50th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130328983 | Inkjet Printer having an Image Drum Heater with Heater Seals - An inkjet offset printer includes a heated drum assembly having a hollow drum with an internal surface defining an internal cavity and a heater located in the internal cavity. The heater includes a reflector having a seal, and at least one heating element configured to generate heat and disposed between the reflector and the internal surface of the drum. The seal contacts the internal surface of the hollow drum to confine the generated heat within a space defined by the reflector and the internal surface of the drum. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328984 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a pivotal member provided on a casing so as to pivot between a closed position in which the pivotal member covers at least a part of the casing and an open position in which the pivotal member is away from the closed position, a tray member disposed so as to pivot with respect to the casing and to be pressed to the open position by a pivoting motion of the pivotal member toward the open position, and a resetting device that cancels the pressing force of the pivotal member when the pivotal member is made to pivot toward the closed position, to thereby reset the tray member to the closed position. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328985 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a recording medium, a recording unit, a discharge unit provided downstream from the recording unit, and a guide portion that is provided upstream from the discharge unit in a transport direction and that guides the recording medium to the discharge unit. The guide portion has a first guide section that guides the recording medium at a side end of the recording medium in a width direction that is orthogonal to the transport direction and a second guide section that guides the recording medium at a location closer to a central area of the recording medium than the first guide section. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328986 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a driving unit configured to drive a light-emitting element for emitting a laser beam; a rotational polygon mirror scans a photosensitive member with the laser beam. The driving unit executes a first adjustment for causing the light-emitting element to emit light at a first light emission intensity to adjust a first driving current, and a second adjustment for causing the light-emitting element to emit light at a second light emission intensity to adjust a second driving current. During a time period after the polygon mirror has started rotating until a predetermined speed is reached, the driving unit performs the first adjustment and the second adjustment, after the polygon mirror has started rotating and before performing the first adjustment, performs the second adjustment. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328987 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is capable of executing a first mode for forming a toner image on the photosensitive member that rotates at a first speed and a second mode for forming a toner image on the photosensitive member that rotates at a second speed slower than the first speed, and the control unit causes the light illumination unit to perform the weak exposure in the first mode without thinning the scanning surface of the deflection scanning unit and perform the weak exposure in the second mode while thinning the scanning surface of the deflection scanning unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328988 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A thermal head capable of reducing abrasion of the conductive layer and reducing damage of heat-generating portions is provided. A thermal head includes a substrate, a plurality of heat-generating portions disposed on or above the substrate, electrodes provided on or above the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of heat-generating portions, and a protective layer provided along an arrangement direction of the plurality of heat-generating portions, the protective layer covering the plurality of heat-generating portions and the electrodes. The protective layer has an electrical insulating layer covering the plurality of heat-generating portions and the electrodes, a conductive layer provided on the electrical insulating layer, and an abrasion resistance layer provided on the conductive layer. Part of the conductive layer is an exposed portion exposed from the abrasion resistance layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328989 | Inkjet Printer having an Image Drum Heating and Cooling System - An inkjet offset printer includes an image receiving drum assembly having a hollow drum with an external surface and an internal surface defining an internal cavity. A heating and a cooling system located in the internal cavity provides distributed heating and cooling to the internal surface of the drum. Heating and cooling can be provided to individual regions of the internal drum surface to maintain a substantially uniform external drum surface temperature. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328990 | PRINTER, RECORDING PAPER POSITIONING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A PRINTER - A printer detects black marks BM formed at a constant interval along the length of recording paper by a detector disposed to the recording paper conveyance path at a position upstream from a printing position, positions the recording paper to a printing start position for printing on the recording paper based on the detection results from the detector, and positions the recording paper to a cutting position downstream from the printing position in order to cut the recording paper based on detection of a black mark BM after printing ends. When a power-off command is input, the printer starts conveying the recording paper forward, stops conveying the recording paper when a black mark BM is detected by the detector after conveyance starts, and then turns the power off. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328991 | THERMAL IMAGE RECEIVER ELEMENTS PREPARED USING AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS - A thermal image receiver element dry image receiving layer has a T | 2013-12-12 |
20130328992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a control unit configured to cause the light irradiation unit to irradiate the photosensitive member at an image forming portion to which toner particles adhere with light emitted from the light source by a first light emission amount, and cause the light irradiation unit to irradiate the photosensitive member at a non-image forming portion to which no toner particles adhere with light emitted from the light source by a second light emission amount that is smaller than the first light emission amount. The image forming apparatus further includes an adjusting unit configured to adjust the first light emission amount and the second light emission amount, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a speed of surface of the photosensitive member. The adjusting unit is configured to change the second light emission amount according to information acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328993 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving unit causes first and second light emitting units each to emit light in a time following a pulse duty with a light amount at a first light emission level for printing on an image portion in an image formable region of a photosensitive member according to input of print data, and causes the first and the second light emitting units each to emit light with a light amount at a second light emission level of weak light emission on a non-image portion in the image formable region of the photosensitive member, and an adjustment unit adjusts each of first, second, third, and fourth driving currents for a plurality of times in one job. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328994 | LASER PROCESS ALIGNMENT MEASURING METHOD - A laser process alignment measuring method applicable to a reel-to-reel manufacturing process including a laser process stage, wherein before at least one laser process stage, marks, patterns or surfaces ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130328995 | METHOD FOR FORMING A COLOUR LASER IMAGE WITH HIGH REFLECTIVE YIELD AND DOCUMENT IN WHICH A COLOUR LASER IMAGE IS THUS PRODUCED - A method for forming and a document having a colour laser image with high reflective yield, which comprises a sheet of laserable material, sub-pixels in primary colours, the laser beam via carbonization exposing grey levels of the colour image, and a substrate. The whole is laminated in various embodiments. The sub-pixels in various embodiments are separated by transparent regions which increase reflectivity and reinforce the white component of the personalised image. Layers of reflective varnish can reinforce reflectivity. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328996 | SUPPORTING CONTINUATION OF A DATA SESSION AFTER PERFORMANCE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK PROCEDURE - A method of supporting continuation of a data session at a wireless communication device after performance of a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) procedure is provided. The method can include establishing a data session while connected to a first network and determining an initiation of a voice call while the data session is ongoing over the first network. The method can further include participating in a CSFB procedure to transition from the first network to a second network in response to initiation of the voice call. After termination of the voice call, the method can additionally include determining that sufficient resources are not available to the wireless communication device on the second network to support a minimum threshold throughput for the data session. The method can also include reverting to the first network in response to determining that sufficient resources are not available to support the minimum threshold throughput. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328997 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A method for video image sharing and control comprises activating video communication between electronic devices. Transmission of multiple video feeds is controlled using multiple cameras from a first electronic device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328998 | AUTOMATIC VIDEO LAYOUTS FOR MULTI-STREAM MULTI-SITE PRESENCE CONFERENCING SYSTEM - A videoconference multipoint control unit (MCU) automatically generates display layouts for videoconference endpoints. Display layouts are generated based on attributes associated with video streams received from the endpoints and display configuration information of the endpoints. An endpoint can include one or more attributes in each outgoing stream. Attributes can be assigned based on video streams' role, content, camera source, etc. Display layouts can be regenerated if one or more attributes change. A mixer can generate video streams to be displayed at the endpoints based on the display layout. | 2013-12-12 |
20130328999 | Optical Adapters for Mobile Devices with a Camera - Portable, mobile, lightweight, removable, low cost, easy to manufacture, easy to ship, easy to transport, easy to store, and easy to use optical adapters that provides an effective means of videoconferencing over a mobile phone or other mobile device with a camera. Embodiments include landscape and portrait adapters that can be easily applied, used and removed while maintaining a professional and aesthetic appearance. Small mirrors within the optical adapter allow light from the front of the mobile device to enter the adapter and be conditioned and redirected into the built-in lens of the camera on the back of the mobile device. Novel embodiments include a lens reverser and/or a re-lens. Optical adapters also provide for self-imaging or surveillance. Various protective cases and adapter embodiments are configured to match specific mobile devices. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329000 | PROVIDING SPONTANEOUS CONNECTION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN LOCAL AND REMOTE INTERACTION DEVICES - Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with establishing a persistent connection between local and remote interaction devices are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include operating the local interaction device in a first power state when a motion of a local user within an area proximate to the local device is not detected, and operating the local interaction device in a second power state when a motion of the local user within the area is detected. The method may further include providing a selected view of a plurality of views of the local area responsive to a gaze direction of the remote user, and providing audio communication from the local interaction device to the remote interaction device with a spatial characteristic that approximates co-location of the local and remote users. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329001 | Motion Adaptive Image Slice Selection - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for adaptively selecting what portion (aka slice) of a first image (aka frame) is selected to overlap and blend with a second frame during frame capture operations are disclosed. In general, for every new frame captured in a sequence the overlap between it and the slice selected from a prior frame may be determined based, at least in part, on sensor output. If the overlap so determined is below a desired threshold, the position of the current frame's slice may be adjusted so as to provide the desired overlap. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329002 | Adaptive Image Blending Operations - Special blend operations (referred to as “image seam-matching”) are described that keep the pixel values in the two images being blended the same along their transition border or seam, and smoothly increases/decreases pixel values on either side of the seam through the images' transition band (an area around the seam in which image blend operations are constrained). Image seam-matching provides many of the benefits of gradient blending (e.g., the avoidance of ghosting), without the associated computational overhead. This makes image seam-matching a particularly useful approach for real-time image processing such as during the real-time generation of wide area-of-view images. In situations where image seam-matching may be inappropriate, such as when the images being blended include long objects that span an entire overlap region(s), a mechanism is described which allows the selection of either, or both, seam-matching and cross-fading blend operations in a graceful or smooth manner | 2013-12-12 |
20130329003 | VIDEO CAMERA POSITIONING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling a video camera positioning system includes the steps of controlling a motor for driving a video camera to capture a panoramic frame, dividing the panoramic frame into a plurality of frames, controlling the motor for driving the camera lens to turn to the frame corresponding to an encoded command signal when the microcontroller receiving the encoded command signal, and zooming in the frame by the video camera. Furthermore, a video camera positioning system is also disclosed herein. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329004 | Method of and Apparatus for Image Enhancement - Image enhancement by separating the image signals, either Y or RGB, into a series of bands and performing noise reduction on bands below a given frequency but not on bands above that frequency. The bands are summed to develop the image enhanced signals. This results in improved sharpness and masking of image processing pipeline artifacts. Chroma signals are not separated into bands but have noise reduction applied to the full bandwidth signals. The higher frequency band is attenuated or amplified based on light level. The noise reduction has thresholds based on measured parameters, such as signal frequency, gain and light level, provided in a lookup table. The window size used for the noise reduction varies with the light level as well, smaller windows sizes being used in bright light and increasing window sizes as light levels decrease. Panoramic images are handled in a similar fashion. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329005 | ADAPTIVE AROUND-VIEW MONITORING DEVICE - An adaptive around-view monitoring device comprises a plurality of wide-angle cameras, a top-view image integration unit, a real-time image encoding/decoding unit, and an adaptive display processing unit, wherein the top-view image integration unit is further configured with a tuning/calibrating circuit which provides an acquisition and a calibration of erroneous parameters generated during the process of installation, and also substantially and efficiently reduces the routine time and procedure which repeats again and again to minimize or eliminate those parameters while the around-view monitoring device is being installed onboard the same type of vehicles. Furthermore, the adaptive display processing unit is able to adjust and output the optimized size and ratio of image to fit the display device installed on the vehicle. And, the present invention is able to provide the driver a real-time and correct around-view image and information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329006 | COORDINATED ILLUMINATION AND IMAGE SIGNAL CAPTURE FOR ENHANCED SIGNAL DETECTION - Signal detection and recognition employees coordinated illumination and capture of images under to facilitate extraction of a signal of interest. Pulsed illumination of different colors facilitates extraction of signals from color channels, as well as improved signal to noise ratio by combining signals of different color channels. The successive pulsing of different color illumination appears white to the user, yet facilitates signal detection, even for lower cost monochrome sensors, as in barcode scanning and other automatic identification equipment. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329007 | REDUNDANCY REMOVAL FOR ADVANCED MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION (AMVP) IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VIDEO CODING - In general, techniques are described for performing motion vector prediction in 3D video coding and, more particularly for managing a candidate list of motion vector predictors (MVPs) for a block of video data. In some examples, a video coder, such as video encoder or video decoder, includes at least three motion vector predictors (MVPs) in a candidate list of MVPs for a current block in a first view of a current access unit of the video data, wherein the at least three MVPs comprise an inter-view motion vector predictor (IVMP), which is a temporal motion vector derived from a block in a second view of the current access unit or a disparity motion vector derived from a disparity vector. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329008 | ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD - There is provided an encoding apparatus including a setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that encoding parameter used when encoding a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image is shared in the color image and the depth image, and an encoding unit configured to encode the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329009 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS - The invention significantly decreases the number of buffers for an encoding delay and a data delay without lowering the prediction performance in predication encoding. To this end, a frame, at the same time, of a right neighboring camera is referred to, and the encoding timing of a reference destination image is delayed by an encoding time of several blocks with respect to a reference source image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329010 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGE REVIEW IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) DISPLAY - A method of providing three-dimensional (3-D) image effects comprises capturing, using the electronic device, three or more two-dimensional (2-D) image layers for an image, stacking the three or more 2-D image layers to create a 3-D effect for the image, activating the 3-D image effect for displaying the image in 3-D, and displaying the image with a 3-D effect. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329011 | Probabilistic And Constraint Based Articulated Model Fitting - A depth sensor obtains images of articulated portions of a user's body such as the hand. A predefined model of the articulated body portions is provided. Representative attract points of the model are matched to centroids of the depth sensor data, and a rigid transform of the model is performed, in an initial, relatively coarse matching process. This matching process is then refined in a non-rigid transform of the model, using attract point-to-centroid matching. In a further refinement, an iterative process rasterizes the model to provide depth pixels of the model, and compares the depth pixels of the model to the depth pixels of the depth sensor. The refinement is guided by whether the depth pixels of the model are overlapping or non-overlapping with the depth pixels of the depth sensor. Collision, distance and angle constraints are also imposed on the model. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329012 | 3-D IMAGING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE 3-D OR DEPTH SENSOR WHICH IS CONTINUALLY CALIBRATED DURING USE - 3D imaging and processing method and system including at least one 3D or depth sensor which is continuously calibrated during use are provided. In one embodiment, a calibration apparatus or object is continuously visible in the field of view of each 3D sensor. In another embodiment, such as a calibration apparatus is not needed. Continuously calibrated 3D sensors improve the accuracy and reliability of depth measurements. The calibration system and method can be used to ensure the accuracy of measurements using any of a variety of 3D sensor technologies. To reduce the cost of implementation, the invention can be used with inexpensive, consumer-grade 3D sensors to correct measurement errors and other measurement deviations from the true location and orientation of an object in 3D space. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329013 | HAND HELD DIMENSION CAPTURE APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of determining dimension information indicative of the dimensions of an object is disclosed, the method including: receiving a depth image of the object; and processing the depth information. The processing may include: determining a region of interest (ROI) in the image corresponding to a corner of the object; generating local normal information indicative of local normals corresponding to points in the image; generating, based at least in part on the ROI and the local normal information, object face information indicative of an association of points in the image with sides of the object; and determining the dimension information based at least in part on the object face information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329014 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: an imaging unit for capturing a subject; and a storage unit for storing therein an image captured by the imaging unit. The image stored in the storage unit is an image that forms a three-dimensional image when displayed in combination with other image of the same subject stored in the storage unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329015 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING ROBUST STEREO IMAGES - Techniques for generating robust depth maps from stereo images are described. A robust depth map is generated from a set of stereo images captured with and without flash illumination. The depth map is more robust than depth maps generated using conventional techniques because a pixel-matching algorithm is implemented that weights pixels in a matching window according to the ratio of light intensity captured using different flash illumination levels. The ratio map provides a rough estimate of depth relative to neighboring pixels that enables the flash/no-flash pixel-matching algorithm to devalue pixels that appear to be located at different depths than the central pixel in the matching window. In addition, the ratio map may be used to filter the generated depth map to generate a smooth estimate for the depth of objects within the stereo image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329016 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE USING A COLLABORATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP - A communication network comprising a collaborative photography group including a plurality of cameras having synchronized photographing times, is provided. The plurality of cameras may share location information, direction angle information, and image information generated by photographing an object, and generate a three-dimensional (3D) image of the object. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329017 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA DEVICE - Vehicle-mounted camera device includes first imaging unit, second imaging unit, image control unit for outputting imaging timing signals for controlling imaging timings of first imaging unit and second imaging unit to the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and outputting transmission timing control signals for controlling transmission timings of signals output from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit, and an image processing unit for performing an image processing on the signals output from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit. Image control unit temporarily offsets a timing of outputting the signal from the first imaging unit to the image processing unit from a timing of outputting the signal from the second imaging unit to the image processing unit based on the transmission timing control signals. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329018 | 3D GEOMETRIC MODELING AND 3D VIDEO CONTENT CREATION - A system, apparatus and method of obtaining data from a 2D image in order to determine the 3D shape of objects appearing in said 2D image, said 2D image having distinguishable epipolar lines, said method comprising: (a) providing a predefined set of types of features, giving rise to feature types, each feature type being distinguishable according to a unique bi-dimensional formation; (b) providing a coded light pattern comprising multiple appearances of said feature types; (c) projecting said coded light pattern on said objects such that the distance between epipolar lines associated with substantially identical features is less than the distance between corresponding locations of two neighboring features; (d) capturing a 2D image of said objects having said projected coded light pattern projected thereupon, said 2D image comprising reflected said feature types; and (e) extracting: (i) said reflected feature types according to the unique bi-dimensional formations; and (ii) locations of said reflected feature types on respective said epipolar lines in said 2D image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329019 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT ESTIMATES DISTANCE INFORMATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus free from the inconvenience of an increase in the number of focal positions for image pickup or reduction of the distance accuracy. An optical imaging system forms an object image and an image pickup device picks up the formed object image. A first range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having parallax. A second range image is generated from a plurality of images picked up by the image pickup device and having different degrees of focus at respective corresponding locations therein. A synthesis coefficient is calculated according to the depth of field of a main object selected from objects shown in the object image. A synthesized range image is generated by synthesizing the generated first range image and second range image using the calculated synthesis coefficient. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329020 | HYBRID STITCHING - In a system or method where three-dimensional data is acquired as a sequence of frames of data along a camera path, disparate sequences are related to one another through a number of geometric stitches obtained by direct registration of three-dimensional data between frames in the disparate sequences. These geometric stitches are then used in addition to or in place of other camera path relationships to form a single virtual stitch graph for the combined model, upon which an integrated global path optimization can be performed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329021 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH MOVEMENT ELEMENTS FOR OBTAINING A HIGH RESOLUTION AND/OR A 3D EFFECT - A display device (A) for the display of image information, which consists of at least one or a plurality of picture elements and may be modified by means of a frame rate (R), having at least one light source (L) for the generation of a picture element of the image information, characterized in that there are provided picture element modification means (VM) having movement elements (BR, BV, LI, L), which are movably arranged with at least the frame rate (R) in the display device (A) and which are adapted to selectively deflect and/or cover the light emitted by the at least one light source (L) for the viewer (LA, RA) of the display device (A) in order to generate per light source (L) of the display device (A) at least twice the number of picture elements as extension picture elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for the display of the image information, wherein the light emitted by the at least one light source (L) is modified with at least twice the frame rate (R) as light source frequency (f | 2013-12-12 |
20130329022 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic display system, which includes a phase retarder, a display panel, a detector unit, and a processing unit. The phase retarder has a plurality of first strip shapes and a plurality of second strip shapes. The first strip shapes and the second strip shapes are alternately arranged. The display panel has a plurality of pixels. The pixels are arranged into a plurality of pixel rows corresponding to the first strip shapes and the second strip shapes. The detector unit utilized to detect a position of an observer's eyes relative to the display panel. The processing unit is electrically coupled to the display panel and the detector unit, and is utilized to adjust a position of the images displayed on the plurality of pixel rows, thereby reducing a crosstalk phenomenon. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329023 | TEXT RECOGNITION DRIVEN FUNCTIONALITY - Various approaches for providing textual information to an application, system, or service are disclosed. In particular, various embodiments enable a user to capture an image with a camera of a portable computing device. The computing device is capable of taking the image and processing it to recognize, identify, and/or isolate the text in order to forward the text to an application or function. The application or function can then utilize the text to perform an action in substantially real-time. The text may include an email, phone number, URL, an address, and the like and the application or function may be dialing the phone number, navigating to the URL, opening an address book to save contact information, displaying a map to show the address, and so on. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329024 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus is provided which generates a three-dimensional superposed image showing an inserted medical device in a preoperative image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329025 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device for picking up an image of an object; a reception portion that is provided in a processor including a signal processing portion processes an image signal obtained by picking up the object with the image pickup device, and that receives a first synchronization signal generated in a first synchronization signal generation portion and is transmitted through a cable; a calculation portion that sequentially detects a plurality of periods of the first synchronization signal that the reception portion receives, and carries out processing to perform a calculation that determines an average value of the detected plurality of periods of the first synchronization signal; and a second synchronization signal generation portion that generates a second synchronization signal taking a value based on a calculation result of the calculation portion as a period, and supplies the second synchronization signal to the image pickup device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329026 | IMAGING MECHANISM, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGING MECHANISM - An imaging mechanism includes: an imaging device; a light receiving section that is provided on one surface of the imaging device; a cover member that covers the one surface of the imaging device and the light receiving section; and a lens unit that has a plurality of lenses including a plano-convex lens having a flat portion and a lens barrel, and that is optically coupled to the light receiving section, the lens barrel fixing the plurality of lenses, wherein the plano-convex lens having the flat portion is provided at a closest position to the imaging device in the plurality of lenses such that the flat portion faces the imaging device, and the flat portion protrudes from an end of the lens barrel toward the imaging device and is fixed to the cover member. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329027 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes: a light source device radiating at least one or more illumination lights having a predetermined wavelength band to a subject, and an image pickup device picking up an image of a return light from the subject. A band decomposition processing section of a video processor performs processing for decomposition into multiple spatial frequency bands, for a first image signal having a peak wavelength of spectral characteristic, between a wavelength band including a maximum value and a wavelength band at a minimum value with regard to an absorption characteristic of living tissue after image pickup by the image pickup device. An emphasis processing section of the video processor performs emphasis processing on the basis of a band image signal with a lowest spatial frequency among multiple band image signals obtained by the decomposition processing to generate an emphasis-corrected image signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329028 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system is an image pickup system in which an image pickup device arranged at a distal end of an insertion section of an endoscope and a processor can communicate with each other. A group of multiple control parameters to be collectively transmitted and checksum codes related to the parameters are transmitted from the processor to the image pickup device, and the image pickup device reflects the control parameters on a register only when all the received multiple control parameters are normal, on the basis of the checksums. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329029 | DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEM - A digital camera system capable of operating by detecting a feature point, which has not been accomplished, in addition to ordinary functions of a conventional camera is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, a digital camera system includes a detecting means that detects a given feature point from an image data, a receiving means that receives an order from a user, a selecting means that selects each feature point in accordance with a given order instructed by the receiving means when a plurality of feature points are detected, and a display that displays feature point information identifying the feature point selected by the selecting means. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329030 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MASKING A PORTION OF A MOVING IMAGE STREAM - Apparatus and methods are described for imaging a portion of a body of a subject that undergoes a motion cycle, including acquiring a plurality of image frames of the portion of the subject's body. A given feature is identified in at least some of the image frames. At least some image frames are image tracked with respect to the feature, and the image frames that have been image tracked with respect to the given feature are displayed as a stream of image frames. Visibility of a periphery of the displayed stream of image frames is at least partially reduced, by applying a mask to the displayed stream of image frames. Other applications are also described. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329031 | BLOOD VESSEL IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND ORGANISM AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - An authentication apparatus that authenticates individuals with the use of features of a living body includes an input device for placing the living body thereon, an imaging device that images the living body, an image processing unit that processes an image taken by the imaging device, the features of the living body, a plurality of light sources for imaging the living body, and a light guide member. The authentication apparatus also includes first feature data registered in advance, a storage device that stores the first feature data therein, second feature data indicative of the features of the living body imaged by the imaging device, and a checking processing unit that checks the first feature data against the second feature data. The plurality of light sources is arranged on a lower portion of the light guide member, and the plurality of light sources is sequentially turned on. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329032 | FUNDUS CAMERA AND METHOD OF CAPTURING FUNDUS IMAGE - A fundus camera having an autofocus function which automatically drives a focus lens, the camera includes a general-purpose digital camera having a live view function, an acquisition unit which acquires a live view image captured by the general-purpose digital camera, and a control unit which drives the focus lens based on the live view image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329033 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system comprises: a stage carrying a sample; an optical system forming an sample image; a driver driving at least the optical system or stage to relatively moves the sample and optical system; an imaging section capturing a reference viewing field image as an image of a predetermined viewing field range of the sample and peripheral viewing field images each being an image of a peripheral viewing field range containing a predetermined region in the predetermined viewing field range and different from the predetermined viewing field range, by the driver moving the relative position of the sample; a correction gain calculator calculating a correction gain of each pixel of the reference viewing field image based on the reference viewing field image and peripheral viewing field image; and a corrector performing shading correction on the reference viewing field image based on the calculated correction gain. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329034 | DEFOCUS AMOUNT ESTIMATION METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPARENT MEMBER - A defocus amount estimation method for an imaging apparatus that captures, using an image sensor, an image of a specimen formed by an imaging optical system includes a captured image evaluation step of fixing the specimen using a transparent member including a mark that applies at least one of a phase variation and an amplitude change to transmitted light, to acquire a captured image containing an image of the specimen and an image of the mark, and an estimation step of estimating a defocus amount based on the captured image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides a structure which reduces erroneous estimation when a state of a work is estimated. An image processing apparatus includes: a camera which inputs an image of a work; a work state estimation unit which estimates a state of the work from the image which has been input by the camera; an occurrence probability storage unit which stores an occurrence probability that is previously associated with each state of the work; and a reliability calculation unit which calculates reliability for the estimated state of the work, based on the state of the work estimated by the work state estimation unit and the occurrence probability which corresponds to the state of the work. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329036 | Automated Stent Inspection System - A method for the rapid optical inspection of stents is described wherein a stent is mounted on a mandrel with optical properties suitable for machine vision inspection of the stent is conveyed to a first inspection station containing a camera and illumination light source. A driving member securely contacts the mandrel and the stent is rotated in view of the inspection camera. The stent is then transferred to a second location for further operations. A unique identification tag is associated with each mandrel and tracks the location of the stent through the inspection process. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329037 | NONCONTACT CALIPER MEASUREMENTS OF SHEET PRODUCTS USING INTERSECTING LINES IN SHEET MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A method includes obtaining multiple images of a sheet of material. The images contain a first line projected onto a first side of the sheet and a second line projected onto a second side of the sheet. The images include (i) at least one first image containing the first line reflected off the first side of the sheet and the second line transmitted through the sheet and (ii) at least one second image containing the second line reflected off the second side of the sheet and the first line transmitted through the sheet. The method also includes identifying at least one point of intersection in the images where the lines intersect on the sheet. The method further includes identifying a caliper of the sheet using the at least one point of intersection. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING A CURVILINEAR OBJECT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE - A system for detecting and tracking a curvilinear object in a three-dimensional space includes an image acquisition system including a video camera arranged to acquire a video image of the curvilinear object and output a corresponding video signal, the video image comprising a plurality n of image frames each at a respective time t | 2013-12-12 |
20130329039 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - In order to highly sensitively detect fatal defects present in the vicinity of a direct peripheral circuit section in a chip formed on a semiconductor wafer, in the defect inspection device, which is provided with an illumination optical system that illuminates an inspection subject at predetermined optical conditions and a detection optical system that acquires image data by detecting scattered light from the inspection subject at predetermined detection conditions, a plurality of different defect determinations are performed for each region from a plurality of image data that differ in image data acquisition conditions or optical conditions and that are acquired by the detection optical system, and defect candidates are detected by consolidating the results. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329040 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE ACCURACY OF A MECHANICAL WATCH - A method of measuring accuracy of a watch including a visual display device, including: storing a first instant, at which the display is in a first display position corresponding to a first image, with a corresponding time reference source; determining a first display value for the first image and stored in a storage in correlation with the first instant; storing, after a determined time interval, a second instant, at which the display is in a second display position corresponding to a second image, with the corresponding source; determining a second display value for the second image and stored in the storage in correlation with the second instant; and calculating displaying on a viewing device the variation in rate of the display. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329041 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ORIENTATION ESTIMATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of orientation estimation of a mobile device. For example, a mobile device may include an orientation estimator to detect a pattern in at least one image captured by the mobile device, and based on one or more geometric elements of the detected pattern, to determine one or more orientation parameters related to an orientation of the mobile device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329042 | IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE, IMAGE PICK-UP SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICK-UP METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes: a lens optical system including six regions having such optical characteristics that focal characteristics are made different from one another; an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels on which light beams having passed through the lens optical system are incident; and an arrayed optical device for making light beams having passed through the six regions incident respectively on different pixels on the image pickup device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329043 | TRANSMISSIONS OF IMAGES IN A REMOTE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for selective transmission of color information to a remote recognition system is provided herein. During operation, a central server may determine that at least one region in an image is ambiguously recognized, or unrecognized. In response, the central server will send a request for the image/video to be provided in color, or alternatively for a portion of the image/video to be provided in color. Because only selective images, or portions of images will be transmitted in color, the above transmission scheme enables reduction of bandwidth, and hence cost, required for transmitting images to the analytics server, without compromising the accuracy of the analytics. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329044 | ANTI-THEFT STAND INCLUDING A VIEWING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an anti-theft stand provided with at least two diametrically opposed cameras secured to the frame in the upper central area thereof, directed towards the sides and suitably connected to an image receiving source, such as a computer, an image recorder or another similar device. The stand comprises protective panels made from transparent methacrylate with mirrored vinyl, said panels being disposed in front of the cameras and secured to the frame. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A REFLECTED LIGHT FROM AN IMAGING DEVICE IMAGE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for removing a reflected light from an imaging device image, including a processor on a controller configured to output at a predetermined interval to a windshield or an imaging device lens, a control signal for controlling an on or off operation of at least one filter; obtain an image photographed by the camera, wherein the camera is installed in a direction toward the windshield of the vehicle, generate a differential image by subtracting a reflected image photographed when the filter is turned on from a general image photographed when the filter is turned off, and obtain a final image by correcting an area corresponding to the reflected image of the differential image based on a blurred image of the differential image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329046 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - A vehicle-mounted camera includes a camera module mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, and further includes a mirror occupying at least a part of an imaging range of the camera module. The camera module may be arranged to face a forward vehicle traveling direction. The mirror may occupy a lower part of the vertical direction in the imaging range. The camera module and the mirror may both be disposed in the vehicle. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329047 | ESCORT SECURITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - An escort security surveillance system is described. The system includes a gateway, a web server, a mobile communication device, and a client device of the gateway. The web server introduces the mobile communication device to a corresponding gateway based on a selection of a security monitoring service from the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has an optical component and a microphone for generating media data. The gateway records a live stream of the media data. The gateway aggregates the media data from the mobile communication device and monitoring data generated by a security device coupled to the gateway. The aggregated data is stored in a storage device and communicated to the client device of the gateway. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329048 | MULTI-FUNCTION SAFETY HAMLET - A multi-function safety hamlet includes a hamlet body having a lining for covering wearer's head and a camera for recording video. The camera is arranged to the hamlet body facing ahead so as to record the sight in front of the user. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329049 | MULTISENSOR EVIDENCE INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION IN OBJECT INSPECTION - Video image data is acquired from synchronized cameras having overlapping views of objects moving past the cameras through a scene image in a linear array and with a determined speed. Processing units generate one or more object detections associated with confidence scores within frames of the camera video stream data. The confidence scores are modified as a function of constraint contexts including a cross-frame constraint that is defined by other confidence scores of other object detection decisions from the video data that are acquired by the same camera at different times; a cross-view constraint defined by other confidence scores of other object detections in the video data from another camera with an overlapping field-of-view; and a cross-object constraint defined by a sequential context of a linear array of the objects, spatial attributes of the objects and the determined speed of the movement of the objects relative to the cameras. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329050 | REMOTE STREAMING - Method, device, and storage medium for logging on to a network that provides a streaming service for content pertaining to video cameras located at customers' premises; attempting to receive streaming content from a video camera located at a customer's premises based on one of a request to open a port on a routing device located at the customer's premises or a request to open a pinhole on a routing device located at a location remote to the customer's premises; and determining whether a success or a failure occurred as to receiving the streaming content from the video camera located at the customer's premises. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329051 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system may include a personal electronic device having a housing and an ultra-wide band transceiver disposed within the housing. The system may also include a stereophonic system for sending audio information to a right ear and a left ear of a user, the stereophonic system having a second ultra-wideband transceiver. The ultra-wideband transceiver of the personal electronic device and the second ultra-wideband transceiver of the stereophonic system are adapted for providing audio communications therebetween. The stereophonic system may include a switch for switching between the plurality of personal electronic devices. The switch may be implemented in software or hardware. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329052 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREIGN OBJECT, DEBRIS, OR DAMAGE IN AN AIRFIELD - A surveillance system and method for detecting a foreign object, debris, or damage in an airfield, the surveillance system comprising: one or more cameras for capturing images of the airfield; a processing unit for detecting the foreign object, debris or damage in the airfield from the images captured by the one or more cameras; and a weapons impact surveillance system for detecting weapon impact in the airfield and directing the one or more cameras to capture images in an area of the detected weapon impact. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329053 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING FULL-COLOR IMAGE IN LOW LIGHT - Full-color images of low-light scenes are generated by the systems and methods described herein using only two light channels. An array of photosensitive pixels includes two sets of pixels, the first sensitive only to light associated with a first light channel, the second only to light associated with a second light channel. Thus the first set of pixels generate a first set of electrical signals in response to incident light within the first light channel, and the second set of pixels generate a second set of electrical signals in response to incident light within the second light channel. An image processor receives the first and second sets of electrical signals and generates a full-color image of the scene by processing only signals generated by the first and second sets of pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329054 | INFRARED CAMERA SYSTEM HOUSING WITH METALIZED SURFACE - A housing for an infrared camera module may be implemented with a substantially non-metal cover configured to substantially or completely enclose various components of an infrared imaging device. A metal layer may be disposed on various interior and/or exterior surfaces of the cover. Such implementations may be used to reduce the effects of various environmental conditions which may otherwise adversely affect the performance of the infrared imaging device. In addition, one or more conductive traces may be built into the housing and/or on interior surfaces of the housing to facilitate the passing of signals from components of the infrared imaging device such as infrared sensors, read out circuitry, a temperature measurement component, and/or other components. One or more fiducial markers may be provided to align various components of the infrared camera module during manufacture. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329055 | Camera System for Recording and Tracking Remote Moving Objects - A camera system for detecting and tracking moving objects located at a great distance includes a camera having a camera lens system, and a position stabilizing device. The camera includes a first image sensor and a second image sensor. The camera lens system includes optical elements for focusing incident radiation onto a radiation sensitive surface of the first image sensor and/or the second image sensor with a reflecting telescope arrangement and a target tracking mirror arrangement, and a drive device for a movable element of the target tracking mirror arrangement and with a control system for the drive device. The optical elements includes a first subassembly of optical elements having a first focal length and associated with the first image sensor, and a second subassembly of optical elements having a second focal length that is shorter than the first focal length and associated with the second image sensor. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329056 | COLOR CALIBRATION OF AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE IN A WAY THAT IS ADAPTIVE TO THE SCENE TO BE CAPTURED - Method comprising the steps of:
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20130329057 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Dwelling Time for Tuning Display to Reduce or Eliminate Mura Artifact - Systems and methods for calibrating an electronic display to reduce or eliminate a mura artifact are provided. The mura artifact may be due to differential behavior of common voltage layers (VCOMs) in the electronic display. One method for reducing or eliminating the mura artifact may involve turning on an electronic display and programming pixels the electronic display to a uniform gray level. An initial luminance value may be determined and, after waiting a period of time, a subsequent luminance of the pixels may be measured. When a difference between the subsequent luminance and initial luminance is within a threshold, the mura artifact may be understood to have settled and the electronic display may be calibrated. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PILL IDENTIFICATION - A system and method for identifying pills by determining a size and shape of each pill in a digital image. The system includes a background grid organized as a grid of alternating-colored shapes. The system also includes a digital camera, a processor and a memory. The processor is used to receive and process the digital image taken by the digital camera so as to determine contours for each pill in the image. The contour determination is refined and is used to determine size and shape information for each pill. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329059 | PERSON DETECTION SYSTEM - Detection of a specific person with a specific person detecting system using surveillance cameras installed in various environments has not been successfully accurate. A monitoring system of the present invention includes an image pickup device capturing images, an updating type specified person detection server receiving captured images, extracting image feature quantities therefrom and storing image feature quantities and provisional person information of unspecified persons and the reliability thereof in real time, and a monitor station with an image searching function capable of searching an image afterward, which are connected via a network. The updating type specified person detection server adds the person information to a specified person list during system operation on the basis of an unspecified person list that is updated. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329060 | OVERLAY IMAGE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER AND METHOD - An overlay image providing system, server and method is disclosed. The method comprises an overlay image providing server receiving download request information for an overlay image transmitted by a download device and returning a corresponding overlay image to the download device according to the download request information for an overlay image, wherein the overlay image is uploaded beforehand by an upload device to the overlay image providing server via the network. Since the overlay image providing server can provide an overlay image to be directly downloaded by an image pickup device, the process of the image pickup device acquiring the overlay image and superimposing the overlay image onto the field of view of camera is greatly simplified. Other users can also upload overlay images to the overlay image providing server via the upload. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING IMAGE DATA - A method of processing image data is provided. The method includes receiving input image data, determining whether the input image data matches stored image data which is pre-stored in a database, storing, in the database, the input image data which is determined to match the stored image data, and providing the stored image data which is stored in the database. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329062 | STATIONARY CAMERA DETECTION AND VIRTUAL TRIPOD TRANSITION FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION - An apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for motion sensor-based video stabilization. A motion sensor may capture motion data of a video sequence. A controller may compute instantaneous motion of the camera for a current frame of the video sequence and accumulated motion of the camera corresponding to motion of a plurality of frames of the video sequence. The controller may compare the instantaneous motion to a first threshold value, compare the accumulated motion to a second threshold value, and set a video stabilization strength parameter for the current frame based on the results of the comparison. A video stabilization unit may perform video stabilization on the current frame according to the frame's strength parameter. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329063 | NOISE REDUCTION BASED ON MOTION SENSORS - A method for reducing noise in a sequence of frames may include generating a transformed frame from an input frame according to a perspective transform of a transform matrix, wherein the transform matrix corrects for motion associated with input frame. A determination may be made to identify pixels in the transformed frame that have a difference with corresponding pixels in a neighboring frame below a threshold. An output frame may be generated by adjusting pixels in the transformed frame that are identified to have the difference with the corresponding pixels in the neighboring frame below the threshold. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329064 | TEMPORAL ALIASING REDUCTION AND CODING OF UPSAMPLED VIDEO - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for upsampling a video sequence for coding. According to the method, an estimate of camera motion may be obtained from motion sensor data. Video data may be analyzed to detect motion within frames output from a camera that is not induced by the camera motion. When non-camera motion falls within a predetermined operational limit, video upsampling processes may be engaged. In another embodiment, video upsampling may be performed by twice estimating image content for a hypothetical new a frame using two different sources as inputs. A determination may be made whether the two estimates of the frame match each other sufficiently well. If so, the two estimates may be merged to yield a final estimated frame and the new frame may be integrated into a stream of video data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329065 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION UNIT, IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An image blur compensation unit and image blur compensation device that can be made smaller in size. Wedge prisms, which refract light that is guided to an imaging element after passing through a lens group, are disposed on the same plane perpendicular to a central axis, and are supported by rotatable prism support portions. In order for the wedge prisms to be spaced by a predetermined distance and face each other along the central axis in a space that is formed when being placed adjacent to each other, the prism support portion supports the wedge prism on one end side along the central axis, and the prism support portion supports the wedge prism on one end side along the central axis. In this manner, the prism support portions supporting the wedge prisms, which need to be disposed along the central axis so as to be spaced by a predetermined distance and face each other, are disposed on the same plane. Therefore, the central axis-direction thickness can be made thinner, and the device can be made smaller in size. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329066 | HARDWARE-CONSTRAINED TRANSFORMS FOR VIDEO STABILIZATION PROCESSES - The video stabilization method can generate output data for an output frame from input data of an input frame according to a perspective transform of a transform matrix. The input data used for the perspective transform can be obtained from a buffer of a predetermined depth. The transform matrix can be altered when the input data required for the transform exceeds the depth of the buffer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329067 | CAPTURING CONTROL APPARATUS, CAPTURING CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - It is an object to allow a shooting direction to be changed in a direction intended by a user. An apparatus includes: an acceptance unit configured to accept one of a first instruction to rotate a captured image by a predetermined angle and a second instruction to rotate a coordinate system by the predetermined angle, and to refuse the other of the first and second instructions; a processing unit configured to perform a first processing to rotate the captured image by the predetermined angle and to perform a second processing to rotate the coordinate system stored in a storage unit by the predetermined angle, in response to accepting the one of the first and second instructions; and a control unit configured to perform control of changing the shooting direction of a capturing unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329068 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In the case of a conventional image apparatus that generates refocus image on the occasion of image display, there is a waiting time because the image apparatus generates the refocus image in response to an operation of a user and requires the time to generate the refocus image. To address this situation, an image apparatus determines ranks of targets to be in focus based on history information indicating operation history, and generates sequentially combined image data from multi-viewpoint image data obtained by capturing images from multiple viewpoints, by focusing on the targets in accordance with the determined ranks. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329069 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging device; a main memory that stores motion picture data acquired by the imaging device; a motion picture compressing unit that compresses the motion picture data stored in the main memory; a still image frame acquiring unit that acquires a still image frame at arbitrary timing from the motion picture data acquired by the imaging device; a line memory that stores still image data that is a part of the still image frame acquired by the still image frame acquiring unit; and a still image compressing unit that performs a compression process of the still image data stored in the line memory. The still image compressing unit compresses the still image data in real time. The main memory stores the motion picture data and stores compressed data that is compressed in real time by the still image compressing unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329070 | Projection-Based Image Registration - Systems, methods, and computer readable media to register images in real-time and that are capable of producing reliable registrations even when the number of high frequency image features is small. The disclosed techniques may also provide a quantitative measure of a registration's quality. The latter may be used to inform the user and/or to automatically determine when visual registration techniques may be less accurate than motion sensor-based approaches. When such a case is detected, an image capture device may be automatically switched from visual-based to sensor-based registration. Disclosed techniques quickly determine indicators of an image's overall composition (row and column projections) which may be used to determine the translation of a first image, relative to a second image. The translation so determined may be used to align/register the two images. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329071 | Image Blending Operations - Procedures are described for blending images in real-time that avoid ghosting artifacts (attributable to moving objects), maintain the proper appearance of contiguous edges in the final image, and permits the use of fast (real-time) blending operations. A “guard-band” may be defined around an initially identified seam that perturbs the path of the initial seam so that both the seam and the guard-band's edges avoid moving objects by at least a specified amount. Rapid blend operations may then be performed in the region demarcated by the guard-band. The seam may be further adjusted to bias its position toward a specified trajectory within the overlap region when there is no moving object present. If visual registration techniques are not able to provide a properly aligned overlap region, motion sensor data for the image capture device, may be used instead to facilitate blending operations. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329072 | Motion-Based Image Stitching - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for stitching or aligning multiple images (or portions of images) to generate a panoramic image are described. In general, techniques are disclosed for using motion data (captured at substantially the same time as image data) to align images rather than performing image analysis and/or registration operations. More particularly, motion data may be used to identify the rotational change between successive images. The identified rotational change, in turn, may be used to calculate a motion vector that describes the change in position between a point in a first image and a corresponding point in a subsequent image. The motion vector may be utilized to align successive images in an image sequence based on the motion data associated with the images. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329073 | Creating Adjusted Digital Images with Selected Pixel Values - Creating adjusted digital images with selected pixel values includes taking multiple digital images of a view where at least two of the digital images are taken with light from different angles and selecting pixels values from the at least two digital images to create an adjusted digital image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329074 | SHUTTER RELEASE USING SECONDARY CAMERA - A method of capturing an image includes activating a first image sensor and capturing a sequence of images with a second image sensor. A determination is made as to whether the sequence of images captured by the second image sensor includes a shutter gesture. If a shutter gesture is included in the sequence of images captured by the second image sensor, the first image sensor captures a target image in response. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329075 | DYNAMIC CAMERA MODE SWITCHING - A method for automatic image capture control and digital imaging is described. An image buffer is initialized to store a digital image produced by an image sensor, through allocation of a region in memory for the buffer that is large enough to store a full resolution frame from the image sensor. While non-binning streaming frames, from the sensor and in the buffer, are being displayed in preview, the sensor is reconfigured into binning mode, and then binned streaming frames are processed in the buffer, but without allocating a smaller region in memory for the buffer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PIXEL DATA EXTREMA DETECTION AND HISTOGRAM GENERATION - Imaging devices may include an array of image pixels arranged in rows and columns coupled to processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may include histogram generation circuitry and extremum pixel value identification circuitry. The histogram generation circuitry may include sub-histogram generation circuitry that generates pixel value sub-histograms each of which includes pixel values generated by pixels from respective subsets of the rows in the array. Histogram accumulation circuitry may combine the sub-histograms to generate an accumulated histogram. The extremum identification circuitry may process a set of pixel value patches. The identification circuitry may include a first stage of comparator circuitry for identifying an extremum value of each column in the set of patches, a second stage of comparator circuitry for identifying an extremum value of each patch in the set, and a third stage of comparator circuitry for identifying an extremum of the set of pixel value patches. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329077 | METHODS OF IMAGE ACQUIRING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Disclosed is a method of image acquiring and an electronic device. The method comprises: obtaining first image purpose information, wherein the first image purpose information corresponds to a first application; determining a first algorithm corresponding to the first image purpose information from at least two algorithms which are different from each other, based on the first image purpose information; and acquiring a first image data for the use of the first application based on the first algorithm. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329078 | IMAGING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging device including a data processor configured to execute processing for selecting picture portions corresponding to important scenes from captured picture data, on the basis of input information that is input during a period of taking a picture. The data processor generates highlight point information that allows identification of the picture portions corresponding to the important scenes, the picture portions being selected on the basis of the input information, and records the highlight point information on a recording medium as information associated with the captured picture data. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329079 | Eye Beautification Under Inaccurate Localization - Sub-regions within one or more face images are identified within a digital image, and enhanced by applying an artificial glint symmetrically and/or synchronously to image data corresponding to sub-regions of eyes within the face image. An enhanced face image is generated including an enhanced version of the face that includes certain original pixels in combination with pixels corresponding to the one or more eye regions of the face with the artificial glint. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329080 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For each of respective viewpoints, the capturing condition at the viewpoint, and each frame image captured from the viewpoint in accordance with the capturing condition are acquired. One of the viewpoints is selected as a reference viewpoint by using the acquired capturing conditions. Predicting coding and intra-coding are performed for the acquired images. For each of the respective viewpoints for each frame, the coding result of the frame image captured from the viewpoint by predicting coding or intra-coding is output. When performing predicting coding for an image captured from the reference viewpoint, predicting coding is performed by referring to the image captured from the reference viewpoint without referring to images captured from the viewpoints other than the reference viewpoint. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329081 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF RECORDING MEDIA USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A portable electronic equipment comprises a first sensor to record media and at least one second sensor to capture data representing a physical condition of a user of the portable electronic equipment, the at least one second sensor being configured to capture the data in response to the first sensor recording the media. A processing device is interfaced with the at least one second sensor. The processing device is configured to retrieve the data captured by the at least one second sensor, to generate metadata for the recorded media based on the data, the metadata being indicative of the physical condition, and to cause the metadata to be stored in association with the recorded media. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329082 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An electronic camera is capable of recording image, voice, text, line-drawn information and the like. A release switch in the electronic camera is operated to photograph a subject image. When recording voice with the electronic camera, shutter sound effects are not output with the recorded voice. Further, the photographic operation can be indicated to the user by lighting a light-emitting diode in a finder when the release switch is operated. | 2013-12-12 |