39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130250068 | CALIBRATION DEVICE, RANGE-FINDING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CALIBRATION DEVICE AND STEREO CAMERA, AND VEHICLE MOUNTING THE RANGE-FINDING SYSTEM - A calibration device for calibrating ranges obtained by a range-finding system , includes an image acquisition unit to receive inputs of two reference images captured by a reference imaging device at two locations and multiple items of parallax data from the parallax calculator, the parallax data being calculated based on multiple feature points in the reference images and multiple corresponding points in the comparison images correlated to the feature points in the reference images; a feature point search unit to search for multiple reference-feature points common to the two reference images; a coordinate converter to convert coordinates of the two items of parallax data based on the multiple feature points and the multiple corresponding points, for each of the reference-feature points between the reference images; and a correction value calculator to calculate a correction value to correct the range measured by the range finding system, based on a converted parallax from the coordinate converter. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250069 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT - A device for three-dimensional measurement of an object, with a stereomicroscope of the telescope type, which has a common objective and a first and a second tube lens, a first image sensor, which is assigned to the first tube lens, a second image sensor ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250070 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE - An image synthesis device capable of imaging an object regardless of the luminance of the object, and capable of suppressing the misalignment of the objects in the synthesized linage, is disclosed, A viewpoint conversion unit performs viewpoint conversion regarding a visible light image, and thus, a viewpoint of a far-infrared light image matches a viewpoint of a visible light image. Therefore, when image signals of the images are superposed in a superimposition unit, the misalignment of the objects having different object distances is suppressed in the synthesized image, and the synthesized image does not appear strange for a person viewing the synthesized image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250071 | 3D CAPTION DISPLAY METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A 3D caption display method for harmoniously merging and displaying closed caption with 3D image in a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D display apparatus suitable for implementing the method. The 3D display apparatus receives a broadcast signal containing caption data, and obtains caption control commands including a 3D parameter setting command from the caption data. Afterwards, the 3D display apparatus displays a plurality of 3D caption images according to the caption control commands. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250072 | 2D/3D DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR FORMING 3D IMAGE - A display capable of providing 2D and/or 3D images. The display comprises a liquid crystal display device and a self-emissive display device. The self-emissive display device is disposed on the rear of the liquid crystal display device, in which the liquid crystal display device provides a first image and the self-emissive display device a second image and a backlight source. One of the first and second images comprises a parallax barrier pattern for forming a three-dimensional (3D) image, and the other is a 2D image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250073 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH A COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, CAPABLE OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing apparatus capable of stereoscopic display. The information processing apparatus includes: a display unit capable of stereoscopic display; a first creating unit for successively creating an input image by periodically picking-up an image of a target object; a second creating unit for creating a right-eye image and a left-eye image from the input image; and a display control unit for presenting stereoscopic display on the display unit, using the right-eye image and the left-eye image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250074 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INDEPENDENT MULTI-SCREEN VIEWING - Described herein are apparatus, system, and method for providing independent multi-screen viewing of multiple video streams on a digital display. The apparatus comprises a pair of active shutter eye-glasses; a receiver for receiving a first signal corresponding to a first frame from a first video stream being displayed on a display unit; and a processor operable to: darken the pair of eye-glasses during a time interval of a second frame from a second video stream being displayed on the display unit; and make transparent the pair of eye-glasses during a time interval of the first frame. The display unit displays multiple video streams on full screen size, and each user with the apparatus can independently view the full screen sized video and receive its corresponding audio signal. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250075 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a video-image processing apparatus including: a video-image processing section configured to execute output control on video-image streams each including unitary video images appearing along the time axis so as to output every unitary video image pertaining to each of the video-image streams repeatedly a plurality of times by sequentially switching the video-image streams to be output on a time-division basis; a frame memory for temporarily storing an immediately preceding unitary video image as it is or after replacing the luminance gradation of the immediately preceding unitary video image with a post-replacement luminance gradation where the immediately preceding unitary video image is defined as a unitary video image which immediately leads ahead of a current unitary video image being output by the video-image processing section and is selected; and an overdrive processing section configured to carry out overdrive processing on the current unitary video image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250076 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for displaying a three-dimensional (β3Dβ) image, wherein the method includes; sequentially displaying a left frame image corresponding to a left eye and a right frame image corresponding to a right eye on a display panel, blocking a light provided to a display block of the display panel when the display block displays a mixed image which includes a left eye image of the left frame image corresponding to the left eye and a right eye image of the right frame image corresponding to the right eye, and providing the light to the display block of the display panel when the display block displays only one of the left eye image and the right eye image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250077 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an effect interval setting unit setting multiple effect intervals in a predetermined interval to continuously display image data, an image assigning unit assigning the image data to each of the multiple effect intervals, an effect setting unit setting an effect to each of the multiple effect intervals, an effect resetting deciding unit deciding whether the effect satisfies a condition to realize each effect, using image metadata corresponding to image data assigned, and causing the effect setting unit to reset an effect in an effect interval in a case where the effect interval does not satisfy the condition, and a consistency deciding unit deciding, in a case where the effect resetting deciding unit causes the effect setting unit to reset the effect, a consistency between an effect interval in which the effect is reset and a different effect interval. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250078 | VISUAL AID - A visual aid system, device and method is provided. The visual aid system may include an imaging unit to capture images of a user's surroundings, a knowledge database to store object recognition information for a plurality of image objects, an object recognition module to match and identify an object imaged in one or more captured images with an object in the knowledge database, and an output device to output a non-visual indication of the identified object. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250079 | FLUORESCENCE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A fluorescence endoscope apparatus includes an illuminating portion radiating excitation light and illumination light onto an imaging subject; a fluorescence imaging portion acquiring a fluorescence image by capturing fluorescence emitted at the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the excitation light; a storage portion storing the fluorescence image; a return-light imaging portion acquiring a return-light image by capturing return light returning from the imaging subject due to the irradiation with the illumination light; an image-information extracting portion extracting, from the return-light image, image information that expresses the intensity of the illumination light; a number-of-integrated-images setting portion setting a number of integrated images so that the number is decreased with an increase in the intensity of the illumination light, based on the image information; and an average-image generating portion generating an average image by averaging the stored fluorescence images in a number corresponding to the set number of integrated images. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250080 | MODULARIZED MOBILE HEALTH AND SECURITY SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for health and security monitoring. A sensory device monitors user voice and keystroke input, and measured safety factors such as user heart rate, ambient light and sound levels, the approach of vehicles, and detection by a camera of an approaching person optionally including information regarding the person's criminal background. If the sensory device and/or user determines a situation is occurring that meets trigger conditions, the sensory device issues a user notification, decreases speaker volume, and issues an alert to a local response group. The local response group comprises trustworthy strangers who may be able to respond more quickly than regular emergency responders to a typical 911 call. The alert may be wirelessly transmitted by a smartphone and has selectable content and urgency level. Users may include children, disabled or elderly persons, soldiers, policemen, security officers, and lone women. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CAMERA ANGLES BY USING VIRTUAL PLANES DERIVED FROM ACTUAL IMAGES - An image output system includes a plurality of surgical instruments, where a positional and orientational relationship of each of the plurality of surgical instruments with respect to a target object of a patient's body is determined. The image output system further includes at least one video image capture unit positioned on each of the plurality of surgical instruments and configured to selectively capture actual images. An image generator is presented for selectively defining, generating, and assigning virtual images associated with the actual images relative to the target object of the patient's body, the virtual images derived from each of the plurality of surgical instruments. An image processor is also presented for processing the actual images captured and the virtual images generated. Additionally, an image output device for displaying combinations of the actual images captured and the virtual images generated in a plurality of configurations is presented. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250082 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME - An objective is to provide a body measurement device capable of carrying out a body measurement, such as of abdominal girth or chest girth, with a simple configuration which eliminates moving components. This body measurement device comprises: light projection devices which project linear light beams so as to encircle a measurement subject within a measurement plane; image capture devices which are positioned on the perimeter of the measurement subject such that the total circumference of the linear light beams which are projected upon the measurement subject are captured, and the optical axis of each respective image capture optical assembly is positioned in an oblique direction with respect to the measurement plane; a database which, with the measurement plane divided into respective measurement ranges of the image capture devices, associates two-dimensional coordinates with respect to captured images of the image capture devices with two-dimensional coordinates with respect to the measurement plane; and a computing device which, with the measurement plane divided into the respective measurement ranges of the image capture devices, queries the database from two-dimensional coordinates of a point with respect to the linear light beams with respect to the captured images of the respective image capture devices corresponding to the measurement plane, identifies two-dimensional coordinates with respect to the measurement plane, and computes a circumference of a body surface of the measurement subject with respect to the measurement plane. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250083 | System to monitor vehicle drivers with a camera - A system for monitoring vehicle drivers with a camera. The camera may capture an image with infra-red frequency. The camera may be coupled to a crypto-authenticating chip and/or a GPS circuit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250084 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY - System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250085 | Compact Iris Imaging System - An iris imaging and illumination system is used to resolve and record the fine musculature features of an iris. The system can improve the quality of an iris image and facilitate the image capturing process by focusing illumination on an ocular area of a subject. By limiting illumination of other parts of a face, reflections from the face are reduced. The system has a compact physical arrangement by placing the illumination sources proximate to one another and splaying them in order to focus illumination on the ocular areas of a subject. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250086 | AUTOMATIC MAGNIFICATION OF DATA ON DISPLAY SCREEN BASED ON EYE CHARACTERISTICS OF USER - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image of a user's eye at a device having a screen and a camera operable to input the image, processing the image to identify one or more characteristics of the user's eye for use in determining if the user is having difficulty viewing data displayed on the screen, and magnifying the data displayed on the screen if the user is having difficulty viewing the data. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250087 | PRE-PROCESSOR IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CAPTURING IRIS IMAGES - A pre-processor imaging system and method are disclosed for remotely capturing iris images of a target individual. In an embodiment, the pre-processor imaging system and method integrate an iris imaging system and a pre-processor that uses predictive head and eye tracking algorithms to predict a maximal opportunity window for capturing iris images. An embodiment of the pre-processor directs the iris imaging system to capture the iris images within the maximal opportunity window. In an embodiment, the iris imaging system includes a zoom camera and an infrared illumination system for reliably obtaining high-resolution iris images of each eye/iris region of the target individual, and while the target individual is βon-the-move.β | 2013-09-26 |
20130250088 | MULTI-COLOR CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE AND IMAGING METHODS - A confocal microscope, which comprises a light source for producing excitation light including a plurality of different spectral components; an optical device for providing the excitation light as a spectrally dispersed beam and outputting the different spectral components as a number of elongated beams an object holder for holding an object; an objective for focusing the elongated beams of light on the object as parallel, spaced-apart lines of excitation light corresponding to the different spectral components; and a detector for simultaneously detecting emission light produced by parallel lines emitted by the object due to its illumination by spaced apart parallel lines of the excitation light. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250089 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DETERMINING RECORDING REGIONS - A device for establishing one or several recording regions from an image region is provided. The device includes a neighborhood determining unit for determining whether two objects of the image region are neighboring. Additionally, the device includes a graph set determining unit for determining a graph set such that the graph set includes one or several complete graphs, each element of the complete graph being neighboring to every other element of this complete graph. Furthermore, the device includes a selection set determining unit configured to add a complete graph to the selection set when one of the elements of an object set is included by precisely this one of the complete graphs of the graph set. In addition, the device includes a recording region determining unit for determining the one or several recording regions based on the complete graphs of the selection set. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250090 | METHOD OF PREPARING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN - A sufficient amount of biological molecules are collected from a desired region in a tissue section with a single operation. Provided is a method of preparing a biological specimen including a sectioning step of sectioning biological tissue along a single cutting plane; a staining step of staining a first tissue section of two tissue sections that have been sectioned in the sectioning step; a stained-image capturing step of acquiring a stained image of the stained tissue section; a non-stained-image capturing step of acquiring a non-stained image in which, with respect to a second tissue section that has been sectioned in the sectioning step, division lines that divide the tissue section into a plurality of segments are defined; and associating steps of associating the non-stained image and the stained image with each other. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that generates data of a display image from data on layer images having different resolutions includes a detection unit that detects a scroll or magnification change request, and a display image generation unit that generates the display image data based on the request, in which the display image generation unit determines whether the request is a high or low speed request when the display image data having a resolution different from those of the layer images is generated, generates the display image data through enlargement processing on data of any of the layer images having a resolution lower than that of the display image when the request is the high speed request, and generates the display image data through reduction processing on data of any of the layer images having a resolution higher than that of the display image in case of the low speed request. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250092 | DIGITAL LIGHT MASKING SYSTEMS - The systems and methods described herein relate to digital light masking systems and methods for automated image inspection. First, a digital light masking system comprising a video signal; a source light which outputs emitted light; a digital light mask which attenuates the emitted light; and a vision system. The systems may inspect a disposable absorbent article. Second, a method for automated image inspection, comprising the steps of: generating a video signal; providing a uniform source light which outputs emitted light; providing a digital light mask which attenuates the emitted light; directing the attenuated light towards an article; and inspecting the article with a vision system. The uniform source light may be an LED light, the digital light mask may be an LCD panel, the attenuated light may be directed towards a disposable absorbent article, and/or the vision system may comprise a camera. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250093 | METHODS FOR AUTOMATED IMAGE INSPECTION - The systems and methods described herein relate to digital light masking systems and methods for automated image inspection. First, a digital light masking system comprising a video signal; a source light which outputs emitted light; a digital light mask which attenuates the emitted light; and a vision system. The systems may inspect a disposable absorbent article. Second, a method for automated image inspection, comprising the steps of: generating a video signal; providing a uniform source light which outputs emitted light; providing a digital light mask which attenuates the emitted light; directing the attenuated light towards an article; and inspecting the article with a vision system. The uniform source light may be an LED light, the digital light mask may be an LCD panel, the attenuated light may be directed towards a disposable absorbent article, and/or the vision system may comprise a camera. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250094 | LASER PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A laser projection system for projecting an image on a workpiece includes a photogrammetry assembly and a laser projector, each communicating with a computer. The photogrammetry assembly includes a first camera for scanning the workpiece, and the laser projector projects a laser image to arbitrary locations. Light is conveyed from the direction of the workpiece to the photogrammetry assembly. The photogrammetry assembly signals the coordinates light conveyed toward the photogrammetry assembly to the computer with the computer being programmable for determining a geometric location of the laser image. The computer establishes a geometric correlation between the photogrammetry assembly, the laser projector, and the workpiece for realigning the laser image to a corrected geometric location relative to the workpiece. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250095 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mask has an inspection region virtually divided by a plurality of stripes. A position error-correcting unit is disposed on a stage in a region different from the mask, formed with patterns divided virtually by the plurality of stripes. A first deviation amount acquiring circuit acquires a first deviation amount from the optical image and the reference image of the position error correction unit. A second deviation amount acquiring circuit acquires a second deviation amount. A position correcting circuit corrects a positional relationship between the mask and the position error correction unit based on the first deviation amount, and obtains a fluctuation value of position coordinates of each pattern in the inspection region of the mask based on the second deviation amount and corrects the position coordinates. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250096 | DEVICE FOR EQUIPMENT ALIGNMENT - A device for equipment alignment. The device is configured as a separate unit for arrangement in front of an aiming mark generating device and includes a first input port configured to receive an aiming mark. A second input port is configured to receive an image of a region under observation from the alignment device. An output port is configured to couple to a detector. The device is arranged to accommodate a corner-cube prism and a beam divider plate. The beam divider plate is arranged at an angle of 45 degrees relative to the input port and at an angle of 45 degrees to the front face of the corner-cube prism. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250097 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BACKGROUND SCREEN IN NAVIGATION DEVICE - When a vehicle is driving, a camera image can be selected that photographing a front or other direction of a vehicle in real time to display the selected image on a background screen of a menu screen in a navigation device. In addition, selection buttons of the menu screen is displayed to be transparent or translucent. Since a driver can keep eyes a moving direction of the vehicle while manipulating a navigation device, possible accidents of the vehicle can be prevented in advance. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SERVICE SYSTEM OPTICAL TARGET ASSEMBLY - A method and apparatus for determining the alignment of a vehicle wheel using an optical target assembly secured to the vehicle wheel in a non-determined position, the optical target assembly having a dimensionally stable shape and a plurality of optical target elements disposed on a plurality of target surfaces. Images of the optical target elements are acquired by an imaging system, together with target identifying indicia, and utilized together with previously stored target characterization data to determine a spatial orientation of the optical target assembly and an alignment of the vehicle wheel onto which it is secured. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250099 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL COMPONENT - To eliminate influence of undesirable light component from an object when measuring optical characteristics such as shape and wavefront aberration of the object, light from light source ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250100 | Method And Apparatus For Powering Components - A power saving system comprising a visual monitoring system locating a user, a first end of a link coupled to a first transceiver, a second end of the link coupled to a second transceiver, a component coupled to the first transceiver and the visual monitoring system locates the user being beyond a distance to access the component, whereby the link is deactivated and an overall power usage of the link is minimized. The link is activated when the visual monitoring system locates the user being within the distance to access the component. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250101 | SELF-LOCALIZATION AND SELF-ORIENTATION OF A CEILING-MOUNTED DEVICE - A device and method for self-localization of a ceiling-mounted device within an indoor environment includes establishing a floor plan of the environment including a plurality of fixed reference indicia having known locations with respect to an origin point of the environment. A plumb light beam is projecting downward from the device to a floor of the environment to produce a projection on the floor. An imaging of the floor including the projection and at least two reference indicia is captured. A location of the device can then be determined with respect to the origin using the projection and at least two reference indicia. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250102 | ELECTRICAL CABINET INFRARED MONITOR - Various techniques are provided to monitor electrical equipment. In some implementations, a monitoring system for a cabinet may include an infrared camera configured to capture thermal images of at least a portion of electrical equipment positioned in an interior cavity of the cabinet. In some implementations, the monitoring system also includes a communication interface configured to transmit the thermal images from the infrared camera for external viewing by a user. In some implementations, the thermal images may be provided through various wired and wireless communication techniques. In some implementations, the infrared camera may receive electrical power through a physical coupling to an electrical connector within the cabinet and/or through electromagnetic energy harvesting techniques. Other implementations are also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250103 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having four photosensing pixels of a sub-array, with one of (a) a red-light transmitting spectral filter disposed at a first photosensing pixel whereby the first pixel of each sub-array primarily senses red visible light and with an IR transmitting spectral filter disposed at the fourth photosensing pixel whereby the fourth pixel of each sub-array primarily senses infrared radiation, and (b) a red-light transmitting spectral filter disposed at a first photosensing pixel whereby the first pixel of each sub-array primarily senses red visible light and with an IR transmitting spectral filter disposed at a third photosensing pixel whereby the third pixel of each sub-array primarily senses infrared radiation. An image processor processes the output of each sub-array to determine at least one of an infrared component of the imaged scene and a visible light component of the imaged scene. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250104 | LOW COST SATELLITE IMAGING METHOD CALIBRATED BY CORRELATION TO LANDSAT DATA - A method for augmenting Landsat-based image data providing a satellite at an orbital altitude lower than an orbital altitude of a Landsat imaging satellite; providing a set of multispectral imaging devices arranged on the satellite configured to image a terrestrial swath larger than a standard Landsat image swath, configured to always image when orbiting over cloud-free terrestrial surfaces and descending node defined along a northeast to southwest trajectory so as to correspond to Landsat archive data; synchronizing image data from at least four visible bands and a near-infrared band with a first resolution with image data from a shortwave infrared band with a second resolution; retracing the imaged terrestrial swath for one or more iterations; downlinking image data to a ground station being formatted in accordance with a data format; compositing the synchronized image data to create a cloud-free image and periodically cross-calibrating it with Landsat-based image data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250105 | ALGORITHM FOR ADAPTIVE DOWNSAMPLING TO AN IRREGULAR GRID - A method of adaptive downsampling includes the steps of: (a) receiving input data having a first spatial resolution and a first grid spacing; (b) resampling the input data using an automatically adjustable kernel; and (c) providing output data having a second spatial resolution and a second grid spacing. The second spatial resolution, advantageously, is substantially constant across the second grid spacing. The input data may include image data, and the output data may include resampled, or downsampled image data. The image data may be images of the Earth at a first spatial resolution and a first grid spacing; the output data may be resampled data of the images of the Earth at a second spatial resolution and a second grid spacing. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250106 | LICENSE PLATE IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a license plate image-pickup device and an image exposure adjustment method thereof. The license plate image-pickup device comprises an image-sensing module, a recognition module and a processing module. The license plate image-pickup device takes a scene. The image-sensing module senses the scene to produce an image. The recognition module detects a vehicle object. The processing module adjusts the exposure of the vehicle object to produce an exposure adjusted vehicle object, and then the recognition module detects a license plate object from the exposure adjusted vehicle object, and the processing module adjusts the exposure of the license plate object. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250107 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions that cause the processor to execute, capturing an image including vehicle side information, dividing the image into a plurality of areas, and defining a first divided area image including a center of a side end of the image and a second divided area image not including the center of the side end of the image; smoothing the first divided area image using a first filter, or smoothing the second divided area image using a second filter having a greater coefficient than that of the first filter; extracting a plurality of feature points from the first divided area image or the second divided area image; calculating an optical flow from the plurality of feature points of the first divided area image or the second divided area image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250108 | Access Control System by Face Recognition in An Automobile - An access control system in an automobile is provided. The access control system includes a grayscale camera, an infrared camera and a processing device. The grayscale camera is configured to capture a grayscale image of the face of a driver. The infrared camera is configured to capture an infrared image of the face of the driver simultaneously with the grayscale camera. The processing device includes a processor and a controller. The processor is configured to receive the grayscale image and the infrared image, convert the grayscale image and the infrared image to a grayscale matrix and an infrared matrix respectively, extract a feature matrix from the grayscale matrix and the infrared matrix, and compute a similarity value by comparing the feature matrix with multiple feature matrices. The controller is configured to receive a result of face recognition and control a startup device and a warning device of the automobile. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250109 | MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM, VEHICLE MOUNTING THE MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM, AND RANGE-FINDING METHOD EXECUTED BY THE MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM - A multi-lens camera system includes multiple camera units including respective optical filters and image sensors that acquire a captured image via the optical filter, each of the optical filters having multiple filter regions whose optical characteristics differ respectively, and an image processor, operably connected to the multiple camera unit, to execute different types of image processing on the captured image to form an image that contains multiple image regions whose characteristics differ depending on the optical characteristics of the filter region in which they are acquired. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250110 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Embodiments of the invention relate to a black box system for vehicles, and more particularly to an image recording apparatus and method for detecting image input sources (cameras) to optimally record an image according to the number of image input sources. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250111 | Video Monitoring Apparatus - A video monitoring apparatus capable of efficiently superimposing additional information on a monitoring camera image is provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250112 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING SAFE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE - Vehicle control system and method in which restrictions on travel of the vehicle are determined based on an indication of the visibility of a driver and information about objects moving in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle are considered. The travel restrictions include preventing a passing maneuver on a two-lane road when an oncoming vehicle precludes safely initiating or completing an already-initiated passing maneuver. A warning system is provided to warn a driver about the travel restrictions so that the driver will, hopefully, not attempt an unsafe maneuver. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250113 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE EQUIPMENT MONITORING, WARNING, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An automatic vehicle equipment control system and methods thereof are provided, the system includes at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, a processor, a color spectral filter array including a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of an imager pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one spectral color filter, and a lens, wherein the imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of the continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and the system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from the oncoming headlamp from data in the one image frame. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A MULTI-CAMERA IMAGE USING PIXEL REMAPPING - A camera or vision system for establishing a composite image for displaying in a vehicle includes a first camera and a second camera and a controller. Each camera has a respective field of view that overlaps partially with the respective field of view of the other camera. Each camera has a respective imager for generating a respective preliminary digital image. The cameras together have a combined field of view. The controller is programmed to generate a final composite digital image that corresponds to a selected digital representation of the combined field of view of the cameras by using a remapping table to remap selected pixels from each of the preliminary digital images into selected positions of the final composite digital image. A plurality of methods for establishing a composite image are also provided. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FALSE ALARM REDUCTION DURING EVENT DETECTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product to determine whether a product has been successfully purchased by identifying in a video record when a movement of a product adjacent to a scanner occurs, and whether the scanner did not record a purchase transaction at that time; measuring a difference in time between the time of the movement of the product and a time of another movement of a product, and determining by a trained support vector machine a likelihood that the product was successfully purchased. Alternately, the difference in time can be measured between the time of the movement of the product and a time of a transaction record, or between the time of the movement of the product and a boundary time. The support vector machine can use a radial basis function kernel and can generate a decision value and a confidence score. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250116 | BETTLE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - An imaging pest detection device, adaptable to mounting on known pest traps, utilizing a camera module and LED light providing daily gathering of images of the catch-can interior, thereby providing a remote real-time awareness of trap contents with reduced labor and increased accuracy and immediacy of trap condition. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250117 | Automated Tool Control System - The invention pertains to a digital camera system and related software which is capable of identifying the presence or absence of known tools and/or objects in previously identified storage locations as well as the presence of non-conforming objects. The invention further includes controlled access | 2013-09-26 |
20130250118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING TRAJECTORY OF MOVING OBJECT IN IMAGE - An image processing apparatus, includes: a moving image acquisition unit which acquires a moving image captured under a first capturing situation; a trajectory correction unit which corrects a trajectory of a moving object in the moving image acquired by the moving image acquisition unit to fit the trajectory to a second capturing situation, which is different from the first capturing situation; and a display control unit which causes a display unit to display the trajectory corrected by the trajectory correction unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250119 | Movie Ticket Vending System and Hand-Held Electronic Device and Method Thereof - A movie ticket vending system, a hand-held electronic device and a method thereof. The movie ticket vending system includes a server and a handheld electronic device. A plurality of pieces of picture information and a plurality of pieces of service information are stored in the server. The handheld electronic device comprises a camera module, a transmitting module, a processing module and a positioning navigation module. The camera module captures a poster image. The transmitting module uploads the poster image to the server and the server compares the poster image with the plurality of pieces of picture information. The transmission module receives information corresponding to the poster image. The processing module receives a confirm signal to generate a navigation signal corresponding to the service information received by the transmission module. The GPS module generates a navigation route to guide a user to the cinema showing the corresponding movie. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250120 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An access point is connected with surveillance cameras through wireless communication means. In the access point, a packet identification unit identifies the surveillance camera. A receiving status measurement unit measures receiving speed of the image data for each surveillance camera, and a priority apparatus determination unit determines whether to prioritize receiving of image data from a surveillance camera with the receiving speed smaller than a reference speed. The receiving control unit transmits a CTS packet, indicating that data receiving from the surveillance camera determined by the priority apparatus determination unit will be prioritized, to all of the connected surveillance cameras. The surveillance cameras other than that indicated by the CTS packet pause the data transmission to the access point when the CTS packet is received. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A video compositing device includes a communication device that communicates with a video receiver station over a network and receives video streams from various video sources. The compositing device stores configuration settings, which indicate the size, position, zoom and/or color depth for views in a composite image that is formed from the video streams. The compositing device uses the video streams to generate the composite image as indicated by the configuration settings and transmits the composite image to the video receiver station. The compositing module also receives from the video receiver station information indicating a change in one or more one of the size, position, zoom or color depth of a selected view in the composite image, and then updates the configuration settings to reflect these changes. Subsequent composited images are generated in accordance with the updated configuration settings. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250122 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY - System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250123 | MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for multispectral imaging are disclosed. The multispectral imaging system can include a near infrared (NIR) imaging sensor and a visible imaging sensor. The disclosed systems and methods can be implemented to improve alignment between the NIR and visible images. Once the NIR and visible images are aligned, various types of multispectral processing techniques can be performed on the aligned images. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250124 | Chemical Leak Inspection System - A method of visually detecting a leak of a chemical emanating from a component. The method includes: aiming a passive infrared camera system towards the component; filtering an infrared image with an optical bandpass filter, the infrared image being that of the leak; after the infrared image passes through the lens and optical bandpass filter, receiving the filtered infrared image with an infrared sensor device; electronically processing the filtered infrared image received by the infrared sensor device to provide a visible image representing the filtered infrared image; and visually identifying the leak based on the visible image. The passive infrared camera system includes: a lens; a refrigerated portion including therein the infrared sensor device and the optical bandpass filter (located along an optical path between the lens and the infrared sensor device). At least part of a pass band for the optical bandpass filter is within an absorption band for the chemical. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250125 | THERMAL IMAGE FRAME CAPTURE USING DE-ALIGNED SENSOR ARRAY - Various techniques are provided to capture one or more thermal image frames using an infrared sensor array that is fixably positioned to substantially de-align rows and columns of infrared sensors. In one example, an infrared imaging system includes an infrared sensor array comprising a plurality of infrared sensors arranged in rows and columns and adapted to capture a thermal image frame of a scene exhibiting at least one substantially horizontal or substantially vertical feature. The infrared imaging system also includes a housing. The infrared sensor array is fixably positioned within the housing to substantially de-align the rows and columns from the feature while the thermal image frame is captured. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250126 | TRACKING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a tracking apparatus includes a spherical body, 1 | 2013-09-26 |
20130250127 | Method for Checking Camera - A method for checking a camera includes the steps of capturing an image of an object using a photo-sensitive element, converting the color level value of each of a plurality of pixels of the image into image gray level values, and when one of the image gray level values is higher than a predetermined gray level threshold value, displaying an alarm message on the screen of the camera. A camera is also disclosed herein. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250128 | DETECTOR FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE HDMI SIGNALS - A detector for detecting multiple HDMI signals includes an HDMI source port, an HDMI objective port and a status detecting unit. The HDMI source port includes a CEC pin, an HTPLG pin and a DDC pin. The HDMI objective port includes a CEC pin, an HTPLG pin and a DDC pin set. The status detecting unit includes an input port, an output port and a status crosscheck module. The input port includes a CEC pin, an HTPLG pin and a DDC pin set respectively connected to those of the HDMI source port. The output port includes a CEC pin, an HTPLG pin and a DDC pin set respectively connected to those of the HDMI objective port. The status crosscheck module detects whether the HTPLG pin and the CEC pin of the input port receive signals or not. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250129 | WIRELESS LINK QUALITY MONITORING IN NETWORK-ENABLED TVs - A networked TV gathers information pertaining to the quality of a wireless link over which the TV receives streamed multimedia content, and presents an indication of the quality to a user, selectively blocks content from display if the quality falls below a threshold, and/or reports poor link quality to a network server for diagnostic action by technical personnel. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250130 | EXTENDABLE-REACH IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed are embodiments of an image acquisition apparatus with an extendable arm on which an image sensor is located and is easily manipulated to reach hard-to-reach places and transmit captured images to the user. In one embodiment, the combination of a telescopic sensor mount and an image sensor can be an integral part of or an add-on accessory for cell phones, cameras, iPads, iPods, etc. In another embodiment the apparatus may replace car radio antennas to serve as observation beacons in crowded and congested traffic. In different embodiments the orientation of the image sensor on its mount may be manually or remotely adjustable, while the image data gathered by the image sensor may be transmitted to the user by wire, wirelessly, or optically. In various embodiments a microphone and/or a flash may also be installed on the extendable mount. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250131 | IMAGE EVALUATING DEVICE, IMAGE EVALUATING METHOD, IMAGE EVALUATING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image evaluating device includes an information acquiring unit that acquires history information of a user communication terminal having a camera function, an image storage unit that stores images at least a part of which is captured by the use of the camera function of the user communication terminal, and an image evaluating unit that calculates evaluation values of the respective images stored in the image storage unit based on the history information acquired by the information acquiring unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250132 | CAMERA BASED INTERACTION AND INSTRUCTION - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for instructing persons using computer based programs and/or remote instructors. One or more video cameras obtain images of the student or other participant. In addition images are analyzed by a computer to determine the locations or motions of one or more points on the student. This location data is fed to computer program which compares the motions to known desired movements, or alternatively provides such movement data to an instructor, typically located remotely, who can aid in analyzing student performance. The invention preferably is used with a substantially life-size display, such as a projection display can provide, in order to make the information displayed a realistic partner or instructor for the student. In addition, other applications are disclosed to sports training, dance, and remote dating. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250133 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH MOTION RESPONSE AND RELATED METHODS - Electronic devices with motion response and related methods are provided. In this regard, a representative electronic device includes: an image capturing device operative to acquire image data; an accelerometer operative to sense an acceleration of the electronic device; and a motion response system operative to receive acceleration information corresponding to a sensed acceleration and to alter a mode of operation of the image capturing device based, at least in part, on the acceleration information. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250134 | System and Methods for Wireless Remote Control over Cameras - Systems and methods for wireless remote control operation of cameras are provided. This system includes a remote controller which includes an interface for receiving commands from a user (such as turning on or off a camera), and a transceiver for transmitting the commands to one or more camera transceivers which are coupled to cameras. The remote controller may also include a display that indicates battery levels, camera status and even video feeds. Camera status and video feeds are transmitted from the camera transceiver which is coupled to the camera via an electrical bus interface. It may include a video converter that accepts raw video data from the camera and converts it into a video feed that is transmitted. Additionally, the camera transceiver may include an advanced audio circuit which subtracts measured pressure data from audio feeds to cancel out wind sounds. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250135 | Eyewear Including A Remote Control Camera - Eyewear is provided including a frame, and a camera connected with the frame, in which the camera is configured to be controlled by a remote controller. The camera may be configured to capture video and/or a photo. The eyewear may include data storage, and the camera may be connected to the data storage. A wrist watch may be configured to act both as a time piece and a controller of the camera. The eyewear may also include a heads up display and/or a video file player. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250136 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PREVIEW SYSTEM AND IMAGE PREVIEW METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an image pickup device, an image preview system and an image preview method thereof. The image pickup device comprises an image pickup module, an image processing module and a display module. The image pickup module is arranged for capturing a plurality of images. The image processing module is arranged for scaling down pixels of each image to generate a plurality of adjusted images, and combining the plurality of adjusted images to generate a preview image. The display module is arranged for displaying the preview image. Wherein, the image processing module is arranged for rendering a high dynamic range image according to the plurality of images while the plurality of adjusted images is blended. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250137 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - In an image sensor including a first column readout line and a second column readout line provided to each pixel column, a plurality of pixel rows are divided into pixel rows of a first group and pixel rows of a second group, pixels of the pixel rows of the first group output signals to the first column readout line, and pixels of the pixel rows of the second group output signals to the second column readout line. A shortest distance between a conversion region of a first pixel of a pixel row of the first group and the first column readout line to which a signal from the first pixel is output is not more than a shortest distance between the conversion region of the first pixel and the second column readout line to which signals from the pixels belonging to the pixel rows of the second group are output. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250138 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSOR FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera and methods of operating a digital camera are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a digital camera includes an imaging unit including an image sensor and imaging optics and a digital image processor connected to receive raw digital images from the imaging unit and to process the raw digital images. The digital camera also includes a memory configured to store digital image data that has been pre-processed by the digital image processor and a processor configured to direct retrieval of the digital image data that is stored in the memory and the digital image processor comprises a pre-processing portion and a post-processing portion, the pre-processing portion including a uniformity corrector configured to correct non-uniformities using Photo Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU) correction and/or white balancing. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250139 | Method And System For Tagging And Organizing Images Generated By Mobile Communications Devices - A method for tagging and organizing images includes the steps of providing a mobile communication device having an input device configured to receive voice input, an image capture device configured to capture the images of events, a storage medium configured to store the images, and a processor. The method also includes the steps of capturing the images using the image capture device; providing the voice input from the user containing the information; recording the voice input; and forming tagged images in the storage medium using the voice input and the information. A system includes a mobile communications device having a processor in signal communication with an image capture device, with a storage medium and with an input device configured to tag the images with information responsive to voice input and to form tagged images in the storage medium. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250140 | COMPOSITE MEMORY CARD AND DEDICATED READER - A composite memory card has 4-bit and 1-bit data transfer modes; in which, when the composite memory card plugs in a general reader, it operates in the 4-bit data transfer mode to form 4-bit format information signal linking with the external transfer through four data pins; and when it plugs in a dedicated reader, it operates in the 1-bit data transfer mode to form 1-bit format data signal linking with the external transfer through one data pin, while it starts the internal audio processing module to read the internal audio file streaming and to transform into voice output signal output to the dedicated reader through the other data pins for broadcast, and to receive the voice input signal of the dedicated reader through data pins to transform into audio file streaming to import for storage; thus, the composite memory card combines the standard memory card and the audio processing function. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250141 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY TERMINAL DEVICE - This terminal device, which is removable from/attachable to a holding device attached to a mobile body, is provided with: an imaging means; a recording means that records captured images captured by the imaging means in the state of the terminal device being attached to the holding device; an adjustment image generating means that generates an image for adjustment that is for adjusting the imaging direction of the imaging means on the basis of a captured image recorded by the recording means; and a display control means that displays the adjustment image generated by the adjustment image generating means in a manner so as to be comparable to the captured image captured by the imaging means. As a result, the user can easily adjust the imaging direction by referring to the screen at which the adjustment image is displayed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250142 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLY ASSOCIATING EXISTING READABLE SURFACES WITH COMPUTER AND WEB-BASED SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - A method and a device is provided for reading visual cues from a variety of readable surfaces, associating those visual cues with digital files stored on the device, and subsequently providing an output of those digital files to the user. These digital files may be in the form of audio, video, pictures, and other formats that may be used to enhance the learning experience of the user while observing the readable surface. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250143 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSOR FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera is disclosed. In an embodiment, the digital camera has an imaging unit including an image sensor and imaging optics and a digital image processor connected to receive raw digital images from the imaging unit and to process the raw digital images. The digital camera also includes a memory configured to store digital image data that has been processed by the digital image processor and a processor configured to direct retrieval of the digital image data that is stored in the memory and the digital image processor is further configured to generate control signals for use in operation of the imaging unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250144 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An imaging apparatus images an imaging target region by dividing the imaging target region into a plurality of divided regions and generates a merged image of a larger region than the divided regions by merging the obtained images in the respective divided regions. A method of the imaging apparatus includes the steps of: acquiring a first image and a second image in each of the plurality of divided regions; performing image alignment between adjacent divided regions using the second images; and generating the merged image by merging the first images of the adjacent divided regions based on a result of the alignment performed using the second images. The second image is an image in which a depth of field or a focusing position, or both thereof is different from those of the first image. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250145 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus realizes a precise focus assist function without losing edge information of a multi-pixel video image. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor arranged in a Bayer array, a circuit for converting resolution of the video signal obtained by the image sensor, a circuit for extracting high frequency components of each color pixel data of the video signal, a selection circuit for selecting the high frequency components of four pixels in a unit of the Bayer array and for outputting the component of the greatest amplitude as peaking information, and a superimposition circuit for superimposing the peaking information on the video signal of the resolution or substituting the video signal with the peaking information. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250146 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING DEVICE STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an imaging unit that is configured to acquire a plurality of images with different exposure times, a position offset detection unit that is configured to detect a position offset between a plurality of images filmed by the imaging unit, a combining ratio calculation unit that is configured to calculate a combining ratio in case of combining the plurality of images based on pixel values of at least one image among the plurality of images filmed by the imaging unit and the amount of the position offset detected by the position offset detection unit, and an image combining unit that is configured to combine the plurality of images based on the combining ratio calculated by the combining ratio calculation unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250147 | CAMERA DEVICE FOR REDUCING SENSOR NOISE - A camera device and a method therefor are provided. The camera comprises: a sensor for acquiring electronic images; a heat generating device; an apparatus for determining a temperature-associated property of the sensor; and a processor in communication with the apparatus. The processor is enabled to: switch the heat generating device to a low power mode when the temperature-associated property meets a threshold value. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250148 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND SIGNAL COMPENSATING METHOD OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - The signal compensating method includes receiving sensing signals from an image sensor pixel array; converting the sensing signals into digital signals using a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, respectively; and compensating the digital signals using offset values corresponding to the plurality of analog-to-digital converters, respectively. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250149 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image capturing apparatus ( | 2013-09-26 |
20130250150 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE AND VIDEO CAPTURE - In various example embodiments, an imaging system and method are provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a first image sensor array, a first optical system to project a first image on the first image sensor array, the first optical system having a first zoom level. A second optical system is to project a second image on a second image sensor array, the second optical system having a second zoom level. The second image sensor array and the second optical system are pointed in the same direction as the first image sensor array and the first optical system. The second zoom level is greater than the first zoom level such that the second image projected onto the second image sensor array is a zoomed in on portion of the first image projected on the first image sensor array. The first image sensor array may include at least four megapixels and the second image sensor array may include one-half or less than the number of pixels in the first image sensor array. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250151 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid-state imaging device, an amplification transistor amplifies a signal generated by a photoelectric conversion unit and outputs the amplified signal. An analog memory accumulates the amplified signal output from the amplification transistor. A select transistor electrically connects the analog memory to a vertical signal line and selects any one of a first state in which the amplified signal accumulated in the analog memory is output to the vertical signal line and a second state in which the analog memory is electrically disconnected from the vertical signal line. A differential amplification circuit includes a first input terminal connected to a reference voltage and a second input terminal connected to the vertical signal line. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250152 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a plurality of first pixels, each of which outputs a first pixel signal, a plurality of second pixels, each of which outputs a second pixel signal, a ramp wave generator that outputs a ramp signal that monotonously increases or monotonously decreases over time, a phase shift pulse generator that outputs first to n-th phase shift pulse signals, a first pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the first pixel signal and the ramp signal have a predetermined relationship, a second pixel latch group that latches the first to n-th phase shift pulse signals when the second pixel signal and the ramp signal have the predetermined relationship, first to n-th power source lines to supply a power source and first to n-th phase shift pulse supply lines to supply the phase shift pulses. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250153 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA WITH ALTERNATELY ARRANGED PIXEL COMBINATIONS - A solid-state imaging device includes: photodiodes formed for pixels arranged on a light sensing surface of a semiconductor substrate; a signal reading unit formed on the semiconductor substrate to read a signal charge or a voltage; an insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate and including optical waveguides; color filters formed on the insulating film; and on-chip lenses formed on the color filters. The first and second pixel combinations are alternately arranged both in the horizontal and vertical directions, the first pixel combination having a layout in which two green pixels are arranged both in the horizontal and vertical directions and a total of four pixels are arranged, the second pixel combination having a layout in which two pixels are arranged both in the horizontal and vertical directions, a total of four pixels are arranged, and two red pixels and two blue pixels are arranged cater cornered. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250154 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - This invention includes an image sensor in which image forming pixels and focus detecting pixels which receive light beams from the exit pupil of the imaging lens which is partly light-shielded are arranged, the first vertical output line which outputs a signal from the image forming pixel in the vertical direction of the image sensor, a second vertical output line which outputs a signal from the focus detecting pixel in the vertical direction of the image sensor, a vertical addition unit which adds signals from a plurality of image forming pixels in the vertical direction, and a control unit which controls the vertical addition unit to add only signals from image forming pixels excluding focus detecting pixels, when the focus detecting pixels are included in targets for addition in the addition readout mode of making the vertical addition unit add signals from a plurality of image forming pixels. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250155 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOCUS SELECTION IN DIGITAL CAMERAS - The present disclosure provides a method and device for focus selection in digital cameras. A method for composing an image on a portable electronic device is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises: focusing light received by an image sensor, the focusing including moving a lens between a number of focus positions; capturing an image using the image sensor at a plurality of the number of the focus positions, the captured images having different focus distances; storing the captured images; determining which of the captured images is an optimally focused image; and displaying the optimally focused image as a currently displayed image on a display of the portable electronic device. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250156 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprise an image capturing unit; a button; a touch detecting unit configured to detect a touch operation on a touch panel; and a control unit configured to control, when an operation of the button is accepted in a specific operation mode, the image capturing unit so that the image capturing unit performs shooting for a term that corresponds to a time period for which the operation is continued, and to control, in the specific operation mode, the image capturing unit so that the image capturing unit starts shooting in response to the touch operation on the touch panel, and ends the shooting when it is detected that the touch of the touch operation is released and another touch is performed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250157 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus enables the user to separately set an AF area and an enlargement area and, when the position of the AF area is changed, eliminates time and effort to change the position of the enlargement area. To achieve this, the imaging apparatus includes an AF area setting unit configured to set an AF area used for AF indicating an area out of the live view image of a subject imaged by an imaging unit, and a control unit configured to change a position of an enlargement area indicating an area to be enlarged in conjunction with a position of the AF area set by the AF area setting unit and configured, in response to an instruction to change the position of the enlargement area, to change the position of the enlargement area without changing the position of the AF area set by the AF area setting unit. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250158 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes an imaging component, a display component, a rotation detector, and a controller. The imaging component is configured to capture a subject and output image data. The display component is configured to change the orientation of a display screen and to display an image based on the image data. The rotation detector is configured to detect the orientation of the display screen of the display component. The controller includes a subject detector and a display controller. The subject detector is configured to detect information specifying a subject. The display controller is configured to control whether or not to rotate a content displayed on the display component according to the detection information of the subject detector and the detection result of the rotation detector. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250159 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus | 2013-09-26 |
20130250160 | Zoom lens with forward-located aperture stop - A zoom lens comprising, along an optical axis and in order from an object space to an image space: first lens group with negative power; an aperture stop; a second lens group with positive power; a third lens group with positive power; and a fourth lens group. The second and third lens groups and the aperture stop are axially movable for zooming. At least one lens element in the first lens group is moveable to provide for focusing. The aperture stop moves during zooming and has a clear aperture that changes size during zooming. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250161 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTO FOCUS FUNCTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for performing an Auto Focus (AF) function in an electronic device which does not perform the AF function while performing a camcorder function are provided. The apparatus includes a camera for receiving a photographing data, a camera processing unit for performing any one of a still picture acquisition function and an AF function, a recording processing unit for performing a function for recording the photographing data, a camera driver for operating the camera under control of the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit, and a processor for controlling the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit when detecting an AF request while photographing a moving picture to focus on the photographing data automatically and to record the focused photographing data. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250162 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS AND LENS APPARATUS INCLUDING THE AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS - An automatic focusing apparatus includes: a focus lens unit; a focus driver; a first focus detector that detects an in-focus state based on a phase difference; a second focus detector that detects an in-focus state using a signal from an image pickup element; a focus controller that controls the focus driver to perform focusing based on a first focus detection result and a second focus detection result; a movement detector that detects a movement of an object with components in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis based on an image signal obtained from the first focus detector; and a re-execution determination unit that determines whether to control the focus driver to re-execute focusing based on the first focus detection result and the second focus detection result that are newly detected after the execution of focusing and based on a movement detection result detected by the movement detector. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250163 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A document camera has an automatic focus function, and performs the automatic focus process for automatically adjusting the focus lens to the focal position in accordance with the subject distance when the document camera is started up, or when the focus key of the input operation section is operated. Further, when performing the automatic focus process, the document camera is arranged to detect the focal position in the state in which the zoom lens is temporarily moved to the telephoto end with shallow depth of field, and then restore the position of the zoom lens to the original position. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250164 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IN-FOCUS POSITION DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - It is provided a image capturing apparatus including a control unit that determines whether to set a division number to a first division number n or to a second division number m which is larger than n based on the setting status of an image capturing apparatus, calculating a divided area evaluation curve by calculating a correlation between first detection information and second detection information for each of divided areas formed by dividing a phase difference detection area into the n or the m, and acquires a defocus amount to drive and control a focus lens to the in-focus position from a total evaluation curve obtained by conducting a required calculation processing on the divided area evaluation curves of the plural divided areas. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250165 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING MULTI-AUTOFOCUSING (AF) USING CONTRAST AF - A method applies fast and accurate autofocusing (AF) by using a contrast AF method in a digital photographing apparatus. In the digital photographing apparatus, when AF peaks of a subject of a central multi-point and a subject of a nearest multi-point are detected, further scanning is not performed. In addition, scanning is not performed on a region from which it is difficult to detect a peak, so that fast and accurate AF may be performed. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250166 | High-Speed Wide-Angle Lens Construction - Embodiments are disclosed herein related to the construction of optical elements for an RGB camera system. One disclosed embodiment provides a wide-angle lens construction, comprising a first, negative stage, and a second, positive stage positioned behind the first, negative stage along an optical axis of the lens construction. The second, positive stage further comprises a first positive lens substage, a first negative lens substage, a second positive lens substage, and a second negative lens substage. | 2013-09-26 |
20130250167 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes: an imaging element; a main lens that condenses light from a subject toward the imaging element; a micro lens array that is configured by a plurality kinds of micro lenses with different focal lengths that is disposed between the imaging element and the main lens and causes light transmitted through the main lens to form an image on the imaging element; and a CPU that, in response to receiving a designation of a distance to a side of a subject that is photographed, performs weighting for each image that is imaged by the plurality kinds of micro lenses of the imaging element based on the distance so as to constitute one captured image. | 2013-09-26 |