24th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110142316 | Tomography-Based and MRI-Based Imaging Systems - Tomography limitations in vivo due to incomplete, inconsistent and intricate measurements require solution of inverse problems. The new strategies disclosed in this application are capable of providing faster data acquisition, higher image quality, lower radiation dose, greater flexibility, and lower system cost. Such benefits can be used to advance research in cardiovascular diseases, regenerative medicine, inflammation, and nanotechnology. The present invention relates to the field of medical imaging. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and devices for imaging, including tomography-based and MRI-based applications. For example, included in embodiments of the invention are compressive sampling based tomosynthesis methods, which have great potential to reduce the overall x-ray radiation dose for a patient. To name a few, compressive sensing based carbon nano-tube based interior tomosynthesis systems, tomography-based dynamic cardiac elastography systems, cardiac elastodynamic biomarkers from interior MR imaging, exact and stable interior ROI reconstructions for radial MRI, and interior reconstruction based ultrafast tomography systems are provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142317 | METHOD TO PROCESS IMAGES OBTAINED BY TOMOGRAPHY OR FEW VIEW TOMOSYNTHESIS - The invention concerns a method for processing images obtained by tomography or tomosynthesis, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of 2D projection images of an object using an imaging system, the acquiring being defined by Rf=s, wherein s is a vector of the acquired projections, R is a projection operator which models the imaging system and f is the 3D image of the object to be reconstructed with knowledge of R and s; and processing the acquired 2D projection images, wherein the processing comprises applying an iterative algorithm defined by its iteration, wherein at least one set of processed projection images is generated at each iteration, the iteration being defined so that at each iteration the 3D image of the object is a linear function of the processed 2D projection images according to the property f | 2011-06-16 |
20110142318 | STENT VIEWING USING A LEARNING BASED CLASSIFIER IN MEDICAL IMAGING - Stent viewing is provided in medical imaging. Stent images are provided with minimal or no user input of spatial locations. Images showing contrast agent are distinguished from other images in a sequence. After aligning non-contrast images, the images are compounded to enhance the stent. The contrast agent images are used to identify the vessel. A contrast agent image is aligned with the enhanced stent or other image to determine the relative vessel location. An indication of the vessel wall may be displayed in an image also showing the stent. A preview images may be output. A guide wire may be used to detect the center line for vessel identification. Various detections are performed using a machine-trained classifier or classifiers. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142319 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE 3-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - Embodiments for providing a plurality of 3-dimensional ultrasound images in an ultrasound system are disclosed. The ultrasound system includes: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire a first ultrasound frame data set from a target object; a processing unit configured to form a 2-dimensional ultrasound image based on the first ultrasound frame data set; and a user input unit for allowing a user to input user input information, wherein the processing unit is further configured to set a plurality of regions of interest (ROIS) in either a multiple ROI setting way or a single ROI setting way based on the user input information, wherein the ultrasound data acquisition unit is further configured to acquire a plurality of second ultrasound frame data sets according to the setting of ROIS, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to form multiple 3-dimensional ultrasound images corresponding to the respective ROIS. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142320 | Systems and Methods for Computer Aided Diagnosis and Decision Support in Whole-Body Imaging - A system for providing automatic diagnosis and decision support includes: a medical image database; generative learning and modeling modules that build distributional appearance models and spatial relational models of organs or structures using images from the medical image database; a statistical whole-body atlas that includes one or more distributional appearance models and spatial relational models of organs or structure, in one or more whole-body imaging modalities, built by the generative learning and modeling modules; and discriminative learning and modeling modules that build two-class or multi-class classifiers for performing at least one of organ, structure or disease detection or segmentation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142321 | DYNAMIC TRANSFER OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A method for transferring volumetric image data from a server to at least one client comprising: transforming said volumetric images into a hierarchical representation comprising a plurality of coefficients, said hierarchical representation comprising a plurality of levels of essentially non-redundant data, wherein a level of said hierarchical representation comprises transform data sufficient to reconstruct said images at a resolution corresponding to said level; partitioning said coefficients into a plurality of voxels, each voxel comprising “n” coefficients in a horizontal direction, “m” coefficients in a vertical direction, and “P” coefficients in a depth direction; requesting, from a client to a server, transform data in the form of voxels from one or more levels of said hierarchical representation necessary to reconstruct at least a portion of said source volume; transferring, from a client to a server, a request for coefficients of at least a portion of said volumetric image; transferring, from said server to said client, at least one voxel in response to said request; and reconstructing, at said client, volumetric views of said volume images from said transferred at least one voxel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142322 | Apparatus For Determining a Modification of a Size of an Object - The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a modification of a size of an object. The apparatus comprises a registration unit ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142323 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF LINEAR STRUCTURES AND MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A method for detecting a linear structure in a digital mammographic image, using a processor or computer at least in part, locates at least one microcalcification candidate cluster in the image data and extracts a first region of interest that encloses the at least one microcalcification candidate cluster. The first region of interest is processed to identify feature points that correspond to geometric structures in the first region of interest. A linear detection algorithm is applied by a repeated process that selects a line model from a predefined set of line models and analyzes the line model to determine whether a linear structure is present in the first region of interest. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142324 | METHOD OF RECONSTITUTING CELLULAR SPECTRA USEFUL FOR DETECTING CELLULAR DISORDERS - Embodiments of the present disclosure provides improved methods for determining the presence of abnormalities in exfoliated cells. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for reconstructing cellular spectrum of a cell sample by creating a spectral map of the cellular sample, generating a binary mask of the spectral map, removing edge artifacts from each cell, and co-adding spectral data of each pixel corresponding to the cell to reconstruct the spectrum of each cell. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142325 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A MASK - In a method of inspecting a mask, an image of a pattern on the mask may be obtained. A histogram of the image by grey levels may be obtained. The histogram may be compared with information of the pattern to detect a defect of the mask. Thus, reliability of defect detection in the mask may be remarkably improved. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142326 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a defect judgment operation using tolerance to allow a high-speed operation, the amount of deformation is obtained from an image pickup pattern image, and tolerance including the deformation is generated by deforming a reference pattern image as the basis of the tolerance according to the deformation, and only a disconnection or a contact is judged as an abnormality even if deformation exists in an image pickup pattern. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142327 | METHODS FOR ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF AN EDGE OF A CARE AREA FOR AN ARRAY AREA FORMED ON A WAFER AND METHODS FOR BINNING DEFECTS DETECTED IN AN ARRAY AREA FORMED ON A WAFER - Methods for identifying an edge of a care area for an array area formed on a wafer and/or for binning defects detected in the array area are provided. One method for identifying an edge of a care area for an array area formed on a wafer includes determining a value for a difference image as a function of position from a position known to be inside the array area to a position known to be outside of the array area. The method also includes identifying the position that is located closest to the inside of the array area and that has the value greater than a threshold as a position of the edge of the care area. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142328 | Method for using image depth information - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for determining illumination information in an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of identifying depth information in the image, identifying spatio-spectral information for the image, as a function of the depth information and utilizing the spatio-spectral information to identify illumination flux in the image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142329 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING IMAGE - A method and a device for converting an image are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for converting a two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional image by an image conversion device can include: receiving and setting overall depth information for an original image; classifying the original image into partial objects and setting three-dimensional information for each of the partial objects; generating a first image by moving the original image by use of the three-dimensional information; receiving and setting a zero point for the original image; generating a second image by moving the original image by use of the zero point; and generating a three-dimensional image by combining the first image and the second image. Accordingly, a still image can be converted to a three-dimensional image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142330 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: an image input unit which receives an image; and an image processing unit which generates reference data on the basis of a plurality of learning images classified into a plurality of first classes according to a noise characteristic and a plurality of second classes according to an image characteristic, and which performs scaling for the received image on the basis of the generated reference data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLOR INTERPOLATION - A system and method of color interpolation includes a spatial convolution unit that receives an output of an image sensor and then performs spatial convolution on the received image-sensor output, thus generating a convolution signal. A color interpolation unit performs color interpolation on the convolution signal, thus generating a color-interpolated signal. Finally, a spatial deconvolution unit performs spatial deconvolution, which is the inverse of the spatial convolution, on the color-interpolated signal, thus generating a preprocessed image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142332 | METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF COLOR SEPARATIONS - A method for registering color deviations on printing materials produced in machines processing printing material, includes using a computer to analyze image data from a prepress stage with regard to coloring in a printed image on the printing materials. During the analysis in the computer, the image data from the prepress stage are organized into image types, the image types are allocated set points and the set points are compared with actual values registered by a color measuring instrument on the printing materials being produced. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142333 | Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium - Image processing apparatus of the embodiments includes a storage which stores data on any of color and brightness of a pixel represented in a first floating-point format including a significand represented in an integer-bit length and an exponent represented in a non-integer-bit length; and an image processor which processes the data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142334 | Accelerating Bitmap Remoting By Identifying And Extracting 2D Patterns From Source Bitmaps - Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for accelerating bitmap remoting by extracting non-grid tiles from source bitmaps. A server takes a source image, identifies possibly repetitive features, and tiles the image. For each tile that contains part of a possibly repetitive feature, the server replaces that part with the dominant color of the tile. The system then sends to a client a combination of new tiles and features, and indications to tiles and features that the client has previously received and stored, along with an indication of how to recreate the image based on the tiles and features. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142335 | Image Comparison System and Method - An image comparison system includes a memory unit that stores data representative of target apparel images that depict apparel items. An image processing unit is provided to process a query apparel image to extract data representative of a query apparel item depicted in the query apparel image. The image processing unit determines weighted color and pattern differences between the target apparel images and the query apparel image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142336 | SIMILAR SHADER SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD USING IMAGE FEATURE EXTRACTION - A similar shader search apparatus using image feature extraction includes: an image extraction unit configured to classify color, texture, pattern features of a 2D image, into a color feature set, a texture feature set, and a pattern feature set, numerically analyze the respective feature sets, and extract a feature value of the image; a shader extraction unit configured to analyze a predetermined stored shader, classify features having an effect upon color, texture, and pattern into a color feature set, a texture feature set, and a pattern feature set, numerically analyze the respective feature sets, and extract a feature value of the shader; and a distance function calculation unit configured to receive the image feature value and the shader feature value, calculate the similarity of color between the image and the shader, and calculate the similarity of texture between the image and the shader using the Euclidean distance function. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142337 | Method For Red-eye Detection - A method involving generating a pixel map of a digital image, scanning the pixel map and labeling a found red pixel, where each row of the pixel map is scanned for a red pixel, where a coordinate of each labeled red pixel is stored and compared to surrounding red pixels, arranging found labeled red pixels with previously found labeled red pixels that have a corresponding y-axis coordinate thereby creating a contiguous group, determining if the contiguous group is a red-eye artifact, and creating a list of coordinates that denote red-eye artifacts within the digital image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142338 | METHOD OF DETECTING SKIN-COLORED AREA USING VARIABLE SKIN COLOR MODEL - The present invention relates to a method of detecting a skin-colored area using a variable skin color model. In the method, an initial skin-colored area is extracted from an input image using a skin color model, the initial skin-colored area being repeatedly extracted by adjusting a threshold value, which is a criterion for the selection of a skin-colored area, until a ratio of size of the extracted skin-colored area to size of the entire input image becomes less than a predetermined value. A skin-colored area is extracted by applying the threshold value determined in the first stage to the skin color model, the skin color model being modified by analyzing characteristics of object regions and noise regions of the skin-colored area. The skin-colored area detection method can obtain a high skin-colored object detection rate and a high false alarm rate even under various lighting and background conditions. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142339 | Method and System for Compressive Color Image Sampling and Reconstruction - A method and system for compressive color image sampling and reconstruction. A sample set of data generated by transforming and sampling an optical property of an original image in a spatial basis, wherein the transformation effected is substantially diagonal in the spatial basis is received. A compressive sensing reconstruction technique is applied to the sample data to produce a set of inferred original image data. A data processing apparatus is adapted to receive such a sample set of data and apply a compressive sensing reconstruction technique to the sample data to produce a set of inferred original image data. In a preferred embodiment a imaging system uses a color filter array (CFA) wherein colors are randomly or pseudo-randomly arranged over an image sensor. The image is inferred from the sensor data and the CFA pattern using compressive sensing sparse solution search techniques. The inferred image has greater resolution than achievable through current CFA based schemes using a sensor with an identical number of sensor elements. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142340 | HALFTONE IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142341 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Content-Boundary Detection - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for automatic content-boundary detection in a digital image. According to one aspect of the present invention a received image may be preconditioned to form a normalized image from which image-content edges may be detected. Projection histograms in the direction of a known skew angle associated with the image and the normal to the skew angle may be formed to determine image-content boundaries. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus which includes a block histogram generation unit configured to calculate frequency of a pixel value in each block, divide a dynamic range, and generate a first histogram including “N” number of bins, a pixel histogram generation unit configured to calculate frequency of a target pixel in a block based on first histograms of the block including the target pixel and a block adjacent to the block including the target pixel, and generate a second histogram including “N” number of bins for each pixel, and an output value determination unit configured to generate a relation between the pixel value and an output value of the pixel value based on the second histogram so that a maximum cumulative frequency of the second histogram matches a maximum value of the output value, and calculate the output value based on the pixel value of the target pixel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING MULTI-VIEW IMAGES INTO FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND BASED ON CODEBOOK - An apparatus for segmenting multi-view images into foreground and background based on a codebook includes: a background model generation unit for extracting a codebook from multi-view background images and generating codeword mapping tables operating in conjunction with the codebook; and a foreground and background segmentation unit for segmenting multi-view images into foreground and background using the codebook and the codeword mapping tables. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142344 | BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND TEXT EXTRACTING METHOD - In order to precisely extract a character in an image displayed at a terminal device in the case that an imaged web page is sent to the terminal device and the web page is browsed at the terminal device, a server acquires the web page from the Internet, generates the image from the acquired web page, and sends the image to a client terminal, the client terminal receives the image, displays the image on a display part, specifies a rectangular area, and sends information regarding the specified rectangular area to the server, and the server extracts the image in the rectangular area from the image of the web page, recognizes a text by an OCR process, extracts a text from a source of an HTML file which matches the recognized text most closely, and sends the extracted text to the client terminal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142345 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE - Provided are an apparatus and method for recognizing an image. In the apparatus and method for recognizing an image, various features can be extracted by a Haar-like filter using 1 | 2011-06-16 |
20110142346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING OBJECTIONABLE MULTIMEDIA BASED ON SKIN COLOR AND FACE INFORMATION - Provided are an apparatus and method for blocking objectionable multimedia based on skin color and face information. The apparatus for blocking objectionable multimedia can block objectionable multimedia by obtaining skin color and face information from multimedia learning data and analyzing it to generate features that may express the objectionability, for example, the presence of a person, a body shape, and the degree of nudity; generating objectionability classification model through statistical analysis and machine learning on the features; and determining the objectionability of newly input multimedia based on the objectionability classification model. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142347 | PROCESSING TIME-BASED GEOSPATIAL DATA - A method for processing geospatial datasets corresponding to geospatial objects, the method having the steps of extracting geospatial attributes from the geospatial datasets, locating extracted geospatial attributes corresponding to a particular geospatial object at a particular point in time, and generating output indicative of the particular geospatial object at the particular point in time utilizing the located geospatial attributes. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142348 | Signature Derivation for Images - Deriving a fingerprint of an image corresponding to media content involves selecting at least two different regions of the same image, determining a relationship between the two regions, and deriving a fingerprint of the image based on the relationship between the two regions of the image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142349 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for detecting a plurality of pixels of interest within an image and identifying luminance values corresponding to a predetermined object. The apparatus for detecting includes a memory configured to store first and second images captured using light of first and second wavelengths, respectively. The apparatus for detecting further includes at least one processor configured to detect a plurality of pixels of interest within the first captured image based on luminance values of the stored first and second captured images. The apparatus for identifying includes a memory configured to store a processed image, and at least one processor configured to determine frequencies of luminance values of the plurality of pixels of interest in the processed image and to determine a range of luminance values corresponding to a predetermined object within the processed image based on the determined frequencies of the luminance values. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142350 | Image Analysis Method And System - A method and system for analyzing an image made up of a plurality of pixels includes identifying a subset of the pixels, and for each identified pixel a local patch of pixels surrounding the identified pixel is defined and the pixels in the local patch are grouped into bins. The local patch is divided into a plurality of sub-patches, and for each sub-patch the method includes determining how many pixels in each sub-patch fall into each of the bins to create an intermediate vector, and the intermediate vectors are concatenated to form a feature vector and describe the local patch. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE EDGE - A system and method for processing an image edge includes an edge filter that processes an image input to generate edge data. An edge-smoothing filter processes the edge data to filter-out image noise and preserve the image edge, thus generating edge-smoothed data. An adder adds the edge-smoothed data to the image input, thus generating an edge-smoothed image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142352 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus includes a scanning unit for generating a scan image by scanning a document; a first determination unit to determine whether the scan image has a skew; a second determination unit to determine a type of the skew according to a determination result; and an image correction unit to perform a different type of correction on the scan image according to the type of the skew. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142353 | DEVICE METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR HUMAN HAND POSTURE ESTIMATION - The objective is to provide a finger shape estimating device that can estimate the image most similar to a finger image quickly and with high precision, and that can facilitate construction of a database. Provided is a finger shape estimating device provided with a matching part that reads second shape data in a specific data set from a database that has multiple data sets in which finger angle data, second shape data relating to dimensions in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of a second finger image of said finger, and second image feature quantities in the second finger image form a set, to match the second shape data and first shape data related to dimensions in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction in a separately acquired first finger image, and an estimating part that matches the second image feature quantities in the data set comprising the compatible second shape data, from matching by the matching part, with first image feature quantities in the first finger image, and estimates the finger shape in the first finger image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142354 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POSE IN MOTION CAPTURE DATA - An apparatus for detecting a pose in motion capture data includes: a motion data input unit which receives motion data of characters; a virtual marker attaching unit for forming a point cloud by attaching virtual markers to joints of an end-effector of each character; and a scaling unit for, when a frame has different character size from an a character size of an original frame to be compared is detected, scaling the character size. The apparatus further includes an ICP algorithm execution unit for finding a matching transformation matrix between the original frame and each frame of the motion data, of which character size has been scaled, by applying an ICP algorithm, and determining a frame, in which character's pose has the smallest difference from that in the original frame based on a sum of the distances between the virtual markers chosen by sampling the matched two poses. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142355 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISCRIMINATING SUBJECTS - A characteristic amount calculating means calculates first characteristic amounts, which do not require normalization, and normalized second characteristic amounts. A first discriminating portion discriminates whether a candidate for a face is included in the target image, by referring to first reference data with the first characteristic amounts, calculated from the target image. The first reference data is obtained by learning the first characteristic amounts of a plurality of images, which are known either to be of faces or to not be of faces. In the case that the candidate is included, a second discriminating portion discriminates whether the candidate is a face, by referring to second reference data, obtained by learning the second characteristic amounts of a plurality of images, which known either to be of faces or to not to be of faces. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142356 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a prediction portion to perform an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation prediction with respect to a reduced-size reference focus face image, to thereby generate an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image at each of a plurality of focus positions, the reduced-size reference focus face image being obtained by reducing a size of a reference focus face image to be a reference of a plurality of focus face images obtained by imaging a subject at the plurality of focus positions; a differential data generation portion to generate, for each of the plurality of focus positions, differential data between the focus face image and the inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image generated by the prediction portion; and an encoding portion to encode the reduced-size reference focus face image and the differential data generated by the differential data generation portion. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142357 | VARIABLE LENGTH ENCODING DEVICE OF IMAGE COMPRESSION SYSTEM - A variable length encoding (VLE) device of an image compression system is suitable for encoding transformed and quantized block image signals. The VLE device includes a plurality of encoding modules, for performing VLE on the block image signals; and a selection module (VLE module start controller), for selecting a number of the encoding modules in turn to encode the block image signals. The encoding modules are configured for parallel processing, and an operating frequency of each of the encoding modules is a fractional frequency of a throughput rate of the image compression system. The VLE device is not affected by the time consumed by the VLE in the image compression process, and enables the entire image compression system to operate as desired and achieve the required throughput rate. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142358 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE - The image encoding device includes: signal-to-signal predicting means | 2011-06-16 |
20110142359 | METHOD FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE IN IMAGE FRAME OF THE H.264 STANDARD - The present invention relates to a method for generating a thumbnail image for a video image, and more particularly, to a method for generating a thumbnail image for a video image that includes directly computing a DC coefficient of a prediction block for the video block constituting a video image from a prediction reference pixel of the video block of a spatial domain, and computing a DC coefficient of the video block from the computed DC coefficient of the prediction block and from a DC coefficient of an residual block for the video block. The method for generating a thumbnail image according to the present invention directly computes a DC coefficient of the video block from the DC coefficient of the residual block for the video block and the DC coefficient of the prediction block for the video block, thus generating a thumbnail image for a video image of the H.264 standard without transforming the video block between the spatial domain and a transform domain constituting a video image, and quickly searching a specific video image through the thumbnail image in a multimedia terminal where a plurality of video images are stored. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142360 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - Provided are a rasterizer configured to convert a triangle TA formed with vertices VT to a group of pixels PX and then to divide the group of pixels PX into tiles TL; and a sorting buffer configured to store the group of pixels PX for each of the tiles TL. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142361 | ROLLBACK IN A BROWSER - Methods, apparatus, computer program products and systems are provided for editing an image. One method includes editing, by a processor, an image including maintaining a list of transformations applied to the image including a last transformation; receiving a selection from a user to rollback a transformation, the selection not including the last transformation, where receiving a selection includes receiving a selection from the list of transformations that include plural selections that are not contiguous in an order in which the transformations were applied; generating, by the processor, a unique identifier associated with the edited image without the selection, the unique identifier including data identifying the image and all transformations to be applied to the image; and after receiving a request for an edited image, the request including the unique identifier, transmitting the edited image to a requesting device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142362 | METHOD FOR FILTERING DATA WITH SYMMETRIC WEIGHTED INTEGRAL IMAGES - This patent addresses the problem of performing fast non-uniform filtering. This invention covers a form of expressing a signal with the novel Symmetric Weighted Integral Images (SWII) and a method to filter the signal with diverse kernels with a shape defined by the SWII and an arbitrary size. The main advantage of the method is that it drastically reduces the computation time. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142363 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An image correction apparatus includes a gradient detection unit, a blur width detection unit, a correction area identification unit, and a correction unit. The gradient detection unit detects a gradient of a pixel value of each of pixels of an input image. The blur width detection unit detects a blur width at a position of each of the pixels of the input image. The correction area identification unit identifies a correction area based on the gradient detected by the gradient detection unit and the blur width detected by the blur width detection unit. The correction unit corrects a pixel value of a pixel in the correction area identified by the correction area identification unit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142364 | RENDERING PIECE-WISE SMOOTH IMAGE FROM COLOUR VALUES ALONG PATHS | 2011-06-16 |
20110142365 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142366 | System and Method for Super-Resolution Imaging from a Sequence of Color Filter Array (CFA) Low-Resolution Images - A method and system for improving picture quality of color images by combing the content of a plurality of frames of the same subject; comprising: at least one processor; the at least one processor comprising a memory for storing a plurality of frames of a subject; the at least one processor operating to combine the content of plurality of frames of the subject into a combined color image by performing: a process in which at least two multicolored frames are converted to monochromatic predetermined color frames; a gross shift process in which the gross shift translation of one monochromatic predetermined color frame is determined relative to a reference monochromatic predetermined color frame; a subpixel shift process utilizing a correlation method to determine the translational and/or rotational differences of one monochromatic predetermined color frame to the reference monochromatic predetermined color frame to estimate sub-pixel shifts and/or rotations between the frames; and an error reduction process to determine whether the resolution of the resulting combined color image is of sufficient resolution; the error reduction process comprising applying at least one spatial frequency domain constraint and at least one spatial domain constraint to the combined color image to produce at least one high-resolution full color image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142367 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING IMAGE SCATTER - Methods and systems for correcting image scatter are provided. The method includes generating an estimate of a detector activity, determining a probability that a scatter event has been counted as a true event using the estimate of a detector activity; generating a scatter correction estimate based on the determined probability, and applying the scatter correction estimate to an emission data set to generate an image of an object. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCK-BASED IMAGE DENOISING - A block-based image denoising method includes determining similarities between a current block and reference blocks within a search range around the current block, from among certain-sized blocks divided from an input image; determining weights of the reference blocks with respect to the current block based on the similarities; and generating resultant blocks by denoising the current block with respect to every block of the input image based on the weights of the reference blocks. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142369 | System and Method for Constructing a Motion-Compensated Composite Image - A method for constructing a motion-compensated composite image of a scene includes acquiring a plurality of images of a scene over time, the plurality of images including an earlier-acquired image of the scene and a later-acquired image scene. The relative motion between the earlier and later acquired images are estimated, and an exposure parameter is computed based upon the estimated relative motion occurring between the earlier and later acquired images. A new image of the scene is acquired using the computed exposure parameter, and the earlier, later, and newly acquired images are combined to produce a motion-compensated composite image of the scene. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142370 | GENERATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE FROM VIDEO FRAMES - A method described herein includes acts of receiving a sequence of images of a scene and receiving an indication of a reference image in the sequence of images. The method further includes an act of automatically assigning one or more weights independently to each pixel in each image in the sequence of images of the scene. Additionally, the method includes an act of automatically generating a composite image based at least in part upon the one or more weights assigned to each pixel in each image in the sequence of images of the scene. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142371 | OPTICAL SCANNERS, SUCH AS HAND-HELD OPTICAL SCANNERS - A hand-held optical scanner is described. The hand-held optical scanner has an image sensor, as well as a scan window through which image light is directed toward the image sensor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142372 | SEALED CONTAINER - The application describes a container, bag, pouch or envelope which has a first part and a second part, the container, bag, pouch or envelope being closed by the first part locating within the second part, the second part having a first opening for receiving the first part and a second opening for receiving the head of a breakable and disposable seal which locks into the first part in such a manner that it cannot be removed without breaking the seal, the seal in its inserted position locking the first part in place inside the second part in a tamper evident fashion. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142373 | Flexibly collapsible bag for being self-stored in itself in two different places thereof - A flexibly collapsible bag for being self-stored in itself in two different places thereof so as to form two different appearances so as to allow for better coordination with other apparel. The bag includes a bag body, a flexible internal pouch, and a relatively firm and bendable external pouch. The flexible internal pouch is attached internally to the bag body. The relatively firm and bendable external pouch is attached externally to the bag body. The bag body is either foldably and compressibly stored in the flexible internal pouch to form the first appearance or is foldably, compressibly, and rollably stored under the relatively firm and bendable external pouch to form the second appearance so as to allow for the better coordination with the other apparel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142374 | STORAGE POCKET WITH ATTACHMENT RING AND LOOP FOR FOLDABLE SHOPPING BAGS AND OTHER ARTICLES - A storage pocket ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142375 | LOCKING MEDICINE BAG - A locking medicine bag is disclosed that includes a casing having an exterior surface and an interior surface. There is a zipper disposed on at least one side of the casing having a zipper slider connected to first and second half zipper tracks. A zipper handle is connected to the zipper slider, and the zipper handle includes a hook member extending from one side of the zipper handle. The zipper handle and hook member are a single molded piece. Further, there is a combination lock secured along one side of the casing. The combination lock includes an exterior plate having a slot that exposes a latch member. The slot is sized to receive the hook member of the zipper handle, and the hook member engages the latch member in a locked configuration. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142376 | Closure element for a container made of particularly sheet type material - Closure element ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142377 | Laminate Bag Having Windows - The present invention provides a bag having front and back panels that are arranged in opposing face-to-face relation with each other and are interconnected to define an interior space of the bag. The front and back panel each include a window portion and an opaque portion. The window portion comprises a transparent sheet material through which the interior space and contents of the bag can be seen. The front and back panels are configured and arranged with respect to each other such that the opaque portion of the back panel is aligned opposite the window portion of the front panel, and the window portion of the back panel is aligned opposite the opaque portion of the front panel. As a result, when one looks through the window portion of either the front or back panels, the opaque portion of the opposite panel is seen. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142378 | SHIPPING BAG AND METHOD OF MAKING A REINFORCED SELVAGE - A flexible shipping bag is comprised of at least one panel having edges. The panel is formed of weft and warp filaments and has a central region of predetermined full thickness and a selvage forming at least one of the respective edges and of a lesser thickness. The warp filaments in the central region are thicker than the warp filaments in the selvage. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142379 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLASTIC BAG AND PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to an insert for reinforcement of bags made of plastic film, comprising a star-like plastic part having at least three jaws, wherein the insert is adapted for insertion and heat-sealing at a junction inside a three-dimensional bag where at least three plastic films meet, so that each jaw extends in a direction between two films. The invention also relates to a three dimensional bag incorporating such inserts and a method of producing such a bag. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142380 | SLIDING SUPPORTS - The present invention relates to sliding supports and particularly sliding supports having two elongate members of channel section and an intermediate member positioned between the elongate members. The invention provides a sliding support with improved manufacturability and load bearing capability by providing an intermediate member of alternative cross-section. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142381 | Anti-friction coating - The invention relates to an anti-friction coating ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142382 | Shielding, Particulate Reducing High Vacuum Components - A method of forming a gate valve for use in a high vacuum environment of an electron gun by machining a core of non-magnetic nickel-chromium-molybdenum-iron-tungsten-silicon-carbon alloy that is weldable with nickel alloys and has a tensile strength of about 750 megapascals, machining a cladding of nickel-iron, welding the core to the cladding to form the gate valve, and machining the gate valve so as to remove any dimensional differences at an interface between the core and the cladding. In this manner, because the final mechanical tolerance is controlled by machining instead of part assembling, extremely high alignment accuracy is obtained. The final part provides field shielding as provided by the nickel alloy shell, low stray field provided by the non-magnetic alloy, good vacuum performance, and tight mechanical tolerance control. Also, because the alloy has the advantage of a low oxidation rate in comparison to stainless steel and titanium, there is less contamination buildup due to conditions such as electron beam bombardment. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142383 | SLIDE RAIL - A slide rail includes a first rail, a second rail, and a third rail. The first rail defines two recesses. The second rail forms two first sliding portions and two second sliding portions. The third rail defines two slide channels for slidably receiving the first sliding portions. The second sliding portions of the second rail are received in the recesses of the first rail. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142384 | SLIDING ELEMENT HAVING A MULTIPLE LAYER - The invention relates to a sliding element that includes a carrier body and a multiple layer. The multiple layer includes a running layer and a protective layer, in which the protective layer has a hardness HU | 2011-06-16 |
20110142385 | SEALING ELEMENT FOR SEALING A ROLLING BEARING, ROLLING BEARING AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE SEALING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a sealing element ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142386 | BEARING RING AND METHOD FOR COOLING A BEARING RING - The present invention relates to a bearing race, which exhibits an inside facing a rotational bearing-race axis and an outside facing away from the rotational bearing-race axis, in which at least one cooling-medium channel is disposed at the outside of the bearing race, which exhibits a hydraulic diameter of at least 1 millimeter and a length of at least two spiral turns. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142387 | SINTERED BEARING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Impregnation of a resin into a sintered body ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142388 | BALL BEARING AND HYBRID VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A ball bearing includes an inner ring having a raceway surface, an outer ring having a raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements rollably disposed between the raceway surface of the inner ring and the raceway surfaces of the outer ring, and a resin cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements between the inner ring and the outer ring. The cage is a crown type cage having an annular base portion and a plurality of pockets formed in an axial end face of the annular base portion, in which the pockets retain the rolling elements. An axial distance between an axial position of a center of gravity of the cage and a curvature center of a spherical or cylindrical inner surface of each of the pockets is 0.6 or more times a radius of curvature of the inner surface. A hybrid vehicle transmission has this ball bearing. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142389 | TAPERED ROLLER BEARING RESIN CAGE AND TAPERED ROLLER BEARING - There is provided a resin cage of a tapered roller bearing. The cage includes a small diameter annular portion, a large diameter annular portion, and a plurality of bar portions arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction to connect the annular portions. The bar portion has a pair of circumferentially-directed side surfaces, each having a roller guide surface, and an inner-side inner peripheral surface, a circumferential width of which is smaller on a side of the large diameter annular portion than on a side of the small diameter annular portion, and has a roller retaining region in which a radially outer side pocket width and a radially inner side pocket width between the opposed circumferentially-directed side surfaces of the adjacent bar portions are smaller than a diameter of the roller. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142390 | Optical device having modulator employing horizontal electrical field - The optical device includes a waveguide on a base. The device also includes a modulator on the base. The modulator includes an electro-absorption medium configured to receive a light signal from the waveguide. The modulator also includes field sources for generating an electrical field in the electro-absorption medium. The electro-absorption medium is a medium in which the Franz-Keldysh effect occurs in response to the formation of the electrical field in the electro-absorption medium. The field sources are configured so the electrical field is substantially parallel to the base. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142391 | Ring resonator with wavelength selectivity - The ring resonator includes waveguides configured to guide light signals. The waveguides include an input waveguide and one or more loop waveguides. One of the loop waveguides is a primary loop waveguide that is optically coupled with the input waveguide at a wavelength of light. A tuner is configured to tune the wavelength at which the light is optically coupled from the input waveguide into the primary loop waveguide. One or more light detectors are each configured to provide an output indicating an intensity of light guided in one of the one or more loop waveguides. Electronics are configured to tune the tuner in response to the output from the light detector. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142392 | ON-CHIP OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for on-chip optical waveguides, methods of making on-chip optical waveguides, and devices including such on-chip optical waveguides. A dielectric layer formed from, e.g., transparent spacer dielectric material, forms a waveguide core and can be surrounded or substantially surrounded by a metal cladding layer. The metal cladding layer can be formed in the chip using backend metallization techniques, e.g., Damascene processing. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142393 | LOW-COST FAST VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR FOR OPTICAL WAVELENGTH TRACKING - Variable optical attenuator (VOA) formed by disposing upon a substrate a waveguide, a p-type region and an n-type region about the waveguide, and an epi-silicon region disposed upon the waveguide, the VOA responsive to a bias current to controllably inject carriers into the waveguide to attenuate thereby optical signal propagating through the waveguide. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142394 | MICRO-SIZE OPTICAL SWITCH ON SILICON-ON-INSULATOR PLATFORM - An innovative micro-size photonic switch is presented. The photonic switch is comprised of: a mirror having a reflecting surface; an input waveguide configured to receive an optical signal and output the optical signal at an angle of incidence upon the reflecting surface; an output tapered waveguide structure configured to output the optical signal reflected by the reflecting surface, and a set of output waveguide channels configured to output the optical signal switched by the tapered waveguide structure with one channel, where an angle formed between the input waveguide and the selected output waveguide channel at the reflecting surface exceeds the angle at which total internal reflection occurs. A switching mechanism is disposed adjacent to the reflecting surface and operable to change the refractive index along the reflective surface and thereby shift the angle at which the optical signal reflects from the mirror. More specifically, the switching mechanism may operate to change concentration of free carrier distribution along the reflective surface and thereby displace the effective reflecting interface of the mirror. In this way, the optical signal can be directed to one of two or more output ports of the output tapered waveguide structure and finally exited by one output waveguide channel that is connected to the selected port of the output tapered waveguide structure. The switch can be formed in a silicon layer of a silicon-on-insulator structure. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142395 | Planar Waveguide And Optical Fiber Coupling - An apparatus for optically coupling light between optical transmission components is provided. The apparatus includes first and second optical transmission components wherein the first optical transmission component includes a planar optical waveguide, a grating coupler, and a transparent substrate and the second optical transmission component includes an optical fiber. Preferably, the planar optical waveguide includes silicon and the transparent substrate includes glass. Methods for coupling light between optical transmission components are also provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142396 | ATHERMAL SILICON PHOTONICS ARRAY WAVEGUIDE GRATING (AWG) EMPLOYING DIFFERENT CORE GEOMETRIES IN THE ARRAY WAVEGUIDES - A silicon photonics array waveguide grating (AWG), and methods of their manufacture, including a plurality of silicon photonics array waveguides running from at least one of an input and output slab waveguide region, wherein first sections of each of the plurality of array waveguides have a first core geometry; and second sections of each of the plurality of array waveguides have a second core geometry. The first and second core geometries may comprise different waveguide core widths, and/or different core structures. AWG temperature stability is provided by the techniques of the present invention. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142397 | MULTIPLE-CORE OPTICAL FIBER WITH COUPLINGS BETWEEN THE CORES - An optical fiber includes a cladding, a first core, and a second core. At least one of the first core and the second core is hollow and is substantially surrounded by the cladding. At least a portion of the first core is generally parallel to and spaced from at least a portion of the second core. The optical fiber includes a defect substantially surrounded by the cladding, the defect increasing a coupling coefficient between the first core and the second core. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142398 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING OPTICAL FIBERS FOR LENGTH DIFFERENCE - Provided are an adapter assembly and method for compensating optical fibers for a length difference. The adapter assembly includes a first adapter, a second adapter, and a member. The first adapter is configured to be connected to at least one optical communication unit. The second adapter is configured to be connected to at least another optical communication unit and be coupled to the first adapter. The member is configured to be interposed between the first and second adapters for providing an optical signal transmission path between the optical communication units. Owing to the member, a length difference between optical fibers can be compensated for. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142399 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A cable assembly ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142400 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A cable assembly ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142401 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED FIBER TERMINATING MEANS - A cable assembly includes an insulative housing ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110142402 | OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, END PART PROCESSING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER WITH FERRULE - An optical fiber that permits, even when the cladding outer diameter thereof is smaller than 125 μm, an eased splicing with other optical fiber using a general-purpose ferrule, is provided. The optical fiber comprises: a first optical fiber having a first core and a first cladding having a cladding outer diameter smaller than 125 μm, wherein the first cladding has a plurality of air holes that extend longitudinally along the axis of the first core; a second optical fiber having a second core to be spliced to the first core, and a second cladding having a cladding outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first cladding, wherein the second cladding is to be spliced to the first cladding; and a fusion splice formed between the end of the first optical fiber and the end of the second optical fiber by fusion. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142403 | Cables with Bend Insensitive Optical Fibers - Fiber optic cables and methods of manufacturing fiber optic cables are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, a fiber optic cable includes a plurality of optical fibers having a lay length of greater than 160 mm. The fiber optic cable also includes strength material surrounding the plurality of optical fibers and a polymer jacket surrounding the strength material. Each of the optical fibers is configured to exhibit a bend-induced optical attenuation of less than or equal to about 0.6 dB when wrapped one turn around a 7.5 mm mandrel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142404 | Bend Insensitive Single Mode Fiber - This invention discloses a bend insensitive single mode fiber, which is composed by a bare glass fiber with a round cross section and two resin protective layers with circular cross sections surrounding the outer of the bare glass fiber. It is characterized in that the bare glass fiber is composed by a core layer with a round cross section and two claddings with circular cross sections. The refractive index of the core layer is higher than the index of the two claddings and the refractive index difference between the core layer and the first cladding is larger than the difference between the first and second claddings. The second cladding is made of pure SiO | 2011-06-16 |
20110142405 | HOUSING STRUCTURE FOR PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULE - A housing structure for pluggable transceiver module includes an insertion base, at least two light-guiding units separately connected to two lateral sides of the insertion base, and an enclosure enclosing the insertion base and the light-guiding units therein. The enclosure is set on two lateral sides with a plurality of inward protruded elastic pressing tabs for elastically pressing against lateral outer surfaces of the two light-guiding units. When the insertion base and the light-guiding units have been enclosed in the enclosure, the elastic pressing tabs on the enclosure further elastically press against the outer side surfaces of the light-guiding units to ensure more stable and firm connection of the light-guiding units to the enclosure. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142406 | Compact High Density Central Office Fiber Distribution System - A fiber distribution system having a rack mounted chassis and a fiber distribution rack to mount in the chassis. The system includes one or more splitter modules which are designed to be mounted in the fiber distribution rack. The splitter modules have a compact design and contain a plurality of fiber splitters. The fiber distribution system also contains a cable guide tray for supporting the fiber cables and the system includes a plurality of radius limiters to minimize cable bends. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142407 | FIBER OPTIC MODULE - A fiber optic module includes a housing defining an interior region. A bulkhead assembly is in engagement with the housing. The bulkhead assembly includes a plurality of input adapter ports, a plurality of output adapter ports, and a plurality of monitor ports. A high-density planar lightwave circuit chip is disposed in the interior region of the housing and includes a plurality of optical splitters. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142408 | EQUIPMENT MOUNTING FRAME - An equipment mounting frame comprising two side support structures of a selected height, each of which side support structures (a) comprises one or more upright members defining a width of that side support structure, and (b) comprises a foot structure extending from at least one end of the upright member(s), the foot structure defining a depth of that side support structure and extending across at least one quarter (preferably at least half, more preferably at least three quarters, especially preferably substantially all) of the said width, and (c) carries an upright series or row of fixing members, wherein the two side support structures are connectable together at a distance from each other to enable equipment trays or boxes to be mounted in superposed array between the side structures by means of the said fixing members, characterised in that the said side support structures each with the said foot structure(s) extending therefrom are formed to be nestable together when unconnected to each other for shipment or storage within a volume less than twice the volume defined by the said width and depth and height. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142409 | OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER FIXING ELEMENT - An optical fiber adapter fixing element applicable to the coupling of an optical fiber adapter and a panel of an optical fiber communication network apparatus includes a hollow hood having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion. The hollow hood has an assembling side and an opening side adjacent to each other and having an acute angle there between. The second coupling portion is configured to be coupled to the panel. The optical fiber adapter fixing element does not occupy any space attributable to a circuit board provided in the optical fiber communication network apparatus and protects users against harm which might otherwise occur to the users when the users look directly at laser exposed from the optical fiber adapter. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142410 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DATA - A reproducing apparatus arranged to reproduce a moving image signal of a scene from a recording medium, set one of a first reproduction mode for reproducing one scene selected from the moving image signal of a selected one scene and a second reproduction mode for reproducing the moving image signals according to a playlist, convert the moving image signal recorded on the recording medium into a format designated by a transmission destination of the moving image signal, and effect control in response to a conversion instruction such that, in the first reproduction mode, the moving image signal of the one scene is divided on a unit basis of predetermined time related to an upper limit time designated by the transmission destination of the moving image signal and in the second reproduction mode, the moving image signals of the plurality of scenes are combined and the combined moving image signal is divided on the predetermined time basis. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142411 | MEDIA REPRODUCTION FOR AUDIO VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT - A media reproducing device comprises a media data output element operable to output media data stored on a storage medium to a media data presentation unit. The media reproducing device further includes a receiver operable to receive a sequence of video images, and a user detector operable to detect, by analysis of the sequence of video images, whether a user is attending to a presentation of the media data by the media data presentation unit. The user detector is operable to detect whether the user is attending to the presentation of the media data and to generate motion vector tracks associated with movement of objects within the sequence of received video images. If it detects that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data, the detector is operable to store a bookmark indicating that the user is not attending to the presentation of the media data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142412 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus has: a stream generating unit for generating a first stream constituted of a first moving image signal at a first frame rate and an input audio signal and a second stream constituted of a second moving image signal at a second frame rate faster than the first frame rate and a predetermined audio signal; a recording unit for recording the first and second streams; and an instructing unit for instructing a change-over of a frame rate, wherein in accordance with an instruction output from the instructing unit during recording the first stream, the stream generating unit outputs the second stream instead of the first stream, and the recording unit records the second stream output in response to the instruction by the instructing unit, instead of the first stream. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142413 | DIGITAL DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An digital data reproducing apparatus and a method for controlling the same are discussed. The method includes obtaining, by the digital data reproducing apparatus, emotion information associated with at least one of a user and a content, modifying at least one of audio and video characteristics of a content for reproduction based on at least the emotion information, and reproducing the content based on the modified at least one of audio and video characteristics of the content. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOVEMENT GUIDE IN VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE - Provided are a movement guide providing method of a video recording device. The method includes: measuring a movement speed according to a movement of the video recording device; comparing the measured movement speed value of the video recording device with a reference value; generating a guide sub screen that represents a result value of the comparing; and displaying the generated sub screen on a display main screen of the video recording device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110142415 | DIGITAL CONTENT AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING THE DIGITAL CONTENT - Disclosed is a digital content, and an apparatus and a method for reproducing a digital content. The method includes reading and reproducing the digital content, determining whether it is possible to display a text subtitle included in the digital content by an embedded font, if so, outputting the text subtitle by using the embedded font, and if not, converting the text subtitle to one subtitle among one or more different subtitles having a different file type corresponding to the text subtitle and outputting the converted subtitle. The method can select and output an optimum subtitle according to various standards and thus can be flexibly operated in consideration of the performance of the reproduction apparatus and the situation of the digital contents. | 2011-06-16 |