43rd week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210337032 | OPTIMIZING NETWORK UTILIZATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a packetized message that is generated by signaling of a tag that is included in code of a given online resource and includes an identifier corresponding to a user that is accessing the given online resource, logging a timestamp as a start of a user session at a website that includes the given online resource, determining that the user session remains active while additional packetized messages continue to be received, determining that the user session at the website has ended, calculating a duration of the user session based on a difference between the timestamp and a time when the user session at the web site was determined to have ended, and modifying distribution of content to the user based on the duration of the user session at the website. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337033 | SERVICE MESHES AND SMART CONTRACTS FOR ZERO-TRUST SYSTEMS - A blockchain-enabled service-based cloud native function (CNF) architecture including an application service mesh network comprising a plurality of applications configured to communicate with each other. A plurality of smart contracts including network slicing information from the application service mesh network are recorded to a blockchain network. The network slicing information is related to one or more of a standard protocol network exposure function (NEF), a standard protocol service communication proxy (SCP), and a standard protocol network repository function (NRF). | 2021-10-28 |
20210337034 | Browser Server Session Transfer - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for transferring hosted web browser sessions between browser servers are described herein. In various embodiments, a broker service may create a browser server pool from a plurality of browser servers. The broker service may connect a client agent with a first web browser session in a first browser server in the browser server pool. The broker service, responsive to a determination that the first web browser session needs to be transferred to a second browser server in the browser server pool, may request and receive a session context from the first web browser session, launch a second web browser session in the second browser server, initialize the second web browser session with the session context from the first web browser session, transfer the client agent from the first web browser session to the second web browser session, and terminate the first web browser session. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337035 | HIGHLY AVAILABLE PRIVATE CLOUD SERVICE - One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage mediums storing program instructions for operating a first cluster of servers. The program instructions are configured to be executable by one or more processors of the first cluster of servers to perform various operations. The operations may include storing a user interface of a cloud service consumer and receiving, from a user, a request to access services of the cloud service consumer. The operations may further include retrieving, from a second cluster of servers maintained by the cloud service consumer, user data required in response to the request and providing the user interface and the user data to the user. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337036 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED VIRTUAL OBJECTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a virtual objection distribution method are provided. One of the methods includes: performing an image scanning to a local environment of a user; conducting image identification to an acquired image; acquiring an electronic certificate from a server if an image identifier is identified in the image; saving the electronic certificate; and, in response to a determination that a category count of the received electronic certificates reaches the threshold, sending to the server a virtual object distribution request to cause the server to distribute a virtual object to the user. This method significantly increases interactivity and entertainingness of a virtual object distribution process. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337037 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND TRACKING BROWSING ACTIVITY ON HANDLED DEVICES - A system and method for method for monitoring and tracking browsing activity of a user on a client device. The method includes generating, based on browsing activity information of a user interacting with at least a page displayed over the client device and page information identifying in part the page displayed over the client device, an exposure map at a page-level view, wherein the exposure map indicates a salience of each area of a page-view respective of the page displayed over the client device and visited by the user. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337038 | DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data distribution system includes: an edge stream-pushing server configured to receive streaming media data packets sent by a stream pusher, serialize the streaming media data packets, and forward the serialized streaming media data packets to a plurality of central servers; a central server configured to cache the serialized streaming media data packets, if a serialized back-to-source request from the edge stream-pulling server is received, determine, a start position of to-be-transmitted streaming media data packets according to the serialized back-to-source request, and send the cached streaming media data packets to the edge stream-pulling server according to the start position; and an edge stream-pulling server configured to deserialize received streaming media data packets to restore the received streaming media data packets, and send the restored streaming media data packets to a user terminal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337039 | NOTIFICATION THROTTLING - An electronic device is configured with a notification throttling system. The notification throttling system obtains a set of priorities for multiple applications that are installed on the electronic device and are enabled for alerting the user via notifications. The set of priorities specifies a relative importance of each particular application among the multiple applications. The notification throttling system throttles application alerts presented by the user device for notifications generated by the applications based on the relative importance of each particular application as specified by the set of priorities. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337040 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PUSHING INFORMATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for pushing information. The method includes acquiring push feature information from a first mobile terminal; acquiring to-be-pushed information associated with the first mobile terminal based on the push feature information; and sending the to-be-pushed information to a second mobile terminal, thereby causing the second mobile terminal to display the to-be-pushed information, wherein the second mobile terminal is associated with the first mobile terminal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337041 | ORCHESTRATED PROXY SERVICE - An example proxy server is disclosed. The proxy server includes a plurality of services to process a received network message. Proxy services applicable to the received network message are determined. The applicable proxy services are selected from the plurality of proxy services. The network message is routed to the applicable proxy services for processing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337042 | HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA EDITING ACROSS STORAGE PLATFORMS - Techniques for heterogenous video editing across storage platforms are disclosed, including: mapping a first mount in a local system to a first location in a first type of storage system, the first location including a first representation of the media object; mapping a second mount in the local system to a second location in a second type of file system, the second location including a second representation of the media object that is timecode-aligned with the first representation of the media object, the second representation being different from the first representation; and providing the first mount in the local system and the second mount in the local system to the media editing application, to enable the media editing application to switch between the first representation of the media object and the second representation of the media object via the local system. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337043 | EDGE APPLICATION CONTEXT RELOCATION AND REPLICATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine, by an edge enabler client of the UE, to trigger generation of a shadow application context to support an application that is associated with an application context and that is served by an edge network device. The UE may determine, by the edge enabler client, to transfer support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context, and transfer, by the edge enabler client, support of the application from the application context to the shadow application context. In some aspects, an application context may be transferred between a UE and an edge network directly, without the shadow application context. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337044 | SELECTIVE INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN USERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A content acquisition request for acquiring content from the social networking service is received from a first terminal associated with a social networking service. The content acquisition request comprises a first location of the first terminal. A content recommendation message is received from a second terminal associated with the social networking service. The content recommendation message comprises a recommended content information and a second location of the second terminal. A server of the social networking service determines that (i) the first location of the first terminal and the second location of the second terminal are within a preset range, and (ii) a first time of the content acquisition request and a second time of the content recommendation message are within a preset time difference. In response, a target content associated with the recommended content information of the content recommendation message is transmitted by the server to the first terminal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337045 | MULTI-SERVER NODE SERVICE PROCESSING AND CONSENSUS METHOD AND DEVICE - This specification describes techniques for service processing. One example method includes receiving, by a first server of a first blockchain node in a consensus network, a service request sent by a client, wherein the consensus network further comprises a plurality of second blockchain nodes, each blockchain node of the consensus network comprising a corresponding plurality of servers; storing the service request in at least one service memory of the first blockchain node; obtaining, by the first blockchain node and from a registration center, addresses of the corresponding plurality of servers of the plurality of second blockchain nodes in the consensus network; and sending the service request to each second blockchain node in the consensus network based on the obtained addresses, wherein each second blockchain node stores the service request in a corresponding at least one service memory after receiving the service request. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337046 | INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, EDGE NODE CLUSTER AND INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING SYSTEM - An intelligent scheduling method, a terminal device, an edge node cluster, and an intelligent scheduling system are provided. The method may be applied to a terminal device, and includes acquiring addresses of a plurality of edge node clusters corresponding to the terminal device, sending probe packets to each edge node cluster and receiving detection results of responses by each edge node cluster, calculating network connection quality parameters of each edge node cluster according to the detection results of the responses by each edge node cluster, and according to the network connection quality parameters of each edge node cluster, initiating an access request to an edge node cluster that meets a first preset condition for the edge node cluster that meets the first preset condition to respond to the access request. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337047 | DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR PLANNED SERVICE REQUESTS - A computer system receives user data from a computing device of a user and determines that the user will utilize a transport service to arrive at a destination location at a specified time. The computer system automatically triggers, without user input, a service request for the user by monitoring transport provider availability within a proximity of a current location of the user prior to the specified time, and determines a service request time for the user based on the transport provider availability. The computer system then generates the service request for the scheduled user event based on the service request time. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337048 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING THE UDP NETWORK PROTOCOL TO EFFICIENTLY TRANSMIT LARGE DATA UNITS - A user datagram protocol (UDP) is a well-known protocol for transferring data between two nodes of a network. When data is too large to fit within a single UDP packet that can be transmitted between the two nodes, the data needs to be segmented and transmitted with multiple packets and reassembled on the receiving node. Techniques are disclosed herein, for example, for offloading such segmentation, transmission, and reassembly from the central processing units (CPUs) of the nodes. Such offloading is performed efficiently, for example, by repurposing legacy protocol fields used in UDP transmission such as the internet protocol (IP) identification (ID), time to live (TTL), type of service (TOS), and/or EtherType fields to encode information needed for efficient segmentation, out of order reception, and reassembly. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337049 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, an input unit configured to sense user input, and a controller. The controller controls switching of the display to the enlarged display mode according to first input. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337050 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A camera module device includes: a base plate; one or more cameras fixed to and disposed on one surface of the base plate; a plurality of movable cameras movably disposed on the one surface of the base plate and configured to move individually or collectively; a driving gear disposed on the base plate; and a plurality of sub-gears engaged with the driving gear, wherein positions of the plurality of sub-gears are configured to change to selectively transfer power to one or more of the plurality of movable cameras. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337051 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a middle frame, a display module, and a cover plate. The middle frame includes a first placement slot and a second placement slot. The display module is disposed in the second placement slot. The cover plate is disposed in the first placement slot. The display module includes a fixing frame. The fixing frame includes first sidewalls. An extending direction of the first sidewalls is perpendicular to an extending direction of two end areas of the first placement slot. The first sidewalls each include an upper surface facing the cover plate. Two sides of the cover plate and the upper surface of each of first sidewalls are fixedly connected. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337052 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a middle frame, a fixing frame, and a cover plate. The middle frame includes a first placement slot and a second placement slot. The fixing frame is disposed in the second placement slot. The cover plate is disposed in the first placement slot. The second placement slot includes first side surfaces. The first side surfaces are provided with a plurality of first protrusions. The fixing frame includes first sidewalls. The first sidewalls are provided with a plurality of second protrusions. The first protrusions and the second protrusions are arranged to form a support structure configured to support the cover plate, and the cover plate is fixedly connected to the support structure. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337053 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device and a method of controlling a screen of the electronic device, and a storage medium. The electronic device includes a screen including at least one multiplexing function region; a function module disposed below the screen, a location of the function module corresponds to a location of the at least one multiplexing function region; controlling the at least one multiplexing function region to be in a first state when receiving a startup instruction of the function module, so that the function module transmits a signal through the at least one multiplexing function region. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337054 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ANTENNAS - An electronic device according to an implementation may include a flexible display having a first region coupled to a front surface of a first frame, a second region coupled to a third frame, and a third region located between the first region and the second region, and an antenna implemented as one of a plurality of metal rims, and connected to a first feeding unit and a second feeding unit to radiate signals through different bands. The first frame may be configured as a metal frame formed on a side surface of the electronic device and having a plurality of metal rims. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337055 | SPEAKER MODULE MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a front plate facing a first direction, a back plate facing a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and an outer wall which encompasses the space between the front plate and the back plate and in which a pipe passage extending to the outside is arranged, a speaker module positioned in the space, which is adjacent to the pipe passage, a printed circuit board arranged along at least a part of the side surface of the speaker module and formed along the periphery of the region between the outer wall, having the pipe passage, and the speaker module, and a first sealing member arranged between the back plate and a bracket and formed into a closed loop along the edge of the speaker module. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337056 | Apparatus for Grasping and Propping Electronic Devices - An apparatus for grasping and propping electronic devices is an apparatus that enables users to easily handle a portable electronic device with one hand or to prop the device on a surface for comfortable viewing of the device's screen. The apparatus can be utilized with tablet computing devices but can also be utilized with other electronic devices. The apparatus includes an oblong base, a propping leg, a hand strap, and an attachment mechanism. The oblong base receives the body of the electronic device when the apparatus is attached to the backside of the electronic device or to a device accessory. The propping leg enables the apparatus to be utilized as a stand for the electronic device. The hand strap enables the apparatus to be utilized as a hand holder for the electronic device. The attachment mechanism enables the apparatus to be easily and releasably attached to the electronic device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337057 | FOLDABLE CLIP-ON PHONE TRIPOD - A clip-on support device is provided, for supporting a personal cell phone for use as a camera or viewing hands free. The device includes a clip-on attachment and a stand, and is capable of folding up conveniently onto the back of the cell phone for easy use, eliminating the need to carry the stand as a separate attachment. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337058 | VOICE-ACTIVATED CALL PICK-UP FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed embodiments are directed an application program configured to run on a user's mobile device can allow voice-activated call pick-up to the user, without the user having to use his or her hands for picking up the call. For example, the application program can initially be trained to a user's voice command. When an incoming call is received at the mobile device, the user can pick up the call by issuing a voice command. In some embodiments, the application program can determine whether to allow voice-activated pick-up of calls based on data collected from multiple sensors associated with the vehicle, the mobile device, or a remote source. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337059 | INITIATING APPLICATION EXECUTION WITH TRIGGER CHARACTERS - Disclosed are various embodiments for initiating execution of an application using trigger characters. In one embodiment, a computing device detects an entry of a trigger character in an input field of a first user interface presented by a first application. The input field is specified for detection of the individual trigger character based on a trigger rule for the first application. The computing device then identifies a string following the trigger character. The computing device then determines that the string matches a name of a second application installed on the computing device based on a list of applications installed on the computing device. The computing device then initiates execution of the second application. Subsequently, the computing device switches from the first user interface to a second user interface presented by the second application. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337060 | EMERGENCY KIT - An emergency kit ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210337061 | METHOD, DEVICE FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE IN SCREEN LOCKED INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method and a device for processing a message on a screen locked interface, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a message of an application notification bar in response to that the application notification bar is triggered by an operating system of an electronic device; updating a message list based on the message; detecting a current state of the electronic device; and forbidding displaying the message list on a main interface of the electronic device in response to that the current state is a screen unlocked state, the message list being configured to be displayed in response to that the electronic device is in a screen locked state. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337062 | REVIEWING MESSAGE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS VIA A KEYBOARD APPLICATION - Systems and methods are described herein for facilitating the review of messages (e.g., text messages, instant messages, chat messages, and so on) via a keyboard application of a mobile device. The message review system can facilitate a review of a message before it is sent to a recipient (e.g., a recipient of a text message or another user within a chat conversation). | 2021-10-28 |
20210337063 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AT LEAST ONE FUNCTION OF A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE IN A VEHICLE AND MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE STAND - A method for adjusting at least one function of a mobile telephone in a vehicle includes the steps of: reading out a first information item from a module suitable for wireless near-field communication which is arranged in a mobile phone stand of the vehicle, by way of a corresponding readout module of the mobile phone; transmitting a second information item from the mobile phone to a system module of the vehicle; receiving and processing the second information item in the system module of the vehicle in order to provide a third information item; transmitting the third information item from the system module of the vehicle to the mobile phone; and adjusting the at least one function of the mobile phone on the basis of the received third information item. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337064 | Method for providing an resource or information in an electronic device - The present invention discloses a UI integrating method, a UI navigating method and a electronic device, computer readable storage medium, relates to the technical field of IM, which comprises: A) presenting a first communication UI for a first contact on said display for said electronic device, said first communication UI comprising a message area; B) outputting a plurality of messages with the first contact via at least one communication network to said message area at least partially in response to an operation of an operation interface for the at least one communication network by a user, thereby improving accessibility of the electronic device. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337065 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SENTIMENT ANALYSIS - Electronic communication methods and systems for determining sentiment associated with a communication, conveniently displaying indicia of the sentiment information, and scoring the sentiment information are disclosed. The methods and systems can include associating an emoji with a sentiment and annotating information, for example, a highlight reel or a waveform, with the emoji. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337066 | LAWFUL INTERCEPTION MANIFESTO - A declarative mechanism is provided in the context of lawful interception (LI). A manifesto with information that specifies LI of a communication service or application is created and declared by a service or application provider who, is subject to LI. The declaration takes place in that the manifesto is provided from a first LI function to other LI functions in a communication system. LI data (e.g., call data record, intercept related information and call content) is subsequently generated during LI according to the manifesto by a point of interception within the service or application. The point of interception delivers the LI data to a mediation and delivery function that then forwards it to a law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency knows how to read and manage the LI data from the manifesto. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337067 | INTELLIGENT ATTESTATION OF TRAFFIC USING A ROUTING ENGINE - The present application describes providing an attestation level to a received communication. The attestation level may be used to communicate a level of security to a network or a called party that receives the communication. The attestation level associated with the communication may indicate to a destination network and/or recipient that the phone number associated with the communication is secure and/or the telephone number has not been spoofed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337068 | ANNOUNCEMENT OR ADVERTISEMENT IN TEXT OR VIDEO FORMAT FOR REAL TIME TEXT OR VIDEO CALLS - A telecommunications network for playing an enhanced announcement in the same format as that of an enhanced call is described herein. An enhanced call is a call via real time text or video. The telecommunications network includes a node or subsystem, such as an IP multimedia subsystem core (IMS or IMS core), programmed to receive an enhanced call in a text or video format, detect the format of the enhanced call, and return an enhanced announcement—an announcement provided in the same format as the enhanced call. The IMS core can include one or more sub-nodes or sub-components, including a telephony application server (TAS), a media resource function (MRF), or both. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337069 | Exclusive Agent Pool Allocation Method, Electronic Device, And Computer Readable Storage Medium - An exclusive agent pool allocation method including collecting business data of agents; grouping agents according to the business data of the agents and forming multiple exclusive agent pools; calculating business skill values of agents according to the business data of the agents and classifying priorities of the agents; of classifying priorities of agent pools according to the business data of the exclusive agent pools; and allocating calling user to the corresponding agent in the exclusive agent pool according to predetermined allocation strategy. The method solves the matching of the user and the agent in the region and the business level, allocates the agent resource according to the priority of the business skill, realizes the high match between the business skill of the agent and the business handled by the user, improves the pertinence and effectiveness of the agent service and promotes the satisfaction of the users. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337070 | NETWORKING BETWEEN VOIP-AND PSTN-CALLS - Programmatically reversing numerical line identity presented at a communications services gateway into named IP Telephony users with “prior association”, delivers dynamic “reverse address resolution” switching connections from ground to cloud, permitting any conventional telephone to dial and connect to any associated IP Telephony endpoint in the world, without changes to the conventional telephone. Reversing line identity into associated named users bridges both the addressability and economic divide between mass conventional “paying” (mobile and fixed) and “free”. IP Telephony networks. A system for supporting communications between a user on an IP-addressed-communications-device and a telephony subscriber device, the telephony subscriber device having a corresponding telephone number, includes: one or more service nodes configured to: receive from the user the telephone number of the telephony subscriber device and create an association from the telephone number to the user, wherein the association allows the telephony subscriber device to connect to the user. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337071 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CALL CONNECTION, FIRST TERMINAL, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This application discloses a method for establishing a call connection, a first terminal, a server, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, a second vocoder list of a second terminal, the second vocoder list including vocoders supported by the second terminal and with corresponding priorities; determining, by the first terminal, a first vocoder with the highest priority among vocoders that exist in both a first vocoder list of the first terminal and the second vocoder list, the first vocoder list including vocoders supported by the first terminal and with corresponding priorities, and the priorities of the vocoders being positively correlated with audio frequencies in encoding and decoding of the vocoders; and requesting, by the first terminal by using the first vocoder, to establish a first call connection to the second terminal. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337072 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes: a reading unit configured to read a test image, the test image having a determination image formed by overlapping a plurality of colors and a plurality of reference images formed with each of a plurality of reference colors; and a determination unit configured to determine a first color value of each of the plurality of reference colors based on a reading result of the reference images, determine a second color value of a plurality of pixels included in the determination image based on a reading result of the determination image, and determine whether an image defect has occurred based on an angle of a second vector corresponding to the second color value of the plurality of pixels with respect to a first vector corresponding to the first color value of each of the plurality of reference colors. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337073 | PRINT QUALITY ASSESSMENTS VIA PATCH CLASSIFICATION - An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an extraction engine to extract a plurality of patches from an image of a printed document. The apparatus further includes a classification engine to analyze each patch of the plurality of patches and to assign a defect probability to each patch of the plurality of patches. The apparatus also includes a rendering engine to generate a map based on the defect probability of each patch of the plurality of patches. The map is to identify defects in the printed document. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337074 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus capable of conveying sheets to a sheet processing apparatus and to control the type of a sheet to be used as a cover sheet in a case where a book bound product is generated by switching back sheets each having an image printed, inverting the sheets and folding the inverted sheets, and to notify an error to a user based on the type of a sheet to be used as the cover sheet in a case where printing an image on the cover sheet is designated. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337075 | Image Forming Device, Charging Method and Non-Transitory Recording Medium - An image forming device includes a hardware processor that: receives a charging job that is an object of charging; searches for a charging information storage that is around the device when the charging job is received; obtains charging information from the searched charging information storage; carries out a charging process for the charging job based on the charging information; and processes the charging job after the charging process is carried out. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337076 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - In a display system including a communication device including a communication function, a display device, and a terminal device, the display system includes an acquirer that acquires communication data via the communication device, a display that displays information based on the received communication data on the display device, and a notifier that notifies the terminal device that the communication data has been received. When an operation corresponding to the notification is performed on the terminal device, the display further displays that the operation corresponding to the notification is performed as information relating to the communication data. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337077 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An input device is mountable on an image forming apparatus including a display portion capable of displaying information and is a numerical key unit | 2021-10-28 |
20210337078 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a housing including a recording mechanism unit configured to perform recording on a target recording medium, and a recording mechanism unit cover configured to rotate, by a rotational shaft along a first side surface of the housing, between an open state of an upper surface of the housing being open and a closed state of the upper surface of the housing being closed. The recording mechanism unit cover is configured to be inside the housing in the closed state and a second side surface and a third side surface of the recording mechanism unit cover that intersect the first side surface of the housing in the closed state are provided with a rib configured to support a second side surface or a third side surface of the housing that intersects the first side surface of the housing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337079 | SHEET ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet alignment apparatus includes a sheet leading-end aligning device, a sheet side-end aligning device. The sheet leading-end aligning device is configured to align a leading end of a sheet bundle in a sheet conveyance direction. The sheet side-end aligning device is configured to align a side end of the sheet bundle in the sheet conveyance direction and move the sheet bundle to a predetermined position. The sheet leading-end aligning device is configured to maintain contact with the leading end of the sheet bundle when the sheet leading-end aligning device retracts from a movement path of the sheet side-end aligning device along which the sheet side-end aligning device moves the sheet bundle to the predetermined position. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337080 | BENDING DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A bending detection device includes a processor configured to receive a read image obtained by reading a document, and notify a user of a bend in the document based on a determination that the read image has been obtained by reading the document in a bent state. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337081 | PROCESSING FACSIMILE IN CLOUD SERVER - A cloud server including a memory, a communication device, and a processor. The memory storing address information of a user terminal device corresponding to a subscriber. The communication device to receive fax data. The processor to, in response to receiving the fax data for the subscriber, control the communication device to notify the user terminal device a fax was received based on the address information of the user terminal device, and in response to receiving a request to output the received fax data, control the communication device to transmit the received fax data to an image forming apparatus designated by the subscriber. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337082 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes: an estimated size setting section (ACS determination section | 2021-10-28 |
20210337083 | COLOR RESOURCES - An example color resource is generated. A source color from a first color space is converted to a corresponding greyscale color in a greyscale color space. The greyscale color includes a first luminosity amount. A black channel amount is adjusted to a depletion color from a second color space to form a target color in the second color space. The depletion color corresponds with a transformation of the source color into the second color space. The depletion color includes a second luminosity amount, and adjusting the black channel includes matching the second luminosity amount in the target color with the first luminosity amount. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337084 | CHARACTERISTICS BASED OPERATION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An example image forming apparatus includes a communicator to receive print data, an image forming unit, and a processor to control the image forming unit to perform image processing on the received print data and control the image forming unit to print the image-processed print data. When the received print data is not a scan file, the image processing is performed at a first level and when the received print data is a scan file, the image processing is performed at a second level, the second level being higher than the first level. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337085 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to output an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337086 | IMAGE FORMING APPARTUS PERFORMING COLOR REVISION USING COLOR RECOGNITION INFORMATION OF A USER - An example image forming apparatus includes a communication device to receive print data, a print engine to form an image, a memory to store information on a saturation that allows to recognition of a predetermined hue for each user, and a processor to identify a user corresponding to the received print data, and control the print engine to print the received print data based on saturation information of the identified user. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337087 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO-VIDEO INPUTS IN A MULTI-CAMERA ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for synchronizing video generated by a camera with media content generated by a media source external to the camera. A calibration procedure is performed in which a time delay is determined that includes a camera delay associated with the camera. A display device displays a sequence of images comprising a first image displayed for a first time period and a second image displayed for a second time period. The camera captures a plurality of captured images capturing display of the sequence of images and a transmitter device coupled to the camera transmits the captured images to a hub. The hub determines a target image of the captured images corresponding to display of the second image. The time delay is determined based on a difference between a time associated with the target image and a time associated with the second image. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337088 | MOUNTING BASE STRUCTURE USED FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC LAMP OR MONITOR - A mounting base structure used for a photographic lamp or monitor comprises a first connecting rod having an end rotatably connected with one side of a photographic lamp or monitor and an end provided with a connecting part. A second connecting rod to be attached to the first connecting rod is hinged to the connecting part. A first threaded hole to be connected with a connecting bolt on a digital video camera is horizontally formed in the side face of the other end of the second connecting rod. The mounting base structure used for the photographic lamp or monitor is simple and compact and facilitates the connection of the photographic lamp or monitor with the digital video camera. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337089 | IMAGE CAPTURING MODULE AND FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A food processing apparatus is provided that includes: a housing structure, a food container structure which is disposed in the housing structure, and an image capturing module, which is located on the food container structure and includes a shell, an image capturing assembly and an air curtain assembly. The shell includes an optical channel which includes a lower opening end, an upper opening end and a wall surface disposed between the lower opening end and the upper opening end. The lower opening end faces the food container structure, the image capturing assembly is disposed at the upper opening end, and the air curtain assembly is disposed on the wall surface. In this way, the air curtain assembly can blow away or block the oil fumes after the food is heated, so that the image capturing module can observe the food processing clearly without being affected by the oil fumes. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337090 | VIDEO DOORBELL PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Disclosed herein are devices and systems for securely housing and mounting video doorbells. In one aspect, a disclosed device encompasses a housing for securely containing the video doorbell; and a bracket assembly configured to removably mount to a dimensional object, the bracket assembly including a first bracket portion configured to releasably attach to the housing, and a second bracket portion configured to detachably couple with the first bracket portion, the second bracket portion including a mounting plate, a back plate, at least one bracket member extending from a first edge of said mounting bracket to a first edge of said back plate, and at least one tongue extending from a second edge of said mounting plate. Also disclosed herein are kits and methods for using the disclosed devices and systems. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337091 | SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATING AND VIEWING RECESSED ANGLED SURFACES - An optical system may include an objective lens system having a primary optical axis and a relay lens system having a relay optical axis. The relay optical axis may have a first angular offset with respect to the primary optical axis. The objective lens system may be configured to provide light from a light source to the relay lens system and provide light from the relay lens system to an image sensor. The relay lens system may be configured to provide light from the objective lens system to an end face of an optical fiber, where the end face has a second angular offset with respect to a cross-sectional axis of the optical fiber. The relay lens system may provide light reflected from the end face to the objective lens system. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337092 | FILTER MOUNTING STRUCTURE - The present disclosure provides a filter mounting structure, which includes a lens connecting pad and a first filter frame. The lens connecting pad is provided with a rotation adjusting ring and a mounting ring. The mounting ring and the rotation adjusting ring form a fastening connection therebetween. The mounting ring is provided with a limiting groove. The first filter frame is provided with a limiting block. The first filter frame is attracted on the mounting ring. The limiting block is received in the limiting groove. The rotation adjusting ring rotates to drive the mounting ring to rotate, and the mounting ring rotates to drive the first filter frame to rotate. The filter mounting structure further includes a second filter frame movably attracted to an end of the first filter frame away from the mounting ring, the second filter frame is rotatable relative to the first filter frame. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337093 | OPTICAL CAMERA LENS, CAMERA MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - An optical camera lens includes a first camera lens component including at least one first lens and a second camera lens component including a second lens barrel and at least one second lens mounted in the second lens barrel. The first and second lenses together constitute an imageable optical system. At least one of the two camera lens components has a smooth region located on an end surface of the camera lens component, and a connecting medium for fixing the first and second camera lens components together. A corresponding assembly method of the optical camera lens and a corresponding camera module and an assembly method thereof are also provided. The optical camera lens can improve a pre-positioning accuracy by improving a height measurement accuracy, and can use a distance measuring point as a feature point of image recognition so as to perform pre-positioning and active calibration. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337094 | VEHICLE CAMERA WITH CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION - A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion having a lens, a circuit board having circuitry established thereat, and a rear plastic housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to a connector end of a wire harness of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The rear plastic housing portion includes internal wall structure. The connector of the rear plastic housing portion includes a video signal terminal and a ground-connect terminal. An electrically conductive metallic shield element is disposed within the rear plastic housing portion and corresponds with the internal wall structure of the rear plastic housing portion. The video signal terminal is electrically connected to the circuitry of the circuit board, and the ground-connect terminal is electrically connected to the electrically conductive metallic shield element. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337095 | Camera with Phased Metalens - A camera includes a phased metalens positioned between an objective lens and an imager of the camera. The phased metalens is configured to adjust a focus plane of an image in a field of view of the camera in response to changes in an operating temperature of the camera. The phased metalens adjusts the focus plane for multiple frequencies or wavelengths light such that all light wave-fronts exiting the phased metalens arrive at the imager at a same time. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337096 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH CIRCUIT BOARD EQUIPPED WITH HEATING ELEMENT - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of efficiently dispersing heat from a circuit board. A heating element is mounted on the circuit board. A heat transfer member made of a material with higher thermal conductivity than that of a chassis is disposed between the circuit board and the chassis in a direction of an optical axis. First connecting units support the circuit board and the heat transfer member in a stacked manner at a plurality of positions including two positions different from each other in a horizontal direction. A second connecting unit supports the heat transfer member. A third connecting unit supports an exterior member of the image pickup apparatus. Both the second connecting unit and the third connecting unit are provided between the two positions of the first connecting units in the horizontal direction. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337097 | Analog Resolution Adjustment for CMOS Image Sensor - Analog power savings is achieved by pre-charging only those pixels of a sensor array that are needed as determined responsive to any one of a power configuration, image size, image position of interest, desired/selected frame rate, desired/selected resolution, etc. To that end, the solution presented herein selects one or more sensor segments, each comprising a subset of pixels of the sensor array, and only pre-charges the pixels in the selected segment(s). In so doing, the solution presented herein provides a power savings proportional to the number of uncharged pixel circuits. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337098 | Neural Network Supported Camera Image Or Video Processing Pipelines - An image processing pipeline including a still or video camera includes a first neural network arranged to process and provide a neural network based result for at least one of an image capture setting, sensor processing, global post processing, local post processing, and portfolio post processing. A second neural network is arranged to receive the neural network result and further provide at least one of an image capture setting, sensor processing, global post processing, local post processing, and portfolio post processing, wherein at least one of the first and second neural networks generate data on local processors supported by the still or video camera. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337099 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND CABLES - A camera head unit including an image sensor configured to generate an image signal, a main unit configured to perform a signal process to the image signal, and first and second cables are included. Further, a determining section configured to determine whether a connection state is in a first connection state in which the camera head unit and the main unit are connected with each other via a first cable without a second cable or a second connection state in which the camera head unit and the main unit are connected with each other via the first cable and the second cable, and a transmission section configured to transmit the image signal between the camera head unit and the main unit at least via the first cable according to a determination result determined by the determining section are included. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337100 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus is configured to change a shooting process based on data on a shot image. The image pickup apparatus is configured to, when the image pickup apparatus changes the shooting process, assign greater weights to the data on the shot image based on an instruction from a user than to the data on the shot image automatically processed. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337101 | METHOD, DEVICE, CAMERA AND SOFTWARE FOR PERFORMING ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION OF A HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE - A system and method for electronic image stabilization for a high dynamic range image captured by a rolling shutter image sensor and more specifically to an algorithm configured to perform electronic image stabilization on the high dynamic range image, by, for each specific block of pixels among the blocks of pixels in the high dynamic range image, the specific block of pixels spatially corresponding to a pixel region of the rolling shutter image sensor, determining whether the specific block of pixels is copied from pixel data of the first image or the second image, or is a blend of pixel data from both the first image and the second image, and use motion data measured when capturing the first and second images for performing electronic image stabilization based on the origin of the specific block of pixels. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337102 | CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - The present invention makes it possible to perform good illumination and obtain a good captured image when a plurality of users each having a camera-equipped portable information terminal device gather in the same place. A camera-equipped portable information terminal device is provided with: an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject; a first illumination means for illuminating the subject; a first communication unit that communicates with other portable information terminal devices; and a first control unit that controls the imaging unit and the first communication unit. The first control unit transmits a light emission instruction signal to the other portable information terminal devices via the first communication unit, and causes a second illumination means of each of the other portable information terminal devices to emit light in tandem with an imaging operation of the imaging unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337103 | COMPUTER-VISION-BASED OBJECT TRACKING AND GUIDANCE MODULE - An apparatus comprises a mount body by which the apparatus is secured to a structure. A camera assembly includes an image sensor adapted to capture images within its field of view. A lighting assembly houses one or more light sources including a directional light source. A control-board assembly, fixed to the mount body, houses control boards including one or more processors configured to acquire information about an object, to associate a location within the field of view of the image sensor with the object, to point light emitted by the directional light source at the location associated with the object by rotating the lighting assembly and turning the laser assembly, and, based on an image acquired from the camera assembly, to detect change within the field of view of the image sensor corresponding to placement or removal of the object. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337104 | IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING LOW-NOISE, HIGH-SPEED CAPTURES OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for obtaining low-noise, high-speed captures of a photographic scene. In use, a first cell of a first pixel is in communication with a first node for storing a first sample. Further, a second cell of a second pixel is in communication with a second node for storing a second sample. Still further, the first cell and the second cell are communicatively coupled. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337105 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT, TERMINAL DEVICE AND FLIGHT SYSTEM - The embodiments are a photographing method for an aircraft, an aircraft, a terminal device and a flight system. The photographing method is applicable to an aircraft. The aircraft includes a camera apparatus. The camera apparatus includes a camera and a dimming assembly. The dimming assembly is configured to adjust light entering the camera. The photographing method includes: controlling the camera apparatus to collect an image; transmitting the image to the terminal device to display the image on the terminal device, the terminal device being communicatively connected to the aircraft; detecting whether an instruction transmitted by the terminal device is received, the instruction being generated according to an operation performed by a user on the terminal device; and adjusting the dimming assembly according to the instruction to change the light entering the camera, so as to adjust the image, if the instruction is received. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337106 | Automatic Image Capture - Methods and systems for automatic image capture are described herein. A user device may determine a reference orientation of the user device. The user device may monitor orientations of the user device as the user device is moved and/or rotated. Based on the reference orientation and the monitored orientations, the user device may determine to automatically capture images. The user device may organize captured images into a file for storing and/or sharing. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337107 | ACCESSORY DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication control unit of an interchangeable lens transmits information regarding distance information corresponding to the focus lens position to a camera main body to which the interchangeable lens unit is attached. The camera main body include a display unit, and perform display at the display unit based on the information received from the interchangeable lens. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337108 | Adaptive Trail Cameras - Example techniques are disclosed for altering trail camera settings when deployed. For example, settings relating to triggering functionality, time lapse functionality, image resolution, motion sensor sensitivity, flash intensity, and other camera functions can be altered. The settings can be altered based on environmental conditions such as weather and ambient noise. The settings can also be altered based on trail camera conditions such as available battery capacity or image storage capacity. The trail camera settings can also be altered based on images obtained by the trail camera, with or without analyzing content of the images. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CAMERA CONTROL - Systems and methods for controlling camera settings of a camera to improve detection of faces in an uncontrolled environment are described. A first image is received from the camera, where the first image is captured by the camera at a first set of camera settings. A face is detected in the first image. The camera is adjusted to a second set of camera settings based on the detected face, where the second set of camera settings different from the first set of camera settings. A second image is received from the camera, where the second image is captured by the camera at the second set of camera settings. The face is detected in the second image. A quality metric of the face in the second image is determined where the quality metric is indicative of an image quality of the face in the second image. The camera is adjusted to a new set of camera settings to increase the quality metric of the face in subsequent images, the new set of camera settings different from both the first set of camera settings and the second set of camera settings. Once a sufficient quality metric of the face is achieved, the face is acquired, or otherwise captured, by the camera or other sensors. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337110 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an image processing program causing a computer to execute image processing is provided. The image processing program causing the computer to execute: an image acquisition step of acquiring a frame image from a moving image; a person detection step of detecting a person from the frame image acquired in the image acquisition step; an orientation detection step of detecting an orientation of the person detected in the person detection step; a region setting step of setting a person region including the person detected in the person detection step in the frame image acquired in the image acquisition step; a region expansion step of expanding the person region set in the region setting step in the orientation of the person detected in the orientation detection step; and an output step of outputting the person region expanded in the region expansion step. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337111 | RECORDING REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording reproduction apparatus includes: a captured data acquisition unit configured to acquire first captured data captured by a first camera that captures an image of an outside of a moving body and second captured data captured by a second camera that captures an image in a direction opposed to a display surface of a display unit; an event detection unit configured to detect an event on the moving body; a recording controller configured to store, when an event has been detected, the first captured data as event recording data; a face detection unit configured to detect a human face from the second captured data; a reproduction controller configured to reproduce the event recording data when a human face has been detected within a period after storage of the event recording data; and a display controller configured to cause the display unit to display the reproduced event recording data. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337112 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, a processor electrically coupled with the camera and the display, and a memory electrically coupled with the processor. The memory is configured to store instructions which, when executed, instruct the processor to, when a photographing request signal is received, estimate a motion of a subject within an image that is acquired by the camera, when the motion of the subject within the image acquired by the camera is not recognized, control the camera to capture a first type image by applying a first photographing condition, and when the motion of the subject within the image acquired by the camera is recognized, control the camera to capture a second type image by applying a second photographing condition. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337113 | FACE REGION DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, FACE REGION DETECTION METHOD, AND FACE REGION DETECTION PROGRAM - A system controller of a digital camera has a function of detecting a face region from a captured image which is output from an imaging element, and sets a face region detected from a first captured image, as a reference image, searches for a similar region similar to a specific image which is a part of the reference image from a second captured image output after the first captured image, and detects a first region including the similar region in the second captured image and having the same size as the reference image, as the face region. The position of the specific image in the reference image and the position of the similar region in the first region coincide with each other. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337114 | VIDEO PROCESSING FOR VEHICLE RIDE - A method includes capturing video data from a camera over a period of time while capturing motion data from a detector over that same period of time. Then, the method additionally includes selecting a subset of the video data captured during the period of time, based on a corresponding subset of the motion data. The method then proscribes storing this selected subset of video data in memory. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337115 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE WITH AN AUTOMATIC IMAGE CAPTURE CAPABILITY - An image capture device may automatically capture images. An image sensor may generate visual content based on light that becomes incident thereon. A depiction of interest within the visual content may be identified, and one or more images may be generated to include one or more portions of the visual content including the depiction of interest. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337116 | Light Spectrum Application and Method - A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising software instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a camera-equipped mobile electronic device, causes the at least one processor to upload a digital image and convert the uploaded image to an image viewable in a different light spectrum. The converted image viewable in a different light spectrum is then displayed on the electronic device. A system and a method for converting and viewing a digital image in a plurality of light spectrums are also provided. The system and method comprise using a mobile electronic device with a light spectrum converting component to convert a digital image into an image displayable in a different light spectrum other than the visible light spectrum. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337117 | SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISM FOR IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Techniques and systems are provided for processing image data. For example, an image signal processor can obtain (e.g., from a host processor) a first setting change indicator value indicating a change in parameter settings of the image signal processor. The image signal processor can obtain an image frame from an image sensor, and can determine a second setting change indicator value from the image frame. The second setting change indicator value can be provided to the image sensor from the host processor. The second setting change indicator value indicates a change in parameter settings of the image sensor. The image signal processor can compare the first setting change indicator value to the second setting change indicator value, and can determine whether to process the image frame or to drop the image frame based on comparing the first setting change indicator value to the second setting change indicator value. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337118 | IMAGE STITCHING IN A MULTI-CAMERA ARRAY - Images captured by multi-camera arrays with overlap regions can be stitched together using image stitching operations. An image stitching operation can be selected for use in stitching images based on a number of factors. An image stitching operation can be selected based on a view window location of a user viewing the images to be stitched together. An image stitching operation can also be selected based on a type, priority, or depth of image features located within an overlap region. Finally, an image stitching operation can be selected based on a likelihood that a particular image stitching operation will produce visible artifacts. Once a stitching operation is selected, the images corresponding to the overlap region can be stitched using the stitching operation, and the stitched image can be stored for subsequent access. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337119 | IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT, DRIVE METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an image capturing element, a drive method, and an electronic device that are capable of speeding up operation mode switching. The image capturing element includes a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are disposed in a matrix of rows and columns, and a vertical drive circuit configured to drive the pixels on each row. Furthermore, the vertical drive circuit includes a positive power source and a negative power source each configured to supply electrical power to an output element configured to output a drive signal for driving each pixel, and a control element configured to control current flowing between each wire through which electrical power is output from the positive power source or the negative power source and a ground level in accordance with a pulse having a predetermined pulse width at operation mode switching. The present technology is applicable to, for example, an image capturing element having a plurality of operation modes. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337120 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A data processing method and apparatus, a computer-readable storage medium and an electronic device ( | 2021-10-28 |
20210337121 | Multiple Layer Flexure for Supporting a Moving Image Sensor - Some embodiments may include a multi-layer flexure that may be used in an optical image stabilization voice coil motor (OIS VCM) actuator of a camera. The multi-layer flexure module may include a dynamic platform and a static platform along with multiple layers of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform. In some examples, the multi-layer flexure may include electrical traces configured to convey signals from the dynamic platform to the static platform. The electrical traces may be routed from the dynamic platform to the static platform via the flexure arms. In some embodiments, a multi-layer flexure may have a greater stiffness in a Z-direction aligning with an optical axis of a camera and may have a lower stiffness in X and Y directions corresponding to optical image stabilization directions of an OIS VCM actuator. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337122 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a target correction amount based on a shake, a stabilization control unit configured to provide control on driving of a sensor in a direction intersecting an optical axis of a pickup optical system, based on the target correction amount, an autofocusing control unit configured to provide control on focusing based on an image signal output from the sensor, and a setting unit configured to set a limit value for the target correction amount based on a characteristic of the pickup optical system and focusing accuracy of the autofocusing unit. The setting unit is configured to change the limit value depending on the pickup condition, and is capable of setting a first limit value based on the characteristic and a second limit value based on the focusing accuracy. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337123 | STATISTICS-BASED ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for selecting a cropping area in a sequence of images captured by a camera. First external motion data including data of external factors affecting movement of the camera is correlated with internal motion data describing a movement of the camera. The first external motion data and the internal motion data are obtained during a first time interval. Second external motion data is obtained during a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval. A sequence of images being captured during a third time interval is stabilized by selecting a cropping area based on the correlation and the second external motion data. The cropping area remains constant and maximized in size with respect to the field of view of the images during the third time interval. The third time interval is subsequent to, or partly overlapping with, the second time interval. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION ADJUSTMENT - An image capture device may capture visual content during a capture duration. The context of capture of the visual content by the image capture device may be assessed and used to determine values of stabilization parameters for the visual content. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337125 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided that can correct more accurately an image shake. The imaging device includes an imaging element taking an object image to generate image data, a gyro sensor unit including a gyro sensor, an image-shake correction unit holding the imaging element, moving the imaging element based on an output of the gyro sensor, and correcting a shake of an object image taken by the imaging element, and a mount base holding the gyro sensor unit and the image-shake correction unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337126 | HUB IMAGING ANGLE MONITORING APPARATUS - A hub imaging angle monitoring apparatus includes an X-axis accelerometer, a Y-axis accelerometer, a Z-axis gyroscope, a micro-processing unit and a power supply unit arranged on a hub. The power supply unit supplies power to the X-axis accelerometer, the Y-axis accelerometer, the Z-axis gyroscope and the micro-processing unit, respectively; and the micro-processing unit is configured to drive the X-axis accelerometer, the Y-axis accelerometer, and the Z-axis gyroscope to monitor movement data of the hub, and to perform a fusion processing on the movement data to determine the imaging angle of the hub. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337127 | SHAKE DETECTION APPARATUS, SHAKE DETECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is provided with an image blur correction apparatus that corrects image blur of a captured image by using a shake detection signal that has been detected by a shake detection unit. A controller for image blur correction generates a first signal obtained by multiplying an output signal of the shake detection unit by a first correction ratio gain. A second signal is generated by multiplying the sum of the output signal of the shake detection unit that has passed through a low-pass filter and the output signal of the shake detection unit that has passed through a high-pass filter by a second correction ratio gain. A target generating unit generates a target value signal for image blur correction based on the sum of the first and second signals and drives the shake correction unit. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337128 | METHODS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING A PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS (PDAF) OPTICAL SYSTEM - Apparatus and methods employing a PDAF optical system are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels include a set of pixels configurable to be imaging pixels or focus pixels. The image sensor is configured to generate image data of a scene based on received light at the plurality of pixels. The example apparatus also includes a processor coupled to the image sensor. The processor may be configured to receive first image data of a first frame of the scene, determine at least one region of interest or region of non-interest of the first frame, select, based on the determined at least one region of interest or region of non-interest, a subset of the set of pixels to be focus pixels, and cause the selected subset of the set of pixels to operate as focus pixels. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337129 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - A device includes a focus detection unit configured to detect a defocus amount based on a focus detection signal output from an image capturing device, an object detection unit configured to detect a specific object based on image data output from the image capturing device, and a processing unit configured to perform first obstacle detection processing detecting an obstacle based on characteristics of the defocus amount on the specific object, and to perform second obstacle detection processing detecting an obstacle higher in spatial frequency than the specific object. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337130 | CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates a plurality of defocus amounts corresponding to a plurality of focus detecting frames obtained by dividing an area corresponding to a display frame, and a selection unit that selects one focus detecting frame which corresponds to one defocus amount used for an AF control. The selection unit changes an AF operation for selecting the one focus detecting frame based on the number of low contrast frames to the number of focus detecting frames or based on reliability selected from part of the area and a ratio of focus detecting frames having a high reliability in the area, or performs an AF operation for selecting the one focus detecting frame so that a high contrast frame is prioritized over a low contrast frame. | 2021-10-28 |
20210337131 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a focus adjustment apparatus. A selection unit repeatedly executes selection processing for selecting a main subject from one or more subjects included in a shooting range based on an autofocus (AF) setting. A focus adjustment unit performs focus adjustment on a target position determined based on the selected main subject. A change unit changes the AF setting. In a case where the AF setting is changed after a previous execution of selection processing, the selection unit determines whether to execute selection processing based on a main subject selected in the previous execution of selection processing or whether to execute the selection processing independently of the main subject selected in the previous execution of selection processing according to a change content of the AF setting. | 2021-10-28 |