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20090175551 | INTELLIGENT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A device receives an image, and measures at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information associated with the device or the image. The device also provides the image and the at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information to an image server, and receives, from the image server, enhanced image information based on the image and the at least one of location information, direction information, time information, or distance information. The device further captures an enhanced image based on the enhanced image information, and stores the enhanced image. | 07-09-2009 |
20090175613 | INTELLIGENT RED EYE REMOVAL - A device measures one or more of a distance from an eye of a subject, a blink of the eye, and lighting adjacent to the subject, calculates automated red eye removal settings based on one or more of the measured distance, blink, and lighting, automatically removes red eye from an image of the subject based on the calculated automated red eye removal settings, captures the image of the subject, and stores the captured image. | 07-09-2009 |
20090231662 | DUAL-SIDED DISPLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A method and device for providing a dual-sided display device having increased viewability are provided. A display device includes a dual-sided display assembly and a power supply. The dual-sided display assembly includes a first viewable side and a second viewable side. A first electrochromic layer is formed over the first viewable side and a second electrochromic layer is formed over the second viewable side. Each of the first electrochromic layer and the second electrochromic layer are switchable between a substantially transparent state and a substantially reflective state upon application of a switching voltage from the power supply, the state being selected based on an operational configuration of the display device. | 09-17-2009 |
20090286479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSORY PAIRING FOR A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless device (e.g., a mobile telephone) and method of paring wireless devices by positioning a first wireless device within an operable distance from a second wireless device facing each other for a predetermined time period. The wireless devices have detectors and electromagnetic sources. Electromagnetic radiation in a predefined pattern is detected the detector of the first wireless device, wherein the electromagnetic radiation was transmitted from the second electromagnetic radiation source. The detected is processed to establish a wireless communication link (e.g., GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, MBMS, WiFi, WiMax, DVB-H, ISDB-T, Bluetooth, infrared, etc.) between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. Upon establishing the communication link information (e.g., files, multimedia, images, etc.) rendered on one device may be transferred through the communication to the other device. | 11-19-2009 |
20100123666 | USER-MODIFIABLE CASING FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device, comprising at least one layer of an electrical conducting material adapted to change its appearance. The layer is connected to an outer surface of the casing. A control unit is adapted to receive an input signal and as a result produce a control signal where the layer is adapted to receive the control signal and to change its appearance depending on the control signal, and thereby change the appearance of said casing. | 05-20-2010 |
20100226639 | INTELLIGENT RED EYE REMOVAL - A device measures one or more of a distance from an eye of a subject, a blink of the eye, and lighting adjacent to the subject, calculates automated red eye removal settings based on one or more of the measured distance, blink, and lighting, automatically removes red eye from an image of the subject based on the calculated automated red eye removal settings, captures the image of the subject, and stores the captured image. | 09-09-2010 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100226639 | INTELLIGENT RED EYE REMOVAL - A device measures one or more of a distance from an eye of a subject, a blink of the eye, and lighting adjacent to the subject, calculates automated red eye removal settings based on one or more of the measured distance, blink, and lighting, automatically removes red eye from an image of the subject based on the calculated automated red eye removal settings, captures the image of the subject, and stores the captured image. | 09-09-2010 |
20110130852 | Method for selecting media files - A method for selecting media files to be played back by a mobile device when traveling along a route and a method for selecting a media file to be played back by a battery-powered mobile device are described. Furthermore, a mobile device utilizing the aforementioned methods is described. | 06-02-2011 |
20110249900 | METHODS AND DEVICES THAT USE AN IMAGE-CAPTURED POINTER FOR SELECTING A PORTION OF A CAPTURED IMAGE - An electronic device includes a camera that is configured to generate a visual data signal that corresponds to dynamically captured graphic content that includes an image and a pointer that is operable to communicate a selection characteristic of the image. A signal processor receives the visual data signal and is operable to identify a portion of the image in the dynamically captured graphic content responsive to the selection characteristic communicated by the pointer. | 10-13-2011 |
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20090122198 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFYING - A method includes storing a picture or video that includes a first person. The method also includes automatically identifying the first person using speaker recognition or image recognition and tagging the picture or video with information indicating that the first person is in the picture or video. | 05-14-2009 |
20090215397 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES BASED ON DEVICE-TO-DEVICE PHYSICAL CONTACT - A method includes detecting one or more physical contacts between the device and another device and determining whether the one or more physical contacts correspond to one or more taps. The method further includes initiating a discovery request to the other device, when it is determined that the physical contact corresponds to the one or more taps, and communicating to the other device when a communication link is established between the device and the other device based on the discovery request. | 08-27-2009 |
20100013943 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD RELATING TO AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An input system for a digital camera may include a portion for taking at least one image to be used as a control image; and a controller to control at least one operation of the digital camera based on a control command recognized from the control image, the control command controlling a function of the camera | 01-21-2010 |
20100033588 | SHADOW AND REFLECTION IDENTIFICATION IN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES - A device may include an image capturing assembly to frame an image of a subject for capturing; and a processor to automatically identify a shadow or a reflection corresponding to a user of the device in the framed image. The image capturing assembly is configured to capture the image following the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection. The processor is configured to perform one of: adjusting the image capturing assembly based on the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection prior to the capturing of the image, or modifying the captured image based on the automatic identification of the shadow or the reflection. | 02-11-2010 |
20100302393 | SELF-PORTRAIT ASSISTANCE IN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES - A method may include determining whether an image area of an image capture device includes an image associated with a user/owner of the image capture device. Self-portrait optimization processing is performed when the image area includes an image associated with a user/owner. An image is captured based on the self-portrait optimization processing. | 12-02-2010 |
20110102369 | USING TOUCHES TO TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES - A device may comprise a display and a processor. The processor may obtain a first set of one or more touches on a remote surface of a remote device based on a signal received on a communication link between the device and the remote device, receive information associated with the first set of one or more touches through the signal, detect a gesture on the display, and determine whether the information is to be used to obtain content based on the gesture. | 05-05-2011 |
20120120071 | SHADING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS BASED ON FACE IMAGES - A device may include a transceiver for communicating with another device, a memory to store images, and a processor. The processor may recognize, in each of a plurality of images, an image of a face, shade an image of a virtual object based on the images of the face, and store the shaded image in the memory. | 05-17-2012 |
20120163677 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFYING - A method includes capturing a picture or video that includes a first person. The method also includes automatically identifying the first person using speaker recognition or image recognition and identifying an electronic address or identifier associated with the first person. The method further includes automatically initiating a communication to the first person using the electronic address or identifier associated with the first person. | 06-28-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110102369 | USING TOUCHES TO TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES - A device may comprise a display and a processor. The processor may obtain a first set of one or more touches on a remote surface of a remote device based on a signal received on a communication link between the device and the remote device, receive information associated with the first set of one or more touches through the signal, detect a gesture on the display, and determine whether the information is to be used to obtain content based on the gesture. | 05-05-2011 |
20110137723 | NODE NAME BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A method may include receiving a media delivery request via a network. Node name information associated with the media delivery request may be received. An advertisement may be selected from a number of available advertisements based on the node name information. The selected advertisement may be included with the media. The media may be transmitted via the network. | 06-09-2011 |
20110154014 | DATA EXCHANGE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method may include identifying a selected file recipient device based on a location of the file recipient device, a location of a file transmitting device, and an orientation of a file transmitting device. A file transfer request may be transmitted to the selected file recipient device. An acknowledgement may be received from the selected file recipient device based on the orientation of the selected file recipient device being approximately 180 degrees offset from the orientation of the file transmitting device. A selected file may be transmitted to the file recipient device following receipt of the acknowledgement. | 06-23-2011 |
20110262010 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD RELATING TO AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An input system for a digital camera may include a portion for taking at least one image to be used as a control image; and a controller to control at least one operation of the digital camera based on a control command recognized from the control image, the control command controlling a function of the camera. | 10-27-2011 |
20120057806 | USER INTERFACE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL USER INPUT - A device and method for image manipulation is provided. The image manipulation may be performed as a function of a three dimensional user input and image or application specific data regarding the displayed image to be manipulated. The three dimensional input may be in the form of a two dimensional position on a touch screen and a measured force in the third dimension. The image or application specific data may be in the form of a maximum depth value indicating the maximum depth of the displayed image. The system may be configured to adjust the image based on a percentage of the measured user input force and a threshold force. The image may be adjusted based on the percentage and the maximum depth. | 03-08-2012 |