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20100201857 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention includes a solid-state image sensing device; a vertical transfer drive circuit for feeding a subpulse to the solid-state image sensing device; and a control circuit, and repeats a series of photographing operations in a cycle same as or longer than a period during which the series of photographing operations are performed, the series of photographing operations including an exposure operation for exposing an imaging area after the subpulse is fed to the solid-state image sensing device to sweep out electric charges accumulated in pixels. The control circuit stops the subpulse from being fed from the vertical transfer drive circuit to the solid-state image sensing device during a period during which the exposure operation included in the series of photographing operations is not performed. | 08-12-2010 |
20100225680 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An image displaying apparatus includes a display with delta array. If an image is displayed on the basis of image data in an RGB format arrayed in a stripe pattern, data of color values R, G and B are input to a calculator. The calculator performs a weighted average on color values of adjacent pixels in a lateral direction to calculate each color value, and a rearranger rearranges calculated respective color values so as to conform to the delta array. Then, a driver displays an image on the basis of the color values which are rearranged so as to conform to the delta array. | 09-09-2010 |
20120026374 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image sensor includes: a plurality of photoelectric transduction elements arranged in a two-dimensional array; and an output unit outputting a video signal generated from electric charges accumulated by the plurality of photoelectric transduction elements, and sync codes corresponding to a horizontal sync signal and a vertical sync signal indicating predetermined intervals, as low voltage differential signals synchronized with a prescribed clock. The output unit outputs only the sync code corresponding to a horizontal sync signal as a low voltage differential signal in a blanking period, among the video signal and the sync codes corresponding to a horizontal sync signal and a vertical sync signal. | 02-02-2012 |
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20100034476 | Image Data Compression Method, Pattern Model Positioning Method in Image Processing, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - There is provided a data compression method for increasing a reduction ratio, while keeping a sufficient characteristic amount, to seek speeding up of processing, the method being for compressing image data in pattern model positioning in image processing of searching out of an image to be searched and positioning a pattern model corresponding to a pre-registered image. The method includes the steps of computing an edge strength image having edge strength information and an edge angle image having edge angle information with respect to each pixel constituting an image; transforming the edge angle image of each pixel into an edge angle bit image expressed by an edge angle bit indicating an angle with a pre-defined fixed width; and compressing the edge angle bit image to create an edge angle bit reduced image by taking a sum with respect to each edge angle bit. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034484 | Pattern Model Positioning Method In Image Processing, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - There is provided a matching method, capable of positioning with higher accuracy at higher speed. The method includes the steps of: constructing a pattern model of a registered image in which a plurality of reference points are set on an extracted contour and a corresponding point search line having a predetermined length and passing through each reference point; acquiring an image and acquiring an initial position corresponding to the registered image to arrange the corresponding point search line of the pattern model; finding a corresponding point on the image corresponding to each reference point with regard to each corresponding point search line at a position along the corresponding point search line on the image; and regarding a relation between each reference point and the corresponding point as an evaluation value and performing fine positioning such that an accumulated value of the evaluation values becomes minimal or maximal. | 02-11-2010 |
20100098338 | Method for Deciding Image Data Reduction Ratio in Image Processing, Pattern Model Positioning Method in Image Processing, Pattern Model Creating Method in Image Processing, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - There is provided a method for deciding an image data reduction ratio in image processing which enables performance of stable positioning even on an unclear image, the method being a method for deciding an image data reduction ratio in image processing where an object to be searched that is similar to a pre-registered image is searched to be positioned out of the image to be searched by use of a pattern model corresponding to the registered image, the method including the steps of: computing a sharpness of each edge point based on the edge points with reference to an edge image where the edge points are extracted from image date; and deciding an image data reduction ratio based on each edge sharpness such that positional accuracy of the edge points becomes higher than a predetermined value. | 04-22-2010 |
20100098339 | Contour-Information Extracting Method by Use of Image Processing, Pattern Model Creating Method in Image Processing, Pattern Model Positioning Method in Image Processing, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - There is provided a pattern model creating method in image processing, which allows selection of an appropriate contour in accordance with an object image, the method being a pattern model creating method in image processing for positioning by searching an object to be searched that is similar to a pre-registered image out of an image to be searched by use of a pattern model corresponding to the registered image, the method including: extracting a plurality of edge points from the registered image; creating a plurality of continuous chains by coupling adjacent edge points among the plurality of extracted edge points; eliminating a chain with a length not larger than a predetermined length among the plurality of chains; selecting chains sequentially from the smallest chain among the remaining chains; and regarding aggregation of the selected chains as a contour extracted from the registered image, to construct a pattern model for positioning. | 04-22-2010 |
20120148163 | Image Data Compression Method, Pattern Model Positioning Method in Image Processing, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Computer Readable Recording Medium - There is provided a data compression method for increasing a reduction ratio, while keeping a sufficient characteristic amount, to seek speeding up of processing, the method being for compressing image data in pattern model positioning in image processing of searching out of an image to be searched and positioning a pattern model corresponding to a pre-registered image. The method includes the steps of: computing an edge strength image having edge strength information and an edge angle image having edge angle information with respect to each pixel constituting an image; transforming the edge angle image of each pixel into an edge angle bit image expressed by an edge angle bit indicating an angle with a pre-defined fixed width; and compressing the edge angle bit image to create an edge angle bit reduced image by taking a sum with respect to each edge angle bit. | 06-14-2012 |
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20150098708 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A visible light communication apparatus includes a constant current circuit and a load circuit including light emitting elements connected to output terminals of the constant current circuit. Further, the visible light communication apparatus includes a load variation circuit configured to change load characteristics of the load circuit by electrically connecting to the load circuit, the load variation circuit including a series circuit of a diode and a resistor connected in series to the load circuit and a switching element configured to electrically connect or disconnect the load variation circuit to the load circuit in response to a binary communication signal. | 04-09-2015 |