| 36th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20090219339 | WASTE LIQUID COLLECTOR - A waste liquid collector is detachably mounted on a device including a discharge unit discharging a waste liquid and stores the waste liquid discharged from the discharge unit when the waste liquid collector is mounted on the device. The waste liquid collector includes: an opening through which the discharge unit is inserted or extracted at the time of mounting or detaching the waste liquid collector on or from the device; a collector-side connection terminal which comes in contact with a device-side connection terminal included in the device when the discharge unit of the device is inserted into the opening; and a positioning unit which positions the collector-side connection terminal to come in contact with the device-side connection terminal when the waste liquid collector is mounted on the device. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219340 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method are provided which use a printing head having a plurality of ejection opening arrays and enable high quality printing without causing uneven density in a conveying direction. For this purpose, by providing a plurality of ejection opening arrays to chips constituting the printing head and changing data assigning ratio of each ejection opening array, deviation in impact positions depending on the distance between the ejection opening arrays becomes inconspicuous. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219341 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head, including: plates including a nozzle plate in which nozzles for ejecting liquid are formed, and stacked on each other with the nozzle plate being as an outermost plate, wherein the nozzle plate includes a first area in which the nozzles are formed and a second area adjacent to the first area and located on a plate-side of the first area in a plates-stack direction, on which plate-side at least one of the plates different from the nozzle plate is located, wherein the nozzle plate further includes a first nozzle plate positioner formed in the first area and a second nozzle plate positioner larger than the first nozzle plate positioner and formed in the second area, and wherein each of the at least one of the plates includes a plate positioner formed therein and at least partly overlapping the first nozzle plate positioner in the plates-stack direction. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219342 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer including a UVLED unit which emits ultraviolet light to a print medium supported on a supporting table to cure UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium. The inkjet printer further includes a controller which adjust the light quantity of ultraviolet light, emitted from the UVLED unit to the UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium, from a light quantity for temporary curing to a light quantity for final curing, and a control unit capable of selecting between a two-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets deposited on the print medium are temporarily cured ant are then finally cured and a single-stage curing mode in which UV ink droplets are finally cured by an irradiation with ultraviolet light at one time by means of the UVLED unit and the controller. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219343 | ACTUATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTUATOR, DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE, DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND PRINTER - An actuator includes a deformable substrate, a magnetic body having an opening, provided above the substrate, and a coil that is disposed above the substrate and surrounds the magnetic body. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219344 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTER - A recording apparatus may comprise a channel unit comprising a pressure chamber configured to store a liquid, and nozzles. The recording apparatus may comprise a reservoir unit connected to the channel unit and comprising a supply port, a drain port, a supply channel communicating with the channel unit, and a drainage channel branching off from the supply channel and communicating with the outside via the drain port. The recording apparatus may comprise a plurality of actuators configured to apply pressure to the liquid in the pressure chamber. The recording apparatus may comprise a meniscus vibrator configured to drive the actuators to vibrate meniscus produced in the nozzles without causing liquid droplets to be ejected therefrom when the liquid supplied from the supply port is being drained from the drain port after traveling through the supply channel and the drainage channel. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219345 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID JET HEAD AND A LIQUID JET APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a liquid jet head includes depositing a lower electrode film on a passage forming substrate and patterning the lower electrode film into a predetermined pattern, forming a piezoelectric layer on the passage forming substrate, forming an intermediate film made of a conductive material on the piezoelectric layer, forming a protective film on the intermediate film and, using the protective film as a mask, patterning by etching the piezoelectric layer together with the intermediate film into a predetermined pattern, peeling off the protective film, and depositing an upper electrode film on the passage forming substrate and patterning the upper electrode film into a predetermined pattern. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219346 | LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A piezoelectric actuator includes upper and lower constant electric potential electrodes. The upper constant electric potential electrodes are connected to a first-common conducting section extending in a predetermined direction, both ends of the first-common conducting section are connected to second-common conducting sections, and thus a first electrode assembly is formed. Both ends of the lower constant electric potential electrodes extending in the predetermined direction are connected to third-common conducting sections, and thus a second electrode assembly is constructed. A flexible wiring board stacked on the piezoelectric actuator has a first-connecting land extending in the predetermined direction and to which one of the first and second electrode assemblies having a smaller voltage drop when a predetermined current is applied is connected, and second-connecting lands to which the other is connected and which are arranged on both end sides of the first-connecting land. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219347 | LIQUID TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibration plate, a plurality of individual electrodes, wiring sections each extending from corresponding one of the individual electrodes and passing between the other individual electrodes other than the corresponding individual electrode, a piezoelectric layer arranged on the vibration plate to cover the individual electrodes, and a common electrode arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric layer disposed on a side opposite to the piezoelectric layer. At least portions of the plurality of wiring sections, each of which is allowed to pass between the another individual electrodes, are covered with a second insulating layer. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of the strain of the piezoelectric layer in the area between the individual electrodes through which the wiring section is allowed to pass, without providing any complicated shape of the common electrode in which the common electrode is partially cut out. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219348 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND PRINTER - A piezoelectric device includes a substrate composed of a (110) single crystal silicon, a driver IC formed in the substrate, and a piezoelectric device that is formed above the substrate and is driven by the driver IC, wherein the driver IC has an analog switch including a transistor, the transistor having a channel direction in <001> orientation of the substrate. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219349 | DIAPHRAGM PLATE WITH PARTIALLY-ETCHED PORT - A printhead assembly that includes a partially-etched port structured to be opened by application of pressure to the port area, one or more leaflets being depressed into an internal chamber communicating with the open port. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219350 | PNEUMATIC INK-JET SYSTEM - A pneumatic ink-jet system is applied in an inkjet printer and uses a negative pressure generator, which is designed according to the Bernoulli's Theory, with a stable airflow in a certain speed to generated stable pressure inside at least one inkpot and at least one print head. Therefore, the at least one print head is kept in an appropriate wet state and the quality of printing is enhanced. Moreover, a top surface of the ink inside the at least one inkpot can be controlled to be higher than the at least one print head, so the pneumatic ink-jet system can be applied in a large format inkjet printer. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219351 | PRINTHEAD DE-PRIMING SYSTEM WITH FLOAT VALVE ISOLATION OF PRINTHEAD FROM INK RESERVOIR - A printhead depriming system, the system comprising:
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| 20090219352 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING NOZZLE DROOLING DURING PRINTHEAD PRIMING - A method of priming a printhead whilst minimizing nozzle drooling, the method comprising the steps of:
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| 20090219353 | DUAL SEATING QUICK CONNECT VALVE - A valve includes a stem, a cap, and a deformable lip. The stem includes a first sealing portion and has a longitudinal axis. The cap is connected to the stem and includes a passageway. The deformable lip extends from a periphery of the cap and includes a second sealing portion. The stem is displaceable relative to the deformable lip along the longitudinal axis of the stem to open the first sealing portion and close the second sealing portion to allow fluid to move through the passageway in the cap. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219354 | INK CARTRIDGE - The invention relates to an ink cartridge comprising a liquid ink, an extraction system for the liquid ink and a container for the liquid ink, the container having a non zero water vapor transmission rate, the liquid ink occupying a first region | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219355 | INK CARTRIDGES - An ink cartridge has a case having an ink chamber defined therein, and a pivotable member positioned in the ink chamber. The pivotable member has an opening formed therethrough, and the pivotable member pivots about the opening of the pivotable member. The ink cartridge also has a supporting shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The supporting shaft is positioned within the opening of the pivotable member. The ink cartridge further has a supporting member that supports at least one of the first end and the second end of the supporting shaft, and a projection extending from the supporting member toward the pivotable member. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219356 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH FLOAT VALVE CHAMBER - An ink supply system for supplying ink to an inkjet printhead at a predetermined hydrostatic pressure, the ink supply system comprising:
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| 20090219357 | PRINTER HAVING INK SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH FLOAT VALVE CHAMBER - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219358 | PRINTER COMPRISING PRIMING SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL OF PRIMING PUMP - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219359 | PRINTHEAD PRIMING SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL OF PRIMING PUMP - A priming system for priming an inkjet printhead having an ink inlet, an ink outlet and a plurality of nozzles, the priming system comprising:
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| 20090219360 | BUBBLE-BURSTING BOX FOR AN INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - A bubble-bursting box for bursting bubbles of a liquid entering the box, the box comprising:
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| 20090219361 | PRINTER COMPRISING PRIMING/DE-PRIMING SYSTEM WITH COOPERATIVE PUSHING AND PULLING OF INK THROUGH PRINTHEAD - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219362 | METHOD OF PRIMING A PRINTHEAD WITH INK BUBBLES PRESENT IN A PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A method of priming one or more printhead integrated circuits, the method comprising the steps of:
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| 20090219363 | METHOD OF REPLACING A PRINTHEAD IN AN INKJET PRINTER WITH MINIMAL INK WASTAGE - A method of replacing a printhead in an inkjet printer with minimal ink wastage, the method comprising the steps of:
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| 20090219364 | PRINTER COMPRISING MULTIPLE COLOR CHANNELS WITH SINGLE AIR PUMP FOR PRINTHEAD PRIMING - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219365 | PRINTER COMPRISING PRIMING PUMP AND DOWNSTREAM EXPANSION CHAMBER - A printer comprising:
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| 20090219366 | METHOD OF PRIMING A PRINTHEAD HAVING DOWNSTREAM INK LINE CONNECTED TO A PRIMING PUMP - A method of priming one or more inkjet printheads, the method comprising the steps of: | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219367 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body, a supply member having a first member, a second member, and a third member each having a liquid supply channel, the supply member including a first filter provided between the first member and the second member and a second filter provided between the second member and the third member; a first outer portion being provided between the first member and the second member, the first outer member being formed by integral molding for fixing the first member, the second member; a second outer portion being provided on the outer peripheries of the second member and the third member, the second outer portion being formed by integral molding for fixing the second member, the third member, and the second filter. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219368 | PRINTER WITH INK LINE DAMPENING OF INK PRESSURE SURGES - A printer comprising: a printhead having an ink inlet and an ink outlet; an ink chamber for supplying ink to the printhead; an upstream ink line interconnecting an outlet port of the ink chamber and the ink inlet; a downstream ink line connected to the ink outlet; and a first air accumulator communicating with the downstream ink line. The first air accumulator is configured for dampening ink pressure pulses in the printhead during printing. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219369 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium to be formed with an image, a first carrying unit which is disposed on a downstream side of a carrying direction of the recording medium by the sub-scan driving unit and carries the recording medium on which an image is formed by the ink jet head, and a second carrying unit which is disposed so as to face the first carrying unit and heats the recording medium interposed between the first carrying unit and the second carrying unit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219370 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged, a sub-scan driving unit which carries a recording medium to be formed with an image, a suction unit which sucks the recording medium on the sub-scan driving unit, and a heating unit which is disposed with respect to at least one place of the sub-scan driving unit in a direction perpendicular to a carrying direction of the recording medium with a gap therebetween. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219371 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND SHEET FEEDING AMOUNT COMPENSATING METHOD - A sheet feeding device for intermittently feeding a sheet member on the basis of a commanded feeding amount included in each of successively generated feeding commands, including an upstream feeding roller and a downstream feeding roller and rotated by respective first and second amounts of rotation corresponding to the commanded feeding amount, an obtaining portion for obtaining an overrun amount of the sheet member immediately after a trailing edge of the sheet member has left the upstream feeding roller, on the basis of a difference obtained by subtracting a first feeding amount which is a product of a first radius and the first amount of rotation of the upstream feeding roller, from a second feeding amount which is a product of a second radius and the second amount of rotation of the downstream feeding roller, an estimating portion for estimating whether the trailing edge leaves the upstream feeding roller during feeding of the sheet member according to the next feeding command, and a subtracting portion for subtracting the obtained overrun amount of the sheet member from the next commanded feeding amount included in the next feeding command, when the estimating portion estimates that the trailing edge leaves the upstream feeding roller. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219372 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a recording medium conveying unit, which confronts the recording unit, and which includes a recording medium supporting surface including a hole, a suction unit that draws air through the hole to draw the recording medium in order to stick the recording medium to the recording medium supporting surface, and a re-conveying unit that re-conveys the recording medium to an upstream of the recording medium conveying unit in a conveying direction, wherein the suction unit discharges air toward the recording medium that is being conveyed by the re-conveying unit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219373 | BELT TRANSPORT DEVICE AND BELT TRANSPORT CONTROL METHOD - A belt transport device includes: a drive roller which is driven by a power source; a driven roller which is held in a rotatable manner; an endless belt which is wound on the drive roller and the driven roller; a band-like detecting section which is arranged on the endless belt in a circumferential direction of the endless belt; a sensor which detects the band-like detecting section; a displacement unit which displaces a relative positional relationship between the band-like detecting section and the sensor in a width direction of the endless belt. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219374 | INKJET RECORDING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet recording material includes: a waterproof substrate; and at least two ink-receiving layers that are provided on the waterproof substrate and include a first ink-receiving layer and a second ink-receiving layer, wherein the second ink-receiving layer is located at a position nearer to the waterproof substrate than that of the first ink-receiving layer, the first ink-receiving layer comprises a pigment, a water-soluble zirconium compound, and a binder, the second ink-receiving layer comprises a pigment, a binder, and a water-soluble aluminum compound, the amount of the water-soluble aluminum compound being larger than that of a water-soluble aluminum compound included in the first ink-receiving layer, and at least 80% by mass of the binders included in the at least two ink-receiving layers comprises a polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of 95% or higher. A method of manufacturing the inkjet recording material is also provided. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219375 | THERMAL PRINTER - THERMAL PRINTER comprised by two chassis, first chassis ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219376 | Internal Drum Image Setter - An internal-drum imagesetter for transferring data to disc-like data storage media has a pickup for arranging the data storage media and a transfer head having at least one transfer means for transferring the data to the data storage medium. In this case, the pickup is advantageously at least partially cylindrical in shape. The side of the data storage medium which is provided for picking up datafaces the cylinder axis of the pickup. The pickup and the transfer head can move relative to one another such that the transfer head can move in the direction of the cylinder axis of the pickup and is arranged so as to be able to rotate about the cylinder axis of the pickup. The transfer means are in the form of violet high-power laser diodes with a wavelength of 405 nm. In addition, the laser diodes are arranged in an easily replaceable laser diode arrangement and they can also be easily replaced individually. This internal-drum imagesetter can also be used to expose conventional offset plates. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219377 | MULTI-BEAM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A multi-beam image forming apparatus is disclosed in which a semiconductor laser array including plural semiconductor laser elements serves as an optical beam generation unit. The apparatus includes a printing ratio counting unit that counts printing ratios of the semiconductor laser elements in plural printing areas divided in a scanning direction based on image data transmitted from a host unit; and a light amount control unit that controls emission light amounts of the semiconductor laser elements based on a result from the printing ratio counting unit. The light amount control unit calculates droop correction values corresponding to the printing areas from the printing ratios of the semiconductor laser elements based on the printing ratios in the printing areas counted by the printing ratio counting unit so as to correct the light amounts of the semiconductor laser elements. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219378 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE - An electrooptic device having a simple structure that can efficiently increase deflection of a beam is provided. The device includes: an electrooptic crystal ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219379 | Average Calculation in Color Space, Particularly for Segmentation of Video Sequences - A method of image processing includes: providing a plurality of image frames and processing at least one image frame. A description of a plurality of pixels of the plurality of image frames is provided in a color space, including at least an angular coordinate. A method is disclosed for reliably calculating the average of the angular coordinate. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219380 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING HOLOGRAMS - The invention relates to method, computer program code and signal processing/image display systems for displaying one or more images using holographic techniques. We describe a method of generating data for displaying an image defined by displayed image data using a plurality of holographically generated temporal subframes, the temporal subframes being displayed sequentially in time such that they are perceived as a single noise-reduced image. The method includes generating from the displayed image data holographic data for each subframe of said set of subframes such that successive replay of holograms defined by said holographic data for said subframes gives the appearance of said image, and wherein the method further includes, when generating said holographic data for a said subframe, compensating for noise in said displayed image arising from one or more previous subframes of said sequence of holographically generated subframes. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219381 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR PROCESSING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for projection of images to appear to an observer as one or more three-dimensional images. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219382 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND PLAYBACK OF STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO SEQUENCES - A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219383 | IMAGE DEPTH AUGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Image depth augmentation system and method for providing three-dimensional views from a two-dimensional image. Depth information is assigned by the system to areas of a first image via a depth map. Foreground objects are enlarged to cover empty areas in the background as seen from a second viewpoint at an offset distance from a first viewpoint of the first image. The enlarged objects are used to regenerate the first image and to generate the second image so that empty background areas are covered with the enlarged foreground objects. The resulting image pair may be viewed using any type of three-dimensional encoding and viewing apparatus. Can use existing masks from non-3D projects to perform depth augmentation and dither mask edges to provide for realistic soft edges for depth augmented objects. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219384 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system comprises a light source, a light sensor, a signal processor, a video-signal generator, and a switcher. The light source emits red light including a first wavelength, green light including a second wavelength, and blue light including a third wavelength. The light sensor receives the light of the light source. The signal processor obtains a red signal based on the red light, a green signal based on the green light, and a blue signal based on the blue light. The video-signal generator generates video signal based on the red, green, and blue signals. The switcher switches between a first switching state and a second switching state. The red, green, and blue signals are output to the video-signal generator in the first switching state. The green and blue signals are output to the video-signal generator in the second switching state. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219385 | Method for the Multimodal Representation of Image Contents on a Display Unit for Video Holograms, and Multimodal Display Unit - The invention relates to a method for the multimodal representation of image contents on a display unit for video holograms. Said unit comprises at least one or several light sources (LS), an optical system (L), and a spatial light modulator SLM (S) with hologram contents. According to the inventive method, the unit directs the wavefront that an object would emit to the associated eye positions (EP) such that the viewer sees the reconstruction of the scene and different views are presented to the eyes by means of temporal or spatial multiplexing in order to generate the stereo effect. The inventive method is characterized in that the light of the zero order of diffraction is directed to the eye positions (EP) for a holographic representation in a first mode, whereby the viewer sees the reconstructed scene (3D-S), while the non-diffracted light is directed to the eye positions for a direct representation in a second mode, whereby the viewer sees an autostereoscopic and/or a 2D representation (3D-2D) on the SLM. The invention also relates to display units for implementing said method. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219386 | PUPIL DETECTION DEVICE AND PUPIL DETECTION METHOD - The pupil detection device according to the present invention includes a camera means C, a light source L, an optical path forming means, and a calculation means, which are disposed in a manner to retain the relation by means of the optical path forming means, such that the examinee's face is irradiated with the light from the light source from an aperture of the camera means, and that a face image including a pupil EB is formed in the above camera means. The formed image data is calculated to detect the pupil. The above light source L includes a first illumination light source, having a first wavelength light component to make a bright pupil by reflection in the examinee's pupil, and a second illumination light source having a second wavelength light component to make a dark pupil by reflection in the examinee's pupil and exhibiting the same illumination effect as the first illumination light source except for the pupil. The camera means C includes a first image data acquisition means using the first illumination light source, and a second image data acquisition means using the second illumination light source. The above calculation means calculates the first image data and the second image data, so as to detect the pupil. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219387 | INTELLIGENT HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEO SYSTEM - An automated electronic video surveillance system enables a high-resolution mega-pixel camera to capture high quality, detailed, magnified images at multiple locations, simultaneously with an overview of the whole scene. A preferred embodiment requiring no moving parts provides full 360-degree continuous viewing with up to 5× all-digital zoom capability. The system performs continuous surveillance and active resolution allocation in the form of a feedback control subsystem that dynamically allocates resources so that important details within a scene receive appropriate scrutiny, while uninteresting areas are imaged at a lower resolution. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219388 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN INDIVIDUAL BY MEANS OF PASSIVE INFRARED SENSORS - The invention relates to a method and a system for detecting an individual in a given observation zone by means of N passive infrared sensors ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219389 | Detection of Smoke with a Video Camera - A method and an apparatus for detecting smoke by way of analysis of at least one video image recorded by a video camera monitoring an area. At least one moving area of the at least one video image is tested for the probable presence of smoke by determining the direction and the size of the moving area. If the test result is positive, at least part of the at least one moving area is evaluated with respect to the presence of smoke as a function of at least one item of information that is characteristic of smoke. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219390 | High Throughput Security Screening System for Transportation Applications - A high throughput security screening system employed at access points of a transportation system includes a control portion, an ID portion and a screening portion. The screening portion includes a main housing, an input port provided in the main housing for receiving exhibits, sampling media positioned in the main housing that obtains a trace sample from the exhibits and a processing system for scanning the trace sample for a threat indicator. The screening system also includes a memory for storing information related to threat indicators for later processing. The memory also stores image data, time data and date data relating to each trace sample. With this arrangement, the screening system is capable of processing a high volume of exhibits while mitigating passenger inconvenience or wait times while still maintaining a high level of security. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219391 | ON-CAMERA SUMMARISATION OF OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS - Disclosed herein is a method of communicating video object relationships. The method comprises the steps of: detecting one or more objects in a first video frame ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219392 | POINT OF RECORDATION TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR SENDING HIGH COMPLEXITY IMAGE SEQUENCES OVER AN UNRELIABLE LOW-BANDWIDTH CHANNEL - A system for providing video intelligence as a service to a plurality of small and medium sized enterprises to distributed video recordation equipment, comprising an apparatus and computer-implemented method. An apparatus comprises a point of recordation terminal apparatus coupled to a public network. A method for operating a system for video intelligence in a public network in a secure manner. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219393 | TRAFFIC AND SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for monitoring a geographic area that using a plurality of unmanned mobile vehicles. Each unmanned mobile vehicle may be programmed with an operational plan to cover a specific subregion of said geographic area. Each unmanned mobile vehicle may be used to obtain visual images of its associated said subregion during operation. A surveillance system is also disclosed for monitoring a geographic area. The system includes a plurality of autonomously operated unmanned mobile vehicles. Each vehicle includes an onboard system that executes an operational plan to enable the vehicle to traverse a specific subregion of the geographic area. Each onboard system further includes a monitoring system to obtain visual images of its associated subregion. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219394 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system includes an assembly adapted for mounting or attachment at a portion of the windshield of a vehicle. A light absorbing layer at the portion of the windshield of the vehicle at least partially hides the assembly from view by a viewer external the vehicle when the viewer is viewing through the windshield with the assembly at the portion of the windshield. The light absorbing layer includes a light transmitting portion, and a forwardly-viewing camera disposed at the assembly views through the light transmitting portion of the light absorbing layer at the portion of the windshield of the vehicle when the assembly is at the portion of the windshield. The assembly may comprise a pivot element for connecting to an interior mirror or the assembly may comprise a mirror assembly mount button received by a mirror mount of a single-pivot or double-pivot interior rearview mirror assembly. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219395 | Measurement and Display for Video Peak Jitter with Expected Probability - A system and method are provided to generate a histogram of jitter peak values within histogram hardware. The histogram is then transferred to a jitter analyzer, which is implemented in either dedicated hardware or software running on a general purpose processor. The jitter analyzer calculates a cumulative distribution function (CDF) array and a complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) array based upon the histogram, and determines the peak jitter values based upon a probability value. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219396 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention relates to calibration of camera parameters for converting a world coordinate system, which indicates a position in the real space, to a coordinate used in an image and vice versa. The apparatus according to the invention has a detection unit, which determines corresponding pixel pairs from the captured image and the model image and outputs corresponding data indicating determined pixel pairs, and a selection unit, which selects pixel pairs to be left in the corresponding data and removes data related to an unselected pixel pair from the corresponding data for generating selected corresponding data. The apparatus further has a calculation unit, which calculates camera parameters based on the selected corresponding data. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219397 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL PHOTO MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION - Digital images are captured on a digital camera, automatically formatted, and uploaded to a server for review and collaborative modifications. An on-line web gallery is automatically generated by the server whereby low resolution versions of the images are transferred to the server and appear in the gallery within seconds from capturing the images. Among other things, a viewer located remotely from a photographer can observe new images in the gallery in real time as they are captured, place a request for post-production modifications to selected images and download a high resolution version of selected images. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219398 | DIGITAL CAMERA DOCK - Use of a custom insert is obviated when a digital camera is attached to a base (dock). Two movable pins are provided, in such a way that a connector is sandwiched between the movable pins, on a digital camera attachment surface of a base (dock) which provides a digital camera with a recharging function and a printing function. The movable pins fit to holes in a bottom of the digital camera to thus act as guides during the course of attachment of the digital camera. Alternatively, the attachment surface itself may be configured so as to be vertically movable, and the attachment surface may descend during attachment of the digital camera and the attachment surface may be latched in a lower position after attachment of the same. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219399 | DIGITAL CAMERA DOCK - Use of a custom insert is obviated when a digital camera is attached to a base (dock). Two movable pins are provided, in such a way that a connector is sandwiched between the movable pins, on a digital camera attachment surface of a base (dock) which provides a digital camera with a recharging function and a printing function. The movable pins fit to holes in a bottom of the digital camera to thus act as guides during the course of attachment of the digital camera. Alternatively, the attachment surface itself may be configured so as to be vertically movable, and the attachment surface may descend during attachment of the digital camera and the attachment surface may be latched in a lower position after attachment of the same. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219400 | Imaging Unit and Electronic Camera - An imaging unit having: an image pickup element for imaging a subject; a camera shake correction unit for correcting camera shake by moving the image pickup element, wherein the camera shake correction unit includes a stage which carries the image pickup element; and a reference bedplate supporting the camera shake correction unit; at least two guide members which support the stage movably with respect to the reference bedplate in a predetermined direction respectively; and wherein the camera shake correction unit further includes a biasing member for biasing the stage in one direction except the predetermined directions with respect to the reference bedplate, thereby removing mechanical play in at least two directions out of the three dimensional directions of the guide member. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219401 | PROCESSING DEVICE WITH JITTER EXTRACTION AND EQUIPMENT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - A processing device (D) is dedicated to image frame stabilization of digital video sequences in an electronic equipment (E | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219402 | Systems and Methods for Image Stabilization - An image capture device includes a frame buffer, a processor, a shutter, an actuator, a three-axis optical motion sensor and an image sensor. The image sensor defines an optical axis. The three-axis optical motion sensor provides information concerning rotational movement of the camera about each of a roll axis, a yaw axis and a pitch axis. The roll axis is parallel to the optical axis. The yaw axis and the pitch axis are orthogonal to one another and orthogonal to the roll axis. The actuator rotates the image sensor in response to the rotational movement of the device about the optical axis. The processor generates first and second offsets responsive to the rotational motion about the yaw axis and the pitch axis. The processor shifts each line of image information in a frame in accordance with the first and second offsets. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219403 | COMPACT PASSIVE LOW-LIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS - A passive portable imaging system for generating a viewable image of a darkened or low-light environment including a sensor made of laser-treated semiconductor material that is sensitive to low-light radiation, in some cases radiation at wavelengths longer than those of traditional visible light imager ranges. The imaging system can be incorporated into a personal electronic product such as a cellular phone or similar compact apparatus, and can provide security to a user who moves in or wishes to view a dark area and doesn't have a light source to illuminate the dark area. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219404 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing apparatus includes a time subband splitting unit configured to generate a lower-frequency subband split signal formed of low frequency components at a frame rate lower than a frame rate of an image signal and a higher-frequency subband split signal formed of high frequency components by performing a subband splitting process in a time direction on the image signal; a first encoding unit configured to compress the lower-frequency subband split signal; and a second encoding unit configured to compress the higher-frequency subband split signal, wherein the first encoding unit and the second encoding unit perform different encoding processes. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, EYE OPEN/CLOSED DEGREE DETERMINATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus inputs an image, detects the face of a person from the input image, and calculates a feature amount associated with the open/closed state of eyes of the detected face. In addition, the information processing apparatus calculates, as a feature-change amount, the difference between the calculated feature amount and a predetermined feature amount, and calculates the eye open/closed degree of eyes of the detected face on the basis of the feature amount and the feature-change amount. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219406 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus in which auto-selecting of an object to be prioritized from among a plurality of detected objects is capable more appropriately. A characteristic detecting unit detects a previously set characteristic portion of an object from an image signal constituting a moving image. A control unit sets a priority to each characteristic portion when a plurality of the characteristic portions are detected by the characteristic detecting unit and also sets a high priority to a characteristic portion being detected for a long period of time. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A DIGITAL IMAGE - A system and method processes original digital numbers (DNs) provided by a satellite imaging system to produce a set of spectral balanced and contrast enhanced multispectral images. Spectral balancing is achieved based on physical characteristics of sensors of the imaging system as well as compensation for atmospheric effects. The DNs in the multispectral bands may be processed using a relatively small amount of processing resources otherwise required to produce such images. Such images may be processed completely automatically and provide relatively easy visual interpretation. Each image pixel may be, for example, in an 8-bit or 16-bit format, and the image may be displayed and/or printed without applying any additional color correction and/or contrast stretches. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219408 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera is provided with: a gain information calculator for calculating gain information indicating a gain of a color information signal in a predetermined aperture state based on a gain of a color information signal obtained by performing a white balance adjustment using an object image signal; a storer for storing the gain information calculated by the gain information calculator, a detector for detecting a difference between an aperture state at a time of photographing and a predetermined aperture state; a corrector for correcting the gain information stored by the storer based on the difference detected by the detector; and an adjustor for adjusting the color information signal at a time of photographing by using the gain information corrected by the corrector. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219409 | Image processing apparatus, flicker reduction method, imaging apparatus, and flicker reduction program - An image processing apparatus includes: an integrating unit integrating an input image signal over a time interval equal to one horizontal period or longer; a normalizing unit normalizing an integrated value obtained by the integrating unit, or a difference value in the integrated value between adjacent fields or frames; an extracting unit extracting a spectrum of the normalized integrated value or difference value; an estimating unit estimating a flicker component on a field-by-field basis or frame-by-frame basis from the extracted spectrum; a detecting unit detecting a deviation of the latest flicker component, from the estimated latest flicker component and one or more flicker components estimated in the past; a correcting unit correcting the latest flicker component on the basis of the detected deviation of the flicker component; and a computing unit computing a corrected flicker component and the input image signal so as to cancel out the corrected flicker component. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219410 | CMOS Imager Flush Reset - A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) imager flush reset circuit is provided. The flush reset circuit has an interface to receive first (e.g., V | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219411 | CONTENT AWARE STORAGE OF VIDEO DATA - Video analytics and a mass storage unit are contained in a camera housing of a video camera. The video analytics analyzes video data produced by the video camera and detects whether there is an occurrence of a defined event of interest. The video data representing the field of view of the scene observed by the video camera are stored in the mass storage unit. The stored video data include video data of first and second qualities. The first quality represents the occurrence in a field of view of the video camera of the defined event of interest detected by the video analytics. The second quality represents the nonoccurrence in the field of view of the defined event of interest detected by the video analytics. Storing video data of first and second qualities reduces system storage capacity demands. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219412 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND AUTO-PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD THEREOF - A method of auto-photographing for an image capturing device is disclosed. A predetermined time for auto-photographing is counted down. Consecutive preview images of a scene to be photographed are acquired after the predetermined time begins to be counted. Whether a moving object bursts into the scene to be photographed is detected by comparing the consecutive preview images. If the moving object bursts into the scene to be photographed, the predetermined time for auto-photographing is recounted down again. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219413 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an imaging apparatus that enables a user to know a more accurate capacity that can be actually used for storage of image data. A control portion | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219414 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a representative value of a luminance level in a main object area and a plurality of representative values of luminance levels in peripheral areas of the main object area in an image obtained by an imaging unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a plurality of relative values between the respective plurality of representative values of luminance levels in the peripheral areas and the representative value of a luminance level in the main object area, which are acquired by the acquiring unit, a setting unit configured to set intensity of knee processing based on the plurality of relative values calculated by the calculation unit, and a knee processing unit configured to execute the knee processing on an image acquired by the imaging unit according to the intensity set by the setting unit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219415 | IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH PANNING MODE FOR TAKING PANNED IMAGE - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging section configured to acquire a plurality of images that are consecutively taken in time series by an imaging device; a reference region setting section configured to employ one of the images acquired by the imaging section as a reference image and to set a region of the reference image as reference region, the region having high-frequency components; and an image processing section configured to combine the images including the reference image by positioning the images so as to overlap subject portions in each images, the subject portions being defined in the reference region set by the reference region setting section. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219416 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing system includes a frequency decomposition unit adapted to decompose an image signal into a high frequency component and a low frequency component, a high frequency separation unit adapted to separate the high frequency component into an invalid component caused by noise and other valid component, a conversion characteristic calculation unit adapted to calculate a conversion characteristic on the basis of the low frequency component, a gradation processing unit adapted to perform a gradation processing on the low frequency component and the valid component on the basis of the calculated conversion characteristic, and a frequency synthesis unit adapted to generate an image signal on which a gradation conversion has been performed by synthesizing the low frequency component on which the gradation conversion has been performed, the valid component on which a gradation conversion has been performed and the invalid component. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219417 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image capturing system includes: a first noise reduction unit which roughly removes the effects of an edge component by performing edge-preserving adaptive noise reduction processing on a target pixel within a local region including the target pixel and the neighboring pixels extracted from an image signal acquired from a CCD; a noise estimation unit which dynamically estimates the noise amount with respect to the target pixel based upon the target pixel value thus subjected to the noise reduction processing by the first noise reduction unit; and a second noise reduction unit which performs noise reduction processing on the target pixel based upon the target pixel value thus subjected to the noise reduction processing by the first noise reduction unit and the noise amount thus estimated by the noise estimation unit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219418 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD TO REDUCE DARK CURRENT OF CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes one or more photodetectors for collecting charge in response to incident light and a storage region adjacent each photodetector. A transfer mechanism transfers charge from each photodetector to a respective storage region. A conductive layer or a polysilicon layer is situated over each storage region. A bias voltage terminal is connected to each conductive layer or polysilicon layer for receiving a bias voltage to bias the conductive layer or polysilicon layer to a predetermined voltage level. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219419 | Peripheral Light Amount Correction Apparatus, Peripheral Light Amount Correction Method, Electronic Information Device, Control Program and Readable Recording Medium - The present invention corrects the insufficient peripheral light amount due to the lens shading and correcting the non-uniformity of light amount at the periphery due to a distortion resulting from a precision of the lens or a poor mounting precision of the lens. A peripheral light amount correction circuit is structured by an image synchronization signal generation circuit, a coordinate conversion circuit and a luminance value correction computing circuit. An integrated value of luminance values is calculated at the coordinate conversion circuit to extract light amount information. Coordinate values to be input to the luminance value correction computing circuit are generated based on an integrated/averaged value of the light amount information. In the luminance value correction computing circuit, peripheral light amount correction functions are converted based on the input coordinate values from the coordinate conversion circuit to perform appropriate correction on the input image. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219420 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM USING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus which can photograph a high-definition image and a moving image of lower resolution at high quality and an image pickup system which uses the image pickup apparatus are provided. Unit pixel groups each of which comprises plural pixels including photoelectric conversion units and transfer transistors for transferring signal charges from the photoelectric conversion units, an amplification transistor common to the plural pixels, and the like are arranged in row and column directions. With respect to the plural unit pixel groups mutually adjacent in the row direction, control lines for controlling the transfer transistors respectively corresponding to the adjacent two photoelectric conversion units are alternately connected to an odd row and an even row in the row direction. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219421 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH A CAPACITIVE STORAGE NODE LINKED TO TRANSFER GATE - A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage capacitance of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A capacitor is linked to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. The pixel may be operated with the shutter gate on during the integration period to increase the amount of time for charge storage by a pixel. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219422 | Image capturing apparatus and electronic information device - A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, where each of the pixels includes: a photodiode for obtaining a signal charge by a photoelectric conversion of an incident light; and an amplifying transistor for the signal charge obtained at the photodiode, and where the amplifying transistor is configured in such a manner that a gate area of the amplifying transistor is defined to be larger than a gate area of other transistors that configure the pixel. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219423 | Solid-state imaging device, electronic camera - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in a two-dimensional array that individually output analog pixel signals corresponding to amounts of light received thereat, a vertical scanning circuit that selects a pixel row, vertical signal lines each installed in correspondence to a pixel column, through which the pixel signals output from pixels belonging to the row selected by the vertical scanning circuit are transmitted, a horizontal scanning circuit that selects a plurality of pixel columns simultaneously, a composition circuit that combines pixel signals corresponding to the columns selected simultaneously by the horizontal scanning circuit, among the pixel signals output to the vertical signal lines, a first conversion circuit that converts the analog composite pixel signal generated at the composition circuit to a digital signal and a horizontal signal line through which the pixel signal digitized at the first conversion circuit is transmitted. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219424 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprising on a single semiconductor substrate: a pixel array; a vertical scanning unit; a horizontal scanning unit; a counter which starts a counting operation to count the number of the clocks before a start of the first period, and stops the counting operation before a start of the second period during the first period; and a generation unit which generates a first control signal for causing the vertical scanning unit to drive a pixel, the generation unit including a signal generation unit which generates a second control signal in accordance with the counted value output from the counter, and a delay unit which delays the second control signal to generate the first control signal and output the first control signal to the vertical scanning unit. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219425 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, an imaging device deriving unit and a signal processing unit. Pixels of the imaging device include a first pixel group and a second pixel group. The imaging device driving unit exposes the first pixel group during a first exposure period, exposes the second pixel group during a second exposure period, and reads first image data captured by the first pixel group and second image data captured by the second pixel group separately. The signal processing unit performs image processing for the first and second image data. A first shooting mode and a second shooting mode are provided. In the first shooting mode, the signal processing unit performs the image processing for the first and second image data separately to generate two pieces of subject image data. In the second shooting mode, the signal processing unit combines the first and second image data. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219426 | Embedded cache memory in image sensors - An embodiment of an embedded cache memory in an image sensor comprises a memory cell array wherein the memory cells are substantially isolated from laterally adjacent memory. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. Each of the memory cells is formed in a standard CMOS image sensor process without the need for SOI processes. Each cell includes first and second n-type and p-type regions arranged around a vertically integrated gate. Data is written to a cell by causing carriers to accumulate in the body of the device through carrier generation mechanisms that may include impact ionization, band-to-band tunneling and/or channel-initiated secondary hot electrons. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219427 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - An image sensor and a method for processing image data, can reduce a large proportion of data signals corresponding to high illumination and a small proportion of data signals corresponding to low illumination in order to generate an image just like the original, by adjusting the reset sampling period pertaining to the data signals outputted from a unit pixel. The image sensor includes a first switch which is operated by a reset sampling signal for sampling reset voltage when a voltage drop in an image data signal occurs, in which the image data signal is applied from a picture element part, a first capacitor for storing the reset voltage applied from the first switch, a second switch which is operated by a data sampling signal for sampling data voltage after completion of the voltage drop in the image data signal, a second capacitor for storing the data voltage from the second switch, and an image data processing circuit equipped with a comparator for comparing the reset voltage with the data voltage. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219428 | SOLID STATE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CAMERA APPARATUS - A solid state image capturing apparatus is disclosed. A pixel array section has unit pixels containing photoelectric conversion elements, the unit pixels being two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix, and column signal wires correspondingly to columns of the matrix of the unit pixels. A line scanning section selectively controls lines of the matrix of the unit pixels of the pixel array section. An analog-to-digital conversion section converts an analog signal outputted from unit pixels of a line of the matrix of the unit pixels selected by the line scanning section through a corresponding column signal line to a digital signal. A conversion clock supply section selectively generates a conversion clock having a first clock period or a second clock period. An addition section adds unit pixel digital signals converted in the analog-to-digital conversion section by the conversion clocks having the first clock period and the second clock period, respectively. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219429 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - There is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus which, while shortening the reading time period, can prevent noise from being mixed. There are included: multiple pixels ( | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219430 | DIGITAL CAMERA HAVING A BRACKETING CAPABILITY - A digital camera generates a plurality of photograph image as a bracket image of an object. The digital camera comprises a setting processor that sets a plurality of steps for first and second parameters, a first bracket processor that obtains a plurality of intermediate images of the object based on each the step of the first parameter, and a second bracket processor that obtains a plurality of photograph images from each of the intermediate images based on each step of the second parameter. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219431 | Image Capture Device - An image capture device comprises a camera body held by a user for capturing an image, a display for displaying an image while captured, and a virtual image optical system for producing a virtual image of the image displayed on the display. The display is openably/closably supported by the camera body and positioned in opened/closed positions to expose or unexpose an image display surface. The optical system is contained in the camera body to produce a virtual image of the image on the display to allow the user to observe the virtual image through a viewing opening of the camera body. The user, even if presbyopic, can clearly observe an image, while captured, through the viewing opening. This device has reduced cost and improved design, and allows a user, even if presbyopic, to clearly observe an image while captured, and can prevent degradation in the quality of the observed image. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219432 | SENSOR WITH MULTI-PERSPECTIVE IMAGE CAPTURE - The invention discloses an image acquisition system with a modified image sensor that enables simultaneous capture of at least two images with different perspectives The pixels are split into two or more subsets of pixels under a series of cylindrical microlenses or linear light guides. The cylindrical microlenses or linear light guides limit the radiation to impinge upon first and second subsets of pixels under each microlens or light guide to come from only one half or the other half of the imaging lens so that stereo image sets are produced. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219433 | Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus including same - A camera module | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219434 | Method and Device for Position Sensing of an Optical Component in an Imaging System - In a camera where the lens is movable along the optical axis relative to the image sensor for auto-focus or zooming purposes, the lens is moved by a carrier having a carrier portion adjacent to a fixed body portion of the camera. A reflection surface is provided on either the carrier portion or the body portion. A photo-emitter and sensor pair is disposed on the other portion to illuminate the reflection surface and to detect the reflected light therefrom. The reflection surface is provided near the edge of a surface such that the light cone emitted by the photo-emitter partly hits the reflection surface and partly falls beyond the edge. As the lens is moved relative to the body portion, the area on the reflection surface illuminated by the photo-emitter changes causing a change in the amount of detected light. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219435 | COMPOSITE LENS AND LENS MODULE HAVING SAME - A unitary composite lens includes a body and an optical filter. The optical filter is embedded within the body. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219436 | Positioning Accessory for Camera-Equipped Wireless Terminals - A stand for a camera-equipped wireless communications device comprises an adjustable terminal support configured to be mounted to a base. The adjustable terminal support includes a system plug at one end that connects to a system interface on the camera-equipped wireless communications device. The adjustable terminal support may include a cradle having a pair of arms that clamp on to the camera-equipped wireless communications device. At least one of the pair of arms is movable. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219437 | MIXING OF VIDEO CONTENT - A method and apparatus for mixing first and second video content portions is described. The method may comprise overlapping at least one frame of a first content portion comprising multiple frames with at least one frame of a second content portion comprising multiple frames to produce a composite video content. At least one reference frame comprising a frame of the first or second content portion prior to the overlapping may be designated. The composite video content and the reference frame may then be transmitted, for example, to a client device. The client device may use the reference frame to at least reduce an effect of the overlapping. | 2009-09-03 |
| 20090219438 | Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Method - According to one embodiment, an embodiment of the invention is applicable to various input video signals, prevents image quality degradation in a signal conversion process, and maintains image quality. A front stage unit has a first video signal processing circuit, which reduces noise and performs IP conversion in response to a first image processing control signal from a first control circuit. A rear stage unit has a second video signal processing circuit, which executes frame rate conversion in response to a second image processing control signal from a second control circuit. An arithmetic circuit functions so that the contents of the first image processing control signal exerts an influence upon the second image processing control signal. | 2009-09-03 |
