15th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140098201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE RENDERING BASED ON ORIENTATION OF DISPLAY - An apparatus and method for rendering an image considering an orientation of a display may include a display mode determination unit to determining an expression mode of a display based on spatial information corresponding to eyes of a user, and an image rendering unit to render an image corresponding to the eye of the user based on the expression mode of the display. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098202 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWING SYSTEM - A three-dimensional viewing system includes a television having an electric circuit provided therein for the generation of alternating left-eye image and right-eye image on a screen, a micro controller unit provided inside the television and configured to extract a vertical synchronizing signal therefrom, a signal transmitting system for directly transmitting the vertical synchronizing signal to a pair of three-dimensional shutter glasses to be worn by the viewer in front of the television. The shutter glasses include left and right liquid crystal shutter lenses adapted to receive the vertical synchronizing signal and produce alternating transparency and opacity of the left and right shutter lenses. A switch unit connected to the left and right shutter lenses for independently switching the transparency and opacity thereof so that left eye of the viewer sees the left-eye image and right eye of the viewer sees the right-eye image to perceive a three-dimensional image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098203 | Video Controller For Synchronizing Presentation Of A Plurality Of Images Projected Onto A Display - A video controller for synchronizing presentation of a plurality of images is provided. A color switching device is operable to continually select a color out of a set consisting essentially of a plurality of fundamental colors. Each fundamental color is selected for presentation for a fixed time segment. A light processing element is operable to block and permit transmission of light in each color selected by the color switching device during each fixed time segment. The light includes at least two streams of sequential images. A synch signal generator is in control of the light processing element and is configured to time presentation of the light by the light processing element and of control signals to a viewing device of the display. The presentation of the light and of the control signals is timed in synchrony with the fixed time segments only during a transition state of the viewing device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098204 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes an image display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display a 2D image or a 3D image, a driving circuit configured to apply a data voltage in a 2D image format or a data voltage in a 3D image format to the image display panel, a controller configured to control the driving circuit in a 2D mode for displaying the 2D image or in a 3D mode for displaying the 3D image, and a patterned retarder configured to convert light from the image display panel to alternately have a first polarization and a second polarization, wherein each pixel includes first to fourth subpixels, and the data voltage in the 2D image format is applied to the first to third subpixels and a luminance compensation voltage is applied to the fourth subpixel in the 2D mode, while the data voltage in the 3D image format is applied to the first to third subpixels and a dark gray voltage is applied to the fourth subpixel in the 3D mode. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098205 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device displays a plurality of image elements of a left-view image and a plurality of image elements of a right-view image on a display in alternation in a horizontal direction, and displays an image element of a black image between each adjacent pairing of an image element of the left-view image and an image element of the right-view image. The image display device uses a parallax barrier to ensure that a left eye of a viewer only views the left-view image and that a right eye of the viewer only views the right-view image. Through the above configuration the image display device reduces occurrence of cross-talk regardless of position of the viewer or shape of the parallax barrier, and improves image quality of a stereoscopic image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098206 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A garment having audio-video display capabilities, has a garment body bearing a a video display device. The display device is preferably mounted to a surface of the garment body whereby it cannot be seen unless activated. An audio reproduction device is also mounted to the garment body. Both the video and audio display/reproduction devices are controlled by a microprocessor system likewise mounted to the garment body. The processor system is capable of receiving video and audio data and control signals from a remote source, such as a smartphone, over a wireless communications system, such a Bluetooth system. In addition, the garment may itself have a camera and microphone to allow the wearer to record audio-visual material and display it on the garment system. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098207 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS, FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGE PROCESSING - There is provided a fluorescence observation apparatus, including: a lighting section including a light source emitting illumination light and excitation light; a fluorescence imaging section picking up fluorescence generated on a subject and acquiring a fluorescence image; a returned light imaging section picking up returned light returned from the subject and acquiring a returned light image; a preprocessing section multiplying at least either the fluorescence image or the returned light image by a coefficient in which a distance property of fluorescence intensity and a distance property of returned light intensity, which are acquired in advance with respect to a standard sample, come to be in a relation directly proportional to each other and generating a fluorescence image for correction and a returned light image for correction; and a fluorescence image correction section dividing the fluorescence image for correction by the returned light image for correction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098208 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An image pickup device constituted by a bare chip is mounted to a flexible substrate including an opening portion and a wiring pattern, so that a light receiving area is positioned at the opening portion and so as to be electrically connected to the wiring pattern. A rigid substrate having a concave portion capable of housing the image pickup device is connected to the flexible substrate. A bottom face of the concave portion is set as a reference face for regulating the optical axis direction of the image pickup device, and a rear face of the image pickup device is firmly fixed to the bottom face. A wiring pattern is provided on the rigid substrate, and the wiring pattern of the rigid substrate and the wiring pattern of the flexible substrate are electrically connected. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098209 | Mobile Processing Device System for Patient Monitoring Data Acquisition - A mobile processing device system for patient monitoring data acquisition includes a repository of information. The information associates a particular patient monitoring device type for displaying a particular patient parameter with a particular text label identifying the particular patient parameter. A portable processing device includes an imaging device for acquiring image data representing an image presenting patient parameter data from the particular patient monitoring device type. An image recognition processor, uses the information, for analyzing the image data to identify the particular text label identifying the particular patient parameter and a value of the particular patient parameter. An output processor communicates data representing the particular patient parameter and the value to a destination. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098210 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an aspect of the invention there is provided apparatus comprising: a plurality of image processing modules, each image processing module being one selected from amongst an image capture module and an image projection module, the apparatus comprising at least one image capture module and at least one image projection module; and a reflector member, the image projection module being arranged to project an image onto the reflector member for viewing by a user, the image capture module being arranged to capture an image of the user via the reflector member, at least one of the image processing modules being arranged to receive operational data from a source external to the module. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098211 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTED READABLE MEDIUM FOR EVALUATING A PARAMETER OF A FEATURE HAVING NANO-METRIC DIMENSIONS - A non-transitory computer readable medium, a system and a method. The method may include obtaining, by an image obtaining module, an image of a measurement site, the measurement site comprise the feature, the image of the measurement site comprises an image of the feature; processing, by an image processor, the image of the measurement site to provide an artificial image, the artificial image comprise a artificial image of an artificial feature, the artificial feature differs from the feature; measuring a parameter of the artificial feature to provide a measurement result, wherein the measuring comprises applying a measurement algorithm that is inadequate for measuring the parameter of the feature; and determining a value of the parameter of the feature in response to the measurement result. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098212 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image capturing device and an image capturing system are provided. The image capturing device includes an optical system that focuses lights from an object to generate optical information, a filter provided near a diaphragm position of the optical system, the filter having a plurality of types of spectral characteristics, a sensor that converts the optical information of the object to electronic data, the sensor providing a plurality of spectral transmittance values that sequentially and spatially change, and a lens array having a plurality of lenses being arranged in substantially parallel in a direction of a two-dimensional surface of the sensor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098213 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An imaging system according to the present invention comprises: an imaging unit configured to acquire a plurality of images by imaging an object a plurality of times while changing a focusing position in an optical axis direction of an imaging optical system; and a generation unit configured to generate, on the basis of the plurality of images acquired by the imaging unit, an image at arbitrary depth of field or an image of the object viewed from an arbitrary viewing direction. The image acquired by the imaging unit sometimes includes fixed pattern noises that appear in fixed positions. The imaging unit images the object a plurality of times while changing a position or an orientation of an imaging region such that relative positions of the fixed pattern noises to the object vary among the plurality of images. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098214 | METHOD FOR DEFINING A LASER MICRODISSECTION REGION, AND ASSOCIATED LASER MICRODISSECTION SYSTEM - A method for laser microdissection of a laser microdissection region of a prepared specimen includes driving a holder for the specimen into a holding position using a control device. First and second digital images are captured that depict a same portion of the prepared specimen, with the first image depicting the portion under at least one first microscopic examination method and the second image depicting the portion under at least a second microscopic examination method. A live overlay image is generated of the portion of the prepared image in a live mode. The live overlay is presented on a display area with the images overlaid onto one another. A marking is generated and captured on the live overlay image so as to define the laser microdissection region. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098215 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIEWING COMPUTER DATA CONTENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPULSION - A method and device for displaying computer content associated with a propulsion system, include: a standalone computer element (MO), the computer element including a display screen ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140098216 | SIMULTANEOUS-VIEW OBJECT INSERTION SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Simultaneous-view object insertion systems, apparatuses and methods are described herein. In various embodiments, an object insertion device may be configured to be moveable along a path to insert an object through a defined space that lies along the path. In various embodiments, a mirror assembly may be positioned between the object insertion device and the defined space to simultaneously direct, from one or more perspectives along the path, first light from a direction of the defined space towards a first vantage point for viewing and second light from a direction of the object towards a second vantage point for viewing, wherein the direction of the defined space is different from the direction of the object. In various embodiments, the mirror assembly may be configured to move away from the path to allow the object insertion device to pass toward the defined space. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098217 | APPARATUS FOR IMAGING A UNIFORMLY IRRADIATED ARTICLE - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a reflective surface configured to reflect photons onto a surface of an article, a stage configured to support the article, and an assembly. In some embodiments, the assembly configured to radiate photons through the article to the reflective surface. The assembly is further configured to image the article with irradiance of the photons. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098218 | MOVING CONTROL DEVICE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE PLATFORM WITH THE SAME - A moving control device is provided, including a filtering element, an image capturing unit, a calculating unit, and a light-emitting element that emits a structured light with a predetermined wavelength. The filtering element allows the structured light to pass therethrough while filtering out without the predetermined wavelength. The filtering element is provided in a portion at a front end of the image capturing unit, such that an external image retrieved by the image capturing unit includes a first region generated as a result of the light intersecting the filtering element and a second region generated as a result of the light not intersecting the filtering element. The calculating unit performs image recognition on the first and second regions of the external image to generate identification results to allow controlling movement of an autonomous mobile platform based on the identification results. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098219 | IDENTIFYING DEFECTS IN A ROULETTE WHEEL - Systems and methods for identifying defects in a roulette wheel are described. A first trajectory of a roulette ball may be determined after launch of the roulette ball by capturing movement of the roulette ball on the roulette wheel. The roulette wheel has a region where the roulette ball orbits and spins around before the roulette ball falls into a roulette number pocket. The determining step may be repeated to determine additional trajectories, and a plurality of areas that the roulette ball avoided during travel along the trajectories may be identified. A graphical representation of the plurality of avoided areas may be generated to identify regions of the roulette wheel that include defects. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098220 | SYMBOLOGY READER WITH MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - This invention provides a vision system camera, and associated methods of operation, having a multi-core processor, high-speed, high-resolution imager, FOVE, auto-focus lens and imager-connected pre-processor to pre-process image data provides the acquisition and processing speed, as well as the image resolution that are highly desirable in a wide range of applications. This arrangement effectively scans objects that require a wide field of view, vary in size and move relatively quickly with respect to the system field of view. This vision system provides a physical package with a wide variety of physical interconnections to support various options and control functions. The package effectively dissipates internally generated heat by arranging components to optimize heat transfer to the ambient environment and includes dissipating structure (e.g. fins) to facilitate such transfer. The system also enables a wide range of multi-core processes to optimize and load-balance both image processing and system operation (i.e. auto-regulation tasks). | 2014-04-10 |
20140098221 | APPEARANCE MODELING FOR OBJECT RE-IDENTIFICATION USING WEIGHTED BRIGHTNESS TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - An approach for re-identifying an object in a first test image is presented. Brightness transfer functions (BTFs) between respective pairs of training images are determined. Respective similarity measures are determined between the first test image and each of the training images captured by the first camera (first training images). A weighted brightness transfer function (WBTF) is determined by combining the BTFs weighted by weights of the first training images. The weights are based on the similarity measures. The first test image is transformed by the WBTF to better match one of the training images captured by the second camera. Another test image, captured by the second camera, is identified because it is closer in appearance to the transformed test image than other test images captured by the second camera. An object in the identified test image is a re-identification of the object in the first test image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098222 | AREA IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AREA IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment, an area identifying device includes a projecting unit, an image capturing unit, a calculating unit, and an identifying unit. The projecting unit is configured to project a pattern so that the pattern performs a predetermined movement. The image capturing unit is configured to capture, in sequential order, multiple images of an area on which the pattern is projected, the image having a plurality of areas. The calculating unit is configured to calculate an amount of change of pattern appearances for each region in the multiple images. The identifying unit is configured to identify, as a reflective area, at least one area having a different amount of change of the pattern appearances from a reference amount of change of the pattern appearances based on the predetermined movement, among the amounts of change of the pattern appearances that are calculated by the calculating unit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098223 | SIZE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND SIZE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A size measurement apparatus includes: a first light emitter unit for widely emitting light to an imaging area which may include an object; a second light emitter unit for locally emitting light to a part of the imaging area; an image taking unit for obtaining a range image which contains distance information on a pixel-by-pixel basis, with pixels being arranged two-dimensionally, the distance information being calculated based on a measured time value which is a time for the light emitted from the light emitter units to travel back as a reflected light; and an arithmetic control unit for controlling light emission from the light emitter units, and for calculating size information of the object based on a synthesized range image obtained by synthesizing a range image obtained during light emission from the first light emitter unit and a range image obtained during light emission from the second light emitter unit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098224 | TOUCH AND MOTION DETECTION USING SURFACE MAP, OBJECT SHADOW AND A SINGLE CAMERA - The present invention provides an optical method and a system for obtaining positional and/or motional information of an object with respect to a reference surface, including detecting if the object touches the reference surface, by using a projector and one camera. A surface map is used for mapping a location on the reference surface and a corresponding location in a camera-captured image having a view of the reference surface. In particular, a camera-observed shadow length, i.e. a length of the object's shadow observable by the camera, estimated by using the surface map, is used to compute the object's height above the reference surface (a Z coordinate). Whether or not the object touches the reference surface is also obtainable. After an XY coordinate is estimated, a 3D coordinate of the object is obtained. By computing a time sequence of 3D coordinates, the motional information, such as velocity and acceleration, is obtainable. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098225 | Component Attachment Devices and Related Systems and Methods for Machine Vision Systems - In some aspects, camera systems can include a camera enclosure, a lens disposed in or along the camera enclosure along an optical axis of the camera system, and an optical accessory attached to camera enclosure, where the optical accessory is attached using a magnetic retention force that is provided by at least one magnetic element. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098226 | IMAGE CAPTURE COMPONENT ON ACTIVE CONTACT LENS - This disclosure relates to systems and/or methods for capturing image data representing a scene in a gaze of a viewer via a thin image capture component integrated on or within a contact lens, processing the image data, and employing the processed image data to perform functions locally on the contact lens or remotely on one or more remote devices. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098227 | REMOTE DOORBELL CONTROL SYSTEM AND RELATED SMART DOORBELL DEVICE - A remote doorbell control system includes a smart doorbell device, a smart gateway, and a control device having a preset communication number. The smart doorbell device communicates with the control device via the smart gateway. The smart doorbell device includes a doorbell signal generating unit and a control circuit. The doorbell signal generating unit generates a doorbell signal when a visitor has arrived. The control circuit receives the doorbell signal and sends the doorbell signal to the control device, when the smart doorbell device is set to a remote answer mode. The control circuit further activates corresponding functions in response to control signals from the control device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098228 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN EVENT RECORDING SYSTEMS - A vehicle event recorder is provided that includes a camera for capturing a video as discrete image frames, and that further includes a managed loop memory and a management system for generating a virtual ‘timeline dilation’ effect. To overcome size limits in the buffer memory of the video event recorder, the maximum time extension of a video series is increased by enabling a reduction in temporal resolution in exchange for an increase in the temporal extension. Memory cells are overwritten in an ‘interleaved’ fashion to produce a reduced frame rate for the recording of certain time periods connected to an event moment. In time periods furthest from the event moment, the resulting frame rate is minimized while in time periods closest to the event moment, the resulting frame rate is maximized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098229 | MULTI-CAMERA IMAGE STITCHING CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A vision system of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras with exterior overlapping fields of view. The vision system is operable to calibrate at least one of the cameras and includes a plurality of targets disposed at locations near the vehicle and within the fields of views of the cameras. A display device is operable to display images captured by the cameras of the vision system. A plurality of user inputs may be provided and a user may selectively actuate the user inputs to manipulate images captured by the cameras to align portions of a target in overlapping regions of the captured images of adjacent cameras to calibrate the cameras. The vision system may calibrate cameras automatically, such as responsive to the targets moving into the fields of views of the cameras, whereby the vision system may calibrate the cameras as the vehicle is moved along an assembly line. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098230 | BLIND ZONE DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An alert system for a vehicle includes a sensor and a control. The sensor is disposed at a side portion of a vehicle and has at least a generally sidewardly and rearwardly sensing direction. The control is operable to process an output of the sensor to determine if an object of interest is present in the sensing region at or near the side of the vehicle. Responsive to at least one of (i) the vehicle being stopped, (ii) the vehicle transmission being shifted into park and (iii) the vehicle ignition being turned off, the control is operable to process the sensor output to detect an object at or near the side of the vehicle or approaching the vehicle along the side of the vehicle, and, responsive to detection of such an object, the alert system generates an alert to an occupant of the vehicle. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098231 | STOP-ARM WITH CAMERA SYSTEM - Certain embodiments provide a stop-arm with camera system for a vehicle. The stop-arm with camera system includes a shield, a stop-arm, and a camera assembly. The stop-arm includes a first side and a second side. The stop-arm is deployable between a first position where the first side of the stop-arm is disposed at least partially inside the shield, and a second position where the stop-arm is substantially perpendicular to the shield. The camera assembly is coupled to the first side of the stop-arm. In various embodiments, the stop-arm with camera system is mounted on a rear passenger side of the vehicle, which may be a bus. In certain embodiments, the camera assembly provides a view including an area that is under the vehicle and between a rear wheel of the vehicle and a front wheel of the vehicle when the stop-arm is in the second position. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098232 | OCCUPANT SENSING DEVICE - An occupant sensing device that accurately detects the state of an occupant regardless of the influence of extraneous noise and outside light and the influence of a defect in detected data when lighting of auxiliary light is delayed. When a specific part detection possibility/impossibility determination unit determines that the detection of the position of a specific part, such as a head, in the latest image is impossible, on the basis of past data stored as data corresponding to images outputted from a camera earlier than the latest image in a storage unit, the position of the head is predicted and detected. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098233 | Access Control Reader with Audio Spatial Filtering - An access control reader enhances audio data captured by a beamforming microphone array. The access control reader determines a direction to a user and then utilizes beamforming in the direction of the user to enhance the user's voice. The user's enhanced voice is then transmitted to security personnel or a control system to validate the user's identity, in one example. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098234 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED MONITORING SYSTEM - An image processing system is disclosed. The image processing system comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader unit, a microprocessor module and a memory unit. The RFID reader unit is used for retrieving tag data, wherein the tag data comprises timing stamp information. The microprocessor module is coupled to the RFID reader unit, and used for receiving image data and correlating the tag data with the image data to generate combination data, wherein the combination data comprises information of the tag data and the image data. The memory unit is coupled to the microprocessor module, and used for storing the combination data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098235 | DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL WITH INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE - Described is a device for electronic access control (EAC) and surveillance. The device includes an EAC module and an imager integrated in a single unit. The EAC module controls physical access through a secure portal and the imager maintains surveillance of an observation area near the portal. A data signal is provided at a data port proximate to the EAC module and imager. The data signal includes EAC data for the portal, image or video data of the observation area and optional audio data. The device can be configured to communicate with a remote server and database over an IP data network. The device can also include one or more analytical modules for real-time computation and processing of data and generation of metadata for transmission over the data network. Correlating and combining current and historical data from multiple devices results in powerful real time threat detection and forensic search capability. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098236 | THERMAL IMAGER - A thermal imager includes a detector, a lens, a shutter disposed between the detector and the lens, and a motor operably connected to the shutter for moving the shutter between a first and a second position. There is a source of electrical energy operably connected to one or more of the detector, lens and motor by an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit includes one or more of a capacitor, a diode, and a resistor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098237 | FLEXIBLE MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Techniques are provided to implement line based processing of thermal images and a flexible memory system. In one example, individual lines of a thermal image frame may be provided to an image processing pipeline. Image processing operations may be performed on the individual lines in stages of the image processing pipeline. A memory system may be used to buffer the individual lines in the pipeline stages. In another example, a memory system may be used to send and receive data between various components without relying on a single shared bus. Data transfers may be performed between different components and different memories of the memory system using a switch fabric to route data over different buses. In another example, a memory system may support data transfers using different clocks of various components, without requiring the components and the memory system to all be synchronized to the same clock source. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098238 | INFRARED CAMERA SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES - Various techniques are disclosed for providing an infrared imaging module that exhibits a small form factor and may be used with one or more portable devices. Such an infrared imaging module may be implemented with a housing that includes electrical connections that may be used to electrically connect various components of the infrared imaging module. In addition, various techniques are disclosed for providing system architectures for processing modules of infrared imaging modules. In one example, a processing module of an infrared imaging module includes a first interface adapted to receive captured infrared images from an infrared image sensor of the infrared imaging module. The processing module may also include a processor adapted to perform digital infrared image processing on the captured infrared images to provide processed infrared images. The processing module may also include a second interface adapted to pass the processed infrared images to a host device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098239 | IMAGING LENS AND CAMERA MODULE - The present invention relates to an imaging lens and a camera module, the imaging lens including a first lens having positive (+) refractive power, a second lens having negative (−) refractive power, a third lens having positive (+) refractive power, a fourth lens having positive (+) refractive power, a fifth lens having negative (−) refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative (−) refractive power, wherein the sixth lens is formed with an infrared filter coated film. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING COMMANDS DIRECTED TO A MEDIA CENTER - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for controlling a steering of a plurality of cameras to identify a plurality of potential sources, identifying the plurality of potential sources according to image data provided by the plurality of cameras, assigning a beam of a plurality of beams of a plurality of microphones to each of the plurality of potential sources, detecting a first command comprising one of a first audible cue based on signals from a portion of the plurality of microphones, a first visual cue based on image data from one of the plurality of cameras, or both for controlling a media center, and configuring the media center according to the first command. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098241 | COMPACT, RUGGED, INTELLIGENT TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a video recording environment, a compact, rugged, intelligent tracking apparatus and method enables the automation of labor-intensive operating of cameras, lights, microphones and other devices. Auto-framing of a tracked object within the viewfinder of a supported camera is possible. The device can sense more than one object at once, and includes multiple ways to easy way to switch from one object to another. The methods show how the auto-framing device can be “predictive” of movements, intelligently smooth the tilt and swivel motions so that the end effect is a professional looking picture or video. It is designed to be uniquely small yet rugged and waterproof. And it can accept configuration input from users via a smartphone or extreme-sports camera over wi-fi or bluetooth, including user-programmable scripts that automate the device functionality in easy to use ways. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098242 | Camera Pose Estimation - A method of camera pose estimation is provided that includes capturing a model image of a scene at a canonical camera pose, generating an image library from warped images of the model image and the model image, wherein each warped image is a transformation of the model image at a different pre-determined camera pose, capturing an image of the scene as a user moves the camera, reporting the current camera pose as a camera pose of the image when the image is acceptable, conditionally adding the first image to the image library when the first image is acceptable, and re-initializing the current camera pose to a camera pose selected from the image library when the first image is not acceptable. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098243 | IMAGE CALIBRATON - A digital image is captured. The captured digital image includes a calibration pattern. The calibration pattern includes displayed information about the calibration pattern. The displayed information is read to obtain calibration information about the captured digital image. A new image is generated. The calibration information is stored with the new image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098244 | CALIBRATED IMAGE DISPLAY - A digital image of a physical object is captured and stored with actual parameter information about the physical object. The stored actual parameter information, resolution of the digital image and display pixel size information obtained from a display are used to display an actual size image of the physical object on the display. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098245 | REDUCING GHOSTING AND OTHER IMAGE ARTIFACTS IN A WEDGE-BASED IMAGING SYSTEM - A computational image processing filter processes an image from a wedge-based imaging system so as to remove artifacts such as blurring and ghost images. By removing the artifacts computationally instead of optically, manufacturing costs and complexity are reduced over prior solutions. In one implementation, the computational image processing filter performs a two-dimensional transform to align a ghost image with a pixel grid defined by the wedge. The transformed image is then stretched using a nonlinear transform to make the ghost pitch versus position a constant. Next, an anti-ghost point spread filter is created and deconvolved. Finally, an inverse of the nonlinear mapping is applied. Artifacts introduced by other optical layers can be reduced by deconvolving the artifact from the image according to a point-spread function representing an effect of the optical layers on the image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098246 | Method, Apparatus and Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Refocusing Photographed Image - The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus and computer-readable recording medium for refocusing a photographed image using a depth map. According an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a refocusing method including a) outputting a photographed image on a display unit; b) determining whether a region to be refocused is specified in the output image; c) computing a depth map of the output image if the region to be refocused is specified; d) acquiring a refocused image by increasing resolution of the specified region to be refocused and decreasing resolution of regions other than the specified region to be refocused, based on the computed depth map; and e) outputting the refocused image on the display unit. According to the present disclosure, when an image photographed using a camera is not focused exactly or it is intended to focus on another region of the photographed image, a refocused image can be generated by specifying a region to be refocused in the photographed image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098247 | Home Automation And Smart Home Control Using Mobile Devices And Wireless Enabled Electrical Switches - A system and method for home control and automation including a smart home with control of devices and appliance using mobile devices, cellular telephones, smart devices and smart phones is described. The mobile device may download a software application configured to control an electrical switch or electrical power outlet. The mobile device may change the on or off state of the outlet or the power settings of the outlet. The mobile device may control other intelligent appliances including a television using a wireless connection. The electrical outlets may be enabled with a smart electrical switch that includes a wireless transmit and receive component such as WiFi. The electrical switch may be programmable and be identified with a unique identifier. The electrical outlets may include a sensor to detect smoke, temperature, light, pressure, or other factors. The mobile device and electrical switch may join the same wireless local area network. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098248 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a receiver that receives an instruction to switch off the communication apparatus, an obtaining unit that obtains data from a recording medium, a communication unit that sends the obtained data to an other electronic device, and a controller that controls power supply of the communication apparatus. The controller continuously supplies power at least to a predetermined component which needs power to be supplied to establish communication with the other electronic device for a predetermined period of time when the receiver receives the instruction to switch off the communication apparatus. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098249 | TERMINAL, METHOD OF FORMING VIDEO, APPARATUS TO FORM AN IMAGE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal, an image forming method, an image forming apparatus, a method of driving the image forming apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium including a program to execute the method are provided. The terminal includes: a location information sensor which acquires location information about a current location of the terminal; a data processor which receives location information of a nearby image forming apparatus based on the current location and calculates a relative location coordinate of the nearby image forming apparatus by using the received location information and the location information of the current location; and an interface which overlays and outputs an icon of the nearby image forming apparatus on an image captured through an imaging part, based on a coordinate value of the calculate relative location coordinate. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098250 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD - Identification information for identifying each network out of a plurality of wireless networks is received. A wireless network identified by arbitrary identification information is wirelessly connected. Whether a printer in the wirelessly connected wireless network has a function of connecting a digital camera and performing output processing is inquired of the printer. Connection to the printer is controlled in accordance with a response to the inquiry. The digital camera performs output processing together with the connected printer. An information output apparatus having a function of connecting an information storage terminal apparatus by simple operation and performing output processing can be wirelessly connected. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098251 | SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROCESSING AN IMAGE - A software development kit prioritizes certain aspects of an acquired image and introduces the prioritized aspects to a main processor. Alternatively, a coprocessor, or the coprocessor and the development kit, manipulate(s) the acquired image and introduce(s) the manipulated image to the processor. The reprogramming of either one of the development kit and the coprocessor may be initiated by either one of them or by the processor and the programming may be provided by the main processor. A central station and a gate array may also be individually reprogrammable by the main processor which sets up, programs and controls an intelligent imaging platform in accordance with the individual reprogrammings. A reprogramming of an audio acquisition stage may also be initiated by that stage and any of the other stages and the processor and may be provided by the processor. The audio information may be related to the acquired image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098252 | Universal Docking Bay and Data Door in a Fluidic Analysis System - An analytic system for carrying out a chemical assay, the system having a bay with an opening on one side, the bay of a size and shape to enclose a cartridge carrying sample material to be analyzed, one or more mechanisms within the bay through which the cartridge and or material within the cartridge is influenced, a door of a size to cover the opening, a securing mechanism associated with the bay and the door, by which the door is secured when closed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098253 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit including a plurality of lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. An aperture stop is arranged on an image side of the first lens unit. An image stabilizing unit Ls comprising at least part of the second lens unit moves in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis during blurring correction. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING OBJECTS - Systems and methods for imaging objects are provided. An imaging device includes a sensor to provide an image of an object. The sensor can have a sensor exposure time and a sensor gain and the image includes a plurality of frames, each of the plurality of frames that can depict at least a portion of the object. The imaging device includes a motion detector to determine whether there is movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames of the plurality of frames. The imaging device also includes a controller. The controller can set the sensor exposure time to a first value in response to a determination by the motion detector that there is movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames. The controller can also set the sensor exposure time to a second value in response to a determination that there is no movement of the at least a portion of the object between adjacent frames. The controller can also adjust the sensor exposure time, the sensor gain, or both to maintain a luminance value of the plurality of frames at a target luminance value. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098255 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A image pickup apparatus includes a touch panel configured to detect a touch operation, an image pickup element arranged to pick up a moving image, and a system control unit configured to control to record the moving image picked up by the image pickup element and control to make the operation-receiving sensitivity of the touch panel for the touch operation in moving image recording higher than in a state other than the moving image recording. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098256 | AUTOMATED CAMERA ASSEMBLY WITH INFRARED DETECTOR CURTAIN - An automated camera assembly comprising a camera and a detector for triggering the camera, wherein the detector includes an adjustable field of view. The detector can include a sensor and a curtain for reducing a maximum field of view to an adjusted field of view. The curtain can include an opaque member movable relative to the sensor. The curtain can instead include a processor programmed to trigger the camera when the subject is within the adjusted field of view. The invention is also embodied in a method of adjusting a field of view of a detector. The method comprises detecting a first subject within a maximum field of view, triggering the camera after detecting the first subject within the maximum field of view, adjusting to an adjusted field of view, detecting a second subject within the adjusted field of view, and triggering the camera after detecting the second subject. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING CAMERA FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for operating a camera function in a portable terminal are provided. State information representing at least one of a direction and a rotation state of the portable terminal is obtained, and at least one of a sequence of reading an image from a camera sensor and an appropriate user interface is determined depending on the state information. Thus, the camera function is performed depending on the determined sequence or user interface. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098258 | COLOR DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGING SYSTEMS AND IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEMS - The present invention discloses a color-distortion-correction method and device in an imaging system or an image output system. The method includes: capturing by the imaging system an object to be captured to generate the original image data of the object; based on the priori knowledge of color distortion previously stored in the imaging system, correcting color distortion of the original image data to generate the corrected image data. In embodiments of the present invention, since the priori knowledge of color distortion of the imaging system or the image output system is obtained in advance, that is, the characteristics of the color distortion in the imaging system or the image output system are known in advance, it is capable of correcting color distortion of the image data of captured images based on the priori knowledge of color distortion of the system. Therefore, the color deviation of the color images introduced due to the characteristics of the system itself is eliminated and the goal of “what you see is what you get” is realized. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098259 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING IMAGES - A photographing apparatus for synthesizing a plurality of continuously captured images is provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit that captures a plurality of images by continuously photographing an object; an input unit that receives a selection of a reference image from the plurality of captured images and a modification section in the reference image; a display unit that displays the reference image; a controller that, when the modification section is selected in the reference image and an image for replacing the modification section is determined, generates a mask image based on the modification section and generates a final image by synthesizing the reference image and the image for replacing the modification section using the mask image; and a storage unit that stores a data file including information of the mask image, the plurality of captured images, and the final image. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098260 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA - A method for processing image data is described. The method includes the steps: (a) fully writing image data into first buffer area; (b) vertically reading the image data in first buffer area and horizontally writing image data into second buffer area; (c) while completely reading a first portion of first buffer area, allocating the complete read first portion of first buffer area to second buffer area to be served as a writing section; (d) vertically reading the image data in a second portion of first buffer area and writing the image data into second buffer area; and (e) vertically reading the image data of second buffer area and horizontally writing the image data into first buffer area, and after completely reading a portion of second buffer area, allocating the read portion of second buffer area to first buffer area. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098261 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT CONTINUOUSLY TAKES IMAGES TO OBTAIN MULTIPLE IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of selecting an image more suited to a user from images that have been continuously taken. A face included in each of a plurality of images is chosen, and with respect to each of the images, an evaluation value for use in selecting one image from the plurality of images is calculated based on the face chosen in each of the images. An image with the highest evaluation value is selected, and when there are a plurality of images with the highest evaluation value, an image taken first, is selected. The selected image is then recorded. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098262 | IMAGE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND CAMERA - To provide an image evaluation apparatus and camera which are capable of evaluating an image which is comprehensively good. An image evaluation apparatus comprising: a storage portion which stores a plurality of images when an imaging portion of a camera has continuously imaged in a predetermined time interval a plurality of frames of a subject in a photographing area of the camera, and an image evaluation portion which evaluates a plurality of the images stored in the storage portion, based on a characteristic amount showing a state in which the subject in the photographing area changing in chronological sequence, when the plurality of the images is imaged. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098263 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scattered light acquisition unit, a control information acquisition unit and a control unit. The scattered light acquisition unit acquires an amount of scattered light included in each pixel of an input image. The control information acquisition unit acquires control information determining an amount of scattered light included in each pixel of an output image. The control unit generates the output image by controlling the amount of the scattered light included in each pixel of the input image based on the control information. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098264 | MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING MAGNIFICATION OF CAMERA AND PROGRAM - To provide a mobile terminal, a method for adjusting the magnification of a camera and a program that enable a photographer, who shoots an image using a display screen, to easily see an image displayed on the display screen. A mobile terminal including a camera and a display screen comprises: a display control section that displays an image of an object picked up by the camera on the display screen; a detecting section that detects a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen and measures a distance from the eye position to the display screen; a measuring section that measures a distance from the camera to the object; and an adjusting section that adjusts a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance measured by the detecting section and the distance measured by the measuring section. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098265 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image signal processing apparatus, comprising a demosaic processing unit receiving input of mosaic image data of each of signals obtained by a single plate imaging device having an element array composed of visible light obtaining elements obtaining visible light signals, and invisible light obtaining elements obtaining signals including invisible light components, and generating a demosaic image of each of the obtained signals; and a noise reduction processing unit receiving input of the demosaic image to execute correction of pixel values of the demosaic image obtained by the visible light obtaining elements on the basis of edge information extracted from the demosaic image of the signals obtained by the invisible light obtaining elements. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ALIASING IN IMAGES CAPTURED BY ANARRAY CAMERA FOR USE IN SUPER RESOLUTION PROCESSING USING PIXEL APERTURES - Imager arrays, array camera modules, and array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention utilize pixel apertures to control the amount of aliasing present in captured images of a scene. One embodiment includes a plurality of focal planes, control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, and sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data. In addition, the pixels in the plurality of focal planes include a pixel stack including a microlens and an active area, where light incident on the surface of the microlens is focused onto the active area by the microlens and the active area samples the incident light to capture image information, and the pixel stack defines a pixel area and includes a pixel aperture, where the size of the pixel apertures is smaller than the pixel area. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR BINNING - In various exemplary embodiments, optically sensitive devices comprise a plurality of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes an optically sensitive layer over a substrate and has subpixel regions for separate wavebands. A pixel circuit comprises a charge store and a read out circuit for each subpixel region. Circuitry is configured to select a plurality of subpixel elements from different pixels that correspond to the same waveband for simultaneous reading to a shared read out circuit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098268 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image coding apparatus for coding RAW data of an image of a Bayer array separates the RAW data respectively into separate planes of data of a plurality of color components constituting the Bayer array, determines a coding method for coding each plane from a plurality of coding methods, generates a coding parameter on the basis of the determined coding method, and codes each plane on the basis of the generated coding parameter, wherein when a coding-target plane is a plane to be coded later among the plurality of planes of the same color, a coding parameter for coding the plane to be coded later is generated by using a result of the coding of the plane to be coded earlier among the plurality of planes of the same color. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098269 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGING SYSTEM - A method drives an imaging system including: a plurality of pixels; an amplifier having an input node connected to the plurality of pixels via an input capacitor, and an output node connected to the input node via a feedback capacitor; and a reset unit configured to reset the input node to a base potential. The method includes the steps of: causing the input capacitor to hold noise output from one of the plurality of pixels; adding signals output from the two or more pixels in the feedback capacitor; and obtaining a difference between a signal applying a gain to a base signal output from the amplifier according to the reset of the input node of the amplifier and the signal added in the feedback capacitor. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098270 | BACK-ILLUMINATED SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGING DEVICE - In a back-illuminated solid-state image sensing element, the areas of the front surface sides of individual pixels are the same as one another, regardless of the colors of light components dispersed by filters and entering the individual pixels, and the areas of the rear surface sides of pixels which a dispersed red light component enters are larger than the areas of the rear surface sides of pixels which a green or blue light component enters. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098271 | AD CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An AD conversion circuit may include: a reference signal generation unit generating a reference signal increasing or decreasing with passage of time; a comparison unit including a first comparison circuit and a second comparison circuit comparing an analog signal to be subjected to an AD conversion with the reference signal; a clock generation unit including a delay circuit in which a plurality of delay units are connected to one another, and outputting a first lower phase signal and a second lower phase signal based on clock signals output from each of the plurality of delay units; a latch unit including a first latch circuit latching a logical state of the first lower phase signal and a second latch circuit latching a logical state of the second lower phase signal; and a counting unit performing counting based on the second lower phase signal output from the clock generation unit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098272 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of columns, a plurality of comparators provided correspondingly to the respective columns, a reference signal generation unit configured to supply a reference signal to the plurality of comparators, a counter configured to generate a count signal that includes a plurality of bits in synchronization with a first clock signal, a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the plurality of bits with a second clock signal to generate a synchronized count signal and to output the generated synchronized count signal, and a plurality of memories provided correspondingly to the respective comparators, the memories each being configured to store the synchronized count signal in response to a change in an output of a corresponding one of the comparators. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098273 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes: a display unit capable of displaying a rotational pathway which rotates on a screen and with which an operation of the electronic device is associated according to a position on the rotational pathway; a touch screen that detects a touch from an outside and receives an input of a positional signal according to a position of the touch; a display controller that converts the position of the touch corresponding to the positional signal received by the touch screen into a position on the rotational pathway and causes a mark to be displayed at the position converted; and an operation controller that controls an operation of the electronic device according to a display position of the mark on the rotational pathway. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098274 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Included is a flat box shaped housing | 2014-04-10 |
20140098275 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section photoelectrically converting an object image and outputting image data; a display section displaying the object image based on the image data; an acceleration sensor section detecting vibration in at least one direction among a plurality of directions of a camera; a determination section continuously determining an output equal to or greater than a gravity force by means of the acceleration sensor section; and a power supply control section supplying power to the imaging section upon detection of an output equal to or greater than the gravity force by the determination section and also upon detection of an attitude change in a vertical direction or the like or a predetermined acceleration when a photographer sets the camera while viewing the display section of the camera. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098276 | CT Optic distortion filter - The present invention creates distorted images for use in video, film, photos, mobile devices, video games, morphing targets, interactive screens, or any device with a display screen. The main components are a frame with provision for mechanical manipulation, with a reflective surface affixed to it, video or film source, projector, receiving surface, camera and computer. A video is projected onto a reflective surface that has been manipulated by the introduction of mechanical movement and/or heat so as to create changes in the reflective surface, causing visual distortions. The reflection is then recorded by a device such as a camera and/or a three dimensional scanner. While the description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use what is disclosed, it should not be limited by the above described but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098277 | CATADIOPTRIC LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A catadioptric lens system includes: a first lens group including a concave mirror and a convex mirror and having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, the first to third lens groups being provided, in order, on a light path of incident light and in a direction of travel of the incident light. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098278 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a cam ring that includes a first cam sliding part and a second cam sliding part, and that is rotated in a direction around an optical axis; a fixing and holding barrel in which the cam ring is disposed; a moving ring that includes a first cam engagement part and a second cam engagement part, and that is moved in an optical axis direction; and an optical element that is moved in connection with movement of the moving ring. In a part of a movement range of the moving ring, one of the first cam engagement part and the second cam engagement part is engaged with the first cam sliding part or the second cam sliding part, and another one of the first cam engagement part and the second cam engagement part is positioned on an outside of the cam ring in the optical axis direction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098279 | LENSLESS IMAGING CAMERA PERFORMING IMAGE FORMATION IN SOFTWARE AND EMPLOYING MICRO-OPTIC LAYERS THAT IMPOSE LIGHT DIFFRACTIONS - An approach is presented for a lensless imaging camera wherein image formation is implemented in software image processing operations rather than by means of a lens. The image formation operations are coordinated with an array of micro-optical elements that impose light diffraction. The array of micro-optical elements can comprise one or more micro-optic layers, and micro-optic layers can be configured so that different portions of the micro-optic layer affect light in different ways. The image formation operation can include deconvolution based on an impulse response determined by the array of micro-optical elements which can be configured to produce a desired spatial light intensity pattern on the array of photosensors so as to optimize detection characteristics. The image formation operation can comprise include frequency-domain division operations, and the system can be configured to avoid division by zero values of the frequency-domain impulse response of the array of micro-optical elements. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098280 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A solid-state image-taking apparatus which have a solid-state image-taking device includes a chip of the solid-state image-taking device, an imaging lens configured to focus incoming light into an image on the solid-state image-taking device, and a material of a refraction index larger than 1, which is arranged between the chip and the imaging lens. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098281 | LENS MODULE - There is provided a lens module, including: a first lens having positive refractive power, an object-sided surface thereof being convex; a second lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being convex; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave, wherein the fourth lens satisfies Conditional Expression 1, | 2014-04-10 |
20140098282 | NOVEL ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT CONTAINING THE SAME - An organic compound having the following general formula [1]: | 2014-04-10 |
20140098283 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CURVE FITTING FOR COMMON FOCUS MEASURES - An efficient method and system for estimating an optimal focus position for capturing an image are presented. Embodiments of the present invention initially determine an initial lens position dataset. Then, scores are calculated for each value of the initial lens position dataset producing a plurality of scores. Embodiments of the present invention then determine an optimum focus position through interpolation and extrapolation by relating the initial lens position dataset to the score dataset, in which the score dataset comprises of the plurality of scores. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098284 | CUSTOMER FACING IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING IMAGES - An imaging system for obtaining an image of a display of an electronic device presented by a presenter holding the electronic device includes a housing having an imaging subsystem disposed in the housing. The imaging subsystem comprising an image sensor array and an imaging assembly operative for focusing an image of the display on the electronic device onto the image sensor array. A support comprising a support surface is operable for allowing the presenter to hold the electronic device against the support surface so that the display on the electronic device is positioned towards the imaging system while the image of the display is obtained. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098285 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A COIL MOTOR - Methods and apparatus for providing a position sensor to sense the position of a ferromagnetic target and generate a target position signal, a scaling block to receive the target position signal, and a digital RC filter to generate an output using bit shifting for dividing by some factor of two, wherein all division for computations in the RC filter are performed by bit shifts. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098286 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A MONITORING CAMERA - A monitoring camera is connected to an external power source. The external power source has an external maximum power level. Image data is being processed in a first processing state. The monitoring camera detects ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140098287 | STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA MODULE - The present invention discloses a structure and a manufacturing method for a high-resolution camera module, wherein the method includes the following steps: providing an image sensor wafer comprising multiple image sensor chips; performing inspection and defining if each image sensor chip is a good chip; disposing an optical cover on the image sensor chip defined as the good chip, wherein the optical cover faces a sensing area and does not cover conductive contacts; cutting the image sensor wafer to obtain the discrete image sensor chip covered with the optical cover; and disposing a first surface of the divided image sensor chip on a bottom surface of a ceramic substrate. The present invention can seal the high resolution camera module during early stage of the manufacturing process to improve the yield rate of the camera module, and downsize the camera module effectively. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098288 | SMALL FORM FACTOR MODULES USING WAFER LEVEL OPTICS WITH BOTTOM CAVITY AND FLIP-CHIP ASSEMBLY - A disclosed method of manufacturing a camera module includes providing a stack of optical elements, providing an integrated circuit image capture device (ICD) having a top surface with an array of sensors, rigidly attaching the stack of optical elements to top surface of the image capture device, providing a substrate having an opening therethrough and a recess around said opening, and attaching the image capture device to the substrate such that edges of the image capture device are disposed in the recess and the stack of optical elements extends through the opening. The method further includes providing a second substrate (e.g., host PCB) and mounting the substrate on the second substrate to attach the camera module to the host device. Optionally, the substrate is mounted to the second substrate via a reflow solder process. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098289 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HIGH RESOLUTION CONTENT AND METHOD THEREOF - A content processing apparatus is provided. The content processing apparatus includes an input unit which receives high resolution content, a data processor which generates a video frame by processing the high resolution content, and a controller which, if an output resolution of a display panel, which is to display the video frame, is lower than the resolution of the high resolution content, controls the data processor to form an object corresponding to the high resolution content as an object for low resolution and add the object for low resolution to the video frame. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098290 | VECTOR DATA CONVERSION OUTPUT DEVICE, VECTOR DATA CONVERSION OUTPUT METHOD, AND VECTOR DATA CONVERSION OUTPUT PROGRAM - In order for an electronic device not equipped with FLASH playback software to reproduce SWF format vector data, the present invention provides a connection search unit that searches for a connection between terminal points of line segments forming SWF format vector data, searching being performed for each fill style pertaining to the line segments; an confined space determination control unit that determines whether line segments determined to be connected form an confined space, and when the line segments form an confined space, establishes the line segments as line segments of the confined space and the fill style pertaining to the line segments as a fill style of the confined space; and a vector data output unit that outputs vector data based on the line segments and the fill style established for the confined space. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098291 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A display device includes: a second shared memory which is used for sharing data with a smartphone, and into which an identification information item of a process corresponding to a hardware key included in the smartphone is written from the smartphone; a second identification information receiving unit which receives the identification information item from the smartphone by reading the identification information item from the second shared memory; and a second identification information transmitting unit which transmits information indicating selection of the identification information item to the smartphone, by writing the information in the second shared memory. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098292 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention discloses a display system. The display system includes a display device, an image recognition device and a communication device. The display device is arranged to display a plurality of frames of a video stream. The image recognition device is arranged to compare the current frame with the previous frame displayed by the display device to define at least one stationary block and determine whether the stationary block has a phone number or an Internet address, wherein the current frame is the frame displayed by the display device currently, and the current frame is displayed next to the previous frame. The communication device is arranged to make a phone call to the phone number or connect to the web address via the Internet. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098293 | INFORMATION PROVISION - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing information to a first client device (e.g., a tablet computer) for presentation on that device. The information may be related to multimedia content (e.g., a television program) that may be presented using a second client device (e.g., a television). Firstly, an activity level for a portion of the multimedia content is determined. Using the activity level, an amount of the information is assigned to that portion of the multimedia content. The amount of the information assigned is dependent on that determined activity level. The assigned information is then provided for use by (e.g., for display on) the first client device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098294 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY - A display device includes a display component coupled to a signal generating unit with a single trace. The signal generating unit generates a first signal. A processing unit, connected to the display component and the single trace, receives the first signal through the single trace and generates a first type control signal, a second type control signal, and a third type control signal according to the first signal. The processing unit generates and controls an on-screen display menu displayed by the display component according to status of the display device and the received first signal as one of the first type control signal, the second type control signal, and the third type control signal. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098295 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DESCRIBING VIDEO PROCESSING - An upstream video processor may perform video processing upon video data to created processed video data. The video processing may include at least one of color correction, contrast correction, gamma correction, sharpness enhancement, and edge enhancement. Metadata indicative of the performed video processing may also be generated. The processed video data and metadata may be passed to a downstream video processor, the latter for use in determining what further video processing, if any, to apply. An intermediate video processor may receive video data and metadata indicating video processing performed thereupon by an upstream video processor. Based on the received metadata, additional video processing may be performed, and new metadata indicating the additional video processing may be generated. Composite metadata may be generated from the received and new metadata and may be passed along with the processed video data to a downstream video processor for use in determining what further video processing, if any, to apply. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING A PERSPECTIVE OF A VIDEO - A method and apparatus provides for changing a perspective of a video such as a display perspective of an object displayed in the video. In one example, the method and apparatus changes the display perspective of an object displayed in the video based on information indicating an orientation and/or position of the recording device that captures the object on the video. To do so, the method and apparatus may determine a current display perspective for an object displayed in the video based on information indicating an orientation and/or position of the recording device. By comparing the current display perspective to a desired display perspective for the object, the method and apparatus determines an amount of display perspective adjustment for the object and selects appropriate perspective adjustment methods to carry out the adjustment. Accordingly, the display perspective adjustment is made to the video automatically for the object displayed in the video without user intervention. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098297 | NO POP SWITCH - A switch can be configured to receive a first signal at a first input and provide an output signal at an output, depending on a state of the switch. A switch state change can be delayed until an indication of a requested switch state different than a current switch state is received and the first signal reaches a threshold. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098298 | Video Entertainment System - A video entertainment system includes a master handset electronic device for generating a first control signal, receiving a second control signal, and processing the first control signal and the second control signal, to generate and transmit a video data; and a slave handset electronic device for generating and transmitting a second control signal to the master handset electronic device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION WHILE COMMANDING OPERATION OF AN APPLIANCE - Media rendering system including a remote control device and associated docking station. The remote control device interfaces with a remote server to stream media content for local and/or external playback. The remote control device may interface with a docking station to playback rendered media on one or more entertainment appliances. The portable device preferably has standard remote control capability in order to enable advanced features and functions for media playback. | 2014-04-10 |
20140098300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION WHILE COMMANDING OPERATION OF AN APPLIANCE - Media rendering system including a remote control device and associated docking station. The remote control device interfaces with a remote server to stream media content for local and/or external playback. The remote control device may interface with a docking station to playback rendered media on one or more entertainment appliances. The portable device preferably has standard remote control capability in order to enable advanced features and functions for media playback. | 2014-04-10 |