43rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 79 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150304510 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic document generation system includes an image forming apparatus that generates a scanned image of an original document, and an external terminal that generates an electronic document based on image data regarding the scanned image received from the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an auxiliary data generation unit that generates auxiliary data to be used in processing for generating the electronic document, and a communication unit that transmits the auxiliary data to the external terminal. The external terminal includes a document generation unit that uses the auxiliary data received from the image forming apparatus to generate the electronic document based on the image data regarding the scanned image in cooperation with an external cooperative device different from the external terminal. The document generation unit generates the electronic document by complementing the result of processing performed on the image data with the auxiliary data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304511 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - A magnet is disposed on one side of a conveyance plane in which a sheet-like medium to be read is conveyed and generates a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance plane. A magnetoresistive effect element is disposed between the magnet and the conveyance plane, and detects an intensity variation in a conveyance direction component of the magnetic field in a magnetic reading area. An imaging optical system and a light receiver are disposed on the side opposite to the magnet side with respect to the conveyance plane. The imaging optical system forms an image of an optical reading area on the light receiver, the optical reading area including at least a portion in the conveyance direction of the magnetic reading area of the conveyance plane. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304512 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a display unit configured to display preview images of a plurality of image data, a determining unit configured to determine whether each of the plurality of image data is a blank page, a display control unit configured to display a preview image of image data determined not to be a blank page on the display unit in a first display mode and to display a preview image of image data determined to be a blank page on the display unit in a second display mode, and a change unit configured to change the determination result and the display mode at the display unit of image data corresponding to the preview image when receiving an instruction to change the selected display mode of a preview image from the first display mode to the second display mode, or from the second display mode to the first display mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304513 | PERIPHERAL WITH INDEPENDENT FLATBED AND SHEET-FED SCANNING DEVICES - A peripheral comprises a flatbed scanning device, a sheet-fed scanning device and a multi-stage input tray. The flatbed scanning device comprises a rotatable upper cover covering a first document, on which a flatbed scan is performed. The sheet-fed scanning device abuts upon the upper cover and performs a sheet-fed scan on a second document. The multi-stage input tray comprises a first tray and a second tray. The first tray is disposed on the upper cover and has a supporting surface for supporting the second document. The second tray, pivotally connected to the first tray, assists in supporting the second document in a deployed mode, and forms an inverse-V-shaped structure with the supporting surface in a retracted mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304514 | DUPLEX PERIPHERAL CAPABLE OF PROCESSING LARGE-SIZE AND SMALL-SIZE DOCUMENTS - A duplex peripheral comprises: a passage; a feeding mechanism transporting a medium into the passage; two scanning modules disposed on two sides of the passage and acquiring front and reverse side images of the medium, respectively; a transporting mechanism transporting the medium through the passage and past the scanning modules; a control module, electrically connected to the scanning modules, the feeding mechanism and the transporting mechanism, and digitizing the front side image and the reverse side image; and an output unit electrically connected to the control module, and receiving and outputting the front and reverse side images. A width of the medium that can be accommodated within the passage and the feeding mechanism is greater than or equal to a short side of an A4 size sheet. The transporting mechanism defines a transportable gap smaller than or equal to a short side of an A7 size sheet. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304515 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a facsimile communication unit; a mail communication unit; an outputting unit; an external power source processing unit to operate the image processing apparatus using external power supplied from an external power source; a power-storing source processing unit to operate the image processing apparatus using stored power stored in a power-storing unit; a power source detection unit to detect whether the apparatus is operated with the external power or the stored power to output a detection result; and a facsimile data output control unit to transmit, when the facsimile communication unit receives facsimile data, the facsimile data to a destination address via e-mail with the mail communication unit based on the detection result indicating that the stored power is supplied, and to output the image of the facsimile data based on the detection result indicating that the external power is supplied. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304516 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Condition information indicating a condition for allowing a power source of an image forming apparatus to be set in an ON state is stored. In response to input of an instruction to turn on the power source of the image forming apparatus, a control unit configured to refer to the condition information is activated. The activated control unit refers to the condition information, and if it is determined that the condition indicated by the condition information is not satisfied, performs shutdown processing of the image forming apparatus. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304517 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes: a plurality of light receiving elements that are arranged in a main-scanning direction, are arranged in a sub-scanning direction according to colors of light to be received, and accumulates electric charge due to light exposure; and a plurality of AD conversion units that convert analog signals that indicate quantities of electric charge accumulated in the light receiving elements into digital signals are provide for each of groups each consisting of a predetermined number of pixels corresponding to the light receiving elements arranged in the sub-scanning direction. The AD conversion units convert the analog signals into the digital signals in an order in which the light receiving elements in the group are exposed to light. The light receiving elements constitute a correction unit that performs correction so as to reduce a difference relating to the timings in the sub-scanning direction. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304518 | PORTABLE DOCUMENT EXAMINER - According to this invention is taught a device that by means of optical aids, allow the reliable recognition of authenticity characteristics for paper currency and other security documents, which is characterized by an structural way which makes the task easy to maneuver, easy to carry and with a body that occupies a minimum volume allowing to be easily held by a human hand. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304519 | ARITHMETIC MEMORIES, IMAGE SENSORS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE ARITHMETIC MEMORIES - Arithmetic memories, image sensors including the arithmetic memories and methods of operating the arithmetic memories are provided. The arithmetic memories may include an input block to which a digital pixel reset signal and a digital pixel image signal are input and a plurality of unit cells configured to generate a digital difference signal. The input block may include first and second multiplexers to which the digital pixel reset signal and the digital pixel image signal are input and an inverter connected to the first multiplexer. The plurality of unit cells may include a first unit cell connected to the input block and a second unit cell through an N-th unit cell successively connected to the first unit cell. N may be two or greater. The first unit cell may include third and fourth multiplexers, a first flip/flop, and a first AND gate. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304520 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a specification unit configured to acquire first image data and second image data, and specify a character string out of character strings included in the first image data, and a storage unit configured to store the first and the second image data in one folder in a case where a character string in the second image data at a position corresponding to a position of the specified character string in the first image data coincides with the character string specified by the specification unit, and configured to store the first and the second image data in different folders in a case where the character string in the second image data at the position corresponding to the position of the character string in the first image data specified by the specification unit does not coincide with the specified character string. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304521 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATING TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR PRINTABLE OR SCANNED CONTENT - Methods and devices receive a document comprising raster images, using an optical scanner. These methods and devices automatically identify topical items within the raster images based on raster content in the raster images, using a processor. Further, these methods and devices automatically associate the topical items with topics in the document based on previously established rules for identifying topical sections, and automatically crop the topical items from the raster images to produce cropped portions of the raster images, using the processor. These methods and devices then automatically create an index for the document by combining the cropped portions of the raster images organized by the topics, using the processor, and output the index from the processor. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304522 | USE OF AMBIENCE LIGHT FOR COPY PROTECTION OF VIDEO CONTENT DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - The invention provides a method for impeding making a useful copy with an optical recording device of video content displayed on a screen, wherein the method comprises displaying the video content on the screen, illuminating with ambience light of an ambience light source the screen, the ambience light comprises light having a wavelength in the visible part of the spectrum, wherein the ambience light is controlled as function of the video content, and wherein the ambience light is intensity modulated with an intensity modulation having an intensity modulation frequency selected from the range of 40 Hz to 00 Hz. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304523 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING COLOR MATCHING PRECISION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A method for verifying a color matching precision includes determining a relationship in a magnitude of a distance X, a distance A, and a distance B, which are respectively distances between an achromatic color point and a new target color gamut point on a boundary of a new target color gamut, a verified target color gamut point on a boundary of a verified target color gamut, and a printer color gamut point on a boundary of a printer color gamut having a same hue. When X is more than A and B is less than A and X, a color matching precision of a new target color gamut point is verified by calculating a color difference between the new target color gamut point and a measured color value of the verified target color gamut point having the same hue as the new target color gamut point. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304524 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a skeleton component separation unit configured to separate a skeleton component illustrating a perspective structure from a source image, a mist/fog correction unit configured to calculate, based on color information in each color channel of the skeleton component, a correction factor that lowers brightness of a pixel as the pixel is brighter and correct, based on the correction factor, brightness of each pixel of the source image, and a brightness restoration unit configured to restore brightness of the brightness-corrected source image to brightness of environmental light as target brightness. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304525 | COLOR CORRECTION BASED ON MULTIPLE IMAGES - In some implementations, a method provides color corrections based on multiple images. In some implementations, a method includes determining one or more characteristics of each of a plurality of source images and determining one or more similarities between the one or more characteristics of different source images. The source images are grouped into one or more groups of one or more target images based on the determined similarities. The method determines and applies one or more color corrections to the one or more target images in at least one of the groups. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304526 | EXTERNAL VIDEO LOCKING AND SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE - This disclosure describes an external video locking and synchronization device ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304527 | LENS DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD - The present disclosure illustrates a lens distortion correction method to solve influence for distortion correction caused by an alignment error between a lens center and a center of image sensor unit during assembling. The present disclosure is characterized in that the spatial geometric calibration is incorporated with the lens distortion correction and different image centers are selected repeatedly when transformation relationship of image coordinates id used to perform the lens distortion correction, so as to correct the image center of the image to be corrected and enhance the accuracy of lens distortion correction. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304528 | DUST REMOVAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A dust removal apparatus includes a vibrating plate, a piezoelectric element, a power supply that applies the piezoelectric element with an alternating voltage; and a control circuit that changes a frequency of the alternating voltage, in which the piezoelectric element includes first and second electrodes and a piezoelectric material, a phase transition temperature T from a first crystal phase to a second crystal phase of the piezoelectric material is −40° C.≦T≦85° C., the change of the frequency is for repeating a frequency sweep operation from a first frequency to a second frequency, and when a frequency at which an audible vibration is generated during the sweep operation is set as fns, a frequency at which the audible vibration is ended is set as fne, and a changing time from fns to fne during the sweep operation is set as Δtn, Δtn≦10 ms is satisfied. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304529 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing device, an imaging device, a program, and an image processing method which can suppress a reduction in the visibility of a split image when distortion is corrected. A first display image which is used as a live view image and a second display image which is used to check a focus are generated on the basis of an image signal output from an imaging element including first and second pixel groups on which an object image that passes through first and second regions of an imaging lens and is pupil-divided is formed (S | 2015-10-22 |
20150304530 | AUTOMATIC SCANNER AND METHOD FOR 3D DIGITISATION OF A HUMAN PERIPHERAL CEPHALIC PORTION - A device and a method for three-dimensional digitisation of a human peripheral cephalic portion, in particular including at least part of the face, includes a hollow opaque shell ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304531 | A METHOD FOR OBTAINING AND INSERTING IN REAL TIME A VIRTUAL OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL SCENE FROM A PHYSICAL OBJECT - The method comprises capturing by at least a camera an image of a physical object against a background; extracting a silhouette of said physical object from the captured image and mapping it over a three dimensional geometry; incorporating said virtual object as one more element in the virtual scene; and orienting said virtual object with regard to the virtual camera. Embodiments of the method further comprises obtaining and using intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters of said physical camera and said captured image to calculate said physical object position; projecting back said captured image over the three dimensional geometry using said intrinsic and/or extrinsic parameters; and placing the virtual object in the virtual scene and selecting an axis of rotation to orient the virtual object with regard to the virtual camera based on said calculated position of the physical object. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304532 | PAN AND TILT CAMERA WITH ROBOTIC MOVEMENT - A pan and tilt camera is described that comprises a cylindrical base. The pan and tilt camera comprises a tubular body having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a tubular side, the tubular side of the cylindrical body being transected at an angle to define a lower body and an upper body. The lower body has a bottom edge that corresponds to the bottom edge of the tubular body and a top edge corresponding to the angle of transection. The upper body has a bottom edge that corresponds to the angle of transection and a top edge that corresponds to the top edge of the tubular body. The pan and tilt camera comprises a cylindrical housing having a bottom edge that is movably attached to the top edge of the upper body. The cylindrical housing is coupled to a camera component. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304533 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device comprises: a main body comprising a first surface having a first display unit arranged thereon; and a movable portion comprising a second surface and movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the main body. The first surface and the second surface are both in a first plane when the movable portion is at the first position with respect to the main body. A first portion of the main body and the movable portion support the electronic device when the movable portion is at the second position with respect to the main body. The movable portion has an Input/Output (I/O) unit arranged thereon. Also provided is an information processing method applied in an electronic device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304534 | Methods and Apparatus for Demultiplexing Illumination - In illustrative implementations of this invention, an imaging system includes multiple light sources that illuminate a scene, and also includes a lock-in time of flight camera. While the scene is illuminated by these light sources, each of the light sources is amplitude-modulated by a different modulation pattern, and a reference signal is applied to the lock-in time-of-flight camera. The modulation patterns and the reference signal are carefully chosen such that the imaging system is able to disentangle, in real time, the respective contributions of the different light sources, and to compute, in real-time, depth of the scene. In some cases, the modulation signals for the light sources are orthogonal to each other and the reference signal is broadband. In some cases, the modulation codes for the light sources and the reference code are optimal codes that are determined by an optimization algorithm. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304535 | MULTI-BAND BIOMETRIC CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING IRIS COLOR RECOGNITION - A system and method for authenticating a user of a device. A multi-band biometric iris scan camera system is capable of obtaining an iris image using near-infrared (NIR) light and/or visible wavelength (VW) light. The camera system can initially image a user to detect the iris color of the user and, based on the iris color, determine whether to use the NIR iris scan or the VW iris scan. Additionally, NIR and VW systems can be operated as integrated camera systems. The iris scan camera system can take a series of images and compare against a database of anonymous iris images captured at different illumination conditions, for selecting a preferred illumination condition for capturing the iris and performing authentication. The iris scan camera system can optionally track eye movement to determine when to trigger an iris scan, identify obstructions to the iris such as eyelids and eyelashes to implement corrective measures in the iris image processing, and identify facial features to determine whether the left and/or right eye is being imaged. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304536 | IP CAMERA WITH IR CUT BURNOUT AND DISLOCATION AVOIDANCE MECHANISM - An IP camera is provided. The IP camera includes a camera lens, an imaging unit, an IR cut filter, a motor, and a control circuit. The motor controls the position of the IR cut filter. The control circuit outputs a first pulse signal to drive the motor to move the IR cut filter such that light that passes through the camera lens reaches the imaging unit without passing through the IR cut filter. The control circuit controls the motor and prevents the motor from heat-related damage. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304537 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - Electronic apparatuses and adjustment methods thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive a reference frame, wherein the reference frame corresponds to a plurality of luminance values. The processor is electrically connected to the input interface and configured to adjust at least a portion of the luminance values that are greater than a predetermined threshold, calculate a weighted luminance value of the reference frame according to the luminance values, generate a comparison result by comparing the weighted luminance value and a luminance target, and decide the luminance values according to the comparison result. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304538 | DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE BASED ON PER-PIXEL EXPOSURE MAPPING AND METHOD THEREOF - A device for synthesizing a high dynamic range image based on per-pixel exposure mapping includes an image-capturing module, an image-processing module, and a recursive control module. The image-capturing module serves to obtain a plurality of source images each having a unique exposure value. The image-processing module uses an exposure-value modulating means to perform exposure synthesis to pixels on an identical location of two of the source images that have similar exposure values according to exposure values of the pixels, so as to form synthesis images. The recursive control module sends the synthesis images back to the image-processing module for reprocessing until the image-processing module generates a single synthesis image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304539 | Method for Detecting Light Sources Operated in Pulsed Mode - This invention relates to a method for detecting light sources operated in pulsed mode using a camera. For this purpose, the camera takes a series of images, wherein the time interval between two subsequent takes of individual images is varied while the series of images is taken. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304540 | SYSTEM ALLOWING USERS TO INTERACT WITH ANIMALS, BOTH REAL AND SIMULATED - The present disclosure provides for methods and systems of remote interaction. Preferably, one remotely interacts with a non-human animal. The animal is preferably housed in a rescue or adoption type shelter, but may be present in any particular location. A video feed allows individuals to view and subsequently interact with the animals via an electronic device and communications network. For example, a user may have the option to feed the animal via an interactive unit located at the shelter. The user may also be able to interact with the animal remotely via commands or with the assistance of the shelter staff or other individuals at the remote location. In some instances, sounds may be transmitted from either location to the other. These interactions are achieved using an electronic device preferably running a web or mobile application permitting access to the system through a communications network. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304541 | FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR MOTION PICTURE CAMERA - A method of determining a focal distance between a principal camera and a target object utilizes first and second video cameras mounted in spaced apart positions relative to a principal camera. A first video image from the first video camera is displayed on a video monitor and a second video image from the second video signal is superimposed onto the first image. First and second controllers are provided for positioning the first and second video images, respectively, on the video monitor. First and second position signals corresponding to positioning of the first and second video images, respectively, are acquired. When the images of a target object in the two video images are aligned, the position signals are used to compute the focal distance from the principal camera to the object. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304542 | Camera System, Colour Measuring System, and Offset Printing Press - The present invention relates to a camera system ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304543 | Handheld Magnifier Camera with Variable Focus distance - Disclosed is a magnifier for use by blind or low vision users. The magnifier includes a camera, such as a CMOS image sensor, that displays enlarged images upon a screen for easy viewing. The magnifier further includes a handle that is pivotally interconnected to a housing to allow for handheld use in a variety of different configurations. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304544 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, and a controller configured to drive a focus unit so that a first position is focused, to acquire first information on a first refocusable range that is available in an image that is captured while the first position is being focused by the focus unit, to acquire second information on a second refocusable range that contains the first position, to acquire information on a second position on which the focus unit is to be focused so as to provide the second refocusable range using the first information and the second information, and make the image sensor capture an image while the second position is being focused by the focus unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304545 | Method and Electronic Device for Implementing Refocusing - A method and electronic device for implementing refocusing, and relate to the field of image processing technologies, so as to reduce costs of implementing refocusing. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes acquiring at least two images that are of a to-be-photographed object and have different depths of field; acquiring an instruction operation that is performed by a user on a partial area of one of the at least two images; determining a target area according to the instruction operation; acquiring definition of the target area in the at least two images; and generating a target image according to the definition of the target area in the at least two images. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304546 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A sensitivity acquisition section that acquires sensitivity to light incident through the first region of pixels in a pupil division direction of the first pixel group, and acquires sensitivity to light incident through the second region of pixels in the pupil division direction of the second pixel group; a correction section that derives linearly approximated sensitivity correction coefficients for each of the first image and the second image based on the sensitivities, and corrects the brightness of the first and second images based on the derived sensitivity correction coefficients; and a generation section that generates a first display image based on an image signal output from the image pick-up device, and generates a second display image for use in focus verification based on the first and second images corrected by the correction section. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304547 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An generation section generates a first display image based on an image signal output from an image pick-up device including first and second pixel groups on which respective images are formed by a pupil-divided subject-image, and generates a second display image for use in focus verification from first and second images based on an image signal output from the first and second pixel groups. A display controller performs control to display the first display image on a display section, and to display the second display image on the display section within a display region of the first display image. An automatic focus section, in cases in which a predetermined instruction has been input, performs automatic focusing in a focus region having at least a portion that overlaps with at least a portion of a display region of the second display image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304548 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device, having first, second and third imaging modes, includes: a camera; a display that displays a video image obtained by the camera in the first, second and third imaging modes; and a touch panel that overlaps the display, and detects a flick operation in at least left and right directions. Switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a first flick operation in the right direction in the first imaging mode. Switching to the third imaging mode occurs by a second flick operation in the right direction in the second imaging mode. Switching to the second imaging mode occurs by a third flick operation in the left direction in the third imaging mode. Switching to the first imaging mode occurs by a fourth flick operation in the left direction in the second imaging mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304549 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME - An image photographing device for photographing images through a front camera and a rear camera, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a display unit; a feature extraction unit for extracting facial features from an image of a user's face which is displayed on a preview screen through the rear camera; a structure extraction unit for extracting the structure of the user's face by using the extracted facial features; an expression extraction unit for extracting the facial expression of the user by using the extracted facial features if the extracted structure of the face matches a standard facial structure; and an notification unit for outputting a photograph notification signal if the extracted facial expression of the user matches a standard facial expression. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304550 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS ASSOCIATING SHOOTER AND SHOT IMAGE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus capable of associating a shooter with a shot image in consideration of shooter's intention. The image pickup apparatus has a first image pickup unit that shoots a subject to obtain a first image and a second image pickup unit that shoots a shooter to obtain a second image. An identification unit identifies a person existing in the first image to obtain first identification information and identifies a person existing in the second image to obtain second identification information. A recording unit records the second identification information as shooter information in metadata of the first image, together with the second image. If, after the person existing in the second image is identified, the same person as the person identified from the second image is identified from the first image, identification information about the same person is recorded as the shooter information in the metadata. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304551 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A SUBJECT - Disclosed is an image capture apparatus that has a subject tracking functionality of sequentially detecting a predetermined subject in images that are continuously shot, and a method for controlling the same. During tracking of the subject, degrees of reliability of tracking are determined. When the detected face is set as a template image, the template image is not changed until it is determined a predetermined plurality of times in succession that the degrees of reliability of tracking are low. It is thus possible to achieve a subject tracking functionality that is hardly affected by false detections. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304552 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - TI The present application discloses a confocal microscope including a light generator configured to simultaneously generate reflection light, which is reflected from a sample, and transmission light, which passes through the sample; a scanner configured to optically scan the sample and define a direction of a first optical path, along which the reflection light propagates; an adjuster configured to angularly adjust a direction of a second optical path, along which the transmission light propagates; a first signal generator configured to generate a first signal based on the reflection light; a second signal generator configured to generate a second signal based on the transmission light; and an image generator configured to generate a synthetic image in which a reflection image represented by the reflection light and a transmission image represented by the transmission light are synthesized in response to the first and second signals. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304553 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DROPS OF A LIQUID ON A SURFACE OF A TEST SPECIMEN - The invention relates to a method for detecting drops of a liquid on a surface of a test specimen ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304554 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus having a photographing space and an image processing space, comprising a first display unit disposed in the photographing space that displays a course selection screen, a shooting unit that acquires shot images of a user as an object, a second display unit disposed in the image processing space, the second display displaying an adjustment screen for adjusting an identification photograph image which is any one shot image to a user having selected a first course and finished shooting and displaying an editing screen for editing the shot images without displaying the adjustment screen to a user having selected a second course and finished shooting, an adjusting unit that adjusts the identification photograph image according to a user operation to the adjusting screen, and an editing unit that edits the shot images to creates edited images according to a user operation to the editing screen. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304555 | ASSAY DETECTOR DEVICE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY DIGITAL CAMERA/PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - Devices and methods for performing a point of care diagnostic test. In one embodiment, such a device may be adaptable to essentially any handheld digital imaging device. Such a device may include a sample holder for positioning an assay device in relation to the digital imaging device and an expandable/contractible member having the sample holder slidably coupled thereto. The expandable/contractible member is configured for removably attaching the testing device the digital imaging device and for positioning the sample holder in relation to an image capture means of the digital imaging device. In one embodiment, such devices may include a second slot configured for receiving one or more of a second assay cassette, an assay device, assay cassettes of various sizes, a printed circuit board, and the like. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304556 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - In an imaging device, a difference calculation unit calculates a differential signal between charge signals that have been accumulated and are held by first and charge holding units with different timings. A multiple sampling unit performs multiple sampling processing on the differential signal, and an analog digital conversion unit converts a signal that has undergone multiple sampling processing to a digital signal. That is, multiple sampling processing is performed on a differential signal with a higher sparsity than that of an image signal. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304557 | ARRAY CAMERA, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An array camera, a mobile terminal, and methods for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an array camera having a plurality of camera modules includes acquiring images through the plurality of camera modules, grouping the acquired images into a first group and a second group by comparing the acquired images, and generating a composite image using images of the first group. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304558 | METHOD OF 3D RECONSTRUCTION AND 3D PANORAMIC MOSAICING OF A SCENE - The invention relates to a method of 3D reconstruction of a scene by means of 2D panoramic images of the scene, which comprises a step of processing these images. These images arise from a panoramic system moving in displacement along a determined trajectory, such that the image of at least one point of the scene is in at least 3 successive images obtained according to various directions; the step of processing these 2D successive images comprises the sub-steps:
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20150304559 | MULTIPLE CAMERA PANORAMIC IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - The present invention includes audio and video capture system that includes a plurality of video capture devices configured to capture a plurality of video streams of an event. One or more audio capture devices may additionally be configured to capture one or more audio streams of the same event. Captured image data may be stitched or otherwise combined and post capture processed to present captured image data for viewing from a desired perspective and in a desired format. Audio may be also be presented form a desired perspective and in a desired format. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304560 | Interactively Stylizing Camera Motion - The subject disclosure is directed towards modifying the apparent camera path from an existing video into a modified, stylized video. Camera motion parameters such as horizontal and vertical translation, rotation and zoom may be individually modified, including by an equalizer-like set of interactive controls. Camera motion parameters also may be set by loading preset data, such as motion data acquired from another video clip. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304561 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A CAMERA LENS ELEMENT - A camera lens element is suspended on a support structure by balls that allow movement of the camera lens elementorthogonal to the optical axis and plural flexures connected between the support structure and the camera lens element to bias them against the balls whilst permitting said movement of the camera lens elementorthogonal to the optical axis. Lateral movement is driven by a lateral actuation arrangement comprising plural SMA actuator wires. The flexures provide a lateral biasing force that biases the camera lens element towards a central position. An electrical connection is made through the flexures from the support structure to the camera lens element. The flexures may be connected to laminated structures. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304562 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit, a lens transferring means, and an image processing device. The image processing device may include a controlling unit, an illuminance sensing unit, an image storing unit, an image processing unit, a noise removing unit, a memory, and a displaying unit. Therefore, hand shaking at the time of capturing an image may be compensated for by the lens transferring means, and an exposure time may be compensated for by synthesizing luminance information of several images with the image processing device, whereby a clear image may be obtained even in a low luminance environment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304563 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing system may include a lens unit detecting an image of a subject, and a first processor performing an image compensation data generation process and an optical compensation process in parallel. The optical compensation process may be a process of selectively controlling a movement of the lens unit based on motion data corresponding to a motion of a camera module. The image compensation data generation process may be a process of generating image compensation data corresponding to the image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304564 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image stabilization apparatus comprises an image stabilization unit configured to move a correction member based on a shake detected by a shake detection unit and stabilize an image blur based on the shake of the apparatus; a zoom unit configured to change a focal length of the imaging optical system; a calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the correction member to reduce at least one of a variation in a light amount and a variation in a resolution; and a control unit configured to control, when changing the focal length, an actual movement amount to follow a target value of a movement position of the correction member by setting a limitation of a variation amount of the movement position per unit time on the movement amount calculated by the calculation unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304565 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SETTING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A transmission apparatus includes a reception unit and a superposition unit. The reception unit receives a parameter for setting a superposition mode in which superposition information is superposed on an image picked up by an image pickup unit from a setting apparatus. The superposition unit (i) selects, in accordance with the parameter received by the reception unit, one of a first superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a predetermined position on a display screen of the picked-up image and a second superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a position of the picked-up image in accordance with a change in the picked-up image displayed on the display screen and (ii) superposes the superposition information on the picked-up image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304566 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a user interface configured to receive a user command to select a mode for setting a location in which an image which is photographed in a back side of the display apparatus is composed with an object which is photographed in a front side of the display apparatus, a camera configured to photograph the front side and the back side of the display apparatus, and a controller configured to segment an object image from an image of the object which is photographed in the front side, compose the segmented object image with the image which is photographed in the back side according to the selected mode, and store the composed image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304567 | Photographic apparatus and photographing method - The present disclosure provides a photographic apparatus and a photographing method. The photographic apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image, a receiving module configured to receive a command indicating an operation on the image displayed on the display module, and a processing module configured to select a metering position and/or a focusing position according to the command received by the receiving module. The present disclosure allows the user to select the focus area and the metering area to compose images according to different scenes, thereby improving the user experience. Furthermore, the user can respectively drag the focusing frame or the metering frame during the view-finding process, improving the playability and the user experience. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304568 | FIELD DISPLAY SYSTEM, FIELD DISPLAY METHOD, AND FIELD DISPLAY PROGRAM - A field display system is provided which can intelligibly present to a user a range in which a camera can capture an image of an entire target to be monitored or a certain part or more of the target to be monitored. A projecting unit | 2015-10-22 |
20150304569 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ZOOM LENS - Disclosed is an electronic device having a display unit exposed on a front surface and a lens module disposed on a rear surface. The electronic device includes: a motor unit positioned at one side of the lens module and configured to provide a driving force to the lens module; and a side key positioned at the other side of the lens module which is opposite to the one side of the lens module, the side key being positioned on any one of side end parts of the electronic device. The lens module may be positioned between the side key and the motor unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304570 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of implementing an association of a person appearing in a video image through a simple operation are provided. The image processing system includes an input device which accepts input of video images captured by a plurality of video cameras, a display screen generating unit which causes a display device to display at least one video image among the video images inputted from the input device, and a tracked person registering unit which is capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video image displayed by the display device. When a person appears in the video image displayed by the display device, the display screen generating unit selectably displays person images of one or more persons, which are associable with the person appearing in the video image and which are registered by the tracked person registering unit, in a vicinity of the video image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304571 | AUTOMATED FILMING PROCESS FOR SPORT EVENTS - Provided is a process for the automated filming of sports events on sports fields using a filming system including a plurality of TV cameras each framing a filming area of the sports field, an electronic data processor connected to the TV cameras, the process including: a filming step including acquiring video recording consisting of a plurality of image frames, from each of said TV cameras and sending each video recording to the electronic data processor, an assessment step, performed by the electronic data processor, wherein each video recording different image frames relating to a same video recording are compared and the degree of change between the different image frames is assessed, and a selection step, performed by the electronic data processor, wherein an edited video recording is obtained by means of the selection, at each given time interval, of one of the video recordings, according to the degree of change. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304572 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A division circuit | 2015-10-22 |
20150304573 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, a method and a program that are configured so as to be capable of obtaining a higher quality of looped moving image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304574 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CAMERA UNIT, DISPLAY UNIT, IMAGE-TAKING METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM THEREON - A CPU of a camera unit controls a communication section to transmit live view images captured by an imaging section to a remote control unit. Further, in the case of receiving a rotation angle of the remote control unit (an angle with respect to the horizontal direction of a display surface of a display section of the remote control unit) transmitted from the remote control unit, the CPU sets a trimming frame for an image captured by the imaging section based on the rotation angle. In the case of receiving an image-taking instruction from the remote control unit, the CPU crops the image along a trimming frame at that point of time and stores the cropped image in a recording medium. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304575 | Firefighters Integrated Thermal Imaging/ Information System - The invention is a small optical display connect to a facepiece. The optical display is paired via Bluetooth or WIFI to a thermal imager. This device will allow a firefighter to see the clearest picture possible through dense smoke. The integrated optical display may be paired with a smartphone, or similar informational device. Such a device may be utilized to display information to the firefighter, such as building plans or important messages. The integrated optical device shall be wholly independent of the facepiece and may easily be removed from one facepiece and placed in another. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304576 | METHOD OF PANORAMIC 3D MOSAICING OF A SCENE - A method of mosaicing of a scene as a 3D mosaic, characterized in that at least one 3D reconstruction having been obtained, comprises the following steps: A) acquiring successive images by means of a panoramic sensor moving in displacement along a predefined mosaicing trajectory, the last image acquired being referred to as the current panoramic image; B) choosing one or more scene-related projection surfaces on which the mosaic will be constructed, C) from the textures of the panoramic images overlapping each 3D reconstruction, retrieving the textures originating from the current panoramic image, D) from among these textures, selecting the visible parts in each projection surface with the aid of the 3D reconstruction, E) projecting these textures onto each projection surface and fusing the textures in each projection surface to thus obtain a conformal mosaic on each projection surface. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304577 | IMAGE-SENSING METHOD HAVING A VERY SHORT INTEGRATION TIME - The invention relates to image sensors, and more particularly to matrix sensors having active pixels in CMOS technology. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304578 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a technique for achieving higher picture quality of a captured image by reducing noise which occurs at the time of resetting in a solid-state image sensing device and the like. A pixel array in a solid-state image sensing device includes a plurality of pixels and includes an OB pixel region and an effective pixel region. The solid-state image sensing device has a signal processing unit outputting a pixel signal of each of the pixels in the effective pixel region on the basis of the signal level of a signal output from each of the pixels. The solid-state image sensing device obtains a signal without applying a reset signal to each of the pixels in the OB pixel region, obtains the difference between the signal and a signal of a pixel in the effective pixel region, and outputs an image signal. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304579 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including an imaging area formed with a plurality of pixel blocks each including pixels; a first optical system forming an image of an object on an imaging surface; and a second optical system re-forming the image, which has been formed on the imaging surface, on the pixel blocks corresponding to microlenses, the second optical system including a microlens array formed with the microlenses provided in accordance with the pixel blocks. The microlenses are arranged in such a manner that an angle θ between a straight line connecting center points of adjacent microlenses and one of a row direction and a column direction in which the pixels are aligned is expressed as follows: θ>sin | 2015-10-22 |
20150304580 | SENSING DEVICES - A sensing device is provided. The sensing device includes a plurality of pixel groups and a readout circuit. The pixel groups are arranged on a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns to form a pixel array. The pixel groups include a first pixel group and a second pixel group which are arranged on the different rows and the same column. The readout circuit is coupled to the pixel groups. When the first pixel group is triggered to perform a readout operation to generate a first sensing signal, the second pixel group performs a coupling operation to generate a reference signal. The readout circuit performs a subtraction operation based on the first sensing signal and the reference signal to generate a first readout data corresponding to the readout operation of the first pixel group. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304581 | IMPEDANCE READOUT CIRCUIT AND METHOD - An impedance readout circuit receives an input signal from a pixel, or an array of pixels. The circuit includes an amplifier to amplify the input signal and detects a DC component of the input signal. The circuit establishes an AC sampling voltage at the output of the amplifier enabling a filter of the circuit to determine an AC current component of the amplifier output. The AC current component is inversely proportional to the output impedance of the pixel. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304582 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup device includes: a pixel array section including a plurality of color pixels and a plurality of main component pixels for luminance that are arranged in an array, the color pixels and the main component pixels for luminance each having a photoelectric conversion function, in which the pixel array section includes first and second pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels, and the main component pixels for luminance are assigned to the first pixel group, and the color pixels are assigned to the second pixel group. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304583 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert analog pixel signals output from the pixels into digital signals, a first cluster configured to store a first group of digital signals among the digital signals and to output first image data, a second cluster configured to store a second group of digital signals among the digital signals and to output second image data, and at least one cluster switch connected to the first cluster and the second cluster, a first channel, and a second channel. The image sensor is configured to transmit at least one among the first image data and the second image data to at least one among the first channel and the second channel based on an operation mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304584 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DRIVING METHOD OF PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER - An absolute value between a reset voltage to reset a signal line and a first voltage supplied from a signal source is smaller than an absolute value between the reset voltage and a second voltage supplied from the signal source. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304585 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array, a first column output line provided for each column of the pixel array, a first constant current source, a scanning unit configured to select the pixel portions for each row, and a current control unit configured to control current values, wherein the scanning unit can switch between a normal readout mode and a mixing readout mode, and in the mixing readout mode, the current control unit controls the current values of the first column output lines so that the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of at least one color are simultaneously output is smaller than the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of another color are simultaneously output. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304586 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, each pixel including a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and analog/digital converters configured to convert analog signals from pixels into digital signals provided by column. The analog/digital converter performs a first operation of converting an analog signal corresponding to the reset level into a digital signal, a second operation of converting analog signals obtained from some portions of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions into digital signals, and a third operation of converting analog signals obtained from all the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions into digital signals. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304587 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A drain of a first transistor is formed by performing ion implantation on a semiconductor substrate using a first member as a mask for a gate electrode of the first transistor. Further, ion implantation is performed on the gate electrode of the second transistor after thinning a second member. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304588 | Shared Image Devices - A device comprising a first shared image device that captures at least one image representation. The first shared image device receives a request to share the at least one image representation to an at least one other shared image device. The first shared image device and the at least one other shared image device are each capable of capturing image representations. The first shared image device transmits the at least one image representation. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304589 | PRESENTATION OF CONTENT ON COMPANION DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON CONTENT PRESENTED ON PRIMARY DISPLAY DEVICE - In one aspect, a first device includes a display, at least one computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by a processor, and at least one processor configured for accessing the computer readable storage medium to execute the instructions. The instructions configure the processor to acquire data pertaining to first content presented on a second device, determine information pertaining to the first content based on the data, identify second content related to but different from the first content at least in part based on the information, and present a user interface (UI) on the display manipulable to issue a command to at least one of the first and second devices to present the second content responsive to the identification of the second content. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304590 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A remote controller | 2015-10-22 |
20150304591 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides user-friendly video display apparatus and terminal apparatus. In the present invention, a terminal apparatus having a function of remotely controlling a video display apparatus includes a communication unit that transmits a command related to setting of the video display apparatus and receives status information, a signal receiving unit that receives a signal output from a broadcast station and decodes a video content, a memory unit that stores a content of a command including a channel of the video content, and a display unit that displays the video content and various types of information. In this terminal apparatus, the communication unit transmits an identification code specific to the terminal apparatus when transmitting the command, and when the status information is received after a channel of the video display apparatus is set by remote control, the video content of the channel stored in the memory unit is decoded by the signal receiving unit and is displayed on the display unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304592 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - The display device includes a display configured to display content; an input interface configured to receive a turn-off command and a turn-on command; and a controller configured to, in response to the turn-off command being received, turn off the display, and, in response to the turn-on command being received, turn on the display and control the display to display a screen including a first content that was displayed when the turn-off command was received and a second content different from the first content. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304593 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Videos are to be displayed in parallel, without missing information or a decrease in efficiency in the usable display region. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304594 | Identifying Ancillary Information Associated With An Audio/Video Program - A system communicates video information including television content associated with a plurality of channels and ancillary information. Information may be transmitted with the ancillary information that is indicative of the type of content included in the ancillary information. This provides the user, in one embodiment of the present invention, with a visual indication of the type of information that accompanies television content. This helps the user to decide whether the user wishes to view the ancillary information and provides the opportunity to select that enhancement for viewing. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304595 | Relational Display of Images - A method and apparatus for displaying a plurality of secondary images based on image data of a primary image include displaying a primary image and a plurality of secondary images based on the image data of the primary image. Each of the plurality of secondary images is displayed having a size based on a relevance of each respective one of the plurality of secondary images to the primary image. The primary image can be selected from a plurality of images or a frame of a video. Subsets of secondary images can be displayed in clusters including images having content similar to particular content of the primary image. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BAND SELECTION, SWITCHING AND DIPLEXING - Systems and methods for selecting, combining and duplexing signals in a communications network. Several configurations of diplexers and channel selectors are disclosed which use filters, combiners and splitters to select and combine which the signals to be either received or transmitted. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTION OF CONTENT FROM A STREAM OF DATA - A main stream contains successive content elements of video and/or audio information that encode video and/or audio information at a first data rate. A computation circuit ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304598 | FIELD SERVICEABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - An in-field replaceable glass assembly for an electronic display placed within a housing is disclosed. The housing preferably contains a hanger at the top of the housing, where the glass assembly contains a frame surrounding a pane of glass and having a top and bottom. A tab is preferably placed at the top of the frame and adapted to hold the glass assembly in place when slipped over the hanger on the housing. The glass assembly also contains a means for attaching the bottom of the frame to the housing. In some embodiments this means is a threaded post which extends from the frame and passing through a portion of the housing. A nut may be tightened against the post. In other embodiments a threaded fastener may pass through the housing and thread into a female threaded hole within the frame. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304599 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Included are: a front side unit including a display and a bezel, the display being configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen, and the bezel supporting the display from a peripheral side and including an attached protrusion; and a rear side unit including a back chassis and an attachment frame, the back chassis being disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display, and the attachment frame being attached to a surface on a display side of the back chassis and including an attaching protrusion. The front side unit is configured to be butted against the rear side unit and slid with respect to the rear side unit in a surface direction of the display screen, allowing the attached protrusion to be engaged with the attaching protrusion to allow the front side unit to be connected to the rear side unit. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304600 | System and method for time-shifted program viewing - A system and method for time-shifted viewing of broadcast television programs is disclosed. Simultaneous recording and playback are provided by using buffer storage as the source and destination of compressed or uncompressed digital video/audio programs. Full VCR-like control is provided for all playback within the buffer storage. Playback and control of recorded programs may be initiated by the user at any time after initiation of the broadcast program with simultaneous continuous recording of the ongoing live broadcast. Larger archival storage and removable is also provided for storing and building a library of programs. Viewer playback control data may be stored as part of the program or used as edit points prior to archival. Numerous options are provided for features such as continuous automatic recording in a circular buffer fashion, program archival, editing, Internet interfaces, multiple-channel recording and more. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304601 | Image Data System - An image data system is provided which can record user relevant image data and provide user access to the relevant image data stored on a remote server. The image data system has at least an image recording apparatus, a remote cloud server and a user interface. Image data from an area including at least one location associated with a user is obtained by a camera and a processor mechanism identifies a portion of image data relevant to the user according to pre-determined criteria, the at least one portion of image data is stored remotely to the user interface which is provided with an activation mechanism operable to enable the user remotely access the at least one section of the image data for viewing. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304602 | REDUCING DISK SPACE USAGE THROUGH LINKAGE OF A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND STREAMING MEDIA SOURCES - An approach for reducing disk space usage on a digital video recorder (DVR) is provided. The approach comprises determining whether a program in a recording queue of programs that are to be recorded by the digital video device is provided by a streaming media source. In response to determining that the program is provided by the streaming media source, the approach further comprises creating, on the digital video device, a placeholder for playing the program, wherein the placeholder links the program to the streaming media source. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304603 | CALL SERVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS - A call service method and an apparatus are provided. The call service method of an electronic device includes detecting a communication state change with a counterpart electronic device, checking a reason for the communication state change, and performing at least one of displaying communication state information based on the reason for the communication state change and recovering a call connection. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304604 | VIDEO CONFERENCING USING WIRELESS PERIPHERAL VIDEO CONFERENCING DEVICE - A method includes receiving, establishing, by a video session controlling device, a video conference session. The video session controlling device includes at least one video conference service providing component. The method includes identifying a specification of the at least one video conference service providing component. The method also includes identifying a position of the at least one video conference service providing component. A specification of at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device is identified. A position of the at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device is also identified. The method also includes determining a combination of devices to provide the video conference services based on relative specifications and positions of the at least one video conference service providing component and the at least one wireless peripheral video conferencing device. The video conference services are implemented using the determined combination of devices. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304605 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEM - An interactive video system is provided that is capable of combining streaming televised events with video conferencing technology to create a social television experience. A first user is able to connect via a webcam and microphone to a server that combines the webcam video and sound from the microphone with a streaming video that could be a televised event. The combined webcam video, microphone sound, and streaming video is then broadcast to the first user and other users such that the users are capable of viewing the streaming video with the live conferencing video and sound from the first user. This procedure may be repeated such that a plurality of users may video conference live on top of the streaming video. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304606 | A VIDEOCONFERENCING SERVER WITH CAMERA SHAKE DETECTION - A video conferencing server ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150304607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL CONFERENCING BREAKOUT GROUPS - A virtual conferencing system is described for implementing breakout groups. For example, one embodiment of the virtual conferencing system comprises: a virtual conferencing service to establish audio and/or video connections between the plurality of clients during a virtual conference, each of the clients operated by at least one participant in the virtual conference, the virtual conferencing service further including a state synchronization service communicatively coupled to state management logic on each client to ensure that the current state of the virtual conference is consistent on each client; breakout group selection logic to subdivide the participants in the virtual conference into a plurality of breakout groups, the breakout group selection logic to select participants for each breakout group based on participant data related to each participant and input from a moderator; and breakout group generation logic to generate the selected breakout groups by modifying the current state on each client, thereby causing video and audio streams of the participants to be seen and heard, respectively, only between participants in the same breakout group and by providing breakout group materials and making the breakout group materials available to only participants within the same breakout group. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304608 | MULTIPARTY COMMUNICATIONS AND METHODS THAT UTILIZE MULTIPLE MODES OF COMMUNICATION - Improved methods, systems, and devices for managing communications are provided. A user device may display all ongoing communications so that a user can visualize the communications network or some subset thereof (e.g., a subgroup or group of users). A system may maintain the user device in an instant ready-on mode of communication with the other user devices. A user may then initiate communications with a subgroup (e.g., a pair) or group without initiating a new connection. Accordingly, a user can simultaneously and fluidly communicate at the subgroup level, at the group level, or at the inter-group level. Moreover, users can function as independent actors that can freely form and leave subgroups as well as groups. | 2015-10-22 |
20150304609 | Picture Control Method, Terminal, and Video Conferencing Apparatus - The present invention provides a picture control method, a terminal, and a video conferencing apparatus. The method includes, when videos separately corresponding to more than one terminal in a video conference are separately displayed on a multipicture of a first terminal, receiving, by the first terminal, a first instruction that is used to replace a video source of a subpicture in the multipicture. The first instruction includes relative position information of at least one subpicture and indication information that is used to indicate a new video source of the at least one subpicture. The method further includes sending a request message including the first instruction to a video conferencing apparatus receiving a video stream that is corresponding to the new video source and sent by the video conferencing apparatus, and displaying the new video source on a subpicture corresponding to the new video source. | 2015-10-22 |