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20090276558 | LANE MERGING - A buffer is associated with each of a plurality of data lanes of a multi-lane serial data bus. Data words are timed through the buffers of active ones of the data lanes. Words timed through buffers of active data lanes are merged onto a parallel bus such that data words from each of the active data lanes are merged onto the parallel bus in a pre-defined repeating sequence of data lanes. This approach allows other, non-active, data lanes to remain in a power conservation state. | 11-05-2009 |
20090313529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 12-17-2009 |
20120124447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 05-17-2012 |
20120137192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR MANAGEMENT - To derive a Hamming code to manage data errors a set of at least four parity bit positions is selected for parity bits which will protect a set of data bits (where each data bit has a data bit position in the data bit set). A syndrome is determined for each data bit position. This involves selecting a unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. The unique sub-set shares at least one parity bit position with at least one other unique sub-set of at least three parity bit positions. A parity bit value may then be calculated for each parity bit position based on the determined syndromes. The header of a packet may be provided with a word which defines the length of the packet and an error management code generated utilizing this word so that errors in the word may be detected and, possibly, corrected. | 05-31-2012 |
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20110007979 | IMAGE DATA COMPRESSION INVOLVING SUB-SAMPLING OF LUMA AND CHROMA VALUES - Chroma values in image data may be sub-sampled, thereby obtaining sub-sampled chroma values. The sub-sampled chroma values may be compressed, thereby obtaining compressed, sub-sampled chroma values. Luma values in the image data may be compressed, thereby obtaining sub-sampled luma values. Edge information for the luma values that are discarded as part of the luma sub-sampling operation may be determined. | 01-13-2011 |
20110242342 | COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors to be synchronized. The method further includes receiving a first data line from a first image sensor of the multiple image sensors, receiving a second data line from a second image sensor of the multiple image sensors, and combining the first data line and the second data line to generate a synchronized data line. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242355 | COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors. Each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate image data. The method also includes receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors, combining the synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors to generate a synchronized data line, and providing the synchronized data line to an image processor via a single camera input of the image processor. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242356 | COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors. Each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate image data. The method also includes receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors. | 10-06-2011 |
20110292178 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods of 3D image processing are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a three-dimensional (3D) media player is configured to receive input data including at least a first image corresponding to a scene and a second image corresponding to the scene and to provide output data to a 3D display device. The 3D media player is responsive to user input including at least one of a zoom command and a pan command. The 3D media player includes a convergence control module configured to determine a convergence point of a 3D rendering of the scene responsive to the user input. | 12-01-2011 |
20120033051 | AUTOFOCUS FOR STEREO IMAGES - Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to determine an appropriate focal depth for a sensor based upon a pair of stereoscopic images. Particularly, certain of the embodiments contemplate determining keypoints for each image, identifying correlations between the keypoints, and deriving object distances from the correlations. These distances may then be used to select a proper focal depth for one or more sensors. | 02-09-2012 |
20120081519 | COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS - A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes receiving lines of image data at an image processor having an input for a single camera. Each line of the image data includes first line data from a first image captured by a first camera and second line data from a second image captured by a second camera. The method also includes generating an output frame having a first section corresponding to line data of the first image and having a second section corresponding to line data of the second image. The first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image format or a 3D video format. | 04-05-2012 |
20120120256 | PARALLEL IMAGE PROCESSING USING MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - An electronic device for parallel image processing using multiple processors is disclosed. The electronic device includes multiple image sensors for providing image data. The electronic device also includes multiple processors for processing segmented image data to produce processed segmented image data. Each processor is dedicated to one of the image sensors. A multiple processor interface is also included. The multiple processor interface maps the image data to the processors, segments the image data to produce the segmented image data and synchronizes the segmented image data to processor clock rates. | 05-17-2012 |
20120300034 | INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT ADJUSTMENT - Present embodiments contemplate systems, apparatus, and methods to determine a user's preference for depicting a stereoscopic effect. Particularly, certain of the embodiments contemplate receiving user input while displaying a stereoscopic video sequence. The user's preferences may be determined based upon the input. These preferences may then be applied to future stereoscopic depictions. | 11-29-2012 |
20130016186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN IMAGING DEVICE - Described are methods and apparatus for adjusting images of a stereoscopic image pair based on keypoint matches. The quality of the key point matches is first evaluated to determine whether the quality exceeds a keypoint quality threshold. If the quality level of the keypoint matches exceeds the threshold, the vertical disparity between the images of the stereoscopic image pair can be evaluated based on vertical disparity vectors between the keypoint matches. If the vertical disparity is below a threshold, no adjustment of the stereoscopic image pair may be performed. If the vertical disparity is above the threshold, an affine correction may compensate for pitch, roll, and scale differences between the images. A projective correction may compensate for yaw differences. The vertical disparity between the two images is then evaluated after the corrections to determine if additional adjustment should be performed. | 01-17-2013 |
20130063572 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED CROPPING OF A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PAIR - Described herein are methods and apparatus to adjust the convergence point of a stereoscopic image pair captured by an imaging device. In one method, a first image and a second image of a stereoscopic image pair are provided, and then shifting or cropping of the first image is performed to align the first and second image. This shifting or cropping is performed while preserving the second image. The method then includes determining a target horizontal image disparity based on a desired convergence point of the stereoscopic image pair and when the target horizontal disparity is greater than a predetermined maximum, the cropping of an outside dimension of the first image is limited. In some implementations it is limited to the predetermined maximum. | 03-14-2013 |
20130070055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING METHODS OF MANUFACTURING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SENSORS - Described herein are methods, systems and apparatus to improve imaging sensor production yields. In one method, a stereoscopic image sensor pair is provided from a manufacturing line. One or more images of a correction pattern are captured by the image sensor pair. Correction angles of the sensor pair are determined based on the images of the correction pattern. The correction angles of the sensor pair are represented graphically in a three dimensional space. Analysis of the graphical representation of the correction angles through statistical processing results in a set of production correction parameters that may be input into a manufacturing line to improve sensor pair yields. | 03-21-2013 |
20130162411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADAPT A REMOTE CONTROL USER INTERFACE - Described herein are methods, apparatus, and computer readable media to control a user interface on a remote control. A first device command may be received from a remote control. This device command may cause the device to leave a first functional mode and enter a second functional mode. A first remote control command may then be sent to the remote control, with the first remote control command identifying a first remote control user interface to be displayed. The user interface may be operative to control features of the device unique to the second functional mode. | 06-27-2013 |
20140098194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN IMAGING DEVICE - Described are methods and apparatus for adjusting images of a stereoscopic image pair. The methods and apparatus may capture a first and second image with first and second imaging sensors. The two imaging sensors have intrinsic and extrinsic parameters. A normalized focal distance of a reference imaging sensor may also be determined based on intrinsic and extrinsic parameters. A calibration matrix is then adjusted based on the normalized focal distance. The calibration matrix may be applied to an image captured by a image sensor. | 04-10-2014 |
20140132721 | Structured Light Active Depth Sensing Systems Combining Multiple Images to Compensate for Differences in Reflectivity and/or Absorption - A receiver sensor captures a plurality of images, at two or more (different) exposure times, of a scene onto which a code mask is projected. The two or more of the plurality of images are combined by extracting decodable portions of the code mask from each image to generate a combined image. Alternatively, two receiver sensors, each at a different exposure time, are used to capture a plurality of images. The first and second images are then combined by extracting decodable portions of the code mask from each image to generate a combined image. Depth information for the scene may then be ascertained based on the combined image and using the code mask. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132722 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF LIGHT SOURCE POWER IN STRUCTURED LIGHT ACTIVE DEPTH SENSING SYSTEMS - A method and device is provided that compensates for different reflectivity/absorption coefficients of objects in a scene/object when performing active depth sensing using structured light. A receiver sensor captures an image of a scene onto which a code mask is projected. One or more parameters are ascertained from the captured image. Then a light source power for a projecting light source is dynamically adjusted according to the one or more parameters to improve decoding of the code mask in a subsequently captured image. Depth information for the scene may then be ascertained based on the captured image based on the code mask. In one example, the light source power is fixed at a particular illumination while an exposure time for the receiver sensor is adjusted. In another example, an exposure time for the receiver sensor is maintained/kept at a fixed value while the light source power is adjusted. | 05-15-2014 |
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20130314696 | Transmission of Affine-Invariant Spatial Mask for Active Depth Sensing - A method operational on a transmitter device is provided for projecting a composite code mask. A composite code mask on a tangible medium is obtained, where the composite code mask includes a code layer combined with a carrier layer. The code layer may include uniquely identifiable spatially-coded codewords defined by a plurality of symbols. The carrier layer may be independently ascertainable and distinct from the code layer and includes a plurality of reference objects that are robust to distortion upon projection. At least one of the code layer and carrier layer may be pre-shaped by a synthetic point spread function prior to projection. At least a portion of the composite code mask is projected, by the transmitter device, onto a target object to help a receiver ascertain depth information for the target object with a single projection of the composite code mask. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315354 | Reception of Affine-Invariant Spatial Mask for Active Depth Sensing - A method operational on a receiver device for decoding a codeword is provided. At least a portion of a composite code mask is obtained, via a receiver sensor, and projected on the surface of a target object. The composite code mask may be defined by a code layer and a carrier layer. A code layer of uniquely identifiable spatially-coded codewords may be defined by a plurality of symbols. A carrier layer may be independently ascertainable and distinct from the code layer and may include a plurality of reference objects that are robust to distortion upon projection. At least one of the code layer and carrier layer may have been pre-shaped by a synthetic point spread function prior to projection. The code layer may be adjusted, at a processing circuit, for distortion based on the reference objects within the portion of the composite code mask. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315501 | DESIGN OF CODE IN AFFINE-INVARIANT SPATIAL MASK - A method for generating codes for a code mask is provided. A plurality of symbols may be arranged into an n1 by n2 symbol structure, where n1 and n2 are integer values. A plurality of codewords may be defined from different overlapping k1 by k2 windows within the symbol structure, wherein co-linear and spatially overlapping windows define unique codewords, and the codewords are unique in a first direction of the symbol structure but are repeated in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A plurality of the symbol structures as a code mask, wherein symbols in two adjacent k1 by k2 windows are selected so as to avoid codeword aliasing of codewords in the two adjacent k1 by k2 windows. | 11-28-2013 |
20140111448 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH REMOVABLE FRONT PANEL - Systems and apparatus for a touch sensitive display device are disclosed. The display device may include a detachable transparent front panel which overlays a display panel. The detachable transparent front panel may be held against the display panel and a plurality of pressure sensors by a series of magnets. This allows the front panel to act as an interactive touch display system. By having a detachable transparent front panel, the touch sensitive display device may be placed in messy environments, such as a kitchen. A user can then remove and wash the detachable transparent front panel without harming any electronic components. | 04-24-2014 |
20140111650 | MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM USING FOLDED OPTICS - Described herein are methods and devices that employ a plurality of image sensors to capture a target image of a scene. As described, positioning at least one reflective or refractive surface near the plurality of image sensors enables the sensors to capture together an image of wider field of view and longer focal length than any sensor could capture individually by using the reflective or refractive surface to guide a portion of the image scene to each sensor. The different portions of the scene captured by the sensors may overlap, and may be aligned and cropped to generate the target image. | 04-24-2014 |
20140210950 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIVIEW METROLOGY - Described are systems and methods for measuring objects using stereoscopic imaging. After determining keypoints within a set of stereoscopic images, a user may select a desired object within an imaged scene to be measured. Using depth map information and information about the boundary of the selected object, the desired measurement may be calculated and displayed to the user on a display device. Tracking of the object in three dimensions and continuous updating of the measurement of a selected object may also be performed as the object or the imaging device is moved. | 07-31-2014 |
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20140009363 | WIRELESS ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A wireless antenna module includes: a housing made of a resin; an electroconductive layer provided on a front surface side of the housing; a top plate provided on a part of the electroconductive layer in a manner so as to be flush with a surface of the electroconductive layer; and a conduction terminal provided on a back surface side of the housing, and electrically connected to the electroconductive layer, passing through the housing, wherein the conduction terminal on the back surface side of the housing is provided in a position opposing the top plate on the front surface side of the housing. | 01-09-2014 |
20140015337 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR FEEDING POWER TO POWER RECEIVING DEVICE - To provide a power receiving device having high power-receiving efficiency, able to be fed with power in a short time, and having made lighter and thinner with a smaller number of parts, and a power transmission system for feeding power to the power receiving device with high efficiency, the power receiving device has a resistive film type touch panel which has a movable transparent electrode membrane and a fixed transparent electrode membrane and causes a control unit to perform control to selectively switch between a position detecting circuit which detects a contact position on the touch panel and a power receiving circuit which supplies power received by using a movable transparent electrode as a power receiving electrode in an electric field coupling system to a secondary battery, and the power transmission system includes a power transmitting device which has a power transmission electrode for transmitting power by the electric field coupling system by using the movable transparent electrode membrane as a power receiving electrode in response to the power receiving device placed on the power transmitting device. | 01-16-2014 |
20140300201 | Power Transfer System - A capacitance (Cp) is a capacitance formed between a transmitting-device-side passive electrode and a receiving-device-side passive electrode. A capacitance (Ca) is a capacitance formed between a transmitting-device-side active electrode and a receiving-device-side active electrode. A bridge circuit formed by Z | 10-09-2014 |
20140306552 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission system is provided which is able to perform stable data communication with high communication sensitivity even when data communication and power transmission are performed at the same time. | 10-16-2014 |
20140354075 | ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power reception device includes power reception electrodes which establish electric field coupling with power transmission electrodes provided in a power transmission device; and a transformer and rectification circuit which supply electric power based on the electric field excited by the power reception electrodes to a load. The power reception electrodes and the transformer form a parallel resonant circuit. The power transmission device includes a transformer which generates AC voltage to be applied to the power transmission electrodes; and a table in which correspondences between a plurality of resonant frequencies and a plurality of rated powers are described. The power transmission device sweeps the frequency of a PWM signal and detects the resonant frequency of the parallel resonant circuit, identifies a rated power corresponding to the detected resonant frequency based on the table, and adjusts the duty ratio of the PWM signal to match the identified rated power. | 12-04-2014 |
20150024685 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND POWER TRANSMITTER DEVICE - A power transmission system and power transmitter device that suppress degradation of communication quality in data communication even when the data communication and power transmission are performed concurrently. | 01-22-2015 |
20150215007 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In a wireless power transmission system that transmits power from a power transmitting device to a power receiving device by electric field coupling, the power receiving device includes a power receiving module having a circuit for rectifying and smoothing an AC voltage which is generated between the active electrode and the passive electrode, a secondary battery, and a heat conducting plate that transfers heat which is generated in the power receiving module in power transmission from the power transmitting device to the power transmitting device. The power transmitting device includes a power transmission module which converts an input DC voltage to an AC voltage and applies the AC voltage between the active electrode and the passive electrode and a heat conducting plate which makes contact with the heat conducting plate and receives heat from the power receiving device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150222130 | WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER DEVICE, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER DEVICE, AND WIRELSS POWER TRANSCEIVER DEVICE - A wireless power receiver device includes a sheet-like electrode sheet section and a power receiver section. The electrode sheet section includes a power receiver side active electrode and a power receiver side passive electrode that are substantially coplanar and formed into sheet-like shapes; lead lines that are coplanar with both the electrodes, extended from the respective electrodes, and formed into sheet-like shapes; and an insulation sheet that covers both the electrodes and both the lead lines from both sides thereof. The power receiver section includes a step-down unit that steps down an alternating-current voltage induced between end portions of the lead lines; a power receiver module that rectifies and smoothes the alternating-current voltage that is stepped down by the step-down unit; and a connector for outputting an output voltage of the power receiver module. | 08-06-2015 |
20150256228 | POWER RECEPTION DEVICE, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An active electrode and a passive electrode are electrically field-coupled with an active electrode and a passive electrode provided in a power transmission device, respectively. Power in a high frequency voltage excited on the active electrode and the passive electrode is supplied to a mobile unit via a step-down transformer, a rectification smoothing circuit, and a DC-DC converter. A CPU turns off switches when wireless communication is carried out. The passive electrode functions as a booster antenna that is magnetically field-coupled with an antenna coil. A high frequency signal outputted from an RF circuit is transmitted via the antenna coil and the passive electrode, and a high frequency signal transmitted from the power transmission circuit is inputted, via the passive electrode and the antenna coil, to the RF circuit. | 09-10-2015 |
20150326033 | POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power transmission system includes a charging station and a power receiving device. The charging station has a pair of first electrodes, and a signal source that emits an alternating current signal; and a step-up transformer that applies a stepped-up voltage to the pair of first electrodes. The power receiving device has a pair of second electrodes opposite to and that capacitively couple with the first electrodes; a step-down transformer; a rectifying and smoothing circuit that rectifies and smoothes the stepped-down AC voltage; and a load circuit, The charging station further has a potential stabilizing electrode that capacitively couples with the electrode connected to a reference potential of the power receiving device and the potential stabilizing electrode is connected to a reference potential of the charging station via a charge controller. | 11-12-2015 |