Television inventions 01/06

20060017804 - Method and apparatus for correcting a head pose in a video phone image: An image processing system (250) and method (300) are disclosed for correcting a head pose in a video phone image, so that a frontal view is presented on a display. A disclosed head pose corrector (250) estimates the orientation of a head pose and adjusts the orientation of the head...

20060017805 - Conference unit controlling room functions: Methods and devices for controlling room function devices from a single conference unit. A conference unit can be a video conference unit or a speakerphone. Controlled devices may include external loudspeakers, microphones, room function controllers, powered doors, powered windows, powered window shades or blinders, video screens etc. The connections between...

20060017806 - Information processing unit: The present invention relates to an information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. The present invention is provided, adjacent to a operation panel, with a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away...

20060017807 - Panoramic vision system and method: A distortion corrected panoramic vision system and method provides a visually correct composite image acquired through wide angle optics and projected onto a viewing surface. The system uses image acquisition devices to capture a scene up to 360° or 4π steradians broad. An image processor corrects for luminance or chrominance...

20060017808 - Flame quality sensor: A monitoring device includes an imager, a processor and transmission media. The imager is used to capture visual information pertaining to a flame produced by an appliance. The processor processes the visual information to produce processed information. The transmission media is used by the processor to forward the processed information...

20060017809 - Mobile monitoring system: A self-contained, solar-powered mobile monitoring system is independent of external power sources and remotely accessible using a web browser. The system may include a mobile enclosure that houses a power regulator and batteries, which allow for the distribution and collection of electricity generated by solar panels mounted to the top...

20060017811 - Communication system, electronic apparatus, control apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium: An object of this invention is to efficiently transmit control information within a short time in a system for controlling a digital camera by a PC through a 1394 bus. To achieve this object, the PC transmits power-off inhibition control data through the 1394 bus before transmitting photographing mode control...

20060017810 - Mode processing in portable reading machine: A reading machine that operates in various modes includes image correction processing is described. The reading machine operates in different modes that optimize performance for specific uses of the reading machine. The reading machine receives data that specifies a mode to use for processing an image. The reading machine accesses...

20060017812 - Camera link system, camera device and camera link control method: A personal computer is a control device, which provides master camera direction information that instructs a direction of a master camera selected from camera devices to the camera devices including the master camera. Each camera device stores relative position information about the camera itself and the other cameras. The each...

20060017813 - Image pick-up apparatus and image restoration method: An image pick-up apparatus includes an optical system which forms a subject image. An image pick-up unit obtains image data from the subject image formed by the optical system. A vibration detecting unit detects a vibration of the image pick-up apparatus. In an image deterioration information storage unit, information of...

20060017814 - Processing of video data to compensate for unintended camera motion between acquired image frames: Video data of successive image frames are processed in a digital camera or other video image data acquisition device immediately after acquiring the video data, or during post-processing of the video data at some time after acquiring the video data, to reduce the effects of unintended motion (jitter) of the...

20060017815 - Flexible suspension for image stabilization: A sensor mounting system for enabling image stabilization in a digital camera is described. An electronic array light sensor is moved in relation to other parts of the camera in response to camera motion. In one embodiment, the sensor is moved by at least one linear motor having a ferrofluid...

20060017816 - General line of sight stabilization system: A line of sight stabilization system using two mirrors pivotally mounted to a fixed platform that can be used with existing imaging systems to provide pitch, roll, and yaw compensation while maintaining image orientation. By deflecting only the photons, the inventive system avoids the need to stabilize the entire imaging...

20060017817 - Image pick-up apparatus and image restoration method: An image pick-up apparatus includes an optical system which forms a subject image. An image pick-up unit obtains image data from the subject image. A monitor displays the image data. A vibration detecting unit detects a vibration at a still image pick-up time. A first vibration correction restores the image...

20060017818 - Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus: A stage apparatus includes a Y-direction deformable body including a stationary support member, a movable support member and a pair of X-direction leaf springs to form a substantially rectangular shape in a free state; and an X-direction deformable body, positioned in the Y-direction deformable body, including a connecting member, a...

20060017819 - Image input apparatus: An image input apparatus has an image sensor for photoelectrically converting image information of an object into an electric signal and outputting the signal, and a correction circuit for adjusting a fluctuation of offset components generated during photoelectric conversion contained in the signal output from the image sensor to correct...

20060017820 - Digital image device and image management method thereof: A digital image device having an efficient editing function and an image editing method thereof are provided. The image editing method of the digital image device includes: calculating predetermined evaluation scores indicating screen quality of a captured image; and managing the captured image based on the calculated evaluation scores. Accordingly,...

20060017821 - Automation of imaging and dynamic signal analyses: A method and apparatus for inspecting equipment using focal plane array imaging sensor data and dynamic sensor data. Methods involve capturing focal plane array imaging sensor data using a focal plane array imaging sensor such as an infrared camera or a visible camera, or acquiring imaging sensor data from an...

20060017822 - Electronic card for a digital camera: An electronic card is provided that is configured for removable insertion by a user in a digital image storage card slot of a digital camera. The electronic card includes a wireless telecommunications transmitter operative to transmit images taken using the camera for remote storage or display....

20060017823 - Electronic still camera and method for managing image data: An electronic still camera embodying the invention converts images of an object into image data and records the image data onto a recording medium. A corresponding identification code is directly recorded with the image data so that the image data can be efficiently managed within the electronic still camera....

20060017824 - Image processing device, image processing method, electronic camera, and scanner: In order to make it possible to reduce the noise which is generated in an imaging device 1 in an accurate manner, after the dark current noise has been eliminated from the signal from the imaging device 1 by a black level compensation section 2, noise reduction processing is performed...

20060017825 - Method and apparatus for effecting automatic red eye reduction: A method, and an apparatus employing the method, of reducing red eye effect from image data having image attributes. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying image data with a first image attribute having characteristics of skin pixels, determining a shape of the identified image data having the first image...

20060017826 - In vivo image pickup device and in vivo image pickup system: An in vivo image pickup device that is inserted in the body cavity and generates and sends an image signal of a subject, and includes an image pickup unit that has a plurality of pixels with arrays on a light receiving surface thereof and converts a subject image formed on...

20060017828 - Charge recycling amplifier for a high dynamic range cmos imager: A high dynamic range amplifier circuit for amplifying pixel signals of an imager device is disclosed. The amplifier circuit uses a read-out scheme based on a charge recycling approach, where a pixel signal is first amplified with a low gain during a first amplification phase T1, and then the amplifier...

20060017827 - Variable-gain amplifier circuit: An amplifier circuit is formed by a four-stage variable gain amplifier (VGA) composed of first to fourth VGAs. The variable gain width of each of the four stages of VGAs is 1 to 2. As a whole, the minimum gain is set to 1 whereas the maximum gain is set...

20060017829 - Rod and cone response sensor: An imager having color sensitivity in any lighting condition is provided by replacing at least one of the green color filtered pixels in a Bayer pattern array with an non-color filtered pixel and providing a different integration period for each color channel. When replacing a color filtered pixel with a...

20060017830 - Active pixel sensor with isolated photo-sensing region and peripheral circuit region: An active pixel sensor includes a substrate, a photo-sensing region, a peripheral circuit region, and an isolation region. The photo-sensing region and the peripheral circuit region are formed on the substrate. The isolation region is formed between the photo-sensing region and the peripheral circuit region for isolating the photo-sensing region...

20060017831 - Driving method of solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging system, and camera system: A driving method of a solid-state imaging device vertically transfers a signal charge obtained by photoelectric conversion and horizontally transfers the signal charge vertically transferred to output an imaging signal corresponding to the signal charge. For every charge packet unit for transferring the signal charge, the charge packet unit being...

20060017832 - Portable electronic devices with picture in picture capability: A system and method for simultaneously capturing multiple pictures or videos on an electronic device. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes a first camera and a second camera. The first camera is capable of taking a first picture, while the second camera is capable of...

20060017834 - Imaging optical system and imaging lens device: where d represents a distance between the exit surface 102b and the light receiving surface of the image sensor 105, and a represents a height of the light receiving surface of the image sensor 105 on a plane where an optical path of the imaging optical system 100 is folded,...

20060017833 - Method for controlling a camera mode in a portable terminal: Disclosed is a camera control method for a portable terminal, by which a lens unit of a camera of the portable terminal can be automatically drawn into or out of the portable terminal when a call is received in a camera mode of the portable terminal. The method comprises the...

20060017835 - Image compression region of interest selection based on focus information: A method for compressing an image includes obtaining focus information generated when the image was captured, establishing a region of interest in the image based on the focus information, and identifying the region of interest to a compression algorithm. The method may also comprise assigning a first compression ratio to...

20060017836 - Lens barrel, camera, and mobile information terminal: A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder configured to be accommodated within a fixed cylinder; a plurality of lens groups configured to be retained in the telescopic cylinder; a lens driving device configured to drive the plurality of lens groups along a longitudinal axis of the telescopic cylinder between a...

20060017837 - Enhancing digital photography: A method for enhancing imaging in low light conditions. The method comprises acquiring two or more images, long images relating to long exposure times and a short images relating to short exposure times; processing the images to separate zones with high image details from zones of low image details; and...

20060017838 - Digital camera and system thereof: In the digital camera that can be used in connection to a mobile phone or other mobile electronic devices and the system thereof, a battery mounted in each device is shared to allow power to be supplied between the devices, and allow both devices to be used for longer hours....

20060017839 - Digital camera and system thereof: In the digital camera that can be used in connection to a mobile phone or other mobile electronic devices and the system thereof, a battery mounted in each device is shared to allow power to be supplied between the devices, and allow both devices to be used for longer hours....

20060017840 - Digital camera and system thereof: In the digital camera that can be used in connection to a mobile phone or other mobile electronic devices and the system thereof, a battery mounted in each device is shared to allow power to be supplied between the devices, and allow both devices to be used for longer hours....

20060017842 - Camera enclosure and method: An enclosure accommodating a camera in which an image from a surveillance camera, rotating in a vertical direction, is not distorted and which is easily separated from and combined with the surveillance camera. The enclosure can include a cover dome having a hemispheric shell shape and a window, through which...

20060017841 - Surveillance camera mount for pegboard: A small, unobtrusive surveillance camera mount consisting of a body (10) with integral peg hooks (12) which allows for fast, easy, primarily concealed means of attaching to pegboard (34). The camera mount features a set of stanchions (22) and a hole for board camera lens (36) that allow for the...

20060017843 - Method and apparatus for frame rate up conversion with multiple reference frames and variable block sizes: A method for creating an interpolated video frame using a current video frame, and a plurality of previous video frames. The method includes creating a set of extrapolated motion vectors from at least one reference video frame in the plurality of previous video frames; performing an adaptive motion estimation using...

20060017844 - Information processing apparatus and display control method: An information processing apparatus including: a display that is capable of displaying moving image data in a full screen mode; a first signal processing section that generates a signal for forming the moving image data to be displayed on the display; a second signal processing section that executes image quality...

20060017845 - Television broadcast receiver: For changing setting of caption output format, a TV receiver sequentially outputs, to a monitor; a font setting image having options of two parameters, font type and size, in matrix; a color setting image having options of foreground and background colors in matrix; an edge setting image having options of...

20060017846 - Video apparatus and method for controlling the same: Disclosed herein are a video apparatus and a method for controlling the same, wherein a video signal and an audio signal are synchronized. The method comprises receiving a video signal and an audio signal, detecting an internal delay time and/or external delay time associated with the video signal, and delaying...

20060017847 - Video synchronization by adjusting video parameters: When playing back audio/video streams, many playback devices try to recreate the audio and video clocks used for encoding. One means typically employed to recreate such clocks includes the use of a Phased Locked Loop (PLL) circuit. The audio and video should remain synchronized. However, many reasonable cost PLLs cannot...

20060017849 - Display device for simultaneously receiving digital signal and analog display signal: A display device can simultaneously receive digital display signal and analog display signal and display a television program corresponding to one of the signals on a display panel. The display device includes the following components: a digital tuner, an analog/digital converter, a video decoder, an audio decoder, a de-interlacer, a...

20060017848 - Tv set monitor & host separation device: A TV set monitor and host separation device to separate the main board from the monitor integrated with the TV set of the prior art; and the separated main board is designed to become a comprehensive host to control the addition or modification of a TV screen or sound equipment...

20060017850 - Video combining apparatus and method thereof: A video combining circuit includes: a video component controller for receiving and processing a first video component signal to output a first video signal including location information; and a video signal controller coupled to the video component controller for receiving the first video signal and a second video signal and...

20060017851 - Apparatus and methods for controlling an on-screen display: The present invention provides an OSD display apparatus that prevents even a local OSD display from being blended with a surrounding background image. To implement this, the OSD display apparatus that superimposes an image or a character on a display image as an OSD display comprises an OSD generation circuit...

20060017852 - Information processing apparatus and display control method: An information processing apparatus including: a display being capable of displaying moving image data having a predetermined outer peripheral area and having a first resolution; a moving image data generating section that generates the moving image data having a second resolution; a first scaling section that performs scaling processing so...

20060017853 - Method of composing video signal, apparatus to compose video signal, display system, display apparatus and control method of display apparatus: A method of composing a plurality of individual video signals, the method comprises creating a composed horizontal synchronous signal and a composed vertical synchronous signal to synchronize the plurality of individual video signals, and creating a composed video signal by synchronizing line data of the plurality of individual video signals...

20060017854 - Method and apparatus for cross color/cross luminance suppression: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for processing an image in a video data is disclosed. The video data comprises at least a first frame and a second frame. The first frame is composed of a first even field and a first odd field, while the second...

20060017855 - User interface providing device: A user interface providing device provides a user interface that handles correction of a pixel value of each of pixels forming image data. The user interface includes a hue setting unit for selecting a pixel by designating a hue....

20060017856 - Phase-noise mitigation in an integrated analog video receiver: Phase noise mitigation in an analog video receiver implemented in an integrated circuit device. A phase correction value that indicates a phase offset between a synthesized sinusoid and a reference sinusoid conveyed in a horizontal retrace region of a composite video signal is periodically generated. A phase error that will...

20060017857 - Remote controller and transmitter-receiver using the same: Provided is a remote controller in which a ring-shaped operating part is structured rotatable and capable of making rocking motion by pressing, a first remote-control signal responsive to rotation of the operating part allows sound volume adjustment, a second remote-control signal responsive to a switch signal supplied by pressing the...

20060017858 - Wireless liquid crystal display television: The present invention relates to a wireless LCD television comprising a remote controller and a host display device. The remote controller receives several display signals of various formats, encodes the several display signals into the same format, and transmits one of the several display signals of the same format based...

20060017859 - Image display device having slim type cathode ray tube: An image display device includes a cathode ray tube for displaying images, a case enclosing the cathode ray tube while forming the outer appearance thereof, and a support partially receiving the cathode ray tube and connected to the case to support the case. The support includes: a post, with one...

20060012672 - Monitoring and control of administration systems: The present invention allows administrators of conference equipment, remotely localized from the ordinary managing interface, to execute simple commands for solving a problem that may have occurred during a conference or at conference set up. This is provided by a parser translating user terminal commands transmitted from the user terminal...

20060012671 - Natural pan tilt zoom camera motion to preset camera positions: The system disclosed herein seeks to solve the problem of unnatural, dizzy camera motion when moving a camera between two preset positions, e.g., head and shoulder shots of two videoconference participants. Particularly, the system described herein attempts to mimic the camera movement that a professional camera operator would use in...

20060012673 - Angled axis machine vision system and method: Embodiments of the invention comprise an angled axis machine vision system having a camera system angled with respect to an axis of the coordinate system of the environment. This configuration has all of the advantages of the horizontal alignment while eliminating the inherent problem of utilizing horizontal and vertical lines...

20060012674 - Image display system and method: An image display system and a method thereof are provided. A focal point of a user's eyes is measured by a focus measuring module. A distance between the user's eyes and a display unit is measured by a distance measuring module. At least two parallax image data are retrieved from...

20060012676 - Stereoscopic image display: The present invention discloses a stereoscopic image display which can display all the information of an image for the right eye and an image for the left eye without using a time division method. Such stereoscopic display has not been realized by the conventional art without glasses. When an image...

20060012675 - Three dimensional interaction with autostereoscopic displays: An apparatus and method for 3D interaction with an autostereoscopic display are presented. A motion tracking system may include video cameras that track a 3D motion of a user within an interaction volume defined by the fields-of-view of the video cameras, as the user moves a light source or other...

20060012677 - Image-based search engine for mobile phones with camera: An image-based information retrieval system is disclosed that includes a mobile telephone and a remote server. The mobile telephone has a built-in camera and a communication link for transmitting an image from the built-in camera to the remote server. The remote server has an optical character recognition engine for generating...

20060012678 - Method and system for forming an image of an organ: The invention relates to a method and system for forming an image of an organ. The solution comprises emitting optical radiation toward an organ via at least one exit aperture (412 to 414) of a camera unit (200) and, via an entrance aperture (406) of the camera unit, forming an...

20060012679 - Multifunction vehicle interior imaging system: Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring and responding to the activity within a vehicle interior. The apparatus comprises a multifunction processor coupled to imaging devices within the vehicle. The imaging devices view the driver and passenger areas of the vehicle interior, and provide imaging data to the multifunction processor....

20060012680 - Drift-free video encoding and decoding method, and corresponding devices: Three-dimensional (3D) subband coding schemes use motion compensation in their temporal filtering stage. Unfortunately, this procedure introduces two drawbacks: (a) the MC being applied at the full resolution, a drift appears when decoding at a lower resolution, and (b) all the motion vectors estimated at full resolution are transmitted, which...

20060012681 - Object tracing device, object tracing system, and object tracing method: An object tracing device, an object tracing system and an object tracing method are disclosed, which traces a truly suspicious object even when a new suspicious object comes into an area to be monitored after a suspicious object has been started to be traced. In the object tracing device, an...

20060012682 - Dynamic monitor system: Monitor cameras are connected to a network and a user uses a browser to read in the images on these cameras via a network. Images captured by the cameras are displayed on the display area of the browser, and the user is allowed to add or delete any assigned video...

20060012683 - Digital video system-intelligent information management system: A digital video information management system for monitoring and managing a system of digital collection devices is disclosed. Information files are automatically transferred from such collection devices to the information management system. Digitally captured information is classified to assign information attributes which are used to categorize and establish management, storage,...

20060012684 - Method and apparatus for capturing images: A first set of image data is acquired based on a first frame of light entering the camera before receiving an instruction to capture an image from a user. The first set of image data is then used to test the performance of at least one hardware component in the...

20060012685 - Wireless surveillance and communications system: A camera system is provided with a camera body, a supporting arm, and a supporting base. The camera captures images on a CCD optical image sensor, transmits the images by wire through the supporting arm into the supporting base, and transmits them wirelessly from the supporting base to a monitor...

20060012687 - Format processing apparatus and format processing method: A format processing apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU determines whether or not a capacity of a recording medium is below a capacity threshold value, and if a result of the capacity determination is affirmative, it is further determined whether or not a degree of fragmentation of information recorded on...

20060012686 - Image data processing apparatus: A first processing circuit subjects image data output from an A/D converter circuit to a first signal process to produce first image data. A second processing circuit subjects image data to a second signal process, which is independent of the first signal process, to produce second image data. The first...

20060012688 - Apparatus and method for generating control signals to regulate gain levels of color signals: An apparatus and method for generating control signals to regulate gain levels of color signals based on color data of which color gains are not regulated and color data of which color gains are regulated. The apparatus and method include generating first control signals to regulate the gain levels of...

20060012689 - Method and device for adjusting white balance: A method and device for adjusting white balance are disclosed herein. The method may comprise generating data representative of an image with and without the use of a strobe. The contribution of the strobe and the contribution of ambient light are on the data are calculated. Based, in part, on...

20060012690 - Image capturing apparatus and method of acquiring image: With an image capturing apparatus placed in a photographing condition specification mode, a controller sets a plurality of photographing conditions corresponding to a variable condition item in response to the selection of the variable condition item by a user. Thereafter, the user manipulates a rear manipulation part to specify a...

20060012691 - Digital camera capable of outputting image data to external apparatus: A digital camera is provided with a plurality of group specifying keys for specifying a use purpose of a photographed picture. In an external flash memory of the digital camera that stores the photographed pictures, a plurality of index files that correspond to the group specifying keys are generated. When...

20060012693 - Imaging process system, program and memory medium: A predetermined subject is obtained from a image signal constituted by pixel signals obtained from an imaging device. Noise contained in image signal is reduced according to the obtained subject scene data. Imaging device noise stemming from the imaging device is estimated from the image signal and the imaging device...

20060012692 - Method and system for reducing mismatch between reference and intensity paths in analog to digital converters in cmos active pixel sensors: A circuit for reducing a mismatch between a reference path to which a reference voltage is applied and an intensity path to which an intensity voltage is applied from an active pixel sensor comprises a first and a second pair of switches and a processing circuit. The first pair of...

20060012695 - Intelligent blemish control algorithm and apparatus: An image processing method and apparatus is described for processing a signal from a monochrome or color sensor that may be subject to pixel defects or blemishes. Without prior knowledge of any pixel defects, the processing method examines each pixel value and its neighboring pixel values. A number of tests...

20060012694 - Pixel defect detecting/correcting device and pixel defect detecting/correcting method: A pixel defect detecting and correcting apparatus according to the present invention is provided in which the number of correctable defect pixels is not restricted to the capacity of a memory device and defects subsequently generated can be detected and corrected; and includes a color difference and luminance calculating block...

20060012696 - Image sensor adc and cds per column: A solid state imager converts analog pixel values to digital form on an arrayed per-column basis. An N-bit counter supplies an N-bit DAC to produce an analog ramp output with a level that varies corresponding to the contents of the counter. A ripple counter or equivalent is associated with each...

20060012697 - Exposure control for image sensors: An imaging system utilizes an exposure control circuit to control the length of an exposure in full frame mode. The exposure control circuit receives as an input the antiblooming current from at least a representative sample of pixels and determines when to end an exposure based on the amount of...

20060012698 - Data processing method, semiconductor device for detecting physical quantity distribution, and electronic apparatus: A data processing apparatus and method is disclosed for obtaining digital data for a plurality of signals to be processed, comprising. The disclosed process includes comparing, by using digital data for a first signal of the plurality of signals, an electric signal corresponding to a second signal of the plurality...

20060012699 - Digital still camera, a digital still camera built-in mobile phone, and an image stabilizing method of the digital still camera: The present invention offers a digital still camera capable of simply preventing blurring due to hand shake caused by holding down the shutter button of the digital still camera. When auto focus mode is in operation, the image capture unit 102 captures images of a subject after receiving directions from...

20060012700 - Lens apparatus and image synthesis system: A lens apparatus that can communicate with a virtual system without reconfiguring the lens apparatus, where the lens apparatus can include a movable optical member, a position detection unit, an arithmetic processing unit, and a communication unit configured to transmit the optical information signal to the virtual system....

20060012701 - Auto-stabilization method in control of driving image pickup device and reading memory and photographing apparatus having the same: Provided are an auto-stabilization method of controlling driving an image pickup device and reading a memory, and a photographing apparatus having the auto-stabilization method. The photographing apparatus includes an image pickup device photographing an optical image of an object focused on an optical surface including an effective pixel area and...

20060012702 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes a menu providing section that provides a focus area selection menu that allows a user to select a focus area, a characterizing portion detecting section that detects a characterizing portion of an object, and an area setting section that sets a focus area based on the...

20060012703 - Lens driving apparatus: A lens driving apparatus including a fixing member; a moving member which is movably provided with respect to the fixing member; an objective lens which is held by the movable member; a connecting member which elastically connects the fixing member to the movable member, wherein the connecting member includes first...

20060012704 - Light quantity adjusting method, light quantity adjusting apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A light quantity adjusting method is used for driving a light emitting device with two drive current levels. The drive current levels are controlled by the first set data and the second set data, respectively. First, a resolution ratio and light quantity characteristics are stored. The resolution ratio represents a...

20060012705 - Glare hood for assembly on a freely set up display: A glare hood for assembly on a freely set up display, for instance display of a photo and/or video camera, wherein the glare hood (1) is at least partly manufactured from flexible material which, in a condition in which the glare hood (1) is assembled to the display (2), applies...

20060012706 - Image processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus comprises an input unit for inputting first image data having a first resolution, a resolution converting unit for converting the resolution of the input first image data and outputting second image data having a second resolution which is lower than the first resolution, a character data...

20060012707 - 2:2 and 3:2 pull-down detection techniques: The present disclosure describes improved 2:2 and 3:2 pull-down detection techniques. The techniques of the present invention can, for example, be used when converting an interlaced video signal into a progressive video signal....

20060012708 - Active matrix display with variable duty cycle: The invention relates to an active matrix display device (10) having a plurality of pixels (110). The pixels are grouped into pixel groups (R′, G′, B′). Each pixel group (R′, G′, B′) is assigned a specific duty cycle, such that at least two pixel groups are assigned different duty cycles....

20060012709 - Method of generating video reproduction synchronizing signal, program for generating video reproduction synchronizing signal, timing control apparatus, method of synchronously reproducing video and audio, program for synchronously reproducing video and au: Exemplary embodiments include a method of generating a video reproduction synchronizing signal to generate a video reproduction synchronizing signal to reproduce video data and audio data in synchronization with each other. The method includes acquiring output processing end timing for output to an audio reproducing unit for one-frame equivalent audio...

20060012710 - Video/audio processor system, amplifier device, and audio delay processing method: A system processes an audio signal and a video signal by using different devices, thereby preventing a so-called lip sync error. The processing time (represented by processing-time information) from the start of reception of a supplied video signal in a video processor apparatus to the start of displaying a video...

20060012711 - System and method for encoding independent clock using communication system reference clock: A value representing a clock, such as a video clock, that is independent of the clock of a communication system, is encoded using the communication system clock and then sent with the video for subsequent recovery by a receiver. In particular, during an interval defined by the communication system clock,...

20060012712 - Locking display pixel clock to input frame rate: To match the output frame rates to the input frame rates, a display clock signal is generated that has a frequency locked to the frequency of a reference clock signal. To generate the display clock signal, the period of the vertical incoming data clock is measured using the reference clock...

20060012713 - Combination system for recording and reproducing: A combination system capable of recording and reproducing analog and digital broadcast signals and outputting one of the analog and digital broadcast signals for watching while recording the other signal is provided. The combination system can record analog and digital broadcast signals on a single storage medium, and is configured...

20060012714 - Dual-scaler architecture for reducing video processing requirements: A video signal processor includes an input port adapted to receive an input video signal. The input video signal is characterized by a first horizontal resolution and a first vertical resolution. The video signal processor also includes a prescaler adapted to perform prescaling of the video signal, wherein prescaling converts...

20060012715 - Image display apparatus and image display method: An image display apparatus includes a background image selection unit for providing image data corresponding to a background image, a synthesis-target-image selection unit for providing image data corresponding to a different image to be superimposed on the background image, a motion vector detection unit for detecting a motion vector in...

20060012716 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus to receive a plurality of video signals from a plurality of different video signal sources, the display apparatus includes a user selection part to select at least one of the plurality of video signals and to select rotation of the video signal and a controller to control...

20060012717 - Generating a scan velocity modulation signal: The processing unit (1) for generating a scan velocity modulation signal (DS) has an input for receiving a video signal (VS) and an output for supplying a modulation signal (DS). The unit (1) comprises a series connection of, successively, a coring circuit (C), a differentiator (D), and a limiter (L)....

20060012718 - Enhanced image display: A display device comprises a data input unit configured to convert an image signal to a color signal. The display device also comprises a brightness control unit operationally coupled to the data input unit, configured to extract a brightness level associated with the color signal, to subdivide the brightness level...

20060012719 - System and method for motion prediction in scalable video coding: A device, system and method for motion vector prediction in scalable video coding. Embodiments of the present invention may determine a predictive motion vector in scalable video coding by obtaining current layer motion vectors; determining a final base layer motion vector; and calculating a predictive motion vector based on the...

20060012720 - Audio system circuitry for automatical sound level control and a television therewith: In TV broadcasting environment, due to different settings in different TV stations, the sound level from each station may vary in a wide range. For general users, it may cause annoying experience since the TV sound level may change a lot when user switches the channel from one to the...

20060012721 - Plasma display panel and method for manaufacturing same: A plasma display panel in which a first substrate having a protective layer formed thereon opposes a second substrate across a discharge space, with the substrates being sealed around a perimeter thereof. At a surface of the protective layer, first and second materials of different electron emission properties are exposed...

20060012722 - Optical unit, video display apparatus, and color switching method: A projection-type video display apparatus has a polarizing beam splitter for matching light, which is outputted by a light source unit, to one of S polarizing light and P polarizing light, an optical characteristics switching element for electrically and periodically switching a wavelength band of light outputted by the polarizing...

20060012723 - Optical adjusting apparatus: This invention provides an optical adjusting apparatus applied in a video and audio reproducing system to adjust the focal length of a lens within the video and audio reproducing system. The lens group includes a first lens set and a second lens set. The optical adjusting apparatus includes a controller...

20060012724 - Color calibrator for flat panel display and method thereof: The present invention relates to a device and a method of color correction for a flat panel display capable of realizing color productivity compared to CRT, a broadcasting standard. The present invention divides the color coordinates of received image signals into nine subareas before color correction and stores a plurality...

20060007298 - Motion picture processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program of motion picture processing apparatus, videophone apparatus, and mobile terminal: Provided a motion picture processing apparatus (100) including: a single decoder (32) for motion picture processing and for successively decoding encoded image data inputted thereto; and a control unit (1, 11) for carrying out control, in response to an instruction for starting a recording operation issued while the decoding is...

20060007299 - Interference detecting circuit utilizing synchronization symbols and method thereof: An interference detecting circuit for use in an ATSC system and for detecting interference of an ATSC signal includes: a buffering module for delaying to output a first PN63 synchronization format data when receiving the first PN63 synchronization format data; a correlation arithmetic circuit coupled to the buffering module for...

20060007300 - Method of obtaining a succession of images in the form of a circling effect: The subject of the invention is a succession of images in the form of a sequence representing a circling effect substantially around an object of interest (OI). A plurality of l video cameras (CAM1-CAM16) fixed in position and in adjustment are provided to capture, in wide field but at different...

20060007301 - 3d television broadcasting system: Television broadcasting systems of this invention comprise an imaging system, and transmission system, and a displaying system. The imaging system captures two-dimensional images of an object at different focal plane, and generates an all-in-focused image and depth profile. A data signal carrying the image data is generated and transmitted over...

20060007302 - Optical device and color display unit using the optical device: Optical device and color display unit to correct an angle of visibility, emphasize front brightness or diffusion degree, improve brightness and the performance of angle of visibility, and moreover improve the performance of chromaticity. An optical device is a film-like optical device for angle-correcting light toward a predetermined direction and...

20060007303 - Mirror-mimicking video system: A system for allowing a person to observe herself or himself from different vantage points while carrying out operations such as grooming. A swivel seat is employed. A video monitor is mounted to swivel in unison with the swivel seat. Adjustment means are provided to allow the user to position...

20060007304 - System and method for displaying item information: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating information associated with one or more items to an operator through a video display. Indicia, such as a bar code or an RFID signal, are captured from items and processed into data, and the data is transmitted to a video display when the...

20060007305 - Telecine conversion detection for progressive scan playback: A moving average filter with a weighting factor calculates a continuously programmable threshold to determine whether fields could be considered identical or not. This decision is used to detect the cadence of a TELECINE encoded video signal. This moving average filter is also used for detecting the presence of still...

20060007306 - Remote control with local, screen-guided setup: A system and method for setting up a user interface of a remote control. The remote control displays a logical group of function keys the activation of which will cause the remote control to transmit a command to a target device and a plurality of indicators representative of devices. A...

20060007309 - Apparatus and method for operating a multi-unit storage facility: A system and method of operating a multi-user storage facility is provided. For each distinct user of the storage facility, the distinct user is associated with at least one storage unit of the facility. Video monitoring of the at least one storage unit is provided producing a video output. Each...

20060007308 - Environmentally aware, intelligent surveillance device: The present invention relates to methods and systems for the remote monitoring and sensing of a remote deployable, stand-alone, environmentally aware surveillance sensor device or unit that is capable of self-determining its location and orientation relative to a real world, 3D environment, detect conditions or events within the sensor's range...

20060007307 - Partial image saving system and method: The present invention relates to a system and method for partial image saving. The system contains at least one image-taking device, and one digital data saving and process device, which is connected to said image-taking device for receiving and process the latest image data. The digital data saving and process...

20060007310 - Surveillance system and surveillance method: A surveillance system and a surveillance method are described. The surveillance system has a video recorder and a video processing module. The video recorder records a scene and generates an original video signal. The scene has an area in need of coverage. The video processing module receives the original video...

20060007311 - Image mapping method and image mapping program: An image mapping method comprising the steps of acquiring a captured image as well as positional information of an image object in the captured image and positional information of an image taking position, reading map data containing the position of the image object from a recording medium that stores map...

20060007312 - Camera navigation in a gaming environment: A system and method for camera navigation that provides a player with an unobstructed, non-disorienting view of a target is provided. The system includes a memory for storing a camera navigation/control model, a central processing unit for executing the camera navigation/control model to provide unobstructed and non-disorienting target character views,...

20060007313 - Measurement system for evaluating moving image quality of displays: A system is disclosed, which comprises a rotatable mirror 2, a camera 3 for taking an image of a screen 5 through the mirror 2, a photodetector 4 having a detection range covering a part of the screen 5, and a control section 6. At a time when a measuring...

20060007314 - Method and apparatus for capturing events having an indeterminate start time: A method and apparatus for capturing a desired event having an indeterminate start time is disclosed. The method includes capturing data during a first and second capture interval, where each capture interval has a start time and an end time. The desired event begins at an indeterminate time during the...

20060007316 - Position sensing device: A position sensing device is provided which can include a first sensing unit for outputting a detection signal periodically changing in accordance with the movement of an object, a second sensing unit for sensing a reference position of the object, and an arithmetic unit for determining position data corresponding to...

20060007315 - System and method for automatically annotating images in an image-capture device: The invention provides a system and method for automatically annotating pictures in an image-capture device. The system includes an image capture system that is configured to capture an image. A memory is coupled to the image capture system and is configured to maintain a user-specific database. A processor is coupled...

20060007317 - Method for displaying remote images: A web camera is installed for monitoring a place, and the web camera is connected to Internet or Intranet. A browser is utilized for accessing the web camera to monitor the place. The browser reads a series of video images captured by the web camera and respectively displays these video...

20060007318 - Monitoring system center apparatus, monitoring-system-center program, and recording medium having recorded monitoring-system-center program: An image captured by a monitoring camera is stored in an image database in a monitoring system center apparatus, and is subsequently transmitted as an entire image to a cellular phone. When a user checks the image displayed on the cellular phone and determines that there is an object that...

20060007319 - System for changing setup of first device that executes predetermined function by second device and these devices: The user of an objective device registers a favorite setup of the objective device in a user setup data recording device in correspondence with user information based on a physical feature. Upon detecting the physical feature of the user, the objective device sends its device ID to the user setup...

20060007320 - Stage apparatus and camera shake correction apparatus using stage apparatus: A stage apparatus includes a stationary support plate; a Y-direction movable member supported on, and parallel to, the stationary support plate so as to be relatively movable in a Y-direction, the Y-direction movable member including a Y-direction rod portion and a pair of X-direction rod portions, wherein the Y-direction rod...

20060007321 - A distributed image and signal processing apparatus for camera phone applications: A distributed image and signal processing apparatus for camera function within a mobile phone, which utilizes the system memory and host ADSP to conduct bitmap fine processing as part of the camera sub-system, in addition to a dedicated hardware ISP(image and signal processor) front end. This apparatus enables ISP to...

20060007322 - Image capturing apparatus and method of acquiring image: In a photographing condition specification mode, a user manipulates or presses a rear manipulation part to select at least one variable condition item from among photographing condition items: “focusing,” “exposure,” “white balance” and the like. In an actual photographing operation, a plurality of images corresponding to respective stepwise different photographing...

20060007323 - Imaging signal processing circuit and camera system: An imaging signal processing circuit according to the present invention comprises a color signal processing unit for inputting a digital imaging signal obtained by vertically reading a signal from a solid imaging element by means of N-field interlace method and further digital-converting the signal and executing a color conversion processing...

20060007324 - White balance correcting device: A white balance correcting device for correcting white balance by using video signals is arranged to be capable of accurately obtaining white balance even in a case where a picture includes only a small white part therein. The white balance correcting device is arranged to divide a picture into a...

20060007326 - Apparatus and system for camera head determination in an image sensing system: In a head detachable camera comprising a camera head and an image processing unit which does not have an exclusive line for notifying the type of image sensing device used in the camera head, when the power switch is turned on, vertical interval data signal processing units of the camera...

20060007325 - Optimal-state image pickup camera: An electronic camera comprises search means for sequentially capturing and analyzing a monitor image for an object and for sequentially determining whether or not a figure of a specified form representing a print/picture image is included in the monitor image, and memory means, responsive to determination that the figure is...

20060007327 - Image capture apparatus and image capture method: In a recording mode, when a shutter release button is pressed with a panning mode being selected as a result of press of a panning-mode button, plural pre-combined images are captured through continuous photographing using an image sensor. After continuous photographing, partial images (moving-subject images) each showing a moving subject...

20060007328 - Method of utilizing media cue cards for instruction in amateur photography and videography: Disclosed herein are systems and methods useful to create multimedia presentations utilizing templates that contain scene divisions and cues to the capturing of multimedia objects applicable to a template for use in a created production. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description...

20060007329 - Column-wise clamp voltage driver for suppression of noise in an imager: An imager having column-wise clamp voltage drivers. Each clamp voltage driver is substantially identical to the output circuitry of the imager's pixels in that column and is designed to track the noise experienced by the readout pixels. Each clamp voltage driver generates and drives the appropriate clamp voltage to store...

20060007330 - Image control device for printer and method of compensating for light amount drift of photosensor used in the image control device: A method of compensating for a light amount drift of a photosensor used in an image control device, wherein the photosensor includes a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion which projects light onto an image control mark formed on an intermediate transfer medium of a printer and detects...

20060007331 - Image sensor: An image sensor is disclosed, which includes: a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels each outputting incident light as a pixel signal; an amplifier amplifying the pixel signal output from the pixel unit; and a defective pixel detection circuit performing a defective pixel detection on signals output from the...

20060007332 - Reformatter and method: A programmable data reformatter reorders output from an image sensor to yield various formats. The reformatting applies to reduced resolution output from large image sensors as in digital cameras operating in video mode, and converts an irregular video mode output to a standard format, such as Bayer pattern, for image...

20060007333 - Solid-state image taking apparatus and method for fabricating the same: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes one or a plurality of photoelectric converting sections for photoelectric converting incident light into a signal charge on a semiconductor substrate, and a vertical charge-transferring section for charge-transferring the signal charge photoelectric converted at the photoelectric converting section, in which the vertical charge-transferring section...

20060007334 - Solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same: A shutter row and a selecting row in an image pixel portion 104 are sequentially shifted by vertically (V) selecting means 106. Then, in pixels constituting the shutter row, signal charges of photoelectric conversion elements (photodiodes) are transferred to FD portions after the reset of the FD portions. Subsequently, in...

20060007335 - Photoelectric converter, image sensor, and signal reading circuit: Provided is an inexpensive photoelectric converter having a function of switching resolutions. In a photoelectric converter including plural photoelectric conversion circuits, an amplifier circuit connected to outputs of the photoelectric conversion circuits, and a reset circuit connected to outputs of part of the photoelectric conversion circuits, there is arranged a...

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20060007337 - Dual panel pixel readout in an imager: An imager having two panels of pixels (i.e., the imager's rows of pixels are split into two panels) that are controllable by separate row decoders. The dual panel architecture allows pipelining of pixel readout and column readout operations to improve the imager's frame rate. The dual panel architecture may use...

20060007338 - Solid state image pickup device: A solid state image pickup device is provided that includes a pixel array unit having a plurality of pixels and a signal processing circuit that has a capacitor operatively configured to process a respective signal output from each of the plurality of pixels. The capacitor is operatively configured as a...

20060007340 - Electronic device, control method therefor and storage medium: A system including an external apparatus and digital camera allows the external apparatus to set a set value which cannot be set by the stand-alone digital camera. In response to a request from the external apparatus (computer), the digital camera updates an image sensing set value table in which set...

20060007339 - Frame processing and frame processing method: A picture frame input from an electronic camera is stored in an input-end buffer frame, and read therefrom in a CPU, where it is processed, using a reconstruction table defining a pixelwise image reconstruction and using a correction parameter defining a pixelwise brightness correction, having resultant data stored in an...

20060007341 - Image capturing apparatus: The image capturing apparatus can perform an image capturing operation at a frame rate which is three times as high as a frame rate for displaying a moving image. At the time of moving image capturing, an operation of capturing three kinds of frame images is repeated while changing a...

20060007342 - Photographic lens system and image pickup apparatus: A photographic lens system including multiple lens units where at least a part of one of the multiple lens units is movable in a direction, which includes a vector component orthogonal to an optical axis, and where the photographic lens system can have a normal and image stabilizing mode....

20060007343 - Optical imaging device: There is provided an optical imaging device (18) for splitting an initial image into at least two images with different optical characteristics. The device comprises a dichroic mirror (32) to create first and second optical pathways respectively incident on first and second mirrors (41, 41′) carried on a centrally pivoted...

20060007344 - Variable speed, variable resolution digital cinema camera system: A digital cinema camera includes a plurality of imagers and a plurality of shutters mounted radially on a frame. A beam splitter disposed at a center of the frame rotates to provide an input optical beam sequentially to the plurality of imagers. When the input optical beam is aligned with...

20060007345 - System and method for assessing virtual slide image quality: Systems and methods for assessing virtual microscope slide image quality are provided. In order to determine whether a virtual slide image has any out of focus areas and is therefore a candidate for manual inspection, the various focus points used to scan the virtual slide image are used to calculate...

20060007346 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: The image capturing apparatus can perform image capturing at a high frame rate higher than a frame rate used for displaying a moving image. In image capturing with flashlight in the image capturing apparatus, the high frame rate is set and three images are successively captured while increasing the light...

20060007348 - Digital video camera with automatic white balance and a method thereof: Disclosed is a digital video camera performing white balance adjustment according to a photographing condition. The digital video camera with automatic exposure comprises an iris state detector for outputting an electrical signal with a predetermined magnitude corresponding to the status of an iris, a memory for saving a threshold value...

20060007347 - Iris controlling method for improving definition of bright object and photographing apparatus adopting the same: An iris controlling method and apparatus for improving definition of a bright object, wherein the photographing apparatus includes an iris, a controlling unit for establishing a shutting level of the iris based on a brightness level of a photographed object and which is capable of limiting the iris shutting level...

20060007349 - Still image photographing method for reproducing color sense suitable for outdoor and indoor environments and apparatus for performing the same: A still image photographing method for reproducing a color sense suitable for an indoor and outdoor environments and a photographing apparatus thereof are provided. The photographing method includes the steps of commanding a image photographing apparatus to photograph a still image; controlling an amount an aperture arranged on the apparatus...

20060007350 - Rotatable wireless electrical coupler: A rotatable wireless electrical coupler is disclosed that presents a wireless alternative to mechanical slip rings, such as are used in rotatable mechanical assemblies such as dome cameras. The rotatable wireless electrical coupler is designed to provide for the wireless transfer therethrough of electrical power, video and data signals. A...

20060007351 - Camera module for mobile communication device, mobile communication device using the same, and method for controlling the same: A camera module for a mobile communication terminal enabling to control a focal point, a mobile communication terminal using the same, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The camera module includes a camera housing, a lens provided in the camera housing, an elastic member for elastically supporting...

20060007353 - Image conversion device, image conversion method and data conversion circuit as well as digital camera: An image conversion device is provided with a first buffer area for storing either one of even field and odd field of inputted dot sequential data and a second buffer area for storing the other thereof. A data transfer control circuit controls in such a manner that, during a period...

20060007352 - Processing interlaced video in a frame based rendering system: A change in field order between an input video frame and an output video frame or an input video frame being displaced by an odd number of scan-lines with respect to an output video frame, may introduce out of order fields in the output video frame. A method (700), apparatus...

20060007354 - Method for false color suppression: A false-color suppression method corrects a pixel value of a pixel in a target location of a target frame while de-interlacing video data. The video data includes consecutive first, second and third fields, and the target frame corresponds to the third field. The method records an interpolation type of a...

20060007355 - Data transfer using television video signal: Data transfer system of the present invention examines TV video signal for unused bandwidth. Data signals are inserted into TV video signal when unused bandwidth is found. The resulting video signal is still used for TV display without sacrificing video quality. These data transfer methods provide an alternative high-bandwidth data...

20060007356 - Method and system for maintaining lip synchronization: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for maintaining synchronization between a video signal and an audio signal. The video signal and the audio signal are processed using clocks that a r e locked. The system may comprise a component that determines an initial audio input buffer level,...

20060007357 - Apparatus and method for controlling fan of refrigerator with television/radio module: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a fan of a refrigerator with a television/radio module, wherein an operation of the fan is controlled according to an operation of the television/radio module. The present invention is characterized in that when the television or radio is operated,...

20060007358 - Display device and control method thereof: A processing device includes a receiving unit to receive a program, a video signal processor to process a video signal of the program, and an audio signal processor to process an audio signal of the program. A remoter control or on screen display is used for inputting a user's command....

20060007359 - Method and system for switching between video modes in consumer electronics: DVD players and the like may support multiple video formats, including interlaced and progressive scan video. If a user selects a mode (e.g., progressive scan) not supported by their monitor or television, then the user may lose the video image output, and can no longer see the GUI (Graphical User...

20060007360 - Display apparatus and method for reproducing color therewith: A display apparatus includes a tuner for selecting a desired channel; a decoder for decoding broadcasting signals (Y, U, V) inputted from the selected channel; a video processing unit for processing the decoded broadcasting signals into (R, G, B) signals; a gain adjustment unit for adjusting the gain value of...

20060007361 - Yc separator circuit: A YC separator circuit which is capable of achieving YC separation at a high accuracy. The YC separator circuit comprises line memories, bandpass filters, an edge detector circuit, a color correlation determining circuit, and a YC separation filter circuit. The YC separator circuit separates a C signal from a composite...

20060007362 - Apparatus for and method of scaling a scanning angle and image projection apparatus incorporating the same: A scalable laser scanning angle apparatus and method of scaling a scanning angle using MEMS devices and elliptical mirrors includes disposing a first scanner at one focal point of an elliptical mirror and scanning the emitted light beam in a first direction at a first scanning angle toward a concave...

20060001736 - Method and apparatus for image capture, compression and transmission of a visual image over telephonic or radio transmission system: An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. The system is adapted to be...

20060001737 - Video conference arrangement: A videoconferencing method consistent with certain embodiments involves receiving a video stream via a broadband network connection at a television display to display a remote party's inbound video information. A video stream is transmitted via a wireless cellular telephone's camera to the remote party to provide outbound video information. Inbound...

20060001738 - Videoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants: An improved videoconferencing system and method are provided for connecting a host to a plurality of participants. Unlike other videoconferencing methods and systems, the videoconferencing system and method of these preferred embodiments allow each of the parties of a videoconference to benefit from the interaction between the host and the...

20060001739 - Method and apparatus for colour imaging a three-dimensional structure: A device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the...

20060001740 - Apparatus for dental diagnosis and treatment: An apparatus for dental diagnosis and treatment includes: a dentist's chair disposed near a dental treatment table; an intraoral camera which can capture moving images in the patient's oral cavity and can be fixed near the patient's mouth; a first monitor installed at a position where the three parties comprising...

20060001741 - Realtime video display method of mixed signals: A realtime video display method of mixed signals applies to a monitoring system. The monitoring system has a monitoring host connected to a plurality of digital monitoring devices and a plurality of analog monitoring devices. In this method, digital video data from an Internet/LAN/WAN and analog video data from a...

20060001742 - System keyboard and remotely controlled surveillance system using the system keyboard: A system keyboard having a snapshot function and a surveillance system using the system keyboard are provided. The system keyboard includes a video port, which receives a video signal, a user interface unit, which receives a command from a user, a control unit, which generates a control signal based on...

20060001743 - Tablet pc and digital camera arrangement: A tablet PC and digital camera arrangement is described as having a tablet PC, a bracket formed integral with the housing of the tablet PC, two coupling plates respectively coupled to two upright supports of the bracket, a digital camera pivotally connected between the coupling plates at the bracket and...

20060001744 - Synchronized multi-perspective pictures: In a method for synchronized multi-perspective image capture, an ad hoc network is formed between a plurality of image capture devices. A leader is then selected from the plurality of image capture devices. The leader sends the other image capture devices (termed “followers”) a capture message. In response to the...

20060001745 - Image sensing device, image processing apparatus and method, and memory medium: An image sensing device of this invention corrects sensitivity nonuniformity of an image sensing element. This image sensing device has an image sensing element (5) having a two-dimensional matrix of pixels, a first multiplier circuit (18) for multiplying the output from the image sensing element (5) output via an A/D...

20060001747 - Image processing device: An image-processing device that performs image processes for pixel data of an image, to generate image-processed data. The amount of the image-processed data is greater than that of the pixel data, for each line of the image. The pixel data are stored in a recording area of a memory. The...

20060001746 - Processing device and image sensing apparatus: A detachable processing device that is mounted in an image sensing apparatus, integrated, and used includes a logic circuit that can be changed to a plurality of configurations which implement functions corresponding to a plurality of processes performed by the image sensing apparatus, a memory that stores possible configurations of...

20060001748 - Image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus is provided with an image sensor having a photoelectric conversion characteristic comprised of a linear characteristic area where an electrical signal is outputted after being linearly converted in relation to an amount of an incident light and a logarithmic characteristic area where the electrical signal is...

20060001749 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and control method: A method for controlling a solid-state imaging apparatus, which includes a plurality of pixels, includes selecting a resetting element of one of the pixels, resetting a detecting unit connected to the pixel, transmitting to a detecting unit, an electric charge accumulated after photoelectric conversion performed by a photoelectric converting element...

20060001750 - Differential comparator, analog/digital conversion apparatus and imaging apparatus: A differential comparator which outputs positive and/or negative logic signals to an output terminal according to the coincidence/non-coincidence of first and second input signal levels inputted to first and second input terminals, respectively, comprises an offset cancel function composed of an offset capacitor device provided on the differential comparator side...

20060001751 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell (30) includes two pixels (31) and (32). Upper and lower photoelectric...

20060001752 - Cmos image sensor for reducing ktc noise, reset transistor control circuit used in the image sensor and voltage switch circuit used in the control circuit: The present invention can be applied to a CMOS image sensor in which each pixel circuit of an active pixel sensor array includes a photoelectric conversion element for converting input light into electricity and a switch transistor for controlling the supply of a reset voltage for resetting the photoelectric conversion...

20060001754 - Cmos image sensor which reduced noise caused by charge pump operation: A CMOS image sensor of the present invention comprises an array of a picture element circuit, a unit of correlated double sampling one picture element line of the array, a charge pump type voltage up unit of supplying a predetermined step-up voltage to the picture element circuit that forms an...

20060001753 - Imaging device, control method thereof and cmos image sensor: An imaging device provided with a read circuit in which a light-shielding region is formed in a part of an image region where a plurality of optical/electrical conversion devices is two-dimensionally arrayed in the row and column directions and which converts a optically detected signal outputted from each of the...

20060001755 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device is provided that comprises a photoelectric conversion element, a capacitor, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, an amplifier transistor, and an electrical conductor. The solid state imaging device has a light receiving surface comprising plural pixels. The photoelectric conversion element generates an electrical charge according...

20060001756 - Data communications device, data communications system, document display method with video and document display program with video: In cases when cellular phone 1a plays back a 96×80 pixel video while creating an E-mail with a video attachment or receiving an E-mail with a video attachment, the data communications device enlarges the video periphery and performs playback in 128×96 pixels. Even though the expansion method employed simply enlarges...

20060001757 - Map display system and digital camera: A digital camera receives position information from GPS satellites for detecting camera position when capturing an image. Additional information, which is composed of the camera position, camera azimuth and focal distance of the taking lens, is added to image data of the captured image as tag and recorded in an...

20060001758 - Method for editing images in a mobile terminal: A method for adding image effects to an existing image, selectively deleting the added image effects or storing an image with various image effects added in a mobile terminal are provided. The method comprises: displaying an image; selecting a frame and adding the selected frame to the image; selecting at...

20060001760 - Apparatus and method for object shape detection: A light projecting device including a two-dimensional array of light projecting elements is used to project light towards an image capturing device. An arrangement for mounting an object to be modelled is provided between the light projecting device and the image capturing device. The light projecting elements are arranged to...

20060001759 - Pop up prism lens assembly: A pop up prism camera (10) having a pop up prism lens assembly (11). A first lens assembly (14), a second lens assembly (18), and a prism assembly (21) are moved in relationship to a camera housing (12) controlled by a cam tube (20). The prism assembly (21) projects outside...

20060001761 - Hermetically sealed image sensor module and method of fabricating same: A solid-state image sensor including a package with an element for both covering and protecting the sensor device and also filtering portions, e.g., infrared portions, of the incident light beam. The image sensor module includes a package to receive the image sensor integrated circuit chip, with the image sensor integrated...

20060001762 - Image switching apparatus for electronic camera: An image switching apparatus for an electronic camera. The electronic camera has a lens, an image sensor and a viewfinder. The image switching apparatus includes a housing, an optical assembly and a reciprocating driving device. The housing is disposed between the lens and the image sensor. The lens is opposite...

20060001763 - Electronic camera and automatic focusing method: The present invention provides an electronic camera adapted to perform an accurate auto focus control operation at high speed. The electronic camera comprising a C-MOS image sensor, a lens section having a focusing lens, a wobbling control section for generating a wobbling control signal for causing the focusing lens to...

20060001765 - Image sensing apparatus and its control method, control program, and storage medium: This invention has as its object to provide an image sensing apparatus which can satisfactorily correct misregistration among images, and can composite the images. To achieve this object, an image sensing apparatus includes: a plurality of apertures that receives external light from different positions; a plurality of image sensing units...

20060001764 - System and method for data capture: In one embodiment there is shown a method for capturing data, the method comprising sensing a first signal, capturing an auto exposure (AE) image in response to a sensed first signal, the auto exposure image captured with settings based upon preestablished criterion, and upon the AE image being captured, determining...

20060001766 - Digital multimedia playing and recording storage device with a function of a digital camera: A digital multimedia playing and recording storage device with a function of a digital camera, includes a CPU, an HD for storing data processed by the CPU, an I/O module connected with the CPU for transmitting data from the CPU, a video capturing module connected with the CPU for capturing...

20060001767 - Enhanced structure of a photo light box: The present invention discloses an enhanced structure of a photo light box including a light box body having a placing space in which formed a placing gateway to inlay the lens of an image capture apparatus. A photo object is placed in the light box body for being shot and...

20060001768 - Triax transmitter and receiver interfaces and transmission system: A triax transmitter interface for transmitting a video signal on a triax cable comprises a video signal input port, a first modulator for modulating a luminance component of a video signal received at said input port onto a first carrier and a second modulator for modulating a chrominance component of...

20060001769 - Apparatus and method for detecting synchronization signal of data signal utilizing synchronization symbols: A synchronization signal detector includes: a first circuit configured to delay the data signal by a period of at least one data segment of the data signal to generate a delayed signal; a second circuit configured to produce a plurality of similarity signals according to the data signal and the...

20060001770 - Vehicle remote controller with a built-in digital camera: The present invention relates to a remote controller of a vehicle with