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20080292306 | IMAGE TAKING MAIN UNIT - The present invention provides an image taking main unit that prevents entry of foreign matter and has excellent usability even when an image taking lens unit is not attached thereto. The image taking main unit has a concave mount to which the image taking lens unit with an image taking optical system and an imaging device is removably attached and receives image signals from the image taking lens unit attached thereto to record the image signals therein. The image taking main unit also has a barrier and an electronic device disposed on the barrier. The barrier covers an opening of the mount and retracts into the concave portion of the mount by being pressed by the image taking lens unit when the image taking lens unit is attached to the image taking main unit. | 11-27-2008 |
20090086078 | IMAGING DEVICE DRIVING METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An aspect of the invention is directed to a method for driving the imaging device as defined herein, in which a smear suppression driving operation which applies a transfer pulse to the transfer electrodes to transfer the charge is executed in such a manner that a standby place of the charge in the vertical charge transfer path for a horizontal transfer period for transferring the charge through the horizontal charge transfer path is at the vertical charge transfer path provided below the transfer electrode other than the transfer electrode which is adjacent to any of the photoelectric converting devices which has a detected wavelength on the shortest wavelength side. | 04-02-2009 |
20100039501 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to an image recording device and an image recording method according to the present invention, images can be recorded in such a manner that even an image processing apparatus not having a function that reads a plurality of image data from an extended image file storing the plurality of image data and reproduces or edits them can read representative image data in an extended image file. Furthermore, if a basic file has been deleted or altered, the basic file can be restored using the representative image data in the extended image file, so it is possible to provide another image processing apparatus with the representative image data before the alteration any time. | 02-18-2010 |
20100277634 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element in which first and second pixels for storing signal charges in accordance with an amount of received light are alternately arranged in an array; a flash light emission unit that emits flash light in a shooting scene in which the flash light is emitted; and an imaging control unit that exposes the first pixels for a long time, and exposes the second pixels for a short time. The imaging control unit starts the short-time exposure and the long-time exposure at the same time in the shooting scene in which flash light is emitted, ends the short-time exposure earlier than the long-time exposure, and causes the flash light emission unit to start emitting the flash light at required timing immediately before the end timing of the short-time exposure. | 11-04-2010 |
20100315517 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording device comprises: an image data acquiring unit which acquires first image data ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110012991 | MOVING IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE CODER - A moving image recording apparatus for a moving image file of a three dimensional moving image is provided, and includes a parallax detection device for determining parallax information of parallax of one principal object commonly present in images of an image set from multiple view points among image sets of a stream for the three dimensional moving image. A compressor compresses the images in still image compression coding for separately coding the images in the three dimensional moving image, to obtain compressed image data. A recording control unit records in a storage medium the moving image file constituted by plural blocks each of which includes the compressed image data of the image set and the parallax information from the parallax detection device. Preferably, the object is a face region of a person. The still image compression coding is JPEG coding. | 01-20-2011 |
20110012995 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE RECORDING OUTPUTTING SYSTEM - A digital camera has two imaging units for capturing a pair of parallax images of an identical subject from different viewpoints for use in displaying a stereoscopic image. Parallax amounts between respective corresponding points of these parallax images are detected to calculate a cumulative frequency of the parallax amounts. Based on the cumulative frequency, adequacy of these parallax images for stereoscopic display is evaluated, and these images are recorded in association with information on the evaluated adequacy. Before displaying a stereoscopic image using the parallax images, a digital photo frame refers to the information on the stereoscopic adequacy of these images, and changes its output condition depending on the stereoscopic adequacy. | 01-20-2011 |
20110157328 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM - When an end portion of a three-dimensional image appears to pop forward from a display surface, a predetermined end area is set at a periphery of images forming the three-dimensional image to modify at least one of the images to modify the stereoscopic effect so that at least a part of the end portion appears to be level with the display surface. A disparity between corresponding pixels in the end area of the images is modified so that the disparity is gradually decreased toward the end of the images, and image parts at left and right areas of the end area of a reference image among the images are deformed based on the disparity. At least one of the images is modified by modifying the image other than the reference image with the deformed image parts of the end area. Then, three-dimensional processing is applied to the modified images. | 06-30-2011 |
20110193937 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image reproducing apparatus (and method) includes obtaining a plurality of original images of a subject viewed from different viewpoints for generating a three-dimensional image, generating at least one interpolation image from the plurality of original images for interpolating a viewpoint between at least the plurality of original images, generating a motion picture in which the plurality of original images and at least some of the interpolation images are arranged in the order of viewpoint, and storing the plurality of original images and the motion picture in relation to each other. | 08-11-2011 |
20130003128 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PRINTER - An image processing device | 01-03-2013 |
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20090148771 | CATHODE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a cathode having a cathode active material layer including a lithium phosphate compound having an olivine structure; an anode having an anode active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the cathode active material layer includes a carbon material, of which a ratio of a peak intensity at 1,360 cm | 06-11-2009 |
20100081064 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes: a positive electrode containing a lithium phosphate compound having an olivine structure; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material capable of doping and dedoping lithium; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, the non-aqueous electrolyte containing a cyclic carbonate derivative represented by the following formula (1) and 1,2-dimethoxyethane | 04-01-2010 |
20120141875 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a secondary battery capable of improving charge-discharge characteristics. A positive electrode active material layer of a positive electrode has a positive electrode active material and a positive electrode conductive agent. The positive electrode active material is a high-voltage operating positive electrode material whose operating voltage is equal to or more than 4.5 V on a lithium metal basis. The positive electrode conductive agent contains an amorphous carbon material and a crystalline carbon material, and an interplanar spacing for lattice plane (002), a specific surface area, and a content in the positive electrode active material layer, thereof are so normalized as to be in predetermined ranges, respectively. | 06-07-2012 |
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20080303909 | RECORDING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RECORDING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND METHODS THEREFOR - A recording apparatus includes a communications device which can receive from another communications apparatus by wireless an image-capturing condition of restricting an image-capturing process or a sound recording condition of restricting a sound recording process, and a device which performs an image-capturing or sound recording process according to the received image-capturing condition or sound recording condition. Thus, a user can automatically set a recording function of a recording apparatus in a restricted state without special care in a position where image-capturing, sound recording, etc. are prohibited, thereby recording on an allowed condition. Since it further includes a communications device which can receive by wireless from another communications apparatus a reproducing condition of restricting a reproducing function of an image, and a reproducing device which reproduces an image according to the received reproducing condition, an available function can be used by easily specifying a user of the communications apparatus. | 12-11-2008 |
20110141231 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE REGENERATING APPARATUS - An image generating apparatus generating image data of a plurality of different viewpoints, comprises: a file converting device which records the image data of each viewpoint in a general-purpose image file format, and records moving image regeneration information including a regeneration time interval for regenerating each image as a moving image, and viewpoint information for regenerating each image as a three-dimensional image in a file header portion at the beginning of the general-purpose image file. By recording an image of a plurality of viewpoints along with the viewpoint information in a general-purpose moving image format, the exclusive-use regenerating apparatus becomes able to regenerate and display a three-dimensional image and a moving image, and the general-purpose regenerating apparatus becomes able to regenerate as a moving image. | 06-16-2011 |
20110157316 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A method for managing an image photographed by two or more image pickup devices corresponding to two or more viewpoints, comprises: storing a 2D image photographed by the two or more image pickup devices, with identifier indicating that the image is two-dimensional; and storing a 3D image photographed by the two or more image pickup devices, with identifier indicating that the image is three-dimensional. Hence, it becomes possible to search and display quickly an object 2D or 3D image by performing an access per folder. | 06-30-2011 |
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20110122291 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD - The presence/absence of a face in an image and the type of imaging mode during imaging (such as a landscape imaging mode and a close-up imaging mode) of the image acquired by imaging and the like are detected. Images are automatically classified by groups based on the detected information (classification information). A plurality of images classified by the groups are connected to create a multi-image file (MP file), and the MP file is recorded in a recording medium. As a result, the plurality of classified images can be managed altogether (without dissipation), and the plurality of classified images can be reproduced by providing the multi-image file even if a reproducer does not have a classification function. | 05-26-2011 |
20110292045 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD - A three-dimensional image output device includes: a viewpoint image acquiring device for acquiring a plurality of viewpoint images obtained by photographing a same subject from a plurality of viewpoints; a parallax information acquiring device for acquiring parallax amounts in a plurality of sets of feature points at which features substantially correspond to one another from the acquired plurality of viewpoint images; a parallax amount adjusting device for adjusting the parallax amount in each of the acquired feature points, and performing adjustment of assigning different weights to the parallax amounts in accordance with values of the parallax amounts; a parallax image generating device for generating a parallax image corresponding to the parallax amount of each of the feature points after the adjustment; and a parallax image output device for outputting a plurality of parallax images including the generated parallax image. | 12-01-2011 |
20120219208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus that an image input unit; a parallax acquisition unit configured to acquire a per-pixel or per-region parallax between two-viewpoint images; a main subject detection unit configured to detect a main subject on the two-viewpoint images; a parallax acquisition unit configured to acquire a parallax of the main subject; a setting unit configured to set a conversion factor of the parallax; a correction unit configured to correct the conversion factor of the parallax per pixel, per region, or per image; a multi-viewpoint image generation unit configured to convert at least one image of the two-viewpoint images in accordance with the corrected conversion factor of the parallax; an image adjustment unit configured to shift the two-viewpoint images or multi-viewpoint images to obtain a parallax appropriate for stereoscopic view; and a stereoscopically-displayed image generation unit configured to generate a stereoscopically-displayed image. | 08-30-2012 |
20130016256 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAANM Yahagi; KoichiAACI Saitama-shiAACO JPAAGP Yahagi; Koichi Saitama-shi JPAANM Watanabe; MikioAACI Saitama-shiAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Mikio Saitama-shi JP - An image processing apparatus having: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of viewpoint images; a disparity map generation unit that generates a disparity map representing a disparity distribution; a multi-viewpoint image generation unit that generates a multi-viewpoint image including a plurality of viewpoint images the number of which is larger than the number of the plurality of viewpoint images based on the plurality of viewpoint images and the disparity map; an image processing unit that performs image processing for a subject image of the multi-viewpoint image based on the multi-viewpoint image and the disparity map and switches an amount of image processing for the subject image depending on the disparity; and an output unit that switches the plurality of viewpoint images included in the multi-viewpoint image, which has been subjected to image processing by the image processing unit, and sequentially outputs the viewpoint images. | 01-17-2013 |
20130314678 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PRINTING - A method for stereoscopic image printing according to one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter includes acquiring information on distribution of parallax of a multi-viewpoint image with two or more viewpoints; determining, based on the information on the distribution of parallax, a number of viewpoints of a stereoscopic image which is printed on a lenticular lens sheet; generating, if the number of viewpoints of the multi-viewpoint image is smaller than the determined number of viewpoints, a shortfall viewpoint image based on the inputted multi-viewpoint image; and printing a stereoscopic image which is made of the multi-viewpoint image and the generated viewpoint image. | 11-28-2013 |
20150116389 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - When an environment to appreciate an image displayed on an LCD panel is a normal environment, BLD control is performed according to the second backlight brightness characteristic in which the display brightness in the LCD panel is close to be linear, when it is a dark environment, BLD control is performed according to the first backlight brightness characteristic in which the backlight brightness of the low brightness part of the image is set lower than the second backlight brightness characteristic, and, when it is a bright environment, BLD control is performed according to the third backlight brightness characteristic in which the backlight brightness of the medium brightness part of the image is set higher than the second backlight brightness characteristic. | 04-30-2015 |
20150130828 | IMAGE FILE GENERATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image file generation device comprises a first image data acquisition device that acquires N-bit first image data, a second image data generation device that generates M (M05-14-2015 | |
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20150356905 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device where the luminance control unit determines a coefficient KU, where KU<1, as the coefficient and repeatedly multiplies each of the luminance set values by the coefficient KU until the first integrated value is within the range of the first threshold value in a case where the first integrated value is larger than the range of the first threshold value, and the luminance control unit determines a coefficient KL, where KL>1, as the coefficient and repeatedly multiplies each of the luminance set values by the coefficient KL until the first integrated value is within the range of the first threshold value in a case where the first integrated value is smaller than the range of the first threshold value. | 12-10-2015 |