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| 20080232680 | Two dimensional/three dimensional digital information acquisition and display device - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) digital acquisition and display device for enabling users to capture 3D information using a single device. In an embodiment, the device has a single movable lens with a sensor. In another embodiment, the device has a single lens with a beam splitter and multiple sensors. In another embodiment, the device has multiple lenses and multiple sensors. In yet another embodiment, the device is a standard digital camera with additional 3D software. In some embodiments, 3D information is generated from 2D information using a depth map generated from the 2D information. In some embodiments, 3D information is acquired directly using the hardware configuration of the camera. The 3D information is then able to be displayed on the device, sent to another device to be displayed or printed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080309778 | Shutter time compensation - A hybrid imaging device is configured to capture low resolution video and high resolution still images. The imaging device is configured to apply motion information obtained from the low resolution video to a reference high resolution still image to generate a missing moment of interest high resolution still image. The low-resolution video is captured at a high frame rate in conjunction with a few high-resolution still pictures taken at periodic intervals. A user locates a desired scene of interest, e.g. a moment of interest, from the captured video, and a post-processing technique is used to generate the high resolution still picture corresponding to the selected moment of interest. The high resolution still image is generated using texture information from one or more nearby captured high resolution still images and motion information from the low-resolution video frame corresponding to the selected moment of interest. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090087016 | Content based adjustment of an image - A video input signal is analyzed to detect image content and image properties, wherein detecting the image content includes automatically deriving image features. A content group is determined for the video input signal based on the detected image content, the content group including predefined image properties. The image properties of the video input signal are adjusted based on a difference between the detected image properties and the predefined image properties. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090256947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TOUCH-BASED ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN IMAGING DEVICES - A camera and method which selectively applies image content adjustments to elements contained in the image material. By way of example, the method involves registration of user touch screen input and determination of the arbitrary extent of a specific element in the captured image material at the location at which touch input was registered. Once selected, the element can be highlighted on the display, and additional user input may be optionally input to control what type of adjustment is to be applied. Then the element within the captured image material is processed to apply automatic, or user-selected, adjustments to the content of said element in relation to the remainder of the captured image. The adjustments to the image element may comprise any conventional forms of image editing, such as saturation, white balance, exposure, sizing, noise reduction, sharpening, blurring, deleting and so forth. | 10-15-2009 |
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| 20100150227 | SCALABLE MPEG VIDEO/MACRO BLOCK RATE CONTROL - A scaleable macro block rate control method particularly well-suited for MPEG video. There is provided a method to easily derive a quantization parameter (QP) value using information such as bit usage, previous QP values and SAD values from the past encoded and future frames. The method utilizes quantization estimation techniques based on statistical relationships between different intensity measures, such as distortion intensity, absolute difference intensity and mean of absolute difference intensity. The method is well-suited to applications utilizing MPEG video such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JVT/H.264 standards and so forth. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100150228 | SCALABLE MPEG VIDEO/MACRO BLOCK RATE CONTROL - A scaleable macro block rate control method particularly well-suited for MPEG video. There is provided a method to easily derive a quantization parameter (QP) value using information such as bit usage, previous QP values and SAD values from the past encoded and future frames. The method utilizes quantization estimation techniques based on statistical relationships between different intensity measures, such as distortion intensity, absolute difference intensity and mean of absolute difference intensity. The method is well-suited to applications utilizing MPEG video such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JVT/H.264 standards and so forth. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110051806 | PICTURE-LEVEL RATE CONTROL FOR VIDEO ENCODING - Computer-implemented rate control in encoding one or more video pictures is disclosed. A quantization parameter (QP) to be used for encoding a current picture one of the one or more video pictures is determined using rate control data that takes picture type, picture complexity, and a target bitcount into account in determining the QP. The current picture is encoded into a compressed format using the QP to generate an encoded current picture. The rate control data is updated based on statistical data determined from the encoded current picture. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051809 | SCENE CHANGE DETECTION - Scene change detection in encoding digital pictures is disclosed. A statistical quantity μ | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120033730 | RANDOM ACCESS POINT (RAP) FORMATION USING INTRA REFRESHING TECHNIQUE IN VIDEO CODING - A random access point can be generated in a stream of coded digital pictures containing a plurality of predictive coded frames in which one or more subsections of each frame are intra coded. A patch frame can be formed from intra-coded subsections in identified consecutive predictive-coded frames. The patch frame can be used as a synthetic random access point. | 02-09-2012 |
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| 20110231912 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTHENTICATING A MOBILE DEVICE USING AN ACCESS TOKEN - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for authenticating a mobile device using an access token. These mechanisms and methods for authenticating a mobile device using an access token can provide authentication in an automated manner. The ability to provide authentication in an automated manner can enable repeated access to data by a user without requiring an associated repetitive manual authentication by the user. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110246969 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEBUGGING AN ASSERTION - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for debugging an assertion. These mechanisms and methods for debugging an assertion can enable improved interpretation and analysis of data validation results, more efficient development associated with data validation, etc. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110247066 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTHENTICATING AND AUTHORIZING AN EXTERNAL ENTITY - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for authenticating and authorizing an external entity. These mechanisms and methods for authenticating and authorizing an external entity can enable improved data security, more efficient data transfer, improved data access channels, etc. | 10-06-2011 |