12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120069112 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - An inkjet recording device includes: a medium feed part including a rotating body that rotates about a horizontal axis to feed an elongated recording medium while the recording medium is in contact against a circular outer face of the rotating body so that the recording medium is fed along an arcuate feed path conforming to the outer face; a medium recording part having a plurality of recording units arranged along the feed path, and that carries out recording through ejection deposition of ink onto the recording medium; an outfeed part that outfeeds the recording medium in a tangential direction from the rotating body at an outfeed position positioned in an upper half of the rotating body; and an ink fixation part facing from above the recording medium outfed from the rotating body, and fixes the ink that has been ejection-deposited onto the recording medium by the medium recording part. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069113 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a triboelectric charging device, and an inkjet head. The retaining roller includes a first charging section including a first dielectric and a second charging section including a second dielectric, which have different triboelectric charging characteristics, alternately on the surface of the retaining roller, retains a recording medium on the surface, and rotates. The triboelectric charging device charges the surface of the retaining roller by friction. The inkjet head forms an image on the recording medium retained on the surface of the retaining roller. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a nipping device, a retaining device, an image forming head, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium and rotates. The nipping device is capable of operating to open and close and holds the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller to mechanically retain the recording medium. The retaining device retains the recording medium on the surface of the retaining roller. The controller controls, on the basis of a condition for use of the recording medium, the nipping device to nip the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069115 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device includes a recording unit, a feeding mechanism, a guide member, and a lock portion. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a first feeding object along a feeding path. The feeding path has a straight path and a curved path. The recording unit faces the straight path. The guide member defines the curved path and is rotatable between an exposed position and a closed position. The lock portion is movable between a locked position at which the guide member is locked in the closed position and an unlocked position at which the lock is released. The guide member has a recess formed therein and the feeding mechanism further feeds a second feeding object to the recess along the straight path. When the second feeding object is disposed in the recess, the lock portion is disposed at the locked position. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069116 | HINGE STRIPS FOR PRINTER PAPER - The present invention provides a page for binding in an album. The page includes a blank, printer paper sheet and a hinge strip mounted along an edge of the printer paper sheet, the hinge strip including a flexible line for allowing the hinge strip to bend along the flexible line and a portion for binding to an album. The paper sheet and the hinge strip are adapted to go through a printer together to provide a ready-to-bind printed page. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069117 | PRINTING PRESS - In a printing press, it is configured such that a newspaper web offset printing press is composed by a feeder device, a printing device, a guiding device, a turn bar device, and a folding unit; as a guiding device, there are provided an upstream side guide roller and a downstream side guide roller which are disposed with a predetermined interval along a transportation direction of a web for guiding transportation of the web; and there is disposed an ink-jet printer for performing digital printing on the web guided between the guide rollers. By setting diameters of the upstream side guide roller and the downstream side guide roller to different values, vibration of the print medium which is transported while being guided by the guide rollers is suppressed, and the print quality is thereby improved. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069118 | Hand-Held Portable Printer - A hand-held labeler/printer for printing and applying labels is described. The labeler/printer has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing enclosure. The labeler/printer is user-friendly and compact. The labeler/printer can be easily loaded with label and webs of different widths. The labeler/printer has a discharge area along its front for the carrier web. Also described are various charging cradles and controllers for the labeler/printers. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069119 | Marking Verification System - A marking system and related methods are disclosed in which a micromark having optically readable characteristics and electronically readable characteristics is made on a selected object. The optically and electronically readable characteristics of the micromark contain corresponding data. Preferred embodiments of the invention include non-volatile memory for storing duplicate data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069120 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including: a light scanning portion that lights a plurality of beams, and scans a surface to be scanned of an image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image; a detection portion that detects at least one lighted beam; an abnormality detection portion that transmits data to the light scanning portion via a transmission-line, causes the light scanning portion to light a beam, and detects abnormality of the transmission-line based on the detected beam; and a setting portion that sets a number of beams to be lighted in the case of the formation of the electrostatic latent image so that an amount of light of the detected beam in the case of abnormality detection of the transmission-line is equal to or more than a minimum amount of light of the detected beam in the case of the formation of the electrostatic latent image. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069121 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member with a laser beam, developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer to obtain a developer image, and transferring the developer image to a sheet, the image forming apparatus including: a light source which outputs the laser beam for exposing the photosensitive member; a PLL circuit which generates a multiplied clock that is obtained by multiplying a reference clock; a pulse-width modulating circuit which outputs a pulse-width-modulated signal based on image data and the multiplied clock in order to drive the light source; and a CPU which obtains image data to be input to the pulse-width modulating circuit and, when it is unnecessary to output the pulse-width-modulated signal based on the obtained image data, controls the PLL circuit so as not to generate the multiplied clock. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069122 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGING MEMBER AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Embodiments pertain to a novel imaging member, namely, an electrostatic latent image generating member, and methods for using the same, that can generate an electrostatic latent image digitally with fewer steps and without using a raster output scanner (ROS) or free charge carriers. Embodiments provide a novel way of generating an electrostatic latent image without the shortfalls suffered by current photoreceptors, such as for example, charge mobility issues, unstable cycling, surface wear, lateral charge migration and sensitivity to light shock. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069123 | Adhesive label and apparatus for producing the same - An adhesive agent label includes an adhesive agent layer which is made of an adhesive agent and is formed on one surface of a support. A non-adhesive heat-reactive layer is positioned above the adhesive agent layer and has openings formed by heating at a predetermined temperature or higher. An intermediate layer is positioned between the heat-reactive layer and the adhesive agent layer. The intermediate layer and the heat-reactive layer are formed thinner than the adhesive agent layer. The intermediate layer facilitates the formation of the openings in the heat-reactive layer with good heat energy efficiency and allows the intermediate layer or adhesive agent layer to be exposed through the openings. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069124 | Head unit, printer, and method of manufacturing head unit - In order to secure printing quality, provided is a head unit ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069125 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A thermal transfer printer comprises a print head drive mechanism that is configured to reciprocally move a print head parallel to movement of a carrier ribbon past the print head. A controller is configured to control the print head drive mechanism to move the print head in a first direction along the carrier ribbon to transfer ink material from the carrier ribbon to a substrate to print a first portion of an image on a first area of the substrate. The controller is also configured to control movement of the print head in a second direction opposite to the first direction as the carrier ribbon and substrate are also moved in the second direction to position the print head relative to the carrier ribbon so that a second portion of the image is printed on a second are of the substrate adjacent to the first area of the substrate. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a laser controller generates a signal which corresponds to an output signal of a laser beam detection sensor before detecting an abnormality, in which the abnormality is detected, in a pseudo manner, on the basis of an output signal of a laser beam detection sensor in which the abnormality is not detected. In addition, the laser controller controls a laser unit which corresponds to the laser beam detection sensor in which the abnormality is detected, according to the generated signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069127 | OPTICAL WRITING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An optical writing unit includes a plurality of light emitting element arrays, a plurality of clock signal generators, and a plurality of light emitting element controllers. The plurality of light emitting element arrays includes a plurality of light emitting elements aligned in one direction to project light. The plurality of clock signal generators generates image data transfer clock signals having different frequencies. The plurality of light emitting element controllers outputs the image data transfer clock signals received from the plurality of the clock signal generators and image data signals to the plurality of the light emitting element arrays to light up the light emitting elements based on the image data signals. The optical writing unit performs optical writing using light projected from the light emitting element arrays and controlled by the light emitting element controller based on the image data signals. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069128 | OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes: an irradiation unit that irradiates a part of laser beams output from a light source as a scan beam onto an irradiation target and outputs the remaining part of the laser beams as a monitor beam used to monitor a light amount of the laser beams; a measurement unit that measures a light amount of the monitor beam; a storage unit that stores a plurality of measurement results obtained by the measurement unit when the laser beams are output in a plurality of different light amounts, and the plurality of the different light amounts associated with each other; and a prediction unit that predicts the light amount of the monitor beam relative to a reference light amount of the laser beam using a plurality of the light amounts stored in the storage unit and the measurement results corresponding to the plurality of the light amounts. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069129 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a laser exposure device including plural laser oscillators, at least two pattern detection sensors to detect a pattern of forced light emission lines formed on a transfer belt by forced light emission of the plural laser oscillators at a time of initialization of the laser exposure device, and a shift amount calculation part to calculate a position shift amount between the forced light emission lines from output signals of the pattern detection sensors. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069130 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A hybrid processing device having printheads that records on a check conveyed through a medium conveyance path includes a first sensor that detects insertion of a check from the recording medium entrance of the medium conveyance path, a second sensor that detects discharge of the check from the recording medium exit of the medium conveyance path, and a third sensor that detects presence of a check between the first and second sensors. It is determined that the recording medium has been removed from the conveyance path, when the recording medium detectors change from a first state, in which at least one of the recording medium detectors detects that the recording medium is present, to a second state, in which none of the recording medium detectors detect that the recording medium is present. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069131 | Reality alternate - Among other things, we describe a reality alternative to our physical reality, named the Expandaverse, that includes multiple digital realities that may be continuously created, broadcast, accessed, and used interactively. In what we call an Alternate Reality Teleportal Machine (ARTPM), some elements of the digital reality(ies) can be implemented using and providing functions that include: devices, architectures, processing, sensors, translation, speech recognition, remote controls, subsidiary devices usage, virtual Teleportals on alternate devices, presence, shared planetary life spaces, constructed digital realities, reality replacements, filtered views, data retrieval in constructed views, alternate realities machine(s), multiple identities, directories, controlled boundaries, life space metrics, boundaries switching, property protection, publishing/broadcasting, digital events, events location/joining, revenues, utility(ies), infrastructure, services, devices management, business systems, applications, consistent customizable user interface, active knowledge, optimizations, alerts, reporting, dashboards, switching to “best”, marketing and sales systems, improvement systems, user chosen goals, user management, governances, digital freedom from dictatorships, photography, and entertainment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069132 | TRANSMISSION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DISPLAY DATA - A transmission terminal includes a network communication unit to transceive predetermined data with another transmission terminal connected to a communication network; a proximity communication unit to establish a proximity communication with an information providing apparatus that displays a predetermined image and to transmit connection setting information required to establish a communication at a longer range; a short-range communication unit to establish a radio communication with the information providing apparatus at a longer range than the proximity communication unit using the connection setting information; a display data receiving unit to receive display data through a communication path established by the short-range communication unit; a display data transmitting unit to transmit the display data received by the display data receiving unit to the other transmission terminal using the network communication unit; and a display control unit to display the image data and/or the display data on a display device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE CONTROL, VIDEOCONFERENCING NETWORK EQUIPMENT, AND VIDEOCONFERENCING SITE - In the field of communications, a method and a system for video conference control, videoconferencing network equipment, and a videoconferencing site are provided. The method for video conference control includes: assigning a site identifier to a videoconferencing site, and constructing a site list to be delivered to the videoconferencing site; receiving a conference control request sent by the videoconferencing site, the conference control request carrying a site identifier and an operation type of a controlled site; and performing a conference control operation on the controlled site according to the conference control request. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069134 | AUDIO PROCESSING IN A MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONFERENCE - A first computing device distributes audio signals to several computing devices of participants in a communication session. In some embodiments, the first computing device serves as a central distributor for receiving audio signals from other computing devices, compositing the audio signals and distributing the composited audio signals to the other computing devices. The first computing device prioritizes the received audio signals based on a set of criteria and selects several highly prioritized audio signals. The first computing device generates composite audio signals using only the selected audio signals. The first computing device sends each computing device the composited audio signal for the device. In some cases, the first computing device sends a selected audio signal to another computing device without mixing the signal with any other audio signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ERROR RESILIENCE AND RANDOM ACCESS IN VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for error resilient transmission and for random access in video communication systems are provided. The video communication systems are based on single-layer, scalable video, or simulcast video coding with temporal scalability, which may be used in video communication systems. A set of video frames or pictures in a video signal transmission is designated for reliable or guaranteed delivery to receivers using secure or high reliability links, or by retransmission techniques. The reliably-delivered video frames are used as reference pictures for resynchronization of receivers with the transmitted video signal after error incidence and for random access. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069136 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION AND CONTENT VIA NON-MOBILE PLATFORMS - The present invention is directed towards an audio/video based interactive system that includes; a) one or more non-mobile structures including one or more non-mobile surfaces; and b) one or more video displays including one or more receiving means and one or more speakers, the one or more video displays being able to wireless transmission or by way of hardwire transmission receive and display content, the one or more video displays being directly mounted on the one or more non-mobile surfaces outwardly and away from the one or more non-mobile structures for viewing from the outside of the one or more non-mobile structures; and c) at least one call center able to generate and broadcast the content via one or more transmission means to the one or more video displays. The present invention also includes the capability to receive and send live content, including full video conferencing. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069137 | Synchronization and Mixing of Audio and Video Streams in Network-Based Video Conferencing Call Systems - In one aspect, audio streams are added to a mix until the mix is either complete (i.e., all audio streams have been added) or the mix is closed early (i.e., before the mix is complete). In another aspect, audio and video streams are synchronized by playing back the audio stream and then synchronizing display of the video frames to the playback of the audio stream. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069138 | VISUAL MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A REMOTE SUBJECT - The present invention is of a system, which features bi-directional communication for measuring and transferring medical data and for communication with medical personnel. The apparatus is preferably integrated with at least one of, but more preferably both, audio and video conferencing between an external (home and office) subject and a medical service center. The invention is particularly useful for subjects having some type of medical risk who wish to be supervised by a medical service center, as well as supervision for emergency situations. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069139 | DIGITALLY-GENERATED LIGHTING FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING APPLICATIONS - A method of improving the lighting conditions of a real scene or video sequence. Digitally generated light is added to a scene for video conferencing over telecommunication networks. A virtual illumination equation takes into account light attenuation, lambertian and specular reflection. An image of an object is captured, a virtual light source illuminates the object within the image. In addition, the object can be the head of the user. The position of the head of the user is dynamically tracked so that an three-dimensional model is generated which is representative of the head of the user. Synthetic light is applied to a position on the model to form an illuminated model. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069140 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a wide-angle imaging lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a third lens element with positive refractive power; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; and a fifth lens element with positive refractive power; wherein the two lens elements with refractive power closest to the object side are the first lens element and the second lens element; and wherein the number of lens elements with refractive power does not exceed six. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069141 | MULTIMODAL CAMERA AND A METHOD FOR SELECTING AN OPERATION MODE OF A CAMERA - A multimodal camera and a method for selecting an operation mode of a camera, the method comprising: sensing scene lighting; detecting movement of the camera including detection of rotational movement for Panorama photography; detecting selection of a selector of the camera, the selector being for selecting between a first set of one or more operation modes based on scene lighting and a second set of one or more operation modes based on movement of the camera; and selecting one of the operation modes from the first and second sets of one or more operation modes based on conditions defined by data associated with the movement of the camera, the scene lighting, and the selection of the selector. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069142 | PSEUDO-HOLOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION - A method for generating a pseudo holographic image ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069143 | OBJECT TRACKING AND HIGHLIGHTING IN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A technique for tracking and highlighting an object in stereoscopic images by changing the depth of the object is disclosed. A stereoscopic image is processed using an object detection algorithm to select the pixels associated with the object in the image. The depth of the object is adjusted in the stereoscopic image by adjusting the disparity between the pixels associated with the object in the left and right stereoscopic image pair. The processed stereoscopic image is then displayed on a stereoscopic display or stored in memory. An object is tracked by highlighting the object in consecutive stereoscopic images that depict the object. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069144 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISPLAY MANAGEMENT REGARDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO STREAM, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for performing display management regarding a three-dimensional (3-D) video stream is provided, where the 3-D video stream includes a plurality of sub-streams respectively corresponding to two eyes of a user. The method includes: dynamically detecting whether video information corresponding to all of the sub-streams is displayable; and when it is detected that video information corresponding to a first sub-stream of the sub-streams is not displayable, temporarily utilizing video information corresponding to a second sub-stream of the sub-streams to emulate the video information corresponding to the first sub-stream. An associated video display system is also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069145 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A moving image processing device is configured such that a frame data acquisition unit configured to acquire frame data in which a parallax image for the left eye and a parallax image for the right eye are arranged across an active space. An image processing unit configured to subject the frame data to image processing. An active space setting unit configured to identify the position of the active space processed by the image processing unit and to set the pixel values of the active space to be fixed values. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A BROADCAST SIGNAL FOR 3D BROADCAST SERVICE - The disclosed method for processing a broadcast signal for 3D (3-Dimensional) broadcast service comprises encoding 2D (2-Dimensional) video stream including a 2D video frame, encoding depth information including depth of a 3D image relative to a plane of a display, encoding signaling information for signaling the encoded 2D video stream and the depth information, wherein the signaling information includes a 3D service location descriptor including codec type information specifying encoding type of the encoded depth information, generating the broadcast signal including the encoded 2D video stream, depth information and signaling information, and transmitting the generated broadcast signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069147 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a determiner that determines a video format of a stereoscopic video picture which is input as an input video picture and includes a right-eye image and a left-eye image; a video processor that generates a right-eye frame and a left-eye frame from the input video picture based on the video format determined by the determiner and outputs a stereoscopic video picture including the right-eye frame and the left-eye frame; a display unit that displays images with a predetermined display resolution; and a display controller that converts the resolution of the respective frames included in the stereoscopic video picture output by the video processor into the display resolution and causes the display unit to display the images. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069148 | IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE PRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The image production device includes a deviation detecting device and an information production section. The deviation detecting device is configured to calculate the amount of relative deviation of left-eye image data and right-eye image data included with input image data. The information production section is configured to produce evaluation information related to the suitability of three-dimensional imaging based on reference information produced by the deviation detecting device which calculates the relative deviation amount. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069149 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE - To make it easy to recognize that pixel resolving power is changed during photography operation. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069150 | IMAGE PROJECTION KIT AND METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTING IMAGE CONTENT FOR USE WITH THE SAME - An image projection kit and an imagery content distribution system and method. In one aspect, the invention is a method of distributing projection clip files and/or displaying imagery associated with projection clip files on an architecture comprising: a) storing a plurality of projection clip files on a server that is accessible via a wide area network; b) authenticating a user's identity prior to allowing downloading of projection clip files stored on the server; c) identifying the projection clip files downloaded by the authenticated user; and d) charging the user a fee for the projection clip files downloaded by the user. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069151 | METHOD FOR INTENSIFYING IDENTIFICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - A method for intensifying identification of three-dimensional objects identification includes utilizing a left eye camera and a right eye camera to capture a left eye image and a right eye image, calibrating the left eye image and the right eye image to generate a calibrated left eye image and a calibrated right eye image, using the calibrated left eye image and the calibrated right eye image to generate a disparity map, differentiating a three-dimensional object from a background image according to the disparity map, projecting the three-dimensional object onto a plan view, filtering noise out of the plan view to generate a filtered three-dimensional object, determining whether the filtered three-dimensional object contains at least two three-dimensional objects, and separating the at least two three-dimensional objects if the filtered three-dimensional object contains at least two three-dimensional objects. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069152 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus capable of taking a 3D picture may produce a 3D picture that gives a viewer a sense of strangeness if panning, tilting, or considerable camera shake occurs during imaging. Provided is an image pickup apparatus including: a motion detecting section, which detects the motion of the image pickup apparatus; and a picture data outputting section, which switches its output between 2D picture data and 3D picture data obtained by picking up subject images, depending on the detected motion of the image pickup apparatus. An appropriate picture is provided by switching the output between 2D picture data and 3D picture data depending on the motion of the image pickup apparatus. An appropriate picture is provided also by changing the stereo base of optical systems, or adjusting a parallax between the left image and the right image, in accordance with the motion of the image pickup apparatus. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069153 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING AREA AROUND VEHICLE - Disclosed is a device for monitoring the area around a vehicle wherein, when a monitor output image is acquired by synthesizing bird's-eye-view images based on the captured images of a plurality of cameras, the skewness of a three-dimensional object that appears in the synthesized images can be alleviated. The device for monitoring the area around the vehicle is used together with the plurality of cameras ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069154 | TRANSFERRING OF 3D IMAGE DATA - A system of transferring of three dimensional (3D) image data is described. A 3D source device ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069155 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF - A display apparatus and method for processing an image in a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, a receiving unit which receives a frame image including a first image and a second image and sync information of the frame image, a determination unit which determines whether the frame image is consistent with a reference pattern using the sync information, and an image processing unit which, if the frame image is inconsistent with the reference pattern, adjusts the frame image based on a level of inconsistency, and a controlling unit which controls the display unit to display the adjusted frame image. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069156 | CELL SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, the system for inspecting a cell substrate is provided. The inspection system includes: a signal generator transmitting to a cell substrate a display signal causing the cell substrate to display a test image; an imaging apparatus capturing the test image displayed on the cell substrate; a parallax image generator arranging the set of parallax image information of the captured test image for each parallax image to generate a parallax image prediction of parallax image which is obtained when the cell substrate is bonded to the lenticular lens; and an interface apparatus displaying the parallax image predictions. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069157 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including a display unit that displays moving images corresponding to moving image data consisting of multiple two-dimensional images and three dimensional images that are sequentially generated chronologically. A touch panel is provided on a display screen of the display unit and receives an input of a signal corresponding to a position touched by an external object. A setting unit sets a subject contained in the moving images and specified according to an input signal received by the touch panel. A motion detector detects motion of the subject, which is set by the subject setting unit, on the basis of successive two of the two-dimensional images or the three dimensional images that are generated chronologically. A display controller causes the display unit to display the moving images as the three-dimensional images. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069158 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS - [Object] To prevent image quality deterioration due to unnecessary format conversion. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069159 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display device that improves visibility of a stereoscopic pointer image when the pointer position moves between objects in the stereoscopic image that have greatly different display depths. The display device changes the display depth of the stereoscopic pointer image in accordance with the display depth of an object in the stereoscopic image. When the pointer position moves between objects that have greatly different display depths from time t | 2012-03-22 |
20120069160 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AMBIENT BRIGHTNESS PERCEIVED VIA THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES BY ADJUSTING AMBIENT BRIGHTNESS SETTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES, AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A method for controlling an ambient brightness perceived via three-dimensional (3D) glasses is provided. The 3D glasses are arranged to view stereo images presented by a video display apparatus. The method includes the following steps: adjusting an ambient brightness setting of the 3D glasses, and controlling the 3D glasses according to the ambient brightness setting in order to adjust the ambient brightness perceived via the 3D glasses. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069161 | 3D GLASSES AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING IR SIGNAL AND RF SIGNAL - Three dimensional (3D) glasses and a 3D display apparatus are provided. The 3D glasses receive a sync signal from the 3D display apparatus through at least one of an infrared signal and a radio frequency signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069162 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a recording unit that records a 3D content including a left eye image and a right eye image; a parallax adjusting unit that adjusts parallax between the left eye image and the right eye image of the 3D content according to a recording rate or a transmission rate of the 3D content; and a transmission control unit that transmits the 3D content including the left eye image and the right eye image with the adjusted parallax to respective terminals as a transmission destination through a network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069163 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display apparatus comprise: a light source section; a light modulator that modulates light delivered from the light source section to display an image; a light level control section that adjusts the amount of light delivered from the light source section to the light modulator; and a display control section that updates the image displayed on the light modulator during a first period and a second period alternately switched therebetween. The display control section updated in the first period to a first image and a black image in this order and updates in the second period to a second image and the black image in this order. The light level control section sets the amount of light delivered from the light source section to be greater than that in other periods during a predetermined switching period including a point to switch between the first period and the second period. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069164 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PRESENTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A plurality of images are alternately switched and displayed on the screen in a very short cycle while preventing crosstalk between the images. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069165 | LOCATION-BASED AV FLASHLIGHT AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING MAP RELATED VIDEO THEREOF - An audio and video (AV) flashlight has a head portion, a body portion and a rear portion. Mounted on the head portion is a video camera module incorporating a visible light source and an infrared light source. Mounted on the body portion are a GPS module, an electronic compass module, a display module, a map database module, and a control module to read map information from the map database within a predetermined angle range with reference to an azimuth angle detected through the electronic compass module, display the read information on the display module, and display current location information and current location information of one or more main objects in a forward direction along with linear distance information to the current location. The flashlight enables relative measuring of distance with an eye with respect to a monitoring object based on the linear distance information of the main objects. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069166 | NAVIGATION OF ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES BY MEANS OF EYE-TRACKER - A method for controlling image capturing and spatial control in a device monitored by imaging, in particular an endoscopic instrument, for examination and manipulation purposes, wherein the work region and the position and action of the device are monitored by means of one of the display means displaying the observed work region via optics. The device is held and moved by motor-driven equipment depending on the display, the respective position and intended action. The eye movements of the operating person or the line of sight during observation of the display is registered according to the eye-tracking method and used to control the image capturing and tracking and the display. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069167 | MARKER-FREE TRACKING REGISTRATION AND CALIBRATION FOR EM-TRACKED ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM - A system and method for image-based registration between images locating ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069168 | GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR TV CONTROL - A gesture recognition system using a skin-color based method combined with motion information to achieve real-time segmentation. A Kalman filter is used to track the centroid of the hand. The palm center, palm bottom, as well as the largest distance from the palm center to the contour from extracted hand mask are computed. The computed distance to a threshold is then compared to decide if the current posture is “open” or “closed.” In a preferred embodiment, the transition between the “open” and “closed” posture to decide if the current gesture is in “select” or “grab” state. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069169 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing unit | 2012-03-22 |
20120069170 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGE RENDERING OR SPECTRAL RECOGNITION - Embodiments of a method or a system for rendering images or spectral recognition are described. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069171 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPE - An imaging device including an imaging unit that obtains a video signal; a signal processing unit that processes the video signal; a movement detection unit that calculates a relative moving speed between the imaging unit and a stage in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging unit; a setting unit that determines a parameter such that time required for the signal processing is reduced where the relative moving speed is more than or equal to a threshold value; and, a frame rate conversion unit that selects between a process of increasing a frame rate of the video signal subjected to the signal processing where the relative moving speed is more than or equal to the threshold value, and a process of maintaining a current frame rate, to apply the selected process, wherein the signal processing unit applies the signal processing in accordance with the parameter. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069172 | CAMERA-BASED PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A camera head is provided that is adapted to interface with an existing host camera supported on an existing inspection vehicle of an analog-based pipeline inspection system. The camera head allows for capture, processing and storage of digital image data in a memory at the camera head. The camera head includes a digital-to-analog signal converter, and a control module causing selected images to be converted from digital format to analog format, and to be transmitted for navigation purposes via a conventional analog control cable to conventional analog video monitoring equipment in a conventional operator station. Digital Image and other data may be retrieved directly from the digital data memory of the camera head. This approach provides numerous advantages with respect to capture and review of images in digital format, while also permitting control of the vehicle for navigation purposes using an operator's existing analog-based monitoring and control equipment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069173 | WORKPIECE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND WORKPIECE INSPECTING METHOD - A workpiece inspecting apparatus for rotating a workpiece having a shape portion containing a convex portion and a concave portion which are periodically and repetitively formed on the workpiece and picking up images of the shape portion of the workpiece to inspect the workpiece, including a workpiece rotating mechanism that outputs reference pulses at a fixed interval while rotating the workpiece at a fixed rotational speed, an image pickup mechanism that picks up images of the shape portions of the workpiece every image pickup timing based on the reference pulses, an image pickup controller that synchronizes each of the shape portions of the workpiece with the image pickup timing, and an inspection controller that executes image processing of taking a difference between a pickup k-th (k represents an integer) image and a pickup (k+1)-th image and detects a defect on the basis of differential data representing the difference. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THERMAL PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for analyzing thermal properties of bonding materials within a composite structure. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for analyzing thermal property of a bonding material within a structure. The apparatus comprises a structure support having a supporting surface configured to support the structure, a heat source configured to direct a heat flux to the structure supported by the supporting surface of the structure support, and a camera facing the structure supported on the structure support and configured to capture thermal images of the structure supported on the structure support. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PROFILING AND CALIBRATION OF FILM SCANNERS - A system and method for calibrating a production film scanner is provided. The system and method provides for providing at least one first calibration frame on an intermediate film stock, providing at least one second calibration frame on a negative film stock, scanning the at least first and second calibration frames with a reference film scanner, scanning the at least first and second calibration frames with a production film scanner, and determining a compensation calibration factor from a first result of the scanning with the reference film scanner and a second result of the production film scanner. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DEPTH IMAGE - An apparatus and method for generating a depth image are provided. The apparatus includes an optical modulator, an optical sensor, and a depth image processor. The optical modulator optically modulates light which is reflected from an object to which light modulated using a first pseudorandom (PN) sequence is irradiated. The optical modulator optically modulates the reflected light using second PN-sequences, where each of the second PN-sequences has a same PN sequence as the first PN-sequence, but the second PN-sequences have N different time shifts. The optical sensor senses the optically modulated reflective light. The depth image processor samples N intensity images from the optically modulated reflective light sensed by the optical sensor and generates a depth image of the object using the sampled N intensity images. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069177 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTOR - First imaginary screen outer peripheral line is calculated supplementing one side that is undetected with one side of an outer peripheral line of image light that is calculated, an imaginary screen aspect ratio that is an aspect ratio of an area defined by the first imaginary screen outer peripheral line is calculated, whether the imaginary screen aspect ratio is more vertically oriented than a first ratio or not is determined. When a result of the determination of the imaginary aspect ratio is more vertically oriented than the first ratio, the imaginary screen aspect ratio is changed to second ratio that is different from the first ratio, and the one undetected side is calculated according to the second ratio, and the first imaginary screen outer peripheral line is corrected and a second imaginary screen outer peripheral line is calculated. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069178 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING MOTION AND/OR ORIENTATION OF A MARKING DEVICE - Marking material is dispensed onto a target surface using a marking device, and one or more images are captured by one or more camera systems attached to the marking device. The image(s) is/are analyzed to determine tracking information indicative of the a motion or an orientation of the marking device. The tracking information is analyzed to determine marking information relating to the dispensed marking material. In one example, the image(s) is/are analyzed to obtain an optical flow plot indicative of a path on the target surface traversed by the marking device. One or more reference plots respectively representing a plurality of reference marking patterns are compared to one or more portions of the optical flow plot to identify at least one reference marking pattern that substantially matches the portion(s) of the optical flow plot. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069179 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING VISUAL ACUITY - Disclosed is an apparatus and associated method an apparatus and method for assessing visual acuity of an image captured by a digital security camera. The user is able to select a desired level of visual acuity based on displayed sample images and receive data regarding the hardware, settings, and placement required to reproduce the desired level of acuity. The sample images may account for acuity variations based on the type of object being imaged. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069180 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS - An information presentation apparatus includes a display frame having a display surface to display a display object, wherein an arbitrary information provision image is generated on an information provision region included in at least part of a region in which the display object is present, a display object image for projecting an image on the display object is generated, a display object region of the information provision region in which the display object is present is set, a projection image obtained by synthesizing the information provision image and the display object image is generated, and the projection image is drawn to be projected by an image projecting unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069181 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT CONTROLLING APPARATUS HAVING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTING APPARATUS HAVING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An object identification device includes an image capturing device to capture images polarized in different directions. A noise removal unit removes noise in the polarized images using a noise removing parameter. An index value computing unit computes an object identification index value for identification-processing areas in the polarized images using data of noise-removed polarized images. An object identification processing unit conducts object identification by determining identification processing areas corresponding to an identification target object based on the object identification index value. An environment information obtaining unit obtains environment information. An environmental condition determination unit determines an environmental condition based on the environment information. A parameter storage unit stores noise removing parameters prepared for mutually exclusive environmental conditions. The noise removal unit reads a noise removing parameter from the parameter storage unit to conduct noise removal. A method of identifying an object and a spectroscopic image capturing apparatus are also provided. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069182 | VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicle image display apparatus and method acquires captured images of an area around a vehicle captured by cameras at a plurality of positions on an outer portion of the vehicle, generates a single image based on the captured images and displays a composite image including the single image superposes with a first image showing boundary regions of the captured images in the single image and a second image showing end regions of the vehicle. When the composite image is displayed for the first time after an input operation is given to an ignition key of the vehicle, the first and second images are highlighted for a time period after the composite image starts to be displayed. After the time period elapses, the first image is non-highlighted and the second image is highlighted. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069183 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a vehicle detection apparatus includes a line segment extraction unit, candidate creation unit, evaluation unit, and specific part detection unit, and the line segment extraction unit extracts a plurality of line-segment components constituting an image of a vehicle from the image formed by photographing the vehicle. The candidate creation unit carries out polygonal approximation configured to create a closed loop by using a plurality of line-segment components to create a plurality of candidates for an area of a specific part of the vehicle. The evaluation unit carries out a plurality of different evaluations for each of the plurality of candidates. Further, the specific part detection unit detects one of the plurality of candidates as the specific part based on evaluation results of the evaluation unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069184 | REAR VIEW DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle rear view mirror device with at least one optical sensor is suggested, which is connected to at least one image evaluation circuit board and to at least one display. This optical sensor is connected to the image evaluation circuit board via a receiver circuit board, and the image evaluation board is connected to the display via a receiver circuit board. The connection cables transfer serial data, and the connection length is 1 to 10 m. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069185 | BARRIER AND GUARDRAIL DETECTION USING A SINGLE CAMERA - Driver assistance systems for detecting a structural barrier extending along a road. The driver assistance system may be mountable in a host vehicle. The camera may capture multiple image frames in the forward field of view of the camera. A processor may process motion of images of the barrier in the image frames. The camera may be a single camera. The motion of the images may be responsive to forward motion of the host vehicle and/or the motion of the images may be responsive to lateral motion of the host vehicle. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069186 | Parking-Assist Apparatus and Method - A parking-assist system for a car comprises at least one sensor suitable to be attached to a car and configured to create output signals, a wireless s transmitter connected to the sensor; and a device equipped with a wireless receiver. The device is configured to wirelessly receive the signals from the sensor via the wireless transmitter, and provide an indication of the signals. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069187 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology for intuitively recognizing a positional relation between a vehicle and an object is provided. In an image display system, in a display image provided to a driver, the side region of the vehicle in a direction indicated by a direction instructing device is displayed in large size. Accordingly, the object that may contact with the vehicle is easily found out, so that a minor crash accident can be effectively prevented. Since a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint directed from a rear position of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle is displayed, the side area of the vehicle is displayed in the same visual field direction as the direction of the visual field of the driver. Accordingly, the driver can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and the object, without undertaking complicated determination such as conducting coordinate transformation in his/her mind. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A technology for displaying images on a displaying apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided. In response to a predetermined instruction signal, synthetic images viewed from a virtual viewpoint around and above the periphery of the vehicle are generated based on a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of cameras for capturing the periphery of the vehicle. The plurality of synthetic images, in which a position of a viewpoint moves sequentially varies such that the synthetic images move in a circle around the vehicle, are sequentially output to the displaying apparatus. Accordingly, the user monitors the entire circumference of the vehicle from the viewpoint where the user sees the vehicle in front of user's eyes, so that the user can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and an obstacle from one screen. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069189 | REMOTE CONTROLLED ANIMAL DART GUN - The present invention provides methods and apparatuses related to applying darts, such as tranquilizers and inoculations, to animals, and more particularly to such application in conditions where human presence in proximity to the animal is undesirable. Example embodiments of the present invention allow darts to be projected to animals while a human operator controls the device from a remote location. The remote location of the human operator reduces the need to chase or otherwise stress the animals. Inclusion of a human operator, as compared to fully automatic systems, reduces the chance of projecting darts to wrong targets such as incorrect species, reduces the chance of malfunction or damage to the system, and provides an ability to monitor in real time the application and effect of the darts. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069190 | AUTOMATIC VISION SENSOR PLACEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - There are provided an automatic vision sensor placement apparatus and method which analyze static spatial information in various aspects, calculate priorities of spaces using an agent that models the movement pattern of a user, suggest a method of effectively covering a given space, provide a camera placement method to appropriately install cameras with various levels of performance in a specified space, and calculate the optimal number of cameras to be installed based on installation cost. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069191 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SWITCHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method for switching a monitored location of a plurality of image capture devices using an electronic device obtains a current direction of the electronic device, and determines a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices. The method further sends a switch command to the current image capture device, receives captured images from the current image capture device, and displays the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069192 | Data Processing System and Method - A data processing system and method for processing images received from multiple cameras are provided. The system includes a memory for receiving first and second images associated with respective cameras; a determiner adapted to process the first and the second images to identify respective objects depicted therein; the determiner is further adapted to calculate a predetermined metric associated with projections of the respective objects in a first frame of reference; and a labeler adapted to assign a common label to the objects according to the predetermined metric. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069193 | THERMAL CAMERA CALIBRATION - A system for calibrating a thermal camera with a calibration target. The calibration target may have a pattern which can be seen on an infrared image captured by the camera. The pattern may be of various kinds. For example, the pattern may be a checkerboard with some, such as every other square, having one emissitivity and the remaining squares having a different emissitivity, or having infrared light sources placed at corners of the squares. A difference between the emmissitivities may be sufficient so that the checkerboard pattern appears in an infrared image captured by the camera for calibration. The calibration may aid in determining intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the camera. The parameters may provide a basis for transforming camera pixel coordinates to a world coordinate system which allows measurement of real world entities by the thermal camera. Measurements may incorporate distances between objects, heights of objects, and so forth. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069194 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TELEVISION RECEIVER, VIDEO SIGNAL RECORDING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus is provided which is capable of easily detecting an error that is difficult to detect, in a communication cable. The communication apparatus performs communication using a communication cable including plural sets of paired wires each of which has two core wires, and includes: an interface unit ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120069195 | Pattern of Color Codes - A pattern includes a spatial configuration of color codes. Each color code is a unique configuration of colors selected from a number of basis colors. The color codes each include the same number of colors. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAVING POWER IN ATSC-M/H MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus enable ATSC-M/H mobile devices to conserve power by entering a high power state at a slot reception start time that is after the start of an ATSC M/H slot and entering a low power state at a slot reception stop time before the end of the ATSC M/H slot. Data lost due to the device being in a low power state during the time between the start time of the ATSC M/H slot and the activation time and during the time between the deactivation time and the end of the ATSC M/H slot are recovered using error correction processing. The slot receive and slot reception stop times may be based on the received signal quality. The receiver circuitry may also be deactivated when the entire payload has been received and skip reception of remaining slots. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069197 | Method and process of making camouflage patterns - A pattern for camouflage and a method for making the pattern. The method includes taking photographic images from the perspective of the selected animal or bird. In one embodiment, the photographic image can be taken from above so as to create a finite background within the selected environment. In another embodiment, the pattern is adapted to be seamlessly repeatable across a surface. The method includes placing desired harvested abstracts into the photographic scene to obtain the desired effect of the camouflage pattern including color, composition, depth and repeat. The method also includes taking multiple photographs of the same scene from the same exact spot focusing on different parts of the photographic scene to add clarity to the images, enhance depth, and reach desired color palate. The method includes adjusting the color of objects, including water within the photographic scene, to reflect true color of objects absent outside conditions. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069198 | Foreground/Background Separation Using Reference Images - A technique involves distinguishing between foreground and background regions of a digital image of a scene. First and second images are captured of nominally a same scene. The first image is a relatively high resolution image taken with the foreground more in focus than the background, while the second image is a relatively low resolution reference image taken with the background more in focus than the foreground. Regions of the captured images are assigned as foreground or background. In accordance with the assigning, one or more processed images are rendered based on the first image or the second image, or both. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069199 | MOVING INFORMATION BETWEEN COMPUTING DEVICES - A computer-implemented method for moving information between computing devices includes capturing a digital image of a display of a first computing device using a camera of a second computing device, transmitting, to the first computing device, data that corresponds to the digital image; analyzing the transmitted data on the first computing device to determine whether the digital image matches a current display of the first computing device, and using the analysis to cause one of the first or second computing devices to invoke an application and match a state of an application that is executing on the other of the first or second computing devices. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069200 | Remote Network Video Content Recorder System - A concept and method for the remote management of and recording of digital video content from a remote IP video camera to an application server via the internet. The recorder system comprises a user device capable of running a user interface, a server running a communications interface, a recorder module, and a digital recording device, and at least one remote IP camera. Upon system initialization, a recorder object and an associated unique ID for the recorder instance are transmitted with the user interface to the user device. A remote user of the device may request a video image from an associated remote camera to be sent to the server where it is recorded on the recording device. The image does not transmit to the user device, minimizing bandwidth requirements on the control side. The server provides a safe, secure and network-optimized environment for capturing the recording. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069201 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAMERA - An electronic device includes a setting unit that sets at least one image corresponding to a set of image data as print target image among a plurality of sets of image data in a first image file which is containable the plurality of sets of image data, and an image file creation unit that creates a second image file corresponding to each set of print target image having been set by the setting unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069202 | CAMERA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM - The present invention is based upon a camera management device coupled to a network camera via a network and the camera management device is provided with an image receiving unit that receives image data projected by the network camera and including control information for controlling the network camera from the network camera, a control information extracting unit that extracts the control information from the image data received by the image receiving unit and a control transmitting unit that transmits a control command according to the control information to the network camera via the network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069203 | GENERATING A STABILIZED VIDEO SEQUENCE BASED ON MOTION SENSOR DATA - A machine-implemented method of generating a stabilized video sequence includes receiving an input video sequence captured by an image capture device. The input video sequence includes a plurality of pairs of successive frames. Motion sensor data indicative of motion of the image capture device while the input video sequence was being captured is received. A set of matching features for each pair of successive frames is identified. Global motion features are identified in each set of matching features and qualified based on the motion sensor data. The global motion features are indicative of movement of the image capture device. A stabilized video sequence is generated based on the input video sequence and the identified global motion features. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069204 | MOTION BLUR CORRECTION DEVICE AND MOTION BLUR CORRECTION METHOD - A motion blur correction device includes a motion blur correction section which performs motion blur correction processing on an intended video data, and a correction intensity judgment section which instructs the motion blur correction section to cancel the execution of the motion blur correction processing when the frame rate of the video data is equal to or less than a predetermined value. As a result, motion blur correction is prevented from being automatically performed when motion blur correction is not required. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069205 | Image Based Systems For Detecting Information On Moving Objects - Systems and methods for generating images of an object having a known object velocity include imaging electromagnetic radiation from the object onto a sensor array of an imaging system, adjusting at least one of a shutter rate and a shutter direction of the imaging system in accordance with an image velocity of the image across the sensor array, and sampling output of the sensor array in accordance with the shutter rate and the shutter direction to generate the images. Systems and methods for generating images of an object moving through a scene include a first imaging system generating image data samples of the scene, a post processing system that analyzes the samples to determine when the object is present in the scene, and one or more second imaging systems triggered by the post processing system to generate one or more second image data samples of the object. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069206 | CAMERA IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - A camera image correction system includes an image correction device and an internet protocol camera intercommunicating with the image correction device. The image correction device includes an input module, a signal processing module, and a wireless communications module. The input module inputs and generates correction instructions that the signal processing module processes. The wireless communications module transmits the correction images to the internet protocol camera. The internet protocol camera includes an antenna, a system on chip, and a signal control module. The antenna receives the correction instruction; the signal control module processes the correction instructions to generate command signals. The system on chip controls the internet protocol camera according to the command signals to obtain monitoring images, the monitoring images are processed by the signal control module and transmitted to the image correction device through the antenna and the wireless communications module. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069207 | EMBEDDED APPLIANCE FOR MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE - A multimedia device includes input ports dedicated to receiving a real-time media signal and a processor system dedicated to capturing the real-time media signal. The processor system defines an embedded environment. The input ports and the processor system are integrated into the multimedia capture device. The input ports include an audio input port and at least one of a visual-capture input port or a digital-image input port. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069208 | Methods, Systems , and Computer Program Products for Assuring Horizontal Image Capture - A system comprises an accelerometer, a display, an image capture means, a controller, and an indicator capable of displaying angle from vertical or horizontal, whereby the controller uses data acquired from the accelerometer to drive the indicator. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069209 | LENSLESS CAMERA CONTROLLED VIA MEMS ARRAY - A lensless camera may include an array of MEMS-based light-modulating devices. A camera controller may control the MEMS-based light-modulating devices to transmit visible light through, or substantially prevent the transmission of visible light through, predetermined areas of the array. The array may be controlled in response to input from a user and/or in response to the location of a detected subject. The viewing direction of a lensless camera having such an array can be rapidly changed by changing the transmittance of different regions of the array. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069210 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS PERFORMING AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHING PROCESSING, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH PROGRAM THEREOF - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section to pick up a subject image; and a central processing section to perform processing of arbitrarily setting at least one automatic photographing condition among a plurality of kinds of automatic photographing conditions, judging whether the set automatic photographing condition is satisfied or not, and instructing the image pickup section to pick up a recording subject image when the set automatic photographing condition is judged to be satisfied. | 2012-03-22 |
20120069211 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF ARRANGING IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - An image pickup apparatus is provided with: an optical system including a lens or a reflecting mirror; an image pickup device having a light-receiving surface on which light rays from the optical system are focused and a plurality of light-receiving pixels which generate charges on the light-receiving surface by the light rays; a bias voltage generation unit which supplies power to the image pickup device; a signal processing unit which processes a signal output from the image pickup device and outputs the processed signal as image data; and a control unit which inputs into the image pickup device a driving clock that controls transmission of the charges generated in the light-receiving pixels of the image pickup device. The image pickup device is bent so that distortion aberration present in the optical system is eliminated. | 2012-03-22 |