33rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130208064 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR INKJET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a curable composition for inkjet capable of improving uniformity of a cured product film and heat resistance of a cured product. The curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group, a photoreactive compound, a compound having a cyclic ether group, a photopolymerization initiator, and a potential curing agent, the photoreactive compound and the compound having a cyclic ether group each are a compound other than the compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group, the compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group has one or two (meth)acryloyl groups, and the viscosity at 25° C. of the curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention is 160 mPa·s or more and 1200 mPa·s or less. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208065 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a transport unit, a medium support unit and a liquid ejection head. The medium support unit includes a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of second recesses arranged on a medium support surface along a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction. The first and second recesses are configured and arranged to be imparted with negative pressure. A width dimension of an opening of the first recess in the width direction is larger on the downstream side than on an upstream side. A width dimension of an opening of the second recess in the width direction is smaller than the width dimension of the opening of the first recess in the width direction on the downstream side with respect to the transport direction. The second recesses are configured and arranged to accept the liquid ejected toward the ejection medium from the liquid ejection head. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208066 | SYSTEM AND TWO DIMENSIONAL PRINTING METHOD IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SUPPORT - The invention relates to a 2D printing method on a 3D printing support, consisting of forming a printing support comprised of a plurality of colored fibers that follow a printing pattern, which once joined and shaped into a block, can be transversally cut, thereby obtaining printed sheets according to said printing pattern. The invention further relates to the printing support, comprised of a block ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130208067 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface emitting laser array includes a light emitting unit having a lower reflection mirror, a resonator structure including an active layer, and an upper reflection mirror laminated on a substrate; an electrode for the light emitting unit; a wiring member that establishes electrical connection between the light emitting unit and the electrode; and the substrate on which more than one of the light emitting units, the electrodes, and the wiring members are arranged. The light emitting unit has anisotropic internal stress, and the distance between the center of a first light emitting unit and the center line of the corresponding wiring member is arranged to be different from the distance between the center of a second light emitting unit and the center line of the corresponding wiring member so that variations in the polarization directions of the light emitting units may be within a predetermined range. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208068 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus using the laser scan method or the LED method, which is capable of reducing a variation of spot diameter with a simple mechanism, and of forming a high-quality image by adjusting the density depending on the image resolution with a low cost. The image forming apparatus forms an image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed by irradiating a charged photoconductor with light emitted from a light source with developer. A detecting unit detects a distance between an attention pixel and an adjacent image that is adjacent to an image including the attention pixel across a white background. An adjustment unit adjusts a density of the attention pixel based on the distance measured with the detecting unit and a spot diameter of the light on a surface of the photoconductor. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208069 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING EXPOSURE A PLURALITY OF TIMES - An image forming apparatus includes; an exposure unit configured to perform, based on the image data, first exposure for a photosensitive member and second exposure for the photosensitive member exposed by the first exposure; a determination unit configured to determine a type of the image to be formed based on image data; and a control unit configured to control the exposure unit such that a difference in an exposure amount between the first exposure and the second exposure performed based on the image data when the type of the image is a character is larger than the difference in the exposure amount between the first exposure and the second exposure performed based on the image data when the type of the image is a picture. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208070 | PRINTER CHARACTERIZATION OF PRINT MEDIA - A printer has a heat source disposed adjacent a temperature sensor to transfer heat upon activation across a portion of an introduced print media to the temperature sensor and a controller to receive a signal from the temperature sensor and to obtain a temperature signature generally identifying attributes of the introduced print media and to adjust print head settings in response to the identified attributes. The printer may further comprise a sensor to detect access to a print media storage compartment and to initiate examination of the heat transfer properties of the introduced print media upon detecting that the print storage compartment has been accessed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208071 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - In a printing control apparatus, there are arranged one pulse application period of which from-start-to-end is series of sub-pulse application time, main-pulse application time and non-heating time and other pulse application periods which follow the one pulse application period and of which from-start-to-end is repeated series of main-pulse application times and non-heating times. As temperature is higher, proportion of applied-for-sub-pulse energy amount to total energy amount in one pulse application period is made larger. As temperature is higher, proportion of applied-for-main-pulse energy amount to total energy amount in other pulse application periods that follow one pulse application period is made smaller. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208072 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING DEVICE - A thermal transfer printing device includes a thermal transfer printing module and a paper ejecting module. The paper ejecting module includes a D-shaped ejecting roller, a driving gear, a switching roller, a spring, and a stopper. During a thermal transfer paper is printed by the thermal transfer printing module, the spring provides a friction force to the switching roller. In response to the friction force, the switching roller is driven by the driving gear, and the D-shaped ejecting roller is not contacted with the thermal transfer paper. After the printing task of the thermal transfer printing module is completed, the friction force provided by the spring allows the D-shaped ejecting roller to transport the thermal transfer paper. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208073 | ICIGAR BRANDING MACHINE - A device is disclosed for the application of customizable indicia to the outer surface of a smoking article such as a cigar. The device employs thermal means to apply indicia in a controlled and customized manner that allows easy branding of cigars. The device includes a thermal branding head, a cradle for holding the smoking article, a heating element, a control circuit to control the temperature of the heating element and branding head, an actuator to move the branding heat into contact with a cigar contained within the cradle and a timing circuit to determine how long the branding head shall be in contact with the cigar. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELIABLY LASER MARKING ARTICLES - The invention is a method and apparatus for creating marks | 2013-08-15 |
20130208075 | ENCODING PROCESSING FOR CONFERENCING SYSTEMS - Optimization of conference call encoding processes is provided. A first client of a multi-party conference call may receive client capability data, including video scalability support, from each of the other clients to the conference call. Based on the client capability data and the transmission capabilities of the first client, including video scalability support, the first client may determine a total number of data streams and properties for each data stream, such that the total number of data streams and the plurality of properties for each data stream are optimized and supported by the respective client capability data and the transmission capabilities. Subsequently, the first client generates one or more data streams according to the total number of data streams and the properties that were determined for each data stream and transmits the one or more data streams to the other clients of the conference call. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208076 | Centralized Communication Hub for Displaying Calls and Messages on a Display - Systems and methods are described that relate to a centralized communication hub at a user location for coordination of receiving/sending phone calls, SMS/MMS messages, and requests for video conferences to/from a display. A user may indicate that she wishes to receive a call/message by selecting an option on a remote control associated with the display. A microphone and/or camera connected to a gateway may provide audiovisual capabilities during a call. In a separate embodiment, the functionality of the communication hub may be split between two devices; one device detects incoming calls and a separate device routes the calls/messages to/from the appropriate gateway. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208077 | AUTOMATICALLY RINGING ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK - An electronic door lock system having a doorbell for automatically ringing the doorbell is provided. The electronic door lock system includes an outdoor unit installed outside a door and provided with a keypad implemented using a numeric key area so that a password is entered so as to open and shut the door, and an indoor unit installed inside the door and configured to open and shut the door in response to door unlock and lock signals based on a password. Further, a doorbell button for calling a person in an indoor area is mounted in a predetermined place on the outdoor unit so that when the doorbell button is manipulated, a melody is output, and when the numeric key area of the keypad is pressed, a melody is output in a same manner as when the doorbell button is manipulated. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208078 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, and a method of processing information are provided. In one embodiment, the information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory device storing instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to receive, from a first information processing apparatus, area specifying information and location information, the area specifying information specifying a display area in an image, the display area including a plurality of partial images, the location information indicating at least one location of the plurality of partial images. The instructions further cause the processor to transmit, to a second information processing apparatus, the area specifying information and the location information. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208079 | System and Method for Handling Critical Packets Loss in Multi-Hop RTP Streaming - Disclosed are example embodiments of a method and system to reduce re-transmission requirements of a compress media transferring system implemented in a network where packet loss could be possible. An extended header for each transmitted packet can indicate the priority of the packet and endpoints can determine if a re-transmission of a missing packet is desired. Buffering of packets at different hops in a multi-hop system could allow for the retransmission request to be satisfied by a more recent hop than the original system transmitting the video packet. In one embodiment three levels of priority are established to achieve a reliable frame rate of 30 frames per second by compressing the first and second levels at 7.5 frames per second and a third level at 15 frames per second. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208080 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO CONFERENCE PARAMETERS TO MAINTAIN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - Systems, methods, and devices for adapting video parameters during a video conference to maintain system performance are provided. One such device may include data processing circuitry ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130208081 | METHOD FOR COMBINING IMAGES - A method for combining images includes capturing a first image including a subject from a first camera. A second image is captured from a second camera and the second image includes the subject. First pre-processing functions are applied on the first image to produce a first processed image. The first pre-processing functions include applying a distortion component of a rotation matrix to the first image. The rotation matrix defines a corrected relationship between the first and the second image. Second pre-processing functions are applied on the second image to produces a second processed image. The second pre-processing functions include applying the rotation matrix to the second image. The first processed image and the second processed image are blended in a processing unit to form a composite image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208082 | MULTI-PLENOPTIC SYSTEM WITH IMAGE STACKING AND METHOD FOR WIDE FIELD-OF-REGARD HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING - Embodiments of a multi-plenoptic system with image stacking and method for wide field-of-regard (FOR) high-resolution image are generally described herein. The multi-plenoptic system may include a subfield separator to decompose an image within a wide field of view into a plurality of multi-pixel subfields. The subfield separator may rotate a chief ray within each multi-pixel subfield by a differing amount relative to a rotation of other rays of the subfield. The multi-plenoptic system may also include a subfield modulator to selectively block or pass light from at least a portion of one or more of the subfields and a subfield image formation element to relay the portions of the subfields that are passed by the subfield modulator onto substantially overlapping areas of a common image plane. A single focal-plane array (FPA) may be aligned with the common image plane to provide for high-resolution imaging over a wide FOR. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208083 | PANORAMIC STEREO CATADIOPTRIC IMAGING - The disclosed subject matter relates to providing panoramic stereo vision captured with a single camera scheme employing a catadioptric optical path. In an aspect the presently disclosed subject matter can capture a stereo image over a full 360-degree horizontal field of view or portions thereof. Further, the vertical FOV is enlarged compared to conventional cata-fisheye schemes. A system according to the instant subject matter can be calibrated with a computational model that can accommodate a non-single viewpoint imaging model to conduct 3D reconstruction in Euclidean space. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208084 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A device for acquiring two-dimensional images of a three-dimensional object including a housing having a receptacle for receiving the object. The receptacle has a floor and an interior sidewall. The sidewall has at least one sight window and a plurality of lights for illuminating the object. A rotatable turntable is positioned on the floor of the receptacle, and the object is positioned on the turntable. At least one camera having an iris is located within the housing and positioned so that the iris can obtain images of the object through the sight window, allowing the camera to obtain still images of the object as the object is rotated on the turntable. There is also provided methods for stitching the still images of the three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional image to facilitate optical character recognition and further data processing. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208085 | Systems and Methods for Generating Video Imagery for a Jewelry Item - Apparatus, article of manufacture and method for generating video imagery for a jewelry item that comprise capturing a plurality of images of a jewelry item with a microscope device. The microscope device comprises a customized mold that is attached to a rotational device. The customized mold securely holds the jewelry item. The rotational device is capable of rotating around the jewelry item in a 360 rotation. The microscope device also comprises a camera that is integrated into the microscope device, in which the camera is capable of capturing digital imagery of the jewelry item. A composite image of the jewelry item is generated from the plurality of images. The composite image is transmitted to a remote device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208086 | 3D VIDEO REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A 3D video reproduction device configured to reproduce 3D streaming data that includes 3D video data and audio data. The 3D video reproduction device comprises an audio analyzing unit, a parallax setting unit, a video correction unit, and an output unit. The audio analyzing unit is configured to analyze the audio data to determine the scene indicated by the 3D video data. The parallax setting unit is configured to set the amount of parallax that corresponds to the scene based on the audio data analyzed by the audio analyzing unit. The video correction unit is configured to correct the 3D video data based on the amount of parallax set by the parallax setting unit. The output unit is configured to reproduce the corrected 3D video data and output the audio data. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC FILE - A method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic file defined based on a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format. The apparatus includes an encoder encoding first video data and second video data that are included in three-dimensional (3D) video data; and a file generating unit arranging the encoded first video data and second video data according to the information of a stereoscopic file format including boxes that are selected from boxes included in a conventional International Standardization Organization (ISO) based media file format in order to store and generate the stereoscopic file, and generating the stereoscopic file. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208088 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A three-dimensional image processing apparatus which processes a captured image of a scene using distance information indicating a distance of the scene from a camera, and includes: a distance designation unit which receives input of a designated distance that is a target distance in which a stereoscopic effect is to be emphasized; a distance conversion unit which converts the distance indicated in the distance information into a stereoscopic distance for generating three-dimensional images, to emphasize the stereoscopic effect of the scene in the designated distance; and an emphasized image generation unit which, by processing the captured image based on the stereoscopic distance, generates an emphasized image representing the stereoscopic effect to be emphasized in the designated distance. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208089 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A transmitter is provided by which switching between two-dimensional display and three-dimensional display can be associated with data communication. When receiving a command for transmitting transmission data, a processor of the transmitter starts a process to transmit the transmission data to a receiver using a communication IF. When starting the process, the processor two-dimensionally displays an object on a display. After two-dimensionally displaying the object, the processor three-dimensionally displays the object on the display. During the three-dimensional display, the processor increases a stereoscopic amount of the object on the display with passage of time. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208090 | HIERARCHICAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D BROADCASTING - Disclosed are a hierarchical broadcasting system and method for 3D broadcasting. A hierarchical 3D image broadcasting method comprises: allowing a broadcast transmission system to transmit first broadcast data for an existing broadcast to a broadcast reception system via a first communication network; and allowing the broadcast transmission system to transmit second broadcast data for 3D image broadcasting to the broadcast reception system via a second communication network. At this point, the broadcast reception system enables the first and second broadcast data to be combined in order to display a 3D image broadcast. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208091 | AMBIENT LIGHT ALERT FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR - An image camera component and its method of operation are disclosed. The image camera component detects when ambient light within a field of view of the camera component interferes with operation of the camera component to correctly identify distances to objects within the field of view of the camera component. Upon detecting a problematic ambient light source, the image camera component may cause an alert to be generated so that a user can ameliorate the problematic ambient light source. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208092 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS FROM REAL MODELS HAVING SIMILAR AND PRE-DETERMINED CHARACTERISITICS - A particular subject of the invention is the creation of three-dimensional representations from real models having similar and predetermined characteristics, using a system comprising a support suitable for receiving such a real object, configured to present the object in a pose similar to that of use of said at least one real object, an image acquisition device configured to obtain at least two distinct images of the real object from at least two separate viewpoints and a data processing device configured to receive these images, to clip a representation of the real object in each of these images in order to obtain at least two textures of the real object, obtaining a generic three-dimensional model of the real object and creating a three-dimensional model of the real object from the textures and the generic three-dimensional model obtained. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208093 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DEPTH OF FIELD WITH DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING - An electronic device may have a camera module. The camera module may capture images having an initial depth of field. The electronic device may receive user input selecting a focal plane and an effective f-stop for use in producing a modified image with a reduced depth of field. The electronic device may include image processing circuitry that selectively blurs various regions of a captured image, with each region being blurred to an amount that varies with distance to the user selected focal plane and in response to the user selected effective f-stop (e.g., a user selected level of depth of field). | 2013-08-15 |
20130208094 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the exemplary embodiments may include, for example, means for generating a disparity map based on a depth map, means for determining accuracy of pixels in the depth map where the determining means identifies the pixels as either accurate or inaccurate based on a confidence map and the disparity map, and means for providing an adjusted depth map where the providing means adjusts inaccurate pixels of the depth map using a cost function associated with the inaccurate pixels. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208095 | STEREO CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF INTEROCULAR DISTANCE BASED ON LENS SETTINGS - A stereographic camera system and method of operating a stereographic camera system are disclosed. The stereographic camera system may include a left camera and a right camera including respective lenses having a focal length and a focus distance, an interocular distance mechanism to set an intraocular distance between the left and right cameras, and a controller. The controller may receive inputs indicating the focal length and the focus distance of the lenses. The controller may control the intraocular distance mechanism, based on the focal length and focus distance of the lenses and one or both of a distance to a nearest foreground object and a distance to a furthest background object, to automatically set the interocular distance such that a maximum disparity of a stereographic image captured by the left and right cameras does not exceed a predetermined maximum disparity. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208096 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH DUAL LENSES AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A three dimensional image capturing device with dual lenses includes a first lens module including a sensor, a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module by a predetermined distance and including a sensor, and a driving module capable of driving the first and second lens modules to move between first and second positions. The first and second lens modules are arranged in a row. Length directions of images captured by the sensors of the first and second lens modules are parallel to the row of the first and second lens modules in the first position and are perpendicular to the row of the first and second lens modules in the second position. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208097 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A three dimensional (3D) imaging system capable of effectively displaying a 3D image suitable for a user by use of different cameras, and an image reproducing method thereof, the 3D imaging system configured to have different cameras freely selected without restriction while enabling the placement of the cameras thereof to be changeable according to the disposition of eyes of the user, so that a 3D image is generated and displayed from a stereo image adapted to the user, and by using the by-user generated 3D image, various contents services including a real time broadcasting, a Contents on Demand (COD), games, and a video communication are provided to a user, so that the fatigue or dizziness of a user is reduced, and the optimum perception of 3D sense is provided. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208098 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A MODEL OF A FLAT OBJECT FROM VIEWS OF THE OBJECT - A method for generating a model of a flat object from views taken by at least two calibrated cameras, which is capable of generating two-dimensional and volumetric representations of the object, where the representations can be a depth map, a volumetric representation or a mesh representation, method including the following basic steps: calibrating at least two cameras, calculating several 3D coordinates of at least three points belonging to the same plane of the flat object, calculating the equation of the plane of the flat object, selecting at least one region representing the surface of the flat object, in at least one view provided by at least one camera, and calculating the intersection between the selected region representing the surface of the object and the equation of the plane. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208099 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A 3D tablet includes: a parallax image display unit which displays a stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image, between which there is parallax; a parallax barrier display unit which displays a parallax barrier having a stripe pattern and superimposed on the parallax image display unit to show the right-eye image and the left-eye image to a right and left eye of a user, respectively; a user position detection unit which obtains an orientation of the user relative to the parallax image display unit; a direction calculation and control unit which substantially collimates a longitudinal direction of the stripe pattern of the parallax barrier with the orientation of the user; and a parallax image generation unit which generates and displays, using the parallax image display unit, the stereoscopic image in which there is parallax in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation of the user. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208100 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING AND OBSERVING STEREO IMAGES HAVING MAXIMUM SPATIAL RESOLUTION - Systems and methods are described for forming and observing three-dimensional images and, more particularly, to stereoscopic video technology. The systems and methods can be used to make stereoscopic and autostereoscopic (e.g., glasses-free or naked eye) television sets and monitors based on different optical structures with maximum spatial resolution at each view of the stereo image, equal to full spatial resolution of optical structures. The systems and methods permits the manufacture of flat-panel autostereoscopic displays using crystal (LC) matrices of practically any type and provides for the autocompensation of nonlinearity of the transmission characteristics of the matrices. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208101 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes first and second imaging units, a reading unit that reads pixel information from pixels set as a reading target in each of the first and second imaging units, a control unit that sets the pixels as the reading target in each of the first and second imaging units in a manner such that the pixel information is alternately read from the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, and controls timing of exposure processes in the first and second imaging units and timing of reading processes of the pixel information for the first and second imaging units by the reading unit, to be correlated with one another, a transmission unit that transmits the pixel information read from each of the first and second imaging units in a same transmission path, and an image processing unit that generates an image based on the pixel information. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208102 | SKIN PICTURING DEVICE - The embodiment of the invention relates to a skin photographing apparatus. A skin photographing apparatus includes a bottom surface horizontally positioned; a subject-mounted portion vertically positioned to be perpendicular to the bottom surface, wherein a face of a person to be photographed is mounted on the subject-mounted portion; and a supporting portion for supporting a lower side of a camera so that the camera is mounted on an upper side of the supporting portion. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208103 | SECURE DISPLAY - An electronic display is provided for facilitating authentication. The display may integrate one or more of a camera, microphone, fingerprint sensor, card reader, touch screen, and communication interface to collect biometric and other identification information to authenticate a user requesting access to the display. An integrated proximity or motion sensor may be used to track presence of the user. The user may be required to re-authenticate his identity after an absence from the display. The display may be a standalone device or may cooperate with an external computing device. The display may be configured to verify its identity to the external computing device. The display may be configured to perform its own authentication and authorization procedures before presenting content from an external device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208104 | Custom color or polarization sensitive CCD for separating multiple signals in Autofocus projection system - An autofocus (AF) system and method is provided that maps the topography of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer, in a manner that corrects for Goos Hanchen (GH) effect. In addition, a new and useful detector is provided that is particularly useful in an AF system and method. The detector preferably has both color and polarization filtering integrally associated with the detector, so that polarization and color filtering is provided at the detector, on a pixel by pixel basis. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208105 | INSPECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR VESSELS - An inspection apparatus for examining vessels fixedly arranged on a machine tool. The apparatus includes a camera having a first optical component. The camera is coupled to an image processing unit and is arranged in a positionally fixed manner with respect to a vessel to be inspected. The apparatus has a second, moveably mounted optical element, with the first, positionally fixed optical element and the second, moveably mounted optical element being operatively connected to the camera for image-recording at least one view in the direction of a vessel opening and at least one view in the direction of a side of the vessel to be inspected that faces away from the vessel opening. A manufacturing system for vessels, which includes an inspection apparatus, and a corresponding examination method, which can be carried out using the inspection apparatus, for testing the vessel quality after machining is also disclosed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208106 | DEVICE FOR TESTING AN OPTIC - A device for testing an optic which is mountable thereon and has a central axis extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, comprising a test image, a test image table for supporting the test image, a light source for lighting the test image via the optic mountable thereon, an attaching device for mounting the optic mountable thereon, detection means placed on the attaching means for detecting the lighted test image, first guide means and second guide means co-acting with the first guide means and extending in longitudinal direction thereof for the purpose of positioning the test image table along a substantially straight line relative to the attaching device, and a signal processing device for receiving, storing and comparing detection values of the lighted test image detected by the detection means to threshold values therefor specific to the optic and prestored in a database, whereby the optic can be tested quickly and without personal influences, with a reliable test result. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208107 | Apparatus and a Method for Producing a Depth-Map - An apparatus including an image sensor; optics for the image sensor having optically symmetric characteristics about an optical axis; and an actuator configured to enable at least a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the optical axis of the optics meets the image sensor at a first position and in the second configuration the optical axis of the optics meets the image sensor at a second position displaced from the first position. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208108 | PARALLAX BASED DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - A distance measuring device includes a first camera and a second camera arranged side by side. The first camera includes a shell, a shaft, a camera module rotatably held in the shell via the shaft, a driver configured for driving the camera module to rotate, and a measuring device configured for measuring an angle that the camera module rotates. The camera module includes an optical axis substantially perpendicular to and intersecting with the shaft. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208109 | WIRELESS SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM - A security camera system, comprising wireless communication components for communicating over first and second wireless communications, and a digital camera system. A data processing system implements a method for providing digital images to an image receiving system. The method includes: establishing a first wireless connection between the security camera system and an external electronic device using the first wireless communication system. Configuration information pertaining to the second wireless communication system is transmitted from the security camera system to the external electronic device using the first wireless connection. Instructions for configuring the security camera system to communicate using the second wireless communication system are transmitted by the external electronic device to the security camera system over the first wireless connection. Captured digital images are then transmitted to the image receiving system over the second wireless communication system. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208110 | System and method for monitoring multiple targets using a single camera - Techniques to monitor multiple targets with a single camera are disclosed. In one embodiment, an image sensor is provided with two or more readout circuits, each operating independently and is designed to read out charges from a designated area of the image sensor. When two or more designated sensing areas in the image sensor are being focused onto different objects and read out respectively, such an image sensor is capable of monitoring multiple targets. When placed in traffic surveillance, a camera equipped with such an image sensor is able to monitor multiple forward and backward lanes in near or far field. Further with the control of the designated areas, different resolutions of the images may be produced. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208111 | FLIGHT RECORDER - The present invention describes a flight recorder for an aircraft with an instrument display panel for displaying aircraft status data to a pilot. The flight recorder comprises one or more sensors that monitor one or more flight conditions of the aircraft, a camera unit for providing image data and a data storage unit for storing the aircraft status data and image data from the camera. The flight recorder additionally comprises a control unit for monitoring the flight condition data supplied by the sensors. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208112 | Method and Apparatus for Visual Monitoring - A device for visual monitoring comprises a mobile chipset disposed in a housing, at least one eyestalk attached to the housing and communicatively coupled to the mobile chipset, and mounting hardware affixed to the housing, the mounting hardware configured to secure the housing to a stationary structure. In one embodiment, the mobile chipset is configured to execute a set of program instructions in response to the device being connected to external power, including program instructions which, when executed by the mobile chipset, causes the device to take pictures in response to automatically generated triggers, and to automatically upload image data to a packet-based network for display and/or further processing. In a further embodiment, the device is configured to pre-process the image data, such as extracting relevant data for a specific application, before uploading the image data to the packt-based network for further process. In another embodiment, the device is configured to automatically upload image data to a social network site for sharing among authorised users of the cite. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208113 | Image Monitoring Apparatus, Image Monitoring System, and Image Monitoring System Configuration Method - An image monitoring technology for accurately collecting information about a monitoring target is provided. An image monitoring apparatus according to the present invention tracks the monitoring target on the basis of images sent from an overhead camera and images sent from gazing cameras, and switches gazing targets for the gazing cameras on the basis of the position and event information of the monitoring target, and tracking information about the monitoring target. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208114 | Digital Bedbug Indicator: A bedbug insect peripheral electronic detection unit device - The Digital bedbug indicator is a extended defined first alert peripheral electronic device for Pest Management Professionals, providing increased early warning notification before a newly occurred infestation or re-infestation of bed bugs occur. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208115 | IMAGE-MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EVENTS THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image monitoring device capable of detecting a meaningful event on the basis of a scenario by providing a function of setting various combinations of monitoring events in a monitored image in which a plurality of monitoring events are set, and an event detecting method thereof. The event detecting method of an image monitoring device includes: obtaining a monitored image; detecting an occurrence of a first monitoring event with respect to an object from the obtained monitored image; detecting an occurrence of a second monitoring event with respect to the object from the obtained monitored image; and storing information regarding the detected occurrence of the second monitoring event. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208116 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS OBLIQUE PANNING - A computer system for continuously panning oblique images. More particularly, the computer system uses a methodology whereby separate oblique images are presented in a manner that allows a user to maintain an understanding of the relationship of specific features between different oblique images when panning. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208117 | Imaging Device - An imaging device is provided with an imaging element. The imaging element has a sensitive wavelength region including an infrared wavelength region, and selectively including a visible wavelength region, and is composed of at least three types of pixels having spectral sensitivities different from each other. The imaging device generates a color image, based on a luminance signal including an infrared wavelength component, and based on a color-difference signal that has been generated based on a visible wavelength component in original image data. The luminance signal including an infrared wavelength component is generated, based on a signal obtained by compressing the dynamic range of original image data including at least three types of original image components acquired by an imaging operation of the imaging element. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208118 | VEHICULAR INFRARED NIGHT ASSISTANT DRIVING SYSTEM - A vehicular infrared night assistant driving system may include a vehicle rotation followup mechanism that rotates at an angle corresponding to a rotation of a wheel, a night vision infrared camera that rotates synchronously with the rotation of the vehicle rotation followup mechanism and captures infrared images of objects ahead of the vehicle in real time, a wheel sensing mechanism that detects in real time the rotation angles of the wheel and gear position of the vehicle, and an Electronic Control Unit connected respectively with the wheel sensing mechanism and the vehicle rotation followup mechanism to generate control signals for controlling the rotation of the vehicle rotation followup mechanism based on the information output from the wheel sensing mechanism. The infrared camera rotates synchronously with that of the wheel, eliminating the visual-field defect of the thermal imaging while the vehicle is changing direction, which improves security while driving at night. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208119 | VEHICLE VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS - A vehicle video recording apparatus has multiple cameras mounted on a car, a video processing unit electronically connected to the cameras, a storage unit for storing videos output from the cameras, and a control unit. The control unit has a signal detecting module for receiving vehicle status signals, a distance detecting module for sensing a distance between the car and an object, an output module for outputting warning signals, and a central control module for controlling the cameras based on the vehicle status signals. The vehicle video recording apparatus properly selects and activates the camera to record images around the car to enhance the driving safety. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208120 | ATTACHED MATTER DETECTOR AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - An attached matter detector includes a light source; an imager receiving transmitted light from a predetermined imaging region on a light-receiving region for an imaging region and imaging an image of the imaging region, and receiving reflected light on a light-receiving region for attached matter detection when light from the light source is reflected by attached matter and imaging an image of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an attached matter image region calculating a parameter of an image for an attached matter image region as information of an image region of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an imaging region calculating a parameter of an image for an imaging region as information of the imaging region; and an output device of an attached matter state signal outputting a signal showing a state of the attached matter based on the calculated parameters. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208121 | TRAFFIC CAMERA DIAGNOSTICS VIA TEST TARGETS - A method, system, and computer-usable tangible storage device for traffic camera diagnostics via strategic use of moving test targets are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments can comprise four modules: Moving test target management module, Moving test target detection and identification module, Image/video feature extraction module, and Sensor characterization and diagnostics module. A first test vehicle can travel periodically through traffic camera(s) of interest. The traffic camera(s) would then identify these test vehicles via matching of license plate numbers and then identify test targets in video frames through pattern matching or barcode reading. The identified test targets are then analyzed to extract image and video features that can be used for sensor characterization, sensor health assessment, and sensor diagnostics. The disclosed embodiments provide for a non-traffic-stop (i.e., non-traffic-interruption) traffic camera diagnostics. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208122 | COMMODITY READING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY READING METHOD - A commodity reading apparatus comprises a display section, an image capturing unit configured to photograph a commodity in a photographing area to output an image of the photographing area, a recognition unit configured to recognize the commodity included in the image outputted by the image capturing unit, an area display unit configured to display an image display area smaller in size than the photographing area photographed by the image capturing unit on the screen of the display section, and an image display unit configured to display the image photographed by the image capturing unit on the screen in a manner that the center of the image is located at the center of the image display area. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208123 | Method and System for Collecting Evidence in a Security System - An apparatus for a security system is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of security cameras, a monitoring processor that tracks a focus of attention of a user via selection of cameras one at a time from among the plurality of security cameras, a collection processor that detects an evidence collection request from the user, opens an evidence file in response thereto and saves a sequence of video images from at least some of the plurality of video cameras into the evidence file based upon the tracked focus of attention of the user. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208124 | VIDEO ANALYTICS CONFIGURATION - Apparatus is disclosed which is operative to analyse a sequence of video frames of a camera view field to track an object in said view field and determine start and end points of said track in said view field. The apparatus also determines a start and end time for the said track corresponding to said start and end points respectively; and stores said start and end points and said start and end times as attributes of said track. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208125 | INFRARED CAMERA MODES FOR MARITIME APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods disclosed herein provide an image capture component adapted to capture an infrared image, a control component adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode and transmit the generated control signal. The user selected processing modes, for example, may be directed to maritime applications, such as night docking, man overboard, night cruising, day cruising, hazy conditions, and/or shoreline modes. The systems and methods further provide a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component, process the captured infrared image according to the user selected processing mode, and generate a processed infrared image, and a display component adapted to display the processed infrared image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208126 | COOPERATIVE OPTICAL-IMAGING SENSOR ARRAY - An apparatus and method for providing image primitives, such as edge polarity, edge magnitude, edge orientation, and edge displacement, and derivatives thereof, for an object are described. The data are obtained substantially simultaneously and processed in parallel such that multiple objects can be distinguished from one another in real time. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208127 | AUTO BURST IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD APPLIED TO A MOBILE DEVICE, METHOD FOR TRACKING AN OBJECT APPLIED TO A MOBILE DEVICE, AND RELATED MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a mobile device, where the mobile device includes an image sensing unit, a touch screen, and a processor. The image sensing unit is configured to receive at least an image of a scene comprising at least an object. The touch screen is configured to display at least an image of a scene and received at least one user input. The processor is configured to identify the object in response to a first user input corresponding to the object is received, determine characteristics of the object, track the object in the scene according to the characteristics of the object, and capture a number of images of the scene according to a motion state of the object. The motion state is determined according to variance of the characteristics of the object in consecutive images received by the image sensing unit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GESTURES TO CONTROL A LASER TRACKER - A laser measurement system includes a laser tracker having a structure rotatable about first and second axes, a first light source that launches a light beam from the structure, a distance meter, first and second angular encoders that measure first and second angles of rotation about the first and second axes, respectively, a processor, and a camera system. Also, a communication device that includes a second light source and an operator-controlled device that controls emission of a light from the second light source; a retroreflector target not disposed on the communication device. Also, the camera system is operable to receive the second light and to convert it into a digital image, and the processor is operable to determine a command to control operation of the tracker based on a pattern of movement of the second light source between first and second times and the digital image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208129 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT DEVICE FOR REDUCTION OF NOISE IN DIGITAL IMAGES - The invention relates to an image enhancement device comprising an image recording device, configured to register a series of subsequent images of a particular object, whereby each image includes a matrix of pixels, each pixel representing a particular image content, a processing unit configured to execute de-noising operations to reduce noise in said series of subsequent images, and a screen. The noise is reduced by identifying at least one pixel of noise in an image, removing the image content of said pixel from the image and substituting said removed image content with replacement image content derived by overlapping the images of the series of subsequent images. Further, the processing unit is configured to overlap images by integrating replacement image content from a second image into a first image from which the image content has been removed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208130 | WIRELESS IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for distributing at least one digital photographic image is presented, the system and method comprising at least one capturing device and at least one receiving device disposed in a communicative relation with one another via at least one wireless network. In particular, the capturing device is structured to capture the at least one digital photographic image via, for example, a capture assembly, whereas the receiving device is cooperatively structured to receive the digital photographic image via, for example, the at least one wireless network. In addition, the capturing device(s) and receiving device(s) may be disposed in a selectively paired relationship via one or more common pre-defined pairing criteria. Further, the at least one digital photographic image may be filtered via at least one pre-defined transfer criteria disposed on the capturing device and/or receiving device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABEL CREATION USING OBJECT RECOGNITION - Systems and methods create labels and include a mobile device including communication circuitry, an imaging device, an object recognition application, and a label creation application. A label printer includes printer memory and printer communication circuitry. The object recognition application is configured to analyze an image of a device taken by the imaging device and generate device data for the device in the image. The label creation application the uses the device data to automatically populate at least a portion of a label data entry screen. Once the label data entry screen is populated, the label creation application creates a print job and, via the mobile device communication circuitry, communicate the print job to the label printer to print at least one label sized specifically for the device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING AN IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE RECEPTION OF DIGITAL PULSE RECOGNITION INFORMATION - In one aspect, the present disclosure related to a method for configuring one or more imaging sensors of an imaging device to capture digital images for digital pulse recognition demodulation. In some embodiments, the method includes initializing one or more imaging sensors of the imaging device, determining a subset of the one or more imaging sensors to configure, setting a configuration for each of the one or more imaging sensors of the subset by defining a region of interest as a metering area for each of the one or more imaging sensors of the subset and automatically adjusting a setting for each of the one or more imaging sensors of the subset, and adjusting input parameters of a demodulation function based on a device profile of the imaging device. In some embodiments, the adjusted setting is locked to prevent further adjustment of the adjusted setting. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208133 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device is mounted on and used in a movable body such as a vehicle. The terminal device includes an image capturing unit, an image generating unit and a display unit. The image generating unit corrects the captured image captured by the image capturing unit based on the deviation of the image capturing direction of the image capturing unit with respect to the traveling direction of the movable body, and generates a display image. Thus, based on the deviation angle of the image capturing direction with respect to the traveling direction of the movable body, the captured image can be appropriately corrected to generate the display image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208134 | Image Stabilization - A method comprising: receiving cropping information for a current video frame; capturing at a camera sensor the current video frame; performing a first crop of the current video frame using a first cropping window to form a cropped video frame, wherein the first cropping window has been dynamically adjusted in response to the received cropping information; and sending the cropped video frame for digital image stabilization. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208135 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - An display apparatus and a method of setting a view angle thereof are provided. The method includes in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event, displaying, on an area of a display screen, a view angle guiding user interface which guides setting a view angle of a camera connected to the display apparatus; and setting the view angle of the camera using the view angle guiding UI. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208136 | TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus including a display unit disposed on a case and is configured to display an image; a first camera disposed on a surface on which the display unit performs image display; a second camera disposed on a surface opposite the surface on which the first camera is disposed; a plurality of microphones disposed on the case; a sound processing unit that detects sound transmitted from a sound source on a side of the first camera with sound signals obtained by at least one of the plurality of microphones; and an image processing unit that combines a first image which is captured by the first camera or is stored in advance with a second image captured by the second camera on the basis of a result of the detection of sound transmitted from the sound source on the side of the first camera. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208137 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit, a flicker detecting unit, a flicker-level estimating unit, and a flicker correcting unit. The flicker detecting unit detects, based on a magnitude relation of a signal amount in each of lines formed in the pixel unit, presence or absence of a flicker. The flicker-level estimating unit estimates a flicker level in each of the lines of the next frame. The flicker correcting unit corrects, for each of the lines, a flicker that occurs in a signal of an image picked up by the pixel unit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208138 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AUTO-EXPOSED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGES - Electronic devices may have camera modules that include an image sensor and processing circuitry. The image sensor may capture an image from a scene. The processing circuitry may extract image statistics and exposure levels from the image. The processing circuitry may use the image statistics and the exposure levels to generate a first exposure time, a second exposure time, and gain settings for the image sensor. The image sensor may capture additional images from the scene having long-exposure image pixel values that are captured using the first exposure time and short-exposure image pixel values that are captured using the second exposure time. The processing circuitry may generate a long-exposure image and a short-exposure image from the second image. The processing circuitry may generate auto-exposed high-dynamic-range images of the scene using the long-exposure image and the short-exposure image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208139 | Exposure Value Adjustment Apparatus, Method, and Non-Transitory Tangible Machine-Readable Medium Thereof - An exposure value adjustment apparatus, method, and non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof are provided. The exposure value adjustment apparatus includes a camera module and a processor. The camera module captures a reference image by a base exposure value. The processor generates a histogram of the reference image, divides the histogram into a low partial histogram, a middle partial histogram, and a high partial histogram by a first threshold and a second threshold, decides a high exposure value according to the low partial histogram and the middle partial histogram, decides a low exposure value according to the high partial histogram and the middle partial histogram, and decides a middle exposure value according to the high exposure value and the low exposure value. The low exposure value is lower than the high exposure value, and the middle exposure value is between the high exposure value and the low exposure value. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208140 | BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - A brightness adjustment system of a surround view system may include at least two adjacent image sensors providing images covering different fields of view of a user's surroundings. A first image sensor and a second image sensor of the at least two image sensors may be configured to capture images using an adjustable exposure time. An exposure time control unit may be provided that may be configured to determine, for the at least two adjacent image sensors, one or more brightness parameters from image data provided by the image sensors. The exposure time control unit may be further configured to control the exposure times of the image sensors such that the brightness parameter(s) determined for the first image sensor at least approximately matches one or more corresponding brightness parameters determined for the second image sensor. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208141 | MULTIPLE IMAGE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING FROM A SINGLE SENSOR ARRAY - A single array of pixels is used to obtain a plurality of different images at different levels of admitted exposure light from a common source level of exposure light. More particularly, first and second matrices of light-admitting elements are deployed in a single camera and disposed relative to focal lens light in front of corresponding first and second matrices of light-sensitive image sensors that are arrayed in a singular focal plane array in the camera and react equally to equal levels of color image information. The respective matrices of light-admitting elements transmit color image information from exposed focal lens light at different levels of brightness to their corresponding matrices of light-sensitive image sensors, wherein first and second images are acquired at the respective different levels of brightness from the respective matrices of the image sensors, and pixel data from the images combined to produce an HDR image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208142 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM PRODUCING IMAGE DATA WITH IDENTIFYING NUMBER - A camera generates a light source control signal for controlling a light source to turn the light source on and off, acquires a plurality of items of first image data and a plurality of items of second image data obtained by picking up the measured wave, and transfers the plurality of items of acquired first image data and the plurality of items of acquired second image data to an external storage and processing device as digital data with an identifying number for identifying a frame in which the image data is acquired attached every frame. The external storage and processing device determines whether each frame of the digital data is an item of the first image data or an item of the second image data on the basis of the identifying number, and subtracts the plurality of items of determined second image data from the plurality of items of determined first image data to produce difference image data. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208143 | Image Capture Method and Image Capture System thereof - With the aid of separating data paths for generating preview frames, for generating video frames, and for generating encoded camera frames of an image fetching system in a concurrent and mutually-independent manner, the image fetching system is free from introducing unnecessary shutter lags. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208144 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A flash detection unit calculates a line average luminance of each line of the current screen of image data and a screen average luminance of a past screen at least one screen before the current screen and compares the calculated line average luminance with the calculated screen average luminance to detect whether the current screen includes a line of high luminance due to a flash. A holding unit holds the past screen of the image data. A flash correction unit, if it is detected that some lines of the current screen have high luminance, replaces the lines having high luminance in the current screen with corresponding lines of the past screen held in the holding unit to correct the image data. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208145 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a flash unit, an image sensor and a computing unit. The image sensor captures at least one first image and a second image, and captures a third image with the flash unit. The computing unit mixes the first images and the second image to form a mixed image. Besides, the computing unit integrates the mixed image and the third image to form an integrated image. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATE SPECTRAL IMAGING AND SENSING - An optical device that creates separate images for different wavelength bands of light. The device comprises a light sensor, a first dichroic filter, and a first mirror. The light sensor comprises a first light sensing portion and a second light sensing portion. The first dichroic filter reflects a first portion of incident light of a first wavelength band from a source through an imaging lens with the imaging lens projecting a first image of the source onto the first light sensing portion of the light sensor; and the first dichroic filter transmits a second portion of incident light of a second wavelength band from the scene different from the first wavelength range. The first mirror is positioned to reflect the transmitted second portion of incident light through the imaging lens, the imaging lens projecting a second image of the source onto the second light sensing portion of the light sensor. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208147 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: a device control unit that performs a driving in which a first captured image signal during a first exposure period and a second captured image signal during each of second exposure periods are read by sequentially exposing second photoelectric conversion elements for the second exposure periods while exposing first photoelectric conversion elements for the first exposure period, and an image processing unit that performs a processing in which a captured image signal with a dynamic range is generated by using the first captured image signal and at least one of the second captured image signals, and the processing includes plural types of processings where numbers of the second captured image signals to be used are different. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208148 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS CLOSE-UP SHOOTING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus that reduces a camera shake and a motion blur during close-up shooting performed by increasing shooting magnification and depth of field. A control unit determines an aperture value and a shutter speed based on information on shooting magnification and a photometry result. In a situation where luminance information based on photometry result is the same, the aperture value is set larger when the shooting magnification is larger than a first value than when not larger than the same, and in a situation where the shooting magnification is larger than the first value and the luminance information is the same, the aperture value is set larger and the shutter speed is set lower when neither a camera shake nor a motion of an object within an imaging screen has occurred than when either has occurred. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208149 | FLASH BAND CORRECTION APPARATUS, FLASH BAND CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A flash band correction apparatus includes a flash band detection unit and a frame rate conversion unit. The flash band detection unit is configured to detect a start line and an end line of a flash band in a frame on the basis of a difference in an exposure period for each line of an image signal output for each frame at a predetermined frame rate by an image pickup element with a rolling shutter system. The flash band is an unevenness in brightness level for each line which is generated in the frame due to flash light. The frame rate conversion unit is configured to determine a combination of the frames of the image signal before a frame rate is converted on the basis of the start line and the end line and convert the frame rate to 1/n thereof. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208150 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE USING THE SAME - It is an object to provide an image processing device capable of obtaining a high precise image while aberration asymmetry is corrected. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208151 | Methods and Apparatuses for Addressing Chromatic Aberrations and Purple Fringing - Methods and systems for detecting and correcting chromatic aberration and purple fringing are disclosed. Chromatic aberration can be addressed by separating an image into color planes and then adjusting these to reduce chromatic aberration by using a specific calibration image (calibration chart) as an empirical method to calibrate the image acquisition device. Purple fringing can be corrected by initially addressing color aberration resulting from the lateral chromatic aberration (LCA). The LCA is first removed and then the correction is extended to purple fringing. A discovery is relied upon that the purple fringing is created in the direction of the chromatic aberration and is more pronounced in the direction of the chromatic aberration. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208152 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE - An adaptive image processing method includes: defining a pixel zone involving a target pixel according to a color corresponding to the target pixel; selecting a plurality of adjacent pixels from the pixel zone, wherein the adjacent pixels and the target pixel correspond to the same color; acquiring a defect pixel threshold value by calculating a product of a sum of absolute differences between each pixel of the plurality of adjacent pixels and a defected pixel compensation ratio; acquiring an adjacent difference value by calculating a sum of absolute differences between the target pixel and each pixel of the plurality of adjacent pixels; and determining whether the target pixel is a defect pixel by comparing the defect pixel threshold value with the adjacent difference value. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208153 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising: a sensor unit including a plurality of sensor arrays that output first imaging data formed by an optical system; an array converter that generates second imaging data by converting the first imaging data output by the sensor unit into an order corresponding to a predetermined arrangement; a first signal processor that performs first signal processing on the second imaging data output by the array converter; and a second signal processor that performs second signal processing on the first imaging data output by the sensor unit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208154 | High-sensitivity CMOS image sensors - Designs of image sensors with subpixels are disclosed. According to one aspect of an image sensor in one embodiment, subpixels within a pixel are designed without significantly increasing the cell or pixel area of the pixel. The readouts from the subpixels are accumulated to increase the sensitivity of the pixel without increasing the area of the image sensor. According to another aspect of the image sensors in the present invention, some subpixels within a pixel are respectively coated with filters, each designed for a frequency range. Thus the frequency response of a CMOS image sensor can be enhanced significantly according to application. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208155 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes an imaging lens unit having a positive refractive power and provided nearest to an image-side end, and a focusing lens unit having a positive refractive power and provided on an object side of the imaging lens unit. A distance between the imaging lens unit and the focusing lens unit changes during zooming. The focusing lens unit moves during focusing. The imaging lens unit includes, at a position thereof nearest to an object-side end, a negative meniscus lens component that is concave on the object side thereof. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208156 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus which performs a global exposure operation, in a determined imaging region, for performing exposure as matching respective start times and respective end times of all rows, comprises: plural unit pixels arranged in two-dimensional matrix and each comprising a photoelectric converting unit for generating a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion, a holding unit for holding the generated pixel signal, and a first gate for transferring the generated pixel signal to the holding unit; a first controlling line connected commonly to the first gates in the unit pixels on the same row; a vertical controlling circuit for resetting the unit pixel; and a first driving line connected to the first controlling line, and not connected to and thus independent of the vertical controlling circuit, thereby enabling to reduce a current flowing in a power supply of the vertical controlling circuit when driving electrodes of the holding units. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208157 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGER SYSTEM - An imaging system configured to capture an image is provided, the imaging system including a high dynamic range imager configured to capture at least one high dynamic range image, and circuitry, wherein scheduling tasks within a row time interval is arranged to permit sharing of circuits used for correlated double sampling with selective reset tasks and with pixel readout tasks, and wherein scheduling tasks within a row time interval is arranged to permit sharing of comparator with selective reset tasks and with pixel readout tasks, while also providing at least one selectable integration period for which the integration period is adjustable and set to substantially less than a row time interval. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208158 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion unit which is arranged in a semiconductor substrate, a charge holding portion which is arranged in the semiconductor substrate and temporarily holds a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, a first transfer electrode which is arranged at a position above the semiconductor substrate to transfer a charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding portion, a charge-voltage converter which is arranged in the semiconductor substrate and converts a charge into a voltage, and a second transfer electrode which is arranged at a position above the semiconductor substrate to transfer a charge held by the charge holding portion to the charge-voltage converter, and the first transfer electrode is arranged to cover the charge holding portion, and not to overlap the second transfer electrode when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208159 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup element having a pixel array of a plurality of pixels, with first and second areas: generates a correction data based on the image signal read from the first area; stores the generated correction data in addresses of a memory corresponding to horizontal positions of the read pixels in the first area; reads the correction data from the addresses of the memory corresponding to a horizontal range set in the second area, and corrects the image signal read from the range set in the second area, using the read correction data; and updates the correction data stored in a predetermined range of addresses in the memory, based on the image signal read from a horizontal range in the first area corresponding to the predetermined range of addresses, and irrespective of the range set in the second area. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208160 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An A/D conversion circuit may include: a delay circuit that includes a plurality of delay units having a first pulse input terminal, a pulse output terminal, and an analog signal input terminal, wherein each first pulse input terminal of the plurality of delay units is connected to one of the pulse output terminals corresponding to the plurality of delay units, and a pulse output signal input to the first pulse input terminal is delayed in accordance with an analog signal input to the analog signal input terminal and output from the pulse output terminal, and one of the plurality of delay units has a second pulse input terminal to which a pulse signal is input from outside; a state variation detection circuit; and an encoding signal latch circuit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208161 | Portable Magnifying Apparatus Having Multi Angular Positioned Handle - Provided is a portable magnifying apparatus that can be easily carried around. More particularly, provided is a portable magnifying apparatus which is conveniently used for users either left-handed or right-handed and has a multi angular positioned handle that can be manipulated without putting strain on the wrist. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208162 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Provided is a method of driving a solid-state imaging apparatus including discharging a signal charge from a photoelectric transducer, by turning on a transfer section and turning on a reset section, at a first timing, in a shutter operation for starting an accumulation of the signal charge for the photoelectric transducer while a selection section is turned off, boosting a floating diffusion section, by turning on the transfer section and turning off the reset section, at a second timing which follows the first timing and taking in an electric signal output to an output signal line by a peripheral circuit section, in a state in which the transfer section is turned on, and generating a pixel signal from the taken in signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130208163 | CAMERA SHUTTER KEY DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A camera shutter key display apparatus includes a display module to display an image captured by a camera unit, and to display a camera shutter key, an input module to provide a key input signal through a touch or a press by a user, and a controller to proceed with a camera shutter key shift mode so that a camera shutter key shift location is selected when a camera shutter key shift request is received from the user through the input module, and controlling to display the camera shutter key on the selected shift location. Accordingly, the user can readily manipulate the camera shutter key on a camera user interface screen, and conveniently and readily performs image capturing by shifting the camera shutter key to a desired location and displaying the camera shutter at the desired location. | 2013-08-15 |