19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110109692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COLLECTING INK MIST - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head that discharges an electrically substantially neutral droplet of ink onto a recording medium; a transport unit that transports the recording medium such that a recording surface of the recording medium is substantially orthogonal with respect to an ink discharge direction of the recording head; and an electric field generating unit that generates an electric field when the recording head discharges the droplet of ink. The electric field is substantially parallel to the ink discharge direction in terms of intensity. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109693 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a media supporter, a head device, and an ink mist removal mechanism. The media supporter is configured to support a printing medium. The head device includes an inkjet head from which ink is configured to be discharged to print on the printing medium supported by the media supporter while the head device relatively moves with respect to the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is arranged in the head device and faces the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is configured to generate an air current that flows through a space between the head device and the printing medium. The ink mist removal mechanism is configured to discharge the air current to outside thereby removing ink mist generated due to ink discharge from the inkjet heads. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109694 | Thermal Oxide Coating On A Fluid Ejector - A fluid ejection module includes a flow-path body, a first oxide layer, a membrane, and a second oxide layer. The flow-path body has a first outer surface and an opposing second outer surface and a plurality of flow paths, each flow path extending at least from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The first oxide layer coats at least an interior surface of each of the flow paths and the first and second outer surfaces of the flow-path body and has a thickness that varies by less than 5% along {100} planes. The membrane has a first outer surface. The second oxide layer is coated on the first outer surface of the membrane and has a thickness that varies by less than 5% along {100} planes and is bonded to the first oxide layer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109695 | INK CHAMBERS FOR INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printhead having arrays of nozzles wherein each of the arrays has a corresponding ink inlet. A mounting substrate includes a first face with first openings fluidly connected to corresponding ink inlets of the arrays. A second face opposed to the first face includes a plurality of second openings fluidly connected to openings of the first face. The ink outlets of the ink chambers are fluidly connected to corresponding second openings in the second face of the mounting substrate, an outer wall is disposed proximate to the plurality of inlet ports and a second outer wall is disposed opposite the first outer wall and distal to the plurality of inlet ports. Each ink chamber has a portion located proximate to the first outer wall and an outer chamber of the plurality of ink chambers has a portion located proximate to the second outer wall. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109696 | ADJUSTABLE PRINTHEAD MOUNTING - A system includes a mounting assembly to mount a printhead to a frame having a length in a first direction and a width in a second direction. The mounting assembly includes a fixed component affixed to the frame and a movable component that can move relative to the fixed component. A first pair of flexures connects a first end of the fixed component to a first end of the movable component, and a first adjustment mechanism is positioned at the first end. A second pair of flexures connects a second end of the fixed component to a second end of the movable component, and a second adjustment mechanism is positioned at the second end. A connector couples the mounting assembly to the printhead such that movement of the movable component imparts movement to the printhead. The first adjustment mechanism and the second adjustment mechanism can be operated individually or together. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109697 | Bonded Housing and Fluid Ejector - A method of forming a fluid ejector includes positioning a fluid ejection module such that it is adjacent to a mounting frame, applying heat to a thermohardening glue that is between the fluid ejection module and the mounting frame, and curing the glue to secure the fluid ejection module to the mounting frame. The heat is applied with a heating element at least partially embedded in the glue. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109698 | LIQUID DROP DISPENSER WITH MOVABLE DEFLECTOR - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel and a liquid ejector channel that includes an outlet opening. A liquid supply provides a flow of a pressurized liquid through the liquid ejector channel from the liquid supply channel. The pressurized liquid has a momentum as the liquid moves through the liquid ejector channel. A liquid return channel receives the liquid after the liquid passes through the liquid ejector channel. A diverter member forms at least a portion of a wall of the liquid ejector channel. A portion of the diverter member is selectively movable away from the liquid flowing through the liquid ejector channel. The momentum of the liquid causes some of the liquid to be diverted through the outlet opening when the portion of the diverter member is moved away from the liquid flowing through the liquid ejector channel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109699 | LIQUID DROP DISPENSER WITH MOVABLE DEFLECTOR - A liquid dispenser includes a liquid supply channel and a liquid ejector channel that includes an outlet opening. A liquid supply provides a flow of a pressurized liquid through the liquid ejector channel from the liquid supply channel. The pressurized liquid has a momentum as the liquid moves through the liquid ejector channel. A liquid return channel receives the liquid after the liquid passes through the liquid ejector channel. A diverter member forms at least a portion of a wall of the liquid ejector channel. A portion of the diverter member is selectively movable into the liquid flowing through the liquid ejector channel. The momentum of the liquid causes some of the liquid to be diverted through the outlet opening when the portion of the diverter member is moved into the liquid flowing through the liquid ejector channel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109700 | INK EJECTION MECHANISM WITH THERMAL ACTUATOR COIL - A micro-electromechanical ejection mechanism is disclosed for ejecting an ink droplet. The mechanism has a wafer substrate and an ink chamber formed on the wafer substrate. The ink chamber has an ink ejection nozzle formed in a roof thereof and an ink inlet port formed in a floor thereof. A paddle device is arranged inside the ink chamber between the inlet port and the ejection nozzle A bi-layer thermal actuator coil is also included with a first end thereof fast with the substrate and a second end connected to the paddle device. Heating of the thermal actuator coil displaces the paddle device, causing ejection of an ink droplet through the ink ejection nozzle. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109701 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode and a facing second electrode, with a piezoelectric layer therebetween. The first electrode includes a first conductive layer, a first intermediate layer that contacts the first conductive layer, a second intermediate layer that contacts the first intermediate layer, and a second conductive layer that contacts the second intermediate layer and the piezoelectric layer. The first conductive layer contains a metal and an alloy. The metal is Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, or Au, and the alloy contains at least one of the foregoing metals. The first intermediate layer contains a nitrogen compound. The second intermediate layer contains a metal and an alloy. The metal is Ti, Zr, W, Ta, or Al, and the alloy contains at least two of the foregoing metals. The second conductive layer contains a conductive oxide. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109702 | Inkjet head - There is provided an inkjet head. An inkjet head according to an aspect of the invention may include: a body having a nozzle in an outer surface thereof; a reservoir provided within the body and containing ink being externally injected; an ink chamber receiving the ink from the reservoir through a restrictor and ejecting the ink to an outside through the nozzle; and a reservoir actuator mounted on the body at a position corresponding to the reservoir and transmitting vibrations to the reservoir. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109703 | Liquid jet head, liquid jet apparatus, and manufacturing method for the liquid jet head - Provided is a liquid jet head ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109704 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting head includes a fluid path forming substrate having a fluid path communicating with nozzle holes and a diaphragm on the fluid path forming substrate. The diaphragm has a first surface facing a second surface. A piezoelectric element on the first surface of the diaphragm has a piezoelectric body layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. A support substrate on the first surface of the diaphragm has a space for containing the piezoelectric element. The support substrate includes a first member formed on the first surface of the diaphragm, and a second member formed on the first member. The first member has a first opening for containing the piezoelectric element. The space of the support substrate is defined by the first opening of the first member and the second member. The main material of the first member is resin. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109705 | PHASE SHIFTS FOR TWO GROUPS OF NOZZLES - A method includes forming drops of first size by applying drop-forming pulses during unit time period, τ | 2011-05-12 |
20110109706 | AIR EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR INKJET PRINTHEAD - An inkjet printhead assembly comprising an array of nozzles fed by a corresponding ink inlet. An ink chamber corresponding to the array of nozzles is fluidly connected to the ink inlet. An air extraction chamber includes an air chamber, a one-way relief valve having an open position that allows venting of the air chamber to ambient, and a closed position that does not allow venting of the air chamber to ambient. A compressible member forces air to be vented from the air chamber through the one-way relief valve in its open position. It also applies a reduced air pressure to a membrane while the one-way relief valve is in its closed position. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109707 | AIR EXTRACTION METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTER - A method of extracting air from an inkjet printhead includes using an air extraction chamber connected to the printhead. The air extraction chamber comprises an air chamber, a one-way relief valve having open and closed positions used in venting of the air chamber. A compressible member is provided to vent a quantity of air from the air chamber through the one-way relief valve when it's compressed. The compressible member also expands so that a reduced air pressure is applied to the printhead when the one-way relief valve is in its closed position. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109708 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an aqueous ink composition comprising (A) a colorant, (B) a polymer including a hydrophobic structural unit represented by Formula (1) below, (C) a polymerization initiator, (D) a polymerizable compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (E) water. In the Formula (1), R | 2011-05-12 |
20110109709 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus having a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid toward a target ejection medium and a target ejection medium support member that is disposed so as to oppose the liquid ejecting unit and supports the target ejection medium, includes a conductive shielding member that covers a first side of the target ejection medium, which opposes the liquid ejecting unit, at an edge area including an edge perpendicular to a feeding direction of the target ejection medium. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109710 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - First humidified gas is supplied from a first supply port to a sheet to be conveyed, thereby increasing the moisture content of the sheet. Simultaneously, second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of the inkjet recording head are exposed, from a second supply port provided at a position closer to the inkjet recording head than the first supply port, thereby increasing the atmosphere humidity of the space. The part of the sheet of which the moisture content has been increased is made to enter the space where the atmosphere humidity has been increased, and recording is performed by the inkjet recording head. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109711 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printer apparatus includes a guide rail, a first device including a first head, a second device including a second head, and a hauling device including a driving member movable between the first device and the second device. A first holding mechanism is provided on one side with respect to a medium supporter. A second holding mechanism is provided on another side with respect to the medium supporter. When ink is to be ejected from the first head, the second holding mechanism holds the second device separated from the driving member, and a first connecting mechanism connects the first device to the driving member. When ink is to be ejected from the second head, the first holding mechanism holds the first device separated from the driving member, and a second connecting mechanism connects the second device to the driving member. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109712 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE TRANSPARENCY OF FILM - A process of ink jet printing on a variety of substrates and an apparatus for performing that process. In which process: a primer is applied to a substrate material; ink is ink jet printed onto the primed substrate; a characteristic relating to print quality is evaluated; the composition of the primer is adjusted in dependence on the evaluated characteristic relating to print quality; and the adjusted primer composition is applied to the substrate material and ink is ink jet printed onto the primed substrate material to give a printed product. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109713 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device including an optical element; a package member in which the optical element is held on a bottom surface of the package member in an area surrounded by walls; and a plate member that seals the area surrounded by the walls and the bottom surface in an airtight manner, the plate member being translucent and joined to the package member with a resin material. The walls have a structure including steps, the plate member is joined onto one of the steps of the walls, and at least a part of the walls facing side surfaces of the plate member includes a positioning part for positioning the plate member and a retaining part for retaining the resin material, in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109714 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS SYSTEM - An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a main body part; an analog input terminal; a video processing circuit; an audio processing circuit; an input control circuit; and a microcomputer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109715 | Automated wireless three-dimensional (3D) video conferencing via a tunerless television device - Automated wireless three-dimensional (3D) video conferencing is provided using a tunerless television device. A 3D video conference is automatically established with a wireless device capable of 3D video conferencing using a wireless communication interface of the tunerless television device. A first and a second two-dimensional (2D) video stream are received, using a camera interface module, from a first and a second video camera associated with the tunerless television device. A merged 3D video stream is created from the first 2D video stream and the second 2D video stream using a 3D video offload processing module operatively coupled to the camera interface module. The merged 3D video stream is sent to the wireless device using the wireless communication interface. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING DATA IN VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for sharing data in a Video Conference System (VCS) are provided. According to an embodiment, when a user wants to share data with the other party in the VCS, only a user selected region and not the entire screen is converted into a format optimized for the other party's display and then transmitted to the other party. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109717 | MULTIPLE CAMERA GROUP COLLABORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An improved group collaboration system providing control and management of multiple cameras for multiple users (members). The system includes a server for system management and a server for video data. Multiple clients, each having multiple cameras, may access the system simultaneously. Each client has a browser interface that allows a user to access multiple member cameras. Each selected camera is displayed simultaneously in the selecting user's interface. A bandwidth distribution algorithm provides quality of service for the multiple camera feeds. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109718 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING USING NON-CONVERGING RAYS - Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint on an inter-ocular circle and having a convergence angle between zero and ninety degrees from a parallel viewpoint baseline position that includes a non-converging ray originating at the viewpoint. The media may also be located so as to be substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle, wherein the origin of the non-converging ray gravitates toward the center of the inter-ocular circle as spherical imagery is acquired. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109719 | Orthorectifying stitched oblique imagery to a nadir view, and applications thereof - Embodiments of this invention relates to orthorectifying oblique imagery to a nadir view. In an embodiment, a method orthorectifies oblique photographic imagery. An oblique photographic image is projected onto a three-dimensional model of terrain. Points are sampled from the projected photographic image at the intersection of the three-dimensional model of terrain and parallel rays extended from a virtual viewport having a nadir perspective. The sampled points are assembled into an orthorectified image. Finally, the orthorectified image or the sampled points are adjusted approximately according to a difference in tilt angle between a camera that captured the oblique photographic image and the viewport having the nadir perspective to generate a foreshortened orthorectified image. Each location in the foreshortened orthorectified image corresponds linearly to a corresponding location in a two-dimensional map. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109720 | STEREOSCOPIC EDITING FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION, POST-PRODUCTION AND DISPLAY ADAPTATION - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for stereoscopically editing video content. In one embodiment, image pairs of a sequence may be stereoscopically modified by altering at least one image of the image pair. The at least one image may be altered using at least one mapping function. The at least one image may also be altered based on a saliency of the image pair. The at least one image may also be altered based on disparities between the image pair. Advantageously, stereoscopic properties of video content may be edited more conveniently and efficiently. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109721 | DYNAMIC REFERENCE FRAME REORDERING FOR FRAME SEQUENTIAL STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENCODING - Encoding of video sequences for frame sequential stereoscopic video, such as from spatially distinct right and left imagers. During the encoding process, reference frames are reordered if it is determined that reordering will increase the number of macroblocks (MBs) which can be skipped from the encoded output, or to otherwise increase coding efficiency. Then encoding is completed using motion prediction and entropy encoding for frame sequential stereoscopic video in response to the ordering of the reference frames. Side-information is encoded about reference frame sequencing within the sequential stereoscopic video output allowing a decoder to properly decode the reference frames. As a result the number of skipped MBs can be dramatically increased and the number of MBs referenced during motion prediction significantly reduced. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109722 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MEDIA SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for processing a media signal, comprising: receiving, by an audio processing apparatus, an audio signal including a first channel signal and a second channel signal; estimating center sound by applying a band-pass filter to the first channel signal and the second channel signal; obtaining a first ambient sound by subtracting the center sound from the first channel signal; obtaining a second ambient sound by subtracting the center sound from the second channel signal; applying at least one of delay and reverberation filter to at least one of the first ambient sound and the second ambient sound to generate a processed ambient sound; and, generating pseudo surround signal using the center sound and the processed ambient sound is provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109723 | MOTION PICTURES - 3D-enhanced 2D motion picture sequences comprise a single channel of sequential images. Each image in the channel comprises primary image content representing a scene consisting of a plurality of elements. At least some images in the channel further include temporal shadow image content, comprising a degraded and/or partially transparent image of at least one element of said primary image content corresponding to a view of said at least one element as seen in the primary image content of at least one other image from said channel. The temporal shadow content of the images varies within a series of successive images in a cyclical manner. The enhanced motion picture sequences provide a sense of 3D depth when viewed on conventional 2D displays without artificial viewing aids. Similar techniques can also be applied to enhance the 3D perception of stereoscopic motion picture sequences. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109724 | BODY SCAN - A depth image of a scene may be received, observed, or captured by a device. The depth image may then be analyzed to determine whether the depth image includes a human target. For example, the depth image may include one or more targets including a human target and non-human targets. Each of the targets may be flood filled and compared to a pattern to determine whether the target may be a human target. If one or more of the targets in the depth image includes a human target, the human target may be scanned. A skeletal model of the human target may then be generated based on the scan. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109725 | Three-dimensional (3D) video for two-dimensional (2D) video messenger applications - Three-dimensional (3D) video is provided to a legacy two-dimensional (2D) video messenger application. A request for video content from a single video camera is received at a camera interface module from the 2D video messenger application. The request for video content from the single video camera is forwarded to a video processing offload module. A first video camera and a second video camera are controlled. Merged 3D video content from the video processing offload module is received. The merged 3D video content is sent to the 2D video messenger application in response to receipt of the merged 3D video content from the video processing offload module. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109726 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING A COLLABORATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP - A communication network comprising a collaborative photography group including a plurality of cameras having synchronized photographing times, is provided. The plurality of cameras may share location information, direction angle information, and image information generated by photographing an object, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) image of the object. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109727 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - It is provided that a difference between an exposure amount EVA corresponding to an imaging range of a planar image and an exposure amount EVB corresponding to that of a stereoscopic image is ΔEV. When ΔEV≦a threshold, it is determined that the exposure amount corresponding to the image with smaller imaging range is used; when ΔEV>the threshold, it is determined that the respective EVA and EVB are used. When a difference of an imaging condition other than the exposure amount is within an acceptable range and ΔEV≦the threshold, both of the planar image and the stereoscopic image are taken by one exposure. When ΔEV>the threshold, a first image is taken by an exposure with the smaller one of the exposure amounts and a second image is taken by an exposure with ΔEV, and then the first and second images are combined. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109728 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - A method for operating an image display apparatus that receives a three-dimensional (3D) image signal and displays the 3D image signal as a 3D image, includes according to an embodiment displaying an image, detecting a connected external device, receiving data from the detected external device, generating at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data, and displaying the at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data. The at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data is processed to have a different depth from the image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109729 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THERFOR - A method for operating an image display apparatus that receives a 3D image signal and displays the 3D image signal as a 3D image, which includes displaying an image, detecting a connected external device, generating a 3D object indicating the connected external device, and displaying the 3D object. The 3D object is processed to have a different depth from the displayed image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109730 | STEREOSCOPIC OVERLAY OFFSET CREATION AND EDITING - Adjusting overlay positioning in stereoscopic video, including: receiving overlay data including a plurality of overlays, each overlay having a lateral axis value, a vertical axis value, and a depth value; receiving and displaying the stereoscopic video to a user as at least one of a video preview display and a stereoscopic display, each display including an overlay from the overlay data, wherein a position of the overlay in each display is based on the lateral axis value, the vertical axis value, and the depth value of the overlay, and wherein the video preview display includes interfaces for adjusting the position of the overlay in each display; receiving input from the user related to the depth value of the overlay; and adjusting the position of the overlay in the video preview display based on the input from the user. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING PARALLAX IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO - A method and apparatus for adjusting parallax of a three-dimensional (3D) video are provided. The method including receiving an input of a 3D video sequence; determining whether a scene transition occurs between a previous frame and a current frame of the 3D video sequence; if it is determined that the scene transition occurs between the previous frame and the current frame, determining and comparing first depth information of a previous scene which includes the previous frame and second depth information of a current scene which includes the current frame; and, based on a result of the comparing, selectively adjusting depth information of at least one of the frames of the previous scene and the frames of the current scene in consideration of a difference between the first depth information and the second depth information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109732 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, OUTPUT DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTER - A display controller includes: an extraction means for extracting a characteristic of at least one of image data and sound data of content; a detection means for detecting a predetermined scene of the content on the basis of the characteristic extracted by the extraction means; a reproduction means for reproducing the content; and a display control means for displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a two-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position of a section of the predetermined scene detected by the detection means and displaying an image of the content so as to be recognized as a three-dimensional image when the reproduction position of the content is a position outside the section of the predetermined scene. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109733 | Stereoscopic Image Display and Driving Method Thereof - A stereoscopic image display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes shutter glasses including a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter that are alternately turned on and off in synchronization with a display device, a backlight unit that irradiates light to the display device and is periodically turned on and off, a controller that divides a first frame period into a first address period and a first vertical blanking period, divides a second frame period into a second address period and a second vertical blanking period, and controls so that durations of the first vertical blanking period and the second vertical blanking period are different from each other, and a driving circuit that supplies data to the display device during the first and second address periods under the control of the controller. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109734 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE, AND SIGNAL SEPARATION METHOD - Image capture is performed while broadband and narrow band light are simultaneously emitted to tissue site. B pixel sensing the narrow band light outputs a summed image signal having a brightness value of a B component of the broadband light and a brightness value of the narrow band light. G and R pixels, not sensing the narrow band light, output broadband image signals having brightness values of G and R components of the broadband light, respectively. Based on correlation information and the G component of the broadband light, the brightness value of the B component of the broadband light is obtained. The obtained brightness value is subtracted from the summed image signal to separate the brightness value of the narrow band light therefrom. A broadband image and a narrow band image are generated from the broadband image signals and the narrow band image signal, respectively. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109735 | VIRTUAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A virtual microscope system capable of obtaining a stained sample image and a statistical data of spectra in a short period of time is provided, the virtual microscope system includes an image obtaining unit for obtaining a stained sample image, a spectrum obtaining unit for obtaining a spectrum of the stained sample image, an optical path setting unit for setting an optical path of a light flux passed through the stained sample with respect to the image obtaining unit and the spectrum obtaining unit and a control unit for controlling to repeat obtaining the stained sample image by the image obtaining unit and obtaining the spectrum of the stained sample image by the spectrum obtaining unit in the observation field of the stained sample to create a virtual slide and a spectrum table of the stained sample. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109736 | System and Method for Producing an Optically Sectioned Image Using Both Structured and Uniform Illumination - A first image data set of the real-world object is received at a processor where the real-world object was illuminated with substantially uniform illumination. A second image data set of the real-world object is received at the processor where the real-world object was illuminated with substantially structured illumination. A high pass filter is applied to the first-image data set to remove out-of-focus content and retrieve high-frequency in-focus content. The local contrast of the second-image data set is determined producing a low resolution local contrast data set. The local contrast provides a low resolution estimate of the in-focus content in the first-image data set. A low pass filter is applied to the estimated low resolution in-focus data set, thus making its frequency information complementary to the high-frequency in-focus data set. The low and high frequency in-focus data sets are combined to produce an optically-sectioned data set of the real-world object. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109737 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING IMAGE DATA - A navigation apparatus includes an image recording device for recording image data and a processing resource configured to receive an incident signal indicative of the occurrence of an incident and to perform an image data processing operation in response to the incident signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109738 | OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109739 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle periphery monitoring device is operable to recognize with high accuracy whether or not an object is a designated quadruped animal. According to the vehicle periphery monitoring device, for determining whether or not a first object region and a second object region correspond to the designated quadruped animal according to whether or not the aspect ratio of the first object region is equal to or greater 1, a plurality of the second object regions are extracted, and it is determined whether the ratio of the vertical dimension of the second object region to the vertical dimension of the first object region lies within the range of the ratio of the leg vertical dimension to the torso vertical dimension of a common designated quadruped animal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109740 | Method and Apparatus for In Situ Solar Flat Panel Diagnostics - Techniques for analyzing performance of solar panels and/or cells are provided. In one aspect, a method for analyzing an infrared thermal image taken using an infrared camera is provided. The method includes the following steps. The infrared thermal image is converted to temperature data. Individual elements are isolated in the infrared thermal image. The temperature data for each isolated element is tabulated. A performance status of each isolated element is determined based on the tabulated temperature data. The individual elements can include solar panels and/or solar cells. In another aspect, an infrared diagnostic system is provided. The infrared diagnostic system includes an infrared camera which can be remotely positioned relative to one or more elements to be imaged; and a computer configured to receive thermal images from the infrared camera, via a communication link, and analyze the thermal images. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109741 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a communication unit, a capturing unit, and a processing unit. The capturing unit is adapted to capture video images of a monitored area. The processing unit is adapted to transmit the captured video images to a predetermined network address via the communication unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109742 | BROKER MEDIATED VIDEO ANALYTICS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method comprises transmitting video data from a source end to a central server via a Wide Area Network (WAN). The video data includes video data relating to an event of interest, and is captured using a video camera disposed at the source end. Via a plurality of streams, the video data is transmitted from the central server to each one of a plurality of different video analytics engines. Different video analytics processing of the video data is performed using each one of the plurality of different video analytics engines. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating surroundings-detection system on a moved carrier, preferably a vehicle ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and a system for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating adaptive cruise control system on a moving support, especially a vehicle ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109745 | VEHICLE TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT DETECTION DEVICE - An image processing device | 2011-05-12 |
20110109746 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY - An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle. The interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror reflective element with a mirror reflector disposed at a surface thereof. A display screen is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly, and, when operated, the display screen displays through the mirror reflective element so as to be viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. The display screen is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the equipped vehicle for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver, and the video images are captured by the rearward facing camera when the equipped vehicle is in reverse gear. When the equipped vehicle is not in reverse gear, the display screen is operable to display information pertaining to an accessory of the equipped vehicle. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING VIDEO WITH GEOSPATIALLY REFERENCED DATA - A system that annotates video with geospatially referenced data on a display is provided. A video client is connected to a source of video data, the video client being capable of overlaying a video feed from the source of video data with graphics or text data not inherent in the video feed. An annotation provider receives a request for annotation from the video client and returns geographically relevant annotations for display to the video client. A coordinate transformation service device determines a geographic area in view in the video feed and provides accurate position information for security data contained in the video feed into display coordinates. The system may apply geo-spatial information to create a map of a structure in the video feed and to display annotations of locations in the area of field of view that are obstructed by the structure. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109748 | CAMERA ARRAY - A camera array includes a number of TOF cameras. The number of TOF cameras targets a subject to be monitored, and captures images of the subject from different angles at one time to provide a composite image of the subject. The camera array can obtain more information about the subject. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109749 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A FUNCTION, NAMELY AN ALTERATION OF SHARPNESS, USING A COLOUR DIGITAL IMAGE - The invention concerns a method for activating a function by using a measurement taken from at least one digital image ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE MEASUREMENT - The present invention provides a method and system for high dynamic range image measurement which is configured to control the light intensity distribution through an optical modulating switch for adjusting the intensity of the light passing therethrough so as to control the light intensity distribution of the light projecting on an object or of the object light being sensed by a photo detector for preventing the optical sensing signals of the photo detector from over-saturating. After that, the optical sensing signals are compensated according to the optical intensity distribution modulated by the optical modulating switch so as to obtain an image data with high dynamic range. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109751 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, CAMERA AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are an image display apparatus, a camera and a control method of the same for photographing various images in a natural manner, the image display apparatus including a display unit, a user input receiver, a communication unit which communicates with at least one camera through a network, and a controller which displays an image input by the camera, and transmits a photographing signal to the camera according to the user's input. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109752 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH SHAKING COMPENSATION - A camera includes a main pixel array, one or more shaking detection pixel groups, and logic circuitry. The main pixel array can generate image frames of an image at an image frame rate. The one or more shaking detection pixel groups can generate shaking detection data where one or more pixels of the first shaking detection pixel group are sampled at a rate that is faster than the image frame rate. The logic circuitry can evaluate the shaking detection data to select a frame of the generated image frames after receiving a picture taking signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109753 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A VIDEO ENCODER - Method and system to improve the performance of a video encoder. The method includes processing an initial video signal in a front-end image pre-processor to obtain a processed video signal and processor information respecting the signal, providing the processed video signal and the processor information to a video encoder, and encoding the video signal in the video encoder according to the processor information to provide an encoded video signal for storage. The system includes a video pre-processor connectable to receive an initial video signal. The video encoder in communication with the video pre-processor receives a processed video signal and a processor information. A storage medium in communication with the video encoder stores an encoded video signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109754 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capture apparatus includes: an image capturing unit; a first image capture controller configured to control the image capturing unit to capture a set of a plurality of images while changing exposure time for each of the images; a second image capture controller configured to obtain a plurality of sets of the images; an addition combination section configured to perform image alignment on the images contained in each of the sets and to perform addition combination on the aligned images to generate a combined image; a combination controller configured to control the addition combination section to perform the image alignment and the addition combination for each of the sets to obtain a plurality of combined images; a selector configured to evaluate the combined images and to select one of the combined images most highly evaluated as a selected image; and a storage configured to store the selected image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109755 | HARDWARE ASSISTED IMAGE DEBLURRING - The described implementations relate to deblurring images. One system includes an imaging device configured to capture an image, a linear motion detector and a rotational motion detector. This system also includes a controller configured to receive a signal from the imaging device relating to capture of the image and to responsively cause the linear motion detector and the rotational motion detector to detect motion-related information. Finally, this particular system includes a motion calculator configured to recover camera motion associated with the image based upon the detected motion-related information and to infer imaging device motion induced blur of the image and an image deblurring component configured to reduce imaging device induced blur from the image utilizing the inferred camera motion induced blur. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109756 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109757 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109758 | CAMERA PARAMETER-ASSISTED VIDEO ENCODING - This disclosure describes techniques for improving functionalities of a back-end device, e.g., a video encoder, using parameters detected by a front-end device, e.g., a video camera. The techniques may involve detecting a scene change in a captured frame, based on one or more parameters of auto exposure (AE), auto white balance (AWB), and auto focus (AF) functions. If a scene change is detected in a captured frame, a video processing device, which may be a stand-alone device, or may be integrated into one of the front-end or back-end devices, provides an indication of the scene change. The video encoder interprets the signal as a trigger to encode the frame indicated as the frame where a scene change occurred as a reference I frame. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109759 | SUBJECT TRACKING PROGRAM AND CAMERA - A computer-readable computer program product contains a computer-executable subject tracking program in order to execute frame-to-frame subject tracking for a plurality of frames input in time series. The subject tracking program includes: an estimation procedure estimating a subject position within each frame by executing template matching processing for each of a plurality of partial areas assuming random positions within the frame; an identification procedure identifying a subject position within the frame by executing template matching processing for an estimated subject area containing the subject position having been estimated through the estimation procedure; a subject framing border display procedure displaying a subject framing border at the subject position having been identified through the identification procedure; and a tracking procedure tracking the subject position having been identified through the identification procedure from one frame to another through the plurality of frames. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109760 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager, having an imaging surface capturing a scene, repeatedly generates a scene image. A first searcher searches for a partial image having a specific pattern from the scene image generated by the imager. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition by noticing an object which is equivalent to the partial image discovered by the first searcher. A second searcher searches for the partial image having the specific pattern from the scene image generated by the imager after an adjusting process of the adjuster is completed. A first recorder records the scene image corresponding to the partial image discovered by the second searcher out of the scene image generated by the imager. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109761 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image display apparatus for displaying a composite image of an ordinary image and a special image which allows instantaneous recognition of the position of a portion appearing in the fluorescence image in the ordinary image without impairing visible information of the ordinary image. The apparatus includes a light emission unit for emitting ordinary light and special light directed to an observation area and an imaging unit having an ordinary image sensor for capturing an ordinary image by photoelectrically converting reflection light reflected from the observation area irradiated with the ordinary light and a special image sensor for capturing a special image by photoelectrically converting light emitted from the observation area irradiated with the special light and is controlled such that a charge storage amount stored in the special image sensor for each frame is periodically changed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109762 | PIXEL AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES HAVING THE SAME - A pixel of an image sensor, the pixel including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a semiconductor substrate; and a first transfer circuit for sequentially transferring photo-charges generated by each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to a first floating diffusion node. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109763 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for image registration in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes determining a plurality of images, comparing edge regions of the plurality of images to search for the same region in the plurality of images, and matching the plurality of images based on the same region. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109764 | AUTOFOCUS TECHNIQUE UTILIZING GRADIENT HISTOGRAM DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS - A method for estimating if an optical assembly ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109765 | VISUAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VISUAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In order to inhibit artifacts (even when a special image has been input) a visual processing device is provided with a spatial processing portion extracting surrounding image information US from an input image signal IS, and a special image detection portion outputting a special image effect adjustment signal DS according to a degree of a statistical bias of the image signal IS. The visual processing device also includes a continuous changing portion outputting an effect adjustment signal MOD in which the special image effect adjustment signal DS is continuously changed between frames, an effect adjustment portion outputting a synthesized signal MUS in which the effect of the visual processing differs depending on the effect adjustment signal MOD, and a visual processing portion outputting a processed signal OS obtained by visually processing the image signal IS based on the image signal IS and the synthesized signal MUS. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109766 | CAMERA MODULE FOR REDUCING SHUTTER DELAY, CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A camera module includes an image sensor configured to convert an optical signal received through a lens into an electrical signal and generate full-size image data, an image signal processing unit configured to calibrate and output the full-size image data, a first memory unit configured to periodically receive and store the full-size image data from the image signal processing unit, a scaling unit configured to scale down the full-size image data received from the first memory unit and periodically output scaled-down image data to a display device, and an encoder configured to receive the full-size image data stored in the first memory unit, convert it into a compressed file in a predetermined format, and output the compressed file upon opening of a shutter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109767 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capture apparatus including: an image capturing unit; a light emitting unit; a first image capture controller configured to control the image capturing unit to capture a plurality of images at a first timing; a second image capture controller configured to control the image capturing unit to capture an image under a capturing condition illuminated by the light emitting unit at a second timing that is either directly before or directly after the first timing; an addition combination section configured to positionally align the images captured under control by the first image capture controller and to perform an addition combination on the aligned images to generate a combined image; and a combination section configured to combine the combined image generated by the addition combination section with the image captured under control by the second image capture controller. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109768 | LENS UNIT, CAMERA BODY, AND CAMERA DEVICE - A camera device includes a lens unit and a camera body detachable from the lens unit a communication interface communicably connecting the lens unit and the camera body. The lens unit includes an optical system, a diaphragm controller, an imaging portion including an image sensor, an image processor, a storage medium in which an accumulated exposure time and a limit exposure time of the image sensor are stored. The camera body includes a determiner portion which determines whether or not the accumulated exposure time is over the limit exposure time, and a notifying portion which notifies that the accumulated exposure time is over the limit exposure time when the determiner portion determines that the accumulated exposure time is over the limit exposure time. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109769 | Adjusting Time Metadata of Digital Media Items - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for adjusting time metadata of digital media items. A digital image captured at a location is associated with a time of capture and a location of capture. It is determined that a time of capture of the digital image is in a preset time zone that is different from a time zone of the location. In response to the determining, multiple locations are provided, each being associated with a respective time zone including a time zone of the location. A selection of a location is received and the time of capture is adjusted based on a time zone associated with the selected location. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109770 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: recording memory ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109771 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPRATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus is provided which can continuously keep track of an object even under changes of the angle of view during enlarged live-view display, as well as an image capturing method for such an image capturing apparatus. Acquisition range of image signals is controlled by the CPU to crop a portion of an object image formed on the image pickup device. Subsequently, the enlarged live-view display is performed in which the image based on the obtained image signals is enlarged and displayed on the display unit. If a zooming operation is performed during the enlarged live-view display, the CPU obtains information regarding the angle of view and updates the acquisition range of the image signals according to the information regarding the angle of view after the change. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109772 | Method for image data print control, electronic camera and camera system - An electronic camera includes a zoom changing unit that changes a focal length of a zoom lens, an image-capturing unit that executes photoelectric conversion for a subject image projected by the zoom lens onto an image-capturing area, a range finding unit that detects a distance to a subject, a photographic range setting unit that sets a size of a photographic range at a subject position, and a zoom control unit that controls the zoom changing unit based upon the photographic range that has been set and the subject distance so that the subject within the photographic range is projected almost over the entirety of the image-capturing area. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE NONLINEAR COMPRESSED VISUAL SENSING - A novel and useful system and method for adaptive nonlinear compressed visual sensing. The adaptive nonlinear compressed sensing mechanism provides a modified DMD sensing architecture incorporating a nonlinear optical intensifier coupled with a nonlinear acquisition process. The modified DMD sensing architecture and related circuitry and software are operative to perform nonlinear image acquisition by computing both linear and nonlinear functionals. These computations are performed recursively to approximate the image to achieve any desired target image quality. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109774 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section, an imaging acquisition range control section, a distortion information obtaining section, and a display section. The imaging section includes a lens and obtains an image data by imaging a subject image. The imaging acquisition range control section controls an acquisition range of the image data such that a part of the subject image is read out. The distortion information obtaining section obtains distortion information of the lens. The distortion correction section corrects distortion of the image data in accordance with the distortion information. The display section performs enlarged live-view display operation to display an enlarged image of the corrected image data in the acquisition range. The imaging acquisition range control section updates the acquisition range, when the distortion information is changed while the enlarged live-view display operation is performed, in accordance with the changed distortion information. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109775 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of capturing a still image while a high sharpness is being maintained and a reduction in image quality due to the existence of a focus detecting pixel is being suppressed. An image pickup device includes an image pickup pixel group and a focus detecting pixel group. A calculation unit calculates a singular value in the signal values of pixels existing around the focus detecting pixel group. An adjustment unit adjusts a gain of signal values in the focus detecting pixel group. A correction unit corrects an image data corresponding to the position of the focus detecting pixel group based on the signal values in the image pickup pixel group. A determination unit determines the amount of adjusting the gain of signal values in the focus detecting pixel group and the amount of correction based on the results calculated by the calculation unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109776 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each of which includes a microlens, first and second photoelectric conversion portions. The first photoelectric conversion portion is between the microlens and a focal point of the microlens. The second photoelectric conversion portion is at a position being different from that of the focal point on a plane which is parallel to an imaging plane and which contains the focal point, and has a photoelectric conversion region deviated from an optical axis of the microlens in a direction of the imaging plane. The plurality of pixels includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group. The photoelectric conversion region is deviated from the optical axis in the direction in the first pixel group. The photoelectric conversion region is deviated from the optical axis in the direction to be opposite to the first pixel group in the second pixel group. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE COLOR FILTER MOSAIC ARRAY - A method of implementing high-performance color filter mosaic arrays (CFA) using luminance pixels. The introduction of luminance pixels greatly improves the accuracy of the image acquisition process for a given pixel and image sensor size. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109778 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device includes an optical imaging system, a solid-state image sensor which converts an optical image of a subject formed by the optical imaging system into an electric image signal, an exposure controller which starts an exposure in response to an instruction to start shooting, an image reader which sequentially read image signals from the solid-state image sensor while the exposure controller continues the exposure, an image processor which sequentially processes the image signals read by the image reader, a display unit which displays image data output from the image processor; and an image display processor which allows the display unit to sequentially display image data processed by the image processor with a predetermined time interval. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109779 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, CAMERA WITH THE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND LIGHT RECEIVING CHIP - Provided is a light-receiving chip whose transparent protection plate has an area equal to or smaller than an area of the light-receiving chip, and which does not require a base portion for mounting. Provision of the light-receiving chip contributes to reduction in size and weight of cameras. In addition, provision of a solid-state imaging apparatus having excellent productivity contributes to reduction in price of cameras. A solid-state imaging apparatus ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109780 | IMAGING DEVICE THAT PREVENTS LOSS OF SHADOW DETAIL - An imaging device outputs brightness information according to an amount of incident light and includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of unit cells arranged one dimensionally or two-dimensionally, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a first output voltage in a reset state and a second output voltage according to an amount of incident light, and each unit cell generating a reset voltage that corresponds to the first output voltage and a read voltage that corresponds to the second output voltage; and an output unit operable to output, in relation to each unit cell, brightness information indicating a difference between the reset voltage and the read voltage when normal light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is in a predetermined range, and brightness information indicating high brightness when strong light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is not in the predetermined range. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109781 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a first photodiode, a first transistor, a floating diffusion, a second transistor, a third transistor. The first photodiode performs photoelectric conversion and accumulates a charge obtained. The first transistor reads the charge. The floating diffusion is one end of a current pathway of the first transistor. The charge is read through the first transistor to the first node. The second transistor's gate is connected to the first node. The second transistor's one end of a current pathway is connected to a vertical signal line. The one end of a current pathway of the third transistor is connected to the floating diffusion. Another end is connected to a power supply. The charge accumulated in the floating diffusion is discharged to the power supply by turning on the third transistor. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109782 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - A display device and a driving method thereof for easily determining photographing timing and recognizing text by improving field visibility. The display device includes: a signal controller generating image data and an image control signal in accordance with an input signal; and a display unit including scan lines transmitting scan signals, data lines transmitting data signals, and pixels connected to the scan lines and data lines and displaying an image corresponding to the image data. Here, when the input signal is an image signal for displaying a photographed image or text, the signal controller generates the image data to correspond to a unit frame period composed of frames as weighted image data corresponding to one of the frames, and the display device displays an image corresponding to the weighted image data to have an energy proportional to a number of the frames in the unit frame period. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109783 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109784 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a display unit capable of being displaced between a non use state and a use state in such a manner that a display surface displaying an image of a subject is directed at least to the subject or a user in the use state, and a display control unit that inverts a direction in a vertical direction of the image of the subject displayed on the display surface in response to an operation on an operation member when the display unit is in the use state and cancels the inversion when the display unit is in the non use state. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109785 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A surface of the display unit opposite a surface having the display screen disposed thereon faces a surface of the camera body opposite a surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. An image capture button is disposed on the surface of the camera body opposite the surface having the image-capturing lens disposed thereon. The image capture button is exposed when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a first direction and the image capture button is covered by the display unit when the display unit is slid over the camera body in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109786 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A manual input via a manual input unit while automatically changing a zoom magnification via a zoom control unit is permitted, and after the manual input, the zoom magnification is automatically changed so that a size of an object output from an object extraction unit becomes a second size in relation to an angle of view. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109787 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having negative optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, the intervals between the respective lens units vary, the third lens unit comprises a plurality of lens elements, and the condition (I-1): 0.47<|f | 2011-05-12 |
20110109788 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - There are provided a camera system and an interchangeable lens that are compatible with a contrast detection method. A camera system ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109789 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes: a body unit; at least one type of interchangeable lens unit; and at least one type of external unit, wherein in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of interchangeable lens unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes an imaging device capable of shooting a photographic subject, and in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of external unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes a device having a specific function of the external unit connected to the body unit, and wherein when the interchangeable lens unit or the external unit is connected to the body unit, the body unit obtains information on the type of unit connected to the body unit, and is capable of changing control of an entire device including the body unit and the unit connected to the body unit based on the type of unit connected to the body unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109790 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A camera body to which an image pickup unit including an optical system, an image pickup device, and an image-pickup-unit connector is detachably attached, includes a recess to which the image pickup unit is freely detachably attached and which includes a back wall, an upper wall, and a side wall to be opened on a lower side, a lateral side, and a front side of the camera body. The back wall faces a rear of the image pickup unit, the upper wall is located on an upper side of the camera body in a normal use state. The camera body includes a locking mechanism to control a movement of the image pickup unit placed in the recess in a direction in which the image pickup unit moves away from the side wall, a first unlocking mechanism provided to be exposed from the camera body and configured to unlock a locked state made by the locking mechanism in response to an unlocking manipulation, and a second unlocking mechanism provided to be enclosed inside the camera body and configured to unlock the locked state made by the locking mechanism in response to an unlocking manipulation. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109791 | CERAMIC PACKAGE AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a ceramic package of which inner space is sealed by a ceramic base plate and a cover portion mounted on the ceramic base plate. The ceramic package has an image sensor, an element unit and a lead electrode. The image sensor and the element unit are mounted on the ceramic base plate. The lead electrode is formed on the ceramic base plate and electrically connected to the image sensor by a bonding wire. A surface on which the lead electrode is formed is the same as a surface on which the cover portion is mounted. | 2011-05-12 |