52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150373236 | LIFELOG CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME USING VOICE TRIGGERS - A lifelog camera is configured to capture the digital image without user input upon detection of a sound-based trigger in an audio signal output by a microphone present at the lifelog camera. The sound-based trigger is indicative of activity of the user or another person near the user. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373237 | Method for manufacturing an imager module and a corresponding imager module - A method for manufacturing an imager module, includes: applying a flexible, in particular elastic, receiving area to a carrier device, for example, a metal plate, and applying an image sensor to the flexible receiving area, the image sensor being tiltable and/or pivotable with the flexible receiving area, attaching a lens, in particular including a guide device, on the image sensor so that the lens aligns the image sensor so that an axis, in particular an optical axis of the lens, extends essentially in parallel to a normal of the image sensor, and fixing the lens on the image sensor and/or the carrier device. The guide device may be formed by three guide pins here, whose lower pin ends define a support plane, which is placed on a sensor surface. In addition, an imager module manufactured in this way is created. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373238 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A camera module includes a multilayer base body including a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion, and a connecting portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are connected to the connecting portion. A connector element is arranged in the second mounting portion. The first mounting portion includes a cavity, and a penetration hole penetrating from the cavity to one surface of the first mounting portion. An image sensor IC is arranged in the cavity, and the lens unit is arranged on the one surface of the first mounting portion at a location at or near the penetration hole. Peripheral circuit components and conductor patterns are mounted to or incorporated in the first mounting portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373239 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - In an image sensor module, a board may be provided with an accommodating groove and an image sensor may be disposed in the accommodating groove to decrease a space occupied by the image sensor. In addition, a side wall of the accommodating groove may be provided as an inclined surface and a bonding pad may be formed on the inclined surface to decrease a length of a bonding wire for electrically connecting the image sensor and the board to each other, whereby the overall size of the image sensor module may be decreased. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373240 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging optical system, an image sensor, and an optical fiber bundle including optical fibers to guide light from the system to the sensor. The optical fiber bundle includes an optical fibers first and second pair, each pair having two optical fibers that are adjacent in a meridional direction. In the first and second pair of optical fibers, a first value, which is a value representing a ratio of a distance component in the meridional direction between the optical fibers centers along a light-exit surface to a distance component in the meridional direction between optical fibers centers along a light-incident surface, is greater than one. The optical fibers second pair is located farther from an optical system optical axis than the optical fibers first pair. The first value in the optical fibers second pair is greater than the first value in the optical fibers first pair. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373241 | Method for producing a camera, and a camera for a vehicle - A method for producing a camera includes: mounting an image sensor on a circuit carrier and contacting with a power device for recording image signals of the image sensor; measuring an objective while ascertaining a tilting angle of its optical axis in terms of an amount and azimuth; providing an objective holder having a tube and locating pins; placing the objective holder with its locating pins on at least one of the circuit carrier and the image sensor; inserting the objective in a specified rotational position or at an azimuth angle into the tube as a function of the ascertained tilting angle; and adjusting the focus. An axis of symmetry of the tube of the objective holder has a counter-tilting angle with respect to a surface normal of the image sensor, which is the opposite of the ascertained tilting angle or the image shell tilting of the objective. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373242 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373243 | LIGHT RECEIVING AND EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a light receiving and emitting device including: a light receiving and emitting unit configured to have a plurality of pixels that receive light and perform photoelectric conversion through which an electric signal corresponding to an amount of the light is output and a plurality of light emitting units that emit light, the two or more light emitting units being disposed for every two or more pixels; an imaging optical system configured to form an image on the pixels of the light receiving and emitting unit; and a control unit configured to independently control light emission of the plurality of respective light emitting units. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373244 | VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A video signal generating apparatus is disclosed which includes: a camera configured to generate a video signal; an operating device configured to operate at least either the camera or an apparatus configured to receive the video signal; a text data generating device configured to generate text data including a meaningful term in response to the operation performed on the operating device; and a text data inserting device configured to insert the text data generated by the text data generating device into the video signal in a corresponding manner. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373245 | Processing Method Of Scene Image Of Device With Shooting Function, Device With Shooting Function And Storage Medium - One or more embodiments of the present application provide a processing method of a scene image of a device with a shooting function, the device with the shooting function and a storage medium. The method includes: determining first and second combined regions in a pre-shot image of a shot scene according to gray values of pixels in the pre-shot image; determining first and second exposures according to the determined first and second combined regions respectively; adjusting respectively gray values of pixels in a first image region corresponding to the first combined region in a first image shot at the first exposure, and gray values of pixels in a second image region corresponding to the second combined region in a second image shot at the second exposure; and splicing the two adjusted image regions together to obtain the scene image. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373246 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD - A method performed by a digital camera includes calculating brightness of image data captured by an imaging device; determining whether the brightness of the image data is within a valid range for controlling a set exposure value of the imaging device; changing the set exposure value for each frame until the brightness of the image data becomes within the valid range, based on a difference between a first exposure value corresponding to a lower limit of the valid range and a second exposure value corresponding to an upper limit of the valid range; and after the brightness of the image data becomes within the valid range, controlling the set exposure value based on the brightness of the image data within the valid range and a valid exposure value corresponding to the brightness of the image data within the valid range. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC RANGE EXPANSION OF LDR VIDEO SEQUENCE - A method and apparatus for dynamic range expansion of an LDR video sequence are suggested. The suggested method comprises the steps of: acquiring the LDR video sequence and at least one HDR panoramas concurrently, an image in said HDR encompassing a wider field of view than an image in said LDR; determining a dynamic range expansion operator based on the LDR video sequence and the HDR panoramas; and applying the determined dynamic range expansion operator on the LDR video sequence. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373248 | Intelligent Auto-Exposure Bracketing - Techniques to adaptively select bracket settings during auto-exposure bracket (AEB) operations are described. In general, AEB settings for a current image may be based on the evaluation of prior bracketed images. For example, the current exposure setting established by an auto-exposure mechanism (EV0) may be compared with a prior EV0 image. If the two are consistent, the prior image's lower and upper f-stop setting images (EV− and EV+) may be used to adaptively change the bracket settings for the current image's EV− and EV+ images. In another implementation, the most recently obtained EV− and EV+ images may be used to adaptively change the bracket settings for the current image—no prior capture being necessary. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373249 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects brightness of light from an object, an XY addressing type of image sensor, a focal plane shutter having a mechanical second curtain shutter, an electronic first curtain shutter that resets the pixels in each line, and causes accumulation of charges in the pixels to start, a period detection unit that detects periodic variation in a light amount, a prediction unit that, based on the period of the variation in the light amount, predicts variation in the light amount in a predetermined exposure time, and a control unit that controls a reset time of the electronic first curtain shutter such that charge accumulation amounts of the pixels of each line fall within a predetermined range according to the variation in the light amount. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373250 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD PROVIDING WIDE DYNAMIC-RANGE OPERATION OF AUTO-FOCUS(AF) FOCUS STATE SENSOR ELEMENTS, DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - A method and apparatus performing scene-adaptive auto-focusing for image capture with a variable-focus lens. The array of color pixels includes a array of half-covered light sensors to obtain lens-focus state information. The exposure time of the plurality of partially-covered light sensors is dynamically selected as long-exposure or short-exposure, based upon a current measurement of a property (e.g., brightness, or color-specific brightness) of a selected region of interest within a scene to be captured by the array. Then, focus state information corresponding to the selected region of interest is obtained by capturing light from the selected region of interest with first and second partially-covered light sensors. The exposure time of the partially-covered light sensors can be changed based on whether the brightness is greater than a predetermined threshold value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373251 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup device includes a pixel section in which image pixels and phase difference pixels are arranged in a matrix shape, an image-signal generating section that stores pixel signals outputted from the pixel section in a memory section for one or more rows of unit rows, which are rows of unit pixels configured by a plurality of pixels adjacent to each other, combines, for each of the unit rows, the pixel signals of the unit pixels as combined pixel signals, and extracts phase difference pixel signals from the unit row, and an image-signal readout section that reads out, as signals of one row, the combined pixel signals and the phase difference pixel signals of one unit row generated by the image-signal generating section. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373252 | AUTOFOCUS FOR FOLDED OPTIC ARRAY CAMERAS - Aspects relate to autofocus systems and techniques for an array camera having a low-profile height, for example approximately 4 mm. A voice coil motor (VCM) can be positioned proximate to a folded optic assembly in the array camera to enable vertical motion of a second light directing surface for changing the focal position of the corresponding sensor. A driving member can be positioned within the coil of the VCM to provide vertical movement, and the driving member can be coupled to the second light directing surface, for example by a lever. Accordingly, the movement of the VCM driving member can be transferred to the second light directing surface across a distance, providing autofocus capabilities without increasing the overall height of the array camera. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373253 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus comprising an imaging element for capturing an object image, and a sensor dedicated to focus detection for receiving light reflected from the object to output a signal for focus detection is provided. The image pickup apparatus carries out continuous shooting that sequentially exposes an imaging element. The image pickup apparatus acquires mode related information used in the determination of a focus adjusting mode applied to an interval between each of the exposures during the continuous shooting, and based on the acquired mode related information, determines either a first focus adjusting mode for calculating a defocus amount based on a signal output by the imaging element or a second focus adjusting mode for calculating the defocus amount based on a signal for focus detection output by the sensor dedicated for focus detecting, to be the focus adjusting mode applied to the interval between each of the exposures. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373254 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to receive an incident light beam from regions of a pupil of an optical system different from each other to output a first image signal and a second image signal, and a calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value while relatively shifting the first and second image signals from pixels included in a predetermined range to calculate a defocus amount, and the calculation unit is configured to change a size of the predetermined range so that a center of a visual field range relative to a position of a target pixel does not vary depending on a shift amount between the first and second image signals. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373255 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SENSOR AND DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The inventive concepts provide an auto-focus image sensor and a digital image processing device including the same. The auto-focus image sensor includes a substrate including at least one first pixel used for detecting a phase difference and at least one second pixel used for detecting an image, a deep device isolation portion disposed in the substrate to isolate the first pixel from the second pixel, and a light shielding pattern disposed on the substrate of at least the first pixel. The amount of light incident on the first pixel is smaller than the amount of light incident on the second pixel by the light shielding pattern. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373256 | RADIAL FPA BASED ELECTRO-OPTIC IMAGER - A radial FPA based electro-optic imager, rather than the conventional rectilinear approach, would have basic overall system design advantages. Those system design advantages would apply to the components and the entire system implementation and include approaches to objective optical design, focal plane array FPA with fill factor, FPA layout and associated read-out integrated circuit ROIC, support electronics architecture and associated memory requirements, image processing IP algorithms, display layout and format, and eyepiece optics. A radial based approach to EO imagers would yield a device/system with attributes requiring less complicated optical components, with potentially fewer elements, for both the objective and eyepiece lenses. In addition, alternative objective optics could be more easily employed, such as holographic or wave front coded, due to reduced complexity of implementing correction algorithms as a result of referencing the system around its optical axis. The radial readout EO system would have pixel ‘one’ at the center and be ‘read out and displayed’ like the rings of a tree rather than words on a page. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373257 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PERMANENT COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A storage portion stores ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150373258 | Systems and Methods for Automatically Capturing Digital Images Based on Adaptive Image-Capturing Templates - A digital recording device is configured to automatically capture digital images. In the digital recording device, a camera module operating in a live preview mode generates a video stream comprising digital images. A content analyzer generates a trigger signal based on an initial image-capturing template. The camera module captures and stores digital images responsive to receiving the trigger signal. A user interface component receives from a user one or more selections among the stored digital images, a template adjuster adjusts at least one target pose specified by the image-capturing template based on the one or more user selections, wherein the content analyzer generates the trigger signal based on the adjusted image-capturing template. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373259 | Digital-Photo Analyzing Apparatus and Computer-Readable Medium Storing Digital-Photo Analyzing Program - Digital-photo analyzing apparatus and computer-readable medium storing a digital-photo analyzing program for presenting the relationship between respective values and the quality of a digital photo based on a shutter speed, a TV value, a diaphragm value, an AV value, an ISO sensitivity, or a shooting record EV value of the digital photo. The digital-photo analyzing apparatus displays: a two-dimensional matrix using the shutter speed as a scale, the TV value, the diaphragm value, the AV value, or the shooting record EV value; and a three-dimensional matrix further using the ISO sensitivity as a scale. The two-dimensional matrix and the three-dimensional matrix display a plot or a thumbnail of the digital photo. Reference to the two-dimensional matrix or the three-dimensional matrix displaying the plot or the thumbnail allows a user to recognize the relationship between the digital photo and various values and analyze the various values affecting on the quality of the digital photo. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373260 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image pickup device including: a composition detection unit configured to calculate a time at which an object that is specified by a user and is included in a captured image achieves a composition specified by the user; a time calculation unit configured to calculate a time after start instruction of image pickup operation is issued but before an image is captured; and an image pickup control unit configured to start image pickup processing of the image in response to the start instruction of the image pickup operation. The composition detection unit issues the start instruction of the image pickup operation to the image pickup control unit the time calculated by the time calculation unit before the time at which the composition specified by the user is achieved. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373261 | Array Cameras and Array Camera Modules including Spectral Filters Disposed Outside of a Constituent Image Sensor - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement array cameras and array camera modules that have spectral filters disposed outside of constituent image sensors. In one embodiment, an array camera module includes: a lens stack array including lens elements arranged to form a plurality of optical channels, each optical channel including a field-of-view that is shifted with respect to the fields-of-views of each other optical channel so that each shift includes a sub-pixel shifted view of the scene, a glass substrate located within an optical channel, and a spectral filter disposed within, or else proximate to, a glass substrate within the lens stack array; and an imager array including a plurality of focal planes, where each focal plane includes a plurality of rows of pixels that also form a plurality of columns of pixels, and where each focal plane does not include pixels from another focal plane. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373262 | MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM USING FOLDED OPTICS FREE FROM PARALLAX AND TILT ARTIFACTS - Aspects relate to an array camera exhibiting little or no parallax artifacts in captured images. For example, the planes of the central mirror prism of the array camera can intersect at an apex defining the vertical axis of symmetry of the system. The apex can serve as a point of intersection for the optical axes of the sensors in the array. Each sensor in the array “sees” a portion of the image scene using a corresponding facet of the central mirror prism, and accordingly each individual sensor/mirror pair represents only a sub-aperture of the total array camera. The complete array camera has a synthetic aperture generated based on the sum of all individual aperture rays. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373263 | MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM USING FOLDED OPTICS FREE FROM PARALLAX ARTIFACTS - Aspects relate to an array camera exhibiting little or no parallax artifacts in captured images. For example, the planes of the central mirror surfaces of the array camera can be located at a midpoint along, and orthogonally to, a line between the corresponding camera location and the virtual camera location. Accordingly, the cones of all of the cameras in the array appear as if coming from the virtual camera location after folding by the mirrors. Each sensor in the array “sees” a portion of the image scene using a corresponding facet of the central mirror prism, and accordingly each individual sensor/mirror pair represents only a sub-aperture of the total array camera. The complete array camera has a synthetic aperture generated based on the sum of all individual aperture rays. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373264 | DIGITAL MIRROR APPARATUS - Provided is a digital mirror apparatus including: a camera that captures an image of a user; a display having a display surface located at a position that allows the user to visually identify the display; a controller; a memory; and a control panel operable by the user, wherein the controller: horizontally flips a live image of the user that is being captured by the camera to generate a mirror image; reads a reference image to be compared with the mirror image; superimposes the reference image on the mirror image to display on the display a display image in a region of the display in which the reference image and the mirror image overlap one another; and stores one frame of the live image in the memory, based on an operation performed on the control panel by the user while the display image is displayed on the display. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373265 | Phase Gratings with Odd Symmetry for High-Resolution Lensed and Lensless Optical Sensing - A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. The grating includes upper and lower features that define boundaries of odd symmetry. The features include upper and lower segments of various widths on opposite sides of each boundary, the upper segments at a height sufficient to induce one half wavelength of retardation in the band of interest relative to the lower segments. The resultant interference produces the spatial modulations for capture by the array. Photographs and other image information can be extracted from the captured data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373266 | 360 DEGREE MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM - A 360 degree camera system includes a support structure, a plurality of image capture devices, a plurality of lens systems, and an image processing system. The image capture devices are positioned such that their height is greater than their width. The image processing system includes a rotation module for remapping the pixel addresses of the image data to join the captured images along their long edges. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373267 | WIDE-AREA AERIAL CAMERA SYSTEMS - A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising at least one camera unit, the at least one camera unit comprising at least one detail camera, the pointing direction of the at least one detail camera time-multiplexed via a steerable mirror to implement a virtual array of cameras with overlapping fields of view, thereby to allow the at least one detail camera to capture an extended field of view. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373268 | PARALLAX FREE MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CAPTURING FULL SPHERICAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for producing spherical field-of-view images. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes a front camera having a first field-of-view (FOV) in a first direction and an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a back camera having an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a plurality of side cameras disposed between the front camera and the back camera, a back light re-directing reflective mirror component disposed between the back camera and plurality of side cameras, the back light re-directing reflective mirror component further disposed perpendicular to the optical axis of the back camera, and a plurality of side light re-directing reflective mirror components, each of the plurality of side cameras positioned to receive light re-directed reflected from one of the plurality of light redirecting reflective mirror components. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373269 | PARALLAX FREE THIN MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CAPTURING FULL WIDE FIELD OF VIEW IMAGES - Methods and systems for producing wide field of view field-of-view images are disclosed. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes a front camera having a first field-of-view (FOV) in a first direction and an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a back camera having an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a plurality of side cameras disposed between the front camera and the back camera, a back light re-directing reflective mirror component disposed between the back camera and plurality of side cameras, the back light re-directing reflective mirror component further disposed perpendicular to the optical axis of the back camera, and a plurality of side light re-directing reflective mirror components, each of the plurality of side cameras positioned to receive light re-directed reflected from one of the plurality of light redirecting reflective mirror components. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373270 | Image Processing System And Method Using Serially Coupled Cameras For Providing Extended View - A system and method for generating an image includes a plurality of imaging units coupled together and a system controller coupled to the plurality of imaging units for providing at least one signal to each of the plurality of imaging units. Each of the imaging units comprises: an image sensing unit for generating an in-situ image, each in-situ image being a portion of the image; an input for receiving the in-situ image; a composition unit for receiving a first composite image and producing a second composite image, the second composite image being a combination of the first composite image and the in-situ image; and an output at which the second composite image is provided. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373271 | VARIABLE POWER RELAY OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable power relay optical system is arranged closer to an image side than an imaging optical system. The variable power relay optical system includes, in order from a side of the imaging optical system, a front group that is arranged between the imaging optical system and a position of an image of a sample that is formed by the imaging optical system, the front group forming an intermediate image formed by reducing the image, and a rear group that forms a relay image formed by magnifying the intermediate image, the rear group including a plurality of lens groups that each move along an optical axis so as to change magnification of the rear group without changing a distance from the front group to the relay image. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373272 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes first and second frames accommodated in housing, and a hand-shake correction unit. The hand-shake correction unit is provided on the first frame or the second frame and configured to generate a driving force in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of a lens accommodated in the first and second frames. Sidewalls of the housing opposite to each other comprise different thicknesses. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373273 | VISUALIZING PINPOINT ATTRACTION OBJECTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A method, system, and computer program product for visualizing pinpoint attraction objects in three dimensional space are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A determination is made that an image includes an object of interest, a first observer observing the object of interest from a first perspective. An observation position is determined from which the image has been captured. A perspective information is computed from the observation position to the object of interest, wherein the perspective information is sufficient to allow a second observer to observe the object of interest from the first perspective. The perspective information is stored, in a repository accessible by a second observer, as tag data associated with the object of interest. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373274 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A display device includes circuitry configured to: selectively execute a first control and a second control, the first control performing both a capture process by an image capturing device and an image recognition process which detects specific object from an image captured by the image capturing device, and the second control performing the capture process from among the capture process and the image recognition device, and display a content corresponding to the specific object on the image during an execution of the first control when the specific object is detected from the image in the image recognition process during the execution of the first control. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373275 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus according to the present invention, includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire captured image data from an image capturing apparatus; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information representing a user operation performed on the image capturing apparatus, from the image capturing apparatus; an image processing unit configured to generate processed image data by carrying out image processing corresponding to the operation information acquired by the second acquisition unit on the captured image data acquired by the first acquisition unit; and a display unit configured to display a processed image based on the processed image data on a screen. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373276 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF PIXEL ARRAYS - An imaging device includes a first pixel array arrange to capture a first image and a second pixel array arranged to capture a second image. The imaging device also includes shutter control circuitry which is coupled to the first pixel array to initiate a first exposure period of the first pixel array to capture the first image. The shutter control circuitry is also coupled to the second pixel array to initiate a second exposure period of the second pixel array to capture the second image. The imaging device also includes processing logic coupled to receive first pixel data of the first image and coupled to receive second pixel data of the second image. The processing logic is configured to generate at least one image using the first pixel data and the second pixel data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373277 | ADAPTIVE GAIN ADJUSTMENT IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM - Systems for processing pixel signals generated by an image sensor to create improved images. More particularly, systems and methods are disclosed that adjust the gain on, inter alia, a pixel-by-pixel basis, to improve the dynamic range of the imaging system. The systems may include level detectors that measure the amplitude of a pixel signal and, based on that measurement, amplify that pixel signal by an amount that allows certain subsequent processing of the pixel signal to be more accurate. More accurately processed pixel signals can provide better overall images. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373278 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquirement section, a correction section, and an image production section. The image acquirement section acquires an image signal representing an image, the image signal is generated by light receiving elements that receive lights from a specific space preliminarily defined in a vicinity of a vehicle via a near infrared passing filter mainly transmitting near infrared lights and a visible light passing filter transmitting visible lights and near infrared lights, respectively. The image includes multiple areas and indicates the specific space projected onto a plane. The correction section corrects each area of the image by amplifying intensity of near infrared lights with an increasing amplification factor when a difference between the intensity of near infrared lights and intensity of visible lights and near infrared lights becomes smaller. The image production section produces a new image based on the corrected areas of the image. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373279 | WIDE FIELD OF VIEW ARRAY CAMERA FOR HEMISPHERIC AND SPHERICAL IMAGING - Aspects relate to methods and systems for producing ultra-wide field of view images. In some embodiments, an image capture system for capturing wide field-of-view images comprises an aperture, a central camera positioned to receive light through the aperture, the center camera having an optical axis, a plurality of periphery cameras disposed beside the central camera and pointed towards a portion of the optical axis of the center camera, the plurality of cameras arranged around the center camera, and a plurality of extendible reflectors. The reflectors are configured to move from a first position to a second position and have a mirrored first surface that faces away from the optical axis of the center camera and a second black surface that faces towards the optical axis of the center camera, the plurality of periphery cameras arranged around the center camera. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373280 | ALGORITHM FOR PRE-PROCESSING OF VIDEO EFFECTS - A system and method of processing a video decode contents of a video container into a sequence of frames, and apply a video effect to each frame in the sequence of frames to produce corresponding modified frames. A sequence of differential frames is determined based on a comparison of the sequence of frames and the corresponding modified frames. A prediction operation is performed to the sequence of differential frames to produce a sequence of inter frames. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373281 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MEDIA PORTIONS OF INTEREST - Systems and methods for video editing and playback are provided. In one implementation, a selected portion of a timeline for navigating media content can be repositioned and resized by user input actions received along various axes relative to the timeline. In another implementation, a plurality of signals associated with media content can be intelligently weighted based on user group historical attributes to identify portions of interest in the media content. In a further implementation, an experience map for media content is provided in which a representative signature for the content includes visual signal intensity representations and social interest concentrations over the length of the content. In another implementation, a subset of filters is determined for recommendation to a user based on one or more attributes associated with at least one of media content, the user, a group of users, or a user device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373282 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A photographing screen is divided into a plurality of blocks, for each of which a determination is made as to whether there is motion and then motion information is detected. At the same time, motion information of an image pickup apparatus is detected using an angular velocity sensor. From these motion information, the photographing screen is separated into a background region and a subject region, and contrast values in the background region are calculated. If the proportion of blocks determined to be high-contrast blocks in the background region is greater than a threshold, photographing conditions are set such that the exposure time increases as the amount of movement of the image pickup apparatus decreases. If the proportion described above is less than or equal to the threshold, photographing conditions are set such that a plurality of images are captured with different exposure times. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373283 | PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A photographing system includes a photographing device configured to photograph a surface; a detector configured to detect a change in a position of an object in a space between the surface and the photographing device; and an obtaining portion configured to obtain an image of an area of the surface by the photographing device when the detector detects the change, the area being not viewed by the photographing device before the change due to interruption of the object and being viewed by the photographing device after the change. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373284 | DETECTION OF SPURIOUS INFORMATION OR DEFECTS ON PLAYING CARD BACKS - Methods and systems detect markings or flaws on the backs of playing cards. The method includes: providing ambient radiation at a gaming table and reflecting some of that radiation off a back surface of a playing card; capturing reflected radiation with a radiation sensor; the radiation sensor transmitting signals based on the reflected radiation captured by the radiation sensor; the transmitted signals providing data that contains image data of the back of the playing card; and displaying an image of the back of the playing card based on the image data. The transmitted signals provide image data of the back of the playing card and are also received by a processor that evaluates or compares that data. The system may be an installed casino system (with eye-in-the-sky technology), a portable box, or a component within a shuffling device or dealer shoe. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373285 | Methods for Calibrating a Multiple Detector System - Methods for calibrating multiple electromagnetic radiation detectors within a detection system and methods of using such calibrated systems which include generating a calibration electromagnetic radiation beam at a first temperature. At least a portion of the calibration electromagnetic radiation beam is detected with a first electromagnetic radiation detector. An average intensity value of a plurality of pixels from the first electromagnetic radiation detector is obtained. One or more pixels of the first electromagnetic radiation detector are adjusted to decrease the difference between the intensity of an individual pixel and the average intensity value of the first electromagnetic radiation detector. Detecting at least a portion of the calibration electromagnetic radiation beam with a second electromagnetic radiation detector. One or more pixels of the second electromagnetic radiation detector are adjusted to decrease the difference between the intensity of an individual pixel and the average intensity value of the first electromagnetic radiation detector. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373286 | IMAGING DEVICE AND INFRARED IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - A low-level region detection unit is configured to detect a low-level region from a far-infrared camera image. A transparent region detection unit is configured to detect a low-level region based on at least the near-infrared camera image, the low-level region having a predetermined level or less resulting from being a transparent region that is a region covered with a visually transparent material, within the low-level region detected by the low-level region detection unit. The image segmentation unit is configured to segment a portion of the transparent region from the near-infrared camera image. The superimposition unit is configured to superimpose the portion of the transparent region onto a position of the far-infrared camera image, which corresponds to a position of the transparent region, and generate a synthetic image. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373287 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit configured to employ a first mode and a second mode; and a controller configured to read out, in the first mode, a first row, and read out, in the second mode and a mode different from the second mode, a second row, the first row being read out in the first mode during a first read-out period, the second row being read out in the second mode during a second read-out period, the second row read out in the mode different from the second mode during a third read-out period, and the first to third read-out periods having the same length. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373288 | METHODS TO COMPENSATE MANUFACTURING VARIATIONS AND DESIGN IMPERFECTIONS IN A DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes (a) a non-volatile memory containing corrective data for compensating input image data received; (b) display hardware receiving control and data signals for displaying an image; and (c) an image processing circuit that retrieves the corrective data from the non-volatile memory to generate the data signals for the display hardware, after applying the corrective data to each color component of each pixel in the input image data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373289 | Image Sensors Including Pixel Arrays - An image sensor capable of preventing generation of a line-type defect is disclosed. The image sensor includes a row driver, a pixel array, an analog signal processor, a data mapping buffer and a row data buffer. The pixel array has a layout configuration having a nonlinear pattern for a row path and a column path, receives optical signals and converts the optical signals into electric signals, and outputs the electric signals as image signals in response to the pixel control signals. The analog signal processor performs analog-to-digital conversion on the image signals to generate first signals. The data mapping buffer compensates position errors caused by the layout configuration of the zigzag pattern for the first signals to generate a second signals. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373290 | Image Sensor Architecture with Power Saving Readout - Pixels within an image sensor pixel array are sampled by corresponding conditional read circuitry. A zero pixel value is outputted for each pixel associated with a sample less than a conversion threshold, and a saturated pixel value is outputted for each pixel associated with a sample greater than or equal to a saturation threshold. Samples greater than or equal to the conversion threshold and less than the saturation threshold are converted by an ADC, and a converted pixel value is output for each associated above threshold pixel. The ADC (along with any corresponding amplifiers) are powered on for a variable period depending on the number of pixels needing conversion during the conversion of such samples during a read period, and are powered off for the remainder of the read period. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373291 | METHOD OF DRIVING AN IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR EMPLOYING THE SAME, AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An image sensor includes a pixel array including at least one unit pixel configured to generate accumulated charges, a correlated double sampler configured to perform a correlated double sampling operation to extract an effective signal component based on a signal component and a reset component from the unit pixel for at least first and second read-out periods, the correlated double sampler configured to read out an image signal during the first read-out period and to read out a light noise signal during the second read-out period, an analog-digital converter configured to convert the image signal into a first digital signal and to convert the light noise signal into a second digital signal and an image compensator configured to generate a compensated image signal based on the second digital signal and the first digital signal. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373292 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes sensor arrays each having a plurality of subarrays having a plurality of sensors which output signals based on radiation or light, and a plurality of temperature sensors which output signals based on temperatures of the sensor arrays. In this case, a signal output from one subarray of the plurality of subarrays and a signal of one temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors are read out through a line to which the sensor included in the one subarray and the one temperature sensor are commonly connected. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373293 | VIDEO ACQUISITION WITH ADAPTIVE FRAME RATE - A device is provided which comprises a camera configured to acquire a video at a first frame rate. The device further comprises an interface configured to receive control information which indicates a current environmental condition. The camera is further configured to acquire the video at a second frame rate in response to a change of the current environmental condition. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373294 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ROTATION ANGLE OF REMOTE CONTROLLER IN TELEVISION SYSTEM AND TELEVISION SYSTEM - There is provided a method for detecting a rotation angle of a remote controller( | 2015-12-24 |
20150373295 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEVICE CONFIGURATION - A method of configuring one of a digital TV receiver and a mobile device comprises receiving profile information from one of the digital TV receiver and the mobile device, the profile information including one or more profile settings, and configuring the other one of the digital TV receiver and the mobile device based on the received profile information including the one or more profile settings. The profile settings may, for example, include one or more of: a current location; a country setting; a language setting; network configuration settings; accessibility settings; a list of installed applications; a list of favorite websites; and user account settings. The configuration may be performed during an installation procedure of one of the devices, and events relating to the installation procedure, such as progress notifications and audio/video tutorials, may be triggered at the other device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373296 | Terminal Device and Computer-Readable Medium for the Same - A terminal device including a display, and a controller configured to display a first video in a main view of the display in accordance with a first display range, the first video being configured such that a display range thereof to be displayed on the display within a corresponding one of image frames constituting the first video is variable depending on each playback position of the video, acquire, from a predetermined storage device, display range information indicating a second display range of a second video, as a candidate to be displayed in the main view, the second video corresponding to a video identical to the first video displayed in the main view, and display the second video in a sub view of the display in accordance with the second display range indicated by the acquired display range information, within a corresponding one of image frames constituting the second video. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373297 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A receiving device includes a plurality of receiving circuits, a plurality of local oscillation circuits that supply local oscillation signals to each of the plurality of receiving circuits, and a control unit that controls each receiving circuit and each local oscillation circuit. The control unit provides a plurality of search algorithms for searching for a reception frequency in each of the receiving circuits, and selects a search algorithm at the time of searching for the reception frequency of each receiving circuit according to a frequency which is handled by other receiving circuit or other local oscillation circuit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373298 | VEHICLE RECORDER-MONITOR SYSTEM - A vehicle recorder-monitor system comprises a label control device providing recording modes each corresponding to a file code, clicked on by a user to determine a recording mode, and providing a recording mode signal; an image processing device connected with the label control device, receiving the recording mode signal, recording a file according to the recording mode signal, categorizing and storing the file in a file code corresponding to the recording mode, and sending out the categorized file; and a terminal control device linked to the image processing device, receiving the categorized file and transmitting the categorized file to a server for storage. The system can store the file recorded by the vehicle recorder according to the categorization and transmit the file to the terminal control device instantly, whereby the related personnel can search for and view the files in realtime. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373299 | FINE CONTROL OF MEDIA PRESENTATION PROGRESS - In a touch-based device presenting a media content playback, a first increment of a first control is determined. The first control allows a user to move forward or back in the media content in steps of the first increment using a touch-based gesture. A second increment and a size of a second control is computed using the first increment and a factor. The second increment is smaller than the first increment. The second control is constructed and presented according to the second increment and the size of the second control, the second control allowing the user to move forward or back in the media content in steps of the second increment. Responsive to the user using the second control, a forward or back movement in the media content by a multiple of the second increment is performed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO COMPRESSION OF MULTIPLE INSTANCES USING INDEX FRAMES - The system provides a method and apparatus for writing a unique copy of data associated with each of a plurality of individual users, without the need for storing duplicate copies of the entire data file. The system provides for creating an unusable copy of a portion of the data that is to be shared by all users of the complete data. The system will store and optionally encrypt and/or watermark a unique copy of the remainder portion of the data for each unique user. When accessed from storage, the system will combine the shared portion with the unique remainder to reconstitute the entire file for access by the user. Deleting the unique remainder associated with a particular user makes all of the data useless to that user. In one embodiment, the system first compresses the entire data file using index frames and delta. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373301 | INPUT FILE TRANSFORMER - A method for processing an input file containing frames of video commences by first creating a source file from the input file based on how the frames of video are compressed. Thereafter, a log file is generated for the source file, the log file having information for the frames of video in the source file. The source file then undergoes processing to yield a mezzanine file in accordance with the log file information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373302 | Multi-Media Quality of Service and Quality of User Experience Optimization Through Voice Prioritization - Techniques to optimize quality of service and quality of user experience for multi-media mobile applications are described. A traffic detection component detects the video and audio data components of a video call. Detection may be via a modified traffic detection component or via a software quality of service component exposing traffic detection component functionality to a multi-media application via an application programming interface. Based on available bandwidth for a session of the multi-media application and heuristics, video and audio data components may be placed in different contexts with different priorities. In the specific case of a video call, the video and audio data components are each associated with a quality of user experience threshold, which when available bandwidth fails to meet those thresholds, an optimizing heuristic to trigger the traffic detection component to change contexts and priorities of the video and audio data components. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373303 | EYE CONTACT ENABLING DEVICE FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING - A device and system can physically position a camera lens between the eyes of the image of the person onscreen in a video conference. To position the lens, a mechanical device may position or move the camera lens. The mechanical device can include a movable armature that can move a small camera head (i.e., a lens with or without supporting electronics) from a first position of the computer monitor (e.g., the frame of the monitor) to a second position onscreen. The second position can place the lens near or over the image of the other party, for example, between the eyes of the onscreen image of the other party. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373304 | USER/INTERACTION ASSOCIATION VIA A MEDIA GATEWAY - Methods and systems of associating a user with an interaction via a media gateway are presented. In an example method, a media gateway may identify a user of a user device interacting with the media gateway via a local interface. The media gateway may associate the user with at least one interaction of the user device with the media gateway. The media gateway may also authenticate itself with a server, and provide to the server an indication of the association of the user with the at least one interaction of the user device with the media gateway. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373305 | Fast Measurement of Droplet Parameters in Industrial Printing System - A droplet measurement system (DMS) is used in concern with an industrial printer used to fabricate a thin film layer of a flat panel electronic device. A clear tape serves as a printing substrate to receive droplets from hundreds of nozzles simultaneously, while an optics system photographs the deposited droplets through the tape (i.e., through a side opposite the printhead). This permits immediate image analysis of deposited droplets, for parameters such as per-nozzle volume, landing position and other characteristics, without having to substantially reposition the DMS or printhead. The tape can then be advanced and used for a new measurement. By providing such a high degree of concurrency, the described system permits rapid measurement and update of droplet parameters for printers that use hundreds or thousands of nozzles, to provide a real-time understanding of per-nozzle expected droplet parameters, in a manner that can be factored into print planning. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373306 | REAL-TIME VIDEO CAPTURE OF FIELD SPORTS ACTIVITIES - A system and method for video capture of a field sport activity includes a plurality of cameras deployed on a field, an operator interface configured to communicate with said plurality of cameras, and a database configured to collect game situation data and video data captured by said plurality of cameras. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373307 | Smart system powered by light socket - A smart system includes a connector plug that fits into a bulb socket; a processor to control the smart system; and at least one of a receiver and a transmitter coupled to the processor for receiving or transmitting data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373308 | REAL-TIME MOBILE VIDEO REPORTING DEVICE - A real-time mobile video reporting device installed to a motor vehicle and electrically connected to an automobile power supply includes a casing, a printed circuit board, a camera, a central processing unit, a memory, a control key and a mobile network connection module. The printed circuit board contains the camera, central processing unit, memory, control key and mobile network connection module, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the casing, such that the camera and the control key are disposed on a surface of the casing. When there is an accident, the control key may be pressed to record the scene of the accident by a video method and transmit the scene to an emergency remote reporting data center or a non-emergency remote reporting data center and car owner via a mobile wireless transmission technology, so as to report an accident quickly and prevent crime effectively. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING OF LOW RADIANCE OBJECTS - An apparatus for optical imaging of a low radiance object is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fixed polychromatic imaging device, the optical path between the polychromatic imaging device and the low radiance object being defined by a first section extending from the polychromatic imaging device to a fixed point, and a second section extending from the fixed point to the low radiance object. The apparatus also comprises a fixed high-sensitivity imaging device, the optical path between the high-sensitivity imaging device and the low radiance object being defined by a third section extending from the high-sensitivity imaging device to the fixed point, and the second section; and a focus controller arranged to control the focus of the high-sensitivity imaging device based on the focus of the polychromatic imaging device and the respective lengths of the first and third sections. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373310 | Lighting Device - According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a light emitting unit used for illumination, an information acquisition unit configured to acquire predetermined information, and a projecting unit configured to project an image including the acquired predetermined information in accordance with light on and off control of the light emitting unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373311 | SERVO FEEDBACK CONTROL BASED ON DESIGNATED SCANNING SERVO BEAM IN SCANNING BEAM DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH LIGHT-EMITTING SCREENS - Scanning beam display systems that scan one servo beam and an excitation beam onto a screen that emits visible light under excitation of the light of the excitation beam and control optical alignment of the excitation beam based on positioning of the servo beam on the screen via a feedback control. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373312 | PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT AND DIRECT-VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - A projection display unit includes: an illumination optical system including one or more light sources; a reflective liquid crystal device that generates image light by modulating light from the illumination optical system, based on an input image signal; a polarizing beam splitter disposed on an optical path between the illumination optical system and the reflective liquid crystal device; a polarization compensation device disposed on an optical path between the polarizing beam splitter and the reflective liquid crystal device, and the polarization compensation device that provides a phase difference to light incident thereon to change a polarization state of the light; and a projection optical system that projects image light generated by the reflective liquid crystal device and then being incident thereon through an optical path, the optical path passing through the polarization compensation device and the polarizing beam splitter. The polarization compensation device has a first surface and a second surface that faces each other along an optical axis, and provides a phase difference between absolute values at light incidence from the first surface and at light incidence from the second surface, the absolute values being opposite in polarity to each other and being substantially equal to each other. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373313 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A projector can be easily attached by mounting a connecting unit to a socket for illumination in an ordinary home. Since the projector includes a communication unit configured to receive an electronic mail, the projector updates an image signal and adjusts a diffusion degree of modulated light by a light-diffusion adjusting unit on the basis of contents of the mail received by the communication unit. Therefore, when a user desires to inform family members who will return home that the user suddenly has to go out, if the user transmits in advance, to the projector, a mail including a message for a family member who returns home, the family member who returns home turns on an illumination switch at the entrance, whereby the projector can start up, perform an illuminating function, and clearly project and display the message. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373314 | COLOR ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND COLOR ADJUSTMENT METHOD - Provided is a color adjustment apparatus, image display apparatus, and color adjustment method for adjusting color of a color image to enable easier distinction between objects shown in the image. A parameter defines a range of saturation to be adjusted within saturation before color adjustment and a range of change of the saturation after color adjustment compared to the saturation before color adjustment. The color adjustment apparatus calculates the saturation from an image signal, calculates the saturation after color adjustment according to the saturation before color adjustment such that the saturation in the range determined by the parameter increases/decreases by an amount determined by the parameter, and generates an image signal from the saturation after color change. By determining the parameter such that the saturation difference between prescribed colors is greater after color adjustment, the difference in color between a plurality of objects shown in the image is increased. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373315 | REFERENCE PICTURE LIST CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTI-VIEW AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO CODING - A video encoder generates, based on a reference picture set of a current view component, a reference picture list for the current view component. The reference picture set includes an inter-view reference picture set. The video encoder encodes the current view component based at least in part on one or more reference pictures in the reference picture list. In addition, the video encoder generates a bitstream that includes syntax elements indicating the reference picture set of the current view component. A video decoder parses, from the bitstream, syntax elements indicating the reference picture set of the current view component. The video decoder generates, based on the reference picture set, the reference picture list for the current view component. In addition, the video decoder decodes at least a portion of the current view component based on one or more reference pictures in the reference picture list. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373316 | Disparity Estimation for Multiview Imaging Systems - This invention presents an approach to first estimate a depth/disparity map using spectrally coded plenoptic camera, and then based on the disparity map the parallax between different spectral channels is rectified. Based on our new technique, we can reconstruct not only multispectral images but also a depth/disparity map. Moreover, the quality of reconstructed spectral images is significantly improved using our parallax rectification. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373317 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Methods and devices for generating a stereoscopic image are described. In one aspect, the electronic device includes a main body and a support rotatably coupled with the main body about an axis of rotation. The support is rotatable between a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position. The electronic device also includes a first camera module for generating first camera data and a second camera module for generating second camera data. The second camera module is positioned in spaced relation to the first camera module and coupled to the support away from the axis of rotation. The electronic device further includes a controller coupled with the first camera module and the second camera module. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PARALLAX - The present invention provides a method for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax. An original camera is provided. A scene space corresponding to the original camera is preset, including presetting a depth range of the scene space. Preset viewing environment parameters for displaying stereoscopic images of a scene in the scene space are configured, including presetting a depth range of an actual view space. The method further includes establishing a mapping relationship between the depth range of the actual view space and the depth range of the scene space. According to the mapping relationship, the preset viewing environment parameters and the scene space, camera parameters for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax are calculated. The original camera is adjusted based on the camera parameters to capture the scene. Thus, the stereoscopic images of the scene can be generated and presented. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373319 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A shape measurement system includes one or more lighting units located in a case that illuminate a target object located in the case, one or more image capture units located in the case that capture an image of the target object, a holding unit that holds the image capture units and the lighting units so as to form a polyhedron shape approximating a sphere, a selector that selects at least one of the image capture units and at least one of the lighting units to be operated, and a shape calculator that calculates a 3-D shape of the target object based on image data captured by the selected image capture unit under light emitted by the selected lighting unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373320 | VISUAL COGNITION SYSTEM - A visual cognition system immersed in a medium with object and the system is also an object. The system includes means for conveying energy, which include one or more dispersive elements. The system includes means for sensing energy. The means for sensing include a plurality of detectors. The system includes means for modeling sensed energy, thereby creating a sensed energy model. The sensed energy model represents the sensed energy at a plurality of frequency bands, a plurality of polarization states, a plurality of positions and a plurality of times, using the sensed data. The system includes means for modeling a scene, thereby creating a scene model. The scene model represents the scene in three-dimensional space. The means for modeling a scene uses the sensed energy model from a plurality of directions at a plurality of times. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373321 | SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM TRIANGULATION SCANNER AND CAMERA FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A 3D coordinate measuring system includes a six-DOF unit having a unit frame of reference and including a structure, a retroreflector, a triangulation scanner, and an augmented reality (AR) color camera. The retroreflector, scanner and AR camera are attached to the structure. The scanner includes a first camera configured to form a first image of the pattern of light projected onto the object by a projector. The first camera and projector configured to cooperate to determine first 3D coordinates of a point on the object in the unit frame of reference, the determination based at least in part on the projected pattern of light and the first image. The system also includes a coordinate measuring device having a device frame of reference and configured to measure a pose of the retroreflector in the device frame of reference, the measured pose including measurements of six degrees-of-freedom of the retroreflector. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373322 | AUTOMATIC MULTIPLE DEPTH CAMERAS SYNCHRONIZATION USING TIME SHARING - Aspects relate to an depth sensing system for capturing an image containing depth information of an object. In one embodiment, a depth sensing device for use in conjunction with multiple depth sensing devices for capturing an image containing depth information of an object comprises a near-infrared transmitter comprising a laser capable of producing a near infra-red light beam, a diffractive optical element positioned to receive a light beam emitted from the laser, the diffractive optical element, and a collimating lens, and a near-infrared receiver coupled to the transmitter in a relative position, the receiver comprising a sensor assembly capable of producing an image of the received light, the depth sensing device being configured to transmit and receive near infra-red light beams during a time period that is different than any of the other of two or more transmitter-receiver pairs of devices in communication with the depth sensing device. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373323 | METHOD OF ADAPTING 3D CONTENT TO AN OBSERVER WEARING PRESCRIPTION GLASSES - The invention consists in a method of and a device for adapting 3D content to an observer wearing prescription glasses. The method comprises the step of—providing information about prescription glasses of the observer;—calculating a value representative of the optical deviation created by the glasses from the provided information, for a given direction;—estimating a depth adjustment value as a function of the calculated value and—modifying the depth of the 3D content according to the estimated depth adjustment value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373324 | Method And Apparatus For Context-Based Video Quality Assessment - Spatial distortion (i.e., when a frame is viewed independently of other frames in a video sequence) may be quite different from temporal distortion (i.e., when frames are viewed continuously). To estimate temporal distortion, a sliding window approach is used. Specifically, multiple sliding windows around a current frame are considered. Within each sliding window, a large distortion density is calculated and a sliding window with the highest large distortion density is selected. A distance between the current frame and the closest frame with large distortion in the selected window is calculated. Subsequently, the temporal distortion is estimated as a function of the highest large distortion ratio, the spatial distortion for the current frame, and the distance. In another embodiment, a median of spatial distortion values is calculated for each sliding window and the maximum of median spatial distortion values is used to estimate the temporal distortion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373325 | SINGLE COLOR PALETTE MODE IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques are described for palette-based video coding. In palette-based coding, a video coder may form a “palette” as a table of colors for representing video data of a particular area (e.g., a given block). Rather than coding actual pixel values (or their residuals), the video coder may code palette index values for one or more of the pixels that correspond to entries in the palette representing the colors of the pixels. A palette may be explicitly encoded, predicted from previous palette entries, or a combination thereof. In this disclosure, techniques are described for coding a block of video data that has a single color value using a single color mode as a sub-mode of a palette coding mode. The disclosed techniques enable a block having a single color value to be coded with a reduced number of bits compared to a normal mode of the palette coding mode. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373326 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER SELECTION DURING RATE-DISTORTION OPTIMIZATION - Apparatuses and methods for parameter selection are disclosed. An example apparatus may include an encoder configured to receive a coding unit and to provide coefficients based on the coding unit. The encoder may further be configured to quantize the coefficients using a first quantization parameter to provide a first set of quantized coefficients and to quantize the coefficients using a second quantization parameter to provide a second set of quantized coefficients. The encoder may further be configured to provide a first rate-distortion pair based on the first set of quantized coefficients and to provide a second rate-distortion pair based on the second set of quantized coefficients. The encoder may further be configured to provide a rate-distortion curve based on the first and second rate-distortion pairs and to provide a Lagrangian parameter based on the rate-distortion curve. The encoder may be configured to encode the coding unit using the Lagrangian parameter. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373327 | BLOCK ADAPTIVE COLOR-SPACE CONVERSION CODING - A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data and one or more processors configured to: receive a first block of the video data; determine a quantization parameter for the first block; in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modify the quantization parameter for the first block; perform a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; receive a second block of the video data; receive a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block; determine the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373328 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE BITRATE AND QUALITY CONTROL BY USING FRAME HIERARCHY SENSITIVE QUANTIZATION FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY NEXT GENERATION VIDEO CODING - Techniques related to content adaptive bitrate and quality control by quantization for high efficiency next generation video coding are described. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373329 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERTEX ERROR CORRECTION - A 3D model can be modeled using “pattern-instance” representation, wherein an instance component may be represented as transformation (for example, rotation, translation, and scaling) of a pattern. Quantization errors may be introduced when encoding rotation information, causing different vertex coordinate errors at different 5 vertices of an instance. To efficiently compensate the vertex coordinate errors, the encoder decides a quantization parameter for compensating a vertex coordinate error. The quantization parameter is signaled in the bitstream as a quantization index. The quantization index, a quantization table the indicates a mapping between quantization indices and quantization parameters, and vertex coordinate errors are 10 encoded into a bitstream. The quantization table may be built based on statistical data. At the decoder, the vertex coordinate error is decoded based on a quantization parameter, which is determined from a received quantization index. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO - Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data, a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image, a block dividing module that is configured to divide the filtered image frame into a plurality of blocks, a compression module that is configured to compress each of the plurality of blocks, package the compressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined unit, and generate lookup table information corresponding to each of the packaged plurality of blocks, and a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data and the lookup table information. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373331 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF COMPRESSING IMAGES - The present application relates an encoder and a method of operating thereof. The encoder is configured to partition an image domain into several substructures each having one of at least one size dimension; and to define at least one geometric primitive for each substructure on the basis of geometry data. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373332 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND DEVICE USING SAME - A method for decoding an image, and a device using the same are disclosed. The method for decoding an image comprises the steps of: inducing a chroma component block corresponding to a luma component block on the basis of chroma format information indicating chroma component sampling corresponding to luma component sampling; dividing the chroma component block into transformation blocks of a chroma component for transformation on the basis of division information indicating whether a first block has been divided into second blocks for transformation; and acquiring residual information on the transformation blocks of the chroma component by performing at least one of inverse transformation and inverse quantization on the basis of the transformation blocks of the chroma component. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING A MINIMUM VALUE TO A SYNTAX STRUCTURE IN A PARAMETER SET - Techniques and systems are provided for encoding video data. For example, a method of encoding video data includes generating, by an encoder, an encoded video bitstream according to a first coding protocol. The encoded video bitstream includes one or more enhancement layers and a video parameter set defining parameters of the encoded video bitstream. The method further includes determining that a base layer is to be provided to a decoding device by an external source and is not to be provided as part of the encoded video bitstream. The method further includes assigning a minimum value to a syntax structure in the video parameter set when it is determined that the base layer is to be provided by the external source. The syntax structure defines profile, tier, and level parameters for the base layer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150373334 | BLOCK VECTOR CODING FOR INTRA BLOCK COPYING - An example method for decoding video data includes receiving syntax elements (SEs) for a component of a block vector that represents a displacement between a current block of video data and a predictor block of video data; decoding the SEs to determine a value of the component by at least: decoding a first SE to determine whether or not an absolute value of the component (AbsVal | 2015-12-24 |
20150373335 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”. | 2015-12-24 |