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a video; determining a current image based on a current play progress of the video; acquiring a previous image of the current image from a data storage layer by an image acquisition unit of a rendering layer; superposing, by a special effect unit of the rendering layer, the previous image and the current image by superposing transparency of the previous image and transparency of the current image; outputting the superimposed image and displaying the superimposed image on the terminal screen. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED VIDEO CAPTIONS - Systems and methods for improved video captions are disclosed. The methods for providing timed text comprise obtaining a plurality of subtitles for a media asset; determining a playback rate of the media asset; determining a relevance index based on the playback rate; and selecting a set of the plurality of subtitles based on the relevance index. The methods may further comprise determining an indication of priority of subtitles within the set of subtitles, rendering the set of subtitles according to the indication of priority, wherein the highest priority subtitles are rendered first. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272285 | SENSING AND PROCESSING UNIT GENERATING A TRIGGER SIGNAL UPON OCCURRENCE OF SPECIFIED CONDITIONS - A sensing and processing electronic circuit includes a sensing array having a plurality of sensing elements each having a sensor configured to produce an output signal in response to detection of an environmental parameter. The circuit includes a triggering unit configured to generate a trigger signal that causes an action to occur. The trigger signal is generated based on selected activated sensing elements satisfying one or more specifiable conditions. A sensing element is activated when a characteristic value based on the output value of the sensing element crosses one or more thresholds so that the characteristic value is above, below, within or outside of a specified range of values or when a difference value between the characteristic value and a previous or template value of the sensing element crosses one or more thresholds so that the difference value is above, below, within or outside of a specified range of values. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272286 | IMAGE ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES WITH REDUCED NOISE USING SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES - A system for image acquisition with reduced noise using SPADs is configured to perform a plurality of sequential exposure and readout operations. Each exposure and readout operation includes (i) applying a set of shutter operations to configure each SPAD pixel of the SPAD array to enable photon detection, and (ii) for each SPAD pixel of the SPAD array, reading out a number of photons detected during the set of shutter operations. The system is also configured to generate an image based on the number of photons detected for each SPAD pixel during each of the plurality of sequential exposure and readout operations. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272287 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A first and second pixel units that perform FD addition are provided. The first pixel unit includes: a first switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; and a reset transistor that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the first switch transistor and a power supply node. The second pixel unit includes: a second switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; a third switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to another source/drain electrode of the second switch transistor; and a capacitive element that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the third switch transistor and a reference potential node. The respective other source/drain electrodes of the first switch transistor and the second switch transistor are electrically connected with each other. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272288 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM PROVIDING A STORAGE GATE PIXEL WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE - A method, apparatus and system are described providing a high dynamic range pixel. An integration period has multiple sub-integration periods during which charges are accumulated in a photosensor and repeatedly transferred to a storage node, where the charges are accumulated for later transfer to another storage node for output. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272289 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor including a pixel that includes: a first photodiode; a second photodiode having a larger light-receiving area than the first photodiode; a first floating diffusion node accumulating charges of the first photodiode; a second floating diffusion node accumulating charges of the second photodiode; a capacitor accumulating charges overflowing from the first photodiode; a first switch transistor having a first end connected to the first floating diffusion node and a second end connected to the capacitor; and a driving transistor configured to convert the accumulated charges into a pixel signal, the first switch transistor is turned on in a low conversion gain (LCG) mode of a readout section of the first photodiode, and is turned off in a high conversion gain (HCG) mode of the readout section of the first photodiode, and the readout circuit generates image data based on pixel signals from the first and second sections. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272290 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH ACTIVE CAPACITANCE CANCELLATION CIRCUITRY TO REDUCE PIXEL OUTPUT SETTLING TIME - An image sensor may include an array of image pixels arranged in rows and columns. Each column of pixels may be coupled to current source transistors and capacitance cancellation circuitry. The capacitance cancellation circuitry may include capacitors, a common source amplifier transistor, an autozero switch, a switch for selectively deactivating at least one of the capacitors during sample-and-hold reset and sample-and-hold signal operations. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272291 | IMAGE SENSOR - The present description describes an image sensor including an array of pixels arranged inside and on top of a region of a semiconductor substrate electrically insulated from the rest of the substrate by insulating trenches crossing the substrate, each pixel including a photoconversion area and at least two assemblies, each including a memory area and a transfer gate coupling the memory area to the photoconversion area, and a circuit configured to apply, for each pixel and at least during each integration phase, a bias voltage different from ground to a portion of the substrate having the pixel arranged inside and on top of it. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272292 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Solid-state imaging devices, methods of driving solid-state imaging devices, and electronic devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which pixels are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix. At least some pixel rows include a first signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a first transfer transistor of a first pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a first color, a second signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a second transfer transistor of a second pixel different from the first pixel, and a third signal line configured to transmit a drive signal for driving a third transfer transistor of a third pixel in units of microlenses having a color filter of a second color different from the first color. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272293 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING SUB-PIXEL CENTERS OF LIGHT SPOTS BASED ON PIXEL MOVEMENT AND CUTTING - A spot sub-pixel center positioning method based on pixel movement and cutting, the method includes driving the CCD image plane to move along the x direction and the y direction through a displacement platform, selecting target pixels to move and cut the spot, and recording the gray value change of the target pixels, constructing the mapping relationship between gray value and displacement, performing differential transformation on the gray value and displacement curve, and finally performing interpolation fitting to obtain the sub-pixel coordinate value of the center point of the light spot. The measurement accuracy can be maintained within ½ of the single-step displacement of cutting. The method is not only suitable for strong and weak distribution of light spots, but also for fully saturated light spots, and also for asymmetrically distributed and blurred edges. It also has a good measurement effect and can handle a variety of spot scenes. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272294 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH HYBRID ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER ARCHITECTURE - An image sensor may include an image sensor pixel array, row control circuitry, and column readout circuitry. The column readout circuitry may include analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. The ADC circuitry may have a first portion that selectively converts pixel signals associated with a low light or high conversion gain operating environment and a second portion that converts any pixel signals. As an example, the first portion may be a ramp ADC and the second portion may be a successive approximation register (SAR) ADC. | 2022-08-25 |
20220272295 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT - A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a first substrate having a light-receiving array and a plurality of driving lines for supplying control signals to the array and a second substrate having a first circuit that includes a driver circuit group configured to generate the control signals and is configured to function as a vertical scanning circuit which supplies the control signals to at least some of the driving lines and a second circuit including a circuit group having the same arrangement as that of the driver circuit group. The second circuit overlaps the at least some driving lines. The at least some driving lines include a driving line not electrically connected to the second circuit. The second substrate includes, at a position overlapping the second circuit, an electrically conductive line used for power supply or transfer of a signal different from the control signals. | 2022-08-25 |