Television inventions 04/06

20060087552 - Device for the digital radio transmission of data comprising video information: The invention relates to a device for the digital radio transmission of data comprising video information. The inventive device is characterised in that it comprises: a video acquisition camera; a compression stage which can generate a digital signal from the signal originating from the video acquisition camera, with a compression...

20060087553 - Video conferencing system transcoder: In various embodiments, multiple participants (at endpoints) may connect through a video conferencing system. A screen may display other participants in the conference call. For example, multiple participants may be displayed in respective portions of the screen. In some embodiments, each of the participants may use video conferencing systems that...

20060087554 - Systems and processes for scheduling and conducting audio/video communications: Disclosed herein are methods of scheduling and conducting video visits, as well as computer architecture for providing such scheduling and conducting, where the participants in the visit are not required or able to interact with the audio/video equipment for the initial connection to start the video visit. In some embodiments,...

20060087555 - Systems and processes for scheduling and conducting audio/video communications: Disclosed herein are methods of scheduling and conducting video visits, as well as computer architecture for providing such scheduling and conducting, where the participants in the visit are not required or able to interact with the audio/video equipment for the initial connection to start the video visit. In some embodiments,...

20060087556 - Stereoscopic image display device: A device that from flat image data creates image data with which a portion of those flat image data can be viewed in three dimensions, and that allows the image to been seen three-dimensionally by a viewer, is provided. A CPU reads a flat image file from a HD and...

20060087557 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope apparatus includes a connection unit for selectively connecting a plurality of machine types of electronic endoscopes which use different color information obtainment methods and a plurality of replacement tables which are provided for the plurality of machine types of electronic endoscopes respectively, and each of which stores...

20060087558 - Electronic endoscope apparatus and image recording method: When an image obtained by an electronic endoscope apparatus is recorded, the image is recorded in a state where whether or not the image has been subjected to image processing can be judged with certainty. Recording image selection means selects either an original image without the image processing by image...

20060087560 - Surveillance camera: A method for operating a camera includes connecting the camera to a computer; the camera is programmed by storing operative steps in memory within the camera. The programming is performed using an application running on the computer. On completing the programming, the camera is disconnected from the computer and further...

20060087559 - System and method for image sharing: A system and method for image sharing is disclosed. The method of the present invention discloses: receiving a set of images and a transmit images command in response to the transmit images command; selecting a subset of the images in response to the transmit images command; formatting the subset of...

20060087562 - Image capturing apparatus: The image capturing apparatus extracts and records an effective image Ap from a captured image Ao obtained by imaging of incident light from a subject on an image capturing element by an optical system composed of optical members. When an angle of view of an image that is to be...

20060087561 - Digital camera: In an electronically zoomable digital camera having a hand shake correction mechanism, when electronic zoom operates, pixel shift is carried out in such manner of capturing a reference image and then capturing a shifted image after moving an image capturing element from the reference image by a prescribed amount of...

20060087563 - Method for correcting motion vector errors caused by camera panning: A method of correcting errors in motion vectors due to camera panning includes identifying an error block that contains an error motion vector out of a plurality of blocks in a current video frame, each block in the current video frame containing a corresponding motion vector. The method also includes...

20060087564 - Camera with wireless communication function: A camera is equipped with a wireless communication function for executing wireless communication by employing a wireless communication device which includes an antenna. The camera includes an antenna cover that moves to one of an open state in which the antenna is exposed to an outside and a closed state...

20060087565 - Image signal processing device and method: When a method or apparatus of assuring simultaneous exposure, such as a mechanical shutter, is not provided with a MOS imaging sensor, moving subjects are distorted with a MOS image sensor when capturing a still image of a fast-moving subject because imaging and reading are not simultaneous across the MOS...

20060087567 - Method and system for de-mosaicing artifact removal, and computer program product therefor: Color image signals, as derived, e.g., by interpolating the output from a color filter array are arranged in pixels, each pixel having associated detected color information for a first color as well as undetected filled-in color information for at least a second and a third color. The images are thus...

20060087566 - White balance adjustment device: A digital camera is for photographing an object so as to obtain an object image. The digital camera has a display processor, a distinction processor, and an obtaining processor. The display processor displays object image as a display image on a monitor. In this case, the display image is divided...

20060087568 - Image obtaining method, image pick-up device, image pick-up information transmitting system, image transmitter and print system: To provide a pull model which can remotely control an image pick-up device by connecting the image pick-up device to an image information receiver through a communication path and operating a general purpose file reading program by the image information receiver. The image pick-up device includes: a communicating unit capable...

20060087569 - Image apparatus and method and program for producing interpolation signal: An image apparatus has signal slicing unit for two-dimensionally slicing a signal from an imaging device; pixel correlation detection unit for detecting correlation between a center pixel of the signal sliced by the signal slicing unit and its peripheral pixels; correction unit for executing a correction processing for each pixel...

20060087570 - Image sensing device with pixel correction function and method for correcting pixel sensing data in image sensing device: An image sensing device includes a pixel sensing data processing unit, for receiving a pixel line sensing data to output first and second outputs. A controller receives the first output from the pixel sensing data processing unit, checks whether the pixel line sensing data include at least one defective pixel....

20060087571 - Method and apparatus for performing correction in imaging device: For performing image correction in an imaging device, a defect unit of the imaging device has at least one defective pixel each generating a respective defective output signal. In addition, a controller determines whether to correct image output signals from an image pixel array of the imaging device depending on...

20060087572 - Imaging system: An imaging system comprising a filter array adapted to filter electromagnetic waves, a lens array adapted to focus electromagnetic waves, and an image sensor configured to receive the focused electromagnetic waves. The filter array and the lens array are configured into elements that filter and focus electromagnetic waves that represent...

20060087574 - Control device for charge transfer element: The present invention provides a control device including a negative voltage generating section that outputs a voltage from an output end that can be grounded via a capacitor, an inverter that receives a clock control signal to output a charged voltage of the capacitor to the outside at predetermined points...

20060087575 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: An image pickup apparatus has a solid-state image pickup device which outputs a charge signal according to a timing signal, a sampling unit which samples the charge signal in response to the timing signal, an A/D converting unit which converts a sample signal to a digital signal in response to...

20060087573 - Image-taking apparatus and control method of image-taking apparatus: The present invention provides an image-taking apparatus having an image-pickup device which accumulates charge in accordance with an amount of light received thereon, a light-shielding device which changes a light-shielded area in the image-pickup device by causing a light-shielding blade to travel, the light-shielding blade shielding a light-receiving surface of...

20060087576 - Charge transfer device, and control method therefor: There is provided a charge transfer element, comprising a shift register, with a plurality of transfer electrodes, for transmitting information charge by application of clock pulses to the transfer electrodes, and an output section for outputting an output voltage according to information charge sequentially transferred and output from the shift...

20060087577 - Semiconductor device: In a semiconductor device having a plurality of thin film transistors and matrix wiring lines formed on a substrate, the matrix wiring lines are electrically connected via resistors in order to prevent electrostatic destructions during a panel manufacture process and improve a manufacture yield....

20060087579 - Display device for camera: A display device or a camera includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting multiple color lights. A driving condition setting circuit sets data corresponding to driving conditions for driving the organic electroluminescent element. A drive circuit drives the organic electroluminescent element on the basis of the driving conditions set by the...

20060087578 - Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus for out-focusing operation and digital photographing apparatus adopting the method: Provided is a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus that displays an image of a photograph region on a display panel, generates an image signal of the photograph region in response to signals generated by a shutter release button, and stores image data of the image signal in a...

20060087580 - Variable focal distance image reader: A camera module, having a objective lens that can be displacd to set the focal distance for a number of predetermined applications, is described. The objective lens is displaced by an electro-mechanical system. An operator selects a particular focal distance corresponding to a particular scanning application through a control interface....

20060087581 - Exposure control method: The invention describes an exposure control method. A target luminance value is set. A plurality of range and step parameters is set. An exposure value (EV) is set and an exposure value adjustment index is obtained by an adjustment based on the range and step. A new target luminance value...

20060087582 - Illumination and imaging system and method: A system and method are provided for actively illuminating and monitoring a subject, such as a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a video imaging camera orientated to generate images of the subject eye(s). The system also includes first and second light sources offset from each other and operable...

20060087583 - Infrared vision illumination enhancement: A camera and illuminator combination unit has a camera to generate images within a predetermined field of view, the field of view having a central axis, and an illuminator having an illumination axis, the illumination axis being non-parallel with the central axis. Alternately, a camera and illuminator combination unit has...

20060087584 - Optical device and control method thereof: Provided is an optical device having image capturing means that converts an optical image of an object to an electric signal, and an optical element arranged before the image capturing means. In the optical device, an insulation member is arranged at a position facing the optical element in a way...

20060087585 - Apparatus and method for processing an image signal in a digital broadcast receiver: A method and apparatus for decoding a coded video data in a digital broadcast receiver. The method includes: determining a resizing control signal for resizing a received video data; analyzing header information from a decoded video stream and separating and outputting a video data; resizing the separated video data by...

20060087586 - Method and system for inserting closed captions in video: A closed captioning configuration system is described. The system receives parameters of a digital video presentation and computes closed captioning parameters to drive a closed captions encoder, creating closed captions which are compatible with the presentation. In various implementations, the configuration system may be integrated into a video encoder, a...

20060087587 - Video signal generator generating monochrome signal without color noise: A video signal generator adds a digital luminance signal to a digital chrominance signal including a color burst to obtain a digital composite video signal. A selector selects the digital luminance signal for a monochrome picture and the digital composite video signal for a color picture. A digital-to-analog converter converts...

20060087588 - Oled display with aspect ratio compensation: A method for uniformly aging an OLED display device, the OLED display device including a display screen with a screen aspect ratio, the method comprising: receiving a first external video signal having a first signal aspect ratio different from the screen aspect ratio; illuminating a primary region of the OLED...

20060087589 - Video signal processing: A method of generating an orthogonally sampled video signal based on a line phase measure. In a first aspect the input signal is sampled by a clock locked to the average line frequency of a video input and the resulting samples are time shifted, optionally with or without interpolation, to...

20060087590 - Method and device for automatic color correction: A method and a device for automatic color correction by defining an operation window, a target window, and an active region bounded by the preceding windows so as to adjust chroma values in the active region. Correction of chroma signals is associated with a window region rather than a certain...

20060087591 - Methods and systems for color image processing: Methods and systems of color image processing for color adjustments. Phase information of a received chrominance signal is detected and applied to adjust saturation and hue of the color by changing the magnitude and phase of the chrominance signal respectively. The phase information of the chrominance signal can also be...

20060087592 - Image processing circuit and method thereof: An image processing circuit for processing a video signal includes: a separator for separating the video signal into a brightness signal and a color signal; a first filter coupled to the separator for filtering the color signal; and a second filter coupled to the separator for filtering the brightness signal....

20060087593 - Direct channel entry for tuner and satellite or cable receiver both enabled from a menu offering visual feedback: A television signal receiver provides visual feedback in response to the receipt of a direct entry digit for a television channel change that indicates the channel number being entered by the user and the television signal tuning device or tuner thereof to which the entered television channel number pertains, particularly...

20060087594 - Television signal transmitter: A television signal transmitter includes a first frequency converting circuit that converts a television channel signal lower than a television broadcasting band into a first intermediate frequency signal higher than the television broadcasting band, and a second frequency converting circuit that converts the first intermediate frequency signal into the television...

20060087595 - System and method for interfacing remote controller with digital broadcasting receiver: Disclosed herein is a system and method for interfacing a remote controller with a digital broadcasting receiver. The method for interfacing with a digital broadcasting receiver comprises the steps of: defining a protocol for interfacing the digital broadcasting receiver with a remote controller according to information for the remote controller...

20060087596 - Display device: A display device includes a display part, a base part including a neck part projecting from a surface thereof to support the display part, a connecting bracket having a first end formed to be insertable into the neck part, and a guide bracket disposed in the display part to guide...

20060087597 - Apparatus in a tv receiver for automatically detecting the type of keyboard attached thereto: A television apparatus includes a front panel keyboard having first and second keys, and a controller for detecting a type of operational logic of the front panel keyboard. The controller applies a keyboard operational voltage to the front panel keyboard according to the detected type of operational logic. If the...

20060082641 - Image and audio controls for a communication device in push-to-video services: A method (300) and an apparatus (110) for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device (110) initiates the push-to-video communication (304), establishes the push-to-video communication (306), transmits the image portion and the audio portion of the...

20060082642 - Tele-robotic videoconferencing in a corporate environment: A business to business mobile teleconferencing system. The system includes a mobile robot that can be remotely operated from a remote station. Both the robot and the remote station may have a camera, a screen, a microphone and a speaker to conduct a teleconference between a user at the remote...

20060082643 - Vtv system: The following patent relates to an overall hardware configuration that produces an enhanced spatial television-like viewing experience. Unlike normal television, with this system the viewer is able to control both the viewing direction and relative position of the viewer with respect to the movie action. In addition to a specific...

20060082644 - Image processing apparatus and image processing program for multi-viewpoint image: An image processing apparatus according to this invention includes an information generation unit which generates correspondence information representing correspondence between first images whose viewpoints are different each other, and a selection unit which selects, out of the first images on the basis of the correspondence information, second images whose viewpoints...

20060082645 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope apparatus includes an imaging element and a signal processing unit. The imaging element obtains an image of an observation object, and outputs an image signal of the observation object. The signal processing unit alternately repeats obtainment of a partial image signal using a part of a light...

20060082646 - Electronic endoscope apparatus and method of controlling image luminance for electronic endoscope apparatus: An image obtained by an electronic endoscope apparatus is changed to an image that is appropriate for observation with suppressed halation and fewer dark areas. Halation detection means detects halation of a predetermined level or higher in an image represented by a signal obtained by an imaging device, based on...

20060082647 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: A replacement table for each purpose of examination is stored in an electronic endoscope apparatus in advance. The replacement table stores a correspondence between the value of color which can be obtained by photographing an observation object with an electronic endoscope and the value of color which is defined so...

20060082648 - Device and system for in vivo imaging: The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining in vivo images. The system contains an imaging system and a transmitter for transmitting signals from a camera to a receiving system located outside a patient....

20060082649 - Film grain simulation method: Briefly, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present principles, simulation of a block of film grain for addition to a block of an image occurs by first establishing at least one image parameter in accordance with at least one attribute of the block. Thereafter, a block of film...

20060082650 - Helping hand: This device is made to help those peopl that are viually impaired live a more normal life By being able to read and view pictures and what ever the would like to look at that the Normaly would be unable to do with out some sort of help....

20060082651 - Autonomous operation control system: A monitoring apparatus including a loudspeaker, a photographic camera that photographs image information on a photographic subject, a proximity sensor, and a monitoring control unit is disposed at a first remote location. An autonomous operation controller including an autonomous operation control unit is disposed at a second remote location remote...

20060082652 - Video apparatus, video output control method, and reproduction control method: A video apparatus is disclosed. The video apparatus has signal control means for outputting an image signal in a plurality of formats, interface means for connecting the video apparatus to a computer, and interface control means for controlling so as to transmit the image signal to the computer by using...

20060082653 - One-time use, digital camera exchange system: A camera exchange system is provided comprising a plurality of one-time use, digital cameras and a refurbishing station for refurbishing used, returned cameras. Each camera has a supply of print media, a printer for printing an image onto said print media, a cutter for severing a printed image from said...

20060082654 - Photo service system and digital camera: A photo service system according to the present invention is structured in an area such as a theme park. The photo service system comprises digital cameras that transmit image data of images captured by the digital cameras, base stations that receive the image data transmitted from the digital cameras, and...

20060082656 - Camera enabling panning and moving picture editing program product: A camera with which a moving picture can be taken by panning the camera, includes: a detection unit that detects actual camera panning speed characteristics; a calculation unit that calculates a speed characteristics difference between the actual panning speed characteristics and reference panning speed characteristics set in advance; and a...

20060082655 - High definition pan tilt zoom camera with embedded microphones and thin cable for data and power: In various embodiments, a High Definition (HD) camera may be controlled by one or more motors in a base of the HD camera. Cables and other components may be used to manipulate the HD camera lens through the side arms of the HD camera. Putting the motors in the base...

20060082658 - Device for image stabilization of camera module: A device for image stabilization of a camera module is disclosed. The device includes a housing; a moving unit for image stabilization, which is disposed in the housing so as to mount the image sensor and causes the image sensor to move horizontally/vertically for the purpose of image stabilization, a...

20060082657 - Digital camera improvements: A digital camera with a housing has a digital image device (ICD) that preferably has a special shape and a flat light sensing surface. A lens directs light to the light sensing surface and electronics are connected to the ICD for capturing image data. A memory stores the image data....

20060082659 - Optical image stabilizer for camera lens assembly: An optical image stabilizer for a camera lens assembly is disclosed and includes: a board having an image sensor on one surface thereof; a double actuator disposed at one side of the board for moving the board in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction...

20060082660 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes an image pickup device, a partial image area position detecting section, a maximal image correcting value output section, and an image processing section. The image pickup device includes a light-receiving plane photoelectrically converting a subject image, and reads any partial image area from a maximal image...

20060082661 - Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus for classification reproduction and digital photographing apparatus using the method: Provided is a method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus by which user files obtained as a result of performing a photographing operation in a photographing mode are stored in a storage medium and reproduced in a reproducing mode. The method includes changing particular characters at a particular position in...

20060082662 - System and process for digitizing and tracking audio, video and text information: A process for storing and archiving a live recording. This process can comprise the steps of receiving video information, receiving audio information, and then transforming the audio information into text information. All of this information can then be matched to a plurality of discrete elements of the video information, the...

20060082663 - Video camera: A video camera has a lens, an image sensor for generating a first video signal representative of a scenery which is imaged on the image sensor by said lens, an auxiliary image signal source providing a second video signal, an output interface for outputting a third video signal, and signal...

20060082664 - Moving image processing unit, moving image processing method, and moving image processing program: A moving image processing unit has a sensor management unit and an attachment unit. The sensor management unit manages sensors that detect at least one of a person, an object, a movement of the person or the object, and sound information as sensor information, while a moving image is being...

20060082666 - Electronic endoscope apparatus: An electronic endoscope apparatus includes a scope unit in which a color filter is provided. The scope unit further includes a filter information storage means for storing filter information showing the kind of the color filter provided in the scope unit. Further, a plurality of kinds of scope units, each...

20060082665 - Image pickup device and method: In an image pick-up apparatus including an image pick-up unit comprised of color filters having different spectral characteristics, and serving to pick up image of object, there are provided an adjustment unit for adjusting color reproduction value and noise value representing noise feeling, a matrix coefficient determination unit for determining...

20060082667 - Image sensor and pixel that has positive transfer gate voltage during integration period: A pixel and image sensor formed in accordance with the present invention has two modes of operation: a normal mode and a low light mode. The present invention switches from a normal to a low light mode based upon the amount of illumination on the image sensor. Once the level...

20060082668 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device has an imaging region in which unit cells, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion section and a signal scanning circuit section, are disposed on a semiconductor substrate in a two-dimensional manner. The signal scanning circuit section is composed of a plurality of transistors. At least...

20060082669 - Solid-state imaging device: Each of the unit cells provided on a semiconductor substrate of a solid-state imaging device comprises a first p-type well which isolates the semiconductor substrate into an n-type photoelectric conversion region, a second p-type well which is formed in the surface of the photoelectric conversion region and in which a...

20060082670 - Interline ccd for still and video photography with extended dynamic range: A method for reading out charge from an interlined CCD having a plurality of photo-sensing regions and a plurality of vertical shift registers, and each photosensitive region is mated respectively to a CCD of a vertical shift register and a color filter having a repeating pattern of two rows in...

20060082671 - Clock generation circuit and charge coupled device driving circuit: In a CCD driving circuit, it is difficult to reduce the consumption power while maintaining the charge transfer performance. In this connection, when BUFk switches an output φka to a clock signal line, firstly, a clock signal line 10−k is set to a floating state, charge/discharge between the clock signal...

20060082672 - Filtering digital images: A digital camera used for photographing and storing in memory photographic images. The memory is attached to the digital camera. The camera includes a quality grading mechanism which assigns quality values respectively to the stored image based on parameters such as focus quality, brightness, contrast, and image size. An expected...

20060082673 - Camera module and method of fabricating the same: In one embodiment, a camera module includes a lens holder and a flexible printed circuit board, both directly attachable on an image recognition chip without using a PCB. Thus, cost can be reduced by at least the price of the PCB. Also, a size of the camera module can be...

20060082674 - Actuator, and lens unit and camera with the same: [SOLUTION] An actuator (10) is characterized in that it comprises a fixed member (12), a movable member (14) having a locking element (14a), a movable member supporting means (18) for supporting the movable member so as to permit the movable member to move to an arbitrary position in a plane...

20060082676 - Automatic backlight compensation and exposure control: In some embodiments, images for the video conference may be white balanced and/or exposure controlled. White balancing may include dividing an image's pixels into multiple ranges according to their luminance and chrominance values. In some embodiments, blue and red analog gains may be modified to bring red and blue accumulations...

20060082677 - Brightness adjustment method and image processing apparatus: An adjustment amount of a brightness level is determined for each pixel of an image based on the value of each pixel of a luminance distribution image which represents the distribution of luminance of the image. A portion contributing to adjustment of brightness and a portion contributing to adjustment of...

20060082675 - Method and apparatus for capturing high quality long exposure images with a digital camera: A digital camera captures high quality long exposure images by capturing and summing several images of the same scene. The effective ISO of the camera is reduced by scaling the summed image, thus reducing image noise and improving long exposure quality....

20060082678 - Document camera with light compensation functionality: A document camera with light compensation functionality includes a camera securing to a base. The document camera has an emitting-adjustable light source. A sensor, installed on top of the camera, measures the light in the surroundings and outputs an analog signal. A converter transforms the analog signal into a digital...

20060082679 - Electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a wavelength spectrum in the visible range and the infrared range using a fluorescent material: An electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a wavelength spectrum in the visible wavelength range and the infrared wavelength range uses a fluorescent material to convert at least some of the original light emitted from one or more light sources of the electronic...

20060082680 - Ccd camera apparatus: A CCD camera apparatus that can be used with both AC and DC power. The CCD camera apparatus has: a casing having a zoom lens module installed therein; a lens holder installed in the casing, and supporting the zoom lens module; a DC power driving board supported on the lens...

20060082681 - Solder reflux method for holding cryogenically aligned parts: A method of aligning a lens assembly to a focal plane array is provided. The method may comprise the steps of providing an upper cold shield which holds the lens assembly, providing a lower cold shield for holding the focal plane array, mounting the upper cold shield onto the lower...

20060082682 - Camera lcd screen viewing device: A camera LCD screen viewing device includes a LCD screen cover member having an open mounting end, a sidewall, and an opposite viewing end. The cover member has a lens disposed in the viewing end. The cover member also includes a mount adapted to mount the cover member mounting end...

20060082683 - Tactile switch mechanism: A tactile switch mechanism includes a circuit board including a plurality of sunken sections and a plurality of sensing sections. Each sunken section is located in a position corresponding to one of the sensing sections. The tactile switch mechanism further includes a dial module. The dial module includes a switching...

20060082684 - Video signal processing apparatus: Disclosed is a video signal processing apparatus which adequately calibrates a gain for each of plural types of input video signals. In calibration mode, a reference signal corresponding to each of plural types of input video information is supplied in place of an input video signal, and the variable gains...

20060082685 - Pip image reproducing apparatus for image reproducing during firmware upgrade of cable card and image reproducing method using the same: A picture in picture (PIP) image reproducing apparatus and method are provided which is capable of image reproducing during a firmware upgrade of a cable card in which, an image signal that is displayed a main screen is switched to an auxiliary screen if tuning for a homing signal for...

20060082686 - Method and device for independent color management: The present invention discloses a method and a device for independent color management by using a look-up table (LUT) so as to adjust the color saturation of a single color independently. The method comprises steps of: receiving a color signal of an input pixel; determining color flags and initial saturation...

20060082687 - Blue stretch using restricted color range and soft transition boundary: System and method for increasing the blue component of white and near white pixels while avoiding hard transitions and without affecting flesh-tone colors. Pixels that are bright enough and fall within a detection area in the UV-plane have their blue components increased and their red components decreased. The detection area...

20060082688 - Y/c separation circuit and y/c separation method: A Y/C separation circuit according to the present invention includes: a pattern determination section in which video signals “a”, “b”, and “c” of three lines from which a frequency band of a chrominance subcarrier is extracted through BPFs to determine whether an addition/subtraction result of (b−a), (b+a), (b−c), (b+c), (c−a),...

20060082689 - Method of generating transfer curves for adaptive contrast enhancement: Disclosed is a method for generating transfer curves for adaptive contrast enhancement. Transfer curves are generated so as to enhance the bright pixels in mostly dark images and the dark pixels in mostly bright images. For a dark image, a transfer curve is generated which increases luminance in high-luminance regions...

20060082690 - Tuner power dissipation reduction in a standby mode: An apparatus such as a television signal processing apparatus provides a means to control power dissipation by high speed signal processing circuitry associated with tuners while continuing to receive auxiliary data such as administrative data, guide data, or emergency alert notifications. According to an exemplary embodiment, the television signal processing...

20060077251 - Always-on audio/visual communication network device: An information appliance includes a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection to provide two-way communication and a video processor connected to the network connection. The information appliance remains in a powered state such that media may be continually sent to the information appliance from a variety...

20060077252 - Method and apparatus for controlling a conference call: Provided by the invention is a method for controlling a Video Multi-Conference Unit (MCU) using an endpoint device. In order to do this the MCU intercepts, interprets and acts upon commands sent across the communications network from the endpoint device. The commands may be sent using a user control device...

20060077254 - Apparatus and methods for establishing and managing a distributed, modular and extensible video surveillance system: Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing and managing distributed video surveillance systems. Systems and methods in accordance with the present invention provide a well-organized structure for describing and implementing distributed video surveillance systems and service protocols for managing the surveillance activities of clusters of video surveillance cameras. In particular,...

20060077256 - High resolution pre-event record: The High Resolution Pre-Event Record system is an innovative means for collecting audio, video, and meta-data in a mobile vehicle platform and continuously recording this information stream to a high-capacity storage device at different levels of data resolution based upon the status of a trigger event. The occurrence of a...

20060077255 - Method and system for performing adaptive image acquisition: An adaptive image acquisition system and method that generates virtual view of a surveillance scene to a user (operator), in which, the user operates the system. Through viewing the virtual view, the user controls sensors that create the virtual view. The sensors comprise at least one first sensor having a...

20060077253 - System and method for enhanced situation awareness: A system and a method identify the presence and actions of first responders in a region. Receivers can respond to radio frequency identifying tags affixed to people or building assets in the region. One of a plurality of regional cameras can be selected, based on at least one responding receiver,...

20060077257 - System and method for inductive line synchronization: A synchronization signal generating apparatus and method in which an input circuit is inductively coupled to an alternating current signal line. The input circuit generates a rectified signal. A switch has a switch input and a switch output in which the switch input is electrically connected to the input circuit...

20060077258 - System and method for tracking an object during video communication: An object is tracked with a camera that is sensitive to both visible and invisible light. An invisible light reflector attached to the object may reflect a target of invisible light, which is provided by an invisible light emitter. The camera processes the invisible light and moves the field of...

20060077259 - Multiple frame grabber: A system is presented that applies M×N×K computational units to calculating image parameters on N picture images captured simultaneously by N digital camera devices, where there are N groups of frame grabber units, each containing M frame grabbers in which there are K computational units. The data operated on by...

20060077260 - Optical image stabilizer for camera lens assembly: An optical image stabilizer for a camera lens assembly is disclosed, wherein the stabilizer includes a housing; a board disposed movably in the housing, the board and the housing being spaced apart from each other; an image sensor disposed on the board for transforming image information inputted thereto into electric...

20060077261 - Image processing device and electronic camera: In an image processing device such as an electronic camera having a detecting section which detects blurring of an image (movement of the image) picked up by an imaging element, a part of evaluation or calculation required for controls (AF, AE, AWB, etc.) is performed in parallel with the detection...

20060077262 - Imaging system and imaging method: To effectively and reliably acquire detailed images of plural moving subjects in the case where a fixed camera or a pan/tilt camera for searching the moving subject and another pan/tilt camera for taking an image of the details of the moving subject by zooming the moving subjects are used to...

20060077264 - Image-capturing device, image-processing device, method for controlling image-capturing device, and program for causing computer to execute the method: An image-processing device having a function that performs detection processing on a first image signal to detect a specific target region of a subject includes an image-signal generating unit that generates a second image signal different from the first image signal based on the first image signal, a target-region detecting...

20060077263 - Method of capturing still image during capture of moving image and image capture apparatus: According to an electronic camera capable of capturing a still image during capturing of a moving image, by storing the zoom lens position information at that time when capturing of the moving image is temporarily stopped for capturing of the still image and using the field angle information or the...

20060077265 - Picture management method, picture management apparatus, picture management system: An image management method of recording image data, together with date information indicative of a recording date at a predetermined recording medium to manage the image data in day-by-day groups based on the date information of the image data, has the step of detecting an image source of image data...

20060077266 - Image processing in a communication device having a camera: The invention relates to processing an image in a mobile communication device having a camera. An area on the user interface of the mobile communication device is selected. The selected area is shown together with an image to be captured by the camera and the captured image is stored as...

20060077267 - Image capturing apparatus, image sensor driving circuit, and image capturing method: In an image capturing apparatus, a gain of an amplifier for amplifying an image signal output from an image sensor is variable, and a waveform pattern of drive pulses applied to the image sensor is changed in accordance with the gain. For example, when the gain is lower than 12...

20060077268 - Solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device manufacturing method: A solid-state imaging device 1 includes: a semiconductor substrate 11 on which pixels are placed like a matrix; and each of the pixels having a photoelectric conversion element 13 and a color filter layer 21 which is formed on the photoelectric conversion element 13. The solid-state imaging device 1 includes...

20060077270 - Image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the...

20060077269 - Pixel binning image sensor: An image sensor is disclosed that contains pixel cells that can individually provide a photocharge that is proportional to the magnitude of incident radiation upon each pixel cell. The individual photocharges can be used to construct an electronic image. Additionally, the photocharges of groups of adjacent pixel cells of the...

20060077271 - Amplification type solid-state image pickup device: The amplifying solid-state image pickup device comprises a pixel section 10 and a control section 20. The control section 20 stores signal charges into the photodiode 1, and then writes the reset signal, by which the input of the inverting amplifier has been reset, into the first capacitance element 7...

20060077273 - Low noise active pixel image sensor: A method and apparatus to perform low noise reset of a pixel circuit within an active pixel image sensor....

20060077272 - Optical signal processor and image processing apparatus: An optical signal processor capable of adding pixel-output voltages obtained from multiple photoelectric conversion elements. The optical signal processor is adapted to store the output signals sent from multiple photoelectric conversion elements in pixel-output voltage holding capacitors to generate the sum of the pixel-output voltages. At least two of the...

20060077274 - Solid state image pickup device and its driving method: A drain region is formed along a horizontal charge transfer channel constituting a horizontal charge transfer element, and a barrier region for charges is formed between the horizontal charge transfer channel and drain region. A two-electrode element is formed by using the horizontal charge transfer channel, barrier region and drain...

20060077276 - Analog front end timing generator (afe/tg) having a bit slice output mode: A versatile analog front end and timing generator (AFE/TG) integrated circuit has output modes wherein multiple identical AFE/TGs output digitized sensor data to a single digital image processor (DIP) without intervening discrete multiplexing circuitry. In one embodiment, the AFE/TG is operable in either a bit slice mode or a time...

20060077277 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor such as a CCD, and a timing generator for outputting electronic shutter pulse signals (SUB pulse signals) which are used for changing a potential of an overflow drain (OFD) in the image sensor. The timing generator outputs normal SUB pulses to the...

20060077275 - Processor-controlled timing generator for multiple image sensors: A versatile analog front end and timing generator (AFE/TG) integrated circuit is capable of supplying horizontal and vertical timing signals to a large number of disparate image sensors. In a first novel aspect, the AFE/TG includes an output mode wherein multiple identical AFE/TGs output digitized sensor data to a single...

20060077278 - Electronic camera having an interface for selecting users permitted to view transferred images: An electronic camera for capturing images that can be transferred to a service provider includes an image sensor for capturing a plurality of images of scenes and for producing image signals representative of the corresponding scenes; an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the image signals to produce corresponding digital images; and...

20060077279 - Camera module with lcd shutter in portable wireless terminal: Disclosed herein is a portable wireless terminal with a camera module, which includes a camera lens assembly installed in a main board of the portable wireless terminal, an object photographing opening formed corresponding to the camera lens assembly on a case frame of the portable wireless terminal, and a liquid...

20060077280 - Focus detection method and focus detection apparatus: A focus detection method for detecting a focus state of an object image in accordance with contrast values of the object image at a plurality of focus detection areas, includes capturing object images while moving a focusing lens group of a photographing lens stepwise within a predetermined range of movement;...

20060077281 - Image pickup device and portable terminal: To obtain a small-sized and thin image pickup device suitable to be housed in a portable terminal, having excellent shielding properties by which communication functions are not obstructed by electromagnetic waves generated by an image sensor and the image sensor is not affected by electromagnetic waves generated for the purpose...

20060077283 - Display device: A display device able to give an image giving a good impression such as a sharp contrast in a dark scene and maintaining brightness in a bright scene, that is, a display device comprising a variable aperture iris and a control circuit for controlling opening/closing of the iris in accordance...

20060077282 - Image capturing apparatus and portable communication apparatus: An image capture controller causes a reset operation to be performed in order from a pixel “1” with the half depression of a shutter button 4 as the trigger, and when the reset operation of a pixel “12” is completed, causes the reset operation to be again performed in order...

20060077284 - Camera executing strobe photographing: A digital camera configured to carry out a strobe photographing is provided. The digital camera includes an imaging optical system, which forms an optical image of an object with its background, an image capturing system configured to capture the optical image of the object and the background, a color temperature...

20060077285 - Monitoring camera with a shade: A monitoring camera with a shade consists a camera body, a shade, at least two engaging elements, and at least two locking elements respectively corresponding to the at least two engaging elements in quantity. The shade has an inner surface and two tracks formed on the inner surface. The engaging...

20060077286 - Video camera support assembly: A video camera support assembly includes a platform and a flexible neck. The platform defines a substantially planar surface. The flexible neck extends from the substantially planar surface of the platform and is configured to receive and be selectively coupled with a video camera on a first end opposite the...

20060077287 - Security label and security label supply sheet: A security label 1 according to the present invention can be removably applied on an image photographing device such as a mobile phone 2 incorporating therein a digital camera to cover a lens part 3 thereof. Upon removal, the security label 1 is bent and makes a trace emerge which...

20060077290 - Apparatus and method for converting frame rate without external memory in display system: In an apparatus and method for converting the frame rate of an image signal in a display system without an external memory, the display system and method are capable of down converting the frame rate of an image signal using a frame rate conversion unit without an external memory. The...

20060077289 - Image conversion device and method: An image conversion device and method of interpolating an input image by utilizing a motion estimation that is adaptive according to characteristics of the input image. The image conversion device includes a detection block to receive three consecutive input fields including a first field, a second field as a target...

20060077288 - System for format conversion using clock adjuster and method of the same: A system and same method are provided for producing video signal timing to a display apparatus that has different input/output image/video format. In addition to an image scaler, the system comprises a clock adjuster including a first and a second clock generator. The first clock generator generates a first clock...

20060077291 - Image signal converter and method of converting image signal: An apparatus and method for converting an image signal for converting a progressive scan image signal having given number of frames per given time into an interlaced scan image signal having different number of frames per the given time from the progressive scan image signal, the converting method involving separating...

20060077292 - Image processing apparatus using judder-map and method thereof: An image processing apparatus using a judder-map and a method thereof. The image processing apparatus using a judder-map includes: a field storage block to receive an input interlaced video signal including an input image having a plurality of consecutive fields, a film detecting block to receive the plurality of the...

20060077293 - Method and system for mpeg chroma de-interlacing: A method (300) of converting interlaced Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video signals to progressive video signals can include receiving an interlaced video signal representing a luma component specifying luma lines and a chroma component specifying chroma lines (310) wherein the chroma component can specify approximately one-half the number of...

20060077294 - Scan line conversion circuit for simultaneously carrying out three-dimensional motion adaptive sequential scan conversion and scan line conversion: A scan line conversion circuit is provided for simultaneously carrying out three-dimensional motion adaptive sequential scan conversion and scan line conversion. The scan line conversion circuit comprises an FIFO memory into which the video signal is input; a sequential scan conversion circuit section for converting an interlace signal sent from...

20060077295 - System and method for display of 50hz video at 60hz: A system and method that convert a video source from a first rate to a second rate. The system may have as an input a video that may be frame-based or field-based at a first rate, and convert the input video to an output video that may be frame-based or...

20060077296 - Inverse tracking over two different clock domains: A video decoder in which the video source clock is generated entirely in the digital domain is disclosed herein. By creating a virtual version of the source clock in a numeric oscillator, the amount of noise in the system is substantially reduced. Furthermore, by transferring the digitized video signal, sampled...

20060077297 - Clock generation apparatus: A clock generation apparatus is provided with a frequency phase error calculation circuit 120, whereby a clock synchronized with burst lock and a line lock clock can be simultaneously generated by a DTO 121 on the basis of frequency information of a DTO 10 and phase error information from a...

20060077298 - Digital interface decode receiver apparatus: A power-down determination circuit calculates the horizontal frequency and vertical frequency, respectively, employing a clock signal obtained from a multiplier circuit and horizontal synchronization signal and vertical synchronization signal obtained from a TMDS decode circuit. The power-down determination circuit then determines whether an input digital signal does or does not...

20060077299 - System and method for performing inverse telecine deinterlacing of video by bypassing data present in vertical blanking intervals: A system and method that determine a portion of video data with relevant information about that video to be used in statistical calculations associated with the video. The method may comprise determining the starting line and ending line of the portion of video data with the relevant information. The remaining...

20060077300 - Synchronization signal detection in a digital television receiver: A digital television (DTV) receiver is provided, comprising: a demodulator that demodulates television signals and outputs equalizer training signals in the form of real (I) and imaginary (Q) data; a sync signal detector, and a phase compensator that offsets the phase of the I and Q data based on the...

20060077301 - Secam color difference signal processing method: A SECAM video signal is decoded by selecting different combinations of chrominance signals according to the luminance difference between the current line and the preceding line. The chrominance signals from the current line and the preceding line are selected when this difference is smaller than a threshold. The chrominance signals...

20060077302 - Comb filter: In a method of compensating errors in comb filters in a line-locked sample domain, an input video signal (CVBS) is delayed (LD1, LD2) by first and second integral numbers of lines to obtain first and second delayed signals, a phase difference is measured (PM) between at least two of the...

20060077303 - Method and apparatus to improve adc dynamic range in a video decoder: A video decoder in which 1) resolution quality can be improved for a given bit count analog-to-digital converter, 2) a lower bit count analog-to-digital converter can be used with substantially similar quality or 3) a combination of improved resolution quality with a lower bit count analog-to-digital converter can be done....

20060077304 - Method and device for image contrast enhancement: The present invention discloses a method and a device for image contrast enhancement by taking the contribution of image chroma into account so as to define the luminance signal with the chroma weighted value. The new defined luminance signal can be applied towards expressing the image's parameters of original luminance...

20060077306 - Frequency content motion detection: Frequency content motion detection is performed by decomposing a raw field luminance data in to a number of frequency content sub-bands, detecting motion using the raw field luminance data in parallel with the decomposing, generating a motion correction value by multiplying absolute values of the sub-bands by weighting factors, and...

20060077305 - Method and system for supporting motion in a motion adaptive deinterlacer with 3:2 pulldown (mad32): A system and method that determine the motion of an absent pixel in a video image. The method may comprise determining the spatial motion and the temporal motion of the absent pixel. The method may also comprise selecting the stronger of the two determined motions. Determining the spatial motion may...

20060077308 - Image pickup apparatus and radiation image pickup apparatus: A reset method of a conversion element is improved, and the simplification of wiring and the improvement of an open area ratio of the conversion element by means of an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels arranged on an insulating substrate, each of the pixels including a conversion...

20060077307 - System for and method of optically enhancing video and light elements: A video and/or lighting system including a lighting module and at least one optical element situated in front of the lighting module that includes an array of lighting elements, wherein the video and/or lighting system is provided with releasable attaching means for attaching the optical element to the lighting module,...

20060077309 - Broadcast receiving set: A TV receiver is provided with a main body having a display section to display a received image of digitalized terrestrial broadcast and operation buttons to perform various operations, and a cover section rotatively attached to the main body by a hinge. The hinge is provided with a cover support...

20060077310 - Methods, systems and apparatus for displaying the multimedia information from wireless communication networks: Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal from a wireless communication network is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal. This converted video signal is then provided to accommodate the corresponding video...

20060072003 - Display apparatus and method of using same: A housing, formed as a desktop computer or wall-hung display, includes a display screen, a data receiver for receiving audio and video data transmitted from an external device via a public switched telephone network, and a data separator that separates the received data into separated audio data and separated video...

20060072004 - Communication device and control method: A communication apparatus comprising a digital interface; and a detecting unit configured to detect a change in format of video data transmitted from the digital interface, wherein the communication apparatus is adapted to control the digital interface to set the digital interface in a disabled state in case of detecting...

20060072005 - Method and apparatus for 3-d electron holographic visual and audio scene propagation in a video or cinematic arena, digitally processed, auto language tracking: Also shown is a dual CCD LCD switched Vision hood FIG. 9 for displaying conventional TV signals into reprocessed three dimensional Virtual Vision, using the processing section (FIG. 8 section B) of the StarCam system FIG. 8. Incorporated into the audio system is an automatic language track translation method for...

20060072006 - 3d stereo display method and a device thereof: A 3D stereo display method and a device thereof. Two sets of shutters are disposed in a display. The shutters are complementarily interlaced with each other. The opening/closing of the two sets of shutters are controlled by time interval concept. When the display frequency is odd frequency, one set of...

20060072007 - Device, system and method of mounting audio/video capturing equipment: Some embodiments of the invention include devices, systems and methods of mounting audio/video capturing equipment. For example, a mounting device for mounting equipment onto a helmet includes: a support structure having one or more gripping mechanisms adapted to be fitted to one or more locations of the helmet; and a...

20060072008 - Structure for attaching stereoscopic camera in vehicle: This structure for attaching a stereoscopic camera in a vehicle allows a plurality of cameras to be attached to a vehicle body frame in order to stereoscopically capture images surrounding the vehicle, and the same structure includes: a lateral stay for coupling the plurality of cameras with each other; and...

20060072009 - Flexible interaction-based computer interfacing using visible artifacts: An exemplary technique for interaction-based computer interfacing comprises determining if an interaction with a visible artifact is a recognized interaction. When the interaction is a recognized interaction, control information is determined that has one of a plurality of types. The control information is determined by using at least the visual...

20060072010 - Target property maps for surveillance systems: An input video sequence may be processed by processing the input video sequence to obtain target information; and building at least one target property map based on said target information. The target property map may be used to detect various events, particularly in connection with video surveillance....

20060072011 - Vehicle peripheral visual confirmation apparatus: A camera taking an image in a wide range of a visual field cuts out, an image of a vehicle's rear part of the image picked up by the camera. The camera rotates or inverts the image and adjusts the image in the direction corresponding to a mirror image of...

20060072012 - Surveillance system using pulse-coded rays: Five infrared sensors are located in different height positions between respective main bodies 10A to 10H, and all of these infrared sensors transmit and receive 35 infrared rays pulse-coded in conformity with a start-stop system. In addition, these pulse-coded infrared rays have the signal width of, for example, 450 μs,...

20060072013 - Wireless video surveillance system and method with two-way locking of input capture devices: A method for locking communication between at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, including the steps of providing base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface either directly or remotely; the DIR and/or ICD searching...

20060072014 - Smart optical sensor (sos) hardware and software platform: An improved optical sensor comprising at least one optical camera for collecting intelligence data, a control station associated with at least one of said cameras for detecting activities to be monitored and for selectively activating at least one of said cameras, and a computerized data processing apparatus for substantially reducing...

20060072015 - Display system: A display system has a device for projecting a light beam and a display. The light beam includes encoded data. The display includes light sources selectively activated according to the encoded data received from the device....

20060072016 - Digital camera and printing system: With a digital camera 100, a photographed image 31 is displayed on a liquid crystal display and the user selects a desired image and specifies print specifications of the number of print sheets, a print paper size, a print color mode, etc., then print image data is prepared. The prepared...

20060072017 - Creation of image based video using step-images: The subject invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates encoding a source image associated with a motion vector by employing at least one step image, wherein such step image provides a reduction in the amount of stored video. A step image component determines the maximum step image size and...

20060072018 - Image processing device and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method enabling to correct for camera shake given in image capturing, a recording medium, and a program. Discrete data pieces indicating shifts are obtained. The discrete data pieces are interpolated to obtain data indicating a shift every line. By the...

20060072019 - System and method for detecting image capture device movement with two dual axis linear accelerometers: A system and method for determining movement of an image capture device is disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment comprises a first dual-axis linear accelerometer residing in the image capture device that senses a first acceleration in a first direction and that senses a first orthogonal acceleration in an orthogonal direction,...

20060072020 - Rotating scan camera: A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same direction, stereoscopic recording of a panorama is accomplished as the drum rotates. The adjustment of convergence between...

20060072021 - Image signal processor: In an image signal processor with which a group of control variables, having relevance to one another, stored in registers are activated synchronously with the switching of a picture, when a host sets the control variable group in the registers, mutual coherency is secured even if the setting operation extends...

20060072022 - Image processing method and image processing device: The invention aims at separating a background area of an image using a plurality of cameras by utilizing a method of estimating a background in combination with a stereo method. Data on input images, synchronous with one another, which are obtained by photographing images of a subject from different points...

20060072023 - Image signal generation unit, digital camera, and image signal generation method: An image signal generation unit comprises a horizontal pixel number conversion unit (12) for performing the conversion of horizontal direction pixels corresponding to horizontal scanning period of NTSC system, for digital image data of the chrominance difference having the picture element number configuration based on the VGA standard, and a...

20060072024 - Method for driving charge-transfer type solid-state image pick-up device and image pick-up method and apparatus using the same: A method for driving a charge-transfer type solid-state image pick-up device, wherein the charge-transfer type solid-state image pick-up device comprises: high sensitivity photoelectric conversion elements for executing photoelectric conversion with relatively high sensitivity; low sensitivity photoelectric conversion elements for executing photoelectric conversion with relatively low sensitivity; and vertical transfer channels...

20060072025 - Solid-state image sensing device and image sensing device including the solid-state image sensing device: To achieve the object, an MOS transistor T5 is provided. The drain of the MOS transistor T5 is connected with a gate and a drain of an MOS transistor T2 and the source of the MOS transistor T5 configured to be applied a DC voltage VRS. Here, a signal φ...

20060072026 - Solid-state image pickup device and method for driving the same: In a solid-state image pickup device, third transfer electrodes are disposed in parallel to vertical transfer registers, and second transfer electrodes are disposed vertically to the vertical transfer registers. These transfer electrodes are also formed on the read-out gate portions to supply a driving voltage for reading out signal charges...

20060072028 - Method for operating a digital photographing apparatus using a touch screen and a digital photographing apparatus using the method: A method for operating a digital photographing apparatus having a touch screen is provided. The method includes: detecting if a menu button for changing shooting information of a digital photographing apparatus has been pressed by a user; displaying icons on a display panel to illustrate which operating modes are currently...

20060072027 - Camera-equipped mobile terminal: A camera-equipped mobile terminal has external memory (63) in a camera module. In a digital camera mode, after image data (DP1) has been temporarily buffered in external memory (63), encoder (74) performs a compression-coding processing on the image data from external memory (63) to convert the image data into image...

20060072029 - Image input device: An image input apparatus which reconfigures a single reconfigured image from a plurality of low-resolution, object reduced images formed in a specified region on the light detecting element by the micro-lens array, wherein a high-resolution, single reconfigured image can be obtained even if the distance between the subject and the...

20060072030 - Data card reader: A data card reader for optically reading data from a card includes a reader unit and a card transport assembly. The reader unit includes an elongated piece of transparent material formed with a longitudinal emit lens that is disposed to focus light from internal LEDs onto the data card. A...

20060072031 - Mobile communication terminal equipped with digital image capturing module and method of capturing digital image: Disclosed are a mobile communication terminal equipped with a digital image capturing module and a method of capturing a digital image. The mobile communication terminal includes: a camera module for acquiring digital image data; a storage unit for storing the acquired digital image data; a display unit for displaying the...

20060072032 - Optical apparatus: This invention discloses an optical apparatus including an image pickup optical unit, a light quantity adjustment unit inserted in the optical axis of the image pickup optical unit, the light quantity adjustment unit changing the aperture diameter to change the light quantity, and a controller for controlling a change of...

20060072033 - Portable photographic device and grip with integrated controls for single handed use: An image-capturing device comprises a lens, flash and viewfinder attached along a central axis of symmetry to the top of a grip having recessed shutter triggers on opposing sides and rear thumb controlled means for adjusting the focus of the lens, powering and controlling the performance of the device. The...

20060072034 - Display device comprising a cathode ray tube: The display device has a cathode ray tube (T), which has an electron gun (G) for generating an electron beam and an outer conductive layer (AD). A video processing circuitry (VP) provides a video signal (Vo) having a black level (BLR, BLG, BLB) to a video amplifier (VA) for modulating...

20060072035 - Image processing device capable of selecting field and method thereof: An image processing device and method to select a field to use in interpolation, if an input image is a film image. The image processing device includes a field selector to select a field to use to interpolate a current field based on difference values in field data among first,...

20060072037 - Detection and correction of irregularities while performing inverse telecine deinterlacing of video: Herein described are at least a system and a method of more effectively detecting and correcting irregularities when performing an inverse telecine deinterlacing of pull-down video. These irregularities may be caused by editing of the video, which when left undetected, may result in displaying video of unacceptable quality. In a...

20060072036 - Detection and phase lock of 2:2 and 3:2 pull-down video: Herein described is a system and method of detecting 2:2 and/or 3:2 pull-down video. In addition, aspects of the present invention provide a system and method to identify and lock onto a field phase of a received 2:2 or 3:2 pull-down video signal. The system for detecting a field phase...

20060072038 - Method and system for detecting deinterlaced moving thin diagonal lines: A system and method that detect edges that are near horizontal thin lines in interlaced video in a deinterlacer. The system may detect edges in a video image and determine whether the edges are diagonal or nearly horizontal edges. Based on the determination the system may select a filter appropriate...

20060072039 - Display apparatus for generating a sync start point: A display apparatus displaying an image, the display apparatus including a video signal receiver receiving a video signal comprising a sync signal, a sync delaying buffer delaying the sync signal from the video signal receiver at a predetermined interval, a logic calculator outputting a corrected sync signal by logically calculating...

20060072040 - Video signal processing circuit: A video signal processing circuit is supplied with an analog composite video signal formed by combining at least a luminance signal with a sync signal, and processes the analog composite video signal. The video signal processing circuit has an analog filter which removes high-frequency components from the analog composite video...

20060072041 - Image synthesis apparatus, electrical apparatus, image synthesis method, control program and computer-readable recording medium: The image synthesis apparatus 10 includes an anti-aliasing processing circuit 11 for generating a foreground image having a reduced aliasing by blending the color information and blending the alpha information for each dot of the input foreground image, and an image synthesizing circuit 15 for synthesizing the color information of...

20060072042 - Video output apparatus and method thereof: A video output apparatus and a method thereof, which can repeatedly output the last normally displayed frame during re-configuration of a display device, are disclosed. The video output apparatus receives a first and a second frames in order via an input, and determines either to output the first and second...

20060072043 - Image forming apparatus and video receiving and display apparatus: where TA denotes a period between the start of the display of the images corresponding to the first input video signal and the start of the display of the image corresponding to the second input video signal, TB denotes a sum of display periods for the respective images corresponding to...

20060072044 - Image display apparatus and image display method: In an image display apparatus, a video signal is divided for each field into a plurality of sub-fields, each of which is weighted according to the duration of time or number of pulses. The plurality of sub-fields are temporally superimposed for display, so that a grayscale representation is provided. A...