Patent application number | Description | Published |
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 |
20110169922 | THREE DIMENSION MODEL BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A three dimension model building system includes a number of time-of-flight (TOF) cameras and a processing unit. The number of TOF cameras capture an object to obtain images of the object and distance data between every point on the object and the TOF cameras. The processing unit calculates coordinates of every point on the object in the images from the TOF cameras on an X-axis, an Y-axis, an Z-axis, and obtains a function according to the plurality of coordinates on the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis. The processing unit further creates a curved surface according to the function. The curved surface is a three dimension model of the object. | 07-14-2011 |
20110170774 | IMAGE MANIPULATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image information acquiring system obtains a group of relative values to describe the image. A pixel value of each pixel in the image is acquired. Ratios between the pixel value of each pixel and a pixel value of each other pixel which is adjacent to the pixel are obtained for obtaining the group of relative values. The group of relative values is used for comparing two images or reproducing another image. | 07-14-2011 |
20110175992 | FILE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A file selection system includes a display unit, a camera, and a processing unit. The camera captures an image. The processing unit examines the image to find a face, eyeballs, and eye sockets, and determining a location of the face in the image and a location of an eyeball in an eye socket, to obtain which area an individual looks at. The processing unit further selects media content according to the area the individual looks at. The display unit displays the selected media content. | 07-21-2011 |
20110187852 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is used to monitor a locale. The second camera captures a three dimensional (3D) image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured 3D image of the head of the subject and models a corresponding 3D model according to the captured 3D image. Compares the actual 3D model with a reference 3D model, to compute a compared result, and outputs a control signal to the first camera to adjust parameters of the first camera according to the compared result. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187853 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is used to monitor a locale. The second camera captures an image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured image of the head of the subject and compares the captured image with a reference image, to compute a compared result, and outputs a control signal to the first camera to adjust parameters of the first camera according to the compared result. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187866 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is movably arranged on a sliding rail to monitor a locale. The second camera captures an image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured image of the head of the subject and compares the captured image with a reference image, to compute a compared result, and outputs a control signal to the first camera to adjust parameters of the first camera according to the compared result. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187876 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a first camera, a second camera, and a control apparatus. The first camera is movably arranged on a sliding rail to monitor a locale. The second camera captures a three dimensional (3D) image of a head of a subject. The control apparatus receives the captured 3D image of the head of the subject and simulates a corresponding 3D model according to the captured 3D image, and compares the actual 3D model with a reference 3D model, to compute a compared result, and outputs a control signal to the first camera to adjust parameters of the first camera according to the compared result. | 08-04-2011 |
20110193858 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for displaying images using an electronic device sets a virtual three dimension (3D) image of an object, and stores the virtual 3D image in a storage device of the electronic device. The method further obtains a movement direction and a movement angle of the electronic device by a G-Sensor of the electronic device, rotates the virtual 3D image of the object according to the movement direction and the movement angle of the electronic device, and displays the rotated image of the object on a display device of the electronic device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - A system and method for capturing images acquires vibration data of a vehicle by an acceleration sensor, and transfers the vibration data to a digital video recorder (DVR) device. The system and method further adjusts a position of a lens of an image obtaining device according to the vibration data by the DVR device, controls the lens to capture images by the image obtaining device, and stores the captured images in a storage device of the DVR device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110193979 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING VIDEOS AND PLAYING COMPOSITE IMAGES OF THE VIDEOS - A method for compressing videos obtains videos from a storage device, selects a main frame from the videos at each time layer and each angle, and further selects a new main frame after each time interval and angle interval. Then, the method obtains frames between two adjacent main frames, and stores different pixels between each of the obtained frames and a previous main frame of the two adjacent main frames, so as to obtain composite images of the videos. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196569 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A collision avoidance system and method creates 3D models of objects by collecting character data of the objects, and controls a camera of a vehicle to capture an image in front of the vehicle. The system determines whether an object is detected in front of the vehicle by comparing the image with each of the 3D models, analyzes a distance between the camera and the object according to the image, and determines whether the distance is less than a safety distance. The system controls the warning device to alarm when the distance is less than the safety distance, and automatically controls the brake system to reduce a speed of the vehicle if the vehicle is not decelerating. | 08-11-2011 |
20110205445 | TELEVISION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A television (TV) control system and method controls a TV set to perform functions remotely. The system includes a hand-held electronic device and a bridge device. The hand-held electronic device includes an accelerometer and a signal generation module. The accelerometer senses a moving direction of the hand-held electronic device when a user operates the hand-held electronic device, and analyzes the moving direction to generate a direction analysis result. The signal generation module generates a remote control signal according to the direction analysis result. The bridge device receives the remote control signal transmitted from the hand-held electronic device, and controls the TV set to perform functions according to the remote control signal. | 08-25-2011 |
20110210963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A system and method for displaying three dimensional (3D) images projects a current image on a screen to obtain an original 3D image by a 3D projector, detects a movement of a user by a 3D camera at each time interval, and transfers coordinate alterations of the user to a computer. The computer adjusts a position of the current image on a display according to the coordinate alteration of the user, and transfers the adjusted current image to the 3D projector. Then, the 3D projector projects the adjusted current image on the screen, so as to obtain a new 3D image on the screen. | 09-01-2011 |
20110215915 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTING METHOD FOR CAR - A detection system used for a car includes a number of time-of-flight (TOF) cameras and a processing unit. The TOF cameras capture images and obtain distance data between objects near the car and the TOF cameras. The processing unit receives the images and the distance data to determine a speed of each object moving toward the car. The processing unit further warns a driver of the car when a speed of one object moving toward the car is faster than a preset speed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110221608 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USER STATE - A method that monitors user state using an electronic device locates a face shape from a current image of a user captured by an image capturing device of the electronic device, and calculates a current area of the face shape when the user reads digital material using the electronic device. Additionally, the method determines whether the current area is greater than a standard area stored in a storage system of the electronic device, and triggers a warning device of the electronic device to output an alarm signal to warn the user to keep a proper distance from the electronic device upon the condition that the current area is greater than the standard area. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228155 | COSMETIC MIRROR AND ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A cosmetic mirror includes a mirror, a camera, a touch screen, and a processing unit. The mirror reflects a first image of a user. The camera captures a second image of the user. The processing unit detects the second image to locate a face region in the second image, and transmits a third image of the face region of the user to the touch screen. The touch screen displays the third image. The processing unit further controls the camera and the touch screen according to operations applied on the touch screen. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228977 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A POSITION OF A LENS OF THE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A method for adjusting a position of a lens of an image capturing device obtains a plurality of images of a monitored scene by the lens, detects a motion area in the monitored scene, and detects if a human face is in the motion area. The method further moves the lens according to movement data of the human face if the human face is detected, or moves the lens according to movement data of the motion area if the human face is not detected. | 09-22-2011 |
20110234820 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERAS USING THE SAME - An electronic device and method for controlling a plurality of cameras includes determining a selected camera though a control system, displaying a route map of the selected camera, and calculating motion parameters of a touch motion on a touch panel of the electronic device. The motion parameters are sent to the control system to control the selected camera according to the motion parameters. The touch panel displays acquired video images from the selected camera. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235857 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STREETLIGHTS - A method for controlling streetlights located at a streetlight control area using a streetlight power control system controls an image capturing device to capture digital images of at least one route section of the streetlight control area at a predetermined interval. Light of a streetlight corresponding to the streetlight power controller is automatically adjusted by turning on or off the streetlight and by increasing or decreasing the intensity of the streetlight. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238218 | MIRROR AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A method for adjusting a mirror. The method includes using a camera to capture an image of an object, locating a suitable region in the image, obtaining a first midline between a reference line in the suitable region and a top of the object in the suitable region, obtaining a second midline of the image, comparing the first and second midlines to determine whether the two midlines overlap, outputting a comparison signal upon the condition that the two midlines do not overlap, and directing a driving apparatus to move the mirror to adjust a height of the mirror according to the comparison signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238293 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TRANSPORTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD UTILIZED THEREBY - A transportation information management method using an electronic device sets a departure location and a destination, detects a current location of the electronic device using a navigation device of the electronic device in real time, and determines whether a distance between the current location and the destination is less than a predetermined distance. If the distance is less than the predetermined distance, the electronic device generates a first notification to inform the user to prepare to disembark. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BLIND SPOTS OF VEHICLES - A system for detecting blind spots of a vehicle while the vehicle is been driven includes an image capturing device of at least one side mirror, a warning device and a microprocessor. The image capturing device to capture images of the blind spots of the vehicle. Each of the captured images are analyzed to detect whether a moving object exists in the blind spot. A warning signal is generated in response to a detection of the moving object in the blind spots, and causing the warning device to alarm according to the warning signal. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244933 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING BASKETBALL GAMES USING THE SAME - An electronic device and method for simulating basketball games includes storing original wave data groups of a plurality of standard basketball actions in a storage system, and constructing a coordinate system based on the electronic device. In response to simulating the basketball action by a user holding the electronic device, movement data of the electronic device is detected using an accelerometer. The movement data is converted into wave data to compare with the original wave data groups. In response to determining a matched original wave data group, a prompt message including a name of a standard basketball action corresponding to the matched original wave data group is displayed on a display of the electronic device. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249101 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for monitoring a target area using a video monitor device that controls a video camera located at the target area to capture left images and right images of the target area. The video monitor device analyzes each of the left and right images to form a combined image, compresses all of the combined images to generate compressed images, and stores the compressed images into a storage system. When an event happened in the target area, a compressed image corresponding to the event time is obtained from the storage system. The video monitor device decompresses the compressed image to generate a 3D image of the target area, and displays the 3D image on a display device. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252332 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BROWSING INTERNET CONTENT UTILIZED THEREBY - In a method of browsing internet content using an electronic device, an image of a user is captured, a facial region from the captured image is examined, and facial characteristics are extracted from the facial region. An age of the user is estimated according to the extracted facial characteristics, and a privilege level for browsing the internet content of the user is determined accordingly. Additionally, category information of internet content of a webpage is acquired when the user opens the webpage to determine whether the user is permitted to browse the internet content, and a notification is displayed on a display screen of the electronic device to inform the user that the internet content is forbidden if the user is not permitted to browse the internet content. | 10-13-2011 |
20110253486 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELEVATOR MONITORING - A method for monitoring an elevator controls an image capturing device located inside the elevator to capture a current image inside the elevator when a malfunction of the elevator is detected by one or more monitor devices. The method further analyzes the current image to determines if there are passengers trapped inside the elevator. In addition, the method generates a rescue message and sends the rescue message to an emergency response department through a network upon the condition that there are passengers trapped inside the elevator. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254954 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING POSITIONS OF MICROPHONE - An apparatus and method automatically adjusts a current position of a microphone to a voice reception position for receiving optimal voices from a speaker. A scene image in front of the microphone is captured by an image capturing unit of the apparatus at a predetermined interval. The apparatus analyzes the scene image to determine whether the scene image includes a face image of the speaker, and detects a position of a mouth of the speaker based on the face image. The voice reception position is calculated according to the position of the mouth of the speaker and a standard position stored in a storage system. A driving command is generated to control a driver to adjust the current position of the microphone to the voice reception position. | 10-20-2011 |
20110255739 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH OBJECT TRACKING - A method for dynamically tracking a specific object in a monitored area obtains an image of the monitored area by one of a plurality of image capturing devices in the monitored area, and detects the specific object in the obtained image. The method further determines adjacent image capturing devices in the monitored area according to the path table upon the condition that the specific object is detected, and adjusts a detection sensitivity of each of the adjacent image capturing devices. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261048 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - A system and method for displaying a three dimensional (3D) image on a touch screen of an electronic device detects an initial touch point and an end touch point of a touch motion, when the touch screen is touched. Then the method creates a coordinate system for the touch screen, and calculates a motion direction and a motion angle of the touch motion according to coordinates of the initial touch point and the end touch point in the coordinate system. Additionally, the method adjusts a display orientation of the 3D image displayed on the touch screen according to the motion direction and the motion angle, and displays the adjusted 3D image on the touch screen. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261181 | MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR - An adjustment method for a media display system includes a camera capturing an image of a viewer, detecting a reference eyeline in the image, obtaining a midline of the image, comparing the reference eyeline with the midline to determine whether the two lines overlap and outputting a comparison signal correspondingly, and driving a driving apparatus according to the comparison signal to adjust height of an electronic billboard. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261182 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A BABY SLEEPING - An electronic device and method for monitoring a baby sleeping includes presetting a warning message and designating a communication device to receive the warning message. A captured image of a baby is acquired and sent to the designated communication device. The electronic devices sends the warning message to the designated communication device if no face zone of the baby is detected from the captured image or if the baby is awake. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264311 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING VIDEO USING THE SAME - A method for collecting video using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) captures video upon the condition that the UAV flies along a preset flight path, stores the captured video in a storage device of the UAV, and directs the UAV to land on a relay station upon the condition that the UAV is at a certain longitude and latitude relative to the relay station. The method further refuels the UAV at the relay station, transmits the captured video stored in the storage device to a computer of the relay station, and directs the UAV to fly to a next relay station along the flight path. | 10-27-2011 |
20110267203 | ALARM APPARATUS AND ALARMING METHOD - An alarm apparatus includes a first camera facing a first direction of a road, a second camera facing a second direction of the road, a first output device facing the first direction of the road, a second output device facing the second direction of the road, a processor, and a storage unit including a detecting module and a controlling module. The detecting module stores a first instruction executed by the processor, thereby the processor receives the images captured by the first and the second cameras and determines what is the state of the road condition. The controlling module stores a second instruction executed by the processor, thereby the processor controls the first and the second output devices to send out appropriate alarming signals. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267463 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A method for controlling an image capturing device captures a plurality of images of a monitored scene by a lens of the image capturing device, detects a pedestrian in the monitored scene, and detects if a human face is in the pedestrian. The method further adjusts the lens according to movement data of the human face if the human face is detected, or adjusts the lens according to movement data of the pedestrian if no human face is detected. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267471 | SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A security monitoring system includes a display, a power source, a main camera, a number of sub-cameras, a processor, and a storage unit. The main camera is connected to the power source though a power cable and connected to the display through a data cable. Each sub-camera includes a power unit, a network unit, and a capturing unit. The storage unit includes a detecting module and a camera selecting module. The detecting module stores a first instruction to be executed by the processor, thereby the processor determines whether the main camera is malfunctioning. The camera selecting module stores a second instruction to be executed by the processor, thereby the processor initiates the operation of the sub-cameras if the main camera is malfunctioning. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269488 | COMMUNICATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BASE STATION - A communication signal transmission management method of a base station using a computing device configures a distance table for recording remote base stations proximate the base station and a distance between the base station and each of the remote base stations, and stores the distance table in a storage system of the computing device. When the base receives a communication signal from communication device, the method determines a remote base station to receive the communication signal according to the distance between the base station and each of the scanned remote base stations and a current load of each remote base station, and transmits the communication signal to the determined remote base station. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274311 | SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sign language recognition method includes a camera capturing an image of a gesture from a signer, comparing the image of the gesture with a number of gestures to find out the meanings of the gesture, and displaying or vocalizing the meanings of the gestures. | 11-10-2011 |
20110285846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SPECIFIED AREA - A method for monitoring a specified area using an electronic device sets a detection region and a detection mode in a captured image of an image capturing device using a display screen of the electronic device, and sends the detection region and the detection mode to a host computer. The method further displays an image sent from the host computer on the display screen upon the condition that the host computer detects a missed object or a leaving object in the image according to the detection region and the detection mode. | 11-24-2011 |
20110304481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION - A vehicle identification system includes a vehicle identification information extraction unit to extract vehicle identification information of a vehicle, a network unit, a vehicle identification information checking unit, a locating unit, and a matching unit. The vehicle identification information checking unit communicates with a missing vehicle database through the network unit, and compares the extracted vehicle identification information of the vehicle against the missing vehicle database. The locating unit detects a location signal, when the extracted vehicle identification information and the missing vehicle database achieve a match. The matching unit combines the image of the vehicle with the location signal and records the combined vehicle information, subsequently transmits the combined vehicle information to an inquiry of missing vehicle database through the network unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20110320068 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device determines a designated relay station of the UAV using the electronic device, and creates a new flight path for the UAV according to the designated relay station. The method further directs the UAV to fly to the designated relay station upon the condition that the UAV can arrive at the designated relay station, and directs the UAV to fly to a subsequent relay station along the new flight path upon the condition that the UAV has not arrived at an endpoint of the new flight path. | 12-29-2011 |
20120001879 | BILLBOARD DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A billboard display method includes: capturing images of a scene near the screen by a number of cameras, detecting the images from the cameras to determine whether there is a person nearby the screen, detecting the images to determine a relative position of the person to the screen upon the condition that there is a person nearby the screen, and controlling a media to be shown at a corresponding position of the screen according to the relative position of the person to the screen. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002015 | BILLBOARD DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A billboard display method includes: capturing images of a scene near the screen by a number of time-of-flight (TOF) cameras. Building three dimension (3D) models of the scene according to the images and the data about distances between points in the scene and the TOF cameras; checking the 3D models to determine whether there is a person nearby the screen. Checking the 3D models to determine a relative position of the person to the screen upon the condition that there is a person nearby the screen; and controlling a media with a corresponding shooting angle to be shown at a corresponding position of the screen according to the relative position of the person to the screen. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002020 | BILLBOARD DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A billboard display method includes: capturing images of a scene near the screen by a number of time-of-flight (TOF) cameras, building three dimension (3D) models of the scene according to the images and the data about distances between points in the scene and the TOF cameras; checking the 3D models to determine whether there is a person nearby the screen; checking the 3D models to determine a relative position of the person to the screen upon the condition that there is a person nearby the screen; and controlling a media to be shown at a corresponding position of the screen according to the relative position of the person to the screen. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002063 | CAMERA ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera adjusting system includes a camera, a control apparatus, and a monitor. The camera captures a first image of the eyes of a user. The control apparatus receives the first image, and determines the eye-motion of the user. Then the control apparatus adjusts the aim and/or focus of a PTZ camera according to the eye-motion of the user. The monitor displays a monitored area monitored by the PTZ camera. | 01-05-2012 |
20120006876 | SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NAIL GUN WITH THE SAFETY SYSTEM - A safety method for a nail gun includes a camera capturing an image in front of the nail gun; checking the image to determine whether there is a person in front of the nail gun and cutting off power from the nail gun if a person is in front of the nail gun. | 01-12-2012 |
20120006877 | SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NAIL GUN WITH THE SAFETY SYSTEM - A safety method for a nail gun includes a time-of-flight (TOF) camera capturing an image in front of the nail gun and obtaining data about distances between a number of points in the scene and the TOF camera; building a three dimension (3D) model of the scene according to the image and the data about distances between the plurality of points in the scene and the TOF camera; checking the 3D model to determine whether there is a person in front of the nail gun; and controlling a switch to cut off a power supply from the nail gun upon the condition that there is a person in front of the nail gun. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016534 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device obtains movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerometer of the electronic device, and converts the movement data of the electronic device to control signals. The method further sends the control signals to the UAV, and changes a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016579 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDICATING POSITION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON ELECTRONIC MAP - An indication method indicates position of an electronic device on an electronic map. The electronic device includes a global positioning system (GPS) and an e-compass. The method detects a position and an orientation of the electronic device using the GPS and the e-compass, indicates the detected position on an electronic map on a display screen of the electronic device, and marks the detected position and the detected orientation of the electronic device in the electronic map. Upon the condition that the detected direction is initialized, a default orientation of the electronic device is pointed North and the electronic map is initially oriented accordingly, the indication method then adjusts the electronic map as needed according to the detected orientation of the electronic device, and displays the adjusted electronic map on the display screen. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019620 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An image capture device and method creates a first matrix for an image. A pixel value of each point in the first matrix is compared with a pixel value of a corresponding point in a 3D figure template, to detect a three-dimensional (3D) area in the image. A lens of the image capture device is moved and a foci of the lens is adjusted to ensure that the device capture a clear 3D figure image. A second matrix for the clear 3D figure image is created, and a pixel value of each point in the second matrix is compared with a pixel value of a corresponding point in a 3D facial template, to detect a 3D facial area in the clear 3D figure image. The lens is moved and the foci of the lens is adjusted to ensure that the device captures a clear 3D facial image. | 01-26-2012 |
20120019656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SUBJECTS OF INTEREST - A system captures images of monitored subjects in a monitored area, and gives numbers to the monitored subjects according to specific features of the monitored subjects. The specific features of the monitored subjects are obtained by detecting the captured images. Only one of the numbers of each of the monitored subjects is stored, instead of repeatedly storing the numbers of same subjects. The system analyzes the stored numbers, and displays an analysis result. The system also determines a movement of each of the subjects according to corresponding numbers of the subjects. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020098 | SEARCHLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a method for controlling a searchlight using a control apparatus, images of a target area are captured in real-time using an image capturing device when the searchlight is powered on. The captured images are analyzed to detect whether a moving object is in the target area, and position information of the moving object in a current image of the target area are calculated when the moving object is detected. The searchlight is controlled to aim at and illuminate the moving object using an actuating device according to the position information of the moving object. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MOTION OBJECT - A motion object monitoring system captures an image of a scene and distance data between points in the scene and a time-of-flight (TOF) camera by the TOF camera. A 3D model of the scene is built according to the image of the scene and the distance data. The motion object monitoring system 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 built 3D model of the scene. 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. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022757 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A brake system and method includes adjusting an electronic apparatus on a bracket of a bicycle to be in a horizontal state. If the bicycle is downsloped and a gradient value of the electronic apparatus exceeds or equals a predetermined gradient value, a brake operation of the bicycle is detected. If the brake operation is improper, a brake command is sent to a brake device of the brake system, and brake cables of a front wheel and/or a rear wheel of the bicycle are controlled by the brake device according to the brake command. | 01-26-2012 |
20120026292 | MONITOR COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SPECIFIED SCENE USING THE SAME - A method for monitoring a specified scene obtains a scene image of the specified scene captured by an image capturing device, determines a first sub-area of the scene image, detects a three dimensional ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120026309 | MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR - An adjustment method for a media display system includes a time-of-flight (TOF) camera capturing an image of a scene in front of an electronic billboard and obtaining data about distances between a number of points in the scene and the TOF camera. Building a three dimension (3D) model of the scene. Checking the 3D model to detect a face region in the 3D model. Detecting a reference eyeline in the 3D model. Obtaining a midline of the 3D model. Comparing the reference eyeline with the midline to determine whether the two lines overlap and outputting a comparison signal correspondingly, and driving a driving apparatus according to the comparison signal to adjust height of the electronic billboard. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026617 | MIRROR AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A method for adjusting a mirror. The method includes using a time-of-flight (TOF) camera to capture an image of a scene in front of a reflecting portion of the mirror and obtaining data about distances between a number of points in the scene and the TOF camera. Building a three dimension (3D) model of the scene. Analyzing the 3D model to locate a face region in the 3D model. Obtaining a first midline between a reference eyeline in the face region and a top of the face region. Obtaining a second midline of the 3D model, comparing the first and second midlines to determine whether the two midlines overlap. Output a comparison signal upon the condition that the two midlines do not overlap; and directing a driving apparatus to move the mirror to adjust a height of the mirror according to the comparison signal. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035785 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device obtains movement data of an object on a display screen of the electronic device, and converts the movement data of the object into control signals. The method further sends the control signals to the UAV, and changes a flight status of the UAV according to the control signals. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038602 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an advertisement display method, a plurality of reference images of an object to be advertised are captured and stored in a storage system of a computing device to create an image database of the object. Real-time scene images around a billboard are captured by the image capturing unit, and analyzed to detect whether there are people nearby the billboard. When a person is detected nearby the billboard, image data of the person are extracted from one of the scene images in which the person is detected and temporarily stored in the storage system, and a position of the person is determined according to the image data. A reference image of the object is selected from the image database according to the position of the person, and is displayed on a corresponding area of the billboard towards the position of the person. | 02-16-2012 |
20120047524 | AUDIENCE COUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An audience counting method includes, capturing an image of a scene in front of a screen with a camera. Detecting the image from the camera to determine whether there is a person in front of the screen. Acquiring information of the person in front of the screen according to the image upon the condition that there is a person in front of the screen and storing the information acquired during a preset period. Comparing current information acquired with the stored information; and outputting a control signal upon the condition that the current information is different from all of the information stored earlier; then counting according to the control signal. | 02-23-2012 |
20120069191 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SWITCHING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method for switching a monitored location of a plurality of image capture devices using an electronic device obtains a current direction of the electronic device, and determines a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices. The method further sends a switch command to the current image capture device, receives captured images from the current image capture device, and displays the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075467 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT USING THE SAME - A method for tracking a moving object using an image capture device captures a plurality of images of a monitored scene using a lens module of the image capture device, and detects a moving object in the monitored scene from the captured images. The method further determines movement data of the image capture device according to movement data of the moving object, and controls the image capture device to move along a rail system to track the moving object according to the movement data of the image capture device. | 03-29-2012 |
20120086778 | TIME OF FLIGHT CAMERA AND MOTION TRACKING METHOD - In a motion tracking method using a time of flight (TOF) camera that is installed on a track system, three-dimensional (3D) images of people are captured using the TOF camera, and stored in a storage system to create a 3D image database. Scene images of a monitored area are captured in real-time and analyzed to check for motion. A movement direction of the motion is determined once motion has been detected and the TOF camera is moved along the track system to track the motion using a driving device according to the movement direction. | 04-12-2012 |
20120086809 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MOTION TRACKING METHOD - In a motion tracking method using an image capturing device that is installed on a track system, images of a monitored area are captured in real-time using a lens of the image capturing device. The captured images are analyzed to check for motion in the monitored area, and a movement direction of the motion is determined when the motion is detected in the monitored area. The image capturing device is controlled to move along the track system to track the motion using a driving device according to the movement direction. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089274 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - An electronic device for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) displays a portion of a 3D virtual scene of a monitored area of the UAV on a screen, and displays a representation icon of the UAV on a preset position of the screen. The electronic device further converts an operation signal to a control signal, and sends the control signal to control movements of the UAV. After receiving flight data from the UAV, the electronic device recognizes movements of the UAV according to the flight data, and determines adjustments to the portion of the 3D virtual scene, to control displaying of the 3D virtual scene based on the recognized movements while maintaining the representation icon of the UAV on the preset position and maintaining a direction the user presumed to be viewing the 3D virtual scene the same as a flight orientation of the UAV. | 04-12-2012 |
20120092500 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PERSON USING THE SAME - A method for detecting a person using an image capture device obtains a plurality of images of a monitored scene captured by a lens module of the image capture device, and detects an area of motion in the monitored scene from the obtained images. The method further checks for a person in the area of motion, and adjusts the lens module of the image capture device according to movement data of the area of motion to focus the lens module on the person. | 04-19-2012 |
20120096771 | SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC GATE WITH THE SAFETY SYSTEM - An electronic gate includes a foldable portion, a motor, a time-of-flight (TOF) camera, a switch, and a safety system. The foldable portion is located between a first support and a second support. The motor controls the foldable portion. The TOF camera captures an image of a scene between the first support and the second support and obtains data about distances between a number of points in the scene and the TOF camera. The safety system builds a three dimension (3D) model of the scene according to the image of the scene and the data about distances between the number of points in the scene and the TOF camera. In addition, the safety system checks the 3D model to determine whether there are people between the first support and the second support, and control the switch to cut off a power supply from the motor according to the determination result. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098662 | SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC GATE WITH THE SAFETY SYSTEM - An electronic gate includes a foldable portion, a motor, a camera, a switch, and a safety system. The foldable portion is located between a first support and a second support. The motor controls the foldable portion. The camera captures an image between the first support and the second support. The safety system is to check the image captured by the camera to determine whether there are people between the first support and the second support, and control the switch to cut off a power supply with the motor according to the determination result. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098966 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an image capture device obtains an image captured by a camera of an electronic device, detects an eye area in the obtained image, and determines a matching subject template by comparing the detected eye area with a plurality of subject templates. The method further determines a control command corresponding to the matching subject template, and sends the control command to the image capture device to adjust movements of the image capture device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098967 | 3D IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A 3D image monitor system and method is implemented by an portable electronic device. The portable electronic device connects to one or more IP cameras located at a target place, and includes a 3D screen and a storage system. When the target place needs to be monitored, the system displays a 3D image of the target place on a touch screen of the portable electronic device according to 3D image data stored in the storage system. The system further generates a camera selection signal for selecting an IP camera when a location corresponding to the IP camera is touched, controls the IP camera to capture a series of scene images from the target place according to the camera selection signal, and displays the scene images of the target place on the touch screen for a user to inspect the situations of the target place. | 04-26-2012 |
20120099002 | FACE IMAGE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A face image replacement system and method is implemented by an portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes an image capturing device, a display screen, and a storage device. A person image of a user is captured by the image capturing device, and a face area of the person image is determined according to face character data stored in the storage system. The system marks the face area with a rectangle area and calculates a size of the rectangle area, obtains a special image from the storage system, and adjusts a size of the special image according to the size of the rectangle area. The face area of the person image is replaced with the special image to generate a face replacement image, and the face replacement image is displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101878 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an advertisement display method implemented by an electronic device that installed with a three dimensional (3D) game, a default advertisement image of a product is displayed in a current scene of the 3D game when the 3D game is started or paused. A virtual object of the 3D game is displayed in the current scene of the 3D game, and movement of the virtual object is tracked when a user moves the virtual object in the current scene. A display orientation of the product is adjusted according to the movement of the virtual object until an advertising time of the product is elapsed. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106931 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device reads a video consisting of a plurality of image frames from a storage device. A stable region along a Y-axis direction in each image frame is determined according to pixel information of an edge row of each image frame. The device then aligns all the image frames according to the stable region along a Y-axis direction in each image frame, and trims all the image frames by cutting additional image regions excepting the stable region along the Y-axis direction in each image frame, to reduce a shaking degree of each image frame along the Y-axis direction. Furthermore, the device reduces a shaking degree of each image frame along an X-axis direction using similar method by reducing the shaking degree along the Y-axis direction. At last, the device displays stable playback of the video consisting of the aligned and trimmed image frames. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109694 | VEHICLE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for dispatching a vehicle receives a reservation request sent from a handheld device by a dispatch system, and confirms an available service vehicle nearest to an original position of the handheld device from a vehicle database in the dispatch system. The method further transmits information of the confirmed vehicle to the handheld device, and information of a user of the handheld device to the confirmed vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113311 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINT OF LENS OF IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A method for adjusting a focal point of a lens of an image capture device obtains a plurality of images of a monitored scene captured by a lens of the image capture device, and detects a motion area in the monitored scene from the obtained images. The method further adjusts a focal point of the lens of the image capture device to a specified position of the motion area upon the condition that the motion area has been detected. | 05-10-2012 |
20120161947 | INTERCOM SYSTEM CONTROLLING METHOD - An intercom system controlling method stores intercom system location information in an electronic device, and sets a reply interface which is displayed on a screen to provide alert messages and operable buttons regarding different communication statuses between the electronic device and an intercom system, which has an outdoor installed at an entrance of a building and an indoor intercom installed with the building. After receiving a request data packet that is generated and sent by a network device of the intercom system, the method displays the intercom system location information, the alert messages and operable buttons of a waiting-for communication status on the reply interface. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167180 | CLOUD SERVER AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD - A cloud server stores information, such as a location data range, IP addresses, account names, and passwords of authorized clients. When receiving an access request from a client, the cloud server determines if location data of the client falls within the location data range and an IP address, an account name, and a password of the client matches corresponding information of any authorized client. If the location data of the client falls within the location data range and an IP address, an account name, and a password of the client match information of any authorized client, the cloud server determines that the client is an authorized client and permits the client to access the cloud server. | 06-28-2012 |
20120169847 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SCENE DESIGN SIMULATION - A method performs scene design simulation using an electronic device. The method obtains a scene image of a specified scene, determines edge pixels of the scene image, fits the edge pixels to a plurality of feature lines, and determines a part of the feature lines to obtain an outline of the scene image. The method further determines a vanishing point and a plurality of sight lines of the specified scene to create a 3D model of the specified scene, and adjusts a display status of a received virtual 3D image in the 3D model of the specified scene according to the vanishing point, the sight lines, and an actual size of the specified scene. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173451 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXHIBITION GUIDE METHOD FOR SAME - A method provides an exhibition guide using an electronic device. The method obtains exhibit information of a plurality of exhibits in a preselected exhibition from a remote computer, obtains location coordinates of the electronic device, calculates a distance between each exhibit and the electronic device, and determines one or more exhibits which are adjacent to the electronic device. The method further obtains an indicating direction of the electronic device, compares the indicating direction of the electronic device with a display direction of each adjacent exhibit to obtain a matched exhibit, and plays commentary of the matched exhibit on the electronic device. | 07-05-2012 |
20120188099 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREEMPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A traffic signal preemption system includes a positioning unit, a storage unit, a processing unit, and a control unit. The positioning unit detects a location, a direction, and speed of a vehicle, and outputs a location signal correspondingly. The storage unit stores geographic information. The processing unit gets the geographic information corresponding to the location of the vehicle from the storage unit, thereby estimating a traffic signal location, which the vehicle approaches and a corresponding approach time according to the direction and the speed of the vehicle, respectively. The control unit manipulates the traffic signal according to the approach time of the vehicle through a traffic control system. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190504 | VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM FOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND METHOD THEREOF - A virtual reality system and method for exercise equipment are provided. The virtual reality system includes a configuration module, a processing module, a movement detection module, an electronic compass, and a display apparatus. The display apparatus displays the geographic information of the start point of the route, the current position of a user, and the visual angle corresponding to the orientation of the head of the user. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191339 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PANORAMA NAVIGATION METHOD USING THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a panorama navigation method using a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device includes a GPS, an electronic compass and a touch screen. A user operation interface is displayed on the touch screen, and driving information is received from a user operation interface when a driver arranges a driving route in a geographic region. The driving route is marked on an electronic map of the geographic region according to the driving information. The GPS detects a current location of a vehicle, and the electronic compass identifies a driving direction of the vehicle. The portable electronic device obtains a series of panoramic images of the geographic region from a host computer according to the current location, the driving direction and a current time of the vehicle, and displays each of the panoramic images on the touch screen to provide panoramic navigation information for the driver. | 07-26-2012 |
20120194694 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING NON-BLINKING IMAGES OF PEOPLE - In a method for capturing non-blinking images of people using a camera device, the camera device includes an image capturing unit and a storage system. The image capturing unit captures a series of digital images of a group of persons. A face feature value and an eyes feature value of people are predefined, and are stored in the storage system. The number of faces is detected from each of the digital images according to the face feature value, and the number of eyeballs is detected from each of the face area according to the eyes feature value. The method calculates the ratio of the number of faces and the number of eyeballs, and selects the digital image of which the ratio of the face number and the eyeball number is 1:2 as a non-blinking image of the a group of persons. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194695 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus receives a plurality of consecutive images, and regards pixels having the same coordinates in each of the consecutive images as a pixel match. The apparatus determines a range for red values, a range for green values, and a range for blue values in each pixel match, and filters out R, G, and B values which fall outside a corresponding range for the pixel match. In addition, the apparatus calculates an average R value, an average G value, and an average B value for each pixel match according to remaining R values, remaining G values, and remaining B values of the pixel match, and creates a new image by taking the average R value, the average G value, and the average B value of each pixel match as color values of a corresponding pixel in the new image. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING ROAD SURFACES - An apparatus for inspecting road surfaces includes a global positioning system (GPS) unit, an acceleration sensor, a comparing module, and a storing module. The GPS unit is mounted on a car to detect a position of the car. The acceleration sensor is mounted on the car to sense vertical movement of the car. The vertical movement of the car is recorded as a coordinate along a Z-axis of the car. The comparing module compares the coordinate along the Z-axis of the car with a reference coordinate. The storing module stores the coordinate along the Z-axis and the position corresponding to the coordinate when the coordinate along the Z-axis is greater than the reference coordinate. | 08-02-2012 |
20120215382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE IN FLIGHT SPACE - In a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a flight space using a computing device, at least one camera is installed in the flight space. The method sets a flight area of the UAV in the flight space, and stores geographic information of the flight area into a storage device. The method further controls each of the camera to capture a series of 3D images from the flight space, analyzes a current location of the UAV in the flight space according to the 3D images, and compares the current location with the geographic information of the flight area to determine whether the UAV flies out of the flight area. In addition, the method sends a warning message to a remote controller when the UAV flies out of the flight area, and controls the UAV to fly within the flight area using the remote controller. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218457 | AUTO-FOCUSING CAMERA DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FOCUSING THE CAMERA DEVICE - In a method for automatically focusing a camera device, the camera device includes a camera lens and a driver device. The method controls the camera lens to capture a scene image in front of a person, and analyze the scene image to detect whether the scene image includes a person image of the person. The method further encloses the person image in the scene image within a rectangular area, and calculates a coordinate value of a center point of the rectangular area and a coordinate value of a midpoint of each edge of the rectangular area. In addition, the method calculates a focusing value of the camera lens according to the coordinate value of the center point and the coordinate value of each of the midpoints, and drives the driver device to adjust the camera lens to a position corresponding to the focusing value. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221176 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FLIGHT DIRECTION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A method for adjusting a flight direction of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a control device obtains a first direction of the UAV and a second direction of the control device, and calculates an angle deviation between the first direction and the second direction. The method further adjusts a control command of the UAV according to the angle deviation to obtain an adjusted control command, and transmits the adjusted control command to the UAV to control a flight direction of the UAV. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221179 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FLIGHT DIRECTION OF THE SAME - A method for adjusting a flight direction of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a control device receives a first direction of the control device and a control command of the UAV, obtains a second direction of the UAV, and calculates an angle deviation between the first direction and the second direction. The method further adjusts the control command of the UAV according to the angle deviation to obtain an adjusted control command, and controls a flight direction of the UAV according to the adjusted control command | 08-30-2012 |
20120221180 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a control device receives a first direction of the control device and a control command of the UAV, obtains a second direction of the UAV, and calculates an angle deviation between the first direction and the second direction. The method further adjusts the second direction of the UAV according to the angle deviation, and controls a flight direction of the UAV according to the received control command. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221665 | QUEUING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable electronic device includes a queuing system. An agent server provided by a service provider assigns a queue number to a user of the portable electronic device, generates a mobile barcode according to the queue number and a uniform resource locator (URL) of the service provider, and displays the 2D mobile barcode on an electronic display. The queuing system | 08-30-2012 |
20120224081 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RED-EYE AVOIDANCE OF DIGITAL IMAGES - In a method for automatic red-eye avoidance of digital images captured from a person using a camera device, the camera device includes a camera lens and a red-eye flash light. The camera lens captures a digital image of the person, and a face area is detected from the digital image according to a face feature value. An eyes area is detected from the face area according to an eyes feature value, and two eyeball positions are detected from the eyes area according to an eyeball feature value. The method analyzes color of each eyeball positions, and determines whether one of the eyeballs of the person is red according to the analysis result. The method invokes a red-eye flash mode of the red-eye flash light if one of the eyeballs is red, and controls the camera lens to capture a non-redeye image of the person under the red-eye flash mode. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING LOTTERY TICKETS - An apparatus for checking lottery tickets includes a camera and a processing unit. The camera captures an image of a lottery ticket. The processing unit is connected to the camera to receive the image of the lottery ticket and captures a set of numbers in the image. The processing further reads a set of winning numbers and a winning rule of the lottery according to a type and an issue number, and compares the set of numbers on the image with the set of winning numbers according to the winning rule to determine whether the lottery ticket wins a prize or/and which prize the lottery ticket wins. | 09-06-2012 |
20120262620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAMERA ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An electronic device includes an acceleration sensor, an electronic compass, a comparing unit, and a display. The comparing unit compares first displacement information and second displacement information of the electronic device with an initial displacement information of the electronic device, and determines a difference between the first displacement information, the second displacement information and the initial displacement information. Angle of the lens of a camera is adjusted according to the difference. The display is used to display an image captured by the lens of the camera. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FANS AND FAN HAVING THE SYSTEM - A fan includes a number of fan blades, a casing, a first actuating device, a second actuating device, a camera, and a controlling system. The first actuating device drives the fan blades. The second actuating device makes the fan change direction, thus to adjust a direction of wind from the fan. The camera captures an image of a scene at front of the fan. The controlling system checks the image to determine whether there is a person in the image, and to determine a position of the person in the image and outputs a corresponding position signal to the second actuating device for controlling the fan to change the direction of the wind from the fan. | 10-18-2012 |
20120268237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOOR - A method for controlling a door includes: capturing an image by a camera; setting a predetermined percentage; comparing the current image captured by the camera with a plurality of images for different people's faces based on the predetermined percentage to determine whether there is a person appearing in the current image; and controlling a driving unit of the door to open the door upon the condition that there is a person appearing in the current image. | 10-25-2012 |
20120293320 | CALENDAR SYSTEM AND WORKING METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM - A working method for a calendar system includes: setting information of an event. Storing the information of the event, tracking a location of a user and comparing the location of the user with a location of the event when the deadline of the event is not passed to determine whether a distance between the two locations is greater than a preset distance. Comparing a time at present with a time period when the event can be dealt with to determine whether the event can be dealt with at present if the distance between the location of the user and the location of the event is less than the preset distance. In addition, informing the user to deal with the event if the time at present is in the time period when the event can be dealt with. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296497 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - In a method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a digital image is obtained by an image capturing device of the UAV. The method detects an object in the digital image, determines a distance between the detected object and the UAV, and obtains a flight direction of the UAV if the distance is less than a preset value. The method further calculates a relative position and a relative angle between the detected object and the UAV, determines a flight limiting range of the UAV according to the relative position and the relative angle, and controls the flight direction of the UAV according to the flight limiting range. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297559 | OBJECT SEARCHING SYSTEM, OBJECT SEARCHING METHOD, AND CLEANING ROBOT - An object searching method includes: capturing an image in front of a cleaning robot by a camera. Comparing the image with a number of reference images to determine whether the image is the same as one of the reference images. Storing a position of the cleaning robot and the image when the image is the same as one of the reference images, adjusting the path of the cleaning robot to stop the cleaning robot from cleaning the object; and emitting an alarm. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299722 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A monitoring system includes electronic monitoring equipment, a computing system, and a terminal device. The electronic monitoring equipment is worn/fastened on a monitored subject, and monitors certain relevant parameters of the subject. The computing system determines whether the subject is likely to do any forbidden activities according to the parameters applied. The computing system warns a monitor who may investigate and stop a forbidden activity. The terminal device determines whether with the subject wearing the monitoring equipment is within a specified distance of the terminal device. | 11-29-2012 |
20120306615 | SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A safety system for a machine includes a hand identifying module and a control module. The hand identifying module identifies a hand from an image of a movement range of a particular portion of the machine. The control module sends a control signal in response to the identification of the hand from the image, thereby disabling the machine. The disclosure further provides a safety method. | 12-06-2012 |
20120307042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a driving unit and a control unit. The control unit detects a human figure in an image of a scene of a monitored area, determines coordinate differences between the scene image's center and the figure image's center, and determines a tilt direction and a tilt angle of a lens of the image capture unit based on the coordinate differences. If the tilt angle falls within an allowable rotation range of the lens, the control unit controls the driving unit to directly rotate the lens by the tilt angle along the tilt direction. Otherwise, the control unit controls the driving unit to rotate the lens by a threshold angle along the tilt direction, and further controls the driving unit to adjust a flight orientation and a flight height of the UAV until the figure image's center superposes the scene image's center. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310588 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An electronic device includes a display, an acceleration sensor, and a processing unit. The acceleration sensor detects displacement information of the electronic device. The processing unit compares the displacement information with an initial orientation information of the electronic device to determine directional movement of the electronic device. The processing unit shifts content of a display of the electronic device according to the directional movement. | 12-06-2012 |
20120320500 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a display unit, an image capturing unit, and an image adjusting unit. The image capturing unit captures at least two external images at predetermined times. The at least two external images are compared with each other. In response to the comparison shows that the at least two external images differ from each other, the image adjusting unit corrects a deviation between images displayed by the display unit and a user of the portable electronic device. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323369 | MECHANICAL PARKING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An exemplary mechanical parking system includes platforms for parking vehicles, a switch electrically connected to the platforms, cameras mounted on the platforms, a data processing device electrically connected to the cameras and the switch, and an alarm electrically connected to the data processing device. When any one of the platforms is switched to move, the cameras capture photos/videos for an environment of the mechanical parking system and send the photos/videos to the data processing device continuously. The data processing device analyzes whether there is a person appearing in the photos/videos and decides whether the movement of the platform should be stopped via the switch. After the danger is precluded, the movement of the platform is restored and the cameras start to work again, until the parking of the car is finished. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327103 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE USING THE SAME - In a method for processing images using an electronic device, a plurality of images captured at a specific time is obtained from a storage device of the electronic device. The method obtains red, green, and blue (RGB) values of a first pixel of each obtained images, selects a specific quantity of red values, green values, and blue values of the first pixel from the obtained RGB values. The method further obtains optimized RGB values for the first pixel by calculating average values of the selected red values, green values, and blue values respectively, calculates optimized RGB values for remaining pixels of the obtained images, creates an optimized image based on all of the optimized RGB values, and displays the optimized image on a display device of the electronic device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006152 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING CORRECTION OF WALKING STYLES - An electronic device receives real-time data in relation to plantar pressures of a user. The real-time data is detected by pressure sensors, which is installed within insoles in a pair of shoes of the user, and sent to the electronic device via a wireless communication module installed in the insoles or the shoes. The electronic device then generates a real-time image in relation to real-time plantar pressure distributions of the user according to the real-time data, compares the real-time image with a pre-stored image stored in a storage device, and determines if a comparison result satisfies a preset requirement. The pre-stored image is in relation to standard plantar pressure distributions produced from a standard walking style. If the comparison result does not satisfy the preset requirement, the electronic device displays alert information via an output device to prompt the user to adjust the user's walking style. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010121 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING PRODUCT DATABASE - A method for accessing product database includes: storing a number of images of different products and information corresponding to each product; capturing an image of a product; comparing the image captured by the camera with the stored images to determine whether the image is the same as one of the stored images; and reading information of one product corresponding to the image when the image is the same as one of the stored images. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024027 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAN - A safety control method for a fan includes: capturing an image of an object next to the fan and gathering distances between a plurality of points on the object and a depth-sensing camera, obtaining the distance between the object in the scene and the fan, comparing the distance between the object and the fan against a first preset value, and cutting off power to the fan when the distance between the object and the fan is less than the first preset value. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024082 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CAR - A control system for a car includes an acceleration sensor, a transforming unit, an analyzing unit, and a control unit. The acceleration sensor detects a movement of an accelerator pedal of the car. The transforming unit transforms the movement of the accelerator pedal into a waveform chart. The analyzing unit analyzes the waveform chart, and determines whether the accelerator pedal is moving rapidly according to the movement. The control unit prevents the car from accelerating when the accelerator pedal moves rapidly. | 01-24-2013 |
20130034834 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING FLIGHT OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - A method for simulating flight operations of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an electronic device obtains movement data of the electronic device detected by an accelerator sensor of the electronic device, and converts the movement data of the electronic device into control signals. The method further adjusts the control signals using a physics engine of the electronic device, and simulates flight operations of the UAV by controlling flight statuses of a three dimensional (3D) virtual UAV in a 3D virtual scene on a display screen of the electronic device according to the adjusted control signals. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035857 | CONTROL COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC MAP ROUTE PLANNING METHOD - An exemplary method for planning a route in an electronic map uses a control computer. A first updated electronic map is produced. The first updated electronic map records a number of moving objects actually at each of locations represented on the electronic map, and a current position of a user of a handheld device. The moving objects are those detected by image capturing devices actually at the physical locations that are represented on the electronic map. Then a start position and an end position input on the first updated electronic map are received from the handheld device, and an optimized route from the start position to the end position is determined. Then a second updated electronic map is produced by recording the optimized route on the first updated electronic map, and the second updated electronic map is sent to the handheld device. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A control computer provides a simulation scene of a monitored place and a setting interface for setting control instructions to control electrical devices and setting associations between the control instructions and the electrical devices. The electrical devices are connected to the control computer via a controller. A computing device downloads the simulation scene via a network, receives a selection operation on an electrical device and one or more control operations on control icons of the selected electrical device in the simulation scene, and sends the received information to the control computer. The control computer determines an electrical device connected to the controller and one or more associated control instructions according to the received information, and sends the one or more control instructions to the controller to control a status of the determined electrical device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044135 | ELECTRONIC BOOK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF FILES - An electronic book (e-book) includes a display screen. When a user reads a file on the display screen, the e-book determines a distance between the user's face and the e-book based on distance information in a captured image of the user. When the distance equals or is more than a first distance, the e-book displays the file in an original size. When the distance equals or is less than a second distance, the e-book displays the file in the original size as multiplied by a maximum multiplying factor. When the distance is more than the second distance and less than the first distance, the e-book adjusts a multiplying factor for the file according to the current distance and the zoom rules, and adjusts the display of the file on the display screen accordingly. | 02-21-2013 |
20130050433 | CONTROL COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SAFETY OF PARKING UNITS - A method for monitoring safety of a moving parking unit in a mechanical parking system using a control computer, digital images are captured by one or more image capturing devices positioned on the moving parking unit. The method detects a three dimensional (3D) figure area in each digital image, and controls area safety device to cut of power suppliers of the moving parking unit if the 3D figure area has been detected. The method further outputs alarm messages by lighting one or more signal lamps of the mechanical parking system. | 02-28-2013 |
20130051614 | SIGN LANGUAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sign language recognition method includes a depth-sensing camera capturing an image of a gesture of a signer and gathering data about distances between a number of points on the signer and the depth-sensing camera, building a three dimension (3D) model of the gesture, comparing the 3D model of the gesture with a number of 3D models of different gestures to find out the representations of the 3D model of the gesture, and displaying or vocalizing the representations of the 3D model of the gesture. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT - In a method for controlling a robot using a computing device, 3D images of an operator are captured in real-time. Different portions of the operator are determined in one of the 3D images according to moveable joints of the robot, and each of the determined portions is correlated with one of the moveable joints. Motion data of each of the determined portions is obtained from the 3D images. A control command is sent to the robot according to the motion data of each of the determined portions, to control each moveable joint of the robot to implement a motion of a determined portion that is correlated with the moveable joint. | 02-28-2013 |
20130075201 | ELEVATOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A control method is used for an elevator. The elevator includes an enclosure located at each floor, two doors mounted to the enclosure, and a control unit to control the doors to open or close. The control method includes, capturing an image of a scene in front of the doors by a camera. Checking the image to determine whether there are people in front of the doors, and outputting a first control signal to the control unit to stop closing the doors upon the condition that there is a person in front of the doors. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080334 | PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD - A payment method includes: inputting identity information and a password through a handheld device, comparing the identity information and the password through a host server to determine whether the customer is an authorized user, encrypting the identity information to generate authentication information, generating a barcode which includes the authentication information and a deadline for use, acquiring the barcode on the handheld device, decoding the barcode by a barcode reading unit of a point of sale device, inputting a price the customer wants to pay, decrypting the authentication information to obtain the identity information, comparing the identity information decrypted to determine whether the identity information is correct, and transmitting a success notification to the point of sale device for indicating that the payment is completed. | 03-28-2013 |
20130082097 | EXPENDITURE COUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An expenditure counting method includes: capturing an image of a barcode on the package of goods with a camera, decoding the image of the barcode to obtain a price of the goods, storing the price of the goods in a first storing module. Adding up prices stored in the first storing module to obtain a sum price, comparing the sum price with a maximum expenditure, and informing the user that the sum price exceeds the maximum expenditure if the sum price is greater than maximum expenditure. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085665 | CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPOINTMENT - A controlling method for making and keeping appointments includes: inputting information concerning an appointment; finding out urban lines according to the starting point and the destination of the appointment, and obtaining detailed information of each urban line found, wherein the detailed information of each urban line is used to create the steps of the total journey whereby the user should arrive at the destination from the starting point at a particular time; selecting an urban line from the urban lines found; calculating when the user should leave according to the selected urban line and the detailed information of the selected urban line; and informing the user accordingly. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094682 | AUGMENTED REALITY SOUND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method for forming an augmented reality, which includes a surrounding environment and an augmented image. The method comprises: receiving ambient noise by an microphone array; determining whether an event is happening by analyzing the ambient noise. Generating a sound information related to the event from the ambient noise. Then determining a direction of the event relative to the user, and a sound volume of the event; generating content information of the event based on the sound information. Generating the augmented image representing the direction, sound volume, and content information of the event; and showing the surrounding environment and the augmented image on a display unit. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100300 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - In a method of controlling an image capturing device using a computing device, sounds coming from a monitored area are detected in real-time using sound receivers that are electronically connected to the computing device. The detected sounds are analyzed using an acoustic source localization (ASL) device of the computing device to determine the direction of the apparent origin of the detected sounds in the monitored area. A command is sent to the image capturing device to view or focus on the origin of the sounds in the monitored area. The computing device controls a lens of the image capturing device to capture images of the source of the sounds in the monitored area. | 04-25-2013 |
20130106570 | SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130106604 | HOME APPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130107040 | SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130107049 | ACCIDENT AVOIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130124004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A computing device is electronically connected to a plurality of electrical devices via a controller, and is connected to an elevator control system of a building via a network. The computing device sets associations between control commands triggered by pressing floor buttons of the elevator control system and switch statuses of electric devices installed on floors of the building. When a floor button of the elevator control system is pressed by a user, a control command is generated and sent to the computing device via the network. The computing device determines the floor that the user wants to go by analyzing the control command, determines electrical devices of the floor which are associated with the control command according to the associations; and switches on the associated electrical device of the determined floor by sending the control command to the associated electrical device of the determined floor via the controller. | 05-16-2013 |
20130128021 | ROTATABLE PRESENTATION BILLBOARD - A billboard includes an image capturing device, a processor, and a driving unit. The image capturing device uses a camera to capture consecutive scene images of a scene area. The processor uses a geometric figure to mark a figure in each captured image. If the center of the geometric figure is not the center of the captured image, the processor generates a control signal to direct the driving unit to rotate the billboard until the center of the geometric figure is the center of the captured image. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135438 | GATE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gate control system includes a system control unit, a gate device, and an image obtaining unit. The system control unit further includes a gate control unit and a determination unit. The image obtaining unit captures image of a scene in an operating area of the gate device and obtains distance information. The gate control unit generates three dimension data according to the captured images and the distance information, and the determination unit determines according to the three dimension data whether a person has passed through the gate device. The system control unit controls the gate device according to the determination unit. The disclosure further provides a gate control method. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135446 | STREET VIEW CREATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary street view creating method includes obtaining images captured by at least three cameras in close proximity. The method then extracts the distance information from the obtained images. Next, the method determines images captured by cameras in different orientations and at different precise locations. The method further creates virtual 3D models based on the determined images and the extracted distance information. Then, the method determines any overlapping portion between any two original images. The method aligns any portions of synchronous images which are determined as common or overlapping. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138315 | POWER WHEELCHAIR AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD OF THE POWER WHEELCHAIR - In a brake control method of a power wheelchair, the power wheelchair includes an electronic gradienter, a brake sensor, a brake apparatus, and a brake controller. The electronic gradienter detects stability data of the power wheelchair to obtain a gradient angle and a gradient direction of the power wheelchair. When the gradient angle does not exceed a safety angle range, the brake controller controls the brake apparatus to brake the power wheelchair, and the brake sensor detects braking data of the power wheelchair. The method calculates a braking strength value for braking each wheel of the power wheelchair according to the gradient angle and the gradient direction of the power wheelchair when the brake operation on the power wheelchair is improper. The brake controller adjusts the brake apparatus to brake the power wheelchair according to the braking strength value of each of the wheels. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141458 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device includes a storage module, an image obtaining module, a comparing module, and a processing module. The storage module stores a number of sample images, and feature information of each sample image. Each sample image includes one specific object. The image obtaining module retrieves an image to be processed. The comparing module determines whether feature information of one of the stored sample image matches with that of the obtained image. If feature information of one of the stored sample image matches with that of the obtained image, the processing module selects an area equal with the outline of the specific object in the obtained image, and adjusts the selected area to cause the selected area equal with the specific object of the obtained image. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141575 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary driving assistance method includes obtaining images captured by a plurality of cameras, each of the images comprising a distance information indicating a distance between one camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method extracts the distance information from the obtained images. The method further includes detecting whether a road surface or a road width is abnormal according to the extracted distance information and the captured image. Lastly, the method generates a prompt message to warn a driver when the road surface or the road width is abnormal. | 06-06-2013 |
20130147917 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND HOUSEHOLD MONITORING METHOD USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE - In a household monitoring method using a computing device, the computing device is connected to one or more depth-sensing cameras and an alarm device. The computing device controls the depth-sensing cameras to capture real-time images of monitored areas in front of the depth-sensing cameras. A presence of a person is detected from the images. If the person is detected to be in exigency, the computing device notifies relevant personnel of the exigency. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151083 | WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SAFETY OF VEHICLE - A method for monitoring safety of a waste collection vehicle, a digital image is captured by an image capturing device positioned on the waste collection vehicle. The method detects a person in the digital image, and controls a safety device to cut of power being supplied to the waste collection vehicle if the person has been detected. The method further outputs alarm messages by lighting one or more signal lamps of the waste collection vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130162792 | NOTIFYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A notifying method includes: capturing images around a taxi through at least one camera; detecting the images obtained by the camera to find out whether there are persons in the images; comparing the person in the image with images stored in a storing module when there is a person in the image captured by the camera; outputting a first signal when the person in the image obtain by the camera is the same as one of the images stored in the storing module; outputting a second signal to a notifying unit; and notifying a driver of the taxi that there is a passenger around the taxi through the notifying unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173069 | ELECTRONIC STABILIZER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STABILIZATION OF OBJECTS - In a method for stabilization of an object using an electronic stabilizer device, which includes an electric gyroscope, a driver device and a counterweight device. The method measures orientation data of the object using the electric gyroscope, analyzes the orientation data of the object to obtain a current obliquity of the object, and generates a first control signal to drive the driver device according to the current obliquity when the current obliquity is equal to a reference angle. The method controls the counterweight device to change a center of gravity of the object through the driver device, and measures an adjusted obliquity of the object using the electric gyroscope. The method generates a second control signal to drive the driver device when the adjusted obliquity changes, and controls the counterweight device to dynamically adjust the center of gravity of the object. | 07-04-2013 |
20130176439 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERAS - An electronic device receives an image of a monitored area captured a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera. When the electronic device rotates, rotation information of the electronic device relative to a previous position state of the electronic device is detected by an electronic gyroscope. The electronic device converts the rotation information of the electronic device into rotation information of a lens of the PTZ camera relative to a present position of the lens according to preset association, generates a first control command according to rotation information of the lens, and control the lens of the PTZ camera to move from the present position to a new position according to the first control command The electronic device receives a new image of the monitored area that is captured by the lens of the PTZ camera at the new position. | 07-11-2013 |
20130180426 | TRAIN ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A train assistance method includes obtaining images captured by at least one time-of-flight camera, each of the captured images includes a distance information indicating a distance between each point of a station platform corresponding to each pixel of the captured image and the corresponding camera . The method then controls one driving device to drive a movable bridge corresponding to one camera towards a station platform to effectively cover a gap. | 07-18-2013 |
20130216093 | WALKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An example walking assistance method includes obtaining an image captured by a camera. The image includes distance information indicating distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method determines whether one or more objects appear in the captured image. If yes, the method then creates a 3D scene model according to the captured image and the distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method determines whether one or more specific objects appear in the created 3D scene model, and further determines one or more obstacles appear when no specific object appears in the captured image. The method then creates an obstacle audio file based on the determined one or more obstacles, and further outputs the created obstacle audio file through an audio output device, to prompt one or more obstacles appear ahead. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226654 | PLANT-CULTIVATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTOL METHOD - A plant-cultivation control method includes: receiving a number of types of agricultural products and quantities of each type inputted by a first user, and storing the information in a memory. Receive a desired type and desired quantity of the desired type inputted by a second user. Querying available quantity of the desired type, and determine if the available quantity is at least equal to the desired quantity. Indicate to the second user to adjust plan when the available quantity is less than the desired quantity. Indicate to the second user to select updating or not updating the quantity remaining when the available quantity is more than or equal to the desired quantity. Subtracting the desired quantity from the available quantity when the second user selects updating and storing the updated available quantity in the memory. A plant-cultivation control system is also provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229490 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ON DIGITAL SIGNAGE - An exemplary digital signage method includes obtaining an image captured by a camera, the image comprising distance information indicating distances between the camera and objects shot by the camera. The method then creates a 3D scene model according to the captured image and the distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method determines whether one or more persons appear in the created 3D scene model. The method then determines a distance between the one or more persons and the digital signage when one or more persons appear in the created 3D scene model, determines the content according to a stored relationship and the determined distance, obtains the determined content, and further controls the at least one display to display the obtained content. | 09-05-2013 |
20130250063 | BABY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary baby monitoring method includes obtaining an image captured by a camera. The image includes a distance information indicating distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. The method then creates a 3D scene model according to the captured image and the distances between the camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method determines whether any baby appears in the created 3D scene model, and further determines whether the distances between the babies and electronic appliances are less than a preset value according to the distances between the camera and the babies, the distances between the camera and the electronic appliances, and a stored horizontal field of view of the camera. The method then outputs a warning and cuts off power supply to the electronic appliances whose distance to the one or more babies are less than the preset value. | 09-26-2013 |
20140043475 | MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ANGLE OF THE MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM - An adjustment method for a media display system includes capturing an image of a viewer, detecting a midline of a face region in the image, obtaining a midline of the image, comparing the midline of the face region with the midline of the image to determine whether the two midlines coincide with each other and outputting a comparison signal correspondingly, and driving a driving apparatus to adjust an angle of an electronic billboard according to the comparison signal. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044313 | REPORTING SYSTEM AND REPORTING METHOD FOR STOLEN VEHICLES - A reporting method includes: capturing an image of a vehicle through a camera. Detecting the image to obtain a number of a license plate. Encrypting the number of the license plate and a position of the camera. Deciphering the encrypted data to obtain the position and the number of the license plate. Comparing the deciphered number of the license plate with numbers of license plates of stolen vehicles to determine whether the deciphered number of the license plate is the same as one of the numbers of the license plates. Storing the position of the camera and the deciphered number of the license plate in response to the deciphered number of the license plate being the same as one of the numbers of the license plates, and transmitting the position of the camera and the deciphered number of the license plate to offices. | 02-13-2014 |