27th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130169782 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A diagnostic imaging apparatus and a method of operating the diagnostic imaging apparatus. The diagnostic imaging apparatus includes: a probe that scans a subject, into which a contrast agent is injected, to obtain a scan signal; and a display unit that displays a scan video image obtained based on the scan signal, on a first region of a screen, and N captured images from the scan video image on a second region of the screen, where N is a natural number. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169783 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an image receiver which receives an image signal; an image processor which processes the image signal received by the image receiver according to a preset image processing operation; a display unit which displays thereon an image based on the image signal that is processed by the image processor; a camera which captures a predetermined subject an generates a first image; and a controller which determines the subject from the first image generated by the camera, generates a second image including the subject by automatically adjusting the first image according to a preset image standard by focusing on the determined subject, and displays the second image on the display unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169784 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a detector and an image processing unit. The detector executes image pickup operations in which electrical signals based on radiation are output and executes, in a period between a first image pickup operation and a second image pickup operation, a first inter-image pickup operation for suppressing a lag generated by the first image pickup operation and a second inter-image pickup operation for obtaining dark signals from the detector after the first inter-image pickup operation. The signal processing unit calculates a correction coefficient using a first time ts, a second time te, and the dark signals, predicts an amount of offset to be included in electrical signals of the second image pickup operation using a third time ts′, a fourth time te′, and the correction coefficient, and executes calculation using the electrical signals and the amount of offset output from the detector in the second image pickup operation. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169785 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND IMPROVING OPERATOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINES - Methods, systems and apparatus are presented that can warn a machine operator of an object in a machine path when an operator is not looking in the machine travel direction. A situational awareness detector (SAD) can be configured to determine operator orientation and operator sight direction or field of view. A SAD can be configured to determine machine or implement travel path and whether an object of interest such as a boundary, pond, rock pile, etc. is positioned within the travel path. By comparing operator line of sight or field of view with machine and/or implement travel path, a SAD can determine operator awareness of the object in the travel path. If an operator is unaware of the object, an alert can be provided. If a determination is made that an operator is aware of an object, a system of the invention can refrain from providing an alert. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169786 | TELEVISION, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE TELEVISION - A television, a control method and a control device for the television are disclosed in the present invention. The control method for the television includes the following steps of: obtaining motion track points of a moving target and fitting the motion track points into a motion curve; calculating angle information corresponding to the motion track points on the motion curve; judging whether the angle information corresponding to a first track point in the motion track points and the angle information corresponding to a second track point in the motion track points are in the same preset range, wherein the first and second track points are adjacent; and when the angle information corresponding to the first track point and the angle information corresponding to the second track point are not in the same preset range, generating a control instruction to control the action of the television. By the present invention, a user can conveniently control the television by utilizing gestures. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169787 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, MICROSCOPE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing device | 2013-07-04 |
20130169788 | MICROSCOPE, IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A microscope | 2013-07-04 |
20130169789 | OPTICAL INSPECTING SYSTEM - An optical inspecting system for inspecting a surface of a solar cell chip includes a housing, a control device, an image capturing device and a lighting device configured in the housing. The lighting device provides monochromatic lights on the solar cell chip, and the image capturing device captures the image of the solar cell chip. The control device is electrically connected to the image capturing device and the lighting device for controlling the optical inspecting system to perform defect and color inspecting processes on the surface of the solar cell chip. By the communication among the image capturing device, the lighting device, and the control device, images with different resolutions can be obtained according to different inspecting processes, and monochrome sensor array can be used for decreasing error. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169790 | OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - An optical characteristics capturing apparatus includes an adjustable stage for carrying the flexible display, an image capturing device disposed above the adjustable stage, and two first collimated light sources. A part of the flexible display forms a curved surface. An intersection of a receiving optical axis of the image capturing device and the curved surface of the flexible display is an intersection point. The two first collimated light sources project two dot-patterns onto the intersection point along two first optical paths having identical length but different extending directions. An included angle between each of the two first optical paths and the receiving optical axis is an acute angle. The two first optical paths and the receiving optical axis are located in a first virtual plane. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169791 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING WIDTHS OF MEASURED PARTS - In a method to measure widths of measured parts placed on a platform, a computing device connects to one or more charge coupled device (CCD) cameras. The method controls each of the CCD cameras to capture a digital image from a measured part that is placed near the CCD cameras, obtains the digital image of the measured part from each of the CCD cameras in a predefined order, and obtains a binary expression from the digital image of the measured part. When the measured part is placed in a correct position on the platform, the method further obtains three points from an upper boundary of the measured part in the binary expression and another three points from a lower boundary of the measured part in the binary expression, and calculates width of the measured part according to the obtained six points. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169792 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN A PARKING OPERATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention provides a method for assisting in a parking operation for a motor vehicle ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130169793 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection system captures an inspected object which is illuminated by an illumination system and processes an image of the inspected object which is expressed by the obtained image data to inspect it. The inspection system includes a processing information determining portion determining processing information which is used for the inspection processing which changes along with the change of the amount of illumination light from the illumination system from the initial amount of light to the target amount of light when the set amount of light of the illumination system is changed from the initial amount of light to the target amount of light, and which system performs the inspection processing by using processing information which is determined by the processing information determining means in accordance with the elapsed time from when the set amount of light of the illumination system is switched to the target amount of light. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169794 | ROAD SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE, ROAD SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A road surface inspection device detects an abnormal region on a road surface from the road surface on a road image captured by a camera. The road surface inspection device determines whether the detected abnormal region overlaps a trace on the road image, along which the wheels of a patrol car are expected to pass on the road surface. When the abnormal region overlaps the trace of wheels, the road surface inspection device determines whether an acceleration at the measurement time corresponding to the captured time of the road image among the accelerations measured during driving on the road surface by a G-sensor is outside a predetermined range. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169795 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION METHOD, AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - An illumination system includes a first illumination unit which uses an amount of illumination light in accordance with a set amount of light to illuminate an illuminated object, a second illumination unit which has a response to switching of the set amount of light better than said first illumination unit and which uses illumination light which is superposed on the illumination light from said first illumination unit to illuminate said illuminated object, and an illumination controller which controls the amount of illumination light of said second illumination unit by switching the set amount of light in accordance with the control information while maintaining the amount of illumination light of said first illumination unit at a predetermined amount. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169796 | LIGHT SYSTEM FOR EMPHASIZING OBJECTS - Light-emitting devices ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130169797 | COLOR DETECTOR FOR VEHICLE - A color detector for a vehicle that detects a color of an external image by receiving predetermined image data from a camera photographing the external image of the vehicle, may include an RGB converting unit converting a photographed image of the camera into RGB image data, an HSI (Hue, Saturation, and Intensity) image extracting unit extracting a hue image, a saturation image, and an intensity image of the RGB image data, a reverse image extracting unit extracting a reverse saturation image, a reverse modulo saturation image, and a reverse luminance image of the RGB image data, and a color detecting unit detecting white, black, red, and yellow colors by using two or more images selected from the hue image, the saturation image, the intensity image, the reverse saturation image, the reverse modulo saturation image, and the reverse luminance image by a predetermined algorithm. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169798 | CHECKING DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON IMAGE PROCESSING - A device for detecting objects includes a vessel intended to contain the objects. A sensor is configured to capture at least one image of the vessel. A processing device is configured to process at least one captured image by detecting objects of the at least one captured image, extracting characteristics of each detected object, and generating a list of the characteristics of each detected object. A memory stores the generated list, the memory also configured to store a first reference list of object characteristics. The processing device further generates a second list of characteristics from a captured image. The characteristics of each object of the second list are compared with, respectively, the characteristics of each object of the reference list. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING ERRORS ON COMPONENTS OF ROTATING MACHINES BY THERMOGRAPHY - Computer-based detection of damage on machine components, such as misalignments and mechanical damage on bearings and clutches, is achieved using mathematical linkage of the temperatures of selected regions of thermography pictures. Photographs from the visible spectral range can be consulted in the computed-based detection. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169800 | DISPLACEMENT MAGNITUDE DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - A displacement magnitude calculation device for a vehicle-mounted camera includes a reference value calculating unit | 2013-07-04 |
20130169801 | Visual Command Processing - An example method for processing visual communications at a video camera according to the disclosure includes analyzing video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the camera by a user in the field of view of the camera, executing the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the command was successfully executed, and providing a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169802 | Entrance Guard Device with Light-Uniformization Structure - The present invention relates to an entrance guard device with light-uniformization structure, comprising: a housing, a main controlling module, a keypress module, a display module, a doorbell module, and an image capture module, wherein the image capture module consists of an image capture device accommodating body, a light-emitting assembly, an image capture device, a light-uniformization member, and a lens. In the present invention, the light-uniformization member is disposed at the front of a plurality of light-emitting chips of the light-emitting assembly, such that the light emitted by the light-emitting chips is able to enter the light-uniformization member, and then the light would be uniformly emitted by the light-uniformization member after the light are refracted; Therefore, the uniform light may shine on people face for making an image capture device of the image capture module capture the facial feature of people completely and clearly. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169803 | METHOD AND MOBILE UNIT FOR FACILITATING INSTALLATION OF A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - A method and mobile unit facilitate installation of a surveillance camera for monitoring an object of interest in a scene. The surveillance camera acquires a zoomed out image of the scene. The zoomed out image is displayed in a display wherein the zoomed out image has a zoomed out center point. An indicator overlaid on the displayed zoomed out image is displayed in the display, wherein the indicator and the zoomed out center point are displaced in relation to each other by a deviation. The indicator indicates the position of a zoomed in center point of a zoomed in image of the scene. The surveillance camera is directed so that the position of the object of interest and the indicator coincide so that the object of interest is included in a zoomed in image of the scene. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169804 | AUTOMATED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING 2D SILHOUETTES FROM ONE OR MORE 3D OBJECTS - A method and apparatus for obtaining 2D silhouettes from one or more 3D objects, which uses an image acquisition unit having a telecentric lens system that is able to fully scan an object in one dimension. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169805 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING DIFFUSED REFLECTION OF LIGHTING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY USING A MONITORING CAMERA - The present invention relates to a device for preventing diffused reflection of lighting for photography using a monitoring camera. Specifically, in a monitoring camera to which IR LED lighting for night-time surveillance is applied, a diffused reflection region of the IR LED due to a rotating motion of a camera lens part may be moved to secure a wide viewing angle. The device for preventing diffused reflection includes: a light emitting diode (LED) lighting part including a plurality of infrared (IR) LEDs disposed along a circular ring part at a predetermined interval and forming a blocking region in which no IR LEDs are installed to match an insertion region within the housing when the LED lighting part is rotated at a maximum angle due to vertical rotation of the vertical rotation bracket; and a lighting part bracket in which the LED lighting part is accommodated and is fixed and which is horizontally rotated clockwise/counterclockwise so that the blocking region formed in the LED lighting part exists within the housing when the camera body is multi-axis rotated for monitoring. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169806 | FLIGHT SYSTEM WITH INFRARED CAMERA AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A flight system of an infrared camera and its communication method are disclosed. The system includes an infrared camera mounted on an aircraft. The system may also include: a signal collection and process unit provided on the infrared camera for obtaining infrared image signals of a monitored object and transforming the image signals into communication signals; a communication signal transmission unit for receiving the communication signals from the signal collection and process unit, emitting the received communication signals via a communication channel, and receiving communication signals to transmit to the infrared camera; and an on-board satellite communication apparatus for emitting the communication signals to a satellite, and receiving communication signals coming from the satellite to be transmitted to the communication signal transmission unit. The system can be connected to a satellite, ground base station or ground network, and server of a ground control center, through an on-board satellite communication apparatus. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169807 | VIRTUAL WINDOW FOR AIRCRAFT - To create an environment in which the passenger has the same emotion, feel and visual experience that a pilot has with regard to freedom of flight and proximity to the exterior of the aircraft and where passengers have the impression that they are looking out of an actual panoramic window, a “virtual window” includes internal and the external aspects of a real window. The internal part can comprise a folded or flexible high resolution color display that conforms to the internal profile of the aircraft fuselage as if it were an actual window. The external part comprises a paint scheme that is indistinguishable from an actual window and which is placed on the outside of the aircraft fuselage in registry with the conformal display in the aircraft's interior. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169808 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ALIGNMENT ERRORS OF AN EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM MAKING USE OF SYMMETRICAL EXPOSURES - According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a method for calibrating alignment errors of a sight mark of an on-board imaging system inside an observation satellite, wherein a reference image of a scene is compared with a secondary image of the scene acquired by the imaging system,
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20130169809 | MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING MODULE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING A VOLUME - A monitoring system for a periphery of a structure ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130169810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FRAUD DETECTION - A system and method of preventing fraud in a retail establishment having a drive through window using a point-of-sale (POS) system, a vehicle sensor and customizable algorithms. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169811 | SELF-CALIBRATED, REMOTE IMAGING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - An imaging sensor system, adaptably mountable to a vehicle having a view of a target area comprising: a rigid mount unit having at least two imaging sensors disposed within the mount unit, wherein a first imaging and a second imaging sensor each has a focal axis passing through an aperture in the mount unit, wherein the first imaging sensor generates a first image area comprising a first data array of pixels and the second imaging sensor generates a second image area comprising a second data array of pixels, wherein the first and second imaging sensors are offset to have a first image overlap area in the target area, wherein the first sensors image data bisects the second sensors image data in the first image overlap area. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169812 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM - A vehicular imaging system comprises a single imaging sensor having a plurality of photosensor elements. The imaging sensor captures image data of a scene exterior of the vehicle within its field of view. Image data captured by the imaging sensor is provided to a control. The control also receives via a communication bus at least one of vehicle pitch information, vehicle yaw information and vehicle steering information. The control detects two substantially straight and converging road features along the road the vehicle is travelling and determines a point of intersection where they would converge using, at least in part, the received vehicle information and the control automatically corrects for misalignment of the imaging sensor mounted at the vehicle. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169813 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TIRE PARAMETERS OF A VEHICLE - A device for measuring tire parameters of a vehicle, comprising a detector for detecting a tire pressure of the vehicle, a measuring system for detecting a tire profile depth of the vehicle, and an output unit for outputting measured tire parameters that include and/or take into account the tire pressure and the tire profile depth. The detector and the measuring system have a measuring arrangement which is designed to be driven over by the vehicle and which is designed to measure the tire pressure as well as the tire profile depth in a moving vehicle, and the output unit is designed to display a result of the measurement such that an operating person that drives the vehicle can detect the measurement in the vehicle or from the vehicle directly after driving over the measuring arrangement. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169814 | LAMP SOCKET TYPE CAMERA - The present invention is to provide a lamp socket type camera which includes an outer housing, a bulb socket connected to the outer housing and capable of being threadedly and electrically connected to an existing lamp socket for receiving electric power from the lamp socket, a power module received in the receiving space and electrically connected to the bulb socket for converting the electric power received from the bulb socket into a required specification, a control module received in the receiving space and connected to the power module, a wireless transmission module received in the receiving space and connected to the control module, and an image capturing element connected to the power module and the control module respectively for capturing image data from outside of the outer housing and transmitting the image data to the control module which will send the image data out via the wireless transmission module wirelessly. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169815 | EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURES WITH REMOTE LOGGING, AUTHORIZATION AND MONITORING - A system and method for authenticating an operator may include a server configured to receive a request to access an enclosure, wherein the request may include at least one enclosure identification and at least one operator identification. At least one ticket associated with the enclosure identification may be identified. The server may determine whether the at least one ticket is associated with the at least one operator identification and transmit instructions to the enclosure in response to determining whether the at least one ticket is associate with the at least one operator identification. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169816 | MONITORING AND MANAGING DEVICE, MONITORING AND MANAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA CENTER - A monitoring and managing method applied to a data center comprising racks is provided, wherein each rack comprises at least one electronic apparatus, and the monitoring and managing method comprises: capturing an image from a panel side of the racks to generate a first visible light image; capturing a non-visible light image of a heat dissipation side of the racks; using image recognition to determine the status of light signals and network ports of the at least one electronic apparatus and forming status information according to the first visible light image; storing the first visible light image and the non-visible light image; determining whether there is an abnormal event of the data center according to the first visible light image, the status information and profile of the data center. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169817 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING SMART BUILDING RESCUE - The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder firefighter to take command of a building having a potential fire event. Using the method and system herein, the firefighter is able to clearly signal and guide the safe evacuation of that building. Also mounted in the building are signal arrays that are controlled and triggered by the firefighter to clearly delineate a safe and efficient evacuation route from the building. Room signal stations are provided and can be shown to the first responder firefighter to help prioritize the rescue of a building and allows for interaction and communication between an occupant and a firefighter in order to facilitate or enable more efficient and safer rescue. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169818 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic probe, and an image diagnosis apparatus perform an ultrasonic procedure. The ultrasonic transducer includes: a piezoelectric layer; an acoustic matching layer disposed on an upper surface of the piezoelectric layer; and a plurality of back efficiency layers that are disposed on a lower surface of the piezoelectric layer and have different acoustic impedances. The sensitivity, bandwidth, and pulse length of the ultrasonic transducer may be controlled by appropriately changing acoustic impedances and thicknesses of the back efficiency layers. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169819 | IMAGE STABILIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and systems of stabilizing a sequence of infrared (IR) images captured using an infrared (IR) imaging system, includes: generating edge information representations of selected captured IR images in said sequence; for each generated edge information representation, generating a second representation having a reduced amount of information compared to the edge information representation; determining displacements between captured IR images in relation to previous IR images in said sequence based on a comparison between said second representations; generating a stabilized sequence of IR images by shifting said captured IR images based on said determined displacements. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169820 | CAMERA DEVICE TO CAPTURE AND GENERATE TARGET LEAD AND SHOOTING TECHNIQUE DATA AND IMAGES - This invention relates to processes for the capturing of the images of a target, and/or the shooter, at the time around the discharge of a gun, bow, or shooting device and the display of the images prior to discharge, around point of discharge, and post discharge in a manner that allows the shooter to analyze the images and data. More particularly, the present invention relates to the process in shooting where a moving target must be led in order that the projectile (or projectiles) arrives on target after the point in time where the shoot decision is made and the projectile reaches the target area. This invention will aid the shooter by letting them see images and sight pictures of successful and unsuccessful shots and how much lead, if any, they had given the targets at the point in time they decided to shoot. It also allows for the shooters technique to be recorded and analyzed. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169821 | 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. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169822 | CAMERA CALIBRATION USING FEATURE IDENTIFICATION - Disclosed are methods, systems, computer readable media and other implementations, including a method to calibrate a camera that includes capturing by the camera a frame of a scene, identifying features appearing in the captured frame, the features associated with pre-determined values representative of physical attributes of one or more objects, and determining parameters of the camera based on the identified features appearing in the captured frame and the pre-determined values associated with the identified features. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169823 | IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM, IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAMS - The present invention evaluates the quality of an image shot by a terminal device in a state closer to that seen with the eye. A computer evaluates the quality of an image obtained by shooting a photographic subject including a periodic pattern that fluctuates periodically in one direction. A Fourier transform unit accomplishes a two-dimensional Fourier transform on the image to obtain two-dimensional spatial frequency spectrum components. An analysis unit analyzes the resolution of the image on the basis of spectrum components of spatial frequencies included in the periodic pattern, among the two-dimensional spatial frequency spectrum components obtained by the Fourier transform unit, and analyzes the deterioration of the image on the basis of spectrum components other than these. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169824 | BLUR DETECTION SYSTEM FOR NIGHT SCENE IMAGES | 2013-07-04 |
20130169825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING RESPONSE CURVE OF AN IMAGE SENSOR - The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for measuring response curve of an image sensor. The method comprises: taking at least one photograph of a Grey Scale card with an image sensor to be measured, wherein the photograph comprises a plurality of greyscale image blocks; calculating relative exposure values for each greyscale image block respectively corresponding to the greyscale blocks of the Grey Scale card; plotting a plurality of reference points based on pixel values of pixel points within each greyscale image block and the relative exposure values, and executing an interpolation calculation based on the reference points to obtain a response curve of the image sensor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169826 | METHOD OF VIEWING VIRTUAL DISPLAY OUTPUTS - The disclosed method is directed to viewing a simulated light output generated for a first display on a second display. First, the simulated light output is generated based on qualities of the first display. Next, the simulated light output is compensated for color differences, temporal differences, luminance differences including gamma difference, and differences in viewing environment between the first and the second display, in real-time. Then, the simulated light output that has been compensated for the differences and for viewing environment is output for the second display. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169827 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKE-UP SIMULATION ON PORTABLE DEVICES HAVING DIGITAL CAMERAS - A system and method are capable of performing make-up virtual images obtained with portable devices with a digital camera. The method automatically detects points of interest (eyes, mouth, eyebrow, face contour) of the user's face image allowing the user to virtually apply make-up using fingers on a touch screen. Another algorithm was created to avoid “blurring” of make-up in the application from the user's fingers. The system allows the creation of virtual make-up faces with high accuracy. To carry out the virtual make-up, methods were created for automatically detecting points of interest in the facial image and enforcing transparency in the image to simulate the make-up and restrict the make-up application area within the region where the points of interest are found. The system allows testing cosmetics application in facial images to aid choosing colors of cosmetics before actually applying them. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING LOCATION INFORMATION - A method for using location information is provided. In the method, location information of the mobile terminal is stored every N-basis interval in a motion picture stream. Time information is obtained from the motion picture stream every N-basis interval. Information of a current area of the mobile terminal is obtained every N-basis interval. When a previous area and a current area are different from each other, information of the current area is stored. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169829 | CAMERA CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A camera having communication ability can switch a mode between a communication mode and a shooting mode. The camera combines features of a communication device and a digital camera. The camera comprises a communication device, an imaging device, and a switching device. The switching device switched the communication mode to the shooting mode responsive to completion of communication. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169830 | IMAGE SENSING AND PRINTING DEVICE - An image sensing and printing digital camera device includes a housing defining a slot for receiving a printed instruction card having printed thereon an array of dots representing a programming script, the housing further storing therein a roll of print media; an area image sensor for sensing an image and generating pixel data representing the image; a linear image sensor for scanning the array of dots on the card and converting the array of dots into a data signal; a microcontroller provided in the housing, the microcontroller for decoding the data signal into the programming script and applying the programming script on the pixel data; and a printing mechanism for printing the pixel data, having applied thereto the programming script, on the roll of print media. The microcontroller integrates on a single chip a VLIW processor, a printhead interface, and an output buffer effecting communication between the VLIW processor and the printhead interface | 2013-07-04 |
20130169831 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A system including an image forming apparatus and a terminal for displaying an image acquired by a capturing unit on a display, wherein the terminal comprises: a unit which transmits a current position information, a unit which receives the distribution data in response to the transmission of the current position information, a unit which performs display control such that, when an image including the image forming apparatus is displayed on the display, a message included in distribution data distributed by the image forming apparatus and received from the server is superimposedly displayed on the image, a unit which accepts a print instruction made after the message displayed on the display is selected, and a unit which transmits print data to the image forming apparatus that distributed the distribution data containing the selected message according to the print instruction. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169832 | CAMERA MODULE AND AUTO FOCUSING METHOD OF CAMERA MODULE - A camera module and an auto focusing method of the camera module are provided, the camera module including a VCM (Voice Coil Motor) including a rotor including a lens distanced from a reference plane, in a case no driving signal is applied, a posture detection sensor determining a posture of the VCM; an ISP (Image Signal Processor) generating a driving signal for driving the VCM using an optimum focus value of the lens calculated by an auto focus algorithm in response to a posture of the VCM determined by the posture detection sensor, an image sensor changing lens-passed light to a digital signal, and a controller controlling the VCM, the posture detection sensor, the image signal processor and the image sensor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169833 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensor which outputs, according to a subject, a first image signal in which each pixel is assigned color information of one color; a shake detection portion which detects a translational shake that causes the subject to translate on a moving image based on the output signal of the image sensor and a rotational shake that causes the subject to rotate; and a shake correction portion which corrects, based on the result of detection by the shake detection portion, the translational and rotational shakes contained in the first image signal. The shake correction portion first corrects the translational shake contained in the first image signal, then converts the first image signal into a second image signal in which each pixel is assigned color information of a plurality of colors, and then corrects the rotational shake contained in the second image signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169834 | PHOTO EXTRACTION FROM VIDEO - A method and system for extracting a still photo from a video signal includes selecting a center-of-mass frame, and correcting erroneous pixel data in the center-of-mass frame using pixel data from temporally offset frames to produce a corrected frame. A plurality of corrected frames is produced by repeating the process and an optimized still photo is extracted from the plurality of corrected frames. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169835 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH IMAGE BLENDING FUNCTION AND METHOD THRERFOR - An image blending method implemented by an image capturing device includes: focusing on a close foreground and capturing a first image; focusing on a distant background and capturing a second image; and blending the first image and the second image together to generate a composite image, in which the close foreground is from the close background of the first image and is set to an appropriate proportion and the distant background is from the distant background of the second image and is set to an appropriate proportion. The image capturing device is also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169836 | FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAKING GROUP PHOTO - A face recognition method recognizes complete faces in a preview image of a group photo taken by an image capturing device, divides the preview image into default blocks if the number of the complete faces is no more than a predetermined number, and adjusts the default blocks into adjusted blocks, wherein the adjusted blocks comprising complete face blocks and non-complete face blocks, wherein each of the complete face blocks contains only one complete face while each of the non-complete face blocks does not contain any complete face, and one of the most adjacent complete face contains one of the most adjacent complete faces. The method analyzes the adjusted blocks to obtain target blocks from the non-complete face blocks which is most adjacent to any one of the complete face blocks and recognizes facial features in each of the target blocks and obtain non-complete face blocks. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169837 | DEVICE HAVING IMAGE RECONSTRUCTING FUNCTION, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mask acquisition unit acquires a mask (region information) that matches photography setting information acquired by a photography setting acquisition unit, the mask defining a sub-image region of a light field image acquired by an LFI acquisition unit. A prototype definition unit disposes a prototype of a reconstructed image at a position of reconstruction setting in a reconstruction setting storage unit. A reconstructed pixel selecting unit selects a pixel of interest from pixels of a reconstructed image. A corresponding pixel extracting unit extracts, as a corresponding pixel, a pixel that corresponds to the pixel of interest and is included in a sub-image region of the acquired mask. A pixel value calculation unit calculates a pixel value of the pixel of interest from a pixel value of the corresponding pixel. An output unit decides pixel values of all reconstructed pixels as pixels of interest and generates and outputs a reconstructed image. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169838 | Smartphone-Based Methods and Systems - Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169839 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Even when as an object targeted for registering feature data, an object for which registered feature data has reached an upper limit is selected, replacement of the registered feature data is prompted to register new feature data. An imaging apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a plurality of feature data up to an upper limit number in association with the same object, a selection unit configured to select one of registered objects for which new feature data is to be registered, and a control unit configured to perform control to display a selection screen for allowing, when the object selected by the selection unit is the object for which the upper limit number of feature data has been registered, a user to select the feature data to be replaced with the new feature data among the upper limit number of feature data registered for the object. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169840 | METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method of providing a UI and an image photographing apparatus includes photographing an image, analyzing the photographed image, generating and storing information of the photographed image, and when a user command is input to generate an image search UI, displaying the image search UI that includes a plurality of lists corresponding to a plurality of categories using the information of the photographed image. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169841 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention is a semiconductor device including: a resistor R | 2013-07-04 |
20130169842 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An electronic device that is accessible to a first storage medium that has no communication function and a second storage medium that has a communication function and is detachable to the device, comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; a designation unit configured to designate at least
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20130169843 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes first and second irradiation units that emit first light and second light, respectively, an image pickup unit that outputs, as pixel information, an electrical signal after photoelectric conversion from a pixel arbitrarily designated as a read target among pixels, a setting unit that arbitrarily sets a pixel as the read target and a read order in the image pickup unit, a control unit that controls irradiation processes in the first and second irradiation units and changes the pixel as the read target and the read order according to a type of an irradiation unit that emits light, a reading unit that reads the pixel information by causing the pixel information to be output from the pixel set as the read target, in accordance with the read order, and an image processing unit that generates an image from the pixel information read by the reading unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169844 | Image Enhancement Based on Combining Images from Multiple Cameras - Provided are systems and methods for image enhancement based on combining multiple related images, such as images of the same object taken from different imaging angles. This approach allows simulating images captured from longer distances using telephoto lenses. Initial images may be captured using simple cameras equipped with shorter focal length lenses, typically used on camera phones, tablets, and laptops. The initial images may be taken using two different cameras positioned a certain distance from each other. An object or, more specifically, a center line of the object is identified in each image. The object is typically present in the foreground portion of the initial images. The initial images may be cross-faded along the object center line to yield a combined image. Separating of the foreground and background portions of each image may be separated and separately processed, such as blurring the background portion and sharpening the foreground portion. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169845 | 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. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169846 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, and at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit moves, and the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1). | 2013-07-04 |
20130169847 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH A PROJECTOR - The invention is a digital camera and projector that is suitable for use by children or young adults, does not require the user to engage a mechanical switching of the lenses from camera mode to Projection mode. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169848 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH FUNCTION FOR NOTIFYING ACCEPTANCE OF OPERATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus capable of reducing a time lag between an operation on an operation section and notification of acceptance of the operation. An audio codec section and a speaker perform notification indicating reception of the operation according to the operation performed on the operation section. A PLL circuit supplies the audio codec section and the speaker with a clock signal for causing the audio codec section and the speaker to operate. A system controller detects an approach of a finger for operating the operation section, to the operation section. Further, the system controller starts the PLL circuit or increases a clock frequency supplied from the PLL circuit, when the system controller detects that the distance between the finger and the operation section has become equal to or smaller than a first distance. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169849 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONCURRENTLY SHOOTING IMAGE DISPLAYED BY DISPLAY AND DETERMINED SUB-AREA DESIGNATED IN THE IMAGE - An imaging apparatus is capable of concurrently shooting an image displayed by a display and a determined sub-area designated in the image. The imaging apparatus includes an optical system that collects light from a subject for image formation, an imaging device that generates image data by photoelectrically converting the light, a display that can display an image corresponding to the image data, an input unit, an effective region determination unit that determines an effective region in which the determined sub-area can be set through input of a signal from the input unit, based on characteristic information of the optical system corresponding to a shooting condition, and a display control unit that causes the display to display information indicating the effective region in accordance with a result of determination by the effective region determination unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169850 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus displays, together with an image on a display unit, items related to a plurality of objects in the image. At this time, for the plurality of objects in the image, the display control apparatus displays items related to the respective objects at display positions having a predetermined relative positional relationship with the objects. The display control apparatus decides the order of priority of the plurality of objects. In case that the area of a main object having a highest decided priority level and the display position having the predetermined relative positional relationship for an item related to another object overlap each other, the display control apparatus adjusts the display position of the item related to the other object to eliminate the overlapping, and displays the item related to the other object. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169851 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, an aperture diaphragm, and a second lens unit of a positive refractive power. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a cemented lens Lp | 2013-07-04 |
20130169852 | Imaging Lens, Imaging Device and Portable Terminal - Provided is a small-sized five-element image pickup lens which ensures a sufficient lens speed of about F2 and exhibits various aberrations being excellently corrected. The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from the object side, a first lens with a positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens with a negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing the image side; a third lens with a positive or negative refractive power; a fourth lens with a positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the image side; and a fifth lens with a negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing the image side. The image-side surface of the fifth lens has an aspheric shape, and includes an inflection point at a position excluding an intersection point with the optical axis. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169853 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING AUTOFOCUS BASED ON PRIORITY - An approach for enabling the autofocus feature of a camera to be directed towards priority targets within a frame is described. A camera retrieves a stored object image. An autofocus platform then compares an object viewed by the camera within a scene with the stored object image. The autofocus platform then determines a focus point within the scene based on the comparison. The image is captured by the camera using the determined focus point. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169854 | CAMERA MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND AUTO FOCUS METHOD - A camera module, an electronic device comprising the same and an Auto Focus (AF) method, wherein the camera module controls an AF according to received direction information of the camera module. The camera module includes: a memory configured to store focus drive information of the camera module in different directions; a lens drive unit configured to call the focus drive information stored in the memory and corresponding to the direction information according to the direction of the camera module sensed by the sensor, and drive a lens group according to the focus drive information to perform the AF; and the lens group configured to perform the AF according to the driving by the lens drive unit. The start and stop positions or the preset position of the AF may be more accurately recorded, thereby reducing the power consumption while reducing the time to respond (response time). | 2013-07-04 |
20130169855 | Imaging Arrangements and Methods Therefor - Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169856 | ZOOM LENS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A zoom lens and a photographing apparatus including the same. The zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, and an additional lens grouping having a positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side, wherein the additional lens grouping comprises a third lens group having a positive refractive power. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169857 | SELF-CALIBRATED RINGING COMPENSATION FOR AN AUTOFOCUS ACTUATOR IN A CAMERA MODULE - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an actuator driver in a camera module, and more particularly to methods, systems and devices of employing self-calibrated ringing compensation to improve the autofocus rate of the camera module that is driven by an actuator. Oscillation characteristics of the actuator are calibrated to control a sink current that drives the actuator during an autofocus. The actuator driver comprises a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a filter, a current sink and a self calibration module. The self calibration module calibrates the free-oscillation frequency and damping coefficient, and accordingly, the DAC generates a voltage that may be subsequently bypassed, filtered or shaped by the filter. This voltage is further converted to the sink current by the current sink. Such self-calibrated ringing compensation allows close tracking of free oscillation, and may efficiently enhance the settling time of the lens and autofocus rate of the camera module. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169858 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM AND FOCUS DETECTION METHOD - An image sensing apparatus including: an image sensor including a plurality of focus detection pixel pairs that perform photoelectric conversion on each pair of light beams that have passed through different regions of a photographing lens and output an image signal pair; a flash memory that stores shift information on relative shift between an optical axis of the photographing lens and a central axis of the focus detection pixel pairs; a correction unit that corrects a signal level of the image signal pair based on the shift information and exit pupil information of the photographing lens so as to compensate for an unbalanced amount of light that enters each of the focus detection pixel pairs; and a focus detection unit that detects a focus of the photographing lens using the image signal pair corrected by the correction unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169859 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130169860 | SHORT-RANGE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE FOR IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - The present invention discloses a short-range light source device for use with an image pick-up apparatus and the image pick-up apparatus provided with the same. The short-range light source device comprises a fixing base, multiple protective cap units, multiple light source units and multiple driving units. The fixing base constitutes a light receiving pathway corresponding to the lens of the image pick-up apparatus. Upon being driven by the driving units, the protective cap units are pivotally rotated in relation to the fixing base between a protective shielding position and an open position in a synchronous manner. Each of the light source units has a light exit face which is shielded and protected when the protective cap units are located at the shielding position and exposed when the protective cap units are located at the open position. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169861 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup control portion which includes an image pickup portion and a processing portion performing a process of image picking-up; a position information acquiring portion which acquires position information; a time information acquiring portion which acquires time information; and a power management portion which controls supply of power to the portions, the power management portion and the time information acquiring portion are continuously supplied with power, when the time information corresponds to a predicted use time, the position information acquiring portion is supplied with power, and when the position information is separated from position information of a predetermined place by a predetermined distance or more, a memory for program execution is supplied with power. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169862 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA SHELTER - An electronic device includes a first housing defining a first hole, a second housing, a camera, and a camera shelter. The second housing includes a receiving part and a fixing part. The camera is fixed to the second housing. The camera shelter includes a body, an operation part, and a connection part. The body and the operation part are received in the receiving part. The connection part engages the fixing part to connect the camera shelter to the second housing. The body is sandwiched between the first housing and the second housing. When the operation part positions in a first position, the first hole defined in the first housing overlaps a second hole defined on the body to expose the camera. When the operation part is moved to a second position, the body of the camera shelter shelters the camera. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169863 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN EMBEDDED APPLIANCE - In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a media module and a modification module included in an embedded appliance. The media module is configured to receive a first media signal associated with a first input port of the embedded appliance and a second media signal associated with a second input port of the embedded appliance. The media module is configured to identify a first set of media signal parameters based on the first media signal. The modification module is configured to receive a modification instruction associated with a session format having a second set of media signal parameters different from the first set of media signal parameters. The modification module is configured to modify the first media signal based on the first set of media signal parameters and the modification instruction to produce a first modified media signal in the session format and having the second set of media signal parameters. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169864 | PICTURE-IN-PICTURE VIDEO CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A method and system for multicasting video signals over a network. A standard definition picture-in-picture multicast video signal is encoded from a video signal. A common network address is assigned to the standard definition picture-in-picture multicast video signal for both standard definition picture-in-picture video content and high definition video content. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169865 | TERMINALS HAVING A TELEVISION FUNCTION AND DISPLAY METHODS - Disclosed are terminals having a television function and display methods thereof. The terminal comprises a display, a first port, a first hardware system, and a second hardware system, the display is connected with the first hardware system and the second hardware system, the first port is connected with the first hardware system. The first port is adapted to receive a television signal. In a first operation mode, the first hardware system is adapted to generate a first display data to be displayed by the display according to the television signal, and instruct the display to display the first display data. In a second operation mode, the second hardware system is adapted to generate a second display data to be displayed by the display according to the television signal, and instruct the display to display the second display data. A generation procedure of the second display data is different from a generation procedure of the first display data. The display is adapted to display the received first display data or second display data. What is achieved is that the problem of making a television in an all in one device of television & computer operate independently can be addressed, and thereby the stability and utility of the terminals are improved. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169866 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTABLE THERETO AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - A display apparatus, an external peripheral device connectable thereto and an image displaying method. The display apparatus includes a video receiver which receives a video signal; a display unit which displays an image; and a peripheral device connector which includes a first port to transmit and receive a video signal and a second port to receive a video signal, both of which are connected to the external peripheral device. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169867 | VIDEO OUTPUT DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - A video output device such as a television receiver is provided with a subtitle information extracting function for extracting subtitle information from a video signal, and in response to an operation of an operation button on a remote control terminal, subtitle information extracted by the subtitle information extracting means is transmitted to the remote control terminal by infrared communication that uses a transmitting means provided on the video output device and a receiving means provided on the remote control terminal side, and is displayed on a display screen of the remote control terminal. Thus, a video output device set that is capable of displaying subtitle information contained in a video signal on the display screen of the remote control terminal by a simple operation can be provided low in cost. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169868 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive transmission streams and output a first number of transmission stream signals; a first signal processor configured to receive the first number of transmission stream signals in parallel, group the received transmission stream signals according to kinds thereof, and output a second number of transmission stream signals, the second number being less than the first number; a second signal processor configured to receive the second number of transmission stream signals output from the first signal processor, restore the received transmission stream signals into the first number of transmission stream signals, and form output data using the restored transmission stream signals; and an output configured to output the output data formed in the second signal processor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169869 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING MEDIA SERVICES - A method is suggested enabling a person that watches a TV broadcasted live event to select and associate in a simple manner to the displayed video, an audio stream dealing with the same event but delivered by another source than the TV channel. The method relies on techniques allowing to know and to decode some available audio streams that deal with the same live event as the one currently displayed on TV and to synchronize these audio streams with the TV channel. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169870 | FRONT-END INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, BROADCAST RECEIVING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD - The front-end integrated circuit includes a first clock unit receiving a reference clock signal from an oscillator and generating a first clock signal, a first analog front end module receiving and processing a first broadcast signal using the first clock signal, a second clock unit receiving the reference clock signal and generating a second clock signal, and a second analog front end module receiving and processing a second broadcast signal using the second clock signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169871 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a display which displays an image; an external peripheral device; a peripheral device interface connected to the external peripheral device; an image composing module which combines a video signal with a graphic signal and outputs a combined signal to the display; and a controller which outputs a graphic signal to the image composing module when the graphic signal is input from the external peripheral device through the peripheral device interface, the graphic signal being associated with contents of a video signal displayed on the display and displayed along with the video signal. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169872 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, UPGRADE APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided, including: an image processor which processes an image signal received from an image source according to a preset image processing process and displays an image on a display; an upgrade apparatus which upgrades the image processing process when connected to the display apparatus; a power supply which supplies power of the display apparatus; and a controller which controls the power supply to supply power to the upgrade apparatus through the connector before supplying power to the image processor in response to a determination that the upgrade apparatus is connected to the display apparatus. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169873 | DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A DISPLAY APPARATUS AND AN UPGRADE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display apparatus including and a display unit are provided. The display apparatus includes an image processing unit processing an image signal received from an image source according to a preset image processing process in order to display the image on the display unit; a connection unit connected to an upgrade apparatus provided to upgrade the image processing process; a storage unit storing operating time information and displaying the information on the display unit; and a controller displaying a menu image on the display unit, the menu image being provided to adjust at least one preset item associated with quality of the image displayed on the display unit, and transmitting the operating time information on the display unit to the upgrade apparatus to change a set value of the item of the menu image corresponding to the operating time information on the display unit stored in the storage unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169874 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONNECTABLE EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - A display apparatus, a connectable external peripheral device and a method of displaying an image are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display unit; an image processor which first processes an image signal according to a preset first image processing operation, and secondly processes the first processed image signal processed according to the first image processing operation, and outputs the processed image signal to the display unit. The display apparatus further includes a peripheral device connector, to which an external peripheral device is connected that processes the image signal processed by the first image processing operation. The second image processing operation is performed in the external peripheral device. The image processor transmitting to the external peripheral device the first processed image signal in response to the external peripheral device being connected to the peripheral device connector. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169875 | Advertising apparatus - An advertising apparatus | 2013-07-04 |
20130169876 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, UPGRADE APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus is provided, including: an image processor which processes an image signal received from an image source according to a preset image processing process and displays an image on a display; a storage device which stores configuration information; a connector which provides a connection to an upgrade apparatus, which upgrades the preset image processing process; and a controller which controls the display to display a user interface (UI) image to select one of configuration information stored in the upgrade apparatus and configuration information stored in the storage device in response to a determination that the upgrade apparatus is connected to the connector, and controls the upgrade apparatus to upgrade the preset image processing process based on the configuration information selected through the UI image. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169877 | SUPPLEMENTAL AUDIO AND VISUAL SYSTEM FOR A VIDEO DISPLAY - There is disclosed a video display device comprising a video display, and a first video driver for controlling an image on the video display. There is also a second video driver for controlling a separate image on the video display wherein the second video driver is configured to present a different video image on the video display than the first video driver. There is also at least one audio transcriber, having an output in communication with the second video driver. The audio transcriber comprises at least one input for receiving an audio signal, at least one transcriber for transcribing the audio signal into an electrical signal and at least one output for outputting the electrical signal into the second video driver to create a display having images based upon the input of the audio transcriber. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING - A display apparatus and method thereof are provided. The display apparatus may include a plurality of receiving units which receive a plurality of different contents, a signal processing unit which processes the contents received at the plurality of receiving units to construct a plurality of contents views, an output unit which displays each content view constructed at the signal processing unit, an input unit which receives a command to display an on-screen display (OSD), and a control unit which determines a content view to display OSD information from among the plurality of contents views, when an OSD display command is inputted, and an OSD processing unit which displays OSD information on the determined content view. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169879 | ADAPTIVE SUB-PIXEL ACCURACY SYSTEM FOR MOTION AND DISPARITIES ESTIMATION | 2013-07-04 |
20130169880 | METHOD OF DETECTING VISUAL STRESS AND PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY TRIGGERS IN VIDEO AND MITIGATION DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention include a method for detecting visual stress scenes in a video. First, a video that includes scenes that may cause visual stress in some viewers is received. Then, a signal representing human perceptual response from scenes in the video is generated. An envelope follower is applied to the perceptual response, from which indications that the video contains visual stress scenes may be generated. The output may also be used to control a contrast limiting circuit, which modifies the original video to remove or minimize those scenes that may cause visual stress. Additionally, output from the envelope follower may be converted to a simulated EEG signal and used to verify accurate modeling by comparing the simulated EEG signal to one measured directly from a viewer watching the same video. | 2013-07-04 |
20130169881 | VIDEO/BROADCAST DATA RECEIVING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes a first receiving unit to receive a first broadcast signal through a first communication line, a second receiving unit to receive a second broadcast signal through a second communication line, a data matching unit to detect a data quality of the first and second broadcast signals, a decision unit that generates a selection signal based on the data quality of the first and second broadcast signals, and a switching unit that transmits the selection signals to an image processing unit which processes the selection signal, wherein the selection signal is based on the first and second broadcast signal. | 2013-07-04 |