46th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130300803 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an ink containing a self-dispersion pigment in which a phosphonic acid group is bonded directly or through another atomic group to the surface thereof and a polyurethane polymer, wherein the surface charge amount of the self-dispersion pigment is 0.25 mmol/g or more and 0.42 mmol/g or less, and the polyurethane polymer has units respectively derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group and a diol having an acid group. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300804 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an ink containing a polyurethane polymer which has units respectively derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group and a diol having an acid group and has an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g or more and 140 mg KOH/g or less, a carbon black and at least one antioxidant selected from compounds represented by the general formulae (1) to (3). | 2013-11-14 |
20130300805 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink used for an inkjet recording method for discharging the ink from a recording head by an action of thermal energy contains self-dispersing carbon black, a polyurethane polymer having an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g or more, and an acryl polymer having an acid value of 100 mg KOH/g or more and 200 mg KOH/g or less. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300806 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on or above the substrate; a piezoelectric layer covering a top and a side of the first conductive layer; a relaxing layer disposed on or above the piezoelectric layer and along an edge of a top surface of the piezoelectric layer; and a second conductive layer covering at least the relaxing layer and the piezoelectric layer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300807 | INK SUPPLY SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CLEANING THIS TYPE OF INK SUPPLY SYSTEM - An ink supply system includes a print head assembly and a print head with one or more nozzles for a color. The print head is connected with the nozzles via a first connection line. A supply tank is connected with an intermediate tank via a filler line under an interconnection of a feed unit and a filter assembly. The pressure difference of the ink flow from a return tank to the supply tank is controlled by the print head. A method cleans the ink supply system, and a method cleans the print head. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300808 | LIQUID SUPPLYING AND COLLECTING APPARATUS - An ink supplying and collecting apparatus includes a case, ink cartridges detachably attached to the case, and a collecting container detachably attached to the case. The ink cartridges supply ink to a recording head of a printer via ink supply tubes. The collecting container collects ink drained from the recording head via an ink drain tube. The case is located outside of and is separate from the printer. Thus, the sizes and shapes of the ink cartridges and the collecting container can be freely designed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300809 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet apparatus according to the present invention includes: a head cartridge; an ink tank, for which an ink supply portion to be connected to the ink inflow portion of the head cartridge, and the first engagement portion to engage the head cartridge are formed; a carriage on which the head cartridge is detachably mounted; and a tank holding member, which is swingably supported by the carriage to engage the second engagement portion of the ink tank. When the head cartridge and ink tank are mounted on the carriage, the ink tank is pivoted around the first engagement portion by receiving a force exerted against the ink supply unit via the ink inflow portion, and the ink holding member is pushed by the second engagement portion and is moved. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300810 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink used for an inkjet recording method for discharging the ink from a recording head by an action of thermal energy contains self-dispersing carbon black, a polyurethane polymer having an acid value of 40 mg KOH/g or more, and polyethylene glycol. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300811 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A recording apparatus including an ink tank and a recording head having a flow path forming portion that has an ejection orifice plate having plural ink ejection orifices and a liquid chamber provided for each orifice to supply ink to the orifices, and an energy generating element for ejecting ink in the chamber. A surface layer of the flow path forming portion opposes to the outside of the plate. An opening is provided opposing to the orifices in the surface layer. An ink reservoir is provided between the plate and the opening. A circulation flow path communicating with the ink reservoir is provided. The area of the opening is larger than that of the orifice. Both ends of the circulation flow path are respectively connected to inlet and outlet portions connected to the circulation flow path. The inlet and outlet portions and liquid chamber are connected to the ink tank. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300812 | COMPLIANT MICRO DEVICE TRANSFER HEAD - A compliant micro device transfer head and head array are disclosed. In an embodiment a micro device transfer head includes a spring portion that is deflectable into a space between a base substrate and the spring portion. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300813 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus comprises an accommodation unit which accommodates a continuous printing sheet; a conveyance unit which conveys the printing sheet; a printing unit which performs image forming processing on the conveyed printing sheet; a cutting unit which cuts the printing sheet after completion of the image forming processing; and a processing unit which executes, when a printing sheet remaining on a conveyance path is detected, processing for removing the remaining printing sheet, the processing unit controls the conveyance unit to convey the printing sheet to detect a leading end, compares a first distance from the leading end to a portion located at a curl correction unit with a second distance from the leading end, which distance is required for image forming processing set, and sets a larger distance as a cutting position of the remaining printing sheet. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300814 | Laser Marking Using Scalable Fonts - A system directs a laser beam to mark a material with an alphanumeric code. Character and quality information corresponding to a mark to apply to the material with the laser beam can be received, a font definition that specifies character segments can be obtained, a set of multiple spaced locations can be generated from the character segments in accordance with the character and quality information, and the material can be marked with the laser beam by directing the laser beam to dwell at the locations and move between the locations without deactivating the laser beam. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300815 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL CIRCUIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL CIRCUIT - An optical writing device forms an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element by a connected light source controlled by a light source control circuit that includes: a pixel data output unit; a pixel data correcting unit that corrects a skew between main scanning line of electrostatic latent image and photosensitive element and a local deviation of the electrostatic latent image on the main scanning line, and outputs pixel data; a pattern generating unit that outputs pixel data for forming a predetermined pattern in an electrostatic latent image; a first light source control unit for causing a first light source, that needs correction of the local deviation, to emit light; a second light source control unit for causing a second light source, that does not need correction of the local deviation, to emit light; and a switch that switches between a first transmission status and a second transmission status. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300816 | MARKING APPARATUS AND MARKING METHOD - The invention relates to a making apparatus for making an object comprising—a marking head ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130300817 | AUDIO AND VIDEO CALLING THROUGH MULTIPLE TERMINAL DEVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive a call originating from an internet protoco multimedia subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the call in accordance with a destination address included in a eession initiation protocol header message, and selectively answer the call at any of a plurality of terminal devices including a mobile cellular phone coupled to the media processor via a femtocell. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the call through a speaker of a presentation device operatively coupled to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300818 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an interactive video platform system and a method for the same. Users at the client terminals link to the interactive video platform via a browser to participate in video interactivities among the users. The present invention also provides a virtual camera and a virtual transparency to promote the convenience of the users and the quality and efficiency of the interactive video platform system. At the end of video interactivities, a video server of the interactive video platform system edits the information of the video interactivity and stores the information in a central database for reference by users. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING A PLURALITY OF VIDEO STREAMS GENERATED IN A VIDEOCONFERENCE - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for videoconferencing that allows video images from two or more cameras at the same site to be displayed as a single panoramic image. Accordingly, a conferencing endpoint having a single monitor can display the panoramic image of the two or more video images from an endpoint having multiple cameras, such as a telepresence endpoint. A sliding display area can be used to define manually a zoomed portion of the panoramic image to be displayed. Alternatively, the zoomed portion may be determined automatically. The zoomed portion may be changed during the course of the conference. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300820 | REMOTE PRESENTING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - A remote presenting system, includes: a plurality of displays, configured to display a remote image; an audio output apparatus, configured to output remote audio information; a multimedia communication terminal, configured to process and control audio/video information obtained by a local end and audio/video information sent by a remote end; a plurality of video cameras, configured to shoot a local video image and send the shot video image to the multimedia communication terminal to be processed; an audio collection apparatus, configured to collect local audio information, and send the collected audio information to the multimedia communication terminal; and a plurality of user locations, corresponding to the plurality of video cameras respectively, and respectively being in an approximately perpendicular relationship with optic axes of camera lenses of the plurality of video cameras. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300821 | SELECTIVELY COMBINING A PLURALITY OF VIDEO FEEDS FOR A GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSION - In an embodiment, a communications device receives a plurality of video input feeds from a plurality of video capturing devices that provide different perspectives of a given visual subject of interest. The communications device receives, for each of the received plurality of video input feeds, indications of (i) a location an associated video capturing device, (ii) an orientation of the associated video capturing device and (iii) a format of the received video input feed. The communications device selects a set of the received plurality of video input feeds, interlaces the selected video input feeds into a video output feed that conforms to a target format and transmitting the video output feed to a set of target video presentation devices. The communications device can correspond to either a remote server or a user equipment (UE) that belongs to, or is in communication with, the plurality of video capturing devices. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300822 | VIDEO USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system providing a graphical user interface incorporating fisheye image data captured by a first camera using a fisheye lens is provided. The system includes a buffer configured to receive the fisheye image data corresponding to a monitored area. A processor is in communication with the buffer. The fisheye image data is transformed into panoramic view data corresponding to a panoramic view of the monitored area using a panoramic transformation process. The fisheye image data is transformed into virtual view data corresponding to a partial view of the panoramic view using a virtual view transformation process different from the panoramic view transformation process. The panoramic view data and the virtual view data are encoded for display in the graphical user interface. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300823 | STEREO EFFECT ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a stereo effect enhancement method, comprising: receiving a first multimedia stream and a second multimedia stream, the second multimedia stream comprising a second frame at a second depth and the first multimedia stream comprising a first frame at a first depth that is to be presented within the second frame; adjusting a difference between the first and second depths by reducing parallax between the first and second frames; and adding a border around the first frame, wherein the adjusting and adding provide a more visually satisfying presentation of stereoscopic content corresponding to the first and second frames, the receiving, adjusting, and adding performed by a processor. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300824 | System and Method of Streaming 3-D Wireframe Animations - Optimal resilience to errors in packetized streaming 3-D wireframe animation is achieved by partitioning the stream into layers and applying unequal error correction coding to each layer independently to maintain the same overall bitrate. The unequal error protection scheme for each of the layers combined with error concealment at the receiver achieves graceful degradation of streamed animation at higher packet loss rates than approaches that do not account for subjective parameters such as visual smoothness. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING THREE DIMENSIONAL VIDEO BASED ON DIGITAL BROADCASTING - Provided is a system and method for transmitting and receiving 3D video based on digital broadcasting. The system includes: an encoder for generating 2D ES and 3D supplementary ES by encoding 2D video and 3D supplementary data; a packetizer for generating 2D video PES and 3D supplementary PES by packetizing the 2D video ES and the 3D supplementary ES; a PSI generator for generating a PSI; a TS generator for generating 2D video TS and 3D supplementary TS for the 2D video PES and the 3D supplementary PES; a multiplexer for multiplexing the transport streams to transmit the 2D video TS as a normal stream and transmit the 3D supplementary TS, the PSI TS and 3D video synch data TS as robust stream; and a modulator for modulating the multiplexed TS according to a DTV specification and transmitting the modulated TS. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300826 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING REFERENCE IMAGE WITH ADDITIONAL IMAGE OF REAL-TIME BROADCASTING PROGRAM, AND TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAME - A method of synchronizing reference image with additional image in digital broadcasting includes generating at least one frame having predetermined identifier for providing notice of the start time of the reference image to receiver in advance; and transmitting at least one frame having the predetermined identifier to the receiver. Alternatively, the method of synchronizing reference image with additional image of includes generating signaling information containing additional image interlocking information at a transmission side in order to prepare for the additional image interlocked with the reference image at a reception side in advance; and providing the signaling information to the receiver. Therefore, it is possible to accurately and effectively perform the synchronization of 3D reference image with 3D additional image stored in the receiver or a streamed 3D additional image. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300827 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A motion vector detecting unit | 2013-11-14 |
20130300828 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a technique that can reduce the fatigue of the eyes of an observer who observes a stereoscopic image. To attains this object, an image processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition section that obtains a base image; a second acquisition section that obtains pieces of base distance information an identification section that performs an identification process for, classifying an image space into a gaze area and a non-gaze area; a first generation section that performs a generation process for generating a derived image and pieces of derived distance information, the derived image and the pieces of derived distance information being obtained as a result of a blurring process being performed on an image in an area corresponding to the non-gaze area; and a second generation section that generates a pseudo image of the object based on the derived image and the pieces of derived distance information. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300829 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes processors, and settings in the processors are at least partially in common And a setting content in a processor determined to have a higher priority is transmitted to a processor determined to have a lower priority, based on a predetermined operation, and the processor changes a setting content that is in common with a setting content in the processor among the received setting contents. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300830 | Automatic Detection of Noteworthy Locations - By providing 3D representations of noteworthy locations for comparison with images, the 3D location of the imaging device, as well as the orientation of the device may be determined. The 3D location and orientation of the imaging device then allows for enhanced navigation in a collection of images, as well as enhanced visualization and editing capabilities. The 3D representations of noteworthy locations may be provided in a database that may be stored local or remote to the imaging device or a programmable device processing images obtained from the imaging device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300831 | CAMERA SCENE FITTING OF REAL WORLD SCENES - A system fits a camera scene to real world scenes. The system receives from an image sensing device an image depicting a scene, a location of the image sensing device in real world coordinates, and locations of a plurality of points in the scene in the real world coordinates. Pixel locations of the plurality of points are determined and recorded. The center of the image is determined, and each pixel in the image is mapped to an angular offset from the center of the image. Vectors are generated. The vectors extend from the image sensing device to the locations of the plurality of points, and the vectors are used to determine a pose of the image sensing device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC VIDEO FILMING AND BROADCASTING OF SPORTS EVENTS - A system for automatically video filming an ongoing sports activity within a field uses an imaging device to continuously capture the entire field and the activities of the players involved in the game, and generate video signals. A position measuring arrangement, including multiple transmitters coupled to the different players, regularly measures the spatial locations of the different players with time, as the game continues, and generates position signals that indicate these spatial positions as functions of time. A data processor is coupled to the imaging device and the position measuring arrangement. The data processor receives the position signals and the video signals, and analyzes the position signals to edit the video signals, and to generate an edited output video content which is delivered to the spectators of the sports activity. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300833 | 3D LOCALISATION MICROSCOPY AND 4D LOCALISATION MICROSCOPY AND TRACKING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A 3D localisation microscopy system, 4D localisation microscopy system, or an emitter tracking system arranged to cause a phase difference between light passing to or from one part of the objective relative to light passing to or from another part of the objective, to produce a point emitter image which comprises two lobes, a separation between which is related to the position of the emitter relative to the objective of the imaging system, and in the 4D system a further property of which image or of said light to or from the objective is related to another location independent property of the emitter. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300834 | SINGLE-LENS 3-D IMAGING DEVICE USING POLOARIZATION CODED APERTURE MASKS COMBINED WITH POLARIZATION SENSITIVE SENSOR - A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, at least one polarization-coded aperture obstructing the lens, a polarization-sensitive sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the at least one polarization-coded aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300835 | Method and Apparatus to Guarantee Minimum Contrast for Machine Vision System - In one aspect, this disclosure presents a method and apparatus for verifying that minimum object contrast requirements are met within a region representing a volume to be monitored by a machine vision system. In complementary fashion, the disclosure also presents a methodology for constraining the positions of the lighting sources to be used for illuminating the monitored volume at a minimum height above the floor, and for the use of a key light that provides asymmetrical lighting within the monitored volume relative to the camera(s) used for imaging the monitored volume. Correspondingly, the disclosure also presents a method and apparatus for monitoring for proper operation of the key light and responding to improper operation. The minimum contrast verification and key light monitoring operations can be implemented using standalone apparatuses, or can be incorporated into the machine vision system. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300836 | SINGLE-CHIP SENSOR MULTI-FUNCTION IMAGING - Mixed mode imaging is implemented using a single-chip image capture sensor with a color filter array. The single-chip image capture sensor captures a frame including a first set of pixel data and a second set of pixel data. The first set of pixel data includes a first combined scene, and the second set of pixel data includes a second combined scene. The first combined scene is a first weighted combination of a fluorescence scene component and a visible scene component due to the leakage of a color filter array. The second combined scene includes a second weighted combination of the fluorescence scene component and the visible scene component. Two display scene components are extracted from the captured pixel data in the frame and presented on a display unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300837 | SINGLE-CHIP SENSOR MULTI-FUNCTION IMAGING - Mixed mode imaging is implemented using a single-chip image capture sensor with a color filter array. The single-chip image capture sensor captures a frame including a first set of pixel data and a second set of pixel data. The first set of pixel data includes a first combined scene, and the second set of pixel data includes a second combined scene. The first combined scene is a first weighted combination of a fluorescence scene component and a visible scene component due to the leakage of a color filter array. The second combined scene includes a second weighted combination of the fluorescence scene component and the visible scene component. Two display scene components are extracted from the captured pixel data in the frame and presented on a display unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300838 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF A 3D SCENE AT VERY HIGH SPEED - The present invention relates to a 3D landscape real-time imager. It also relates to methods for operating such an imager. Such an imager comprises: —at least one illuminating part which is designed to scan at least a portion of the landscape at a given range and having an ultra-short laser pulse source emitting at least one wavelength, and an optical rotating block, with a vertical axis of rotation, and controlled such that given packets of pulses are shaped in a pattern of rotating beams sent toward the said at least partial landscape; —at least one receiving part which comprises a set of SPAD detector arrays, each arranged along a vertical direction and rotating at a given speed in synchronism with the optical rotating block of the illuminating part, the detection data of the SPAD detector arrays being combined to acquire 3D imaging data of the said at least partial landscape in a central controller. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300839 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CAPTURING 3D IMAGES AT ANY USAGE ANGLE - A portable electronic device includes a carrier unit and an image-capturing unit. The carrier unit includes a carrier body. The image-capturing unit includes a rotatable element rotatably disposed on the carrier body, two image-capturing modules embedded in the rotatable element, and a weight element disposed inside the rotatable element. The rotatable element has a first geometric center point concurrently passed by a first horizontal line and a vertical line, each image-capturing module has a second geometric center point itself passed by the first horizontal line, the weight element has a third geometric center point passed by a second horizontal line and the vertical line, and the first horizontal line and the second horizontal line are horizontal to each other. Therefore, because the two image-capturing modules are always held in a horizontal state, the portable electronic device can capture high quality 3D images at any usage angle. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300840 | 3D LANDSCAPE REAL-TIME IMAGER AND CORRESPONDING IMAGING METHODS - A 3D landscape real-time imager, and method for operating such an imager, where the imager includes:
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20130300841 | STEROSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display which controls display mode of the stereoscopic image display according to the entered image signal and displays both 2D images and stereoscopic images at high resolution with better viewing. The stereoscopic image display is constituted of a device for comparing the image signal entered into the stereoscopic image to determine to either 2D image signal or stereoscopic image signal and a combined use type stereoscopic image display of 2D images and stereoscopic images which can display 2D images and stereoscopic images at high resolution by controlling illumination pattern of the light source device for the stereoscopic image display to provide better viewing. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300842 | 3D CAPTION DISPLAY METHOD AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A 3D caption display method for harmoniously merging and displaying closed caption with 3D image in a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D display apparatus suitable for implementing the method. The 3D display apparatus receives a broadcast signal containing caption data, and obtains caption control commands including a 3D parameter setting command from the caption data. Afterwards, the 3D display apparatus displays a plurality of 3D caption images according to the caption control commands. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300843 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A SOUND PROJECTOR - The present disclosure relates to an image display system, including a television having a screen, a sound projector, a control unit in signal communication with said screen and said sound projector, said control unit being configured for said sound projector to project one or more audible beams in a room towards one or more target paths. The system includes an optical instrument having a frame and a pair of lenses, detection means and transmission means, said detection means being designed to receive at their input an audio signal having a frequency falling in a 20-20 kHz frequency band and to output a processed signal, said transmission means being designed to receive at their input said processed signal, and to output a calibration signal. The control unit calibrates said sound projector according to said calibration signal generated by said optical instrument. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300844 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SHUTTER DEVICE - An image display apparatus includes an image display unit that displays an image for a stereoscopic image, a light-source control unit that controls a light source of the image display unit, a content discriminating unit that discriminates whether the image displayed on the image display unit is a limited image requiring viewing limitation or an unlimited image not requiring the viewing limitation, and a shutter control unit that controls shutter of shutter devices. The light-source control unit controls the light source to reduce light emission in a second period compared with light emission in a first period. The shutter control unit controls, during the display of the limited image, the shutter device set in a viewing limitation mode for limiting viewing of the limited image, to close the shutter in the first period and open the shutter in the second period. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300845 | System and Method for Digital Video Retrieval Involving Speech Recognition - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for retrieving digital images. The method embodiment includes converting a descriptive audio stream of a digital video that is provided for the visually impaired to text and then aligning that text to the appropriate segment of the digital video. The system then indexes the converted text from the descriptive audio stream with the text's relationship to the digital video. The system enables queries using action words describing a desired scene from a digital video. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300846 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING - A method for processing video can include storing input video frame data at a video data buffer and outputting the stored video frame data from the video data buffer at an output video frame rate based on at least an amount of video frame data stored at the video data buffer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300847 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes an image pickup device (CIS) provided with a TG which generates a first reference synchronization signal and includes a synchronization signal self-generating counter, and a processor provided with a TG that generates a second reference synchronization signal and a reference synchronization signal comparing section that compares the first reference synchronization signal superimposed on a video signal with the second reference synchronization signal, in which when a shift occurs between the first reference synchronization signal and the second reference synchronization signal, the processor transmits the second reference synchronization signal or phase correction amount information to the CIS, and the TG changes a timing of the first reference synchronization signal according to the second reference synchronization signal or the phase correction amount information. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300848 | SPECTRAL IMAGING - Apparatus and methods are provided for the imaging of structures in deep tissue within biological specimens, using spectral imaging to provide highly sensitive detection. By acquiring data that provides a plurality of images of the sample with different spectral weightings, and subsequent spectral analysis, light emission from a target compound is separated from autofluorescence in the sample. With the autofluorescence reduced or eliminated, an improved measurement of the target compound is obtained. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300849 | IMAGING APPARATUS - Imaging apparatus performs controlling to read pixel information from pixels belonging to target area by each frame. One frame period is period from when an exposure period for exposing pixels on a horizontal line that is to be read first from among horizontal lines belonging to the target area of a sensor is started and until when reading of the pixel information generated by each of the pixels on the horizontal line is completed. The imaging apparatus sequentially emits, by each illumination period of a length corresponding to at least two frame periods, illumination lights in synchronization with start of the exposure period. The imaging apparatus performs a predetermined controlling by performing controlling to exclude, from predetermined processing target, image data corresponding to the pixel information read during first frame period of the illumination period, while by acquiring image data corresponding to the pixel information read during other frame period. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300850 | Viewing and Processing Multispectral Images - Multispectral images, including ultraviolet light and its interactions with ultraviolet light-interactive compounds, can be captured, processed, and represented to a user. Ultraviolet-light related information can be conveniently provided to a user to allow the user to have awareness of UV characteristics and the user's risk to UV exposure. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300851 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ARRANGEMENT - An instrument cluster arrangement adapted for mounting in a dashboard panel of a vehicle includes a display having a display surface providing a graphics area of the instrument cluster arrangement. The arrangement also includes a detector for monitoring a subject inside the vehicle, which is arranged to receive radiation providing information regarding the subject. The arrangement also includes a reflector arranged to redirect radiation from the subject toward the detector, where the detector and the reflector are both arranged in the instrument cluster arrangement, adjacent the display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300852 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes: a diffuser for resting a finger on its upper surface and for diffusing light entering from its lower surface; a light source for irradiating the finger rested on the diffuser with light from the lower surface of the diffuser at a predetermined angle of irradiation; a mirror for receiving the light reflected from the finger on the diffuser which has been emitted from the light source; a CCD for, by receiving the light reflected with the mirror, capturing an image of the finger on the diffuser in a horizontal scanning direction from the lower surface of the diffuser, and then outputting an image signal; and a motor for moving, in a vertical scanning direction, a reading unit which includes at least the light source, the mirror, and the CCD. The upper surface of the diffuser on which the finger is rested is set to be a diffusion surface, and the lower surface of the diffuser through which the light from the light source enters is set as a non-diffusion surface. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300853 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAMERA-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING IN MICROSCOPY INSTRUMENTS - Systems and methods for executing super-resolution microscopy of a specimen with most of the image processing performed in a camera of a fluorescence microscopy instrument are described. In one aspect, the camera includes one or more processors to execute machine-readable instructions that control excitation light output from a multi-channel light source, control capture of intermediate images of the specimen, and perform image processing of the intermediate images to produce a final super-resolution image of the specimen. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300854 | CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE AND MEASUREMENT IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF - A charged particle microscope corrects distortion in an image caused by effects of drift in the sampling stage by measuring the correction reference image in a shorter time than the observation image, making corrections by comparing the shape of the observation image with the shape of the correction reference image, and reducing distortion in the observation images. The reference image for distortion correction is measured at the same position and magnification as when acquiring images for observation. In order to reduce effects from drift, the reference image is at this time measured within a shorter time than the essential observation image. The shape of the observation image is corrected by comparing the shapes of the reference image and observation image, and correcting the shape of the observation image to match the reference image. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN INTERNAL INSPECTION ON A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE | 2013-11-14 |
20130300856 | PROCESSING OF IMAGE DATA COMPRISING EFFECTS OF TURBULENCE IN A LIQUID MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is a method for processing of successive digital image data, acquired by a camera immersed in a liquid comprising turbulence, such as water in a nuclear reactor core, this turbulence causing an effect of apparent displacement of pixels of the images. The processing comprises advantageously: a modelling of the effect of the turbulence on the pixels of the images, and a deconvolution by this modelling of a time-averaged image. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300857 | Carrier for Separated Electronic Components and Method for Visual Inspection of Separated Electronic Components - Provided is a flat carrier provided with holders for separated electronic components, comprising: a flat metal platform with a space recessed therein and an epoxy carrier structure which is arranged form-fittingly in this space and which is provided with holders for the separated electronic components. Also provided is a method for visual inspection of separated electronic components located on such a flat carrier. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300858 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING VISION-AIDED PASSIVE ALIGNMENT DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MODULE - Vision-aided passive alignment systems and methods are provided that detect tilt misalignment of an optics system during the process of mounting the optics system on an upper surface of the circuit board and remove tilt misalignment to ensure that a lens of the optics system is precisely aligned with an optoelectronic device mounted on the upper surface of the circuit board. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300859 | ALL-PURPOSE PORTABLE TESTER FOR ISOLATION CHARACTER OF THE SURFACE OF THE COMPOSITE BUSHING MADE FROM SILICON RUBBER - The all-purpose portable tester for isolation character of the surface of the composite bushing made from silicon rubber applies to detecting and estimating hydrophobicity and isolation performances, the length and width and density of the cracking, comprehensive assessment of the surface of the umbrella skirt and bushing and to detecting the tracking and the electric corrosion of silicon rubber, being made up of Master Control Unit, Principal Computer, Hydrophobicity Detection Unit, Crack Detection Unit, Tracking Detection Unit and Electric Corrosion Detection Unit and Image Capture Unit through which the comprehensive diagnosis and life assessment of the isolation character of the surface of the composite bushing made from silicon rubber shall be achieved. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300860 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, DEPTH MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND DEPTH MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - Provided is a depth measurement apparatus that measures depth information on a subject by using a plurality of images taken under different imaging parameters and having different blurs, the depth measurement apparatus including a spatial frequency determination unit that determines a spatial frequency band from a spatial frequency present in at least one of the plurality of images, an image comparison unit that compares the plurality of images by using the component of the spatial frequency band of the plurality of images and outputs a depth dependence value dependent on the depth of the subject, and a depth calculation unit that calculates the depth from the depth dependence value and the spatial frequency band. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300861 | Device and Method for Measuring Form Attributes, Position Attributes and Dimension Attributes of Machine Elements - A device and a method for measuring form attributes, position attributes and dimension attributes of rotatable machine elements are described. It is the object of the invention to find a possibility for measuring form attributes, position attributes or dimension attributes of a rotatable machine element which also allows axially probeable surfaces having hidden regions to be measured with high accuracy with a lower expenditure on construction. According to the invention, this object is met in that a mechanical measuring unit having a tactile measuring probe for measuring the machine element in axial direction is provided in addition to an optical measuring unit with illumination module and camera module which captures a shadow image of the machine element. The mechanical measuring unit is fixed to the optical measuring unit and has a swiveling device for swiveling the tactile measuring probe orthogonal to the rotational axis of the machine element. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300862 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE WITH A SLIDER AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - An optical measuring device for measuring a surface contour of an object, includes a tripod on which a camera platform is mounted, wherein on the camera platform at least two photo cameras are arranged for imaging the object comprising marking elements, and the at least two photo cameras are arranged on the camera platform in such a manner that imaging the object can be carried out from two different perspectives, wherein between the camera platform and the tripod a displacement device for the linear displacement of the camera platform in three directions that are independent of each other is arranged. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300863 | PET SITTER - One example embodiment includes a system for allowing a user to interact remotely with a pet. The system includes a camera, where the camera is configured to capture an image of a pet. The system also includes a microphone, where the microphone is configured to capture a sound made by the pet. The system further includes a speaker, where the speaker is configured to play one or more sounds to the pet. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300864 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM, IP CAMERA AND NETWORK CONNECTION SETUP METHOD THEREOF - A video monitoring system, an IP camera and a network connection setup method are provided. The video monitoring system includes a video receiving device and a video transmitting device, and the network connection setup method is adapted to set a network connection configuration between the video transmitting device and a wireless AP or a wired router. The video receiving device displays guide information to guide a user to perform a wireless or wired network initialization setup to the video transmitting device. Then, the video receiving device provides an input interface to the user to input an operation message according to the guide information. Then, the video transmitting device completes the wireless or wired network initialization setup according to the received operation message. The IP camera has both functions of the video receiving device and the video transmitting device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300865 | STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD INDUCED DIFFERENTIAL FLUORESCENCE EMISSION - Exposure to a static magnetic field changes the fluorescence intensity of a wide range of fluorophores, including small molecules (e.g., tryptophan), complex organizations of fluorophores (e.g., proteins), quantum dots, nanoparticles, and other materials. Different materials may experience different changes in fluorescence emission upon exposure to a magnetic field—for instance, some or all of a material's fluorescence emission spectrum may increase in amplitude or shift in wavelength. Different materials may also experience different changes in relaxation time, which is the time constant associated with fluorescence decay. These magnetically induced differences fluorescence emission spectra and decay can be used to identify, classify, or sort materials noninvasively. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300866 | WIFI PEEPHOLE CAMERA - A wireless home security system comprising a camera sized to fit through a conventional door peephole, a camera lens attached to the camera to facilitate capturing an image of the camera field of view, a wi-fi facility for transferring the image to a remote device, and a motion sensor disposed in close proximity to the camera lens for activating the camera and the wi-fi facility in response to detecting a visitor in the camera field of view. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE AUTOMATED RECEPTIONIST - Methods and apparatus for an interactive automated receptionist system according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a computer system configured to connect to a network. The computer system may control a user interface that responds an individual seeking assistance. The computer system may interactively prompt the individual to make a selection from a set of available assistance options. The computer system may receive a request from the individual to communicate with a party, and the computer system may accommodate the individual's selections, such as by establishing a communicative link between the individual and the selected party. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300868 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING OPTICAL DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - A positive-negative-positive-positive-positive zoom lens changes magnification by moving each of a first group to a fourth group so as to alter the interval between each group. The third group comprises first and second lens components, at least one of which has an aspheric surface, and the first lens component is a positive-negative-positive cemented lens in sequence from the object side. The zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions, 7<β2t/β2w<10, 5<β3t/β3w<12, 0.7<(β2t/β2w)/(β3t/β3w)<1.65) (where: β2t is the lateral magnification of the second group at the telephoto end; β2w is the lateral magnification of the second group at the wide end; β3t is the lateral magnification of the third group at the telephoto end; and β3w is the lateral magnification of the third group at the wide end). | 2013-11-14 |
20130300869 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH LENS POLLUTION DETECTION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and a processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. When the vehicle is moving, the processor at least one of (a) reads a selected set of imager register values and compare a contrast of auto exposure control zones, and wherein, responsive to a determination that a range of contrast levels is less than a threshold level, the processor determines that there are contaminants at the lens or cover of the camera, and (b) monitors outputs of photosensing elements of the camera and, when the outputs fit a Gaussian distribution, the processor classifies the photosensing elements as blocked elements and, responsive to a determination that a number of the blocked photosensing elements is greater than a threshold level, the processor determines that there are contaminants at the lens or cover of the camera. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300870 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TRAFFIC STREAM AND A TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICE - A traffic monitoring device may comprise a radar and a camera, said radar having a radar field of view extending around a radar central axis and said camera having a camera field of view extending around a camera central axis in such a manner that said radar field of view is situated within said camera field of view. The radar and the camera may be positioned so that their central axis of their field of view make a predetermined angle with respect to each other, said radar being provided for determining coordinates of moving objects. The device may comprise selecting means for selecting within said image an image section or portion representing at least part of said radar field of view and may also comprise transformation means for transforming said coordinates of said moving object within said image portion into further coordinates relative to an image reference frame for display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300871 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imager disposed in a housing and a control. The imager includes a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements and a lens. With the housing disposed in a vehicle, the imager views forwardly to the exterior of the vehicle through the vehicle windshield at a region of the windshield that is swept by a windshield wiper of the vehicle. The CMOS photosensor array is operable to capture image data. The control includes an image processor disposed in the housing. The driver assistance system identifies objects viewed by the imager via processing by the image processor of captured image data. At least in part responsive to processing of captured image data by the image processor, streetlights present exterior of the vehicle and viewed by imager are discriminated from other objects present exterior the vehicle and viewed by imager. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A BLIND SPOT - The aim of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for displaying a blind spot, which involve displaying at least one image of the surroundings of a vehicle, said image being provided by an imaging unit including a camera, a GPS navigation system, and/or a street-view receiver, so as to provide a driver with information on the blind spots of a front portion, a rear portion, and a side portion of a vehicle that are hidden by said vehicle and thus not easily seen within the field of view of the drive during the travel of the vehicle. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300873 | METHOD FOR MULTICHANNEL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES - A method for multichannel video monitoring of traffic interchanges relating to methods for multichannel video monitoring of congestion at traffic interchanges. To broaden the functionality by providing picture transmission in real time from several video cameras spread at different distances and displaying the picture on monitors, video cameras are placed at traffic interchanges, and the information received from the video cameras is transmitted over a data transmission system bus to the central reception console where the information received from the video cameras is processed and fed to a broadcasting studio equipment room where the information is formed, for instance, by multiplexing and displayed on the end user's screen, wherein any known system for presenting processed information to the end user is used, for instance, cable TV channels by means of which the filling with pictures received from video cameras placed at traffic interchanges is performed in real time. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300874 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, POWER SAVING METHOD IN INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH RECORDS PROGRAM - [Problems to be solved] To provide an information terminal, a power saving method in the information terminal and a recording medium which records a program which are capable of efficiently suppressing power consumption related to human detection. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300875 | CORRECTION OF IMAGE DISTORTION IN IR IMAGING - There is disclosed a method, arrangement, and computer program product for correcting distortion present in an image captured using an infrared (IR) arrangement, the method for an embodiment comprising: capturing a first image using a first imaging system comprised in said IR arrangement; and correcting image distortion of the first image based on a pre-determined distortion relationship. According to embodiments, the method may further comprise capturing a second image using a second imaging system comprised in said IR arrangement, wherein: said distortion relationship represents distortion caused by said first and/or second imaging systems of said IR arrangement; and said correcting of image distortion of the first image comprises correcting image distortion with relation to the second image based on said pre-determined distortion relationship, wherein the distortion relationship represents distortion caused by said first and/or second imaging systems. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300876 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING - A system and method for sampling multi-spectral images of a dynamically changing scene facilitates independently dynamically adjusting the exposure of a photosensor based on a first group of sequences of images, while disregarding a second group of sequences of images, where each sequence of images is of a distinct color of light. In addition, the current description presents an innovative technique for constructing a multi-spectral image of a scene based on individually contrast-enhanced images of the scene. Applications include video photography and high quality true color stills camera with separate sensor arrays for each color channel. The control of the present embodiment can be used to produce photographs with truer color than conventional techniques. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300877 | TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING CAMERA MODULE HAVING VOICE COIL MOTOR - A test system for testing a camera module is provided. The camera module includes a voice coil motor and a lens received in the voice coil motor. The test system includes a first focus activating unit, a second focus activating unit, and a timing unit. The first focus activating unit controls the voice coil motor to drive the lens to move from the initial position to the focusing position for achieving a first time focus and obtains a control signal. The second focus activating unit controls the voice coil motor to drive the lens to replace to the initial position and then move the lens from the initial position to the focusing position again for achieving a second time focus. The timing unit records a first moment when the lens is replaced to the initial position and a second moment when the lens is at the focusing position again. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300878 | MEASURING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR MEASURING RESPONSE SPEED OF DISPLAY PANEL - A measuring device for measuring a response speed of a display panel is provided. The measuring device includes a microcontroller and at least one photo sensor. The microcontroller provides a control command, according to which a display controller of the display panel provides test pattern to the display panel. The photo sensor senses a test frame displayed corresponding to the test pattern by the display panel, and provides a corresponding sensing signal associated with brightness and a response signal. According to the response signal, the response speed of the display panel is calculated. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PARAMETER ANALYSIS AND TRANSMISSION - A system for analyzing video signals generated by an imaging modality is disclosed. The system includes a video signal input port to which a signal output of the imaging modality being can be connected. Additionally, there is a central processor that includes an analog input module, a signal analysis module, and a data communications module. A plurality of video signal parameters may be measurable from the video signal by the signal analysis module. The system also includes a data output port that is linked to the data communications module of the central processor, which is connectable to an external device for transferring the measure signal parameters thereto. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300880 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATION APPARATUS - An SMA actuation apparatus comprises a support structure, a movable element movably supported on the support structure and an arrangement of three or more SMA actuator wires mechanically connected between the support structure and the movable element. The SMA actuator wires have an interconnection at the movable element that electrically connects the group of SMA actuator wires together. This avoids the need to make a separate electrical connection to the movable element. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300881 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image stabilization control apparatus including a mechanism which causes a vibration when the mechanism moves is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vibration correction unit configured to correct image shake occurring due to vibration applied to the image stabilization control apparatus. A correction value of an angular velocity of the vibration is calculated based on signals based on the angular velocity and an acceleration of the vibration, frequency bands of the signals are narrowed. During the mechanism is moving, the image shake is corrected by driving the vibration correction unit based on the angular velocity of the vibration which is corrected by the corrected value calculated before the mechanism moves. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300882 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes an acceleration sensor having a first measurement axis and a second measurement axis that intersect each other, and arranged on a plane that intersects the imaging optical axis of the image capturing apparatus while inclining the first and second measurement axes by about 45° in the vertical direction, and a calculation unit that calculates the arc tangent of the ratio of the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the first measurement axis and the detection result of an acceleration due to gravity by the second measurement axis, thereby obtaining the inclination degree of the image capturing apparatus in the rolling direction. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300883 | Vision System and Method for Motion Adaptive Integration of Image Frames - A night vision device and method for filtering a series of image frames that depict a moving subject, which thereby improves the signal-to-noise ratio of each image frame, is provided. A composite image is formed for each image frame by combining pixel values in a current image frame with pixel values in composite images corresponding to image frames acquired before the current image frame. Additionally, pixels values in image frames acquired subsequent to the acquisition of the current image frame are included when forming the composite image. A bi-directional recursive filter is used to weight the contributions from the previous composite images and subsequent image frames with a decay constant. Motion of the imaging system is optionally compensated for by establishing a moving reference frame and shifting the image frames to account for this motion; thus, registering the image frames before filtering the current image frame. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300884 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES USING ORIENTATION DETECTORS TO IMPLEMENT AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE MECHANISMS - Several methods and apparatuses for implementing automatic exposure mechanisms for image capturing devices are described. In one embodiment, an orientation detector located in the device determines orientation data for the device, The automatic exposure mechanism projects an orientation vector into an image plane of an image sensor, Next, the automatic exposure mechanism adjusts an initial position of a metering area used for automatic exposure towards a target position based on the projected orientation vector. The automatic exposure mechanism optionally dampens the adjustment of the metering area. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300885 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION AND DISPLAY - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for image registration and display are provided. In the method, a registration request is respectively sent to each of the electronic apparatuses to control the electronic apparatus to capture a local image and return the captured local image to the master apparatus. Next, an image registration is performed on the local images to obtain registration information among the local images. Then, a relative location between the master apparatus and each electronic apparatus is estimated according to the registration information. Finally, at least one frame to be displayed are oriented according to the estimated relative locations and sent to the electronic apparatuses for display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300886 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a histogram shape determination unit that acquires a histogram of luminance values from video captured by an image capturing unit and determines whether or not the captured video is a night scene from the shape of the histogram. The imaging apparatus also includes a point light source determination unit that acquires the maximum value of contrast for each horizontal line in the video as a line evaluation value and determines whether the captured video is a night scene based on whether or not the line evaluation value has a characteristic of an object as a point light source. If the histogram shape determination unit and the point light source determination unit determine that the captured video is a night scene, the imaging apparatus determines that the scene captured by the image capturing unit is a night scene. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300887 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA HAVING MULTIPLE SENSORS FOR CAPTURING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES AND RELATED METHODS - A camera has two distinct image sensor arrays. The image sensor arrays are at least one of different types and different resolutions. The image sensor arrays have different dynamic ranges such that one of the image sensor arrays is a high dynamic range image sensor array configured to capture a wider range of light intensity than the other of the image sensor arrays. The camera has an imaging mechanism configured to combine information collected by each of the image sensor arrays to produce a high dynamic range image. The image sensor arrays include one low resolution image sensor array having a high dynamic range, and one high resolution image sensor array having a normal dynamic range smaller than the high dynamic range wherein luminance values within the normal dynamic range represent a subset of luminance values within the high dynamic range. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300888 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S | 2013-11-14 |
20130300889 | DIGITAL IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital imaging apparatus and method by which an auto-focus (AF) operation may be effectively performed during capture of a moving image. The apparatus performs the AF operation during the capture of the moving image when it is determined that a lens is appropriate for capturing the moving image based on received lens information and stops the AF operation during the capture of the moving image when it is determined that the lens is inappropriate for capturing the moving image. When the lens inappropriate for capturing the moving image is mounted, the AF operation may be performed using an additional switch or a manual-focus (MF) operation may be performed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300890 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processor includes a first acquirer that acquires a matching tap having a target pixel at the center, a second acquirer that acquires plural matching taps each having, at the center, one of pixels in a search area including the pixels surrounding the target pixel, a similarity identifier that identifies, among the matching taps acquired by the second acquirer, a similarity maximizing pixel representing a central pixel of the matching tap having the highest similarity to the matching tap acquired by the first acquirer, and a mixing controller that computes a pixel value of the target pixel by mixing a pixel value obtained by performing a predetermined arithmetic process on pixel values of a prediction tap having the target pixel at the center with a pixel value obtained by performing a predetermined arithmetic process on pixel values of a prediction tap having the similarity maximizing pixel at the center. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300891 | Identifying Facial Expressions in Acquired Digital Images - A face is detected and identified within an acquired digital image. One or more features of the face is/are extracted from the digital image, including two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, or lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes, or both. A model including multiple shape parameters is applied to the two independent eyes or subsets of features of each of the two eyes, and/or to the lips or partial lips or one or more other mouth features and one or both eyes. One or more similarities between the one or more features of the face and a library of reference feature sets is/are determined. A probable facial expression is identified based on the determining of the one or more similarities. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300892 | CAMERA CONTROL APPARATUS, CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera control apparatus comprises a processor adapted to control a display to display a plurality of sensed images respectively obtained from a plurality of cameras and a transmitter adapted to transmit a command to control another camera to execute color adjustment based on an image signal of a reference region of an image of a reference camera of the images displayed as a list by the processor. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300893 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL ENCODING DEVICE - The device for encoding a Bayer pattern image includes a two-dimensional high-pass filtering means for calculating a GH coefficient which is a high-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G1 pixel, from the value of the G1 pixel and the values of four G0 pixels in the neighborhood of the G1 pixel; a two-dimensional low-pass filtering means for calculating a GL coefficient which is a low-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G0 pixel, from the value of the G0 pixel and the values of four GH coefficients in the neighborhood of the G0 pixel; a first encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GH coefficient; and a second encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GL coefficient. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATED PREVIEW FOR PREFERRED IMAGE EXPOSURE - Systems and methods for simulating an image exposure capture a first set of images of a scene; and generate a flash preview image based on the first set of images, an estimated scene spectral reflectance, an estimated spectral power distribution of the scene, and one or more flash device settings, wherein the flash preview image approximates a brightness and a color appearance of a final image of the scene captured while the scene is illuminated by a flash device according to the one or more flash device settings | 2013-11-14 |
20130300895 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprises: a sensor that photoelectrically converts incidence light and outputs an image signal; a focus control unit that performs focus control based on a contrast of the image signal corresponding to each of a plurality of focus control areas set within an image capturing area; a counting unit that detects and counts, from among the plurality of focus control areas, high luminance focus control areas indicating a luminance of at least a predetermined luminance; and an exposure control unit that performs exposure control, in a case where the counted number is a first number, so as to reduce an exposure amount of the sensor to less than when the counted number is a second number that is smaller than the first number, the exposure control being performed before the focus control by the focus control unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300896 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PHOTO MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A photo management method implemented by an electronic device having a first camera and a second camera includes capturing a first photo by the first camera and capturing a simultaneous second photo by the second camera of the face of a user. Facial characteristics are extracted from the second photo and the characteristics are added to attribute information of the first photo. When the user wants to browse photos showing or including himself/herself, a third photo of the user is captured and facial characteristics extracted. One or more first photos are determined according to the facial characteristics of the third photo, and the one or more first photos showing or including the user are collected in one group and displayed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300897 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquiring unit, a storage unit, and an image processing unit, wherein the image region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions in the vertical direction, and wherein when the rectangular range set in the image region extends over two or more sub-regions, the image processing unit acquires the cumulative value at a pixel position in the lowermost sub-region of the two or more sub-regions by adding the cumulative values in the upper sub-regions at the pixel position in the same column of a lowermost row in the upper sub-regions, over which the rectangular range extends, to the cumulative value in the lowermost sub-region at the pixel position in the lowermost sub-region. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300898 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A BUFFER MEMORY FOR IMAGE DATA STORAGE - Two local buffers are provided between an image processing unit and an image compression and expansion unit for compression into a predetermined format. Write and read control units serve to alternately use the two local buffers. As a result, process flow starting from the image processing unit to generate compressed image data by the image compression and expansion unit requires no main memory, whereby high-speed image processing is allowed with low power consumption. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300899 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Conventional calculation of light source data requires a high load and is unstable. An information processing device derives light source data which represents a state of a light source of an image represented by a captured image based on image capturing condition data at the time of capturing the image of a subject. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300900 | Automated Recognition Algorithm For Detecting Facial Expressions - This document discloses a solution for detecting human facial micro-expressions automatically by a video analysis system. Facial micro-expressions are involuntary expressions having a very short duration. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300901 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises a noise suppression unit configured to perform noise suppression processing to a plurality of color signals obtained by band dividing an image signal by color, a one-plane conversion unit configured to generate a one-plane image having one signal per pixel, from the plurality of color signals to which the noise suppression processing has been done by the noise suppression unit, a processing unit configured to perform image processing in which a frequency characteristic changes, with respect to the one-plane image, a noise extraction unit configured to extract a noise component from the image signal, and an adding unit configured to add the noise component extracted by the noise extraction unit to a signal obtained by the processing unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130300902 | COLOR IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL ARRAY - An image sensor that has a two-dimensional pixel array consisting of blue, green, and red pixels. The blue pixel comprises a blue color filter, a doped region of a second conductivity type disposed in the substrate and arranged to collect charge carriers generated by photons that enter the substrate from the blue color filter, and a transfer switch connected to transfer charges from the doped region. A trap region of the second conductivity type is buried under the doped region. Charge carriers collected by the trap region during a charge integration period of the doped region are drained to a surface of the substrate. No charges collected by the trap region during the charge integration period is used for generating a color image that is generated using a signal that results from charge carriers collected by the doped region during the charge integration period. | 2013-11-14 |