10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110057999 | FLUID CONTAINER - In one embodiment a fluid container includes: a housing having a chamber therein for holding a fluid, the housing defined at least in part by a rectangular box and a one piece, L-shaped lid; and a first leg of the lid extending along and closing a first, open side of the box and a second leg of the lid extending along and interlocked with a closed, second side of the box disposed perpendicular to the first side of the box. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058000 | Digital Ink Jet Printing Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus a digital ink-jet printer are presented. A radiation-curable ink is continuously applies to successive locations on a substrate along a print line extending across the substrate. Concurrently with the continuous application of the radiation-curable ink along the print line, first curing radiation of a predetermined first intensity is continuously applied to the applied ink on the successive locations on the substrate along said print line, with a certain time delay, constant for all the locations on the substrate, between the applications of ink and to the first curing radiation. Second curing radiation of a predetermined second intensity is applied to the locations on the substrate a certain time period, constant for all the locations on the substrate, after the application of the first curing radiation to said locations. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058001 | INKJET IMAGING METHODS, IMAGING METHODS AND HARD IMAGING DEVICES - Inkjet imaging methods, imaging methods and hard imaging devices are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging method includes accessing image data of an image to be formed; using the image data, controlling a print device to eject a plurality of droplets of a liquid marking agent corresponding to the image to be formed, wherein the droplets of the liquid marking agent individually comprise a plurality of ink particles; using the print device, ejecting the droplets of the liquid marking agent; after the ejecting, receiving the droplets of the liquid marking agent upon a transfer member; and after the receiving, transferring the ink particles of the droplets from the transfer member to media to form a hard version of the image using the media. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058002 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method includes: performing a printing process while transporting a recording medium in a transport direction; and pinching the recording medium between a first roller and a second roller while transporting the recording medium by the second roller, by making the first roller that moves in the transport direction and the second roller that transports the recording medium in the transport direction come close to each other. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a conveying mechanism that is provided in this apparatus body and conveys a sheet, a recording head that ejects an ink to the medium conveyed by this conveying mechanism and records an image on the medium, and a sheet guide that is spaced apart from and opposed to this recording head, guides the sheet, and is provided to be freely inserted into and taken out from the apparatus body. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058004 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058005 | Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus and Recording Method Therefor - A recording apparatus has a recording head, a platen, and a first hole. The recording head includes a dot formation element array, and the platen holds a recording medium opposite the recording head. The first hole is disposed in an area of the platen opposite a downstream portion of the dot formation element array and guides ink discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin. Alternatively or additionally, a second hole is formed in an area of the platen opposite an upstream portion of the dot formation element array, and the platen guides ink, which is discarded outside an end of the recording medium when the end is printed without a margin, to the second hole. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058006 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides an inkjet recording medium having at least an ink-receiving layer, the ink-receiving layer containing at least fumed silica, a hydroxycarboxylic acid ester having the I/O value of 1.5 or more as determined in accordance with an organic conceptual diagram, and a polyvinyl alcohol, and an amount of the hydroxycarboxylic acid ester with respect to 1 kg of the fumed silica in the ink-receiving layer being from 0.1 moles to 2 moles. The present invention further provides an inkjet recording medium having at least a support and an ink-receiving layer provided on the support, the ink-receiving layer containing at least a chloride ion-containing zirconium salt, a water-soluble aluminum salt, a hydroxy acid derivative, inorganic fine particles, and a water-soluble resin. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058007 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A STEREOGRAPH AND RELATED PRINT DEVICE - A method for printing a stereograph includes manufacturing a lenticular lens structure on a surface of a protecting region of a ribbon wherein the ribbon includes a plurality of dye regions and the protecting region, receiving a target image data, conveying a print medium, transferring the plurality of dye regions of the ribbon onto the print medium respectively according to the target image data when conveying the print medium, and transferring the protecting region of the ribbon onto the print medium after transferring the plurality of dye regions of the ribbon onto the print medium. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058008 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE FOR RECORDING HEAD, RECORDING HEAD, HEAD CARTRIDGE, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An element substrate for a recording head includes groups of heating resistors that are disposed next to one another in each group; logic circuits configured to time-divisionally drive the heating resistors in units of one block; a heat enable signal line common to the groups of heating resisters, the heat enable signal line supplying a heat enable signal to each of the groups of heating resisters; and delay circuits connected to the heat enable signal line at positions between the groups of heating resisters. A signal output from each delay circuit to the next group is inverted. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058009 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF SELF-SCANNING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY AND PRINT HEAD - The light-emitting device includes: a self-scanning light-emitting element array including: light-emitting elements; memory elements; and switch elements; and a light-up controller supplying a transfer signal setting ON of the switch elements, a memory signal causing, in a case where a switch element corresponding to a light-emitting element forming a group is set at the ON state, a corresponding memory element to be temporarily changed from OFF to ON if the light-emitting element is to light up, and the corresponding memory element to be kept in OFF if the light-emitting element is not to light up, and then causing the memory element having been temporarily changed to the ON state to be temporarily set at ON again, and a light-up signal for each group, the light-up signal causing a light-emitting element to be set at ON after causing a memory element to be set at ON. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058010 | IMAGING HEAD FOR 3D IMAGING - An imaging head ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058011 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes: a first controller configured to control a function related to a call; a second controller configured to control a multimedia function such as a camera; and a relay module configured to transfer information required between the first and second controllers, wherein the second controller provides control to continuously capture an image during call communication, and when displaying of the captured image is stopped for the call communication, the controller provides control to display the image by displaying it starting from the point at which the displaying was stopped when the call communication is terminated. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058012 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication of audio signals between first and second portable-telephone devices through a first portable-telephone base station, a second portable-telephone base station and a portable-telephone line network has been connected, IP addresses are exchanged. The IP addresses are for communicating image data by first and second terminal adapters associated with the first and second portable-telephone devices respectively through an OCN. Image data is then transmitted to the IP addresses through the OCN. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058013 | Email Based Scheduling Mechanism for Conference Calls - A system and method for a management server to schedule a conference call. The management server may manage conferencing equipment, including a schedule for the managed conferencing equipment. The management server may receive scheduling information for the conference call, which may specify a time and two or more endpoints for the conference call. At least one of the endpoints may be managed by the management server. The management server may determine whether the conference call is possible, based on the scheduling information and the schedule for the managed conferencing equipment. If the conference call is determined to be possible, the conference call may be scheduled, in which case the management server may enter the scheduling information into the schedule for managed conferencing equipment. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058014 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging processing device includes: a position information generation section that generates position information which represents a relative positional relationship of captured images when the captured images are aligned on a predetermined plane so as to overlap same subjects, which are included in the different captured images, with each other; a strip image generation section that cuts out an area on each captured image from a predetermined reference position on the captured image to the reference position on another captured image which is aligned on the plane so as to overlap with the captured image and generates a strip image including the area, when the captured images are aligned on the plane on the basis of the position information; and a panoramic image generation section that generates a single panoramic image by aligning and stitching the strip images which are obtained from the captured images. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058015 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, MONITOR DISPLAY METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - To provide are a photographing device, a portable information processing terminal, a monitor display method for the photographing device, and a program, which can easily perform a panoramic photographing by simplifying a monitor display figure to support photographing of a panoramic image. Monitor means | 2011-03-10 |
20110058016 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING 2D/3D VIDEO - A video processor decompresses stereoscopic left and right reference frames of compressed 3D video. New left and right frames are interpolated. The frames may be stored and/or communicated for display. The left and right frames are combined into a single frame of a single stream or may be sequenced in separate left and right streams. The left and right frames are interpolated based on the combined single stream and/or based on the separate left and right streams. Motion vectors are determined for one of the separate left or right streams. The frames are interpolated utilizing motion compensation. Areas of occlusion are determined in the separate left and right streams. Pixels are interpolated for occluded areas of left or right frames of separate streams from uncovered areas in corresponding opposite side frames. The left and right interpolated and/or reference frames are displayed as 3D and/or 2D video. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058017 | Apparatus and method for compressing three dimensional video - A three-dimensional (3D) compressing method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D video compressing apparatus determines whether a motion of consecutive frames exists when a depth of a multi-view video is estimated, performs a depth estimation when the motion exists, and compresses the 3D video by using a color video motion vector as a depth video motion vector. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058018 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR REDUCING AFTERIMAGE - A display apparatus for reducing an afterimage and a driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a video processor which divides and outputs each of frames constituting the left-eye image and the right-eye image into a plurality of sub-frames which have different sustaining times when the left-eye image and the right-eye image are input; a display unit which displays an image based on the divided sub-frames; and a controller which prevents recognition of at least one sub-frame among the plurality of sub-frames on the basis of the sustaining times of the plurality of sub-frames, thus presenting a clear image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058019 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO DATA ON DISPLAY UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A video processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires a change rate per unit time of a parallax amount that is a shift amount in a direction of an interpupillary distance between a frame-image for left-eye and a frame-image for right-eye of one set. Then, the video processing apparatus determines, based on the change rate, a display parallax amount for displaying an object to be stereoscopically viewed by a user as approaching him at the change rate that is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold. At that time, the display parallax amount is determined such that the object is stereoscopically viewed by the user as approaching him at a change rate smaller than the acquired change rate. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058020 | PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE VISUAL REPRESENTATION ON A DISPLAY - The invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing an interactive visual representation ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058021 | RENDERING MULTIVIEW CONTENT IN A 3D VIDEO SYSTEM - There is disclosed methods and apparatuses for multi-view video encoding, decoding and display. A depth map is provided for each of the available views. The depth maps of the available views are used to synthesize a target view for rendering an image from the perspective of the target view based on images of the available views. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058022 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for processing image data in a portable terminal are provided. More specifically, an apparatus and a method are provided for reducing computation in similar block estimation of left and right image data when an image is compressed or a stereoscopic image is processed. The apparatus includes a camera for obtaining two or more image data; and a similar block detector for converting the obtained image data to binary data and estimating block similarity by comparing the converted binary data. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058023 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURED LIGHT ILLUMINATION WITH FRAME SUBWINDOWS - A structured light imaging (SLI) system includes a projection system, image sensor system and processing module. The projection system is operable to project a single SLI pattern into an imaging area. The image sensor system is operable to capture images of a 3D object moving through the imaging area. The image sensor system outputs a subset of camera pixels corresponding to a subwindow of a camera frame to generate subwindow images. The processing module is operable to create a 3D surface map of the 3D object based on the subwindow images. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058024 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, a display panel displays an image, and a frame rate converter separates an image signal to a first image frame for a left-eye and a second image frame for a right-eye and generates first and second intermediate image frames respectively following the first and second image frames. A timing controller converts the first and second image frames to first and second compensation frames, respectively, and sequentially provides the first compensation frame, the first intermediate image frame, the second compensation frame, and the second intermediate image frame to a data driver. The data driver converts the first and second compensation frames to a left-eye data voltage and a right-eye data voltage, respectively, and converts the first and second intermediate image frames to a predetermined black data voltage. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058025 | LEFT AND RIGHT SHUTTER CONTROL USING VISIBLE LIGHT EMITTER - Methods and means related to viewing three-dimensional images are provided. Three-dimensional imagery is displayed on an electronic display of a laptop computer or other suitable device. A light-emitting device that is integral to the laptop is controlled to provide shutter synchronization signals to a pair of three-dimensional viewing glasses. The light-emitting device can also be controlled to provide a user with status information for a camera or other feature of the laptop. Materials and user time are conserved by using a built-in resource of the laptop rather than requiring a single-purpose peripheral device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058026 | System and Method for Detecting Status of Imaging Device - A system for detecting a status of an imaging device for use with a surgical navigation system is provided. The system can comprise a source of at least one image and a mask module that generates a mask array for each received image. The system can also include a background check module that determines a content of the image defined by the mask array and a radiation status module that determines a status of the imaging device based on the content of the image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058027 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE FOR SIMPLIFYING OPTICAL COMPONENT - An image-capturing module for simplifying optical component includes a first substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a second substrate unit, a light-emitting unit and a cover unit. The second substrate unit is disposed on the outer surface of the optical imaging unit and electrically connected to the first substrate unit. The light-emitting unit has a light-emitting element electrically disposed on the second substrate unit. The cover unit has a reflective layer formed on an inner surface thereof. Therefore, the light beams generated by the light-emitting element are reflected by the reflective layer to form first reflected light beams projected onto the object, then the first reflected light beams are reflected by the object to form second reflected light beams projected onto the optical imaging unit, and then the second reflected light beams pass through the optical imaging unit and project onto the image-capturing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058028 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores person relationship information representing the relationship between multiple people as a subject in a storage medium; an acquisition unit which acquires image data generated by imaging people as a subject; a detection unit which detects each person in an image based on image data acquired by the acquisition unit; a specification unit which specifies each person detected from the image by the detection unit; and a determination unit which determines the relationship between the multiple people detected from the image by the detection unit, wherein, when at least one person from among the multiple people detected from the image by the detection unit is specified and another person is unable to be specified, the specification unit specifies another person on the basis of the relationship between the multiple people determined by the determination unit and the person relationship information stored in the storage medium. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058029 | EVALUATION METHOD OF TEMPLATE IMAGES AND IN VIVO MOTION DETECTING APPARATUS - Multiple template images to be evaluated are used to carry out pattern matching with multiple images, correlation coefficients among the multiple template images are computed based on the results of the pattern matchings, and the template images are evaluated based on the computation result. As a result, the template images can be evaluated in the selection of template images used for pattern matching. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058030 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPE - A digital microscope for viewing the surface of an object comprises a housing having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end forms an opening to the housing. A sensor that receives light reflected from the surface of an object is located towards the proximal end of the housing. The sensor converts the light to a digital image. A lens that focuses light reflected from the object onto the sensor is located within the housing between the sensor and the object to be viewed. A reflective member is located within the opening. In use, light is reflected from the object to the sensor and a portion of the reflected light is directed via the reflective member such that the surface of the object can be viewed simultaneously from two different directions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058031 | IMAGE PROCESSING MEASURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING MEASUREMENT METHOD - An image processing measuring apparatus includes an illuminator that has a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED; a controller that can independently control illumination intensity of each light source; a color image separator that separates the reflected lights from the measured object into a red light, a green light, and a blue light, respectively converts the lights into a red light image signal, a green light image signal, and a blue light image signal based on each light, and outputs the signals; and an image processor that performs a grayscale image process with respect to one image signal having the same color as that of the radiated light among image signals obtained from the color image separator, when one of the lights from the red LED, the green LED, or the blue LED is radiated onto the measured object. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058032 | Apparatus and method for detecting face - A face detection apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus may acquire a distance difference image through a stereo camera and create an object mask using the distance difference image to detect a face candidate area. The apparatus may also determine a size of a search window using the distance difference image and detect a facial area in the face candidate area. Accordingly, an operation speed for face detection can be improved. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058033 | MOVING IMAGER CAMERA FOR TRACK AND RANGE CAPTURE - A precision motion platform carrying an imaging device under a large-field-coverage lens enables capture of high resolution imagery over the full field in an instantaneous telephoto mode and wide-angle coverage through temporal integration. The device permits automated tracking and scanning without movement of a camera body or lens. Coupled use of two or more devices enables automated range computation without the need for subsequent epipolar rectification. The imager motion enables sample integration for resolution enhancement. The control methods for imager positioning enable decreasing the blur caused by both the motion of the moving imager or the motion of an object's image that the imager is intended to capture. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058034 | Sharing of video surveillance information - A method of sharing the monitoring of video surveillance information between different users is provided. The video surveillance information from a user is transmitted over a network such as the Internet to a third party surveillance center. A user, or designated parties of that user, may access his own video surveillance information from the surveillance service in addition to video surveillance information that has originated from other users. Which other user video surveillance information may be accessed by a user is determined by a set of rules that are enforced by the surveillance service. The rules for allowing a user to view other users' video surveillance information may be based on geographical location, group affiliation, network of users, or otherwise. A user accessing other users' video surveillance information may or may not know these other users. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING SECURITY SYSTEM EVENTS - An event-based recording access control and security management system includes an access control system having one or more access control devices, a recording system having one or more recording devices, a first gateway configured to generate a message identifying time of occurrence of a hardware event representative of operation of an access control device, and an event video recorder (EVR) configured to command information capture by a recording device of the recording system based on the hardware event, and to associate the captured information with the message by including in the message a timestamp of the hardware event and of the information capture. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058036 | BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL - A camera system comprises a camera that produces a video signal, a video compressor that compresses the video signal, a system control processor that passes the compressed video signal, and a network interface that receives the compressed video signal, wherein the video compressor comprises configurable parameters that affect a bandwidth of the compressed video signal. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058037 | FIRE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FIRE DETECTION - Fire detector installations comprise fire detectors as sensor devices for detecting fires, smoke, flames or other signs of fire, and are used in both public buildings, such as schools or museums, and in private buildings. The invention relates to a fire detector device ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058038 | SINGLE CAMERA COLOR POLARIMETRIC IMAGING - A single aperture polarimetric color imaging system includes a color filter array including a plurality of RGB filter elements in a path of received radiation that includes color band and near IR light. A linear polarizer array includes a plurality of polarization filter elements that provide a plurality of different polarization orientations that are optically aligned with the RGB filter elements. A single common pixel array includes a plurality of photodetector pixels for transducing the color band or near IR light into electrical signals after processing by the color filter array and linear polarizer array. A band select switching device switches between selectively transmitting the near IR band and color band or color band including light. A signal processor is coupled to receive and process the electrical signals from the common pixel array and generates polarimetric image data from the near IR band light and color image data from the color band or color band including light. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058039 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR USE IN HIRED VEHICLES - In accordance with one embodiment, a security system is provided on the vehicle that captures and stores the image (face) of the customer but also documents, using a GPS system, the entry (start) point and the exit (end) point of the ride. All this information can be stored locally and transmitted wirelessly to a remote central database where it is stored and can later be accessed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058040 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW INFORMATION MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element, and includes an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the reflective element, and information displayed by the information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through the reflective element when the information display is displaying information. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and the forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058041 | ROUTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A route monitoring system for a vehicle includes at least one camera, disposed at the route end, for recording video data relating indirectly or directly to a route section on which the vehicle travels, at least one display device for displaying the recorded video data, and a control device which indirectly or directly communicates with the at least one camera and the at least one display device. The control device is configured to display the video data recorded by the camera on the display device. The control device communicates with a vehicle control and/or operations command/control system for operating the vehicle and receives data from the vehicle control and operations command/control system, which data allow the respective vehicle location to be determined. The video data device is configured such that it displays the video data of the at least one camera on the display device depending on the respective vehicle location. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058042 | Monitor Device, Switching Device, TV System, and Display Method - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitor device including: a first port configured to receive videos output from an external switching device, the external switching device being connected to first input sources; a second port configured to receive a video output from an external source device as a second input source; and a display module configured to display: information about the first input sources, as a group, obtained through the external switching device; and information about the second input source, as a port name of the second port and/or apparatus information about the external source device, obtained from the external source device, wherein a switching operation between the first input sources and the second input source is performed in accordance with a switching instruction sent from an external manipulation device having a button to perform the switching operation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058043 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image output apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of the image output apparatus adjusts and outputs an image according to an input position of the image output apparatus. Therefore, when a single image is displayed using a plurality of image output apparatuses, the size or resolution of an output image is automatically adjusted based on the input number and position of image output apparatuses, and thus user's convenience is improved. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058044 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a measurement apparatus capable of causing different data display forms to coexist in each of a plurality of measurement channels on a common display screen with comparatively simple operation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058045 | Scanning Mirror Position Determination - A scanning projector includes a mirror that scans in two dimensions, at least one of which is sinusoidal. A position sensor provides a position signal that represents an angular displacement of the mirror. The position signal is amplified by an amplifier with time variant characteristics. A beam position determination component compensates for the time variant characteristics of the amplifier. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058046 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of a detection precision calculating module, a detecting module, and an image providing module. The detection precision calculating module calculates a detection precision that satisfies a designated restrictive condition. Based on the calculated detection precision, the detecting module detects a projection of a designated object from each image based on the calculated detection precision, and calculates the number of projections of the designated object included in each image. The image providing module arranges the respective pieces of image information according to the number of detected projections of the object and provides a list of arranged images as a search result. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058047 | WIRELESS IMAGING FOR PERSONALIZED IMAGE PRODUCT - A system for a camera phone user to create a photo gift includes a wireless router configured to receive a data structure from a first camera phone operated by a first user. The data structure defines a picture strip that includes a row of images and has a length-to-width ratio in a range between 2.5 and 6. A server can send a message to a recipient about the creation of picture strip. A printing and finishing facility can produce the picture strip in accordance with the data structure, wherein the picture strip is shipped to the recipient. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058048 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND UTILIZING DIGITAL EVIDENCE - A handy, low cost, tamper-evident evidence recording device is disclosed. A method and system for utilizing evidence recording devices in improving various business processes such as insurance claims processing, car and equipment rentals, and property leases disputes, is disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058049 | Real-Time Image Stabilization - An apparatus and method for stabilizing image frames in a video data stream. A weighted average or centroid of the intensity or hue associated with pixels vs. the horizontal and vertical position of each pixel is calculated for a reference frame in the video data stream. A corresponding centroid is calculated for a subsequent frame in the stream. This image frame is then translated so that the centroid of the subsequent frame and the centroid of the reference frame coincide, reducing artifacts from shaking of the video capture device. Alternatively, the video stream frames may be divided into tiles and centroids calculated for each tile. The centroids of the tiles of a subsequent frame are curve fit to the centroids of tiles in a reference frame. An affine transform is then performed on the subsequent frame to reduce artifacts in the image from movements of the video capture device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION BLUR AND GHOSTING PREVENTION IN IMAGING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for motion blur and ghosting prevention in imaging system is presented. A residue image is computed by performing spatial-temporal filter with a set of absolute image difference of image pairs from input images. A noise adaptive pixel threshold is computed for every pixel based on noise statistics of image sensor. The residue image and the noise adaptive pixel threshold are used to create a motion masking map. The motion masking map is used to represent motion and non-motion pixels in pixels merging. The pixels merging step is performed to generate an output image by considering the motion pixels where the motion pixels are performed separately. The resulting output image having no or less motion blur and ghosting artifacts can be obtained, even the input images having different degree of motion blur between each of the image, while the complexity is low. It is preferred that the current invention is applied in the Bayer raw domain. The benefit is reduced computation and memory because only 1 color component is processed for each pixel. Another benefit is higher signal fidelity because processing in the Bayer raw domain is unaffected by demosaicing artifacts, especially along edges. However, the current invention can also be applied in RGB domain. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058051 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL FUNCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL SYSTEM - In a mobile terminal having a photographing control function based on an image recognition technique and a photographing control system employing an image recognition technique, a specific action is detected from a user image taken by one camera, and the operation of another camera or the processing of an image taken by the camera is controlled when the specific action has been detected, thereby controlling photographing without direct physical manipulation of a user. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE CAMERA CONTROL - A camera capable of capturing still images and video and included in a portable media device can be controlled remotely using an accessory. The accessory can register with the PMD to automatically receive notifications whenever there is a change in the camera state. The camera states can include mode, operation status, and configuration settings. The accessory can send instructions to a camera application that interfaces with the camera to control the camera. The accessory can remotely activate the camera, change camera mode, and send instructions to operate the camera. The accessory and the PMD can concurrently control the camera. The PMD can send the captured still images and recorded video to the accessory for preview and receive instructions from the accessory on disposition of the still images and the video. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058053 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes: a first camera; a second camera; an image processor to process first image data generated by the first camera according to an interface format of a host processor; and a concurrent driver to process second image data generated by the second camera according to an output format of the image processor and to buffer the processed second image data to the host processor. A method for image processing of a mobile terminal includes, if both the first and second cameras operate in an ON state, the image processor processing the first image data of the first camera according to the interface format of the host processor, and the concurrent driver operating in an active mode to process the second image data of the second camera according to the output format of the image processor and buffering the arranged images to the host processor. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058054 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER WITH ON-CHIP PHOTODIODE ARRAY - A radio transmitter integrated circuit includes a photodiode array circuit, a digital conversion module, and a transmit baseband processing module. The photodiode array circuit converts received light into electrical image signals. The digital conversion module converts the electrical image signals into digital image signals. The transmit baseband processing module converts the digital image signals into digital transmit baseband or low IF signals. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058055 | VIDEO STORAGE - Systems, methods, and devices for encoding video data are provided. For example, an electronic device for obtaining and encoding video may include image capture circuitry, motion-sensing circuitry, and data processing circuitry. The image capture circuitry may capture an uncompressed video frame, and the motion-sensing circuitry may detect physical motion of the electronic device. The data processing circuitry may encode the uncompressed video frame based at least in part on a quantization parameter, which the data processing circuitry may determine based at least in part on whether the motion-sensing circuitry has detected physical motion of the electronic device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058056 | AUDIO ALTERATION TECHNIQUES - A method of altering audio output from an electronic device based on image data is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes acquiring image data and determining one or more characteristics of the image data. Such characteristics may include sharpness, brightness, motion, magnification, zoom setting, and so forth, as well as variation in any of the preceding characteristics. The method may also include producing audio output, wherein at least one characteristic of the audio output is determined based on one or more of the image data characteristics. Various audio output characteristics that may be varied based on the video data characteristics may include, for instance, pitch, reverberation, tempo, volume, filter frequency response, added sound effects, or the like. Additional methods, devices, and manufactures are also disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058057 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image capture device includes: a request-data obtaining unit configured to obtain request data output from an image processing device; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not an input image is an image requested by the image processing device, on a basis of information contained in the request data; a presenting unit configured to present a user with a result of the determination; and a saving configured to save the input image at timing designated by the user. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058058 | DIGITAL IMAGE ACQUISITION CONTROL AND CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more mouth regions are determined. The mouth regions are analyzed to determined whether they are frowning, and if so, then the scene is disqualified as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while the mouth is completing the frowning. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058059 | Object-Image Searching Apparatus - An object-image searching apparatus includes a fetcher. A fetcher repeatedly fetches an object scene image. A first searcher searches an object image that matches a registered object image from the object scene image fetched by the fetcher. An acceptor accepts a designating manipulation for designating the object image on the object scene image fetched by the fetcher. A second searcher searches a predetermined object image that matches the object image designated by the designating manipulation from among a plurality of predetermined object images. A definer defines, as the registered object image, the predetermined object image discovered by the second searcher. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058060 | Face Recognition Training Method and Apparatus - A device is trained for face recognition. A first acquired digital image of a scene includes a face. Face image data is extracted and stored in a face image library along with an unique identifier. A second acquired digital image may or may not include the face of the same person as the face in the first acquired digital image. Face recognition is applied to extracted face data of the second digital image, and the face of the first digital image is displayed as a match to the face of the second digital image when the first and second images are determined to match or the second digital image or a face therein is identified with biometric data stored along with the first digital image when the faces in the first and second images are determined to match. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058061 | SIMULTANEOUS MODEL-BASED SEGMENTATION OF OBJECTS SATISFYING PRE-DEFINED SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS - The invention relates to a system ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058062 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, light being incident on the second surface side; a wiring layer disposed on the first surface side; a photodetector formed in the substrate and including a first region of a first conductivity type; a transfer gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and adjacent to the photodetector, the transfer gate transferring a signal charge accumulated in the photodetector; and at least one control gate disposed on the first surface of the substrate and superposed on the photodetector, the control gate controlling the potential of the photodetector in the vicinity of the first surface. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058063 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus includes a manual white balance function for adjusting white balance according to a selected light source and a white balance bracketing function for capturing a plurality of images with a single shutter input, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium storing a program to execute the method, wherein a user may adjust gains of white balance during generation of the plurality of images. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058064 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A line-by-line filter process is performed to extract luminance data and color carrier data from an original image (i.e., a CCDRAW image) obtained from a single-sensor color imaging element, without separating the original image into R, G, and B data corresponding to a Bayer array. A color difference data demodulation process and a median noise removal process are performed with respect to the color carrier data to obtain color difference data. Band limitation filter processes having different characteristics are performed with respect to the luminance data and the color difference data, respectively. Moreover, separate resizing processes are performed with respect to the luminance data and the color difference data, respectively. A modulation process is performed to convert the resized color difference data to color carrier data. A color array reproduction process is performed to recombine the color carrier data and the resized luminance signal. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058065 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides an image processing device and an image processing method capable of performing image processing of higher accuracy using the synthetic image data with enlarged dynamic range. An image processing method including the steps of acquiring a plurality of input image data with pixel information defined with a first tone range by performing imaging over plural times at different exposure conditions using an imaging unit, generating synthetic image data with pixel information defined with a second tone range wider than the first tone range by synthesizing the plurality of input image data, generating processed image data containing pixel information defined with the second tone range by performing image processing on the synthetic image data for facilitating detection or measurement related to an imaged target; and converting the processed image data to output image data containing pixel information defined with a third tone range narrower than the second tone range is disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058066 | AUTO EXPOSURE CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD - An automatic exposure (AE) controlling device and method are provided. According to the method, an electric shutter (ES) value and an analog gain control (AGC) value can be calculated through a proportional integral control method according to a brightness value of an inputted image frame. Then, AE compensation on a present image frame can be performed using the calculated ES value and AGC value. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058067 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR BACK LIGHT OF IMAGE - An apparatus and method for compensating for back light of an image are provided. The method includes receiving an image at a preset time interval, upon receiving the image, dividing pixels constituting the received image according to preset ranges, determining whether the received image is a back light image by confirming a distribution degree of pixels of each of the divided ranges, adjusting the brightness of the back light image when the received image is the back light image, and storing the received image and the back light compensated image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058068 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, at least the first lens unit and the second lens unit move along an optical axis, on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming, the second lens unit moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and the condition is satisfied: 1.00<(1−m | 2011-03-10 |
20110058069 | Detecting Red Eye Filter and Apparatus Using Meta-Data - A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and/film information. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058070 | MAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: an imaging lens; an image pickup element including pixels of a first and second group, the pixels of the second group including pixels for phase difference detection, the image pickup element configured to be capable of independently reading out first and second image signals from the pixels of the first and second group, respectively; a defocus amount calculation device configured to calculate an amount of defocus of the imaging lens based on image signals read out from the pixels for phase difference detection; a focus control device configured to perform a focus adjustment to make the amount of defocus “0”; an image processing device configured to read out the first and second image signals after the focus adjustment and generate an image for recording based on the first and second image signals; and a recording device configured to record the generated image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058071 | Detecting Red Eye Filter and Apparatus Using Meta-Data - A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and/film information. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058072 | CAMERA SENSOR CORRECTION - Systems and methods for camera sensor correction are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method may include sampling a spectral response for a plurality of color channels at different spatial locations on a sensor. The method may also include applying a 4×4 color correction matrix at the different spatial locations in an image captured by the sensor. The method may also include converting the spectral response at each spatial location to match the spectral response of the sensor at any one location on the image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058073 | Signal Chain of an Imaging System - A signal chain of an imaging system is disclosed. The system includes three circuit stages. The first circuit stage includes a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) and a black level compensation (BLC) circuit that form a BLC loop. The second circuit stage includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), where a dark signal offset is added at an input of the ADC. The third circuit stage includes a digital gain circuit and a digital loop that makes a final output of the imaging system settle on a target level in the BLC mode. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058074 | DEFECTIVE PIXEL SPECIFYING METHOD, DEFECTIVE PIXEL SPECIFYING SYSTEM, IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD, AND IMAGE CORRECTING SYSTEM - A defective pixel specifying method and a defective pixel specifying system for a semiconductor device having a defective pixel are provided. Also provided are an image correcting method and an image correcting system for making a defective pixel inconspicuous on the screen when a read image is displayed. The present invention determines whether or not there is a defective pixel for each pixel and specifies the coordinate of the defective pixel using image signals obtained by reading a plurality of images. The image signal of the defective pixel is set based on the image signals of the pixels adjacent to the defective pixel to correct the image of the subject read. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058075 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes: photoelectric conversion units provided on an imaging face of a semiconductor substrate; a color filter provided on the imaging face; and a light shielding portion provided on the imaging face; wherein photoelectric conversion units are arrayed on the imaging face in a first direction a second direction; and wherein the color filter includes a first filter layer having high light transmissivity regarding a first wavelength band, and a second filter layer having high light transmissivity regarding a second wavelength band, with the first and second filter layers arrayed above the photoelectric conversion units arrayed in the first direction so as to extend in the first direction and be arrayed adjacently in the second direction; and wherein the light shielding portion extends in the first direction between the photoelectric conversion units arrayed in the second direction, between the first filter layer and the second filter layer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058076 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid state imaging device includes: a light receiving portion and a transfer channel formed in a semiconductor substrate; a transfer electrode formed on the transfer channel; an anti-reflection film formed on the light receiving portion; and a light shielding film which covers the transfer electrode, and is in contact with a side surface of the anti-reflection film. An upper surface of the light shielding film at a contact between the light shielding film and a side surface of the anti-reflection film is located below an upper surface of the light shielding film on the transfer electrode. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058077 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL CAMERA - The solid-state imaging apparatus illustrates a solid-state imaging element having a light receiving portion; a package which contains the solid-state imaging element; a light-transmissive member which is provided above the solid-state imaging element; and a partitioning member which is fixed to the package to isolate the light receiving portion of the solid-state imaging element from the surrounding portion of the light receiving portion of the solid-state imaging element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058078 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device may include a plurality of A/D converters each of which receives a pixel signal from a pixel array that includes pixels arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the pixels may have a photoelectric conversion element. The pixel array may output the pixel signal in accordance with an incident light amount to the photoelectric conversion element. The plurality of A/D converters may convert the pixel signal to a digital value based on a reference voltage. The plurality of A/D converters may output the digital value. A reference voltage wire, which supplies the reference voltage to each of the plurality of A/D converters, may be branched into a plurality of branched reference voltage wires each of which is corresponding to one of the plurality of A/D converters. Each of the plurality of branched reference voltage wires may be connected only to constituent components in a corresponding A/D converter. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058079 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an imaging device which eliminates complexity in reading an image in low resolution and reading an image in high resolution and realizes prevention of decrease in frame rate. The device includes a pixel region including a plurality of pixel elements and imaging an incident light of an object as an image and a reading unit for thinning out a pixel element from the pixel region to read a thinned out image in low resolution and reading a partial image in resolution higher than the thinned out image from a partial region of the pixel region (a horizontal shift register and a vertical shift register), wherein the reading unit reads the thinned out image and the partial image from mutually different pixel elements and reads the thinned out image and the partial image as different imaging frames. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058080 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area, a vertical line drive circuit, and a control circuit. The imaging area is provided with a plurality of unit pixels arrayed like a two-dimensional matrix. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element, a read transistor, an amplifier transistor, and a reset transistor. The vertical line drive circuit is configured to select and drive the unit pixels at a unit of row, and to set a signal storage time of the photoelectric conversion element of each driven unit pixel. The control circuit connected to the vertical line drive circuit, is configured to execute a variable control of the signal storage time at a unit of row of the unit pixel. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058081 | IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF, AND IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The image sensor includes a plurality of column lines, a plurality of active road circuits and a selection circuit. The plurality of column lines are each connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels. The plurality of active road circuits are each connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of column lines. The selection circuit is configured to enable a portion of the plurality of active road circuits based on a plurality of column selection signals. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058082 | CMOS Image Sensor with Noise Cancellation - An image sensor that has one or more pixels within a pixel array coupled to a control circuit and to one or more subtraction circuits. The control circuit may cause each pixel to provide a first reference output signal and a reset output signal and may then cause each pixel to provide a light response output signal and a second reference output signal. The light response output signal corresponds to the image that is to be captured by the sensor. The subtraction circuit may provide a difference between the reset output signal and the first reference output signal to create a noise signal, and may provide a difference between the second reference output signal and the light response output signal to create a normalized light response output signal. The noise signal may then be subtracted from the normalized light response output signal to generate an image signal having reset noise cancelled therefrom. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058083 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH HORIZONTAL TRANSFER PATHS AND A DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - In a solid state imaging device, signal charges are branched to be output to in the form of one or plural outputs. At a horizontal transfer speed not lower than a predetermined transfer speed, the imaging device transfers signal charges of color attributes classified by a branching section, to plural horizontal transfer paths, where the signal charges are converted into analog voltage signals, which will be output synchronously. At a horizontal transfer speed lower than the predetermined transfer speed, the analog voltage signal converted is output from, e.g. the horizontal transfer path which has been selected. Output amplifiers arranged on the horizontal transfer paths are differentiated in sensitivities in detecting signal charges, depending on color attributes of signal charges supplied, and output the analog voltage signals. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058084 | IMAGING INPUT/OUTPUT WITH SHARED SPATIAL MODULATOR - An image input/output apparatus and method includes a light source in optical communication with a spatial radiation modulator for projecting an output image and an image sensor for capturing an input image along a shared input/output path. In a described embodiment, the display of an output image and the capture of an input image is effected using a common spatial radiation modulator (SRM) in the form of a deformable mirror device (DMD). | 2011-03-10 |
20110058085 | WATERPROOF CAMERA AND DISPLAY METHOD - A waterproof camera includes an image pickup section, a display section that displays image data, a mode setting section that sets a semi-underwater mode in which both objects under water and above water are simultaneously photographed, and a display control section that limits a display range of the display section when the semi-underwater mode is set, wherein the mode setting section controls the position of a photographing lens or the like to adjust a focus balance of at least one of under water and above water, and the display control section displays both object images under water and above water within a limited display range of the display section | 2011-03-10 |
20110058086 | IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DRIVING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD - The total imaging time period and recorded volume of each image is displayed in association with the imaging date and time of the image. An imaging information acquiring section acquires information on the imaging dates and times and recorded volumes of images. The acquired information is held in an index table. A period setting part sets the period of a period display. An imaging start position deciding section decides the position corresponding to the imaging start date and time of each image in the period display. An imaging time length deciding section decides the display range of the imaging time length of each image in the period display. A recorded volume length deciding section decides the display range of the recorded volume length of each image. Based on these decision results, an imaging position display creating section creates an imaging position display in which the imaging start positions of the images and the imaging time lengths or the recorded volumes of the images are displayed relative to the period display. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058087 | IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image control apparatus which controls a search screen for searching a related image, comprises: an attribute display section setting a reference image and causing to display a specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image; a related image display section causing to display the related image which has been searched by an image search section according to the specific attribute condition selected from among the displayed specific conditions; a search screen display section causing to display the search screen including at least the reference image, the specific condition in each of the attributes of the reference image, and the searched related image; and a change screen display section causing to display a change screen for changing the specific attribute condition to be used for the search to a condition except the specific condition in each of the attributes related to the reference image. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058088 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE WITH A FLEXIBLE TYPE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - An image-capturing module with a flexible type substrate structure includes a substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-transmitting unit. The substrate unit has a bottom substrate, a middle substrate extended upwards from one end of the bottom substrate, and a top substrate extended outwards from one end of the middle substrate and corresponding to the bottom substrate. The top substrate has a light-transmitting region. The image-capturing unit has at least one image-capturing element electrically disposed on the bottom substrate. The optical imaging unit is disposed on the bottom substrate and covers the image-capturing unit. The light-emitting unit has at least one light-emitting element electrically disposed on the top substrate and above the optical imaging unit. The light-transmitting unit has a light-transmitting element disposed on the top substrate and adjacent to the light-emitting unit, and an object is disposed on the light-transmitting element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058089 | Imaging lens assembly - This invention provides an imaging lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a third lens having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, at least one of both surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fourth lens having a concave image-side surface, at least one of both surfaces thereof having at least one inflection point; and an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the second lens; the on-axis spacing between the first lens and second lens is T12, the focal length of the imaging lens assembly is f, the Abbe number of the first lens and third lens is, V1 and V3, respectively, they satisfy the relations: 0.5<(T12/f)*100<20, 232011-03-10 | |
20110058090 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING TWO CIRCUIT SUBSTRATES WITH EACH OTHER - An image-capturing module for electrically connecting two circuit substrates with each other includes a substrate unit, a conductive unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-transmitting unit. The substrate unit has a bottom substrate and a top substrate disposed above the bottom substrate. The conductive unit has a conductive element electrically connected between the bottom substrate and the top substrate. The image-capturing unit has an image-capturing element electrically disposed on the bottom substrate. The optical imaging unit is disposed on the bottom substrate and covers the image-capturing unit. The light-emitting unit has a light-emitting element electrically disposed on the top substrate and above the optical imaging unit. The light-transmitting unit has a light-transmitting element disposed on the top substrate and adjacent to the light-emitting unit, and an object is disposed on the light-transmitting element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058091 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE WITH A FLEXIBLE TYPE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - An image-capturing module with a flexible type substrate structure includes a substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-transmitting unit. The substrate unit has a bottom substrate, a middle substrate extended upwards from one end of the bottom substrate, and a top substrate extended outwards from one end of the middle substrate and corresponding to the bottom substrate. The top substrate has a light-transmitting region. The image-capturing unit has at least one image-capturing element electrically disposed on the bottom substrate. The optical imaging unit is disposed on the bottom substrate and covers the image-capturing unit. The light-emitting unit has at least one light-emitting element electrically disposed on the top substrate and above the optical imaging unit. The light-transmitting unit has a light-transmitting element disposed on the top substrate and adjacent to the light-emitting unit, and an object is disposed on the light-transmitting element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058092 | IMAGE-CAPTURING MODULE FOR SIMPLIFYING OPTICAL COMPONENT - An image-capturing module for simplifying optical component includes a first substrate unit, an image-capturing unit, an optical imaging unit, a second substrate unit, a light-emitting unit and a cover unit. The second substrate unit is disposed on the outer surface of the optical imaging unit and electrically connected to the first substrate unit. The light-emitting unit has a light-emitting element electrically disposed on the second substrate unit. The cover unit has a reflective layer formed on an inner surface thereof. Therefore, the light beams generated by the light-emitting element are reflected by the reflective layer to form first reflected light beams projected onto the object, then the first reflected light beams are reflected by the object to form second reflected light beams projected onto the optical imaging unit, and then the second reflected light beams pass through the optical imaging unit and project onto the image-capturing unit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058093 | AUTO FOCUSING METHOD USING VCM ACTUATOR - The present disclosure relates to an auto focusing method using a VCM (voice coil motor) actuator, the method of using the VCM actuator to upwardly move a lens position, to obtain a most-focused upward position value, and downwardly move the lens position to automatically adjust the lens focus, the method comprising: obtaining an auto focus (AF) upward position value, which is an upward position value of a lens when the lens is most focused by upwardly moving the lens to capture an image; determining whether a difference between the AF upward position value and an AF downward position value of a code value which is a bit value corresponding to the AF upward position value is smaller than a pre-set level; and implementing the auto focusing the code value if the difference is smaller than the pre-set level, and using a hysteresis table of the VCM actuator to select a code value corresponding to a downward position value most approximate to the AF upward position value in a downward position value column and to implement the auto focusing adjustment using the corrected code value, if the difference is not smaller than the pre-set level. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058094 | MANUAL FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND FOCUS ASSISTING PROGRAM - According to the present invention, when a lens is moved in an operation of an operation device, the focal information calculated for each travel position of the lens can be graphed corresponding to the lens position, and the focal information about the current lens position can be identified from the focal information about another position. Thus, a manual focus adjustment can be made while checking the graph. Especially, since the history of the focal information calculated for each lens travel position can be graphed, the lens can travel to the lens position in which a desired peak can be obtained when there are a plurality of peaks of focal information on the graph. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058095 | METHOD FOR USING FLASH TO ASSIST IN FOCAL LENGTH DETECTION - A method for assisting in focal length detection is applicable to a digital camera having the flash. The method includes the following steps. First, the flash of the digital camera is actuated and a first image is captured. Afterwards, a characteristic exposure value of the first image is calculated. A focus range comparison table is looked up according to the characteristic exposure value to obtain an initial focus position. Then, a focus procedure is performed according to the initial focus position to obtain a target focal length. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058096 | FAST FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in an auto focusing stage for judging whether the digital camera needs to be refocused. The fast focusing method includes recording a system time after a previous focusing (defined as a first time); capturing a system time before a current focusing (defined as a second time); performing a fuzziness detection procedure to acquire a focus value when a difference obtained by subtracting the first time from the second time is greater than a focusing time threshold; setting a focusing focal length range covering a reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each image; calculating a target focal length from the contrast values through a quadratic curve approximation method. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058097 | EXTERNAL RANGING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RANGING METHOD - The image pickup apparatus includes a first detection unit detecting information corresponding to an object distance in each of plural areas, without through an image taking optical system, a second detection unit detecting a size and a position of a specific object area in object image data, and a controller performing focus control of the image taking optical system on the basis of the information corresponding to the object distance. The controller acquires specific object distance information on a distance to a specific object, on the basis of the size of the specific object area and information on a focal length of the image taking optical system, and selects, from the plural areas, an area where the information corresponding to the object distance to be used in focus control is detected, on the basis of the specific object distance information and the position of the specific object area. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058098 | Setting Exposure Attributes for Capturing Calibration Images - In an example embodiment, a calibration module in a projector platform establishes an initial configuration of settable exposure attributes for a digital camera. The calibration module projects a preview image onto a surface and captures the projection of the preview image with the digital camera and receives input from a user identifying regions of interest in the capture of the preview image. Next the calibration module projects an exposure image onto the surface. The calibration module then computes a final configuration of exposure attributes for the digital camera by iteratively: (a) capturing the projection of the exposure image with the digital camera; (b) measuring descriptive statistics relating to the color channels of pixels in the regions of interest in the capture of the exposure image; (c) evaluating the descriptive statistics with an evaluation function determined by a calibration process; and (d) establishing a revised configuration of exposure attributes. | 2011-03-10 |