51st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110310198 | IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS - An image printing apparatus including a cartridge mounting unit on which an ink cartridge is detachably mountable. The cartridge mounting unit includes a sensor configured to detect a light transmitted through a remaining amount detecting portion. The image printing apparatus further includes a counter configured to count ejected ink and a storage section configured to store a count integrated value. The image printing apparatus further includes a reset section configured to reset the value stored in the storage section. Moreover, the image printing apparatus includes a temporary count holding section configured to temporally store the integrated value stored in the storage section and restore the value of storage section in response to a trigger signal. Therefore, the image printing apparatus may reliably detect an exchange of an ink cartridge and may accurately detect a remaining amount of ink. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310199 | INK CARTRIDGE, IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS PACKAGED BODY - A print liquid cartridge comprises an ink chamber, a liquid supply portion, and a translucent portion. The ink chamber which accumulates ink therein is positioned between a front side in an insertion direction and a rear side in an opposite direction to the insertion direction. The liquid supply portion which supplies ink stored in the ink chamber to an exterior of the ink chamber is positioned at the front side. The translucent portion which is in fluid communication with an interior of the ink chamber is positioned at the front side. A light-transmitting state of the translucent portion changes in response to a change in the amount of the ink accumulated in the ink chamber. The ink supply portion projects farther forward from the rear side than the translucent portion. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310200 | System and Method for Controlling Insertion of Solid Ink Sticks Into a Printer - A solid ink printer selectively enables solid ink sticks to be inserted into an insertion port. The solid ink printer includes a plurality of feed channels, each feed channel terminating at a melting device that heats solid ink sticks to a melting temperature at one end of the feed channel, an insertion port operatively connected to another end of each of the plurality of feed channels, the insertion port being configured with an opening through which solid ink sticks are inserted for movement through one of the feed channels operatively connected to the insertion port, a member positioned proximate the opening in the insertion port, an actuator operatively connected to the member and configured to move the member with respect to the opening of the insertion port, and a controller operatively connected to the actuator, the controller being configured to detect at least one event and operate the actuator to move the member to block solid ink sticks from entering through the opening of the insertion port. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310201 | PRINTER UTILIZING PRESSURE CONTROL OF AIR IN SUMP - An inkjet printer includes a printhead for printing onto a media substrate, the printhead defining a plurality of nozzles from which ink is expelled; an ink tank provided upstream of the printhead; a sump provided downstream of the printhead for collecting unused ink from the printhead, the sump having a lower portion for holding the unused ink and an upper portion defining a headspace of air above the unused ink; a first fluid conduit extending between the printhead and the sump for communicating the unused ink from the printhead to the sump, the first fluid conduit connecting the sump to a position in the printhead upstream of the plurality of nozzles; and a pump connected to the sump, the pump for drawing air from the headspace of the sump into atmosphere and effecting a negative pressure in the printhead upstream of the nozzles. Communication of ink from the ink tank to the printhead is effected by the negative pressure generated by the drawing of air from the headspace of the sump. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310202 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes an image formation step of forming an image on a recording medium having an ink-receiving layer by ejecting an ink from an ink jet recording head and a humidification step of humidifying a gap between the recording head and the recording medium, in which in the image formation step, an ink containing a specified dye represented by general formula (I) and a water-soluble organic compound having an inorganic-organic balance value of 1.4 or more to 2.7 or less is used. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310203 | Pre-Heating Print Media - A system for pre-heating print media includes a carriage: a plurality of printheads disposed on the carriage; and a plurality of heating lamps disposed on the carriage such that each of the printheads is associated with at least one of the heating lamps. Each of the heating lamps heats a corresponding portion of a print medium prior to arrival of a printhead associated with that heating lamp at that portion of the print medium. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310204 | INKJET PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - To provide a printing method that enhances bonding between a colored-ink layer and an overprint layer, flatten a surface of the overprint layer, and make it possible to print glossy images or decorative colors when performing overprinting on a colored ink print using an inkjet printer. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310205 | PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a method for printing a substrate ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110310206 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus including: a first conveying path for guiding a recording medium in a conveying direction; a recording portion configured to record an image on the recording medium guided by the first conveying path; a tray provided below the recording portion so as to accommodate the recording medium; a supplying roller configured to supply the recording medium accommodated by the tray to the first conveying path; a first arm provided above the tray, wherein the supplying roller is provided on a distal end of the first arm; a first frame configured to support the recording portion; and a second frame provided separately from the first frame and configured to support the first arm. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310207 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device comprises a housing, a sheet cassette, a recording unit, and a convey path defining member. The housing has an opening. The sheet cassette is configured to hold therein sheets and configured to be inserted into and removed from the housing through the opening. The recording unit is configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed from the sheet cassette along a convey path. The convey path defining member is configured to pivot, about a pivot shaft supported by the housing, between a guiding position for forming a guide surface that defines a part of the convey path, and an exposing position for exposing the part of the convey path to the opening. The convey path defining member is configured to pivot in response to insertion and removal of the sheet cassette. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310208 | PRINTER SUPPORT SURFACE WITH SUPPORT ROD - A support rod is mounted to maintain straightness of a support surface of a printer. The support rod is used to preload the support surface in a direction opposite of an expected transverse load upon the support surface. The preloading supplied by the support rod counteracts a bending force on the support surface resulting from the expected transverse loading. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310209 | PRINT CARTRIDGE HAVING INTERNAL TUBULAR INK RESERVOIR CORE - A printing cartridge includes a roll of print media; a tubular former around which the roll of print media is wound, the tubular former being internally separated into two or more sections along a longitudinal axis of the tubular former and adapted to store supplies of fluid therein; a casing comprising a pair of molded covers, the pair of molded covers being configured to releasably fasten together to encase the roll of print media; and an ink collar for sealing an end of the tubular former, the ink collar defining two or more slits adapted to receive therethrough fluid communication pins, whereby access to the supplies of fluid in the tubular former is effected. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310210 | DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A device includes a first element substrate and a second element substrate for driving a driving element; a first signal input unit connected to an input terminal of the first element substrate; a second signal input unit connected to an input terminal of the second element substrate; and a signal output unit. Each of the first and second element substrates includes a driving element, a first signal generation unit configured to output a first signal, a second signal generation unit configured to output a second signal, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a selection unit configured to receive a signal from the first and the second signal generation units, select one of a state of the first signal, a state of the second signal, and a high-impedance state on the basis of the selection signal input from the input terminal, and output the state to the output terminal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310211 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes an enclosure having a plurality of windows covered with transparent members. The enclosure houses a plurality of light sources, a scanning portion, optical elements and a light amount attenuation portion. The scanning portion deflects each of a plurality of light beams emitted from a plurality of light sources at a constant angular speed in a main scanning direction. The optical elements constitute respective light paths from the scanning portion to the windows for the plurality of light beams, respectively. The light amount attenuation portion attenuates light amount in a light path of a first light source among the plurality of light sources in a downstream side of the position where a light beam emitted from a second light source enters as stray light. The drive portion drives the first light source so as to compensate for light amount attenuated by the light amount attenuation portion. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING A VIDEO CALL NUMBER ENTRY IN A DIRECTORY - A system and method allowing users of video call endpoints to register their video call addresses in a local, regional and/or global directory, where the directory is configured to validate whether the video call address is a valid accessible address and that the user registering the video call number actually has physical access to the a video call device using the video call address. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310213 | Centralized Communication Hub for Displaying Calls and Messages on a Display - Systems and methods are described that relate to a centralized communication hub at a user location for coordination of receiving/sending phone calls, SMS/MMS messages, and requests for video conferences to/from a display. A user may indicate that she wishes to receive a call/message by selecting an option on a remote control associated with the display. A microphone and/or camera connected to a gateway may provide audiovisual capabilities during a call. In a separate embodiment, the functionality of the communication hub may be split between two devices; one device detects incoming calls and a separate device routes the calls/messages to/from the appropriate gateway. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310214 | Videoconferencing System with Enhanced Telepresence Using a Single Wide Aspect Ratio Camera - A videoconferencing system for enhanced telepresence employs a single wide aspect ratio high resolution camera for capturing video images of near end conference participants. Captured video image can be divided into adjacent portions, where video images corresponding to each portion is separately encoded and sent to a far end videoconferencing system to be displayed on adjacently placed display devices. Misalignment in displayed images at the far end can be mitigated by selecting portions that are non-overlapping and horizontally aligned. Number and size of the portions can be determined based on configuration information of the far end videoconferencing system. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310215 | Customizable internet based system for real-time multi-media tele-presence of large dynamically varible number of users - A System for video and audio real-time communication among a large Community of members connected to Internet via local computers, cell phone or iPads with a webcam and a Central Computer System. The User's Devices and the Central Computer System are made of commercially available hardware and they run standard software plus proprietary software described in this patent. The Proprietary Software, VRTCOS, runs in the Central Computer System. All the users have a Community ID and a Profile. Upon request, every user is presented with the video and audio signals from a subset of the Community's members, the User's Neighborhood, in only one video stream. Neighborhood of 30 users can be achieved with a Central Computer System of average power. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310216 | COMBINING MULTIPLE BIT RATE AND SCALABLE VIDEO CODING - Video streams are generated using a combination of Multiple Bit Rate (MBR) encoding and Scalable Video Coding (SVC). Capabilities and requests of the clients are used in determining the video streams to generate as well as what video streams to deliver to the clients. The clients are placed into groups based on a resolution capability of the client. For each resolution grouping, MBR is used for generating spatial streams and SVC is used for generating temporal and quality streams. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310217 | REDUCING USE OF PERIODIC KEY FRAMES IN VIDEO CONFERENCING - The generation and delivery of key frames to clients of a video conference are performed in response to a need for a synchronization point. Instead of automatically sending a key frame periodically to each of the clients in the video conference, a key frame is sent to one or more clients upon the occurrence of an event in the video conference. For example, a key frame may be sent to a client when the client joins the video conference. A key frame may also be sent to a client that has packet loss, upon the request of a client, a speaker change within the video conference, when a new stream is added by the client, and the like. The clients in the video conference that are not affected by the event continue to receive predicted frames. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310218 | MULTI-RESOLUTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A multi-resolution lens system includes a relay lens configured to be directed toward a field-of-view (FOV) and receive a first plurality of image photons emanating from the FOV, a high-resolution lens positioned to receive a second plurality of image photons from the FOV and to pass the second plurality of image photons toward the relay lens, and a shutter device positioned to receive over an area thereof the image photons of the FOV that pass through the relay lens, and simultaneously receive overlaid on a portion of the area thereof the image photons from the portion of the FOV that pass through the high-resolution lens and toward the relay lens. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310219 | INTELLIGENT MONITORING CAMERA APPARATUS AND IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAME - The present invention relates to a monitoring camera apparatus which directly detects motion in an image to control the pan/tilt/zoom of a centralized monitoring camera, and which transmits a wide area monitoring image and a centralized monitoring image together to a control device in a remote place, and also relates a remote monitoring system using same. The monitoring camera apparatus acquires monitoring images to be displayed in a remote control device ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110310220 | DEPTH CAMERA ILLUMINATOR WITH SUPERLUMINESCENT LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A depth camera illuminator with a superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED) in a motion tracking system. One or more SLEDs have a sufficient power, such as 75-200 milliwatts, to extend in a field of view in an area such as a room in a home. To correct for chromatic aberration which would otherwise exist due to the wider range of wavelengths which are emitted by an SLED compared to a laser, an achromatic diffractive optical element is used to disperse the light over the field of view. The achromatic diffractive optical element can have a stepped multi-level profile with three or more levels, or a continuous profile. Based on a tracked movement of a human target, an input is provided to an application in a motion tracking system, and the application performs a corresponding action such as updating a position of an on-screen avatar. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting a plurality of unassociated media programs from a single presentation device having overlapping presentation periods, receiving information from a viewing apparatus to adjust an intensity of emitted light associated with one of the unassociated media programs, and adjusting the intensity of the emitted light in a manner that is detectable by the viewing apparatus supplying the information. Other embodiments are disclosed and contemplated. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310222 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISTRIBUTING METHOD THEREOF - An image distributing apparatus, a display apparatus, and an image distributing method thereof are provided. The image distributing apparatus includes: an image input unit which receives an input signal comprising an image signal and a first sync signal for synchronizing a display of the image signal; a sync signal regeneration unit which generates a second sync signal having a frequency that is different from a frequency of the first sync signal; and an image output unit comprising at least one output port to output the image signal and the second sync signal. Accordingly, a plurality of display apparatuses connected to the image distributing apparatus can synchronize a time with an image is displayed with each other. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310223 | Systems and Methods for Controlling a Three Dimensional (3D) Compatible Viewing Device - An interface unit is described that comprises a buffer for storing captured video data generated by a three dimensional (3D) device intended for a 3D monitor. The interface unit further comprises a synchronization signal extractor configured to extract vertical synchronization (vsync) signals from the video data and a control signal unit configured to derive control signals for a viewing device based on the stored vsync signals. The interface unit transmits the control signals to the viewing device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL BROADCASTING SERVICE WITH 3-DIMENSIONAL SUBTITLE - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcasting stream for providing a digital broadcasting service including a subtitle service are provided. A method of transmitting a data stream includes: generating a subtitle stream including basic viewpoint subtitle data and additional viewpoint subtitle data to reproduce a three-dimensional (3D) subtitle on a video screen on which video data is reproduced; determining 3D subtitle reproduction information for forming the 3D subtitle on the video screen based on the basic viewpoint subtitle data; and outputting a data stream by multiplexing a video stream including the video data, the 3D subtitle reproduction information, and the subtitle stream. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310225 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A 3D image processing apparatus includes: L and R graphic decoders which decode coded stream data to generate left-eye and right-eye image data; an image output control unit which outputs the generated image data; and a control unit which, when a decoding error occurs in generating one of the image data, and a successful decode occurs in generating the other of the image data, (i) shifts, by a preset offset, a pixel position of the other of the image data, to generate pseudo image data as the one of the image data, and (ii) outputs the pseudo image data to an image output control unit, wherein the image output control unit outputs the other of the image data and the pseudo image data, when the decoding error occurs in generating the one of the image data and the successful decode occurs in generating the other of the image data. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310226 | USE OF WAVEFRONT CODING TO CREATE A DEPTH IMAGE - A 3-D depth camera system, such as in a motion capture system, tracks an object such as a human in a field of view using an illuminator, where the field of view is illuminated using multiple diffracted beams. An image sensing component obtains an image of the object using a phase mask according to a double-helix point spread function, and determines a depth of each portion of the image based on a relative rotation of dots of light of the double-helix point spread function. In another aspect, dual image sensors are used to obtain a reference image and a phase-encoded image. A relative rotation of features in the images can be correlated with a depth. Depth information can be obtained using an optical transfer function of a point spread function of the reference image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310227 | MOBILE DEVICE BASED CONTENT MAPPING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided to facilitate the deployment of media content within an augmented reality environment. In at least one implementation, a method is provided that includes extracting a three-dimensional feature of a real-world object captured in a camera view of a mobile device, and attaching a presentation region for a media content item to at least a portion of the three-dimensional feature responsive to a user input received at the mobile device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310228 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ROI AND 3D/4D IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional/four-dimensional (3D/4D) imaging apparatus and a region of interest (ROI) adjustment method and device are provided. An ROI is adjusted through an E image in a 3D/4D imaging mode, in which the E image is refreshed in real time when the ROI is adjusted and has a scan line range larger than that of the ROI. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310229 | PROFILE MEASURING DEVICE, PROFILE MEASURING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - There is provided a profile measuring device. The profile measuring device includes: a projector which projects a certain pattern on an object to be measured using incoherent light having a plurality of wavelength components; a first imaging device which captures a first image of the object on which the certain pattern is projected; a second imaging device which captures a second image of the object on which the certain pattern is projected; and a computing device which measures a profile of the object based on the first image and the second image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310230 | THREE CHANNEL REFLECTOR IMAGING SYSTEM - A system for providing a three-dimensional representation from a single image includes a reflector apparatus for providing an image of a scene comprising three adjacent views of the scene. The apparatus defines a left light path, a center light path, and a right light path, wherein each of the left light path and the right light path comprise opposed reflective surfaces for redirecting light, whereby light passing through the left light path, light passing through the right light path, and light passing through the center light path converge at a nodal point of an imager to create an image of the scene providing three adjacent views of the scene arrayed in a three-by-one rectangular grid. A client computing device receives data from the imager and transforms the data into a stereoscopic image or an image-plus-depth rendering, and/or converts or switches back and forth between two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310231 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A stereoscopic imaging optical system is provided, which forms two optical images having no mutual interference, side-by-side, on a rectangle image sensor, and which is applicable to an interchangeable-lens type digital camera system. The stereoscopic imaging optical system includes a first lens system and a second lens system which are arranged in parallel, and a field diaphragm arranged on the object side relative to these lens systems. The first lens system and the second lens system form optical images of an object on a first imaging area and a second imaging area, respectively. The field diaphragm has an aperture arranged in front of the first lens system and the second lens system. The field diaphragm blocks only a portion of a light beam incident on the first lens system, which portion enters the second imaging area, and blocks only a portion of a light beam incident on the second lens system, which portion enters the first imaging area. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310232 | SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL MULTIPLEXING DISPLAY - Described is using a combination of which a multi-view display is provided by a combining spatial multiplexing (e.g., using a parallax barrier or lenslet), and temporal multiplexing (e.g., using a directed backlight). A scheduling algorithm generates different views by determining which light sources are illuminated at a particular time. Via the temporal multiplexing, different views may be in the same spatial viewing angle (spatial zone). Two of the views may correspond to two eyes of a person, with different video data sent to each eye to provide an autostereoscopic display for that person. Eye (head) tracking may be used to move the view or views with a person as that person moves. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310233 | Optimization of a Multi-View Display - Described herein is a multi-view display (based on spatial and/or temporal multiplexing) having an optimization mechanism that dynamically adjust views based upon detected state changes with respect to one or more views. The optimization mechanism determines viewing parameters (e.g., brightness and/or colors) for a view based upon a current position of the view, and/or on the multi-view display's capabilities. The state change may correspond to the view (a viewer's eye) moving towards another viewing zone, in which event new viewing parameters are determined, which may be in anticipation of entering the zone. Another state change corresponds to more views being needed than the display is capable of outputting, whereby one or more existing views are degraded, e.g., from 3D to 2D and/or from a personal video to a non-personal view. Conversely, a state change corresponding to excess capacity becoming available can result in enhancing a view to 3D and/or personal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310234 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING SEQUENTIAL VIDEO FRAMES - Methods and systems are provided for presenting content comprising a plurality of frames using display panel comprising an array of display elements. A method comprises transferring image data for a first frame of the plurality of frames to a display element at the beginning of a first frame interval and activating an illumination assembly after transferring image data for the first frame to the display element to present the first frame. The method further comprises transferring image data for a second frame to an energy storage element corresponding to the display element during the first frame interval, and deactivating the illumination assembly prior to transferring the image data for the second frame from the energy storage element to the display element. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310235 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for displaying stereoscopic images on a screen includes a receiving unit, signal processing unit, and display unit. The receiving unit receives stream data including left and right views of stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit alternately extracts left- and right-view frames from the stream data. The display unit displays each frame sent from the signal processing unit for a predetermined time on the screen. The signal processing unit sends the display unit one left-view frame a first number of times and one right-view frame a second number of times during one frame period of the stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit calculates the frame rate at which the display unit displays the left- and right-view frames divided by the frame rate of the stereoscopic images. The signal processing unit sets the first and second numbers of times to different values for one frame period of the stereoscopic images. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310236 | WHITE-LIGHT SPECTRAL BIOMETRIC SENSORS - Methods and systems are provided for performing a biometric function. A purported skin site of an individual is illuminated with white light. Light scattered from the purported skin site is received with a color imager on which the received light is incident. Spatially distributed images of the purported skin site are derived and correspond to different volumes of illuminated tissue of the individual. The images are analyzed to perform the biometric function. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310237 | Facial Expression Recognition Systems and Methods and Computer Program Products Thereof - A facial expression recognition system includes a facial database, an image capture unit, an expression recognition data generation unit and an expression recognition unit. The facial database includes a plurality of expression information and expression features of optical flow field, wherein each of the expression features of optical flow field corresponds to one of the expression information. The image capture unit captures a plurality of facial images. The expression recognition data generation unit is coupled to the image capture unit and the facial database for receiving a first facial image and a second facial image from the image capture unit and calculating an expression feature of optical flow field between the first facial image and the second facial image corresponding to each of the expression information. The expression recognition unit is coupled to the expression recognition data generation unit for determining a facial expression corresponding to the first and second facial images according to the calculated expression feature of optical flow field for each of the expression information and the variation features in optical flow in the facial database. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310238 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING COORDINATES USING EYE TRACKING - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for inputting coordinates using eye tracking. The apparatus includes a pupil tracking unit, a display tracking unit, and a spatial coordinate conversion unit. The pupil tracking unit tracks the movement of a user's pupil based on a first image photographed by a first camera. The display tracking unit tracks the region of a display device located in a second image photographed by a second camera. The spatial coordinate conversion unit maps the tracked movement of the pupil to the region of the display device in the second image, and then converts location information, acquired based on the mapped movement of the pupil, into spatial coordinates corresponding to the region of the display device in the second image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310239 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up apparatus includes: a color imager having a color filter formed on a light receiving surface thereof; a monochrome imager not having a color filter formed on a light receiving surface thereof; a light guiding unit for guiding, to the color imager and/or the monochrome imager, light originating from a subject; and an image formation unit for forming an image from a signal based on an output from the color imager and/or the monochrome imager. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310240 | DETECTION OF NON-PROTRUDING POTABLE WATER CONDUIT OR WATERMAIN SERVICES USING THERMAL IMAGING - A method and system of detecting a service entrance in a conduit having a rehabilitation liner, comprising generating heat using a heat source; introducing the heat into the lined conduit; allowing the lined conduit to cool; generating a thermal image of the lined conduit using an infrared camera system; detecting temperature differentiations in the lined conduit in order to detect a service entrance wherein the service entrance is a non-protruding service entrance, a partially-protruding service entrance or a service entrance in a saddle fixed to the conduit. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310241 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INSPECTING A DICED WAFER - An inspection system and a method for inspecting a diced wafer. The method includes: acquiring multiple images of multiple portions of the diced wafer according to a predefined image acquisition scheme; locating multiple unique features within the multiple images; and assigning a die index to each die of the multiple dice and associating between the multiple dice and multiple reference dice in response to locations of the multiple unique features and to at least one expected die dimension. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310242 | APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY INSPECTING AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY REFLECTING SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - An apparatus for optically inspecting an at least partially reflecting surface of an object includes first and second transverse carriers ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110310243 | Method and Device for the Quality Assurance of at Least Partially Translucent Hollow Bodies - The invention pertains to a method and to a device for the quality assurance of an at least partially light-transmitting hollow body, the walls of which are illuminated by a light source, wherein a digital still camera is used to record images of various imaging areas of the walls containing useful data. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEFECT OF A SUBSTRATE - A system and a method for detecting defects of a substrate are provided. The system includes: a first illuminating component, disposed at one side of the substrate and adapted to emit diffused light to the substrate; a first imaging component, disposed at the other side of the substrate and adapted to scan the substrate by sensing light emitted by the first illuminating component and transmitted through the substrate, the first illuminating component and the first imaging component constructing a first detection channel; and a transport module, adapted to produce relative motion between the substrate, and the first illuminating component and the first imaging component. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310245 | TRAVEL DISTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND TRAVEL DISTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A travel distance detection device includes: an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image; an alignment unit configured to align images in position of bird's-eye view image, the images captured at different times by the image-capturing unit; and a solid object detection unit configured to detect a solid object based on difference image data between data of the images captured at the different times and aligned by the alignment unit. The solid object detection unit counts the number of pixels which each express a certain difference on the difference image data and which are arranged in a direction in which the solid object is inclined when the image of the predetermined region is converted into the bird's-eye view image, then produces a frequency distribution of the counted pixels to generate a difference waveform, and calculates a travel distance of the solid object based on time variation of the difference waveform. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310246 | MODIFIED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION AND GRADING OF GEMSTONES - An apparatus ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110310247 | System and Method for Remote Data Acquisition and Distribution - Methods and systems for remote data collection and distribution include components and operations for receiving, at a server, data transmitted by a first client device via a communication network. The method may also include selecting, by one or more client devices associated with the communication network, a second device to receive the data. The method may further include establishing a connection between the server and the selected second device via the communication network. The method may also include automatically transmitting the received data to the second device using the connection via the communication network. The method may further include causing, by the one or more client devices, the second device to execute a predefined operation. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310248 | A CAMERA FOR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE - A camera for mounting on a vehicle includes a front housing member having a first mating portion, a lens member and a circuit board having a plurality of individual front electrical connectors. The camera also includes a rear housing member having a second mating portion and a plurality of individual rear electrical connectors with first connector portions of the individual rear electrical connectors extending from the rear housing member to make electrical connection with an electrical connector of the vehicle. Second connector portions of at least some of the rear electrical connectors are configured for making electrical connection to a respective at least some of the front electrical connectors when the first and second mating portions are mated together and an alignment structure aligns second connector portion of the rear connectors with respect to the plurality of individual front electrical connectors. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AN IMAGE SEQUENCE OF AN AREA SURROUNDING A VEHICLE - Optical radiation from an area surrounding a vehicle is detected by a sensor in order to record an image sequence of the surrounding area. The sensor may be exposed continuously to the radiation which is incident on it while the image sequence is being recorded in order to detect a light pulse of an indefinitely short time duration. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310250 | CALIBRATION INDEX FOR USE IN CALIBRATION OF ONBOARD CAMERA, METHOD OF ONBOARD CAMERA CALIBRATION USING THE CALIBRATION INDEX AND PROGRAM FOR CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR ONBOARD CAMERA USING THE CALIBRATION INDEX - For use in calibration of an onboard camera, there are provided a calibration index free of erroneous detection and a method of calibrating an onboard camera using such calibration index. The calibration index for use in onboard camera calibration includes a curved graphic formed of a curved line surrounding a predetermined region and a linear graphic comprising at least two straight lines forming an intersection point within the region surrounded by the curved graphic, the curved graphic and the linear graphic being formed in a same plane. A plurality of segments separated by the curved line forming the curved graphic and the straight lines forming the linear graphic are colored in a checkered pattern. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310251 | BROADCAST METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for airing broadcast signals is disclosed. Preferably, the system includes a production truck interface panel receiving a broadcast signal. A transmission relay circuit relays the signal from the interface panel to a broadcast network, and preferably including a broadcast signal detection circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The detection circuit determines a signal type of the broadcast signal, and the signal processing circuit processes the determined signal type. The system preferably further includes an operations control station displaying the determined type of broadcast signal. The method for airing broadcast signals over the broadcast network preferably includes the steps of providing the broadcast signal to the transmission relay circuit, detecting the broadcast signal type with the broadcast signal sensing and discerning circuit; and reconfiguring the signal processing circuit when the configuration of the signal processing circuit does not support transmission of the determined broadcast signal type. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310252 | INTERNAL DISPLAY PORT INTERFACE TEST METHOD AND DEVICE - An iDP interface test method includes transmitting test clocks to an iDP sink device; determining whether or not a link clock lock operation in the iDP sink device is successful based on a measurement result of an HPD signal when a clock lock operation for the test clocks is performed; transmitting test data and arbitrary video data to the iDP sink device if the link clock lock operation in the iDP sink device is successful; determining whether or not a symbol lock operation in the iDP sink device is successful when the symbol lock operation for the test data and the arbitrary video data is performed; and comparing a count result with a predetermined reference value, and determining link stability of the iDP sink device based on the comparison result. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310253 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-ENABLING PORTABLE TELEVISION BAND DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for determining wireless channel interference in a television (TV) band white space spectrum. Upon sensing a signal on a wireless channel from a wireless white space device that transmits a unique device identifier, interference by the wireless white space device on the wireless channel is determined. A report of the channel interference by the wireless white space device is generated and may be utilized to cease the interference. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310254 | Optical Alignment Structures And Associated Methods - A method of mutually aligning first and second imaging system fixturing components forms a first alignment structure on the first imaging system fixturing component, a second alignment structure on the second imaging system fixturing component, and engages the first and second alignment structures to align, with optical accuracy, the first and second imaging system fixturing components. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310255 | CALIBRATION OF LARGE CAMERA NETWORKS - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network including a plurality of nodes, each node having a directional sensor, a communication module, and a processor configured to receive local measurements of a calibration object from the directional sensor, receive additional measurements of the calibration object from neighboring nodes via the communication module, estimate an initial set of calibration parameters in response to the local and additional measurements, receive additional sets of calibration parameters from neighboring nodes via the communication module, and recursively estimate an updated set of calibration parameters in response to the additional sets of calibration parameters. Additional systems and methods for calibrating a large network of camera nodes are disclosed. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310256 | CALIBRATION PATTERN FOR IMAGING DEVICE - A calibration pattern is provided with a central portion and a frame pattern provided outside thereof, the central portion being provided with a rectangular light area in the central portion of the calibration pattern. The frame pattern has a horizontal pattern and a vertical pattern, the horizontal pattern extending to two horizontal sides centering the central portion and alternately provided with a light area and a dark area at a predetermined interval different from an equal interval, the vertical pattern extending to two vertical sides centering the central portion and alternately provided with a light area and a dark area at a predetermined interval different from an equal interval. The horizontal pattern and the vertical pattern include edges, each being positioned equally distant from a predetermined position in the central portion to the two sides, and the edges have an identical change direction of a gray value. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310257 | DIGITAL CAMERA FOR SHARING DIGITAL IMAGES - A digital camera capable of sharing digital images using a plurality of host computers, comprising: memory for storing captured digital images and for storing installation software that can be used to install digital image sharing software on the plurality of host computers; a user interface for designating captured digital images to be shared; and a communication interface for communicating with a host computer. The communication interface can be configured to use a first logical protocol where the digital camera appears to the host computer as a data storage device in order to install the digital image sharing software on the host computer. A second logical protocol, where the digital camera appears to the host computer as an image capture device, is used when the digital image sharing software is running on the host computer that enables the digital image sharing software to automatically share designated digital images. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310258 | Digital camera - A digital camera includes a communicator that communicates with other digital camera, a receiver that receives a camera information of another digital camera and an imaging device that forms a digital image of an object. The digital camera further includes a processor that creates a digital image data from the digital image based upon the camera information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310259 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus capable of preventing a user who uses another device from knowing the current location of a photographer based on shooting information about an image when an external apparatus distributes the image to the other device. A calculation unit calculates a distance from the shooting location of the image file to the current location of the image pickup apparatus. A distance determination unit determines whether the calculated distance is larger than a predetermined lower limit. A transmission control unit controls to transmit the image file to the external apparatus when the distance determination unit determines that the distance is larger than the lower limit, and not to transmit the image file to the external apparatus when the distance determination unit determines that the distance is not larger than the lower limit. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310260 | Augmented Reality - Augmented reality may be provided. Providing augmented reality may comprise detecting an emblem located on an object. After the emblem is detected, an augmented reality object may be displayed on a display. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310261 | PRE- AND POST-SHUTTER SIGNAL IMAGE CAPTURE AND SORT FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A camera system includes an image sensor and a processing apparatus receiving image frames from the sensor before and after receipt of a user picture signal. The processing apparatus discards frames that do not meet a quality criterion such as under-exposed frames. Also, the processing apparatus compresses only a subset of remaining frames, specifically, those that meet a compression amount threshold. The remaining frames are presented to a user, who can select a representative frame as the “picture” that was taken. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310262 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SHAKE CALCULATION METHOD - A method of calculating camera shake using first and second images obtained by continuous shooting includes: extracting first and second feature points located in positions symmetrical about a central point in the first image; searching for the first and second feature points in the second image; and calculating the camera shake based on coordinates of the first and second feature points extracted from the first image and coordinates of the first and second feature points searched for in the second image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310263 | IMAGE RESOLUTION ADJUSTING METHOD - An image resolution adjusting method is applicable to an image capturing device, such that the image capturing device can analyze an image quality of the captured image and determine a resolution for storing a captured image according to a blur degree of the captured image. Therefore, it can make use of storage resources effectively. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310264 | CANDIDATE IMAGE PRESENTING METHOD USING THUMBNAIL IMAGE AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME - A candidate image presenting method using thumbnail images and an image signal processor and an imaging device performing the candidate image presenting method are provided. The image signal processing device processes a plurality of original image data by frames to generate a plurality of frame image data, generates and firstly outputs a plurality of thumbnail image data corresponding to the plurality of frame image data, and secondly outputs the frame image data corresponding to the thumbnail image data selected on the basis of a selection signal. Accordingly, it is possible to enable an image to be captured in a suitable photographing mode without missing a desired instant by providing a user with thumbnail images obtained by means of photographing operations in various photographing modes for a short time and causing a user to select a desired frame image on the basis of the thumbnail images. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310265 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that receives a plurality of signals from a plurality of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, obtains range data from the plurality of signals, acquires image data while obtaining the range data, appends the range data to the image data, and stores the image data appended with the range data in a memory. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310266 | Image pickup apparatus - The image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: an optical imaging system for forming an object image; an image pickup device including a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically converts the object image; a defocus quantity calculation section for calculating a defocus quantity based on a phase difference between a plurality of signals for focus detection obtained from a plurality of pixels for focus detection that respectively receive a light flux that passes through a different pupil region of the optical imaging system; a focusing section for driving the optical imaging system so as to achieve an in-focus state, in accordance with the defocus quantity calculated at the defocus quantity calculation section; an addition practicability determination section for determining a practicability of performing inter-frame addition on a plurality of signals for focus detection before calculating the defocus quantity, based on an analysis result of a signal component of the object image; and an inter-frame addition processing section for performing inter-frame addition based on a determination result of the addition practicability determination section. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310267 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image processing apparatus includes an area dividing part that divides an input image produced by an image pickup system into plural image areas whose evaluation values are mutually different. The evaluation value is obtained by using a response function of the image pickup system. The apparatus further includes a processing part that performs image processing to produce an output image whose definition is higher than that of the input image by using the response functions different for the respective image areas. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310268 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT - An image-capturing device includes an image-capturing section, an image-data-generation section, a progress-information-acquiring section, and an image-capture control section. The image-capturing section captures an image of a subject and repeatedly generates image-capture data of frames which represent single video frames. The image-data-generation section carries out processing for generating image data indicating an image of the subject, on the basis of image-capture data of the image-capturing section. The progress-information-acquiring section acquires progress information indicating progress of processing for generating the image data. The image-capture control section controls, on the basis of the progress information, a timing for starting the generating of the image-capture data for the next frame in the image-capturing section. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310269 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT - An image-capturing device includes image-capturing section, an image-data-generation section, and an image capture control section. The image-capturing section is for capturing an image of a subject and starting generating of image-capture data corresponding to a single frame in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal, The image-data-generation section is for carrying out processing for generating image data showing an image of the subject, on the basis of the image-capture data. The image capture control section is for varying, at a minimum, either a number of pulses of subsignals generated a plurality of times within a period of one cycle of the vertical synchronization signal, or the cycle for generating the vertical synchronization signal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310270 | Systems and methods for controlling strobe illumination - The repeatability of strobe illumination for image exposure is improved over a wide dynamic range in a machine vision system wherein a relationship between a camera integration period and a pulse duration of a strobe light generator control the effective exposure of a camera image during a timing overlap between a beginning of the camera integration period and an end of the pulse duration. To avoid noise in the illumination, the illumination pulse duration may start, the camera integration period may begin after a delay relative to that start and not later than the end of the pulse duration, the pulse duration may end, and the camera integration period may end not earlier than the end of the pulse duration. The timing overlap may also be synchronized with a periodic ripple component in the strobe illumination, to provide improved repeatability. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310271 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus captures a large dynamic range image of a scene including a backlit person with a blue sky background in a manner that the person's face has an appropriate luminance level without saturating the background sky. An imaging unit obtains analogue image signals through exposure control that prevents a highlight from being saturated, an A/D converter converts the analogue image signals to digital image signals, and a signal processing unit linearly increases the dynamic range of the digital image signals. The image signals with the increased dynamic range are nonlinearly compressed to have a dynamic range of 100% or less through nonlinear dynamic range compression that intensively compresses a highlight portion. The imaging apparatus with this structure first increases the dynamic range of an image and efficiently compresses the increased large dynamic range of the image. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310272 | Digital camera - A digital camera includes an insertion unit for inserting a storage medium, an image pickup unit, a control unit for storing an image picked up by the image pickup unit onto a storage medium inserted into the insertion unit, and a medium detection unit for detecting whether the storage medium inserted into the insertion unit is a storage medium in which rewrite is limited. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310273 | RESOLUTION ADJUSTING METHOD - A method for adjusting resolution is applicable to an image capturing device, such that the image capturing device can analyze an amount of objects in the image captured thereby and determine a resolution for storing the image according to the amount of objects in the image, thereby making use of storage resources effectively. It is determined whether to zoom in/out the captured image or to lower the resolution of the image capturing device by analyzing the amount of the objects in the captured image and comparing the analyzed amount of the objects with one or more threshold values. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310274 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD - An image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that captures an image of a photographic subject and outputs the image; an image size conversion unit that converts a whole of the image outputted from the image sensor to an entire region image having a lesser number of pixels than a number of pixels of the whole of the image; a cutting out region setting unit that sets a cutting out region for a partial region image to be cut out from the image outputted from the image sensor; an image cutting out unit that cuts out the partial region image corresponding to the cutting out region from the image outputted from the image sensor; and a recording control unit that records the entire region image converted by the image size conversion unit and the partial region image cut out by the image cutting out unit in an image recording unit, while establishing a relation to each other. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310275 | COMPLEMENTARY PIXEL RECONSTRUCTION - Systems and methods for reconstructing pixel values at bad (i.e. fully or partially defective, saturated, and/or non-responsive in one or more spectral bands) pixel locations in multi-spectral photo-detectors are provided herein. A detector having pixel locations responsive in two or more spectral bands may have pixel values at bad pixel locations reconstructed from adjacent pixel location band ratios so long as the bad pixel location is operational/responsive in at least one spectral band. Pixel locations may be two (or more) color pixels, stacked FPAs, “virtual” locations created by mapping pixels in a first detector to pixels in a second detector, or “super pixels” defined on a detector with a patterned band-pass filter. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310276 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical apparatus and an imaging apparatus capable of facilitating capturing images with a simpler structure are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a color filter divided into a plurality of regions, each of the regions configured to allow light of a preset wavelength range to pass therethrough, a main lens disposed at a front or a rear of the color filter to allow light to pass therethrough, and an optic unit to allow the light passing through the color filter or the main lens to pass therethrough. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310277 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements configured to perform photoelectric conversion on incident light. The device also includes a color filter array including at least three kinds of color filters different in filtering wavelength region. Any of the color filters is placed for each of the photoelectric conversion elements to filter the incident light. The spectral transmittances of the color filters are equal to each other in a predetermined wavelength region. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL AND DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION OF IMAGE SENSORS - Systems and methods are provided for obtaining adaptive exposure control and dynamic range extension of image sensors. In some embodiments, an image sensor of an image system can include a pixel array with one or more clear pixels. The image system can separately control the amount of time that pixels in different lines of the pixel array are exposed to light. As a result, the image system can adjust the exposure times to prevent over-saturation of the clear pixels, while also allowing color pixels of the pixel array to be exposed to light for a longer period of time. In some embodiments, the dynamic range of the image system can be extended through a reconstruction and interpolation process. For example, a signal reconstruction module can extend the dynamic range of one or more green pixels by combining signals associated with green pixels in different lines of the pixel array. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310279 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIDEO SIGNALS FROM SINGLE SENSOR - A method for using a capture device to capture at least two video signals corresponding to a scene, includes: providing a two-dimensional image sensor having a plurality of pixels; reading a first group of pixels from the image sensor at a first frame rate to produce a first video signal of the image scene; reading a second group of pixels from the image sensor at a second frame rate for producing a second video signal; and using at least one of the video signals for adjusting one or more of the capture device parameters. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310280 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup element has a plurality of pixels which are arranged two-dimensionally. The plurality of pixels form at least two pixel sets having a first pixel set and a second pixel set. An exit pupil is assumed, and four divided areas which are separated by two straight lines which are mutually orthogonal in a plane which is orthogonal to an optical axis thereof, are set in the exit pupil. Pixels in the first pixel set are arranged to receive a light beam from a first pupil area for which, a center of gravity of area is in one of the four divided areas. For the optical axis, a center of gravity of area of a second pupil area is in a divided area which is symmetrical to a divided area in which the center of gravity of the first pupil area lies. Pixels in the second pixel set are arranged to receive a light beam having a center of gravity of area in the second pupil area. A signal from the first pixel set and a signal from the second pixel set are compared in at least one of directions of the two straight lines, and defocus information is acquired. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310281 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND METHODS - Methods of forming a lens array block comprising a plurality of lens barrels are provided, including depositing lens barrel material by electrolysis and etching lens barrels from a block of material. Also provided are means of assembling image capturing units or arrays of image capturing units. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310282 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate and a photoelectric conversion region. The substrate has a charge accumulation region. The photoelectric conversion region is provided on the substrate. The photoelectric conversion region is configured to generate signal charges to be accumulated in the charge accumulation region. The photoelectric conversion region comprises a material that is not transparent. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310283 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus selects and extracts a longest straight line from a captured image, and superimposes the straight line on the captured image to display it by a display device. An orientation detection unit including an acceleration sensor detects a roll angle. An X axis indicating a roll angle 0° and a Y axis indicating a roll angle 90° of the acceleration sensor are superimposed on the captured image, and an original point of the X and Y axes is matched with a center value of the extracted straight line to be displayed by the display device. A user rotates, by a predetermined operation, the image until the X and Y axes match the gradient of the extracted straight line. Thus, a system control unit corrects a roll angle output value of the orientation detection unit by an amount equal to a corrected rotational angle. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310284 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE DISPLAY PANEL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of preventing shooting from ending in failure even when a display panel is unexpectedly closed under the influence of a strong wind, a water stream, or the like. Any shooting mode is selected from among a plurality of shooting modes including at least a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode. During taking of moving images in the first shooting mode, the taking of the moving images is stopped when a detection unit detects a display unit being in a closed position with respect to a main body of the image pickup apparatus, and during taking of moving images in the second shooting mode, the taking of the moving images is continued when the detection unit detects the display unit being in the closed position with respect to the main body. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310285 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a subject image to generate image data, a first display unit configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit and to be capable of taking a reference position and a position different from the reference position, a proximity sensor configured to sense proximity of an object to the first display unit, a position sensor configured to sense whether the first display unit is at the reference position, a second display unit configured to display the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a controller configured to perform control, when the position sensor senses that the first display unit is not at the reference position, to activate the proximity sensor, and to operate the first display unit when the proximity sensor senses proximity of an object, and to operate the second display unit when the proximity sensor does not sense proximity of an object. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310286 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same - An image forming optical system of the present invention is characterized by comprising three groups having, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power, or four groups with one more lens group added to the image side,
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20110310287 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The image pickup optical system comprises: | 2011-12-22 |
20110310288 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AUTO-FOCUSING FAILURE - There is provided a method of determining an auto-focusing failure in which the auto-focusing failure may be rapidly determined even in the case that a lens moving for auto-focusing does not detect auto-focusing evaluation values while moving along the entire moving distance. The method includes: sequentially moving a position of a lens for auto-focusing in a plurality of continuous steps; calculating and storing an auto-focusing evaluation value for each of positions to which the lens moves; comparing an auto-focusing evaluation value calculated at a position to which the lens moves with an auto-focusing evaluation value calculated at a previous step to thereby determine whether the auto-focusing evaluation value has increased or decreased; and determining that auto-focusing has failed when the auto-focusing evaluation value changes from an increased state to a decreased state or from a decreased state to an increased state. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310289 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING CAMERA WITH MOVING MIRROR BETWEEN FIXED LENS AND FIXED IMAGE SENSOR - An automatic focusing camera which includes an image sensor is provided having a fixed lens system with a lens having an object side and an image side. The fixed lens system is located in a fixed position relative to the image sensor. A mirror is moveably positioned between the image side of at least one lens and the image sensor. The mirror is located at an angle such that an image observed through the fixed lens system is reflected toward the image sensor. An actuator is connected to the mirror and moves the mirror relative to the lens system to change a distance between the lens system and the image sensor to adjust an object focal length between an object and the object side of the lens. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310290 | RANGE-FINDING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A range-finding device includes a plurality of image pickup units disposed at a predetermined interval with each other, a lens unit to form subject images of a subject on the plurality of image pickup units, the image pickup units on which the subject image is formed outputting signals of the subject image, and a distance calculation unit to calculate a distance to the subject based on the signals output from the image pickup units. The plurality of image pickup units are formed on a single substrate. The subject image is formed through the lens unit on at least two image pickup units of the plurality of image pickup units. The distance calculation unit calculates a distance to the subject based on the signals output from the at least two image pickup units on each of which the subject image is formed. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310291 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus of the invention includes: an optical imaging system; an image pickup device; a defocus quantity calculation section for calculating a defocus quantity based on a phase difference between signals for focus detection obtained from pixels for focus detection; a high-frequency component quantity detection section for detecting a quantity of high-frequency component contained in a pixel signal outputted from a pixel other than the pixels for focus detection; a region determination section for determining in accordance with which of the defocus quantity and the high-frequency component quantity the optical imaging system is to be driven, according to a detection result of detecting in which of a plurality of divided blocks of the image pickup device an object of interest is present; and a focusing section for driving the optical imaging system in accordance with a determination result of the region determination section. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310292 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In a digital camera, in an automatic shooting stand-by state, when it is judged that an automatic shooting condition has not been satisfied, it is judged whether or not to issue an AE re-processing command (that is, it is judged whether or not the current shooting condition is similar to a condition where the automatic shooting condition is satisfied). When it is judged to issue the AE re-processing command, exposure tracking in an aperture-priority mode is performed, and shooting exposure conditions excluding the aperture value for still-image shooting in the aperture-priority mode are determined. Then, storage is updated. When it is judged that an automatic shooting condition has been satisfied, record processing for still-image shooting is performed with the updated shooting exposure conditions without changing the aperture value. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310293 | DOME-SHAPED CAMERA - A dome-shaped camera ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110310294 | Camera Housing - A camera housing capable of carrying camera components and peripherals is provided. The housing includes a front portion, a back portion and an intermediate portion in between. The intermediate portion is formed with an arched recess dimensioned to receive the shoulder of an operator. A straight base line A extends substantially horizontally and defines a top section of the recess in an operating position of the camera housing. The front portion and the back portion substantially are located below line A. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310295 | Apparatus and method for frame rate conversion - The disclosure is regarding an apparatus and a method for frame rate conversion. The frame rate conversion apparatus, for receiving at least two input frames to generate at lease one output frame, comprises a motion estimation module for generating a candidate list comprising regional motion vectors and temporal motion vectors from the at least two input frames and choosing a winner motion vector from the candidate list, a motion compensation module for generating the at lease one output frame according to the winner motion vector, a frame feature extraction module for generating fade-in/out information or a logo detection information from the at least two input frames, and an adaptive MEMC control module for deciding a weighting of the winner motion vector according to the fade-in/out information or the logo detection information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110310296 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING PIXEL CLOCKS BASED ON INTERNAL DISPLAY PORT INTERFACE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for recovering pixel clocks based on an iDP interface includes selecting a prime factor closest to VA or HA from prime factors of X, and selecting a value obtained by subtracting VA from the selected prime factor, as VB, in | 2011-12-22 |
20110310297 | CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING INTEGRATED ROUTER OR GATEWAY - An example consumer electronic product such as a television includes a router or gateway contained within a housing of the television and a user interface for allowing configuration of settings associated with the router or gateway via one or more displays on a screen of the television. | 2011-12-22 |