52nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110316982 | Camera objective and camera system - A camera objective for a camera includes a mask having a plurality of masking sections which are permeable for radiation of a first spectral range and are impermeable for radiation of a second spectral range different from the first spectral range. A camera system includes a digital camera for taking images. The camera system includes such a camera objective and an optoelectronic sensor arrangement having a plurality of sensor elements for generating exposure-dependent received signals which form a respective image. The plurality of sensor elements includes a first group of sensor elements for generating received signals in dependence only on radiation of the first spectral range and a second group of sensor elements for generating received signals in dependence on radiation of the second spectral range. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316983 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - The present invention provides an image capturing technique for obtaining, at the same time, multiple images with parallax and an image that would cause no sensitivity problem even without mechanically operating any part of its image capturing system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316984 | ADAPTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF DEPTH CUES IN A STEREO TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM - Described is a stereoscopic display (telepresence) system that includes a depth cue adjustment mechanism for changing screen disparity to move a fixation distance of a viewer (subject) closer to a focus distance, thereby providing more desirable viewing conditions. In one aspect, the depth cue adjustment mechanism adjusts a depth cue by moving the fixation distance forward, and/or by moving the focus distance backward. Also described is detecting encroachment, where the object is perceived as being too close to the subject viewer for comfort, and adjusting one or more depth cues (e.g., object scale) to counteract the sensation of the encroachment. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316985 | Display device and control method of display device - There is provided a display device including a display unit which periodically arranges and displays a plurality of images and a parallax barrier which is disposed in front of a pixel plane of the display unit and separates light from the display unit. The display device includes a disparity extraction unit which extracts information on a distribution of disparities between the view images, a parameter calculation unit which calculates a shift amount based on the disparity distribution information, a shift processing unit which performs shift processing on at least one of the view images based on the calculated shift amount, and a mapping processing unit which rearranges the at least one shift-processed view image on the display unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316986 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus is provided. The video display apparatus includes: a margin generating module which adds a peripheral margin to an input first 3D image signal for generating a 3D image in a case where the first 3D image signal has no peripheral margin; and a 3D image generating module which compensates for a second 3D image signal in the margin, generates the 3D image based on the first and second 3D image signals, and outputs the 3D image to a video display unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316987 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a viewer position information acquisition unit configured to determine positions of a plurality of viewers and a display configured to display an image indicating whether one or more of the plurality of viewers is within a viewing zone. A display method includes determining positions of a plurality of viewers and displaying an image indicating whether one or more of the plurality of viewers is within a viewing zone. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316988 | THREE DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION AND SYSTEM USING RF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OF THREE DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a 3D TV and a system using RF wireless communication and a method for synchronizing a 3D TV system using the same. In the 3D TV system using the RF wireless communication according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, two or more 3D TVs transmit and receive synchronous signals through the RF wireless communication, thereby locking the screen synchronization and synchronous signals of the 3D TVs. Thereafter, when the 3D TVs transmits the synchronous signals to the 3D spectacles, the synchronous signals including the time offset are transmitted, having different time difference. As a result, the 3D spectacles can be synchronized with images displayed on the 3D TVs by using time offset information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316989 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device | 2011-12-29 |
20110316990 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a video transmission device that includes: a transmission signal output portion that outputs a video signal that causes two-dimensional video or three-dimensional video to be displayed, an audio signal that causes audio to be output, and a control signal including information relating to the video signal and the audio signal; and a control portion that controls content of the control signal output from the transmission signal output portion. When the video signal switches from three-dimensional video to two-dimensional video, the control portion does not stop output of the video signal from the transmission signal output portion, and controls the transmission signal output portion such that information indicating that the video signal output from the transmission signal output portion has switched to two-dimensional video is included in information indicating that the video signal is three-dimensional video that is output from the transmission signal output portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316991 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic display device includes: a parallax adjustment section performing a parallax adjustment on each of a left-eye image and a right-eye image which are inputted; and a display section displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image which are resultant of the parallax adjustment by the parallax adjustment section. The parallax adjustment section performs the parallax adjustment only on a region other than an OSD image region with an OSD image superposed therein in each of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316992 | Image Playback System, Associated Apparatus and Method Thereof - An image playback system displays three-dimensional (3D) content data via a pair of glasses together with a monitor to provide a multiplexing service to a user wearing different types of glasses via a single monitor. For a multiplexing service, the monitor interleaving displays frames of different content data to provide predetermined content data to the user while the glasses shelters other content data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316993 | OSCILLATING MICROTOME WITH FLEXURE DRIVE - A microtome method and apparatus includes a microtome blade configured to oscillate in a direction transverse to a direction of advancing a cut, and a first flexure to support and guide the blade. The first flexure is compliant in the transverse direction while being stiff in the cut direction. A second flexure operatively engaged at one end portion with the first flexure, is stiff in the transverse direction while being compliant in the cut direction. The other end portion of the second flexure is rotatably engaged by an eccentric driven by a rotatable actuator, which oscillates the blade in the transverse direction while effectively isolating non-transverse motion from the blade. The second flexure is configured to move independently of any guides or other stationary objects during oscillation. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316994 | EXAM-CAM ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The illustrated embodiment of the invention encompasses an apparatus for intraoral imaging of teeth of a patient which includes a camera, a robotic arm coupled to the camera which arm is capable of rotating the camera for selectively positioning the camera into the mouth of the patient, least one sensor coupled to arm to sense the relative position of the teeth and/or mouth with respect to the camera, and a controller coupled to the at least one sensor and arm for controlling the arm to avoid any collision between the teeth or the interior of the mouth and the camera and/or arm, where the controller further selectively moves the arm to track any movement of the patient to keep the camera in a constant relative position with respect to the teeth or mouth. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316995 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A PERSON - The invention concerns a method for inspecting a person by using a detector ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110316996 | CAMERA-EQUIPPED LOUDSPEAKER, SIGNAL PROCESSOR, AND AV SYSTEM - An AV system includes a camera-equipped loudspeaker provided with a camera. The camera is united with a loudspeaker body, and captures an image in a direction in which the loudspeaker body outputs a sound. The recognition unit recognizes a location of a listener from an image of the camera, and detects an orientation of the loudspeaker body relative to the listener. The sound control unit performs signal processing on a given sound signal for generating an output signal, and outputs the output signal as an acoustic signal to the loudspeaker body. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316997 | ATM INCLUDING ENHANCED PRIVACY FEATURES - A method for minimizing glare and/or increasing privacy for a user of a self-service device is provided. The method may include mechanical means such as a fixed visor and/or hood or a user operated hinged glare reducing overlay screen. The method may further include as using sensors that detect the user's eyes and other sensors to detect a source of light that produces glare. Information from these sensors may be sent to a computer controlled system that operates system of actuators. The actuators are operated by the computer in response to sensor inputs to adjust the screen angle relative the user to minimize glare for that user and/or increase privacy from surreptitiously observing eyes or cameras. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316998 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an interface connected to a microscope having a stage having a placement surface on which a sample including a target is placed, an objective lens that zooms in an image of the sample, and an image pickup element that forms the image of the sample, a controller, and a memory. The controller causes a focus of the objective lens to shift in a vertical direction to the placement surface, and causes the image pickup element to be exposed, thereby obtaining a first image. The controller performs a uniform shift of the focus in the vertical direction and a uniform linear shift thereof in a parallel direction to the placement surface, and causes the image pickup element to be exposed, thereby obtaining a second image. The controller calculates a position of the target in the vertical direction based on the first and second images. | 2011-12-29 |
20110316999 | Microscope apparatus and image acquisition method - Provided is a microscope apparatus including a macro-image, acquisition section that acquires a macro image of a glass slide having a specimen mounted thereon; an extraction section that extracts the specimen in the acquired macro image; a block setting section that sets, when the extracted specimen is scattered to form a plurality of lumps, a plurality of blocks that include the lumps of the specimen; an area dividing section that divides an area that includes the specimen in each of the blocks into a plurality of small regions; and a micro-image acquisition section that acquires, for each of the small regions, a micro image while performing an automatic focusing operation for the specimen in the small region, in which the micro-image acquisition section searches for an autofocusing in-focus position in each of the blocks set by the block setting section. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317000 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING MICROSCOPY IMAGE - A microscopy image, formed by illuminating a sample by shining light onto it in an illumination direction and capturing scattered light, is used to produce an enhanced image. This is done using an expression which links the intensity of the portions of the image to respective values of a scattering parameter at multiple respective elements of the sample. The scattering parameter may be an emission coefficient ρ | 2011-12-29 |
20110317001 | MULTISENSOR ARRAY FOR THE OPTICAL INSPECTION AND SORTING OF BULK MATERIALS - A Multisensor array optically inspects and sorts bulk materials into different fractions, in which the bulk material stream is detected from a short distance compared to the width of the bulk material stream with at least two identical camera and lighting modules arranged adjacent to each other. The width of the image of the cameras is smaller than the width of the bulk material stream. The image sensors and lighting devices are limited to the range of the wavelengths of 380 nm to 1,000 nm covered by CMOS and/or CCD image sensors. Each camera is connected by a mechanical bracket and is equipped with at least one and preferably with a set of linearly lighting semiconductor light sources, which emit in a narrow band and are pulsed synchronously with the line frequency of the camera. The linearly lighting light sources can be replaced by a changing mechanism of the bracket, which mechanism is connected to the camera, to other light sources, especially ones having different system parameters. The actuating signals of the lighting sources pulsed synchronously with the line cycle of the image sensors can be generated by an electronic device according to a variable synchronization diagram, which can be optimized for the discrimination of the fractions of the bulk material stream. The signals of the camera or cameras are analyzed by at least one image computer by pattern recognition and classification for recognizing, assigning and rating the particles of the at least two fractions. Timely ejection signals are generated by a control device by real-time image processing operators in order to remove particles of at least one fraction to be removed from the bulk material stream with ejectors. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317002 | Vehicle display enhancements - A system and method for enhancing display content is provided. The system and method includes receiving a video signal made up of video frames from at least one image sensor and identifying a driving path based at least in part on steering wheel data. The system and method also includes performing a first segmentation on the at least one video frame to divide the at least one video frame into a plurality of segments containing input pixel data, altering input pixel data based on a segment associated with the input pixel data to create output pixel data and providing the at least one video frame comprising the output pixel data to a display. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EDGE INSPECTION USING A TILTED ILLUMINATION - A method and an edge inspection system, the edge inspection system includes: an illumination unit; a support module for supporting an inspected object and for moving the inspected object in relation to the illumination unit; wherein the inspected object comprises a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one edge facet; an illumination unit that has an illumination axis, wherein the illumination unit is arranged to illuminate an inspected edge area of the inspected object by directing a light beam along the illumination axis; wherein the illumination axis is tilted in relation to a plane of the inspected object by a tilt angle that differs from ninety degrees; wherein the plane of the inspected object is defined by at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface; and a camera that has a collection axis, wherein the camera is arranged to detect light from the inspected edge area. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317004 | IV Monitoring by Digital Image Processing - We describe an apparatus using an image capturing device to obtain image of the IV container, and uses digital image processing technique to analyze information in the image. We also describe the use of barcode which can read by the apparatus so that relevant information of the drug, container, and the patient can be made use of. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317005 | Depth-Sensing Camera System - A depth-sensing camera system includes a common sensor configured to record color and infrared data from a target, an infrared illuminant that projects infrared light on the target, and a control logic that switches a mode of operation of the. camera between a color mode and an infrared mode. When the camera system is in the infrared mode, the infrared illuminant operates to project the infrared light on the target and when in the color mode, the infrared illuminant is disabled. The camera system also includes a color buffer for storing color chroma and luma values and a depth buffer for storing infrared luma data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - According to known techniques, sometimes, it is not possible to estimate a position of a sound source (lips of mouth) depending on, for example, differences of colors of hair. To solve the problem, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires a range image indicating a distance between an object and a reference position within a three-dimensional area, specifies a first position corresponding to a convex portion of the object within the area based on the range image, specifies a second position located in an inward direction of the object relative to the first position, and determines a position of a sound source based on the second position. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317007 | SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM DEVICE HAVING A VIDEO CAMERA - The present invention relates to a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm system including a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm device and a base unit connected to the smoke and carbon monoxide alarm device through at least one of wire connection or wireless connection. The smoke and carbon monoxide alarm device can include a control circuit configured to receive an input signal and transmit an alarm signal; a first sensor coupled to the control circuit, the first sensor being configured to generate the input signal upon detecting smoke; a second sensor coupled to the control circuit, the second sensor being configured to generate the input signal upon detecting carbon monoxide; and a camera coupled to the control circuit, the camera being configured to be activated by the control circuit when the alarm signal is transmitted to an alarm. The base unit can include a cellular transceiver configured to transmit images captured by the camera to a pre-determined remote station. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317008 | AIRPORT/AIRCRAFT SECURITY - A information processor combines an image of one or more predetermined materials of interest from an image from a full body scan of a subject with video of the subject and generates data including both the image of the one or more materials of interest and the video of the subject. A method includes obtaining a sub-portion of an image that includes a predetermined material of interest. The image is generated via a full body scan of a subject during airport screening utilizing non-ionizing radiation. The method further includes obtaining video of the subject captured while the subject is at the airport. The method further includes combining the sub-portion of the image and the video to generate video or an image of the subject clothed with the sub-portion of the image superimposed over the clothing. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317009 | Capturing Events Of Interest By Spatio-temporal Video Analysis - A computer implemented method and system for capturing events of interest by performing a spatio-temporal analysis of a video are provided. A continuous video stream containing a series of image frames is acquired over time. Each of the image frames is represented by horizontal spatial coordinates and vertical spatial coordinates of a two dimensional plane. A temporal dimension is assigned across the image frames of the video stream. A spatio-temporal analysis image is constructed based on a user-defined line of analysis on each of one or more of the image frames. The spatio-temporal analysis image is constructed by concatenating a series of temporally-successive linear pixel arrays along the temporal dimension. Each of the linear pixel arrays comprises an array of pixels along the line of analysis defined on each of one or more of the image frames. The constructed spatio-temporal analysis image is segmented for capturing the events of interest. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A PERSON IN A PRE-DEFINED AREA - The invention provides a method, system and computer program product for tracking a person in a pre-defined area. The pre-defined area includes a plurality of imaging devices placed at respective pre-defined locations to capture images of the person. The system in conjunction with the plurality of imaging devices locates the person at the pre-defined area based on the captured images of the person. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317011 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A first control unit of a transmission apparatus controls pan, tilt, and rotation mechanisms according to a movement direction indicated by a movement instruction for changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit. A second control unit of the transmission apparatus performs control so as to prevent transmission of captured image data captured during the control of the pan, tilt, and rotation mechanisms, during the control performed by the first control unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317012 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BACKGROUND ESTIMATION IN LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING OF OBJECTS IN A SMART VIDEO CAMERA - A method for image processing includes detecting within a programmable surveillance video camera one or more objects in a video signal based on an object mask generated from the video signal. A textual representation of at least a portion of the video signal may be generated within the programmable surveillance video camera by utilizing a description definition language (DDL) to indicate characteristics of the detected one or more objects. The object mask may be generated based on a detection field value generated for each pixel in at least a portion of the video signal by comparing a first observation field and a second observation field associated with each of the pixels. The detection field value for each of the pixels may be a Boolean value. An estimated background value may be generated for each of the pixels. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317013 | AUTOFOCUS CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an example embodiment, a method for focusing a miniature camera includes applying a signal to an actuator in the camera, moving a MEMS stage movably supported by one or more flexures in response to the application of the signal, moving a lens in response to the moving of the MEMS stage, and limiting movement of the MEMS stage to substantially one degree of freedom corresponding to an optical axis of the lens. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317014 | IN-VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle image display apparatus includes an image capture device and a display. An image generator is configured to combine the plurality of images captured by the image capture device and to generate a bird's eye view image in which a point of view has been changed. An operation device is capable of being operated by a vehicle occupant. An operation device includes a first switch provided in a central area of the operation device in a front view to be used to display the bird's eye view image in the display. The second switches are provided at positions around the central area to be used to display the plurality of images in the display. The positions correspond to the plurality of areas around the vehicle in a case in which the central area is considered as a vehicle position of the vehicle when viewed from above. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317015 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA MODULE - A vehicle-mounted camera module that is provided inside of the vehicle and used for surveying the inside and outside of the vehicle, the camera module including, but not limited to: an image sensor; an inside view optical system for picking up vehicle inside views; and an outside view optical system for picking up vehicle outside views, the outside view optical system including a light reflector. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317016 | CAMERA LAYOUT DETERMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE - A device which can support a determination of a camera layout by automatically preparing the camera layout that satisfies a customer request based on the customer request including a surveillance layout. Specifically, a need table that is a data set of a plurality of arrangement candidate cameras satisfying the customer request is prepared from the customer request including the surveillance layout. An arrangement of the plurality of the arrangement candidate cameras on a map is calculated based on the need table using a clustering method and a temporary layout of cameras is prepared. Then, an arrangement layout of the cameras in the surveillance layout is determined based on the temporary layout. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317017 | PREDICTIVE DUTY CYCLE ADAPTATION SCHEME FOR EVENT-DRIVEN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - Embodiments of a method for controlling access to a shared communications medium by a plurality of nodes are disclosed. The method may comprise predicting, for each node of the plurality of nodes, whether an event will occur within a sensing field of that node at a future time and adapting a communications schedule of each node in response to the prediction regarding that node. Wireless sensor networks and computer readable media implementing embodiments of a method for controlling access to a shared communications medium by a plurality of nodes are also disclosed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317018 | Image sensor and method using near infrared signal - An image sensor capable of ensuring high sensitivity image and minimizing color distortion is provided. The image sensor includes a first filter unit, a second filter unit formed at a lower part of the first filter unit and a sensor unit formed at a lower part of the second filter unit. The first filter unit is configured to pass light corresponding to a visible light region, pass light corresponding to a first region of a longer wavelength than the light corresponding to the visible region and cut off light corresponding to a second region of a longer wavelength than the light corresponding to the first region. The second filter unit is configure to pass light having a predetermined wavelength in a wavelength range corresponding to the visible light region among the light passing through the first filter unit and pass light corresponding to the first region. The sensor unit is configured to detect the light passing through the second filter unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317019 | ENABLING WHITE SPACE NETWORKS INDEPENDENT OF LOW-THRESHOLD SENSING - Described is a technology by which a remote or local geo-location service provides white space information that one or more client devices and/or base stations may use to determine which white spaces are available for use, e.g., for wireless networking. Because of the information, low-threshold sensing is not needed by the client devices and/or base stations to know which white spaces are available. The service computes the available white spaces for a given location based upon television transmitter parameters, elevation data, and information received regarding any operational wireless microphones. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317020 | System and Method to Detect a Fault in Transmission of a Stream of Media Data Corresponding to a Media Channel - A particular method may include detecting at a first network device of a video distribution network a fault in transmission of a stream of media data with a media channel. The method also includes, in response to detecting the fault, transmitting a notification that includes fault information corresponding to the detected fault and the stream of media data corresponding to the media channel from the first network device to a second network device of the video distribution network. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317021 | CONNECTION SETTING METHOD, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A connection setting method, used in a camera system in which at least one camera head unit is connected to at least one camera control unit that controls the camera head unit via a single transmission network in order to connect the camera control unit includes: measuring delay of image data from the camera head unit to be connected; and determining a transmission rate at which image data is transmitted from the camera head unit to be connected. The determining is so carried out that when the delay is greater than a threshold corresponding to the amount of data smaller than or equal to a maximum amount of transmission over the network, the sum of the transmission rates at which image data transmitted over the network is smaller than or equal to the maximum amount of transmission over the network and image data having a higher preset priority is transmitted at a higher transmission rate. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317022 | Method and apparatus for live capture image-live streaming camera - A live image transferring method includes the steps of capturing live image information by one or more live image devices, wherein the live image information is captured in raw format and is continuously transferred to one or more platforms in a live manner; cloning the live image information at the platform, wherein when the live image information is cloned at the platform, the live image information is converted from the raw format into a web viewable format and an embed code is generated corresponding to the live image information at the same time; and enabling one or more users to use the embed code in order to broadcast the live image information over any website. The user is able to copy-and-paste the embed code at the personal website to live stream the live image information from the live image device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317023 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device has a sound signal processing portion which applies sound signal processing to a target sound signal corresponding to a target image. The sound signal processing portion controls the content of the sound signal processing in accordance with the focus condition of the target image. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317024 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capture apparatus comprises a shake detection unit which detects a shake of the image capture apparatus; a motion vector detection unit which detects a motion vector indicating a movement of an image; a first calculation unit which calculates a first shake correction amount; a second calculation unit which calculates a second shake correction amount; a shake correction unit which optically corrects a blur of a captured image; a panning determination unit which determines that the image capture apparatus performs a panning operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not the image capture apparatus is in a constant point capturing state; and a control change unit which changes the first threshold to a second threshold and amplifies the second shake correction amount when the determination unit determines the constant point capturing state. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317025 | DVD camcorder with digital camera - DVD Camcorder with Digital Camera is a specially designed video camera that records images in a digital format and is replayed on a standard DVD player. The DVD Camcorder with Digital Camera also features a fully functioning digital camera with which the user records still images. The D.V.D Camcorder with Digital Camera is extremely compact in size and could be comfortably held in a hand. In an embodiment this device is configured to burn images directly onto a digital video disc. The device facilitates playback on a TV as well as real-time monitoring of what is being recorded. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317026 | Imaging apparatus with scene analysis - An imaging apparatus comprises an image-capturing element that outputs image signals representing a plurality of color components and an analyzing device that analyzes a captured photographic image based upon image signals with linearity, which are output from the image-capturing element. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317027 | Image processing apparatus, image taking apparatus, image processing method and image processing program - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including a synthesizing processing section configured to synthesize a plurality of images taken at different exposure times wherein, in processing to synthesize the taken images, the synthesizing processing section acquires a taken-image blending ratio varying in accordance with components selected from the taken images and carries out a blending process on a blend area in which pixels of the taken images are to be blended by applying the blending ratio to the blend area. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317028 | Image processing apparatus, image taking apparatus, image processing method and image processing program - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including a color-flicker detection processing section configured to detect generation of color flickers from a plurality of images taken at different exposure times, wherein the color-flicker detection processing section: acquires a ratio of any specific one of a plurality of color signals of the taken images to another one of the color signals; obtains an evaluation value of the color flickers from the acquired ratio; and determines whether or not the color flickers have been generated on the basis of the magnitude of the evaluation value. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317029 | IMAGING APPARATUS WHICH CORRECTS EFFECTS OF FLASH - In an imaging apparatus, unevenness in brightness in screen due to flash is eliminated and video with secured continuity as a moving image can be obtained. In the imaging apparatus ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317030 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image signal processing system according to the present invention has a function to perform image quality control in photographing a subject having a large difference in brightness in the surrounding environment so that the entire photographed image, in particular a subject which a user desires to view, has an adequate brightness and an adequate gradation. Specifically, this image signal processing system comprises: a video input unit, a video signal processing unit for performing signal processing on a signal output from the video input unit, and generating a video signal; an input-output characteristic control unit for controlling a characteristic of the video signal which the video signal processing unit generates; and a subject recognition unit for performing image processing on the video signal which the video signal processing unit generates, and recognizing and detecting subject information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317031 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A system and method for picking up an image is disclosed. Through images are captured repeatedly until a shutter condition is satisfied, and an object is detected in the through images. It is decided whether the shutter condition is satisfied, if the object is within a face-capture region of at least one of the through images, and an image is captured for recording, if the shutter condition is satisfied. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317032 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus captures a large dynamic range image of a scene including a backlit person with a blue sky background in a manner that the person's face has an appropriate luminance level without saturating the background sky. An imaging unit obtains analogue image signals through exposure control that prevents a highlight from being saturated, an A/D converter converts the analogue image signals to digital image signals, and a signal processing unit linearly increases the dynamic range of the digital image signals. The image signals with the increased dynamic range are nonlinearly compressed to have a dynamic range of 100% or less through nonlinear dynamic range compression that intensively compresses a highlight portion. The imaging apparatus with this structure first increases the dynamic range of an image and efficiently compresses the increased large dynamic range of the image. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317033 | Image Processing Utilizing Spatially-Displaced Image Data - According to certain embodiments, alpha image data of an alpha frame corresponding to an alpha portion of a scene is accessed. Beta image data of a beta frame corresponding to a beta portion of the scene is accessed. The alpha frame and the beta frame have an overlapping region. Alpha-beta pairs are generated for the overlapping region. Each alpha-beta pair comprises an alpha value of the alpha image data and a beta value of the beta image data that both correspond to the same portion of the scene. A function is applied to each alpha-beta pair to determine first frame image data for the overlapping region. The first frame image data comprises information to generate a first frame of the scene. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317034 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR MULTIPLEXING - In some embodiments, an electronic device comprises a first camera and a second camera, a first buffer to receive a first set of input frames from the first camera and a second buffer to receive a second set of input frames from the second camera, a single image signal processor coupled to the first buffer and the second buffer to process the first set of input frames from the first frame buffer using one or more processing parameters stored in a first memory to generate a first video stream and to process the second set of input frames from the second frame buffer using one or more processing parameters stored in a second memory register to generate a second video stream, and a memory module to store the first video stream and the second video stream. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317035 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing unit capturing an object image, a saving unit saving a captured image data, a development processing unit reading out the image data and execute development processing for the image data to generate new image data, a setting unit setting a parameter for the development processing, a display unit displaying a development processing result and an operation unit allowing a user to perform one of enlargement and reduction of the displayed image, wherein when a first parameter for which optical system correction processing is performed and a second parameter for which the correction processing is not performed are set, the development processing unit executes development processing, to which the first parameter is applied, when a change to enlarged display is not made, and executes development processing, to which the first and second parameters are applied, when a change to enlarged display is made. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317036 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image sensor is provided. A first storage unit stores an image information value corresponding to an image signal provided from a pixel, and a second storage unit stores a reset information value corresponding to a reset signal provided from the pixel. A differential signal comparison unit receives image information value and the reset information value, compares the two values, and outputs a difference value therebetween. A switch unit is switched so that the two input values are transferred in a crossed manner in a first operation period and a second operation period. A digital value providing unit combines a first digital value, which corresponds to an output timing of a first comparison signal in the first operation period, and a second digital value, which corresponds to an output timing of a second comparison signal in the second operation period, and output a digital value corresponding to image information received at the pixel. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317037 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus controls a first mode for controlling a function to change an image pickup range of an image pickup unit in response to a received change request of the image pickup range to obtain image data of the changed image pickup range from the image pickup unit and a second mode for controlling an image process of a trimming and a magnification to the image data without performing the change of the image pickup range of the image pickup unit in response to the received change request of the image pickup range to generate image data of the image pickup range corresponding to the change request. The apparatus controls the change of the image pickup range of the image data in response to the change request of the image pickup range to select the first mode when an object detection process is not executed and select the second mode when the object detection process is executed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317038 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA CORRECTING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, plural types of color filters, an imaging device including a plurality of pixels each receiving a light incident to the imaging apparatus through a predetermined type of color filter and being operable to generate image data with the plurality of pixels from the image formed by the optical system, a light information acquiring section operable to acquire information on the incident light, and a correction processing section operable to convert a position of a pixel of the image data formed by the pixels, according to at least type of the color filter provided for the pixel and the information on the incident light acquired by the light information acquiring section. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317039 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus capable of improving a conversion speed of column parallel A/D converters, while preventing a gradation representation of image pickup signals from becoming rough. The image pickup apparatus includes a CMOS sensor having A/D converters provided on output sides of column amplifiers for respective columns of two-dimensionally arranged pixels. The A/D converters have a first operation mode in which they operate with a first number of conversion bits and at a first conversion speed and a second operation mode in which they operate with a second number of conversion bits and at a second conversion speed. A signal processing circuit adds together plural pieces of two-dimensionally arranged pixel data output from the A/D converter that operate in the second operation mode, thereby expanding the number of gradation bits of the pixel data from the second number of conversion bits. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317040 | DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device includes an image capture element, a control signal generator, and a processor. The image capture element is used for capturing an optical signal, and outputting an image signal. The control signal generator is used for generating a control signal. The processor selectively converts the image signal into an object feature or an image feature in response to the control signal. Such a detection device can appropriately convert an operation mode, so as to have both efficacies of reducing the amount of transferred data and processing complex image data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317041 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING MICROPHONES WITH CONTROLLABLE FRONT-SIDE GAIN AND REAR-SIDE GAIN - An electronic apparatus is provided that has a rear-side and a front-side, a first microphone that generates a first signal, and a second microphone that generates a second signal. An automated balance controller generates a balancing signal based on an imaging signal. A processor processes the first and second signals to generate at least one beamformed audio signal, where an audio level difference between a front-side gain and a rear-side gain of the beamformed audio signal is controlled during processing based on the balancing signal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317042 | Image Pickup System - An image pickup system includes an image pickup apparatus in which, photoelectric conversion cells are arranged two-dimensionally, and at least some of the photoelectric conversion cells are arranged to output a signal for detecting an amount of defocus. The photoelectric conversion cells which output the signal for detecting the amount defocus form at least two photoelectric conversion cell groups, each receiving a light beam from a pupil area having different area. Each photoelectric conversion cell group has a plurality of photoelectric conversion cell columns. The image pickup system includes a calculating section which has an AF mode which generates a defocus signal by comparing mutually the signals for detecting the amount of defocus which have been output from the two photoelectric conversion cell groups, and a correction section which corrects the signal for detecting the amount of defocus, from information related to distortion of the taking lens. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317043 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image, the normal light image being an image that includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image, the special light image being an image that includes information within a specific wavelength band, a normal light motion vector information calculation section that calculates normal light motion vector information based on a feature quantity included in the normal light image, the normal light motion vector information indicating a motion vector between a plurality of normal light images, and a noise reduction section that reduces an amount of noise included in the special light image based on the normal light motion vector information calculated by the normal light motion vector information calculation section. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317044 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317045 | ADVANCED NOISE REDUCTION IN DIGITAL CAMERAS - A noise reduction apparatus for digital cameras is presented that includes groups of one or more connected non-linear filter units. Each of the filter unit groups are driven by decimated input image data at a different level of decimation and the output of at least one of these filter unit groups serves as one of a plurality of inputs to another filter unit group driven at a different decimation level. Filtered image data from one or more filter unit groups is adaptively combined in response to one or more image metrics related to one or more local regional image characteristics. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317046 | MISSING PIXEL ARRAY - An active pixel sensor (APS) comprises a regular repeating pattern of geometrically similar pixel regions, active pixels of which have photodiodes formed therein. A remainder of the geometrically similar regions has electrical components shared amongst neighboring photodiodes, such as for collecting and amplifying signals from the photodiodes. A 4-way sharing arrangement is shown, with four active pixel regions aligned in a column and the shared electrical components in a pixel region, the pixel region being shaped and sized similarly to the active pixel regions, in an adjacent column. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317047 | HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PARTITIONED IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE - Methods and systems may provide for an image processing pipeline having a hardware module to spatially filter a raw image in the horizontal direction to obtain intermediate image data. The pipeline can also include a set of instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause the pipeline to spatially filter the intermediate image data in the vertical direction. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317048 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH DUAL LAYER PHOTODIODE STRUCTURE - An image system with a dual layer photodiode structure is provided for processing color images. In particular, the image system can include an image sensor that can include photodiodes with a dual layer photodiode structure. In some embodiments, the dual layer photodiode can include a first layer of photodiodes (e.g., a bottom layer), an insulation layer disposed on the first layer of photodiodes, and a second layer of photodiodes (e.g., a top layer) disposed on the insulation layer. The first layer of photodiodes can include one or more suitable pixels (e.g., green, blue, clear, luminance, and/or infrared pixels). Likewise, the second layer of photodiodes can include one or more suitable pixels (e.g., green, red, clear, luminance, and/or infrared pixels). An image sensor incorporating dual layer photodiodes can gain light sensitivity with additional clear pixels and maintain luminance information with green pixels. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317049 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL CIRCUIT - An imaging device | 2011-12-29 |
20110317050 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes polishing a peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a protective film to be an insulating film, on a surface of the semiconductor substrate including a surface exposed by the polishing. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317051 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, which convert light into signal voltages, and a plurality of analog-digital (AD) converters, which convert the signal voltages into a plurality of digital signals. Each of the plurality of AD converters includes an analog circuit, which receives a same power as a power of the plurality of pixels, and a digital circuit, which receives power having a voltage lower than a voltage of the analog circuit. The solid-state imaging device further includes a controller configured to suspend supplying the same power to the analog circuit, which is included in one of the plurality of AD converters that has finished a conversion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317052 | TIME DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING FOR IMAGING USING TIME DELAY AND INTEGRATION SENSORS - A time delay integration (TDI) sensor ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110317053 | IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image capture device includes: an array of pixels | 2011-12-29 |
20110317054 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - An imaging apparatus | 2011-12-29 |
20110317055 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a third optical black portion is arranged in parallel with a first optical black portion in a row direction and in parallel with a second optical black portion in column direction. At least one of the vertical line correction circuit and the horizontal line correction circuit adds/subtracts arithmetic average of the third black level signal generated by the third optical black portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317056 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an imaging element including a pixel array section, a first current source, a first ground line, a first switch, a first capacitive element, a second switch, and a current control circuit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING PHOTOGRAPHIC AND/OR VIDEOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A photographic system and integrated methods thereof that makes use of four frames and light heads on robotic brackets, which can be positioned automatically using a mechanical gantry device. The lights can be positioned, rotated and adjusted automatically in response to a user input selection based on a desired photographic result selected at a user interface. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317058 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an output signal obtaining unit that is connected to a pixel group having a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel and obtains a first output signal, a second output signal, and a third output signal, a spectral sensitivity determination unit that determines a first spectral sensitivity, a second spectral sensitivity, and a third spectral sensitivity, which are spectral sensitivities of the first, second, and third output signals, respectively, with respect to a wavelength of incident light entering the pixel group, an output signal amplification unit that amplifies the first, second, and third output signals based on the first, second, and third spectral sensitivities, respectively, and an image generation unit calculates pixel values of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel from the first output signal, the second output signal, and the third output signal amplified, and generates an image. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317059 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system; an imaging unit; an extractor that extracts a part of a first image as a reference image, the first image being received via the imaging unit; a first detector that obtains a first similar image from within the first image, the first similar image having a characteristic similar to a characteristic of the reference image; a calculator that obtains a positional relationship between the first similar image and the reference image; a second detector that obtains a second similar image from within a second image, the second image being received via the imaging unit later than the first image, the second similar image having a characteristic similar to the characteristic of the reference image; and a position detector that detects a position of a corresponding part of the second similar image in accordance with the positional relationship. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317060 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image blur correction apparatus includes: a fixed member; a first driven unit pivotally supported by the fixed member around a first support shaft extending in a direction parallel to an optical axis direction; a second driven unit holding a lens or an imaging device and pivotally supported by the first driven unit around a second support shaft extending in the direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a first actuator that pivots the first and second driven units around the first support shaft; and a second actuator that pivots the second driven unit around the second support shaft. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317061 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens that is detachably mounted at a camera body includes: a photographic optical system that includes a first drive target member and a second drive target member, a drive condition of each of which changes; and a drive condition information transmission unit that transmits to the camera body first drive condition information pertaining to the drive condition of the first drive target member and second drive condition information pertaining to the drive condition of the second optical member. The drive condition information transmission unit transmits the first drive condition information with a first frequency and transmits the second drive condition information with a second frequency lower than the first frequency by attaching the second drive condition information to the first drive condition information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317062 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS UNIT - A circuit board is arranged on an end face of a lens barrel on a lens mount side and installed with an electronic circuit device, a plurality of connection terminals which are arranged in an electrically insulating state in the lens mount and serve to connect the electronic circuit device on the circuit board with an electronic circuit device inside a camera body, and a wiring member is for connecting the plurality of connection terminals with the circuit board, where the wiring member is provided with a ground connection section which is connected to a ground pattern of the circuit board and also electrically connected to a connection terminal that is to be a ground terminal among the plurality of connection terminals, and an extended wiring pattern is for electrically grounding the ground connection section on a metal portion of the lens mount. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317063 | EXPOSURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD - An exposure control apparatus does exposure control using an exposure evaluation value EV (pv) and an exposure target value EV (sp) according to brightness signals in an exposure adjustment range ER by a plurality of exposure adjustment units. The deviation EV (err) of the exposure target value EV (sp) and the exposure evaluation value EV (pv) is found, and when the deviation EV (err) is in a steady state of a specified level or less, and exposure control is done in a gain exposure control range ER-g, the gain exposure adjustment unit | 2011-12-29 |
20110317064 | Remote Inspection Device - A remote inspection device is disclosed. The device has an imager housing with an imager device, a grip housing, a cable connecting the imager and grip housings, a display housing removably attached to the grip housing, and a power tool battery pack removably attached to the grip housing. The display housing includes a battery and a display for showing images generated by the imager device. The battery may be charged by the power tool battery pack. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317065 | REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR WAFER-LEVEL CAMERA MODULE - An example reinforcement structure for protecting a wafer-level camera module includes a top sheet element and a side sheet element. The top sheet element is to be disposed over a top surface of the camera module and includes a first opening for allowing light to pass through to the camera module. The side sheet element is coupled to the top sheet element for securing the reinforcement structure to a printed circuit board (PCB). A second opening in the side sheet element is included to allow an adhesive to be dispensed through the second opening to adhere the reinforcement structure to the camera module. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317066 | Interactive System and Method for Transmitting Key Images Selected from a Video Stream Over a Low Bandwidth Network - A method and interactive system for the on-line transmission of a high-resolution video sequence composed of a succession of T images includes a step of selecting relevant images comprising at least the following steps: split each image to be transmitted at the instant t into a number N of zones, for each zone n determined in the previous step, calculate a value representative of the content of said zone, for each image to be transmitted, generate a vector representative of the content of said image containing the values obtained in the previous step, calculate a normalized coefficient of correlation α between the reference vector determined for a previously selected image and that calculated for the current image, make a decision on the selection (or not) of the current image as a function of the value of the normalized correlation coefficient α. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317067 | DEVICE HAVING FUNCTIONS OF HIGH DEFINITION CONVERSION AND AUDIO SUPPORTING - Provided is a device having functions of high definition conversion and audio supporting, including an analog video and audio unit, an extended display identification data (EDID) electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) module, an ADC, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) module, a memory control unit (MCU), and a power control module. The ADC converts an analog signal received through the analog video and audio unit into a digital signal, which is then converted by the HDMI module into an image signal to be applied to a displaying device (such as a displaying screen or a TV set). The EDID EEPROM module provides the optimum resolution to the displaying device. As such, WUXGA (Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array) resolution can be realized and audio effect is supported. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317068 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317069 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOLUME CONTROL - An application for a system for controlling speaker volume of externally amplified speakers connected to a television includes a television with one or more external amplifiers, each driving one or more speakers. There is a channel for connecting the external amplifiers to the television providing an audio signal to the external amplifiers and a channel for communicating commands from the television to the externally amplifiers, which in some embodiments is the same channel. Responsive to a signal (e.g. remote control command) to the television indicating a request to change the volume of one or more of the external amplifiers, a volume change command is sent to one or more of the external amplifiers over the channel for communicating. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a video signal output unit to output different video signals to a first display unit and a second display unit, a screen switching input unit to input an instruction for switching between a screen displayed on the first display unit and a screen displayed on the second display unit, a determining unit to determine whether an input source of the input path selected for the first display unit is the video signal output unit, and an input control unit turning on the first display unit when the first display unit is turned off at the time of reception of the switching instruction, the input control unit switching the input source to the video signal output unit when the determining unit determines that the input source is not the video signal output unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317071 | INPUT SELECTION MECHANISM FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - A television includes at least two ports (e.g. HDMI ports). The television polls the ports before presenting a user interface that displays some or all of the ports and before toggling between any two of the ports. The polling ascertains whether a device is connected to each of the ports and whether the device is powered. The television modifies the display and/or toggling based on the current state of each port. For example, in toggling, ports that are not connected and ports that are connected to inactive devices are skipped. In another example, when displaying a list of ports, only those ports that are connected to devices appear in the list. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A brightness control unit includes: a “feedback brightness control unit” that calculates a first gain from a corrected image data and multiplies the first gain by image data prior to correct; and a “feedforward brightness control unit” which, when a scene change is detected, calculates a second gain on the basis of a difference between the first gain which is calculated from the corrected image data and the first gain which has been multiplied by the pre-correction image data of the corrected image data in order to correct the difference, and multiplies the second gain by the corrected image data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317073 | Video Transmission by Decoupling Color Components - Techniques are provided herein for receiving at a video processing device color video frames comprising grayscale components and color components. The grayscale components corresponding to each of the color video frames are extracted as each of the color video frames is received to obtain grayscale video frames. The grayscale video frames are transmitted at a first transmission rate. Color components for selected color video frames are periodically fused with selected grayscale video frames to obtain fused color video frames, and the fused color video frames are transmitted at a second transmission rate interspersed with the grayscale video frames transmitted at the first transmission rate. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317074 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a contrast enhancement method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel on which data lines and gate lines are positioned, a data driving circuit for driving the data lines, a scan driving circuit for driving the gate lines, a timing controller for controlling the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit, and a data modulation circuit including a local modulation circuit and a global modulation circuit. The local modulation circuit maps luminance components of input digital video data to a luminance transfer curve selected or generated for each pixel based on an average picture level (APL) of each pixel and perform a first modulation on the luminance components of the input digital video data so as to expand a gray level distribution of a specific portion of an input image. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317075 | Method and system for adapting film judder correction - A TV or monitor with a sensor sensing radiation or light from the surroundings, where a controlling unit, on the basis of the sensed radiation or parameters of a video signal, frame rate converts an original video signal to an up converted video signal by determining additional images for the video signal, the additional images being determined on the basis of the determined radiation/light or parameter of the video signal in order to relatively reduce frame rate conversion generated artefacts when the radiation or light intensity is higher. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317076 | EXTENSION MODULE AND TELEVISION HAVING THE EXTENSION MODULE - The present invention provides an extension module connected between a TV set and signal sources so that the signal sources communicate media signals with the TV set, wherein the extension module comprises a first interface and a second interface, the first interface is electrically connected and communicates with the TV set, and the second interface is electrically connected with the signal sources and outputs a power supply signal and a control signal to the signal sources. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317077 | Digital Intensive Baseband Chain Of A Receiver - In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an apparatus configured to perform channel filtering operations digitally, to reduce area and power consumption as compared to analog filtering. After passive filtering of downconverted analog baseband signals, the signals are provided to digitization circuitry to convert the filtered baseband signals into digital signals. Then a digital circuit, which may be implemented as a digital signal processor (DSP), may channel filter the digital signals and provide the filtered digital signals to conversion circuitry to convert the channel filtered digital signals back to analog signals. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317078 | System and Circuit for Television Power State Control - A system and circuit for television power state control are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power management circuit is coupled to a television and interposed between a video feed and an image display engine as well as between an audio feed and a speaker. The power management circuit selectively alternates the television between three states: powered | 2011-12-29 |
20110317079 | SELECTING REMOTE SERVICES THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE - A system includes a television that has access to one or more services hosted on provider servers through a network. The television has software that displays both program information and services information in an electronic program guide. Upon selecting of a program information entry in the electronic program guide, the software changes the current channel of the television to the channel associated with the program entry information. Upon selecting of one of the services entries in the electronic program guide, the software presents a browsing menu to the viewer, the browsing menu presenting pages from the provider servers and accepting inputs from the viewer. | 2011-12-29 |
20110317080 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2011-12-29 |
20110317081 | SHUTTER GLASSES CAPABLE OF VIEWING A PLURALITY OF TYPES OF MONITORS WHOSE IMAGE LIGHT OUTPUTS HAVE DIFFERENT POLARIZATION DIRECTIONS - A three-dimensional liquid crystal shutter glasses includes a frame and two lenses, where the frame includes two sub-frames, the two lenses can be deposed on the two sub-frames in any one of a plurality of specific angles, respectively, and the plurality of specific angles are for a user to watch a plurality of types of monitors whose images have different polarization directions. | 2011-12-29 |