38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130242085 | DEVICE FOR USE IN INSPECTION OF CONTAINER, INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - A device for use in the inspection of a container, an inspection system and an inspection method are provided. The device comprises a protection pane for protecting a first space being separated by the protection pane from a second space for arrangement of the container, and a predetermined mark being arranged on the protection pane so that it is arrangeable on the device in a detecting range of a detecting unit for detection, wherein the detecting range is used for detecting at least one part of the container. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242086 | Method and System for Identifying Depth Data Associated with an Object - Methods and systems for identifying depth data associated with an object are disclosed. The method includes capturing, with an image capturing device, a plurality of source images of the object. The image capturing device has a sensor that is tilted at a known angle with respect to an object plane of the object such that the image capturing device has a depth of field associated with each source image, the depth of field defining a plane that is angled with respect to the object plane. An image processor analyzes the plurality of source images to identify segments of the source images that satisfy an image quality metric. Position data is assigned to the identified segments of the source images, the position data including depth positions based on the plane defined by the depth of field. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242087 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an imaging processing circuit. A plurality of photoelectric conversion units are arranged in each of the first image sensor and the second image sensor. All of the photoelectric conversion units are configured to include pixels with different charge storage times. The imaging processing circuit includes an output combining unit. The output combining unit combines outputs by the pixels with different charge storage times with respect to each of the photoelectric conversion units. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242088 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DISCHARGES - A method and a device for detecting an edge glow phenomenon in a composite panel, including at least one cable for introducing current into the said composite panel, at least one current return cable, at least one insulating panel bracketed to the composite panel, and means for detecting an edge glow on an outer surface of the said composite panel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242089 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DISTANCE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring a distance and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a camera module and a film having a reference pattern. The camera module includes an infrared LED transmission unit to transmit an infrared LED light toward the film. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242090 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A distance measurement apparatus comprising: modulation means for modulating a luminance value of measurement pattern light to be projected on a measurement object for each two-dimensional position of the pattern light within a predetermined luminance value range; projection means for projecting, on the measurement object, the pattern light modulated by the modulation means; image capturing means for capturing the measurement object on which the pattern light has been projected by the projection means; and distance calculation means for calculating a distance to the measurement object based on the captured image captured by the image capturing means. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242091 | METHOD FOR SENSING FIRE AND TRANSFERRING FIRE INFORMATION - A method for real time fire detecting and transmitting fire information is disclosed. The method includes monitoring whether the fire related value of an area which fire and fire prevention state need to be monitored is in the fire occurrence set value in the fire occurrence through at least one of CO | 2013-09-19 |
20130242092 | MOUNTING OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ONTO FIXTURES - The present invention discloses surveillance systems camera coupled with a pre-existing light fixtures. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242093 | ALERT DIRECTIVES AND FOCUSED ALERT DIRECTIVES IN A BEHAVIORAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Alert directives and focused alert directives allow a user to provide feedback to a behavioral recognition system to always or never publish an alert for certain events. Such an approach bypasses the normal publication methods of the behavioral recognition system yet does not obstruct the system's learning procedures. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire restriction information about imaging functions from an imaging device connected to a network, a setting control unit configured to display a setting window in which after a parameter for one imaging function is selected, selectable parameters for other imaging functions are restricted in accordance with the selected parameter on the basis of the restriction information so that the imaging functions to be used are selected, and an information processing unit configured to acquire image information about an image captured using the selected imaging functions via the network. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242095 | VIDEO SEGMENTATION USING STATISTICAL PIXEL MODELING - A method for segmenting video data into foreground and background portions utilizes statistical modeling of the pixels. A statistical model of the background is built for each pixel, and each pixel in an incoming video frame is compared with the background statistical model for that pixel. Pixels are determined to be foreground or background based on the comparisons. The method for segmenting video data may be further incorporated into a method for implementing an intelligent video surveillance system. The method for segmenting video data may be implemented in hardware. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242096 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - An apparatus ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130242097 | VIDEO-BASED DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE COMPONENT RISK FOR FAILURE DUE TO OVERHEATING - What is disclosed is a system for non-contact, video-based determination of vehicle component failure due to overheating. In a manner more fully disclosed herein, at least one infrared camera is used to capture an infrared image of a component of a vehicle to be inspected for overheating. The images are processed to isolate that component. A temperature is estimated for the isolated component in the image using a camera calibration curve which relates pixel intensities to temperature. A temperature threshold for the isolated component is retrieved from a database based upon a classification of the vehicle. The estimated temperature is then compared to that component's temperature threshold. If the estimated temperature is above the retrieved threshold, a signal is initiated. The teachings hereof find their uses in a variety of remote and non-cooperative vehicle inspection modes in the field of transportation safety. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242098 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A traffic information system includes first vehicles equipped with first optical sensor means. An image of an environment of the first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means and includes as associated image attributes: a current position of the first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction with which the image was generated. The image and the associated image attributes of the environment of the first vehicles are communicated to a network and the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered in the network. A second vehicle comprises a utilisation device that includes an input means and a display means. An image relating to a position POI in a road transport network is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242099 | VEHICLE CAMERA WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATING CONNECTOR - A camera assembly or module for a vehicle vision system includes a housing having a connector portion for connecting to a vehicle wiring. A circuit element is disposed within the housing and a plurality of electrical connector elements is disposed at the connector portion of the housing. Each of the electrical connector elements has a first end configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and a second end configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The electrical connector elements self-adjust so that the first ends engage the circuitry and make electrical connection therewith during assembly of the camera assembly. Adjustment of the electrical connectors may include at least one of (i) extending toward an extended state, (ii) retracting toward a retracted state, and (iii) flexing toward a flexed state. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242100 | HEADLIGHT CONTROLLER, OPTICAL UNIT AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A headlight controller, an optical unit and a vehicle headlight can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a forward direction thereof, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide various favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights each having a light-emitting angle using lights emitted from first and second white LEDs via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high and low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlights that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242101 | Method and Device for Representing Obstacles in a Parking Assistance System of Motor Vehicles - A method for representing obstacles in a parking system of motor vehicles is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a) determining an image of the surroundings and detecting obstacles located therein, b) determining at least one distance value and/or one angular position of the detected obstacles, c) applying an edge reinforcing method to regions of the image of the surroundings depending on the determined distance values and/or angular positions, and d) displaying the edge reinforcement with the determined image of the surroundings in a display of the parking assistance system. A device for carrying out the method is also disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242102 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING VEHICLE ADJACENT THERETO - A driving assistance device includes a camera, a moving object detector, a candidate reflection region detector, a predetermined position brightness detector and a cause determiner. The moving object detector and the candidate reflection region detector sets a detection region for detecting, from image data captured by the camera, existence of an adjacent vehicle in an adjacent lane. The predetermined position brightness detector detects a candidate light projecting object which projects light with brightness equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value. The cause determiner determines whether or not there exists a candidate light projecting object which indicates existence of the adjacent vehicle in the detection region. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242103 | VEHICLE - MOUNTED TRANSDUCER - A communication system, including an apparatus, method and program, is provided for communicating a message from a vehicle to a location. The communication system detects a distance to an object that is located at the location and a speed of the vehicle. A target distance is then calculated on the basis of the detected distance to the object and the detected speed of the vehicle. A determination is made as to whether the object is configured for communication with the vehicle. According to the determination, a message is communicated to the object from the vehicle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242104 | TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ROADWAY CONDITION - A traffic monitoring system includes a plurality of cameras, a monitor center and a portable electronic device. The cameras are respectively positioned at a plurality of monitoring regions to obtain images of the monitoring regions. The monitor center receives the images of the monitoring regions from the cameras and determines a traffic information in the monitoring regions according to the images. The portable electronic device is communicated with the monitor center and receives the traffic information from the monitor center. A method for monitoring a roadway condition is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242105 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO RECORDING AND WEBCASTING SPORTING EVENTS - Systems and methods are described for automatic video recording of sporting events involving multiple participants. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242106 | MULTICAMERA FOR CROWDSOURCED VIDEO SERVICES WITH AUGMENTED REALITY GUIDING SYSTEM - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code may be configured to determine at least one desired media content to be captured. The apparatus may be configured to cause information regarding a request to be transmitted to at least two media capturing devices to capture media content at distinct positions. The apparatus may be configured to receive information regarding the captured media content captured by the media capturing devices. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242107 | Cloud Technology Surveillance System - A cloud technology surveillance(CTS) is provided. The CTS features low expense, high security, no configuration and separated owners. The CTS includes a surveillance server and a large number of IP cameras. Cameras send the images(videos or pictures) to cloud storage. The surveillance server locates in the internet, receives the images from cameras and responses viewers' operation. A surveillance system has at least twenty IP cameras including a first location first camera, a first location second camera, a first location second IP camera, a second location IP first camera, a second location IP second camera, and a second location IP third camera. A surveillance server is located in the Internet cloud and stores the images from at least twenty IP cameras and provides Internet access for remote viewers. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242108 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image transmission system including a plurality of cameras and a coaxial cable for transmitting image signals from the cameras, wherein: each of the cameras includes an imaging block configured to acquire an image signal by imaging an object, a coding block configured to compression-code the image signal through intra-frame compression and inter-frame compression so as to generate a coded signal, and a signal output block configured to output the coded signal onto the coaxial cable; and the camera of interest outputs the coded signal obtained through inter-frame compression onto the coaxial cable when another of the cameras outputs the coded signal obtained through intra-frame compression onto the coaxial cable. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242109 | Network Surveillance System - A method for estimating the activity topology of a set of sensed data windows is described. Each of the sensed data windows related to a corresponding sensed region. The method includes the steps of determining a subset of sensed data windows that are not connected; and excluding the subset of sensed data windows from the set of sensed data windows. In one embodiment, the sensed data windows corresponding to image windows such as would be provided by a visual surveillance system. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242110 | WEARABLE APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED INFRARED IMAGING MODULE - Various techniques are disclosed for providing a wearable apparatus having an integrated infrared imaging module. In one example, a wearable apparatus implemented as a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) may include a shield to protect a user from an external environment, one or more infrared imaging modules, a projector, a processor, and a communication module for projecting a user-viewable thermal image onto a surface of the shield. Such infrared imaging modules may be positioned internal to the SCBA for protection from a hazardous external environment. In another example, a wearable apparatus implemented as a welding mask may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a projector, a processor, and a communication module, so as to project a user-viewable thermal image onto a surface of a shield of the welding mask, while at the same time protecting these components and the welder's face from a harsh welding environment. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242111 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BLUR PROCESSING - Provided is a blur processing method and apparatus that may determine whether a blur occurs in an image generated by a Time of Flight (ToF) camera, and may deblur a blur using a value of a normal adjacent pixel in which the blur is absent when the blur occurs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242112 | IMAGE STABILIZATION AND TRACKING SYSTEM - An image stabilization and tracking system includes a primary imaging detector, a stabilization and tracking detector, an image processing and correction command control, and an adaptive optic device. The primary imaging detector is configured to detect, within a field of view, images of a primary object in an optic image. The stabilization and tracking detector is disposed outside of the field of view, and is configured to detect images of a tracking object in the optic image. The image processing and correction command control is coupled to receive the images of, and is configured to detect relative movement of, the tracking object. The adaptive optic device is coupled to receive correction commands and is configured, in response thereto, to move and thereby vary a position of the optic image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242113 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE CONTROLLING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE CONTROLLING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A photographing device comprises a detector configured to detect a plurality of subjects from an image photographed by a photographing part; a priority setting part configured to set a priority on each of the plurality of subjects detected by the detector using one or a plurality of pieces of photographing history information, the photographing history information including focused subject information that shows one or a plurality of focused subjects in a history image, the focused subject information being related to the history image, the history image being photographed by the photographing part in the past; a focused subject selector configured to select the subject on which a lens is focused from the plurality of subjects, in order of the priority set by the priority setting part; and a presenting part configured to present the subject selected by the focused subject selector. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242114 | CAPTIONING EVALUATION SYSTEM - A captioning evaluation system. The system accepts captioning data and determines a number of errors in the captioning data, as well as the number of words per minute across the entirety of an event corresponding to the captioning data and time intervals of the event. The errors may be used to determine the accuracy of the captioning and the words per minute, both for the entire event and the time intervals, used to determine a cadence and/or rhythm for the captioning. The accuracy and cadence may be used to score the captioning data and captioner. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242115 | IMAGING BASED REFRACTOMETER FOR HYPERSPECTRAL REFRACTIVE INDEX DETECTION - Refractometers for simultaneously measuring refractive index of a sample over a range of wavelengths of light include dispersive and focusing optical systems. An optical beam including the range of wavelengths is spectrally spread along a first axis and focused along a second axis so as to be incident to an interface between the sample and a prism at a range of angles of incidence including a critical angle for at least one wavelength. An imaging detector is situated to receive the spectrally spread and focused light from the interface and form an image corresponding to angle of incidence as a function of wavelength. One or more critical angles are identified and corresponding refractive indices are determined. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an evaluation information generation section which generates, based on a moving image and a frame rate of the moving image, evaluation information for specifying an image quality of the moving image in displaying the moving image at the frame rate, and a determination section which determines a parameter for adjusting the image quality of the moving image based on the generated evaluation information. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242117 | FRAME BUFFER FORMAT DETECTION - In an example, a method includes generating a test frame of video data having a first format, and rendering the test frame of video data to a frame buffer, wherein the frame buffer is configured to store video data in a second format. The method also includes reading, from the frame buffer, a return frame of video data, wherein the return frame of video data comprises the video data of the test frame formatted in the second format, and determining the second format based on a comparison of the test frame having the first format and the return frame having the second format. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242118 | SHOWING SKIN LESION INFORMATION - Among other things, on a two-dimensional electronic display are shown simultaneously: (a) at least a partial body view of a surface of the human model on which a location of a skin lesion on a corresponding real human has been indicated, and (b) an image of the lesion area that corresponds to the partial body view of the human model. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242119 | Methods for Displaying Video Monitoring Applications and Services Across Heterogeneous Networks - Methods for the deployment of an image servicing platform over a mobile wireless network ate described. A mobile multimedia service controller (MMSC) includes a video gateway that is capable of transcoding among different video formats supported by an imaging service platform. The MMSC can be connected over a network to a download server that provides updates to a transcoder application and a video image application. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242120 | MOTION-STATE CLASSIFICATION FOR CAMERA APPLICATIONS - A mobile device uses data from one or more sensors to determine a user context, such as a motion state of the user, and adjusts at least one camera feature selected form a group consisting of continuous auto-focus, auto-white balance, video encode quality, frame rate, search range used for focusing, and exposure mode based on the user context. The user context may include, e.g., at least one of panning, walking, standing, sitting, and traveling in a moving vehicle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242121 | IMAGE COMPOSING APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SHOOTING PLURAL IMAGES AND COMBINING THE PLURAL IMAGES - An image obtaining unit continuously obtains plural images each showing a moving subject and motionless subject. Dark current noise is removed from the plural images. Image portions of the moving subject are extracted from the plural images with noise removed, which image portions occupy different positions in the plural images, respectively. Image portions of the motionless subject are extracted from the plural images with noised removed, which image portions occupy the fixed positions in the plural images, respectively. The extracted image portions of the moving subject are moved in the plural images with noise removed based on the corresponding positions in the respective images. The moved image portions of the moving subject are combined with the mage portions of the motionless subject held at the fixed positions in the plural images with noise removed, whereby a shooting image is composed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242122 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMAGE SYNTHESIS - An image synthesis device includes: a first pixel selection unit which selects, from a first filter area around a pixel of interest on a first image, a first pixel having a value within a first allowable range including a value of a pixel of interest; a second pixel selection unit which sets a second filter area around a reference pixel located on a second image having a longer exposure time than the first image in the same position as the pixel of interest, and selects, from the second filter area, a second pixel having a value within a second allowable range including the value of the pixel of interest; and a synthesis unit which sets a synthetic value, acquired by synthesizing the values of the first and the second pixel, as the value of a pixel on the synthetic image in the same position as the pixel of interest. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242123 | BEAM STEERING ELEMENT FEED FORWARD COMMAND AIDING ARCHITECTURE - A feed forward command aiding architecture with corresponding method, system, and computer product are provided. The feed forward command aiding architecture includes generating angle and rate commands from a received inertial data input. The angle command is feed into a proper order position loop producing an intermediate result. An angle feedback is differentiated producing a rate loop feedback. The intermediate result, rate command, and rate loop feedback are then feed into a proper order rate loop producing a torque command. The proper order rate loop is nested inside of the proper order position loop. The torque command being generated moves a beam steering element of an electro-optic sensor to deflect a line of sight of the electro-optic sensor by an angle approximating the received inertial angular input. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242124 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an image processor configured to generate first movie data based on image capturing data, the image capturing data being obtained in response to a shooting instruction; and a controller configured to generate a movie file including second movie data, the second movie data being obtained by deleting a portion of a movie represented by the first movie data when at least one of (i) the contents of management information associated with the first movie data and (ii) the contents of the first movie data itself satisfy a predetermined condition. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242125 | CALIBRATION IN MULTIPLE SLOPE COLUMN PARALLEL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION FOR IMAGE SENSORS - A method of an aspect includes acquiring analog image data with a pixel array, and reading out the analog image data from the pixel array. The analog image data is converted to digital image data by performing an analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion using a multiple slope voltage ramp. At least some of the digital image data is adjusted with calibration data. Other methods, apparatus, and systems, are also disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242126 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The line buffer stores an input image after a change is made to the stored line position of each horizontal segment. The stored-line position memory unit stores the stored line position of each horizontal segment in the line buffer. The vertical interpolator performs vertical interpolation on each of outputs of the line buffer based on the differences between the vertical interpolation line positions and the stored line positions. Thus, the number of lines needed for vertical interpolation to be stored in the line buffer can be reduced. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242127 | IMAGE CREATING DEVICE AND IMAGE CREATING METHOD - An image creating device includes: an acquiring unit for acquiring an image; an extracting unit for extracting feature information from a face in the image acquired by the acquiring unit; and a creating unit for creating a replaced image by replacing an image of a face region in the image acquired by the acquiring unit by other image, based on the feature information extracted by the extracting unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242128 | IMAGING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH IMAGE GAIN ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION - An imaging apparatus is equipped with an analog block, an imaging condition determination section, and an analog gain control section. Current consumption of the analog block changes in accordance with an analog gain, which is an amplification ratio of outputs of an imaging device. The imaging condition determination section determines imaging conditions, including the analog gain, in accordance with the brightness of an imaging object. Depending on a state of the imaging apparatus, the analog gain control section alters the analog gain determined by the imaging condition determination section so as to reduce the current consumption of the analog block. Thus, in this imaging apparatus, the current consumption of the analog block may be reduced by the performance of control that alters the analog gain in accordance with the state of the imaging apparatus. Thus, the state of the imaging apparatus may be regulated. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242129 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOVERING A DIGITAL IMAGE FROM A SEQUENCE OF OBSERVED DIGITAL IMAGES - A computer-implemented method for recovering a digital image (x) from a sequence of observed digital images (y | 2013-09-19 |
20130242130 | White Balance Method and Apparatus Thereof - An entered image is divided into a plurality of windows and it is determined, on a per-window basis, whether the image data within an applicable window is indicative of the color white, based upon the position of each window in the image and the continuity to its surrounding divided windows. A white balance method is performed based upon data of a window determined to be indicative of the color white. The present invention conducts a white balance process through the addition of determining the light source type weight and calculating the continuity of each divided window and its surrounding divided windows. In order the white balance process to accurately obtain the colors of an entered image even under the conditions of specific scenes with distinctive colors. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242131 | DIGITAL MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST TWO INDEPENDENT DIGITAL CAMERAS - A digital camera system having at least two independent digital cameras, which capture image signals in different narrow-band spectral ranges, wherein each of the at least two independent digital cameras comprises at least one separate two-dimensional digital image sensor, preferably a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor, and at least one filter element corresponding to the particular narrow-band spectral range connected upstream of the at least one two-dimensional digital image sensor and having at least one filter region. The at least one color filter element additionally comprises at least one neutral region, which is translucent in a spectral range that includes at least the different narrow-band spectral ranges of the at least two independent digital cameras, in particular in a panchromatic spectral range, and which is assigned to at least one specific neutral, in particular unused, pixel region of the associated at least one two-dimensional digital image sensor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242132 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR WHITE BALANCE CONTROL - A CCD captures a subject image passed through a taking lens and an image processing circuit performs various types of image pre-treatment including gamma correction and white balance on image data corresponding to n lines×m rows output by the CCD. The image processing circuit performs format processing on the data which are then compressed at a compression circuit. The white balance adjustment is implemented in line sequence at a line processing circuit which engages in signal processing in pixel sequence in units of individual lines in the output from the CCD. The image data having undergone the pre-treatment are subjected to format processing prior to JPEG compression, at a block processing circuit that engages in signal processing in units of individual blocks each ranging over an n×m (N>n, M>m) block. The signal processing is performed in block sequence. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTERPOLATED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may have camera modules that include an image sensor and processing circuitry. The image sensor may capture an interleaved image having rows of long-exposure pixel values that are interleaved with rows of short-exposure pixel values. The image sensor may separate the interleaved image into first and second images each having empty image pixel values. The processing circuitry may generate interpolated long-exposure and interpolated short-exposure images by generating chroma-filtered interpolated pixel values for the empty pixel values in the first and second images. The processing circuitry may perform interpolation operations along one or more directions for the empty image pixels based on whether the empty image pixels are within a texture area or on a dominant edge of the captured image. The processing circuitry may combine the interpolated long-exposure image and the interpolated short-exposure image to generate a high-dynamic-range image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242134 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an object and acquire image data; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire image capturing conditions of the image capturing apparatus; a holding unit configured to hold history information of peripheral devices that have been connected to the image capturing apparatus; and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire image capturing auxiliary information related to image capturing performed by the image capturing unit based on the image capturing conditions acquired by the first acquisition unit and on the history information held in the holding unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242135 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZED IMAGING - An imaging device is equipped with an imaging section and is provided with a reception section and an imaging control section. The reception section receives a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, which includes reference time information that is used as a reference of time. The imaging control section synchronizes a timing of imaging by the imaging section with a reference time on the basis of the reference time information included in the GPS signal received by the reception section. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242136 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND GUIDING METHOD FOR TAKING SELF PORTRAIT - In a guiding method for taking self portrait using an electronic device, a coordinate system is constructed based on an image preview interface provided by a camera module of the electronic device. The method presets a target region, and recognizes a face region on the image preview interface. The method further outputs first prompt information to prompt that a self portrait is ready to be captured when the face region is located in the target region, or outputs second prompt information to prompt that the electronic device needs to be moved when the face region is not located in the target region. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242137 | IMAGING ROBOT - An imaging robot for automated digitizing of two-dimensional art is disclosed. The imaging robot includes three mutually orthogonal translation stages for positioning an imaging device at a plurality of shooting positions forming a two-dimensional grid of positions spaced from the art at a substantially same shooting distance. An image of a portion of the art is captured at each of these shooting positions. The images of the portion of the art are then combined, or stitched, forming a composite image of the art. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242138 | ENHANCED RESOLUTION IMAGE CAPTURE - First and second images of a scene are captured using respectively different first and second optical paths. The first optical path includes an optical element comprising a stack of microlens arrays. A synthesized image of the scene is generated by calculations using the first and second captured images of the scene. The synthesized image has improved image characteristics as compared to both of the first captured image and the second captured image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242139 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processor which is capable of performing correction of defective pixels without degrading image quality when synthesizing a plurality of still images. When a plurality of image data items are synthesized, a first reference value which is smaller than a second reference value for use in determining whether or not to correct pixel data forming the image data is compared with a pixel value indicated by each of synthesized pixel data items forming the synthesized image data, and first correction processing is performed in which the synthesized pixel data of the synthesized image data is corrected according to a result of comparison. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242140 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242141 | IMAGING COMPOSITIONS OF MULTIPLE IMAGES HAVING DIFFERENT IMAGE RANGES - The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and method and program whereby composition can more readily be confirmed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242142 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; and a second lens unit having negative optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of two or less lens elements, in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit is fixed with respect to an image surface, and the conditions: L | 2013-09-19 |
20130242143 | CAMERA WITH ANTI-FLICKER CAPABILITY AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD WITH ANTI-FLICKER CAPABILITY - A camera and an image capturing method with anti-flicker capability. The camera has a camera sensor and an image signal processor. The camera sensor captures first and second image data separated by a time delay which depends on a flicker period of background illumination. The image signal processor differentiates the first and the second image data along rows to obtain first and second differentiated image data, respectively, normalizes the first and second image data to obtain for each column an oscillation amplitude, normalizes the first and second differentiated image data to obtain for each column an oscillation amplitude, and obtains flicker-eliminated image data based on the first and second image data, the first and second differentiated image data, and the oscillation amplitudes obtained from normalizing the first and second image data and the oscillation amplitudes obtained from normalizing the first and second differentiated image data. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION USING NOISE MODELS - A method and apparatus for processing imager pixel signals to reduce noise. The processing includes receiving a target pixel signal, receiving at least one neighboring pixel signal, formulating a dynamic noise signal based at least in part on a value of the target pixel signal, and controlling a noise reduction operation using the dynamic noise signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242145 | VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH INTEGRATED GPU PROCESSING - Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the received data. The received data can include video data defining pixel values and ancillary data relating to settings on the image sensor. The video data can be processed in accordance with ancillary data to adjust the visual characteristics, which can include filtering the images, blending images, and/or other processing operations. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242146 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is configured to reduce a color blur in a color image, and includes a color blur process determination part configured to change at least one of a color blur that serves as a reduction object and an estimation method of an amount of the color blur according to at least one of a characteristic of an image and an imaging condition. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242147 | PIXEL ARRAY HAVING WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE AND GOOD COLOR REPRODUCTION AND RESOLUTION AND IMAGE SENSOR USING THE PIXEL ARRAY - Provided is a pixel array having a wide dynamic range, good color reproduction, and good resolution and an image sensor using the pixel array. The pixel array includes a plurality of first type photodiodes, a plurality of second type photodiodes, and a plurality of image signal conversion circuits. A plurality of the second type photodiodes are disposed between the first type photodiodes which are two-dimensionally arrayed. A plurality of the image signal conversion circuits are disposed between the first type photodiodes and the second type photodiodes to process image signals detected by the first type photodiodes and the second type photodiodes. An area of the first type photodiodes is wider than an area of the second type photodiodes. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242148 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH CLEAR FILTER PIXELS - An image sensor may have art array of image sensor pixels arranged in color filter unit cells each having one red image pixel that generates red image signals, one blue image pixel that generate blue image signals, and two clear image sensor pixels that generate white image signals. The image sensor may be coupled to processing circuitry that performs filtering operations on the red, blue, and white image signals to increase noise correlations in the image signals that reduce noise- amplification when applying a color correction matrix to the-image signals. The processing circuitry may extract a green image signal from the white image signal. The processing circuitry may compute a scaling value that includes a linear combination of the red, blue, white and green image signals. The scaling value may be applied to the red, blue, and green image signals to produce corrected, image signals having improved image quality. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242149 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a matrix of photoelectric converters disposed therein; a transparent insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate and including wiring lines embedded therein; a color filter layer disposed on the transparent insulating layer and including a color filter for each of a plurality of colors of the respective photoelectric converters; and a plurality of microlenses disposed on the color filter layer, one for each color filter. In a plan view, the color filter of at least one color is smaller in area size than the corresponding microlens. In the color filter layer, the color filter of the at least one color is surrounded by a low-refractive-index material having a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the color filter. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242150 | Electronic Device with Shape Memory Devices - An electronic device may be provided with shape memory structures. The shape memory structures may be used to form actuators for a camera shutter, an actuator for moving an optical filter, or other actuators in an electronic device. A camera shutter may have an opaque shutter member that is movable between a first position in which the shutter is closed and blocks light from a digital image sensor and a second position in which the shutter is open and allows light to reach the digital image sensor. The camera shutter may have an associated color filter structure. Shape memory wire may be configured to form a loop that heats upon application of a signal or may be configured to form a twisting or linear actuator. The camera shutter may be provided with a controllable aperture. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242151 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising an imaging unit and a conversion unit, including a first processing unit and a second processing unit, for converting an analog signal output from the imaging unit into a digital signal, wherein the first processing unit generates a higher-order bit of a digital signal corresponding to the analog signal, and the second processing unit, to which a clock signal having a first edge and a second edge is supplied, starts charging a capacitor and ends the charging in response to an elapse of a predetermined time since the first edge of the clock signal supplied immediately after the charging has started, and then generates a lower-order bit of the digital signal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242152 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A device and method are provided to generate an image with a wide dynamic range, based on one photographed image. An exposure time control is executed in which different exposure times are set in units of rows of a pixel portion, in units of pixel regions, or similar, and different, multiple pixel information which are the pixel values of the pixels set with different exposures are obtained. For example, high sensitivity pixel information is obtained from long exposure pixels, low sensitivity information is obtained from short exposure pixels, and a pixel value for the output image is calculated based on the pixel information with these different sensitivities. For example, for high luminosity regions, the sensitivity pixel information may have a saturated value, and so a large weight is set to the low sensitivity pixel information, also for low luminosity regions, the SN ratio of low sensitivity pixel information is estimated to be poor, and so a large weight is set to the high sensitivity pixel information to determine the output pixel value. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242153 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel unit which has an array of a plurality of groups each including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, and an adding unit configured to add, of pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels arrayed in the groups, homochromatic pixel signals. The adding unit has, for each group, a common pixel amplifier commonly connected to homochromatic pixels. The adding unit adds the pixel signals of the homochromatic pixels in the gate portion of the common pixel amplifier so that the spatial centers of gravity of the pixels added in the group are arranged at equal pitches in at least one of the row direction and the column direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242154 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A signal apparatus includes a plurality of pairs, each pair of which includes plural digital signal output units configured to output a digital signal, a block wiring to which output terminals of the plural digital signal output units are connected, and a buffer circuit an input terminal of which is connected to the block wiring, in which the output terminal of the buffer circuit included in one of the pairs is connected to the block wiring included in another one of the pairs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242155 | Back Side Illuminated Image Sensor Architecture, And Method Of Making Same - An image sensor device that includes a substrate and a plurality of color filters. The substrate includes a plurality of photo detectors (wherein a first portion of the plurality of photo detectors each has a lateral size that is smaller than that of each of a second portion of the plurality of photo detectors) and a plurality of contact pads which are electrically coupled to the photo detectors. The plurality of color filters are each disposed over one of the photo detectors. The plurality of photo detectors are configured to produce electronic signals in response to light incident through the color filters. A third portion of the plurality of photo detectors are laterally disposed between the first and second portions of the photo detectors, and each having a lateral size between those of the first and second portions of the photo detectors. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242156 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes in order from an object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, a third lens group having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming, the first lens group is fixed, the second lens group moves, the third lens group moves, and the fourth lens group is fixed. The first lens group includes in order from the object side, a negative lens, a reflecting optical element, and a positive lens. The second lens group includes in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a positive lens, a cemented lens having a negative refractive power, and a positive lens. The cemented lens includes a positive lens and a negative lens. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242157 | CAPTURING IMAGES USING A SWITCHABLE IMAGING APPARATUS - A method for capturing an image, comprising: providing a switchable imaging apparatus including a display screen having a first display state and a second transparent state, an optical beam deflector switchable between a first non-deflecting state and a second deflecting state, a camera positioned in a location peripheral to the display screen, and a controller; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image capture mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the second transparent state and the optical beam deflector to the second deflecting state; using the camera to capture an image of the scene; setting the switchable imaging apparatus to the image display mode by using the controller to set the display screen to the first display state and the optical beam deflector to the first non-deflecting state; and displaying an image on the display screen. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242158 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a setting item screen for displaying setting items and a setting value screen for displaying setting values regarding a setting item selected on the setting item screen; an operation unit configured to select one of the setting items on the setting item screen and to select one of the setting values on the setting value screen; wherein, in a case where a state of the image display apparatus is changed from a first state in which the selected setting item is active to a second state in which the selected setting item is non-active, the display unit displays an image indicating that a setting value regarding a setting item selected before changing the state of the image display apparatus from the first state to the second state cannot be selected by the operation unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242159 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DISPLAY PROCESS METHOD - An imaging device includes a shooting lens configured to image an image of a subject through passage of light from the subject, an imaging unit configured to receive light which has passed through the shooting lens, and convert the received light into an electric signal, so as to generate image data of the subject, and a display on which the image data is displayed, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the shooting lens is moved to a predetermined position on a close side, focal point information is calculated from the image data, and the image data is displayed on the display by a display mode which visibly displays the focal point information. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SPECIFYING POSITIONS ON SCREEN - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an obtaining unit which obtains an image; a first display control unit which displays the image on a display region of a display unit, the image being obtained by the obtaining unit; a rendering unit which performs rendering in the image based on an operation for an operation unit by a user, the image being displayed on the display region by the first display control unit; a specifying unit which specifies a first region closed by a boundary line rendered by the rendering unit; and a second display control unit which displays, on the display region, at least either one of an image of the first region specified by the specifying unit and an image of a second region other than the first region in the obtained image in a display mode capable of discriminating the at least either one image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242161 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including a plurality of pixel blocks each containing a plurality of pixels; a first optical system forming an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system including a microlens array, the microlens array including a light transmissive substrate, a plurality of first microlenses formed on the light transmissive substrate, and a plurality of second microlenses formed around the first microlenses, a focal length of the first microlenses being substantially equal to a focal length of the second microlenses, an area of the first microlenses in contact with the light transmissive substrate being larger than an area of the second microlenses in contact with the light transmissive substrate, the second optical system being configured to reduce and reconstruct the image formed on the imaging plane on the pixel blocks via the microlens array. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242162 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND LENS ACTUATING DEVICE AND LENS ACTUATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an image capturing device and a lens actuating device and a lens actuating method thereof. The lens actuating device comprises a focus lens group, a zoom lens group, a motor and a microcontroller. The focus lens group is arranged for changing a focus point of the image. The zoom lens group is arranged for changing distance of the image. The motor is arranged for driving the movements of the focus lens group and the zoom lens group respectively. The microcontroller is arranged for receiving a plurality of instructions, and controlling the motor at one of a plurality of predetermined speeds according to the instruction received to control the motor to drive the focus lens group or the zoom lens group to perform a focus motion or a zoom motion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242163 | INNER FOCUS LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - There are provided an inner focus lens consisting of a first lens group, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens group in order from an object side. The first lens group has a positive first lens element, a positive second lens element, and a negative third lens element; or a positive first lens element, a positive second lens element, a positive third lens element, and a negative fourth lens element, in order from the object side. One lens element in the second lens group is moved with respect to an image surface in focusing, some of the lens elements thereof are moved in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis. The inner focus lens satisfies 0.2<|fF/fO|<3.0 (fF: a focal distance of a focus lens, fO: a synthetic focal distance of the lens elements moving in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis). | 2013-09-19 |
20130242164 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Equipped with Same - A zoom lens has a plurality of lens units including, in order from its object side to image side, a first lens unit having a negative refracting power composed of two lens elements including a biconcave negative lens and a positive lens, and a second lens unit having a positive refracting power composed of four lens elements including a positive lens and a negative lens. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, a distance between the lens units changes, and the second lens unit moves toward the object side. The zoom lens has an aperture stop that moves integrally with the second lens during the zooming and satisfies a specific condition. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242165 | VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a variable focal length lens system including: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a negative refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power; all of the first to fifth lens groups moving, when a positional state of the variable focal length lens system changes from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state; the fifth lens group being configured from a first sub lens group and a second sub lens group; and the variable focal length lens system satisfying the following expression (1): | 2013-09-19 |
20130242166 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A zoom lens includes: first to fourth lens groups having positive, negative, positive, and negative refractive power, respectively. The first to fourth lens groups are arranged in order from the object plane. The fourth lens group is configured of one negative lens or a cemented lens including positive and negative lenses that are arranged in order from object plane and are attached to each other. A magnification-varying operation from wide end to telephoto end causes the first and third lens groups to travel toward the object plane and causes the second and fourth lens groups to travel along an optical axis. A focusing operation causes the fourth lens group to travel along the optical axis. The following conditional expression is satisfied: | 2013-09-19 |
20130242167 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An image capturing apparatus and a method capable of capturing images that have undergone Auto Focus (AF), in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a camera module, and a controller for determining whether a captured frame has undergone AF if a ‘capture’ entry is selected while performing Continuous Auto Focus (CAF) in a preview mode, and for performing AF on the captured frame if the captured frame has not undergone AF. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242168 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a zoom lens, an operation unit that receives an operation for changing a magnification of the zoom lens, an imaging unit that generates image data based on a subject image formed via the zoom lens, a driver that moves the zoom lens stepwise to one of predetermined stop positions corresponding to each of a plurality steps according to the operation received by the operation unit, and a controller that controls the driver. The controller changes the stop position of the zoom lens at each step according to a size of a region of the imaging unit on which the image data is generated so that a converted focal length at the stop position of the zoom lens at each step is the same regardless of the size of the region. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242169 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first and third lens units having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group. The first lens unit is closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end. The second lens unit is closer to the image side at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. A distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the telephoto end, focal lengths at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, respectively, a focal length of the second lens unit, and an amount of movement of the second lens unit in an optical axis direction during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242170 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit; and at least one subsequent lens unit, wherein the subsequent lens unit(s) includes a lens unit having negative optical power, the first lens unit is composed of two or less lens elements, the third lens unit is composed of four or more lens elements, the first lens unit and the second lens unit move along an optical axis in zooming, and the condition: 0<|f | 2013-09-19 |
20130242171 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; a fourth lens unit; and at least one subsequent lens unit, wherein the subsequent lens unit(s) includes a negative lens unit, the first and third lens units are respectively composed of two or less lens elements and four or more lens elements, the first and second lens units move along an optical axis in zooming, and the conditions: 0.02013-09-19 | |
20130242172 | FOCUSING APPARATUS - A focusing apparatus with a photoelectric converter which photoelectrically converts at least a pair of optical images formed by light fluxes that have passed a focus lens to output at least a pair of image signals, a phase difference detector which detects a phase difference between the pair of output image signals, and a driving amount calculator which calculates a driving amount of the focus lens based upon the detected phase difference. The driving amount calculator changes the calculated driving amount, in accordance with a first driving amount corresponding to a detected phase difference when the focus lens is located at a first position, a second driving amount corresponding to the detected phase difference when the focus lens is located at a second position, and a relationship between the first and second positions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242173 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOCUSING APPARATUS - A focusing apparatus includes an image pickup element that includes a plurality of unit cells including a first pixel and a second pixel corresponding to a same microlens, a detector configured to detect a phase difference of an image signal of a first pixel group and an image signal of a second pixel group that correspond to a focus detection region, a focus controller configured to perform a focus control based on a detection result of the detector, an exposure controller configured to control an exposure value based on an output from the image pickup element, the detector detects the phase difference of an image signal generated by sequentially switching a plurality of focus detection regions, and the exposure controller controls the exposure value so as to be fixed until the detector completes a detection of the phase difference in the plurality of focus detection regions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242174 | FOCUSING LENS ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - A focusing lens assembly for a camera includes a shaft member disposed in parallel with an optical axis of the camera, a lens mounting member through which the shaft member penetrates and on which a focusing lens is mounted, a focusing lens driving motor configured to allow the lens mounting member to slide according to the shaft member, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the lens mounting member in a first direction in which the focusing lens is deviated from the optical axis or in a second direction in which the focusing lens is arranged on the optical axis according to an ON/OFF operation of the camera power. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242175 | INNER FOCUS LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - There are provided an inner focus lens consisting of a first lens group, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens group in order from an object side. The first lens group has a positive first lens element, a positive second lens element, and a negative third lens element, or has a positive first lens element, a positive second lens element, a positive third lens element, and a negative fourth lens element, in order from the object side. One lens element in the second lens group is moved with respect to an image surface in focusing. The second lens group has five or more lens elements, and has a configuration including a negative lens element, a positive lens element, and a positive lens element in order from the object side. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242176 | DIAPHRAGM CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERA - A diaphragm control apparatus of an interchangeable lens camera includes a photographing lens, a diaphragm control slider which is driven between first and second control ends corresponding to maximum and minimum apertures, a position detector, and a controller which drives the diaphragm control slider toward the first control end at high-speed, stores in a memory, as a temporary origin, a position to which the diaphragm control slider has rebounded after reaching the first control end. Thereafter, the controller compares the current position of the diaphragm control slider with the temporary origin while driving the diaphragm control slider at a low-speed towards the first control end. When the current position is within a predetermined range of the temporary origin, the controller determines the current position as the origin of the diaphragm control slider. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242177 | Digital Camera with High Dynamic Range Mode of Operation - A digital camera is provided with a high dynamic range (HDR) mode of operation wherein a nominal exposure is automatically bracketed by one or more under exposures and one or more overexposures. The images thus obtained can then be used by suitable software to process the images to produce a final HDR image. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242178 | OPTICAL MODULE FOR IMAGE MEASURING APPARATUS - An optical module includes a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a connecting member and a beam splitter. The first sleeve defines a first hollow cavity and includes a first light source and a pattern plate. The second sleeve defines a second hollow cavity and a second light source. The connecting member is connected to the first sleeve and the second sleeve, and communicates with the first hollow cavity and the second hollow cavity. The beam splitter is positioned in the connecting member. Light from the first light source passes through the pattern plate, and the beam splitter, light from the second light source passes through the beam splitter, the beam splitter refracts the light from the first light source and the second light source to a tested workpiece. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242179 | VIDEO DEVICE AND ADJUSTING MECHANISM THEREOF - An adjusting mechanism, applicable for a video device, includes a fixing bracket, an adjusting component, a linking component and a rotating bracket. The adjusting component is disposed on a side of the fixing bracket. The linking component is engaged with the adjusting component. The rotating bracket is connected to the linking component and is pivoted to the fixing bracket. When the adjusting component is rotated by an external force, the linking component drives the rotating bracket to pivot relative to the fixing bracket. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242180 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC OBSERVATION OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE SKY - An automatic observation apparatus of sky climate conditions is provided in which an opening and closing device is designed such that a lid moves upward and downward by an elevator so as to open and close the upper portion of an observer and thus, although it snows in winter, the lid moves upward and downward while maintaining a state in which snow is accumulated on the lid, the snow does not collapse due to movement of the lid and does not fall onto a transparent cover of the observer, and thereby obstruction of a visual field of a camera by snow is prevented. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242181 | CAMERA MODULE WITH MAGNETIC SHIELDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method for manufacturing camera modules for use in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, is provided. More specifically, in camera modules utilizing lens motion type auto focus actuation, permanent magnets associated with voice coil motors utilized in the auto focus system, generate magnetic flux that can interfere with the process of bonding image sensors to camera modules if the permanent magnets of different voice coil motors are positioned too closely. Incorporating a magnetic shield into the manufacturing process to restrain or control the magnetic flux generated by the permanent magnets permits voice coil motors camera modules to be positioned closer together during the manufacturing process. This increases manufacturing throughput and reduces cost. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242182 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL DEVICES FOR CAMERAS - Manufacturing optical devices (e.g., for cameras) includes providing and allocating mount elements to lens modules wherein the mount elements are to be arranged within the optical devices to define a fixed separation distance between the lens modules and the image sensor plane. The mount elements have variable mount FFL sections by means of which the geometrical distance between the lens module and the image sensor plane is adjusted for each lens module, individually or in groups dependent on the optical properties of the lens modules, to compensate the variation of the lens module values among the lens modules, so that the focal planes of the lens modules falls into the image sensor plane. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242183 | Camera Module and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The present invention relates to a camera module, the camera module including: a PCB (Printed Circuit Board), an image sensor mounted on the PCB and formed with an imaging device for converting light to an electrical signal; a housing fixed a bottom end to an upper surface of the PCB, the housing being a case formed with a hole at an upper center and having a bottom-opened inner space: a lens assembly having at least one lens aligned to the lens hole by being positioned at and contacted to an upper surface of the image sensor and accommodated at an inner space of the housing; and an elastic stiffening material inserted between a lens hole periphery at an upper inner side of the housing and an upper edge of the lens assembly. | 2013-09-19 |
20130242184 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having negative optical power; a third lens unit having positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having positive optical power; and a fifth lens unit having negative optical power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of only optical elements having optical power, in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, at least the first lens unit is fixed with respect to an image surface, and the condition: 0.7<|M | 2013-09-19 |