42nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130271578 | STEREO RECTIFICATION METHOD - A method for stereo rectifying a pair of images include: for each image of the pair of images, determining a position of an epipole in an image plane associated with a first camera orientation of a camera that captures the image; for each image of the pair of images, positioning the epipole in a center of a virtual image plane associated with a second camera orientation of the camera; subsequent to the positioning, aligning the pair of images relative to each other by rotating around a stereo base line that intersects the epipoles of the pair of images, and rotating the virtual image planes to position the virtual image plane substantially parallel to the stereo base line and their normal vectors substantially parallel to each other so as to obtain a stereo rectified pair of image planes. An embodiment of the invention also relates to a method and system for accurately determining the epipoles when they are unknown. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271579 | Mobile Stereo Device: Stereo Imaging, Measurement and 3D Scene Reconstruction with Mobile Devices such as Tablet Computers and Smart Phones - A mobile stereo imaging and processing device includes an ordinary mobile device such as tablet computers and smartphones; two or more digital cameras with stereo mounting requirements; a photography timing controller to operate the cameras, preferably with synchronized image capture capacity; a processor instruction package (software processing units) to control and operate the device, visualize and measure the images, compute and derive 3-dimentional object information from the captured 2-dimentional images; and some optional components such as remote control, GPS and IMU and optional processor instruction units for the control, operation and processing of the corresponding components. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271580 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - The present invention is a 3-dimensional image capturing method and a 3-dimensional image capturing apparatus for capturing a 3-dimensional image including a left eye image and a right eye image that are 2-dimensional images having parallax with each other. In the invention, an optical axis of an image capturing optical system of the image capturing apparatus is shifted between a first optical axis and a second optical axis whose image capturing ranges overlap at least partly, without moving the image captuing apparatus itself, and in the shift of the optical axis, one of the left eye image and the right eye image is captured at the timing when the optical axis of the image capturing optical system is being the first optical axis, and the other of the left eye image and the right eye image is captured at the timing when the optical axis of the image capturing optical system is being the second optical axis. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271581 | 3D Viewing with Better Performance in Both Lumen Per Watt and Brightness - A method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional display to a viewer is disclosed. If a color difference between pixels of a right eye image area and corresponding pixels of a left eye image area is greater than or equal to a predefined difference threshold, a parallax barrier is controlled to block either the right or the left eye image area from the viewer. Otherwise, if the color difference is less than the predefined threshold, the parallax barrier is controlled to display both the right and left eye image areas to the viewer. Corresponding devices to implement the method are also disclosed. The method may be performed by an autostereoscopic display controller, or a pair of active shutter glasses, for example. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271582 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTENT FOR VIEWING WITH PASSIVE STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES - The presentation of stereoscopic display content for viewing with passive glasses and full resolution is provided. In use, (a) a frame of stereoscopic display content intended for viewing by one eye of a user is scanned, using a display layer of a display device; (b) the scanned frame is polarized utilizing a polarizing layer of the display device, according to a polarization associated with a lens of stereoscopic glasses worn over the same one eye of the user; (c) a backlight is activated to illuminate the polarized frame, in response to an entirety of the polarized frame being scanned; (d) the display device is held for a predetermined period of time in response to activation of the backlight, and then the backlight is de-activated; and (a)-(d) are then repeated for the other eye of the user, with another frame of stereoscopic display content intended for viewing by the other eye. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271583 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING SAME - A wireless communication system includes an active electronic device for generating and sending a wireless communication request and at least one passive electronic device for responding to the wireless communication request of the active electronic device. Each of the at least one passive electronic devices has an identity character visible on at least a portion thereof. The active electronic device includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of a passive electronic device, a storage unit for storing the image captured by the image capturing unit and predetermined identity characters, an identifying unit for identifying the identity character in the image and comparing the identity character to the stored identity characters to determine an identity of the passive electronic device, and a control unit for controlling the active electronic device to send a wireless communication request to the passive electronic device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271584 | USER WEARABLE VISUAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A device wearable by a person including a processor operatively connectible to a camera. The processor is adapted to capture multiple image frames, is operable to detect motion of a gesture by using differences between the image frames and to classify the gesture responsive to the detected motion. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271585 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING IN WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY - Methods and apparatus for image processing suitable for use in wireless capsule endoscopy are provided. The image processing techniques exploit characteristic features of endoscopic images to enable low complexity compression. A color space conversion, coupled with lossless predictive coding and variable length coding are employed. Sub-sampling and clipping may also be used. The described image processing can be used both with both white-band imaging and narrow-band-imaging. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271586 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an endoscope including a CCD for generating an image pickup signal, and a processor including a video processing circuit. The processor includes: a VCXO that generates a reference clock signal; a PLL circuit that synchronizes a phase of the image pickup signal to be inputted and a phase of the reference clock signal; a synchronization detection circuit that detects whether the phase of the image pickup signal synchronizes with the phase of the reference clock signal; and a multiplexer that controls the video processing circuit, on the basis of the detection result by the synchronization detection circuit, to cause the video processing circuit to output a predetermined video when a non-phase-synchronized state is detected, and to cause the video processing circuit to output a video signal obtained by processing the image pickup signal by the video processing circuit when a phase-synchronized state is detected. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271587 | Endoscoope System - An endoscope system includes an endoscope objective optical system that acquires two optical images with different focus positions, an image pickup device that picks up the two optical images to acquire two image signals, an image synthesis processing section that makes a comparison in contrast between the two image signals for each spatially identical pixel region and selects a pixel region having relatively higher contrast to thereby synthesize the two image signals into one image, and a focus switchover mechanism that moves a position of a focus switchover lens provided for the endoscope objective optical system and selectively switches a focus of the endoscope objective optical system to one of two observation regions of proximity observation and remote observation, in which the image synthesis processing section synthesizes two images in each of the respective observation regions of the proximity observation and the remote observation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271588 | Flexible Electronic Circuit Board for a Multi-Camera Endoscope - There is provided herein a flexible electronic circuit board for a tip section of a multi-camera endoscope, the circuit board comprising a front camera surface configured to carry a forward looking camera, a first side camera surface configured to carry a first side looking camera, a second side camera surface configured to carry a second side looking camera, one or more front illuminator surfaces a configured to carry one or more front illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the forward looking camera, one or more side illuminator surfaces configured to carry one or more side illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the first side looking camera and one or more side illuminator surfaces configured to carry one or more side illuminators to essentially illuminate the FOV of the second side looking camera. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271589 | MEDICAL INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A medical inspection device which comprises a light-transmitting unit, a light-capturing unit detachably coupled to the light-transmitting unit and a hand-held display unit detachably coupled to the light-capturing unit. The light-transmitting unit comprises at least a first optical lens for receiving and transmitting light. The light-capturing unit comprises a light sensitive element and a signal output end connected to the light sensitive element, wherein the light sensitive element is configured to receive the light via the light-transmitting unit and to generate an electrical signal based on the received light. The hand-held display unit is configured to receive the electrical signal from the signal output end, wherein the hand-held display unit comprises a hand-held portion and a display portion for displaying an image based on the received electrical signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-CONTACT BIOMETRIC SENSING - A non-contact biometric sensing device is described. The device includes a processing device, a user interface communicatively coupled to the processing device, a display communicatively coupled to the processing device, a laser doppler vibrometer sensor communicatively coupled to the processing device, and an infrared camera communicatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to utilize mechanical motion data received from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and thermal distributions data from the infrared camera to calculate biometric data, when signals originating from the laser doppler vibrometer sensor and the infrared camera are reflected back towards the device from a target. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271591 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM CHARACTERISTIC SIGNALS - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting information from detected characteristic signals. A data stream ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271592 | HIGH-SPEED WAVEFRONT OPTIMIZATION - A wavefront is optimized imaging a sample. A binary off-axis hologram is encoded by selective adoption of states for each mirror of a deformable mirror device, which is illuminated with an incident beam of light. A single diffraction order that has encoded phase-mask information is selected from light reflected from the deformable mirror device and focused onto the sample. Light scattered from the sample is directed to a photodetector. A transmission matrix through the sample is calculated from light received by the photodetector. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271593 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus which can prevent the case where it is difficult to perform highly accurate diagnosis using combined boundary regions in a combined image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271594 | ACHIEVING FOCUS IN A DIGITAL PATHOLOGY SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for computing focus information during scanning digital microscope slide data with a line scan camera. The systems and methods include a dynamically interleaved procedure that works by moving the specimen relative to the objective lens while the height of the objective lens is adjusted relative to the stage. Imagery data is acquired at a plurality of objective lens heights the image data from the objective lens height having maximum contrast is stored and combined into a composite digital image of at least a portion of the specimen. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271595 | CIRCUIT PATTERN INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a high speed circuit pattern inspecting method and inspecting device which have a short preparation time for inspection and are capable of determining a defect by detecting only an image of one die. A coordinate which is expected to obtain the same pattern as a corresponding coordinate and an alignment coordinate are selected by referring to design information. The detected image and the design information are aligned using the alignment coordinate to correct the deviated amount and a pattern of the corresponding coordinate is compared with a pattern of the coordinate which is expected to obtain the same pattern to compare the patterns by detecting only an image of one die. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271596 | Systems and Methods for Sample Inspection and Review - The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for sample inspection and review. In some embodiments, images are collected and/or defects are located utilizing separately addressable red, green, and blue (RGB) illumination sources to improve image quality. In some embodiments, illumination sources are pulse width modulated for substantially consistent light intensity in presence of variable sample motion. In some embodiments, a stage assembly is configured to support the sample without blocking access to the supported surface of the sample, and further configured to reduce oscillations or vibrations of the sample. In some embodiments, an illumination system includes an imaging path and a focusing path to allow full field of view focusing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271597 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD - A distance measuring apparatus ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271598 | NETWORK BASED REAL-TIME ANALYTICS OF RAW VIDEO STREAMS - A video stream is received over a network from a remotely located video capture device. The video stream is processed in real-time or near real time. The processing of the video stream extracts at least one metric from content of the video stream. The extracted metric is compared against at least one previously established value to generate either a TRUE or a FALSE result. Responsive to a TRUE result, at least one programmatic action is automatically initiated. The previously established value, the programmatic action, or both are user configurable. The programmatic action is a real time or a near real time action resulting from analyzing content of the video stream. Responsive to a FALSE comparison result, the at least one programmatic action is not automatically initiated. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271599 | ROTATION ASSEMBLY AND SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ROTATION ASSEMBLY - Provided a rotation assembly including: a base unit; a rotation frame unit rotatably installed on the base unit; a rotation driving unit which drives the rotation unit to rotate; an encoder including a hollow axis installed on the base unit and an encoder main body installed on the rotation frame unit; and a slip ring installed on the base unit, wherein a portion of the slip ring or a portion of a cable connected to the slip ring is disposed in a through hole provided in the hollow axis. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271600 | SURVEILLANCE device with display and light-emitting modules - A surveillance device with display and light-emitting, is a photographic apparatus including a cover body, a display module and a plurality of light-emitting modules, wherein the cover body covers a photographic unit and there are the display module and the plurality of light-emitting modules set around the cover body, which power is provided by a power supply module. The text message shown by the display module and the flashing light of the light-emitting modules, both increase the highlighting effect of the photographic apparatus and become malfunction indications. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271601 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF CHANGE IN ILLUMINATION FOR VISION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and device for the detection of changes in illumination for vision systems between a digital image of an area and a digital image of a background model of said region of study of the same size, wherein, based on such images, at least one blob of a region which reflects the differences between the background model and the current or detection image of the area is selected by segmentation techniques, the spatial correlation between the pixels of the blob in the detection image and in the background model image being found. According to the correlation with respect to a threshold value thereof, this change is associated with a change in illumination. An implementation suitable for video surveillance systems is provided together with the previous device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271602 | MOTION EVENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Enables recognition of events within motion data including but not limited to motion capture data obtained from portable wireless motion capture elements such as visual markers and sensors, radio frequency identification tags and motion sensors within mobile device computer systems, or calculated based on analyzed movement associated with the same user, other user, historical user or group of users. Provides low power transmission of events. Greatly reduces storage for events such as a shot, move or swing of a player, a concussion of a player, boxer, rider or driver, or a heat stroke, hypothermia, seizure, asthma attack, epileptic attack. Events may be correlated with image(s) as captured from internal/external camera(s) or nanny cam, for example to enable saving video of the event, such as the first steps of a child, violent shaking events, sporting, military or other motion events including concussions, or falling events associated with an elderly person. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271603 | INTEGRATED METHOD FOR CAMERA PLANNING AND POSITIONING - The present invention relates to a method, a related system and related devices for calibrating a position of a Camera CAM for monitoring a predetermined area. The camera CAM being coupled to a remote server RS over a communications link where the remote server RS is able to receive media corresponding to said predetermined area to be monitored within an environment of said camera CAM. This media is recorded by the camera CAM and forwarded to said remote server RS over the communications link. The method comprises the step of determining camera position calibration instructions based on predefined camera position parameters defining said predetermined area to be monitored and actual camera position parameters identifying a current position of said camera as determined by a camera positioning device CPD. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271604 | INTEGRATED METHOD FOR CAMERA PLANNING AND POSITIONING - The present invention relates to a method, a related system and related devices for calibrating a position of a Camera for monitoring a predetermined area. The camera being coupled to a remote server over a communications link where the remote server is able to receive media corresponding to the predetermined area to be monitored within an environment of the camera. This media is recorded by the camera and forwarded to the remote server over the communications link. The method further comprises the step the remote server forwarding the media corresponding to the predetermined area towards a camera positioning device where the media includes a plurality of real reference markers in the predetermined area. The actual location relative to an image-framing of the camera of each real reference marker of the plurality of real reference markers is recognizing in the media forwarded. Subsequently, camera position calibration instructions are determined based on the difference between a predefined location, relative to an image-framing of the camera, of each screen marker of a plurality of screen markers where the predefined screen markers define the predetermined area to be monitored and the actual location relative to an image-framing of the camera of each corresponding real reference marker of the plurality of real reference markers as determined by a camera positioning device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271605 | Detection of the Use of Mobile Communication Devices in a Vehicle - The invention provides notification externally of a vehicle that the operator of the vehicle is using a mobile communication device (MCD) such as a cell phone during vehicle operations. The invention includes a first sensor for sensing whether the vehicle is being operated. A second sensor senses whether an MCD is located in the immediate vicinity of what is customarily an operator's seat and whether the sensed MCD is being used during vehicle operations. The first sensor can be a detector coupled with a gear shifter, transmission, speedometer, GPS device, or other kind of motion and/or position sensor, while the second sensor can be one or more RF power meters. Notification of MCD usage during vehicle operations can be provided by illumination of an external lamp, by activation of a camera and video recorder located in the immediate vicinity, or by transmission of a signal to a law enforcement vehicle. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271606 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN ASSISTANT SCREEN FOR IMPROVING DRIVING SAFETY OF A VEHICLE - A display method includes: detecting objects by sensor array; utilizing an environment reconstruction unit for receiving sensing information from the sensor array and perform a reconstruction process based on the sensing information and transforming the latter into object coordinate based on user-chosen mode; and utilizing a display device to display an iconized environment video or scene resulted by integrating an indicative icon of the object with the object coordinate. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271607 | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD - The present invention provides a positioning apparatus which enables output of accurate position information related to a mobile object. The positioning apparatus, which is mounted in a mobile object, stores therein, in a mutually correlated manner, a first image feature at a first spot where a mobile object exists, approximate position information related to the mobile object at the first spot, position information related to a second spot on which the mobile object is predicted to move, and a second feature at the second spot; selects a plurality of the second features on the basis of the approximate position information; calculates a plurality of relative position information between the first spot and the respective second spots corresponding to the plurality of second features; determines consistency among the plurality of relative position information; and outputs determinate position information related to the mobile object. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271608 | IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE - An image providing device is installed in a vehicle and provides images of vehicle surroundings to a driver. The device includes a right side camera and a left side camera that respectively pick up an image of a first image pickup range and an image of a second image pickup range that does not overlap the first image pickup range in the vehicle surroundings, a first display that provides to the driver a right rear image picked up by the right side camera, a second display that is provided separately from the first display and provides to the driver a left rear image that is picked up by the left side camera, and an image display parameter correction unit that corrects an image display parameter of the left rear image according to an image display parameter of the right rear image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271609 | Mobile Device Management System - A mobile device management system including a method for monitoring a remote video camera and event scheduling, synchronization and modification using location information. Video from a remote camera is encoded by a computer and streamed in real time over a network to a mobile device for decoding and display. The computer encoder and mobile device decoder are software-based. Event calendar and schedule information is incorporated, shared and automatically updated among multiple mobile devices. Location information, such as from a locator network or a satellite-based global positioning system, is used to provide real time updates to a mobile device calendar or event schedule. A map or other indicia of the location of other mobile devices may be provided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271610 | POLYCRYSTALLINE CHALCOGENIDE CERAMIC MATERIAL - The invention relates to a polycrystalline IR transparent material produced by sintering chalcogenide powder, e.g., ZnS powder, using hot uniaxial pressing followed by hot isostatic pressing. The microstructure of the material described in this disclosure is much finer than that found in material produced using the state of the art process. By using a powder with a particle size fine enough to improve sintering behavior but coarse enough to prevent a lowering of the wurtzite-sphalerite transition temperature, a highly transparent material with improved strength is created without degrading the optical properties. A high degree of transparency is achieved during hot pressing by applying pressure after the part has reached a desired temperature. This allows some degree of plastic deformation and prevents rapid grain growth which can entrap porosity. The crystallographic twins created during this process further inhibit grain growth during hot isostatic pressing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271611 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH THE AUTOFOCUS - An imaging device performs optimum focus correction at low cost with an autofocus device that moves a lens for focusing an image. The imaging device includes a camera signal processing part having a contrast signal generation part that extracts a high frequency component from a video signal and generates a contrast signal of the video signal based on the extracted high frequency component. The imaging device also has a controller that performs focus control based on the contrast signal. The controller performs an ON/OFF control of an infrared rays cut filter and includes a recording part to hold a set value of an ON/OFF state of the infrared rays cut filter. The camera signal processing part includes a signal conversion processing part to change a ratio of RGB of the video signal to be sent to the contrast signal generation part based on the set value. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271612 | VARIABLE APERTURE AND ACTUATOR ASSEMBLIES FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system which includes a housing for a radiation detector having a window disposed above and in axial alignment with the radiation detector, a variable aperture assembly which includes a base ring having a first opening and mounted on the radiation detector housing such that the first opening is in axial alignment with the window, a plate having a first aperture and adapted to engage the base ring such that the first aperture is disposed over the window, at least one aperture blade each operatively coupled to the base ring, and an aperture drive mechanism having a body and an actuator coupling member extending at an angle from the body. In addition, the imaging system includes an actuator assembly having an actuator and an actuator arm, the actuator arm disposed adjacent to the radiation detector housing in proximity to the actuator coupling member. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271613 | SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF RETROREFLECTIVITY OF ROAD SIGNS AND OTHER REFLECTIVE OBJECTS - A system for the determination of retroreflectivity values for reflective surfaces disposed along a roadway repeatedly illuminates an area along the roadway that includes at least one reflective surface using a light source. Multiple light intensity values are measured over a field of view which includes at least a portion of the area illuminated by the light source. A computer processing system is used to identifying a portion of the light intensity values associated with a reflective surface and analyze the portion of the light intensity values to determine at least one retroreflectivity value for that reflective surface. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271614 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE-RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAYING FUNCTION - In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by 10 executing specific user identification processing | 2013-10-17 |
20130271615 | METHOD OF REMOVING AN ARTEFACT FROM AN IMAGE - A method of removing an artefact from an image captured with a motion invariant camera is disclosed. The captured image is de-blurred using a spatially invariant blur kernel. An edge filter with a fixed offset is applied to the de-blurred image to identify the location of at least one artefact. A parameter is estimated based on a region either side of the identified location. The at least one artefact is removed from the de-blurred image using the parameter. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271616 | METHOD OF ANALYZING MOTION BLUR USING DOUBLE DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM - A method of processing a motion blurred image from an imaging device to recover a latent sharp image. The method includes capturing a motion blurred image signal through the imaging device, computing a second signal as a two-dimensional wavelet transform of the motion blurred image signal, and using the second signal to perform a first autocorrelation analysis to estimate the blur kernel. After estimating the blur kernel, a local autocorrelation analysis yields a blur kernel length and direction at each pixel location of the motion blurred image. In addition, the second signal is denoised and the discrete wavelet transform coefficients reconstructed from the blur kernel length and direction. Performing an inverse discrete wavelet transform of the discrete wavelet transform coefficients recovers the latent sharp image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271617 | Optical Image Stabilization - An apparatus including an image sensor; a lens for focusing an optical image onto the image sensor; a driver configured to move the lens at least in a first direction, wherein the lens includes a central region and first and second outer regions on either side of the central region in the first direction, wherein the first and second outer regions optically distort more than the central region. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271618 | CAMERA APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A camera apparatus and method enabling a user to conveniently control an operation of the camera apparatus according to a gesture of a subject for photography input through a lens of a camera, and a method of controlling the camera apparatus are provided. The method includes generating a current frame by receiving an image input through a camera; comparing the current frame and one or more previous frames stored before the current frame and detecting a gesture of a subject for photography included in the current frame and the one or more previous frames; determining whether the gesture is a gesture UI; and when the gesture is the gesture UI, executing an operation corresponding to the gesture UI. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271619 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A LENS OF A CAMERA - A control device for a lens ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271620 | EMBEDDED APPLIANCE FOR MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE - A multimedia device includes input ports dedicated to receiving a real-time media signal and a processor system dedicated to capturing the real-time media signal. The processor system defines an embedded environment. The input ports and the processor system are integrated into the multimedia capture device. The input ports include an audio input port and at least one of a visual-capture input port or a digital-image input port. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271621 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CAMERA - An image processing apparatus and method of a camera is provided for compensating for shutter lag. An image processing apparatus includes an image scaler which scales a camera output image to a viewing image, a buffer which buffers the camera output image, a multiplexer which multiplexes outputs of the image scaler and the buffer, an image processor which processes multiplexed images corresponding to the multiplexed outputs of the image scaler and the buffer, a demultiplexer which demultiplexes an output of the image processor so as to supply the viewing image to a display unit, a codec which encodes the camera output image output by the demultiplexer into a capture image, and a controller which controls the multiplexer and the demultiplexer in a time divisional manner within a frame duration such that the image processor processes the viewing and camera output image sequentially in a capture mode. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271622 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus for generating a high dynamic range image using a plurality of images obtained by capturing images of a same object with different exposure values, has: an input unit for inputting a correctly exposed image generated with correct exposure and an incorrectly exposed image generated with exposure other than the correct exposure; a filter unit for performing low pass filter processing on the incorrectly exposed image; and a composition unit for generating a high dynamic range image by composing an output image of the filter unit with the correctly exposed image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271623 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a first flicker component calculation unit that calculates a flicker component of a first exposure image which is a photographed image of a first exposure time, a second flicker component calculation unit that calculates a flicker component of a second exposure image which is a photographed image of a second exposure time different from the first exposure time, a first exposure image flicker correction unit that performs flicker correction on the first exposure image by applying the flicker component of the first exposure image calculated by the first flicker component calculation unit and generates a flicker-corrected first exposure image, and a second exposure image flicker correction unit that performs flicker correction on the second exposure image by applying the flicker component of the second exposure image calculated by the second flicker component calculation unit and generates a flicker-corrected second exposure image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271624 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - When the power supply is turned on, the value of a mode flag first is set to 0, the mode flag is evaluated, and processing of the record mode is executed. In the record mode, charging processing of the strobe is performed for a specified interval of time, and the strobe can be reliably caused to flash. Charging processing of the strobe is not performed while processing of reproduction (play) mode or another mode is being performed, and battery consumption is controlled. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271625 | PHOTOMETRIC REGISTRATION FROM ARBITRARY GEOMETRY FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - Photometric registration from an arbitrary geometry for augmented reality is performed using video frames of an environment captured by a camera. A surface reconstruction of the environment is generated. A pose is determined for the camera with respect to the environment, e.g., using model based tracking using the surface reconstruction. Illumination data for the environment is determined from a video frame. Estimated lighting conditions for the environment are generated based on the surface reconstruction and the illumination data. For example, the surface reconstruction may be used to compute the possible radiance transfer, which may be compressed, e.g., using spherical harmonic basis functions, and used in the lighting conditions estimation. A virtual object may then be rendered based on the lighting conditions. Differential rendering may be used with lighting solutions from the surface reconstruction of the environment and a second surface reconstruction of the environment combined with the virtual object. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271626 | METHOD OF REDUCING COLUMN FIXED PATTERN NOISE - A method of reducing column fixed pattern noise including calibrating a readout circuit, wherein the readout circuit is electrically connected to at least one programmable gain amplifier and an analog-to-digital converter. Calibrating the readout circuit includes electrically disconnecting the readout circuit from a pixel output and electrically connecting a pixel reset input of the readout circuit to a pixel output signal input of the readout circuit. Calibrating the readout circuit further includes comparing a measured output of the readout circuit to a predetermined value and storing the comparison result in a non-transitory computer readable medium. The method further includes operating the readout circuit, the operating the readout circuit includes receiving a pixel sample signal and outputting a calibrated output based on an operating output and the stored comparison result. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271627 | CAMERA WITH RED-EYE CORRECTION FUNCTION - An electronic camera comprises an image generation unit that generates a plurality of images for red-eye detection based upon an image obtained by capturing an image of a subject with an image-capturing element, a setting unit that sets a specific mode among a plurality of modes related to electronic camera functions, a selection unit that selects a specific type of red-eye detection processing among a plurality of types of red-eye detection processing different from one another, based upon the mode set via the setting unit; and a red-eye detection unit that detects a red-eye area based upon the images for red-eye detection by executing the red-eye detection processing selected by the selection unit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271628 | SENSOR DARK PIXEL OFFSET ESTIMATION - Examples of systems and methods to provide estimates of dark current for pixels of a photosensor as a function of the temperature of the sensor and the gain applied to the photosensor are described. In various implementations, the dark current estimated for each pixel can depend at least partly on a global scale factor and a global bias that depend on temperature and gain and a temperature-independent and gain-independent offset value for each pixel. The scale, bias, and offsets may be determined from multiple dark field images taken by the sensor over a range of operating temperatures. In some cases, the scale and bias can be determined using a subset of less than all the image pixels. Scale and bias derived for a particular sensor can be used in the calibration of different sensors. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271629 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor in which a plurality of types of pixels including a specific pixel is arranged, and a detection unit configured to detect a defective pixel based on a pixel value of each pixel in the image sensor, wherein the detection unit is configured to exclude the specific pixel from a target of the defective pixel based on information indicating a position of the specific pixel in the image sensor. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271630 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In a zoom lens including a positive first lens unit, negative second lens unit, positive third lens unit, and positive fourth lens unit, the fourth lens unit includes a 41 lens group, a 42 lens group, and a 43 lens group. the lateral magnification of the third lens unit at a wide-angle end when an infinite object is focused, the focal length of the fourth lens unit, the lens configuration length of the fourth lens unit, the air interval between the 41 and 42 lens groups, the air interval between the 42 and 43 lens groups, the focal length of the 42 lens group, the average values of the Abbe constants and partial dispersion ratios of positive lens of the 42 lens group, the average values of the Abbe constants and partial dispersion ratios of negative lenses of the 42 lens group, and the like are appropriately set. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271631 | LIGHT RECEIVER, LIGHT RECEPTION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a light receiver includes a light reception module, a multi-exposure area selector, a multi-exposure controller, and a readout module. The light reception module includes N lines, each of the N lines having a plurality of light receiving elements. The multi-exposure area selector is configured to select one or a plurality of single-exposure lines and one or a plurality of multi-exposure lines. The multi-exposure controller is configured to, per the unit time, perform an exposure on the single-exposure lines one time for a first exposure time; and a first exposure and a second exposure on the multi-exposure lines. The readout module is configured to read exposure amounts of the lines line by line. The multi-exposure controller is configured to start the second exposure on the multi-exposure lines before reading of the exposure amounts of all the single-exposure lines is completed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271632 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFICATION AND NOISE COMPENSATION - A method and a device having amplification and noise reduction capabilities, the device may include (a) an amplifier; (b) an input circuit that includes multiple sampling circuits, (c) an error capacitor that is arranged to be charged by the amplifier, during a noise integration period, to an error voltage that is indicative of noise generated as a result of a sampling of first and second signals; and (d) a feedback circuit that is arranged to provide to the second input of the amplifier and in proximity to a beginning of second phase of operation, a feedback signal that represents the error voltage and thereby at least partially compensate for the noise. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271633 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An AD converting unit compares an output signal from an amplifier circuit after reset of a pixel with a reference signal of time-variable, outputs a first digital value, when the output signal from the amplifier circuit in a non-reset state of the pixel is larger than a threshold, sets a gain of the amplifier circuit to a first gain, when the output signal is smaller than the threshold, sets the gain of the amplifier circuit to a second gain larger than the first gain, further after the gain of the amplifier circuit was set to the first or second gain, compares the output signal from the amplifier circuit in the non-reset state of the pixel with the reference signal of time-variable, and outputs a second digital value. When resolutions of the first and second digital values differ, a correcting unit corrects a difference between the resolutions. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271634 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA - An imaging apparatus including a pixel, a current source, and a signal processing circuit. The pixel outputs signal charge, obtained by imaging, as a pixel signal. The current source is connected to a transmission path for the pixel signal and has a variable current. The signal processing circuit performs signal processing on a signal depending on an output signal to the transmission path and performs control so that a current of the current source is changed in accordance with the result of signal processing. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271635 | IMAGE PROJECTION AND CAPTURE APPARATUS - The image projection and capture apparatus for projecting an image beam to display an image on a screen and sensing a sensing beam from the image on the screen, the image projection and capture apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, an image capture lens, a dichroic unit, and an image sensor. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve is capable of converting the illumination beam to the image beam. The projection lens has a first optical axis. The image capture lens has a second optical axis. The first optical axis and the second optical axis are collinear. The dichroic unit is disposed between the projection lens and the image capture lens. The image sensor is disposed on a light path of the sensing beam. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271636 | Lithographic Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus are provided for determining apodization properties of a projection system in a lithographic apparatus. The method comprises allowing light from a given point in an illumination field to pass through the projection system along at least three different optical paths, and then determining the difference in the intensity of light received in a projection field from the two different optical paths, and calculating apodization properties of the projection system from the intensity difference. It is not necessary to know the intensity distribution in the illumination field. To provide the different optical paths a pinhole reticle provided with wedges of different orientations is used. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FOCUS - A focus control apparatus and method for controlling the focus manually is provided. The focus control apparatus includes a shutter button, a display for displaying an image whose focus is changed depending on a moving direction of a drag occurring after the shutter button is touched in a preview mode, and a controller for controlling the display to display the image whose focus is changed depending on the moving direction of the drag occurring after the shutter button is touched in the preview mode. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271638 | IDENTIFYING PIXELS OF IMAGE DATA - A method for identifying one or more pixels of image data associated with a point in an image includes receiving an indication of a portion of the image as displayed on the display monitor that surrounds the point. The pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor are identified that are located approximately at edges of the portion of the image. One or more inverse transformations are performed to transform the pixels of image data as displayed on the display monitor to pixels of image data as captured by an image sensor. A portion of image data as captured by the image sensor is identified that corresponds to a portion of the image that surrounds the point. The portion of the image data as captured by the image sensor is displayed on the display monitor without data transformation. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271639 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes a supporting member which supports a photographing element such as an image sensor, a vibration means which vibrates an optical member provided on a front surface of the photographing element, and a control means which controls vibrations generated by the vibration means at two different frequencies, wherein the first frequency is around a natural frequency of the supporting member and the second frequency is around a natural frequency of the optical member. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271640 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing device includes a cube prism and three image capturing units. The cube prism includes an incident surface, a first exiting surface, a second exiting surface, and a third exiting surface orthogonal to each other, and further includes a first splitting surface, a second splitting surface, a third splitting surface, and a forth splitting surface orthogonal to each other. The light incident into the incident surface is split by the four splitting surfaces into monochromatic lights, and the monochromatic lights respectively exit from the three exiting surfaces to be received by the image capturing units to form images. The images can be combined as a multicolored image. Accordingly, the light-use efficiency and the image resolution can be improved, and the color fault of the image can be avoided. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271641 | THERMAL DESPACE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide thermal despace compensation for optics assemblies, such as devices including one or more lenses and/or optical devices. A thermal despace compensation system may include one or more interfaces substantially situated between optical devices that expand and contract with changing temperature according to their coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs). Each interface may be implemented with one or more shapes and/or interfaces adapted to provide a compensation despace to compensate for thermal expansion and contraction and/or reduce optical defects caused by changes in temperature of the various optical devices. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271642 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - Image pickup lens comprises: in order from an object side, a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing toward the object side; a meniscus-shaped second lens having negative refractive power and a convex surface facing toward the object side; a third lens having positive or negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing toward an image side; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power and a concave surface facing toward the image side. An image-side surface of the fifth lens has an aspherical shape and inflection points at positions other than an intersection point with an optical axis, and the image pickup lens satisfies: 1.52013-10-17 | |
20130271643 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit and a fourth lens unit that includes a | 2013-10-17 |
20130271644 | CAMERA BODY, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera body including a receiving unit that receives an operation by a user, an obtaining unit that obtains driving method information indicating a capability of controlling a focus lens from a mounted interchangeable lens, a body controller that controls the camera body and generates a control signal for controlling the interchangeable lens, and a sending unit that sends the control signal to the interchangeable lens. The body controller determines control of the interchangeable lens by referring to the driving method information to generate a control signal that instructs the interchangeable lens to perform the determined control. The receiving unit receives a selection of one driving method setting menu from a plurality of driving method setting menus, and makes a driving method setting menu, which uses a driving method other than the driving method indicated by the driving method information, unselectable. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271645 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT HAVING RECORDED THEREON A PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method for obtaining a plurality of clear sections in a plurality of images and combining such clear section into a final image. The digital photographing apparatus including: a lens unit including a focusing lens that adjusts a focal length; an image capturing device that obtains image data from incident light; a border image data obtaining unit that obtains border image data from image data obtained by the image capturing device; and a clear image determining unit that determines an image including an area that is the clearest from among images that respectively correspond to a plurality of image data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271646 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capture apparatus comprises an image sensor including at least three focus detecting pixels, an optical axis displacement unit which displaces an optical axis of an imaging optical system by driving at least part of the imaging optical system, and a focus adjustment unit which performs focus adjustment by a phase-difference detection method using a pair of images detected in the at least three focus detecting pixels, wherein if the optical axis displacement unit moves the at least part of the imaging optical system, the focus adjustment unit performs focus adjustment using detection results of a pair of focus detecting pixels, among the at least three focus detecting pixels, other than a focus detecting pixel in which a common part of an exit pupil area and the light-receiving area of the focus detecting pixel is smallest. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271647 | SOUND PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - A sound pickup device includes a detector configured to detect attachment of an external apparatus, a sound pickup unit configured to pick up a sound and output a sound signal, and a noise processor configured to, in response to the detection of attachment of an external appliance, add a noise signal to the sound signal output from the sound pickup unit and output the sound signal including the noise signal added thereto. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271648 | ALTERNATIVE LENS INSERTION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED FEATURES FOR CAMERA MODULES - A camera module has an image sensor and a lens assembly that includes a lens barrel having a first cylindrical portion that includes an externally threaded portion and a second cylindrical portion that has a larger diameter than the externally threaded portion. A lens moving mechanism includes a movable sleeve having internal threads that receive the externally threaded portion of the lens assembly. The lens moving mechanism is coupled to the image sensor such that the second cylindrical portion of the lens assembly is closest to the image sensor. The camera module is assembled by inserting the lens assembly into the lens moving mechanism from the side closest to the image sensor. An installation tool engages the second cylindrical portion to rotate the lens assembly and engage the externally threaded portion of the lens assembly with an internally threaded portion of a movable sleeve in the lens moving mechanism. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271649 | CAMERA MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera module has a lens module mounted on a substrate. The image sensor is located in a cavity in the substrate and is connected to the substrate by a bridge member, the infra-red filter. The image sensor is attached to the infra-red filter by a ring of adhesive surrounding the imaging area of the image sensor. The adhesive attaching the image sensor to the infra-red filter comprises spacers. The infra-red filter is attached to the substrate by adhesive. The cavity may extend through the substrate. The image sensor is further connected to the substrate by a sheet member, which may be made of metal. The sheet member is affixed to the bottom of the substrate and covers the hole in the substrate formed by the extension of the cavity through the substrate. A method of assembly of the camera module includes: providing a substrate with a cavity; locating the image sensor in the cavity; connecting the infra-red filter to the image sensor and the substrate; and mounting the lens module on the substrate. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271650 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - One embodiment provides a video display apparatus, including: a converter configured to perform a format conversions; a video processor configured to perform a video processing, the video processor including a first super-resolution processor configured to perform at least one of self-congruence-type super-resolution processing and color super-resolution processing; and a controller configured: to judge whether an input video signal has the first format or not; to subject the input video signal to the video processing by the video processor while avoiding the converter, if judged that the input video signal does not have the first format; and to subject the input video signal to the format conversion by the converter, and then, to subject the converted input video signal to the video processing by the video processor, if judged that the input video signal has the first format. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271651 | RESAMPLING AND PICTURE RESIZING OPERATIONS FOR MULTI-RESOLUTION VIDEO CODING AND DECODING - Techniques and tools for high accuracy position calculation for picture resizing in applications such as spatially-scalable video coding and decoding are described. In one aspect, resampling of a video picture is performed according to a resampling scale factor. The resampling comprises computation of a sample value at a position i,j in a resampled array. The computation includes computing a derived horizontal or vertical sub-sample position x or y in a manner that involves approximating a value in part by multiplying a 2 | 2013-10-17 |
20130271652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED MODULATION OF VIDEO SIGNALS - A method for encoding a carrier signal in a video signal, the video signal having one or more frames, the frames each having a first field and a second field, the first field and the second field of each frame having a plurality of scan lines, each having a plurality of pixels with an intensity value indicating brightness, the method comprising selectively designating the plurality of scan lines of the first field of the one or more frames as up lines or down lines, calculating an optimum amount of adjustment to the pixels of the up lines and the down lines, and selectively increasing the intensity value of pixels of the up lines and decreasing the intensity value of pixels of the down lines by the optimum amount of adjustment thereby modulating the video signal with a carrier signal and creating a modulated video signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271653 | BROADCAST SERVICE TRANSMITTING METHOD, BROADCAST SERVICE RECEIVING METHOD AND BROADCAST SERVICE RECEIVING APPARATUS - A method of receiving a broadcast service is provided. The method includes receiving uncompressed audio or video content, obtaining information regarding a channel of the uncompressed audio or video content on the basis of a part of the uncompressed audio or video content, and obtaining content and trigger information for the broadcast service by using the obtained information. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271654 | Display Signal Conversion Apparatus - A display device includes a display panel including red, blue, green and white (RBGW) sub pixels, a signal conversion apparatus for converting an input signal having a first color format and color arrangement into a display signal having a second color format and color arrangement, a color conversion unit configured to convert the first color format into the second color format; a sub pixel position determining signal which determines a color arrangement of a sub pixel position of the display panel, and a sub pixel signal generation unit configured to generate a sub pixel signal having the second color format and color arrangement based on the sub pixel position determining signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271655 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE LIVE VIDEO STREAMING - Systems and methods for generating a master video stream from at least two live video streams are provided in this disclosure. The systems include a combination component that combines the live video streams to generate the master video stream. In one aspect, the live video streams can be copies of the same recording that are multicast from different locations according to User Datagram Protocol. The live video streams suffer different errors, such as stream corruption or stream error, due to the transmission. The combination component eliminates the errors in the live video streams due to transmission and creates a substantially error-free master video stream. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271656 | SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL ADJUSTMENT METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE - A receiver receives a stream of program data that includes: an image signal including a plurality of frames; a sound signal; and a playback timing signal used for synchronized playback of the image signal and the sound signal. A clock signal generation unit generates a clock signal that is independent of the playback timing signal. A reception timing signal acquisition unit acquires a reception timing signal indicating a receiving time of the program data. An analysis unit analyzes a trend of time-dependent variation in a detected difference between the reception timing signal and the playback timing signal. An adjustment amount generation unit generates an adjustment amount of the clock signal, which causes the difference between the reception timing signal and the playback timing to be constant, by referring to a trend of time-dependent variation analyzed by the analysis unit. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271657 | RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HYBRID SERVICE, AND HYBRID SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A receiving apparatus includes a first receiving unit that receives signaling information and a first signal comprising reference data through a radio frequency broadcast network; a control unit that detects a plurality of additional data source information from the signaling information; a second receiving unit that accesses an internet protocol communication network, and receives a second signal comprising additional data from a source apparatus corresponding to each of the plurality of additional data source information; a storage unit that stores the reference data contained in the first signal and the additional data contained in the second signal; and an output unit that processes, synchronizes and outputs each of the reference data and additional data. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271658 | Vertical Field Detection for Television Receivers - A method in a television receiver receiving interlaced analog modulated television signals includes: detecting an inactive video period in the television signal between two successive video display fields; generating a synchronization signal indicative of the detected inactive video period; and in response to the synchronization signal, performing measurement and adjustment operations on analog circuitry of the television receiver. In another embodiment, a method in a television receiver receiving interlaced analog modulated television signals includes: detecting an inactive video period between two successive video display fields using a not-fully-demodulated intermediate frequency (IF) signal; and generating a synchronization signal indicative of the detected inactive video period. In another embodiment, a vertical field detection circuit in a television receiver includes a vertical field detector circuit configured to detect an inactive video period in the television signal between two successive video display fields using a not-fully-demodulated intermediate frequency (IF) signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271659 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, a remote controller and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes a connector which is connectable to a plurality of peripheral devices; an image processor which processes an image signal supplied by the peripheral devices; a display which displays an image thereon based on the image signal; a communicator which communicates with a remote controller controlling the plurality of peripheral devices; and a controller which selects one of the plurality of peripheral devices to display the image according to a user's input transmitted by the remote controller and transmits to the remote controller remote control information of the selected peripheral device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271660 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A display control apparatus and display control method are provided. The display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit which is configured to acquire content data, a registration unit which is configured to register at least a part of the content data, a comparison unit which is configured to compare the content data acquired by the acquisition unit and the content data registered by the registration unit and to detect an updated portion of the content data, and a display unit which is configured to display the updated portion of the content data detected by the comparison unit on a display screen. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271661 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display portion having an aspect ratio of (16+a):9 on an assumption that a is a positive number and the aspect ratio represents a ratio of horizontal size:vertical size. The display device presents full display of a first image having the aspect ratio of 16:9 such that a vertical size of the first image is substantially equal to a vertical size of the display portion, while displaying a second image to be not overlapped with the first image. Convenience for users can be thereby increased. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271662 | Multi-Chip Antenna Diversity Picture-in-Picture Architecture - A multi-chip antenna diversity architecture and method includes a first receiver chip that receives a first input signal from a first antenna. The first receiver chip includes a first tuner that amplifies the first input signal, a crystal operatively connected to a first crystal oscillator circuit, and a first crystal oscillator clock buffer that receives a clock signal from the first crystal oscillator circuit. A first demodulator demodulates the input signal received from the first tuner. A second receiver chip receives a second input signal from a second antenna. The second receiver chip includes a second crystal oscillator circuit, a second crystal oscillator clock buffer, a second tuner, and a second demodulator that receives diversity data from the first demodulator. The first crystal oscillator clock buffer drives the clock signal to the second crystal oscillator clock buffer, the second tuner, and the second demodulator of the second receiver chip. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271663 | VIDEO APPARATUS AND VIDEO CIRCUIT FOR IMPROVING VIDEO SIGNAL QUALITY - A video circuit employed in a video apparatus is configured for transmitting a video signal via an interface unit. The video circuit includes a display circuit and a compensation circuit. The display circuit switches the video apparatus into a video input mode in response to a user's operation, and blocks specific component of the video signal received from the interface unit. The compensation circuit adds a predetermined amount of direct current to the video signal. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271664 | COMBINED PREDICTION WITH VARIABLE WEIGHT IN SCALABLE EXTENSION OF HEVC - Several systems and methods for filtering noise from a picture in a picture sequence associated with video data are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes accessing a plurality of pixel blocks associated with the picture and filtering noise from at least one pixel block from among the plurality of pixel blocks. The filtering of noise from a pixel block from among the at least one pixel block includes identifying pixel blocks corresponding to the pixel block in one or more reference pictures associated with the picture sequence. Each identified pixel block is associated with a cost value. One or more pixel blocks are selected from among the identified pixel blocks based on associated cost values. Weights are assigned to the selected one or more pixel blocks and set of filtered pixels for the pixel block is generated based on the weights. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271665 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an apparatus and method that obtain a numerical value for an evaluation value of an appearance of noise in a plurality of videos and that coordinate the appearance of noise based on the evaluation value. In an image processing apparatus that coordinates an appearance of noise among a plurality of videos, noise properties are obtained from the videos, and a noise evaluation value is calculated based on the noise properties. Based on the calculated noise evaluation value, noise to be added to the videos is calculated, and the added noise is then added to the videos. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271666 | DOMINANT MOTION ESTIMATION FOR IMAGE SEQUENCE PROCESSING - Herein is described a method of estimating dominant motion between a current frame n and another frame m of an image sequence having a plurality of frames, the method comprising generating integral projections of the images and using gradients of those projections and using differences between the projections. The input may be any sequence of image frames from an image source, such as a video camera, an IR or X-ray imagery, radar, or from a storage medium such as computer disk memory, video tape or a computer graphics generator. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271667 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - An input video is compared with a background model. Based on the comparison result, a duration time during which a difference region different from the background model continues in the input video is measured. The difference region whose duration time is less than a predetermined threshold is determined as a foreground. A scene change in the input video is detected based on the comparison result. Upon detecting the scene change, the predetermined threshold is changed. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECTIVE VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON CONTINUOUS ESTIMATES OF PACKET LOSS VISIBILITY - A method for assessing the quality of a transmitted video signal sequence at a receiver side includes: capturing the input video bit stream; extracting at least one feature or a set of features; determining the continuous probability of visibility for each packet loss event which occurred within a specific time interval; and employing the continuous probability of packet loss visibility as a weighting factor of the at least one feature or set of features extracted from the video bit stream to calculate an estimate of the overall quality, Q, of the transmitted video sequence. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271669 | IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS - A transmitting apparatus generates moving image data including first image data and second image data, and generates first time code information corresponding to the first image data and second time code information corresponding to the second image data. The transmitting apparatus transmits, to an external apparatus, the first image data included in the moving image data and the first time code information corresponding to the first image data, and transmits, to the external apparatus, the second image data included in the moving image data and the second time code information corresponding to the second image data. The transmitting apparatus generates recording designation information to be added to one of the first image data and the second image data if the first image data and the second image data are the same. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271670 | Image Display Device Having A Thin Display Panel - An image display device having an image display panel includes: as a casing, a base part mountable on a horizontal surface, a rising part rising from the base part at a predetermined angle, and a panel retaining part connected to an upper part of the rising part, the panel retaining part retaining the image display panel; a first circuit board for processing an image signal to be displayed on the image display panel, the first circuit board being disposed in the base part; and a second circuit board for generating a driving signal for driving the image display panel for display on a basis of the image signal processed by the first circuit board, the second circuit board being disposed in the rising part; wherein the driving signal generated by the second circuit board is supplied to the image display panel, and the image display panel displays an image. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271671 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide an electronic device capable of preventing an enclosure from falling down without providing a stand and also improving heat dissipation of the enclosure. An electronic device ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271672 | TELEVISION MANIPULATION METHOD, HANDHELD DEVICE, TELEVISION, AND TELEVISION MANIPULATION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a television manipulation method, a handheld device, a television, where in the television manipulation method, the handheld device pre-establishes a connection relationship with a television to be controlled and determines application software to be manipulated, and then a manipulation program corresponding to the application software is installed on the handheld device, so as to implement manipulation on the application software. Through the method, information interaction between the handheld device and the television can be implemented; the handheld device obtains application information of application software installed on the television, and a corresponding manipulation program is installed on handheld device, the handheld device can also obtain application information of application software in a server, a corresponding manipulation program can be installed on the handheld device, and the handheld device implements manipulation on the television after a corresponding application software is installed on the television through the server. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271673 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A red image is displayed on liquid crystal panel ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271674 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a transmission display panel, a first backlight module, a first polarizer, and a reflective polarizer is provided. The first backlight module includes a first light guide plate and a light emitting unit. The first light guide plate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first light incident surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is between the second surface and the transmission display panel. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the first light incident surface. The transmission display panel is between the first polarizer and the first surface. The second surface is between the first surface and the reflective polarizer. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271675 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - A conductive connection part ( | 2013-10-17 |
20130271676 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a first display substrate, a second display substrate, and an optical member. The second display substrate is provided with a light-shielding layer. The light-shielding layer includes a light-shielding part and parts having a plurality of openings, and the optical member includes a left-eye retarder, a right-eye retarder, and an image blocking portion. The image blocking portion overlaps the light-shielding part, and a width of the light-shielding part is substantially the same as that of the image blocking portion. The presence of the image blocking portion results in a greater vertical viewing angle of the display device and an increased aperture ratio of the display device. | 2013-10-17 |
20130271677 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING LIQUID CRYSTAL CAPACITANCE - A display apparatus includes: a first substrate including display and peripheral area surrounding the display area, where the first substrate includes pixel electrodes in the display area, and dummy pixel electrodes in the peripheral area; a second substrate opposite to and coupled to the first substrate, where the second substrate includes a reference electrode facing the pixel electrodes and facing the dummy pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the first substrate further includes a test line electrically connected to the dummy pixel electrodes, a first pad electrode configured to apply a test voltage to the test line to measure a liquid crystal capacitance, a reference voltage line configured to receive a reference voltage from an external source, and a second pad electrode configured to apply the reference voltage to the reference voltage line to measure the liquid crystal capacitance | 2013-10-17 |