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| 20100220205 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHOTOGRAPHING ANGLE THEREOF - A image capturing device includes an image capture unit, a digital signal processor (DSP), a selection unit, an adjustment unit, a microprocessor, a storage unit, and a accelerometer. The image capture unit photographs a subject to output image data representing the subject to the DSP. The accelerometer detects an angle between a vertical axis of the image capture unit and the direction of the gravitational field to output an adjustment signal. The microprocessor outputs an adjustment value after comparing the adjustment signal with a reference adjustment value preset in the storage unit. When a first photograph angle adjustment manner is selected by the selection unit, the DSP adjusts the image data according to the adjustment value. When a second photograph angle adjustment manner is selected by the selection unit, the adjustment unit adjusts photographing angle of the image capture unit according to the adjustment value. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100245533 | NETWORK VOICE AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A network voice and video communication system for communicating with remote computer users via at least two chat applications. The network voice and video communication system captures voice and image data, acquires voice and image data, and stores voice and image data. The network voice and video communication system further receives transmission instructions from the at least two chat applications and transmits the voice and image data to the at least two chat applications. The at least two chat applications simultaneously transmits the voice and image data to corresponding network addresses of the remote computer users. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245611 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A camera system is capable of adjusting a location of a target in an image including the target. The camera system captures the image including the target, obtains the target from the image, and calculates a coordinate difference between the target and a determined location of the image. The camera system also transmits a drive command for a driving module according to the coordinate difference, and the driving module adjusts the image according to the drive command to adjust the location of the target relative to the determined location in the image. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MOTION OBJECT - A motion object monitoring system captures images of monitored objects in a monitored area, and gives numbers to the monitored objects according to specific features of the monitored objects. The specific features of the monitored objects are obtained by detecting the captured images. Only one of the numbers of each of the monitored objects is stored, instead of repeatedly storing the numbers of same motion objects. The motion object monitoring system analyzes the stored numbers, and displays an analysis result. The motion object monitoring system also determines a movement of each of the motion objects according to corresponding numbers of the motion objects. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253777 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM, IMAGE ENCODER AND ENCODING METHOD THEREOF - A video monitoring system includes a camera, an image encoder, and a recording unit. The camera captures a plurality of images of an object to be watched. The image encoder detects the plurality of images to determine key portions of each image, compresses data of portions of each image other than the key portions. The recording unit records the plurality of images from the compressing module to make sure the images displayed have high definition of the key portions. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253778 | MEDIA DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A media displaying system includes a displaying unit, an image capture unit, a processing unit, and a storage system. The image capture unit captures a number of viewer images. The system examines the number of viewer images to find faces in each viewer image, identifies characteristics of each found face in each viewer image, determines information about viewers accordingly, selects media content from the storage system according to information about the viewers. The displaying unit displays the selected media content. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100260387 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND SUBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD USING THE SAME - An image capture device determines whether a subject with an image captured by the image capture device is a target subject. The image capture device captures a primary image of the target subject and an image of the subject, senses tilt angles relative to the horizon of capturing the primary image and the image to be tested, and transmits an image process command to rotate the primary image to generate a plurality of sample images with different tilt angles. The image capture device further transmits a selection command to select a sample image with a tilt angle approximately equal to the second tilt angle, and compares the image of the subject and the selected sample image to determine whether the subject is the target subject. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100271474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION FEEDBACK - An information feedback system includes a display module, an information acquisition module, a network module, and a processing module. The display module displays media content. The information acquisition module obtains numbers of viewers of the display module at different times in a time period. The processing module receives the numbers of the viewers via the network module, and obtains an accumulated number of the viewers. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272364 | IMAGE EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image editing system examines plurality of first images from a video input unit to obtain coordinates of key portion of a first image, and stores the coordinates of the key portions into a storage system. The image editing system further stores a plurality of second images, and reads the coordinates of the key portions and replaces portion of the first image corresponding to coordinates with the second image. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100289902 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CHIP - A testing system for a video chip to be tested stores a video file in advance. At first, the testing system using a sample video chip to play the video file and outputs first video data. Then a video chip to be tested is installed into the testing system to play the video file and outputs second video data. The first video data and the second video data are compared to determine whether the video chip to be tested is acceptable or not and a control signal is outputted according to the comparison to control a robotic arm to place the video chip to be tested at a determined place. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A speech recognition system samples speech signals having the same meaning, and obtains frequency spectrum images of the speech signals. Training objects are obtained by modifying the frequency spectrum images to be the same width. The speech recognition system obtains specific data of the speech signals by analyzing the training objects. The specific data is linked with the meaning of the speech signals. The specific data may include probability values representing probabilities that the training objects appear at different points in an image area of the training objects. A speech command may be sampled, and a frequency spectrum image of the speech command is modified to be the same width as the training objects. The speech recognition system can determine a meaning of a speech command by determining a matching degree of the modified frequency spectrum image of the speech command and the specific data of the speech signals. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295968 | MEDIUM ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A medium adjusting system includes a displaying unit, an image capture unit, a processing unit, and a storage system. The image capture unit captures a number of viewer images. The storage system examines the number of viewer images to find faces in each viewer image, determines the speeds of viewers, the distances between the found faces and the displaying unit, and each viewer's gaze, and selects a medium content from the storage system correspondingly. The displaying unit displays the selected medium content. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100309327 | CAMERA - A camera includes an image capture unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit captures images. The storage unit stores a number of detection modules. The selection unit selects one or more detection modules. The processing unit executes one or more detection modules according to the selection unit, to detect specified features within the images captured by the image capture unit. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315508 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video monitoring system for monitoring an area includes a number of image capture units, a processing unit, and a storage system. The number image capture units capture a number of images. The storage system examines the number of images to find a face in the images, obtains a location where an intruder is located, estimates possible next locations according to the geographical features of the area, adjusts the corresponding cameras at the possible next locations, and notifies security guards to go to the next possible locations in advance. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321210 | ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT - An adjusting system for traffic lights includes a number of image capture units, a processing unit, and a storage system. The number image capture units capture a number of car images. The storage system examines the number of car images to find license plates in each car image, counts the number of the cars, obtains the status of the traffic lights according to the number of the cars, and manages status of the traffic lights correspondingly. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100324866 | TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CHIP - A testing system for a video chip to be tested stores a video file in advance. The testing system uses a sample video chip to play all frames of the video file and outputs first video data. A video chip to be tested is installed into the testing system to play a plurality of determined frames of the video file and outputs second video data. The first video data of corresponding frames and the second video data are compared to determine whether the video chip to be tested is acceptable or not, and a control signal is outputted according to the comparison to control a robotic arm to place the video chip to be tested at a determined place. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VIDEO SEARCH ON WEB - A video searching method downloads video files from websites by detecting name extensions of files on the websites, and classifies the video files according to specific information of each of the video files. The specific information is obtained by detecting an image of each of the video files. The image of each of the video files is compressed to obtain a thumbnail of the image of each of the video files. A database which stores the thumbnails of the images and the specific information of the video files is provided. The thumbnails of the images of video files relative to a topic of a search request in the database can be listed in sequence according to corresponding specific information of the relative video files, as a search result. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110035393 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a gravity sensor and a processing unit. The gravity sensor is mounted on an electronic device to measure gravity of the electronic device and output electronic signals correspondingly. The processing unit receives the electronic signals to obtain an angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to a datum plane correspondingly, receives the angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to the datum plane, and selects a file correspondingly from a plurality of files with different shooting angles. The electronic device displays the selected image. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110037862 | ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA - An adjustment system includes a sensor, a processing unit, and a driving unit. The sensor is mounted on an electronic device to measure changes in position of the electronic device and output measurement results correspondingly. The processing unit receives the measurement results to obtain an angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to a datum plane correspondingly, and outputs an angle control signal according to the angle of inclination. The driving unit receives the angle control signal, and adjusts a shooting angle of a camera. The electronic device displays images captured by the camera. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043679 | CAMERA DEVICE AND ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A camera device includes a light detection and ranging system to emit laser light to scan a determined scene to obtain three-dimensional information of the determined scene. The camera device stores a first set of three-dimensional information of the determined scene at a first time, and compares a second set of three-dimensional information of the determined scene at a second time with the first set of three-dimensional information, to determine whether there is an invading object in the determined or not, and then sends a driving command to a driving module to adjust a lens angle and a focus of an image capture module to capture images of the invading object in focus in response to there being a invading object. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110050911 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for capturing images includes setting a capturing mode and a monitor time of a plurality of lenses of an image capturing device, controlling each lens to capture images at the same time when the monitor time arrives. The method further captures a plurality of images based on different focal lengths or from different angles at the same time, and sends the plurality of images to a monitor computer. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050912 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for capturing images includes setting a capturing mode and a capturing schedule for a plurality of lenses of an image capturing device, controlling each lens to capture images according to the capturing schedule based on different magnifications. The method further sends the plurality of images to a monitor computer, and stores the plurality of images in a file by the monitor computer. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050928 | SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA - A selection system includes a sensor, a processing unit, and a driving unit. The sensor is mounted on an electronic device to measure changes in position of the electronic device and output measurement results correspondingly. The processing unit receives the measurement results to obtain an angle of inclination of the electronic device relative to a datum plane, outputs an angle control signal according to the angle of inclination, and selects one of a number of cameras according to the angle control signal. The electronic device displays images captured by the selected camera. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050929 | CAMERA ARRAY - A camera array includes a number of cameras. The number of cameras target a subject to be monitored, and capture images of the subject from different angles at one time to provide a composite image of the subject. The camera array can obtain more information about the subject. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110052004 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IDENTITY RECOGNITION METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME - A camera device includes an image capturing module, a face detection module, a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, a storage module, and a microprocessor. The image capturing module continuously captures images of a determined filed. The face detection module detects the images to obtain a face to be tested, and records coordinates of the face in the image. The LIDAR system scans the face to be tested in the determined field according to the coordinates thereby to obtain three-dimensional information of the face to be tested. The storage module stores three-dimensional information of a determined face. The microprocessor compares the three-dimensional information of the face to be tested with the three-dimensional information of the determined face, and then outputs a recognition signal. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110058754 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a camera, a storage system, and a processing unit. The processing unit receives an image from the camera to find a key portion in the image, obtain coordinates of the key portion in the image, determine the coordinates of the key portion in the image to obtain a location status, and select one group of files according to the location status. The selected group of files is displayed by the electronic device. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063464 | VIDEO PLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video playing system includes a camera to capture images, a display unit, a processing unit, and a storage system. The storage system stores an animation which includes a controllable element. The processing unit detects an image from the camera, to identify an object in the image, and to obtain information about the object. The processing unit further receives the coordinates of the object in the image from the detecting module to obtain a position of a viewer related to the display unit, outputs one of a number of control instructions according to the position of the viewer to control movement of the element of the animation. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110074965 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video processing system includes a number of time-of-flight (TOF) cameras and a video card. The number of TOF cameras shoots different regions of a scene to obtain a number of images. The number of images includes distance data between the scene and the number of TOF cameras. The video card combines the number of images to obtain a full image of the scene. The full image of the scene has a larger size than that of each of the number of images, same resolution with that of each of the number of images, and distance data between the scene and the number of TOF cameras. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110084915 | ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA LENS - A system is disclosed to adjusting a shooting angle of a camera lens. The system generates an electric signal relative to a contacting track of a touching device on a touch screen or a touch on the touch screen. The electric signal is processed to obtain a displacement of the touching device on the touch screen or a coordinate of the touch on the touch screen. A control signal is generated according to the displacement of the touching device on the touch screen or the coordinate of the touch on the touch screen. The system adjusts the shooting angle of the camera lens according to the control signal. Therefore, the camera lens captures images in a required area. The images captured by the camera lens may be displayed on the touch screen. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA ARRAY CONTROL - A system is provided to control cameras of a camera array setup. The system generates an electric signal relative to a contacting track of a touching device on a touch screen. Therefore, a displacement of the touching device on the touch screen is obtained. The system generates a control signal. The control signal indicates a displacement range in which the displacement of the touching device is on the touch screen. The displacement range corresponds to a required camera of the camera array setup. The system controls the camera array setup to transmit video captured by the required camera to the touch screen. The video is displayed on the touch screen. The system can also switch the cameras of the camera array setup when a touch on the touch screen is sensed. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110096959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PRODUCT CATALOG - A system and method for displaying a product catalog obtains images of a user captured by an image obtaining device, locates a face from each of the images. The system and method further determines a movement direction, a movement speed, and a movement angle of the user's face, and rotates a product catalog with the movement direction, the movement speed, and the movement angle of the user's face. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - A system and method for processing images obtains an image from a storage device, locates a specified object in the image. The system and method further calculates a smallest rectangle framing the specified object, performs a masking operation on the smallest rectangle, and stores the processed image in the storage device. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING IMAGES - A system for zooming images includes a mobile device, an acceleration sensor, and a processing unit. The mobile device displays an image. The acceleration sensor is mounted to the mobile device, to sense an acceleration of the mobile device, and to generate displacement data of the mobile device according to the acceleration. The processing unit is connected to the mobile device and the acceleration sensor, to receive the displacement data from the acceleration sensor, and to zoom in or zoom out the image according to the displacement data. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109748 | CAMERA ARRAY - A camera array includes a number of TOF cameras. The number of TOF cameras targets a subject to be monitored, and captures images of the subject from different angles at one time to provide a composite image of the subject. The camera array can obtain more information about the subject. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109802 | VIDEO COMBINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video combining system includes a number of cameras, a startup module, and a combining module. The startup module starts the number of cameras in turn. The number of cameras captures a scene at different moments to obtain a number of images. The combining module chronologically combines the number of images to obtain a section of video. The section of video has a high frame rate. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115917 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND SURVEILLING METHOD - A surveillance system includes two cameras and a processing unit. The two cameras capture a scene to obtain a low resolution image and a high resolution image. The processing unit checks the low resolution image to find a reference image in the low resolution image to determine coordinates of the reference image in the low resolution image. The processing unit further determines coordinates of the reference image in the high resolution image to select a portion in the second image correspondingly. The processing unit crops and resizes an image size of the selected reference image according to a ratio of an image size between the low resolution image and the high resolution image, and replaces the reference image in the low resolution image with the cropped and resized reference image to obtain a new image. The new image is for being identified. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110120289 | MUSIC COMPARING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A music comparing system determines whether a first song is same as a second song. Notes of the first and second songs are transcribed. A number of pitch differences between two adjacent notes of the first and second songs are recorded, and the pitch differences of the first song are transformed to a first relative step pattern, and the pitch differences of the second song are transformed to a second relative step pattern. The first and second relative step patterns are compared to determine whether the first and second songs are the same. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122158 | DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA PLAYER - A display adjustment system includes a sensor and a processing unit. The sensor is mounted to a media player to measure changes in position of the media player and output measurement results correspondingly. The processing unit receives the measurement results to obtain an angle of inclination of the media player corresponding to a datum plane, and processes an image according to the angle of inclination. The processed image is displayed by the media player. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION DETECTION - A detection system detects moving objects in a scene by processing two consecutive images of the scene. The two consecutive images are captured by a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera and fed back to the system. The system obtains position information of the moving object in the scene, and adjusts parameters, such as a shoot angle, and a focal length of the PTZ camera, according to the position information of the moving object. Therefore, the PTZ camera can be aimed to follow the motion area and adjusted to optimum focal length. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126228 | MEDIA DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A media displaying system includes a displaying unit, a time-of-flight (TOF) camera, and a processing unit. The TOF camera captures an image of an audience, and obtains distance data between a number of points of the audience and the TOF camera. The processing unit builds a three dimension (3D) model of the audience according to the image of the audience and the distance data between the points of the audience and the TOF camera, and obtains demographic information of the audience according to the 3D model of the audience. The processing unit further selects media content according to the demographic information about the audience. The displaying unit displays the selected media content by a displaying unit. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110128283 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a display unit, a time-of-flight (TOF) camera, and a processing unit. The TOF camera captures an image, and obtains data about distances between a number of points of an individual in the image and the TOF camera. The processing unit examines the image to find a face, and build a 3D model of the face of the individual according to the face and the data about distances between the number of points of the individual and the TOF camera, and determining a gazing direction of the face and a location of the face relative to a display unit according to the 3D model of the face of the individual to obtain which area the face looks at. The processing unit further selects a media content according to the area the face looks at. The display unit displays the selected media content. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110135290 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a control headgear, a gravitational sensor, a storing unit, a processing unit, a network unit, a signal sending and receiving unit, a drive unit, and a rail. The gravitational sensor detects motions of a head of a user and sends out an electronic signal. The storing unit stores a first instruction and a second instruction. The processing unit executes the first instruction to convert the electronic signal to displacement information and executes the second instruction to convert the displacement information to a control signal to control motions of a camera mounted on the rail. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135291 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a control headgear, a gravitational sensor, a storing unit, a processing unit, a network unit, a signal sending and receiving unit, and a drive unit. The gravitational sensor detects motions of the head of a user and sends out an electronic signal. The storing unit stores a first instruction and a second instruction. The processing unit executes the first instruction to convert the electronic signal to displacement information and executes the second instruction to convert the displacement information to a control signal to change a viewing angle and focus of a camera. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110150300 | IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An identification system includes a time-of-flight (TOF) camera and a processing unit. The TOF camera captures an image of a person, and obtains distance data between a number of points on the person and the TOF camera. The processing unit builds a current 3D model of a face of the person according to the image and the distance data, and compares the current 3D model with a number of stored 3D models to determine whether the current 3D model is the same as one of the stored 3D models, for identifying the person. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157360 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A surveillance system includes a time-of-flight (TOF) camera and a processing unit. The TOF camera captures a scene to obtain an image of the scene and distance data between a number of points in the scene and the TOF camera. The processing unit builds a three-dimensional (3D) model of the scene according to the image of the scene and the distance data between the points in the scene and the TOF camera, and compares a standard 3D model with the 3D model from the 3D model building module, to determine whether the two 3D models are the same. When the two 3D models are different, the processing unit notices that there is anomalous event occurring in the scene. | 06-30-2011 |
