26th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100165060 | Individual Ink Tank with Features Spaced by Distances Ensuring Interface with Printhead and Carrier Support Structure - A individual ink tank includes certain features that properly interface with features on a printhead and carrier support structure to operatively seat the ink tank in the carrier support structure in a sealed flow communicative relationship with the printhead. These interface features are spaced apart relative to one another at distances (or dimensions) that ensure the desired seating and sealing of the ink tank in the carrier support structure and thereby the reliable supply of ink for operation of the inkjet printing system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165061 | Mono Ink Tank with Features Spaced by Distances Ensuring Interface with Printhead and Carrier Support Structure - A mono ink tank includes certain features that properly interface with features on a printhead and carrier support structure to operatively seat the ink tank in the carrier support structure in a sealed flow communicative relationship with the printhead. These interface features are spaced apart relative to one another at distances (or dimensions) that ensure the desired seating and sealing of the ink tank in the carrier support structure and thereby the reliable supply of ink for operation of the inkjet printing system. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165062 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an apparatus, the mounting portion including a first locking portion and a second locking portion, the liquid container including a casing for containing liquid and a supply port for supplying the liquid to an ink jet head, the liquid container includes a first engaging portion provided at a first side of the casing and engageable with the first locking portion; a second engaging portion provided opposed to a second side of the casing which is opposite the first side, the second engaging portion being engageable with the second locking portion; a supporting member for displaceably supporting the second engaging portion; a contact contactable to a member provided in the mounting portion to permit information display means to display information relating to the liquid container, wherein the supply port is disposed in a third side of the casing which is between the first side and the second side, and the contact is disposed at a corner region between the second side and the third side. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165063 | System and method for discharging static in a printer - A method of preventing electrostatic charge build up on a print media from adversely affecting quality of inkjet printing, comprising: (a) coupling a static discharging wand to print head carriage at a set distance ahead of inkjet print heads and altitude over print media, and (b) coupling the static discharge wand to a power unit to provide a potential difference between said static discharge want and said print media. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE - An image forming apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a recording head of an ink-jet system, a carriage driving mechanism, and a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys a sheet in a predetermined direction. The carriage is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the sheet by the carriage driving mechanism. A sheet guide member is arranged in a position below the recording head and opposed to the recording head. A sheet passes over a guide section of this sheet guide member. A heater is provided in the sheet guide member. This heater heats the guide section. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165065 | Drop Coating Apparatus - A droplet applying apparatus includes a base | 2010-07-01 |
20100165066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF PRINTING IN EVENT OF PRINT HEAD FAILURE - Systems and methods for providing evidence of printing in metering systems even in the event of a print head failure are provided. Along with generating a primary image for an indicium that evidences payment, a secondary image for the indicium, identical to a corresponding portion of the primary image but at a lower density, with physical boundaries that are within the boundaries of the primary image, is also generated. The primary image is printed by a first nozzle array, and the secondary image is printed by a second nozzle array. Because the primary image completely overlaps the secondary image, the secondary image is undetectable if the primary image is properly printed. The secondary image provides evidence of printing of the indicium that can be used to obtain a refund for the indicium in the event that the primary image was not printed due to failure of the first nozzle array. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165067 | Exposure Head And An Image Forming Apparatus Using The Exposure Head - An exposure head, includes: a first imaging optical system and a second imaging optical system which are arranged in a first direction; a light emitting element which emits light to be imaged by the first imaging optical system; and a light emitting element which emits light to be imaged by the second imaging optical system, wherein an inter-optical-system distance in the first direction between the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system satisfies the following expression: | 2010-07-01 |
20100165068 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus provided with an optical beam scanning apparatus according to the invention includes a semiconductor laser device, a pre-deflection optical system, a polygon mirror, and a post-deflection optical system, wherein at least one imaging lens for imaging the luminous flux is provided in the post-deflection optical system includes; at least one projection on a vertical surface to a sub-scanning direction axis is provided in the imaging lens; and at least one positioning member having an engaging groove into which the projection is interfitted and which is engaged in a concave-convex shape is provided in the housing unit of the optical beam scanning apparatus. In accordance with an image forming apparatus according to the invention, in a scanning optical system using an imaging lens or an imaging mirror, influences against optical characteristics following an environmental fluctuation or a change with time can be reduced. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165069 | IMAGE CODEC APPARATUS - Provided is an image codec apparatus that allows a user to check his own-image properly while feeling a strong sense of presence. The image codec apparatus ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165070 | VIDEO TELEPHONY DEVICE HAVING FUNCTIONALITY TO MUTE INCOMING MESSAGES THAT ARE BEING RECORDED - A method of responding to an incoming call includes receiving the incoming call from a caller. The incoming call includes caller ID information having image data associated with the caller included therein. The image data is displayed on a video telephony device display while audibly announcing receipt of the incoming call. A communication session is established with the caller by presenting a pre-recorded announcement to the caller. In response to the pre-recorded announcement, a message from the caller is received and recorded. The message is rendered while it is being recorded only if a user-selectable mute setting option has not been activated. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165071 | VIDEO CONFERENCE DEVICE - A video conference device capable of suppressing a processing burden of an echo canceller in such a situation that speakers, microphones, and a camera are arranged in close vicinity of a monitor is provided. A preliminary filter portion | 2010-07-01 |
20100165072 | Video conference system, band control method, conference control device, video conference terminal device and recording medium recording program - A conference control device includes: a communication processing unit which performs transmission/reception processing of conference information containing voice information and image information between the conference control device and a plurality of video conference terminal devices through a network; an information collecting unit which collects information on connection paths between the conference control device and the respective video conference terminal devices; a grouping unit which sorts the plurality of video conference terminal devices into a plurality of groups based on information on the connection paths collected by the information collecting unit; a band monitoring unit which monitors a use band of the communication processing unit in accordance with every group; and a bandwidth control unit which is, when the group having the use band of less than a predetermined value is detected by the band monitoring unit, controls the bandwidth of the video conference terminal devices belonging to the group. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165073 | Projector, Terminal, Conferencing System, Tree Structure Switching Method and Recording Medium - A conferencing system, which can prevent useless data processing that accompanies data communication from occurring even when a presenter's device that outputs image data is switched, is provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165074 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a display unit that displays predetermined information, an imaging unit that is installed on a right side or left side of a central portion of an upper frame of an outer frame enclosing the display unit to obtain a pickup image of a user, and a control unit that detects a face area of the user from the pickup image obtained by the imaging unit to cut out the face area containing the detected face area. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165075 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SHOOTING PANORAMIC IMAGE BY DIGITAL IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A method for automatically shooting a panoramic image by a digital image pickup device is described. In the method, a pixel error value between a real-time image and an alignment image overlapped with each other is continuously compared and calculated. When the pixel error value is smaller than a preset threshold value, the digital image pickup device is automatically driven to shoot a second image to be stitched and blended with a previous image into a panoramic image. The shooting of the panoramic image is simplified by using automatic image capturing. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165076 | PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF IMAGE CAPTURE WITH A TERMINAL USING CONTEXTUAL DATA - A process for using a terminal capable of capturing images to determine a probability of capturing the images according to information taken from contextual data provided by the image capture means. The process uses a terminal such as a mobile terminal comprising a first image data sensor and at least one contextual data sensor to automatically determine at least one probability of capturing an image or a sequence of images taking place within a time interval, the capture probability being calculated based on at least one response provided by one of the activated image data and/or contextual data sensors. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165077 | Multi-View Video Coding Using Scalable Video Coding - There are provided methods and apparatus for stereoscopic video coding using scalable video coding. A scalable video encoder includes an encoder ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165078 | IMAGE COMPRESSION USING CHECKERBOARD MOSAIC FOR LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE COLOR SPACE IMAGES - Image artefacts appearing when a checkerboard pattern spatial compression is applied to luminance-chrominance color space images having subsampled chroma data, such as YCbCr, is avoided by using a different checkerboard pattern for the luminance pixels than the pattern used for the chrominance pixels. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165079 | FRAME PROCESSING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS AND FRAME PROCESSING METHOD - A three-dimensional video is appropriately displayed. A frame processing device includes: a frame extraction module configured to sequentially extract image frames for left eye and for right eye from a three-dimensional video signal; a frame group generation module configured to alternately generate frame groups for left eye and for right eye based on the extracted image frames for left eye and for right eye; a frame storage module configured to sequentially store the alternately generated frame groups for left eye and for right eye; a video processing module configured to sequentially extract the image frames from the frame storage module, and sequentially rewriting a display screen; and a display invalidation module configured to invalidate the display on the display screen during periods of rewriting the image frame for left eye to that for right eye and the image frame for right eye to that for left eye. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165080 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An image capturing apparatus includes a light splitting section that splits light from an object into first light and second light in such a manner that (i) a split ratio of light in a central region of an image of the object is different from a split ratio of light in a peripheral region of the image and (ii) the second light has a smaller amount of light in the central region than the first light, a first imaging element that receives the first light, a second imaging element that receives the second light, and a zoom lens system that is provided between the light splitting section and the first imaging element. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165081 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An image processing method, including extracting shot information from metadata, wherein the shot information is used to classify a series of two-dimensional images into predetermined units; if it is determined, by using shot type information included in the shot information, that frames classified as a predetermined shot can be reproduced as a three-dimensional image, extracting background depth information from the metadata, wherein the background depth information is about a background of the frames classified as the predetermined shot; generating a depth map about the background of the frames by using the background depth information; if the frames classified as the predetermined shot comprise object, extracting object depth information about the object from the metadata; and generating a depth map about the object by using the object depth information. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165082 | Detection apparatus - The invention relates to an apparatus for the spatially resolved detection of objects located in a monitored zone, having a transmission device for the transmission of electromagnetic radiation into a transmission region, having a reception device for the reception of radiation reflected from a reception region, wherein the transmission region and the reception region overlap or intersect in a detection region which is disposed within the monitored zone, which covers a detection angle and in which the transmitted radiation is reflected by objects, having an imaging arrangement which is disposed in the propagation path of the transmitted radiation and/or of the reflected radiation and which covers the total detection region at the transmission side and/or at the reception side at all times; and having spatial resolution means for the influencing of the propagation direction of the radiation and/or for the operation of the reception device, in particular in a time varying manner, such that the position, in particular the spacing, of the detection region relative to the imaging arrangement and/or the size of the detection region determined by the degree to which the transmission region and the reception region overlap or intersect can be changed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165083 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a recording medium according to the present invention, extents for a base-view and a dependent-view are arranged alternately. The lower limit of the size of the base-view extents is the larger of a first lower limit value and a second lower limit value. The lower limit of the size of the dependent-view extent is a third lower limit value. The first lower limit value is determined so that, in monoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during jump periods between base-view extents. The second lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each base-view extent to a next dependent-view extent. The third lower limit value is determined so that, in stereoscopic video playback, buffer underflow does not occur during read periods from each dependent-view extent to a next base-view extent. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165084 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic display apparatus and a display method are provided. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel, a dynamic-backlight module, a tracking panel, an optical lens array. The display has an updated region and a non-updated region during a frame period the display panel displays according a first synchro-signal. The dynamic-backlight module has a plurality of light-emitting regions and the light-emitting regions are turned-on according to a second synchro-signal. The first synchro-signal and the second synchro-signal are synchronal. During the frame period, parts of the light-emitting regions corresponding to the updated region are synchronally turned-on and parts of the light-emitting regions corresponding to the non-updated region are synchronally turned-off. A light provided by at least the part of the light-emitting regions turned-on passes through one silt set and the display panel such that one of the single-eye images is only displayed by the non-updated region. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165085 | Encoding Method for 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165086 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR VISION MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND POSITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A light source is configured to be mounted to a vision measuring instrument that includes a primary image capture unit capturing an image of an object to be measured, and an auxiliary image capture unit providing a means to aim the primary image capture unit at a determined position. The light source includes a main body defining a through hole for receiving the primary image capture unit, and a mounting hole for readily mounting an auxiliary image capture unit. A luminescent surface is formed on an inner wall bounding the through hole of the main body. A number of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is disposed on the luminescent surface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOSAICING ENDOSCOPE IMAGES CAPTURED FROM WITHIN A CAVITY - Systems and methods for capturing and mosaicking images of one or more surfaces of a collapsed cavity are described. A number of embodiments are capable of performing mosaicking in real time. Many embodiments are configured to perform multiple passes during motion estimation and/or registration to improve the quality of the resulting mosaic(s). One embodiment includes capturing images using an endoscope, where the optics of the endoscope are radially symmetrical, locating the optical center of each of the captured images, dewarping each of the captured images by mapping the image from polar coordinates centered on the optical center of the image to rectangular coordinates, discarding portions of each dewarped image to create high clarity dewarped images, estimating the motion of the endoscope with respect to the interior surface of the cavity that occurred between successive high clarity dewarped images, registering the high clarity dewarped images with respect to each other using the estimates of motion, and combining the registered high clarity dewarped images to create at least one mosaic. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165088 | Apparatus and Method for Displaying Capsule Endoscope Image, and Record Media Storing Program for Carrying out that Method - An apparatus and method for displaying capsule endoscope images and record media storing a program for carrying out that method is disclosed, which is capable of reducing playing time of the capsule endoscope images by forming a plurality of similar-image groups with a plurality of image frames from an endoscope image stream, and displaying a representative image frame for each similar-image group, the method comprising receiving image data taken by a capsule endoscope inserted into the inside of an examinee; generating an endoscope image stream by using the received image data; forming a plurality of similar-image groups with a plurality of image frames by using the endoscope image stream; determining a representative image frame for each similar-image group by using the image frames included in each similar-image group; and displaying the representative image frame for each similar-image group. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165089 | APPARATUS FOR CARIES DETECTION - An apparatus for imaging a tooth having a light source with a first spectral range and a second spectral range. A polarizing beamsplitter ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165090 | Frontal Hand Capture of Fingerprints, Palm Prints and Hand Geometry Using Contactless Photography - The present invention is a system and method that captures hand geometry, full-length fingerprints, and/or palm prints from a frontal view of a freely posed hand using contactless photography. A system and method for capturing biometric data of a hand includes the steps of and means for (a) digitally photographing a designated contactless capture area not having any predefined hand-positioning structures or platen for receiving a hand, to obtain a captured image of the capture area that includes a naturally-posed hand; (b) extracting a frontal hand image of the naturally-posed hand by applying an Active Appearance Model (AAM) to the captured image; (c) computing a plurality of hand geometry measurements of the frontal hand image; and (d) comparing the plurality of hand geometry measurements from the frontal hand image to corresponding existing hand geometry measurements, wherein the comparison results in a best match. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165091 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A monitoring system that monitors a person, the monitoring system including: a camera that captures an image of the individual; a transmission device that transmits an image; and, a processing device that is configured to: detect a change in facial expression of the individual from an image captured by the camera; identify the individual with the change in facial expression; and, transmit to a destination associated with the identified individual an image including the change in facial expression through the transmission device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165092 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND IMAGE OUTPUT PROGRAM - There is provided an image output apparatus including an image-capturing section that captures an image of the observed person, an observer's point of sight measuring section that measures a point of sight of the observer when the image-capturing section captures the image of the observed person, an output section that outputs the image of the observed person which is captured by the image-capturing section, and a point of sight output control section that causes the output section to output information indicating the point of sight of the observer which is measured by the observer's point of sight measuring section, together with the image of the observed person which is captured by the image-capturing section. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165093 | EYE-GAZE DETECTING DEVICE AND EYE-GAZE DETECTING METHOD - Accurately and quickly calculated is a calibrating parameter for detecting an eye-gaze coordinate, of an operator, in an input image from a capturing unit worn on a user. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165094 | INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTING METHOD - An inspecting apparatus and an inspecting method capable of detecting a state inside the cream solder are provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165095 | DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD FOR SILICON WAFER - A defect inspection device for a silicon wafer comprises: an infrared light illumination which illuminates the silicon wafer with a light power that has been adjusted in accordance with a specific resistance value of the silicon wafer; and an imaging unit constituted by a line sensor array that is sensitive to infrared light, which captures the silicon wafer. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165096 | Method and Device for the Quality Control of a Rotationally Symmetrical Body, and Grip Pertaining to a Handling System and Used to Grip a Rotationally Symmetrical Body - The invention relates to a method and a device for the quality control of a rotationally symmetrical body ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165097 | Method and Apparatus for Automating an Inspection Process with Training - A process for using a hand-held infrared inspection system incorporating on-board training, on-board validation, on-board operator certification, on-board reporting information, or on-board survey instructions. Improved methods for automating area surveys are provided through exception-driven surveillance practices. Imbedded information enables less experienced operators to use more sophisticated devices more effectively. Validation or certification assures operator knowledge or ability. Multilevel classification of anomalies aids in automated analysis and report generation. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165098 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING A FIRST BODY AND A PART FIXED TO A SECOND BODY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER - In a method for positioning a first body (B | 2010-07-01 |
20100165099 | Antiglare system for a vehicle - An antiglare system in a vehicle includes a device for controlling antiglare means. The device includes at least one image acquisition means. The antiglare means is controlled as a function of a first signal of the image acquisition means. The light intensity in the passenger compartment of the vehicle is taken into account in controlling the antiglare means. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165100 | DOOR MIRROR AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A door mirror includes an imaging unit that is pointed downward, and a redirecting mechanism, which is positioned at least in front of and to the side of, with respect to the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, a lens of the imaging unit, for redirecting water droplets that would otherwise flow from the radially outer side to the radially inner side of the lens. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165101 | FEATURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OBJECT DISTANCES - A feature detection apparatus and method for obtaining in a defined area of interest a parametric shape based on a selected combination of parameter values, constituting an approximation to an object feature. The feature detection apparatus includes an input unit for receiving at least two area indicator lines for defining in a digital image an area of interest, a parameter range defining unit for defining ranges of at least two parameters of a parametric shape, for which the parametric shape intersects at least one of the area indicator lines; a parameter selection unit for selecting a combination of parameter values from the parameter ranges, for which the parametric shape constitutes an approximation to an object feature of the object in the area of interest; and an output unit for providing the parametric shape based on said combination of parameter values for a display in the digital image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165102 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE IN THE PITCH ANGLE OF A CAMERA OF A VEHICLE - A method and device determine the change in pitch angle of a camera of a vehicle. At least three images, each reproducing a detection area in front of the vehicle, are sequentially recorded and corresponding image data are generated. A position of a first reproduction of a stationary object in the first image is determined as a first image position. A position of a second reproduction of the stationary object in the second image is determined as a second image position. On the basis of at least the first image position and the second image position, the course of a straight line is determined. A position of a third reproduction of the stationary object in the third image is determined as a third image position. On the basis of the distance between the third image position and the straight line, the change in the pitch angle is determined. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165103 | Camera Monitoring Systems And Methods For Electromagnetic Dryer Applicators - Camera monitoring systems ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165104 | Drive Assistance Device - A drive assistance device has an imaging device ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165105 | VEHICLE-INSTALLED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND EYE POINT CONVERSION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - A projection model storage section stores position information of a plurality of points on a predetermined projection model. A computation section references the projection model storage section and acquires position information of a virtual image correspondence point of a point corresponding to a pixel of the virtual image in an area on the projection model specified as a target of the virtual image by an output range specification section. The computation section finds the pixel of a real image corresponding to the virtual image correspondence point, acquires a mapping table indicating the correspondence between the pixels of the virtual image and the pixels of the real image, and records the mapping table in a mapping table storage section. An image synthesis section references the mapping table storage section and converts an image input from an image pickup section into a virtual image viewed from a predetermined virtual eye point. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165106 | VIDEO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS BY USING METALLIC BODY - The present invention provides simple installation and high performance of stable transmission rate because it is not connecting with wires separately but directly connecting to metallic body for receiving sound and video signal as transmitting through metallic body for transmission of sound and video signal of from mike and camera, and to provide of high definition screen for camera shooting as transmitting wideband signal to apply phase modulation process to be modulated phase by stabilized PLL process as not to be emitted necessary spurious radiation power to outside. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165107 | SELF-CONTAINED COVERT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a self-contained covert surveillance system, comprising an enclosure having an outside appearance resembling a utility box and containing therein at least one camera, a processor, a data storage device, and a means for communications, wherein the enclosure has at least one surface that allows light to penetrate the surface and be captured by the camera. The invention may be further equipped With intake and exhaust fans and/or electric heating and cooling devices to expand the utility of the device to more extreme environmental conditions. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165108 | Image Capture Device used for Monitoring and Monitor Method Thereof - An image capturing device used for monitoring and a monitoring method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device is used to monitor movements from a specific area. The monitoring method comprises the following steps: controlling an image capturing module of the image capturing device in order to record images continuously from a specific area; detecting a changing portion within the image; focusing and magnifying the changing portion detected within the image and executing a monitoring recording process to perform a consecutive shooting. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165109 | Method and system for automatic monitoring of portable image capturing apparatus - A method and a system for automatic monitoring made by a portable image-capturing apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes an image-capturing module, an image variation detecting module, and an automatic video recording module. The method preferably uses the image variation detecting module to determine whether or not a variation event occurs in a predetermined region. And the automatic video recording module records a video in the predetermined region according to the determination result. If the determination result is positive, the automatic video recording module then starts video recording. Next, if the variation event disappears for a period of time, the automatic video recording module stops recording the video. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165110 | Image Pickup Apparatus, Imaging Method and Method for Correcting Infrared Light - An image pickup device comprising visible color optimization under received near-infrared and infrared light conditions is disclosed. Color signals corresponding to light received through each of a plurality of color filters are processed to determine a near-infrared and infrared light energy contribution. The color signals are processed to optimize color of received images. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONCEALED OBJECT DETECTION - In an exemplary embodiment, in the infrared range, in practicing the method of these teachings, three infrared images of a body having concealed objects are acquired, each image resulting in a response of a detector having a spectral sensitivity in the infrared that is analogous to one of the spectral sensitivities of the color response of the human eye, each image corresponding to a different spectral sensitivity. At least the center of the spectral sensitivity corresponding to the Green response at the human eye is selected to allow increasing the detected radiation difference between the concealed object and the body. The responses of the detector to each of the three images are utilized to provide RGB signals to a display device (a monitor in one instance). The color image displayed in the display device allows identifying the concealed object. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165112 | AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF SECONDARY VIDEO STREAMS - The automatic generation ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165113 | SUBJECT TRACKING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, SUBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A computer performs a template-matching step of template-matching an input image with a plurality of template images with different magnifications by a program stored in an object racking computer program product, selecting the template image with the highest similarity to an image in a predetermined region of the input image among the plurality of template images and extracting the predetermined region of the input image as a matched region, a determination step of determining whether or not the matching results of the template-matching step satisfy update conditions for updating the plurality of template images, and an updating step of updating at least one of the plurality of template images when the update conditions are determined to be satisfied by the determination step. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165114 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus. The method includes: determining a target subject; determining whether the target subject exists in a moving image photographing domain; determining whether a condition of temporarily stopping recording of a moving image based on whether the target subject exists is satisfied; and temporarily stopping the recording of a moving image when the condition is satisfied. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165115 | Confirming Video Transmissions - In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more transports and over one or more channels within those transports, may be monitored to provide a time based indication of what content has been broadcast. In one embodiment, markers may be inserted into the data transmission flow and a method may be utilized to associate a handle with a particular marker. A method may be called which obtains the handle and another method may be utilized to invoke the handle to obtain current information about broadcast transmissions. This information may be used within a broadcast encoder or may be provided to a content provider, for example, through a log-in server. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165116 | CAMERA WITH DYNAMIC CALIBRATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A camera with dynamic calibration and a method thereof is provided. The camera is first subject to an initial calibration. Then, a motion amount of the camera is calculated, and a plurality of motion amount estimation samples of the camera is generated according to the motion amount. Then, a weight of each of the motion amount estimation samples is calculated. Thereafter, the plurality of motion amount estimation samples is re-sampled based on the weights, and the camera is calibrated by the re-sampled estimated motion samples. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMPRESSED FILE, AND TERMINAL COMPRISING THE APPARATUS - An aspect of a method and apparatus for generating a compressed image file, and a terminal including the apparatus is receiving frame data comprising encoded image data of at least one frame of a raw image, generating first encoded thumbnail image data of the encoded image data, correcting the encoded image data and generating the compressed image file by using the corrected image data and the first encoded thumbnail image data when the encoded image data has an illuminance value lower than a preset reference value, and generating the compressed image file by using the encoded image data and the first encoded thumbnail image data when the encoded image data has an illuminance value greater than the preset reference value. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165118 | PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE IMAGE - A print control system is provided. The print control system comprises an image capturing device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of a printed image on a printed product of a print device. The print control device further comprises a control system comprising an input device and a module. The input device is configured to allow a user to vary a print parameter. The module is configured to calculate a predictive image based on the print parameter variation from the input device. The predictive image is representative of a resultant image on the printed product following implementation of the print parameter variation on the print device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165119 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAKING PHOTOS OF ONESELF - A method for capturing an image may include receiving a start command, determining whether one or more predefined conditions are satisfied, and capturing an image when the predefined conditions are satisfied. The start command and/or the predefined conditions may be dependent on an audible signal. The predefined conditions may include predetermined reception angles of the audible signal, ratios of foreground to background, and/or reception of a remote control signal. The method may also require that no visual feature is occluded. Individualized feedback may be provided which can direct a specific person within an image to correct a failed predefined condition. An apparatus and computer program product corresponding to the method are also provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165120 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING CAMERA MODULES HAVING DIFFERENT FOCAL LENGTHS - An exemplary portable electronic device includes a main body, camera modules, a storage unit for storing images, and an image processing unit. The camera modules are accommodated in the main body and exposed the ambient environment. The camera modules have different focal lengths from each other, and are configured for simultaneously picking up images of an object. The image processing unit is electrically connected with the camera modules. The image processing unit is configured for comparing the modulation transfer function (MTF) values of the images, and transmitting data of the image having the greatest MTF value to the storage unit. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165121 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating device includes a drive unit configured to drive a vibrating member to produce vibration Z(x,y) at a dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows: | 2010-07-01 |
20100165122 | Method of merging images and relative method of generating an output image of enhanced quality - A method of processing and device configure to process digital images to enhance image quality and correct motion blur. A number N of images of a scene are captured with an exposure time T. An order of sharpness of the images is determined and the sharpest image is used as a reference image for generating an output image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165123 | Data-Driven Video Stabilization - Described is a technology in which existing motion information (e.g., obtained from professional quality videos) is used to correct the motion information of an input video, such as to stabilize the input video. The input video is processed into an original motion chain, which is segmented into original segments. Candidate segments are found for each original segment, and one candidate segment is matched (based on matching criteria or the like) to each original segments. The matched candidates are stitched together to form a changed motion chain that via image warping changes the motion in the output video. Also described is building the data store by processing reference videos into motion information; different data stores may be built based upon styles of reference videos that match a particular style of motion (e.g., action video, scenic video) for the data store. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165124 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165125 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165126 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165127 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165128 | DIGITAL CAMERA SUPPORTING INTELLIGENT SELF-TIMER MODE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a digital camera supporting an intelligent self-timer, which pauses an image capturing operation when an unwanted subject enters a subject composition and starts the image capturing operation later, and a method of controlling the digital camera. The digital camera includes a motion calculating unit which calculates degree of motions observed in image frames that are obtained in a chronologically successive manner, and an image capture start determining unit which determines whether to start an image capturing operation or not based on whether entry of an unwanted subject is detected or not from the calculated degree of motions and whether a set self-timer time is over or not. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165129 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An apparatus for processing an image includes a motion vector detector, a motion-blurring-mitigated image generator, and a spatial resolution creation unit. The motion vector detector is configured to detect a motion vector by using an image that is made up of multiple pixels and acquired by an image sensor having time integration effects. The motion-blurring-mitigated image generator is configured to generate a motion-blurring-mitigated image in which motion blurring of a moving object is mitigated by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector on the assumption that a pixel value of pixel of the moving object in the image is a value obtained by integrating, in a time direction, a pixel value of each pixel in which no motion blurring that corresponds to the moving object occur as it is moved. The spatial resolution creation unit is configured to generate an image that has a higher spatial resolution than that of the image made up of the multiple pixels by using the motion vector detected by the motion vector detector and the motion-blurring-mitigated image from the motion-blurring-mitigated image generator. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165130 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165131 | IMAGE STABILIZER AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT THEREWITH - An image stabilizer has a base block, an inner frame for holding a CCD, an outer frame, a pair of horizontal leaf springs, a pair of vertical leaf springs, voice coil motors (VCMs) and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). Upon a shake of a digital still camera due to hand-held shooting, the VCMs shift the inner or outer frame while bending the horizontal or vertical leaf springs so that the CCD is shifted to counteract the camera shake. The FPC connected to the CCD and the VCMs is routed from the inner frame, through the horizontal leaf spring, the outer frame and the vertical leaf spring, and pulled out above the base block. The FPC is glued to the horizontal and vertical leaf springs, and elastically bent together with the horizontal and vertical leaf springs. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165132 | IMAGE STABILIZER FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - An image stabilizer has a base block, a CCD holder, an intermediate member, a rectangular frame-shaped first sheet metal member, a rectangular frame-shaped second sheet metal member, and voice coil motors (VCMs). The first sheet metal member has a pair of mutually-parallel horizontal leaf springs that is formed by bending upper and lower sides of the first sheet metal member. The second sheet metal member has a pair of mutually-parallel vertical leaf springs that is formed by bending right and left sides of the second sheet metal member. The horizontal leaf springs are flexible along a Y-axis, and the vertical leaf springs are flexible along an X-axis in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis. The VCMs shift a CCD through the CCD holder, while bending the horizontal or vertical leaf springs, to counteract a camera shake in an X-axis or Y-axis direction. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165133 | IMAGING METHOD, IMAGING DEVICE, AND MANAGING DEVICE FOR MANAGING IMAGES CAPTURED - The LOST registration request reception unit acknowledges a direction to cause an imaging device to capture an image and to acknowledge identification information of the imaging device. A device information reception unit acknowledges from the imaging device the identification information of the imaging device via a network. A device information examination unit directs an image to be captured when the identification information acknowledged by the LOST registration request reception unit and the identification information acknowledged by the device information reception unit match. An imaged data reception unit acknowledges the image. An imaged data transmission unit transmits the image. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165134 | Arrayed Imaging Systems And Associated Methods - Arrayed imaging systems include an array of detectors formed with a common base and a first array of layered optical elements, each one of the layered optical elements being optically connected with a detector in the array of detectors. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165135 | EXPOSURE CONTROL BASED ON IMAGE SENSOR COST FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a method, a computer-readable medium, a computer program and an apparatus for exposure control. A histogram of the number of image sensor area elements of an image sensor that receive light at specific light reception rates from an image target is determined. At least one exposure time is determined for capture of said image target based on said histogram and on a cost function that expresses a performance of said image sensor as a function of light reception rate per image sensor area element and exposure time. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165136 | Optical Imaging Systems And Methods Utilizing Nonlinear And/Or Spatially Varying Image Processing - Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets, and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. The processing may optionally be nonlinear. Other imaging systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to form an optical image. A detector generates electronic data having one or more image attributes that are dependent on characteristics of the phase modifying elements and/or the detector. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165137 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An image processing method for executing color conversion processing on input image data by taking into consideration chromatic adaptation, includes: executing color conversion processing by taking into consideration an adaptation factor indicating an extent of adaptation to an illumination condition under which a scene where an input image is obtained is illuminated or an adaptation factor indicating an extent of adaptation to a viewing condition where the input image is observed; and altering the adaptation factor in correspondence to a color of a conversion target pixel. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165138 | MODULAR MOTION CAMERA - Modular digital motion camera systems are disclosed. Individual modules may be removed from the system and replaced, such as to benefit from upgraded technology, while preserving the remaining modules in the system. The modules may be disassembled and reconstructed to convert the physical form of the camera, such as between ENG configurations, DSLR configurations and studio configurations. Universal lens mount modules are provided, to enable use of lens systems from a variety of commercial manufacturers. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165139 | IMAGE GAMUT MAPPING - A method of gamut mapping maps an input image composed of pixels and having an input gamut (IG) defined by input RGB primaries (Ri, Gi, Bi) to a reproduction gamut (RG) defined by reproduction RGB primaries (Ro, Go, Bo). The reproduction gamut (RG) is narrower than the input gamut (IG). An input signal (RGBin) defined with respect to the input RGB primaries (Ri, Gi, Bi) is color transformed ( | 2010-07-01 |
20100165140 | DIGITAL IMAGE ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION AND RESOLUTION USING FACE DETECTION INFORMATION - A method of adjustable spatial and/or temporal compression of an image including a face includes identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image. A first compression portion of the image including the group of pixels is determined. A second compression portion of the image other than the group of pixels is also determined. The first compression portion may be automatically compressed with higher-grade compression than the second compression portion to generate a compressed image including the face, or an option to provided the compressed image including the different grade compressions may be provided. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165141 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR CONVERTING NON-LINEAR RGB IMAGE DATA TO L*A*B* IMAGE DATA - An image processing method includes the steps of linearizing a Color Filter Array image having non-linear RGB pixel data to generate a linearized image, the step of linearizing using at least one lookup table for each of the three RGB colors, the step of linearizing further performed using an address for current RGB pixel data being read to index the lookup tables and incrementing the addresses for the RGB pixel data; generating a histogram for each of three RGB image color planes of the linearized image data, and storing at least a high and a low threshold for each histogram; planarizing the linearized image using the high and the low thresholds to generate a planarized linear RGB image; and transforming the planarized linear RGB image from planarized linear RGB form to L*a*b* form. The step of transforming the planarized linear RGB image from planarized linear RGB form to L*a*b* form performs additional steps of white balancing, range expansion, resampling, color conversion, and sharpening. The additional steps read and write to a plurality of buffers such that the additional steps are performed in parallel. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165142 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a white balance adjustment method for the electronic device installed with a camera unit are provided. The camera unit is installed with a light sensor and a digital signal processor (DSP). The light sensor senses light that strikes the electronic device, to determine a source of the light, and acquires illumination parameters of the light source. The DSP adjusts white balance settings of the camera unit according to the illumination parameters, and converts an image of an object captured by a charge coupled device into a user recognizable image. The user recognizable image is displayed on a display device of the electronic device. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA MODULE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE COLOR SPECTRUM OF A WHITE LED - A method and an apparatus enabling use of a light source emitting a spectrum of light not following characteristics of a blackbody source of light with a camera module programmed for use with light sources following characteristics of blackbody sources of light, wherein a white-balance patch is transmitted to the camera module to cause the camera module to accept color coordinates representing a point on a chromaticity chart that partly defines a region of color coordinates on the chromaticity chart into which color coordinates of the light source fall and to which color coordinates of a reference white color derived by a white-balance routine of the camera module are constrained. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165144 | SCENE ILLUMINATION ADAPTIVE LENS SHADING CORRECTION FOR IMAGING DEVICES - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for scene adaptive lens shading correction. One or more gain adjustment surfaces calibrated to a reference illuminant type is stored. At least one scene adjustment surface, which varies as a function of the illuminant type, is stored for each additional illuminant type for which lens shading correction is desired. Additionally, an imaging device with a color image sensor may define a gain adjustment surface and a scene adjustment surface for each of the color channels of the image sensor. Scene adaptive lens shading correction entails determining an illuminant type for a captured image, selecting a scene adjustment surface based on the determined illuminant type, and processing the image using a gain adjustment surface modified by the scene adjustment surface. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165145 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus and method is disclosed by which moving pictures of a high frame rate can be displayed. The image pickup apparatus for picking up moving pictures, includes: a distribution section for distributing light incoming through an optical lens to n directions; n image pickup elements for converting the light distributed by the distribution section into signals at time intervals of 1/m second to pick up images; and a control section for controlling timings at which the light is to be converted into the signals by the image pickup elements; the control section controlling the n image pickup elements to convert the light into the signals at timings successively displaced by 1/m×n second to pick up images. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A structure is provided that prevents damage to an HDD and loss of recorded data by prohibiting the hard disk from being shifted to the active state in a state in which there is a problem with an environment. On the basis of detection information of each of sensors such as a fall sensor and a temperature sensor, it is determined whether or not data recording or a playback process utilizing the hard disk can be executed safely. The hard disk is caused to be shifted from being in a suspended state to being in an active state on condition that it is determined that safe data recording or playback is possible, and a data recording and playback process utilizing the hard disk is executed. By using this structure, the hard disk is prevented from being shifted to being in the active state in a state in which there is a problem with the environment, for example, in the case of falling, the case of high temperature or high humidity, or the like, and damage to the HDD and loss of recorded data can be prevented. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165147 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A brightness adjustment section | 2010-07-01 |
20100165148 | APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for improving an image quality and method thereof includes a digital camera outputting either a first image signal non-processed or a second image signal processed by a first control signal by converting image information to digital information, an image streaming device storing either the first image signal or the second image signal outputted from the digital camera, the image streaming device outputting the first control signal by processing the second control signal, and a data processor comparing a target value to either the first or second image signal stored in the image streaming device, the data processor outputting the second control signal having an error value according to a result of the comparison. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165149 | Opponent Color Detail Enhancement for Saturated Colors - A method, system and device for enhancing detail in areas of saturated color in an image are described. As areas of saturated color are detected in an image the opponent color channel is used to calculate a factor to apply to the original pixel value. By calculating this factor to adjust the pixel values of the image detail may be enhanced in the color saturated areas. A user supplied value may also be included to control the amount of automatic adjustment to the pixel values. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165150 | DETECTING ORIENTATION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING FACE DETECTION INFORMATION - A method of automatically establishing the correct orientation of an image using facial information. This method is based on the exploitation of the inherent property of image recognition algorithms in general and face detection in particular, where the recognition is based on criteria that is highly orientation sensitive. By applying a detection algorithm to images in various orientations, or alternatively by rotating the classifiers, and comparing the number of successful faces that are detected in each orientation, one may conclude as to the most likely correct orientation. Such method can be implemented as an automated method or a semi automatic method to guide users in viewing, capturing or printing of images. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165151 | PROCESSING IMAGE FRAMES IN DIFFERENT FORMATS WITH REDUCED MEMORY REQUIREMENTS IN DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS - In a digital still camera, pixel values representing an image frame in a first format are stored in a memory. The pixel values of the image frame in the first format are converted to a second format. The pixel values in the second format are stored in the memory by overwriting at least a portion of the pixel values in the first format. Memory space is thus conserved by the overwriting, thereby requiring reduced memory for storage of pixel values in the digital still camera. The minimum delay (shot to shot interval) required between user-indicated image capture instances is also reduced. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165152 | Processing Images Having Different Focus - Processing images of a scene taken with different focus includes, for each of at least some of the images, determining at least one portion of the image having a predetermined characteristic. A representation of the scene is generated that includes an array of elements, where each of at least some of the elements corresponds to a determined portion of at least one of the images. An element of the array is based on a correspondence between a distance associated with a determined portion of at least one image and a focused distance associated with at least one image. The generated representation is stored or provided as output. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165153 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - It is to reduce a recording capacity required for recording image data acquired by composition bracket photographing. In order to attain the object mentioned above, an image processing section designates a plurality of subject trimming images generated by respectively clipping out a plurality of subject images included in the picked-up image obtained by the correction circuit so as to set the plurality of designated subject trimming images as a first trimming image, sets an image encompassing the plurality of subject trimming images as a second trimming image, calculates a data size of the first trimming image with a data size of the second trimming image so as to compare the data sizes of the first trimming image and the second trimming image with each other, and selects one of the first trimming image and the second trimming image to be recorded in a recording section, whose data size is smaller than that of the other one. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165154 | NOISE ELIMINATION METHOD OF IMAGE SEQUENCE - A noise elimination method of an image sequence is described. During a color separation of a raw image data captured by an image capturing element, 3D filtering is integrated. First, the raw image data is converted into a gray-scaled full luma image, an interframe filtering process is performed to eliminate possible noises in the gray-scaled full luma image, and an interpolation process is performed with the raw image data. During the implementation, an adaptive frame average filtering process is also performed to obtain a preferred image filtering result through an appropriate filtering manner. Therefore, an adaptive interframe interpolation for eliminating noises is to prevent noises or artifacts generated by the noises from affecting the subsequent image processing. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165155 | CAMERA MODULE WITH PLURAL IMAGING UNITS - An exemplary camera module includes a base, a number of image sensors and a number of lens modules. The base includes a bottom surface and a number of sloping surfaces sloped relative to the bottom surface. The sloping surfaces are oriented in different planes from each other. The image sensors are positioned on the sloping surfaces, respectively. The lens modules are positioned on the respective sloping surfaces above the respective image sensors. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165156 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING FOCUSING ADJUSTMENT MEANS - An image capture device includes first and second image sensors arranged to capture first and second images respectively of a same scene, each of the first and second images including pixel values; an objective lens associated with each of the image sensors, one objective lens being axially offset with respect to the other and having the same focal length as the other; a unit for analyzing the sharpness of each image; and a unit for selecting the image of desired sharpness. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165157 | APPARATUS FOR DEMOSAICING COLORS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and method for demosaicing colors in an image sensor can accurately locate edge directionality by detecting a successive 1-line edge precisely. The embodiments may include an image sensor containing information on a color signal detected from each pixel, a first line memory receiving and storing output data from the image sensor, a missing green information extractor extracting missing green pixel information from the data of the first line memory, a delayer receiving the data of the first line memory, the delayer delaying the received data for a prescribed duration, the delayer outputting the delayed data, a second line memory temporarily storing the data outputted from the missing green information extractor and the data provided via the delayer, and a missing red/blue information outputter extracting missing red/blue information from the data of the second line memory. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSOR CHARACTERIZATION - The detailed technology relates to optical sensors, and more particularly relates to characterizing local behaviors of a sensor, and using such characterization information in a sensor-based system. In a particular arrangement, output signals produced from each of plural sensing elements in a 2D optical sensor are checked to determine whether they tend to differ from output signals produced by one or more neighboring sensing elements—when combined across plural captured image frames. The results are stored in an associated memory, and can be consulted in determining how image data captured from the sensor should be used. The technology is particularly illustrated in the context of a watermark decoder for a cell phone camera. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2010-07-01 |
20100165159 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device in which Υ characteristic is obtained and enlargement of dynamic range is provided. The solid state imaging device of the present invention includes a vertical overflow function and has a feature in which potential of a semiconductor substrate is changed from a high potential to a low potential in a stepwise manner during a period from an exposure start to an exposure end. | 2010-07-01 |