Television inventions 10/06

20060238609 - Information processing device, information processing method, and recording media: An electronic camera connected through a communication line to another electronic camera records an image that was transmitted from the other camera. When the electronic camera is connected to a public line from a modular jack, when a shooting lens faces opposite to a surface where an LCD is formed,...

20060238608 - Method of providing video call service in mobile station in a weak signal environment: Improving the audio QoS of a video call service in a weak signal environment is accomplished. To do this, even if data is damaged in a weak signal environment during a video call using a mobile station in the weak signal environment, an audio call is preferentially processed such that...

20060238607 - Network support for electronic passports: An apparatus in one example has: a telecommunications network having at least an image recognition and comparison module and an scanned image database; a mobile terminal having image scan functionality and image capture functionality, the mobile terminal operative coupled to the telecommunications network; and a database system operatively coupled to...

20060238610 - Portable locator methods and systems: A method of tracking a person or object within a desired area is provided. The method includes associating a locator device to the person or object; setting a regarded map representative of the desired area in a portable monitoring device; calibrating the portable monitoring device to the locator device; and...

20060238611 - Audio output in video conferencing and speakerphone based on call type: A conference call may involve participants with video conferencing systems and participants with speakerphone systems. In some embodiments, sound from speakerphone participants may be sent through a speakerphone sound system while sound from video participants may be sent through the video sound system (e.g., near a video monitor). Sound may...

20060238613 - Image display apparatus and signal processing apparatus: An apparatus is disclosed for displaying to a viewer an image stereoscopically representing a three-dimensional object to be displayed. The apparatus includes: an emitter emitting light, having an intensity modulating section capable of intensity modulation for modulating an intensity of the light emitted from the emitter; a wavefront-curvature modulator capable...

20060238614 - Capsule endoscope: A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes first and second objective optical systems for forming images of objects viewed in the capsule insertion direction and in the opposite direction on separate areas of one plane where an image pickup surface of an image pickup device is located. The capsule endoscope...

20060238615 - Color conversion difinition creating apparatus, color conversion definition creating program storage medium and color conversion definition creating method: The apparatus is provided with an area conversion section that creates two or more conversion areas by executing more than one type of adaptive conversion of approximating a gray area in a first color expression area to a gray area in a second color expression area while causing other areas...

20060238617 - Systems and methods for night time surveillance: Methods and systems for surveillance are described. One described method for use in a surveillance system having a camera, comprises generating a background image of the camera's field of regard, receiving a live video image of the camera's current field of view, wherein the field of view is within the...

20060238616 - Video image processing appliance manager: A video monitoring system including a video image-processing appliance manager adapted to provide an interface for one or more monitoring devices is disclosed. A video monitoring system in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention may include a host application including one or more monitoring devices, a video...

20060238618 - Context aware surveillance system using a hybrid sensor network: A surveillance system detects events in an environment. The system includes a camera arranged in the environment, and multiple context sensors arranged in the environment. The sensors are configured to detect events in the environment. A processor is coupled to the camera and the context sensors via a network. The...

20060238619 - Recording medium for data file management, apparatus for data file management, handling apparatus for image data, and image capturing system: When a shutter release operation is performed at an electronic still camera, an MPU records image data output from an image capturing element into a CF card. The MPU also stores the image data in a transfer buffer memory of an interface circuit. The image data stored in the transfer...

20060238620 - Imaging apparatus: An object is to provide an imaging apparatus which can change a frame rate and so on as intended during photographing and improve operability for image creation. The imaging apparatus comprises an automatic switch setting section for storing frame modes, the set values of photographing parameters, and the set times...

20060238621 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus configured to pick up a still image includes an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels to convert an object image formed by an optical system to an electric charge. A pixel reading circuit operates in either a first reading mode for reading electric charges...

20060238623 - Image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus which uses image sensors with different spectral sensitivities depending on driving modes executes still image sensing in accordance with a predetermined operation instruction from a user, during a predetermined operation of driving the image sensor in the driving mode different from still image sensing. In such...

20060238622 - Imaging apparatus and control method therefor: In an imaging apparatus that enables still image shooting during movie recording in a movie recording mode, a first AF area to be focused is set in a imaging field, in still image shooting in a still image shooting mode, and focus control is implemented by utilizing the first AF...

20060238624 - Apparatus for acquiring image and method therefor: An apparatus for acquiring an image and a method therefor. The apparatus is electrically connected to an image sensor for acquiring an acquired image and outputting an original image signal. The apparatus includes an image processor, a data reduction unit and a buffer. The image processor generates a first image...

20060238625 - Imaging device: The present invention is to provide an imaging apparatus superior in operability and visibility at the time of setting and adjusting functions thereof. The apparatus includes GUI screen image generating means for generating a GUI screen image for operating the imaging apparatus to display the GUI screen image on image...

20060238626 - System and method of recording and playing back pictures: A system for recording and playing back pictures of objects according to the time slice technology comprises a camera arrangement including several cameras simultaneously capturing pictures of at least one object, a storage assembly for storing all captured pictures, a display assembly for displaying captured pictures, and a control unit...

20060238627 - Camera apparatus capable of switching reduced guide image upon playback of magnified image, and image displaying method: In an embodiment of a camera apparatus according to the invention, a playback streaming signal which is output from a recording medium and in a compressed state is transferred to a map defined in a memory, the transferred playback streaming signal is decoded by a decoder, and converted to a...

20060238628 - Electronic device and method for viewing images with electronic device: An electronic equipment is disclosed, which includes screen means for showing an image by using the set show zoom ratio and processor means for performing zooming of the image in a selected zooming direction in order to show the image on the screen means, in which zooming operation a such...

20060238629 - Pixel defect correction device: To enhance accuracy in correction of a defective pixel. An image of an object is captured using a digital camera, and stored in an image memory 14. A processor 16 detects a defect, using pixels located in the vertical and horizontal directions relative to, in lines of the same color...

20060238630 - Identification of a photoelectric sensor array: A photoelectric sensor array is labelled by accumulating charge, preferably charge from a dark current, in at least a portion of the sensor array and reading out the accumulated charge to form an image to determine locations of atypical pixels in the portion of the sensor array. A signature of...

20060238631 - Image sensor having linear abutting bars: The invention relates to large-dimension linear image sensors operating by relative translation between the image and the sensor and consisting of a plurality of linear arrays abutting in a staggered fashion. In order to improve the design of the sensor, according to the invention the arrays are mounted on packages...

20060238632 - Rolling shutter for prevention of blooming: A rolling shutter technique for a pixel array is described in which multiple rows of the array are hard reset as the shutter moves down the array. As the rolling shutter progresses down the array, each row is hard reset multiple times before its integration period begins, thereby ensuring that...

20060238633 - Solid state image pickup device and camera: A solid-state image pickup device wherein, in order to obtain an output of large amplitude from a low-contrast object without using a bottom detecting circuit to thereby increase a capturing rate, an accumulation end is determined when a maximum value signal in a photosensor array reaches a predetermined accumulation end...

20060238634 - Apparatus and method for providing anti-eclipse operation for imaging sensors: An anti-eclipse circuit of an image pixel includes an output line for receiving a reset output signal from a pixel and a circuit coupled to the output line for detecting when a pixel reset voltage at a pixel output is below a predetermined level, and, in response, for increasing a...

20060238635 - Low noise charge amplification ccd: A charge coupled device (CCD) includes a low noise charge gain circuit that amplifies charge of a cell dependent upon the charge accumulated by the cell. The low noise charge gain circuit receives clocking signals, such as from an input diode, which allow charge to accumulate in a reservoir well...

20060238636 - 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...

20060238637 - Mobile terminal: The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated substantially about 90 degrees about the...

20060238639 - Adapter for video camera for providing decreased depth of focus: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for capturing a low depth of focus image with a video camera (10) by forming a first image of a scene, with a first image format size, onto a projection area (16), housed inside an adaptor, and forming another image of the...

20060238638 - Method and apparatus for signature reduction using wavefront coding: The invention applies wavefront coding to the front of an electro-optic/infrared device to minimize the amount of light which is retroreflected by systems, such as Fowarding Looking Infrared systems, back to its source. The invention (unlike conventional reduction methods) does not rely on reducing the laser power leaving the interrogated...

20060238640 - Focus target discrimination using multiple focus zones: A digital camera and method or algorithm that quickly determines if there are objects in a focus region of the camera that are nearer to or farther from the current focus position. Multiple focusing zones are used along with a technique that compares data from each of the focusing zones...

20060238641 - Image-taking apparatus and focusing method: An image-taking apparatus is disclosed which can record a still image in sharp focus during moving-image recording without a large change in the focus state of the recorded moving image. The image-taking apparatus includes a signal generator which generates a focus evaluation signal representing a focus state based on an...

20060238642 - Make-up counseling apparatus: The present invention is composed of a computer positioned at a basal portion of an apparatus for conducting image processing and counseling processing; a first image display means for displaying a computer-processed image to a subject, mounted upright in the computer, a second image display means for displaying the computer-processed...

20060238643 - Exposure control system and method for an image sensor: An exposure control system and method for an image sensor, which includes an image sensor, an illuminator, a controller and a light separator. The image sensor has plural photosensitive pixels in a two-dimensional matrix arrangement. When an exposure is operated in a sub-region of the plural photosensitive pixels, the illuminator...

20060238644 - Image capturing device having zoom control unit: An image capturing device including a zoom control unit with a variable zoom speed feature. The image capturing device includes a case having a manipulation hole, a holder provided inside the case, a knob, a plurality of quantum tunnelling composites (QTCs) housed in the holder, and a PCB. The knob...

20060238645 - Optical engine and image projecting apparatus having the same: An optical engine is provided that includes a base frame, a video device assembly for generating a video signal, and a driving substrate detachably coupled to the video device assembly for driving the video device assembly. The driving substrate is coupled to the base frame such that the video device...

20060238646 - Encapsulating method for image sensing element: An image sensing element encapsulating method includes the steps of mounting an image sensing element having thereon terminals on a substrate having thereon connecting terminals by surface mounting technique, combining the terminals on the image sensing element and the connecting terminals on the substrate, mounting a glass plate on the...

20060238647 - Video data processing method and device for amplified dynamic videos: A video data accessing method and device which perform loading actions and saving actions respectively in two stages, wherein the loading or saving actions depend on whether the received video signal contains valid data. When the received data is valid, only the saving action is performed to a register at...

20060238648 - Audiovisual signal routing and distribution system: An audiovisual signal is converted from a native format to a digital, packetized interchange format and transported between a capture node and a display node through a switch. The display node converts the audiovisual signal from the interchange format to a displayable format and causes display of the audiovisual signal....

20060238649 - Display system having improved multiple modes for displaying image data from multiple input source formats: Systems and methods are herein given to effect a multiple mode display system that may accept multiple input image data formats and output several possible image data format. In a first embodiment, an image processing system comprises: an input that receives a plurality of source image data, said plurality of...

20060238650 - A method and apparatus for motion adaptive deinterlacing: An adaptive filter calculates a target pixel from an interlaced video signal. The video signal comprises a plurality of frames, each of which comprises an even and an odd field. The filter comprises a quantized motion calculator and a filter selector. The quantized motion calculator estimates an amount of motion...

20060238651 - Electronic apparatus and broadcast standard determination method: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcast signal, a demodulator which filters the received broadcast signal using a filtering characteristic, and separates the received broadcast signal into a video signal and an audio signal, a video decoder which executes a process for detecting...

20060238652 - Sync manager ui and updated api: A system and method are provided for presenting a centralized display that allows a user to quickly and easily manage sync operations for multiple devices. The invention may also provide a layered sync display, in which each layer presents a user with successively more information. The layered sync display may...

20060238654 - Image data processing apparatus: A first device decides whether or not a level of a first digital signal representative of an original picture changes discontinuously at a pixel of interest in a first elongated region. A second device generates a discontinuity condition signal representing a continuity-related condition of a discontinuity of the first digital...

20060238653 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an extracting device configured to extract feature regions from image regions of original images constituted by at least one frame, and an image deforming device configured to deform the original images with regard to the feature regions so as...

20060238655 - Method and system for automatic color hue and color saturation adjustment of a pixel from a video source: A method for automatically adjusting chrominance data of an input pixel from a color video signal includes receiving and temporarily storing the chrominance data of the input pixel in a transmission format comprising a color difference representation and converting the chrominance data from the color difference representation in Cartesian coordinates...

20060238656 - Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers: A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned by the secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a...

20060238657 - Compact projection system: A compact video projection and viewing system for use with RMI apparatus is constructed of materials that are inert to magnetic imaging and do not cause interference with the procedure. The system uses an LCD as a source of a viewable image and an optical arrangement to magnify the image...

20060238658 - Viewing cone adjustment system: One embodiment of a viewing cone adjustment system includes a projection lens that defines a projection lens optical axis adjustably offset from a viewing screen optical axis, and an image source device that defines an image source optical axis adjustably offset from the projection lens optical axis....

20060238659 - Display unit and fine bubble producing implement: The invention relates to a display unit in which a plurality of long containers 3 is disposed side by side with the length directed vertically, the long containers 3 containing water, and an air feed pipe 6 corresponding to each long container 3 for feeding air from the bottom of...

20060238660 - Light scanning device and image display device: A light scanning device includes: at least four light sources that provide light beams having different wavelength spectra; and a scanner that scans the light beams from the light sources in a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction....

20060238661 - Mounting system capable of adjusting viewing angle of a monitor: A mounting system is capable of adjusting the viewing angle of a monitor. The mounting system includes at least two sets of beams between a first mounting structure and a second mounting structure. The first mounting structure may be adapted to attach to a wall, and the second mounting structure...

20060238663 - Panel display type television and cabinet structure: Front cabinets of different sizes have been prepared for each of display apparatuses of different screen sizes. A front cabinet 20 of a size capable of accommodating each of a PDP 31 and a PDP 32 of different screen sizes is provided and it is made possible to select, depending...

20060238662 - Television shelf for audio/video components: A shelving unit is provided to be mounted on a television, such as a rear projection television, to enable a consumer to position audio/visual components on the television. The shelving unit comprises a mounting member adapted to be secured to a vertical wall extending from the back of the television...

20060232662 - Mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal is provided that is capable of shooting a code image, restoring data from the code image, and using the shot code image and the restored data, in response to a request from an application program. A mobile communication terminal (mobile phone) 20 includes an image shooting...

20060232663 - Systems and methods for a multimedia communications system: A Multimedia Messaging Services system enables multimedia communication using handheld devices. For example, a handheld device comprising a barcode scanner can be configured to provide various multimedia communication capabilities such as two-way real-time audio, email, text messaging, image and video messaging, and so forth, which can be provided over a...

20060232664 - Laparoscopic and endoscopic trainer including a digital camera with multiple camera angles: A videoendoscopic surgery training system includes a housing defining a practice volume in which a simulated anatomical structure is disposed. Surgical instruments can be inserted into the practice volume to access the anatomical structure. A digital video camera is disposed within the housing to image the anatomical structure on a...

20060232665 - Materials and methods for simulating focal shifts in viewers using large depth of focus displays: A large depth of focus (DOF) display provides an image in which the apparent focus plane is adjusted to track an accommodation (focus) of a viewer's eye(s) to more effectively convey depth in the image. A device is employed to repeatedly determine accommodation as a viewer's gaze within the image...

20060232666 - Multi-view image generation: A multi-view image generation unit (100) for generating a multi-view image on basis of an input image is disclosed. The generation unit (100) comprises: edge detection means (102) for detecting an edge in the input image; depth map generation means (104) for generating a depth map for the input image...

20060232667 - Voltage control circuit for endoscope: A voltage control circuit includes a voltage step-up device that steps up an applied voltage to a stepped-up voltage, an electronic device to which the stepped-up voltage is applied, a current monitor that monitors a supplied current that is supplied to the electronic device, based on the stepped-up voltage, a...

20060232668 - Color filter array with blue elements: A color filter array for use in an imaging device including for example red sensitive elements, blue sensitive elements and green sensitive elements, where such blue sensitive elements may occur at a frequency of approximately twice that of said red sensitive elements and said green sensitive elements....

20060232669 - Longitudinally-steerable structure and endoscope comprising said structure: The invention relates to a longitudinally-steerable structure, comprising essentially longitudinal actuators made from shape memory alloy, Peltier effect elements with N and P doping and electrical control device. The above is characterized in that the actuators are arranged in pairs in an antagonistic manner, each actuator being connected at the...

20060232670 - Vehicle monitoring apparatus: A vehicle monitoring device includes an image taking device having a housing for attaching to a vehicle, a motor disposed in the housing and having a spindle, a follower attached to the spindle and arranged to be rotated and driven by the motor and having a compartment. A video camera...

20060232671 - Remote monitoring system: When a portable telephone (2) designates a camera number of a network camera (1), a center device (3) issues an imaging command, and the center device (3) receives first image data from the network camera (1). On the other hand, the center device (3) performs model discrimination based on the...

20060232672 - Overhead display device with dual panel structure for a vehicle: An vehicle ceiling mounted overhead display device comprising a rear facing first display panel providing entertainment image, a rear facing camera for photographing a scene behind the vehicle and outputting the captured image, an image processor for selecting a image region from the captured image, and outputting the selected image...

20060232673 - Video-based human verification system and method: A video-based human verification system and method may include a video sensor adapted to obtain video and produce video output. The video sensor may include a video camera. The video-based human verification system may further include a processor adapted to process video to verify a human presence. An alarm panel...

20060232674 - Apparatus and method for providing snapshot action thermal infrared imaging within automated process control article inspection applications: This application relates to an apparatus and method for providing snapshot action thermal infrared imaging within automated process control article inspection applications. More specifically, it pertains to the use of snapshot mode lead salt area-array imaging sensors (20) as the imaging front-end in high-speed machine vision inspection systems (12). the...

20060232675 - Thermal imaging system and method: A thermal imaging system and method for quantitative thermal mapping of a scene. The system comprises a thermal imaging device, a heat source of known temperature and emissivity located within the scene viewed by the thermal imaging device and a processor adapted to generate a calibrated temperature map of the...

20060232676 - Column-parallel sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion for imagers: A sigma-delta modulation sensing circuit and an analog-to-digital converter for an imager that do not rely on the ratio of the reset and pixel voltage levels being sensed. The sensing circuit includes a regulation branch based on a reference voltage common across multiple columns of the imager. The regulation branch...

20060232677 - Video surveillance data network: A network device has a first interface to allow communication with at least one network-capable camera and a second interface to allow communication with a network. A processor allows the device to receive video data from the network-capable camera receive commands for the cameras from the network and communicate them...

20060232678 - Pixel and organic light emitting display using the pixel: A pixel and an organic light emitting display using the pixel capable of displaying an image of uniform luminance. A pixel circuit is coupled with at least one scan line and at least one data line. The pixel circuit first charges a voltage corresponding to a first data signal across...

20060232679 - Multicamera system, image pickup apparatus, controller, image pickup control method, image pickup apparatus control method, and image pickup method: A multicamera system including: a controller having a reset phase transmitting unit for transmitting information showing a reset phase corresponding to a position in a frame synchronized with a sync reference signal to one or each of plural image pickup apparatuses within a frame period of a one-precedent frame of...

20060232680 - Camera system with pip in viewfinder: A system is suggested that allows for transmitting a signal from at least one first camera to a second camera, upon activation by the camera operator of the respective first camera. The signal is displayed in the viewfinder of the second camera. The signal may include an indication that the...

20060232683 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes a first shading correction unit configured to perform shading correction for first image data by using a correction coefficient that is set for yielding an area corresponding to the luminance of a corrected trace, and a corrected trace detecting unit configured to perform first image...

20060232682 - Image processing system, image processing method, image processing program, image capturing apparatus, and image capturing method: An image processing is performed based on a distance computed for each partial area within an image capturing range. An image processing system according to the present invention includes a captured image acquiring section that acquires a captured image taken by an image capturing apparatus, a distance information acquiring section...

20060232681 - Image recording/reproducing apparatus, image pick-up apparatus, and color aberration correcting method: An output signal from a camera signal processing circuit 4 is selected by a switch 5 to be supplied to a chromatic aberration correction unit 6. An aperture amount of an iris 31 provided in an image pickup lens 1 and coordinates of a pixel, to which correction processing is...

20060232685 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium storing program therefor: A high-quality processed image can be obtained by eliminating an effect of a tone characteristic and a color characteristic caused by a model of a digital camera from image data obtained by the digital camera, while colors in processed image data are prevented from being ruined. A model tone characteristic...

20060232684 - White balance adjustment device and color identification device: The present invention is directed to improving the accuracy of white balance adjustment. An image input from an image capture device 10 is divided into blocks, and white balance gains are calculated from a representative value of each block. Prior to calculation of the representative value of each block, a...

20060232686 - Flicker correction method and device, and imaging device: Even in case the shutter speed is high, a flicker can be corrected accurately. The present invention provides a flicker correction method in which a flicker is corrected by predicting, from a present input frame image, a flicker component in an image of a next frame and adding a correction...

20060232687 - Flicker correction method and device, and imaging device: A flicker is corrected with consideration given to the influence of noises. The present invention provides a flicker correction method in which a flicker is corrected by subtracting a flicker correction signal from an image signal, the method including the steps of removing noise from the flicker-corrected image signal by...

20060232688 - Image processing system, image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, image reproducing apparatus, and image reproducing method: An image processing system including: an image pickup apparatus for picking up an image of a subject; and an image reproducing apparatus for reproducing the image picked up by the image pickup apparatus; wherein the image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for obtaining an image by image pickup,...

20060232689 - Noise eliminating device and program therefor: To obtain a noise eliminating device which is capable of efficiently separating a noise component from an image component to attenuate only the noise component. A noise eliminating device includes: a first input reading unit (101) for reading out input image block data of a predetermined block; a second input...

20060232690 - Image processing method: An image processing method has an edge intensity value calculating section (4) for calculating an edge intensity value in a neighborhood of a pixel of interest from feature values of micro regions calculated by a feature value calculating section (3); an edge intensity value correcting section (5) for correcting the...

20060232691 - Image signal processor and deficient pixel detection method: A deficiency candidate detection circuit detects a deficient pixel candidate by comparing the image signal of a target pixel with the image signals of peripheral pixels, and address information of the deficient pixel candidate is stored in a position memory circuit. A deficiency determining circuit repeats the determination of a...

20060232692 - Image pickup apparatus: According to the present invention, when determining a smear signal from a digital signal having a predetermined bit width derived from an optical black area of a solid-state image sensor, a digital signal having a bit width smaller than the bit width of the digital signal is used. Therefore, the...

20060232693 - Imaging device and digital camera: To provide an imaging device having a multi-pixel cell MOS image sensor in which, even when a charge overflows to a detection part as a result that strong light falls on one photodiode and causes the photodiode to saturate, the overflowing charge can be prevented from leaking to another unsaturated...

20060232695 - Image display apparatus and image display method: An image display apparatus includes an image input unit which inputs an image from an image capturing device, a display control unit which displays an identification for identifying the input image or its input destination, and keeps the identification without canceling even when an operation is performed for another image...

20060232694 - Method and device for dynamically displaying image by virtual plane coordinate conversion: Device and method capable of dynamically displaying digital images by coordinate conversion on a virtual plane are provided. The device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The display unit includes a screen. The storage unit stores a digital image. The processing unit establishes a virtual...

20060232698 - Autofocus device and method: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit that drives a lens and a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens. The device also has a distance-measuring sensor that measures a distance to a subject and a control unit that performs a focusing operation to control...

20060232699 - Autofocus device and method: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens, a distance measurement sensor that measures a distance to a subject, and a focus-evaluation-value-calculating unit that calculates a focus evaluation value using a frequency component of an image signal in...

20060232700 - Autofocus device and method: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit that detects a position of a focal point of the lens, and a distance measurement sensor. The sensor measures a distance to a subject based on a reference field of view for distance measurement and a field of view for distance...

20060232696 - Control apparatus, control method, computer program, and camera: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a local peak comparing unit for comparing a local peak of an assessment value,...

20060232697 - Control apparatus, control method, computer program, and camera: A control apparatus for controlling a driver driving an optical element of an image pickup device to adjust a focus position of the image pickup device in the capturing of an image of a subject, includes a relative angle variation calculating unit for calculating a relative angle variation, a mode...

20060232701 - Autofocus device and method: Autofocus device has a lens-driving unit, a focal-point-position-detecting unit, and a distance measurement sensor that measures a distance to a subject. The device also has a control unit for controlling the lens-driving unit to drive the lens, thereby meeting the detected position of the focal point of the lens to...

20060232702 - Method and apparatus for resampling line scan data: A method and an apparatus to accept line-scan data sets at a camera rate from a line-scan camera and resample the line-scan data sets to produce resampled line image data sets at a desired sampling distance. Each line-scan data set is of an object imaged for a fixed exposure time...

20060232703 - Picture display device: When a user instructs non-linear process, controlling means (19) sends a control signal indicating the non-linear process to a clock change instruction means (183) of a display converting means (18). If the clock change instruction means (183) receives the control signal, the means (183) sends an instruction for a variable...

20060232704 - Wireless audio for entertainment systems: A set top box comprises a signal receiver that includes a front end that receives broadband signals, and a tuner that tunes a channel including audio and video signals. A signal demodulator communicates with the signal receiver and demodulates the audio and video signals. A video processor communicates with the...

20060232705 - Digital television broadcast signal receiver: In a digital television broadcast signal receiver (TV receiver), when closed caption information of digital TV (DTV-CC) is detected, a DTV-CC logo (first annunciation image) 31 is displayed with superimposing on an image of TV program for announcing that the DTV-CC is included in the digital TV signal, and when...

20060232706 - System for the dynamic multiplexing of digital streams: A method and apparatus are provided for the dynamic multiplexing of digital streams which are transmitted in the form of stream units in one channel, each of said stream units bearing a stream identifier which can be used to associate same with the corresponding digital stream. The allocation of an...

20060232707 - Broadcast receiver and broadcast receiving method: Forms of operational situation display panels can be switched to desired forms at any time without being affected by an operation state of a broadcast receiver. The broadcast receiver comprises a control section for controlling operations, and on the basis of control by the control section, receives a broadcast signal...

20060232708 - On-screen display apparatus and on-screen display generation method: The present invention allows a device to easily convert an on-screen image in HD format or SD format without increasing the processing load. The device according to an embodiment of the present invention uses the on-screen image D3 in which the number of horizontal pixels is set between horizontal pixel...

20060232709 - Interframe noise reduction for video: A system to reduce noise includes a noise measurement device that provides a measure of noise associated with a digital input video signal. A noise reduction filter provides a noise-reduced digital output video signal corresponding to the luma and chroma of the digital input video signal. The noise reduction filter...

20060232710 - Method and apparatus of bidirectional temporal noise reduction: A method of bidirectional temporal noise reduction in a video signal processing system is provided. A video signal comprising a video sequence of frames is received. Backward temporal noise reduction is performed on the sequence of frames to obtain backward noise-reduced frames. Then, forward temporal noise reduction is performed on...

20060232711 - Modified luminance weights for saturation control: The present invention is directed to method of processing a luminance signal including predetermined weights and color difference signals. In particular, the method includes the luminance signal and the color difference signals being converted into color signals. A second luminance signal is formed from the color signals. The second luminance...

20060232713 - Extended method of noise-adaptive motion detection: A method of computing a motion decision signal for a video processing system, by: inputting a video signal including a video sequence of frames; filtering a frame in the video signal; computing a point-wise temporal local difference signal between the filtered frame and a next frame in the video sequence;...

20060232712 - Method of motion compensated temporal noise reduction: A method of reducing noise in a sequence of digital video frames is performed by motion estimation between a current noisy frame and a previous noise-reduced frame, to generate motion vectors indicating relative motion between the pixels in the current noisy frame and the corresponding pixels in the previous noise-reduced...

20060232714 - Method for storing real-time broadcasting in dmb terminal: Disclosed is a method for storing a real-time broadcasting while minimizing power consumption in a DMB terminal. The method comprises processes of receiving a broadcasting signal of a channel selected by a user of the terminal; determining whether there is a storing request for the received broadcasting signal; when there...

20060232715 - Integrated tuner: An integrated tuner comprises a step AGC amplifier (1) that is adjusted only during a vertical synchronization interval. A receiver comprises such an integrated tuner and an IF demodulation circuit (5,6) for providing a vertical sync signal to the integrated tuner....

20060232716 - Projection system: A projection system with a digital video data loading module and a digital video data processing module is provided. A digital video data loaded by the digital video data loading module is converted into a digital YUV color difference signal by the digital video data processing module and then transmitted...

20060232717 - Video image display method and display panel using it: The present invention relates to a method of displaying a colour video image in a sequential colour display panel. The video frame is divided into a plurality of consecutive time segments each assigned to a given colour component, and the video level of the pixels of the image is displayed...

20060232718 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus includes a display housing, a mounting device, and an optical instrument. The mounting device includes an outer frame unit disposed in the display housing, and an inner frame unit coupled slidably to the outer frame unit, and movable relative to the outer frame unit between a first...

20060227208 - Stereoscopic image display apparatus and stereoscopic image display method: It is possible to prevent an image processing amount from increasing and obtain excellent display characteristics. A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a flat display device having approximately square pixels arranged on a flat display plane in a square manner: and an optical plate which is disposed in front of...

20060227209 - Image display apparatus and control method thereof: On the basis of an image taken by a right image taking unit and/or an image taken by a left image taking unit, an imaging parameter common to the right and left image taking units is calculated. The calculated imaging parameter is set in the right and left image taking...

20060227210 - Three-dimensional coordinate measuring device: An optical camera three-dimensional coordinate measuring system for use with objects to be measured is described. The system may include a compact, easily moveable, and rotatable, target of known dimensions comprising a spherical surface to be placed in contact with the object to be measured at different points along the...

20060227211 - Method and apparatus for measuring position and orientation: A position and an orientation of an image capturing device or an object to which an inclination sensor is mounted are obtained without performing iterative calculation. A position and orientation measuring method includes the steps of: inputting a measured inclination value of an inclination sensor mounted to one of an...

20060227213 - Car image recording system with auto shut-off function: A car image recording system with auto shut-off function includes a sensing device. The sensing device senses an external impact, and after the impact time exceeds a predetermined time, the sensing device sends a stopping message to stop actions of the car image recording system. The sensing device includes a...

20060227214 - Method, device and camera for detecting objects from digital images: A method and system according to the invention comprises the means for or steps of: acquiring, by means of a digital image taking apparatus, a digital image with aberration of a scene, the digital image incorporating at least a first image zone and a second image zone, the first and...

20060227212 - Rearview camera display mounted on a vehicle overhead console: A video display system for a vehicle includes a first video display for providing an image projection to a rearview mirror of the vehicle, and a second video display mounted behind the first video display. A camera can provide an image feed to the first video display, and the second...

20060227215 - Radio video transmission system and method: The present invention provides a system and method for radio video transmission which switches a radio frequency band or a compression rate for video data to enable appropriate video transmission even if a radio environment is degraded. A pair of a transmitter 10 and a receiver 20 transmits video data...

20060227216 - Device for the detection and characterization of biological tissue: Method for detection and location of a difference in density and/or structure and/or chemical composition of a biological tissue (7) which is subjected to continuous illumination in a first determined band of frequencies, causing the former to generate a phenomenon of fluorescence, autofluorescence or luminescence in a second band of...

20060227217 - Electronic imaging apparaus: In an electronic imaging apparatus, image information of an image signal photoelectrically converted from an image incident is stored in image information storage in a format dependent upon a type of the applied storage device. Provided therein are communication devices for transmitting and/or receiving image information generated in this apparatus...

20060227218 - Signal processing method and apparatus and recording medium: A signal processor 12 acquires a second signal obtained by detecting a first signal, as a signal of the real world, having a first dimension. The second signal is of a second dimension lower than the first dimension and has distortion relative to the first signal. The signal processor 12...

20060227219 - Signal processing method and apparatus and recording medium: A signal processor 12 acquires a second signal obtained by detecting a first signal, as a signal of the real world, having a first dimension. The second signal is of a second dimension lower than the first dimension and has distortion relative to the first signal. The signal processor 12...

20060227220 - Signal processing method and apparatus and recording medium: A signal processor 12 acquires a second signal obtained by detecting a first signal, as a signal of the real world, having a first dimension. The second signal is of a second dimension lower than the first dimension and has distortion relative to the first signal. The signal processor 12...

20060227221 - Image pickup device: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit which obtains image data. A vibration detecting unit detects a vibration. An image restorative function calculating unit calculates an image restorative function. An image restoration unit restores the image data deteriorated by the vibration based on the image restorative function. A...

20060227222 - Green reconstruction for image sensors: The present invention relates to interpolating a missing color value of a given pixel in an array of pixels. The missing color value is determined from color values of neighboring pixels using a median-based technique in which the median is taken of the four pixels values of the horizontally and...

20060227223 - Image reproducing apparatus: The present invention makes it easy to switch from calendar display to album viewing in an image reproducing apparatus having a calendar display function and an album viewing function. For example, when a calendar control file is used for the calendar display function and an album control file is used...

20060227224 - Imaging device, sound record device, and sound record method: Provided is an imaging device which collects sound, takes an image, and records the sound and the image on a recording medium, including a sound collecting unit collecting sound signals of a plurality of channels; a wireless communication unit receiving a sound signal transmitted from an external sound collecting device...

20060227225 - Digital camera with electronic zooming function: A semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor constructing body which has a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of external connection electrodes formed thereon. An insulating film covers the semiconductor constructing body. Each of interconnections which has a projecting electrode is formed on the insulating film. The projecting electrodes of...

20060227226 - Anti-eclipse circuitry with tracking of floating diffusion reset level: An anti-eclipse circuit for an imager is formed from pixel circuitry over the same semiconductor substrate as the imaging pixels. More specifically, two adjacent pixel circuits are modified to form an amplifier. One input of the amplifier is adapted to receive a reset signal from one of the pixel circuits...

20060227227 - Image pickup system and image processing program: An image pickup system includes a color noise estimation section, which has a local region extraction section that extracts luminance and color difference signals in units of 4×4 pixels from signals of a CCD with a color filter, an average luminance calculation section that calculates an average luminance value from...

20060227228 - Color image sensing device and pixel data reading method thereof: A color image sensing device capable of summing up pixel data representing the same color and outputting the summed data includes an APS array, a plurality of column selectors, a plurality of analog-digital converters, and a signal processor. The APS array includes a first plurality of column arrays in which...

20060227230 - Charge pump power supply with noise control: An embedded power supply for providing a voltage on a detector module within an imaging system provides the required potential to the module from charge stored on an output capacitor. Charge on the capacitor is replenished by injecting, commonly referred to as pumping, current into the capacitor by pulses of...

20060227232 - Image sensor and image sensor integrated type active matrix type display device: To fabricate an active matrix type display device integrated with an image sensor at a low cost and without complicating process, an image sensor laminated with TFT and a light receiving unit is formed on a light receiving matrix, a display matrix is arranged with TFT and pixel electrodes on...

20060227229 - Optical sensor: The present invention aims at providing a photodetector which can secure both a good S/N ratio and a high speed. With a photodetector 1, (K×M×N) photodiodes PDk,m,n are arranged in M rows and (K×N) columns in a photodetection unit 10, and processes (electric charge accumulation, CDS, filtering, and A/D conversion)...

20060227231 - Photoelectric conversion device and electronic equipment: The photoelectric conversion device has a current amplifier 2 that amplifies a photodetection current outputted from a photodiode 1. Therefore, even when the photodetection current is feeble or the signal-to-noise ratio of the photodetection current is low, the signal amplitude of the output current inputted to the logarithmic compression part...

20060227233 - Methods of operating photodiode-type pixel and imager device: Operation for global electronic shutter photodiode-type pixels. In a first mode of operation, lag is reduced through global reset of the photodiode array and fixed pattern noise is eliminated through comparison of the photosignal level and the reset level of the floating drain. In a second mode of operation, simultaneous...

20060227234 - Image sensor with rapid read cycle: The invention proposes an image sensor comprising a picture capture matrix having N rows and K columns of image dots, a read register at the free end of the K columns. In order to improve the read speed of the matrix, the invention proposes that the horizontal transfer into the...

20060227235 - Multi-function input switch and photographing apparatus therewith: A multi-function input switch comprises a rotary dial, and a joint portion connected to a side edge portion of a body frame including a display panel, wherein the rotary dial is arranged so that each of a circumferential surface portion and a circular plane portion is exposed from the body...

20060227236 - Camera module and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a camera module, and more particularly, to a camera module which is miniaturized by changing the structure of a housing joined to a PCB on which a standardized image sensor is wire-bonded and a method of manufacturing the camera module. The camera module includes a...

20060227237 - Video surveillance system and method with combined video and audio recognition: A novel video surveillance system is made up of video and audio compression engine, a storage device and, a video and audio recognition engine. The video recognition engine detects such events as face recognition, motion detection etc, whereas audio recognition engine detects voice and other sound signatures indicating a potential...

20060227238 - Automatic focusing device and focusing method: In an automatic focusing device generating a luminance signal by scanning a picked-up digital image signal, evaluating the contrast of the luminance signal, and driving its focusing based on the evaluation; the scanning includes at least a part where scan is performed in a zigzag-like manner. With this configuration, focusing...

20060227239 - Image processing system, image capturing apparatus and system and method for detecting backlight status: An image processing system for properly correcting brightness of a subject area and a background area of a captured image. The image processing system includes an image capturing apparatus, including: an image capturing instruction unit for generating a first instruction signal and a second instruction signal for instructing a capturing...

20060227240 - Caption translation system and method using the same: A caption translation system is applied in an electronic device equipped with a display unit. The system comprises a controlling module, an obtaining module, a translating module and an integrating module. First, the controlling module issues a command initiating the obtaining module to obtain a caption signal from the original...

20060227241 - Apparatus and method for adjusting colors of an image: A hardware implemented method for adjusting colors of an image is provided. In this method, lookup table (LUT) values stored in an LUT are copied to a memory to create a copy of the LUT values, whereby the LUT values define the original colors of the image. Subsequently, the LUT...

20060227242 - Method and apparatus of deinterlacing: A de-interlacing method for generating a pixel value of a target position of an output frame corresponding to a target field is disclosed. The de-interlacing method includes: generating a first motion value corresponding to the target position of the target field; determining whether the target position of the target field...

20060227243 - Methods for adjusting the synchronization in digital display application: The present invention is to provide two methods for trimming output HSync in display timing conversion for digital display application, so that the scaling controller can minimize Line Buffer timing shift and match the VSync/HSync timing requirement of digital display device. “Horizontal synchronization vibration” and “Remapping” are the two methods...

20060227244 - Processing circuit for processing horizontal and vertical synchronization signals: A processing circuit for simplifying a plurality of types of synchronization signals into a single type of signal is described. The processing circuit has a first polarity converter, a second polarity converter, an extraction circuit, a removal circuit, a detection circuit, and a selection circuit. The extraction circuit extracts a...

20060227245 - System and method for synchronizing multiple media devices: Multiple media devices are synchronized in a multi-media system having a computer system, a plurality of media devices, and a display system. Each media device to be synchronized receives a front-end synchronization signal that periodically increments a front-end counter. The front-end counter represents an unadjusted system time (UST). The media...

20060227246 - Apparatus and system for tv set with abundant patterns: This invention adopts a method for creating directly and instantly the character model information of the characters during the operation of the TV OSD software. When the characters need to be transferred and used during the operation of the TV OSD software, the character model information will be created by...

20060227247 - Device and method for displaying pip on tv: Device and method for displaying a PIP on a TV, the method including the steps of (a) generating a PIP if a user selects a PIP mode, generating menus for the generated PIP in a form of an OSD, displaying the generated PIP and PIP menus on the same time,...

20060227248 - Video storage device, and method of controlling a video storage device and video mixer: A video mixer may be employed to form a transition between two video compositions, for example a fade or a wipe. A video storage device may be associated with the video mixer and plays out a video signal, the timing of which is controlled in dependence upon the progress of...

20060227249 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising a display panel; a controller to analyze input video data into frequency components, and create first and second video data different in the frequency component from each other on the basis of analyzed results; and a panel driver to drive the...

20060227250 - Detecting a content item in a digital video stream: The invention relates to a method of detecting a boundary of a content item in a digital video stream. The method comprises the steps of determining (130) an average bit rate of the video stream over a period of time, and detecting (140) a change of the average bit rate...

20060227251 - Television remote control with settable high/low volume control buttons: A television remote with two settable volume level buttons. The “High” button could be selected for normal television listening sound level. The “Low” button could be selected for a lower listening sound level, an alternative to the mute sound button....

20060227252 - Audible state indication for a television receiver: A circuit for audibly indicating at least one state of a television receiver includes memory operative to store at least one audio file, and a controller. The controller is operative during a power-on interval of the television receiver to forward the at least one audio file to an audio indicating...

20060227253 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: There is provided a plasma display apparatus and a driving method of the plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel comprising a scan electrode and a sustain electrode and a scan pulse controller for controlling a width of a scan pulse applied to the scan...

20060227254 - Discharge lamp lighting apparatus: A discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a transformer unit, a casing for housing the transformer unit, and a circuit board including circuit components. In the casing, the circuit board is joined to the casing and the transformer unit is fixed to the circuit board through a heat conductive member having...

20060227255 - Device and method for automatically changing broadcast channel of vehicle television with diversity antenna: A device and method for automatically changing a broadcast channel of a vehicle television with a diversity antenna is provided. The device includes an antenna switching unit connected with the diversity antennas and switching one of the diversity antennas; an image signal level detector for detecting an image signal level;...

20060221173 - Shared experience of media content: Terminals (110) at premises (100, 200, 250) of a group of users allow the group to collectively experience and discuss media content selected by a member of the group. Terminals (110) are interconnected via a network (internet 300). Terminal (110) receives a first user's selection of media content, such as...

20060221174 - Method of videophone data transmission: A method of videophone data transmission based on the PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) is executed with a videophone and a user. The method includes the steps of performing a connection procedure, performing a data download procedure and performing a disconnection procedure. While performing the connection procedure, a smart key, which...

20060221175 - Building multimedia information distribution system: The invention relates to a multimedia information releasing system for use in the buildings, comprising a master transmitter and one or more slave receivers. The master transmitter includes a power supply timing control module, a video source input module, a real-time information display module, a LCD display module, and a...

20060221176 - Method and arrangement for connecting a multimedia terminal to a call center: To make full use of an existing call center infrastructure, it is proposed to connect an infrastructure of a multimedia terminal which is used to transmit a message to a remote desk center. This remote desk center makes or initiates, in the call center private branch exchange associated with the...

20060221177 - System and method for stereo operation of microphones for video conferencing system: A microphone bar for obtaining audio input for a video conferencing system includes a master module and one or more slave modules. The master module houses a first pair of unidirectional microphones for obtaining audio from opposite sides of the bar, and each of the slave modules houses a second...

20060221178 - System and method for internet broadcasting of mpeg-4-based stereoscopic video: Provided is a system and method for broadcasting stereoscopic video data to users on the Internet based on Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-4. The system includes: an encoding server for receiving stereoscopic video data, audio data, and Object Descriptor/Binary Format for Scene (OD/BIFS), which is information for controlling a content,...

20060221179 - Three-dimensional camcorder: The present invention provides a three-dimensional camcorder comprising a three-dimensional imaging system acquiring the three-dimensional image information of an object and a three-dimensional viewfinder displaying three-dimensional image using at least one variable focal length micromirror array lens....

20060221180 - Digitally enhanced night vision device: A user portable viewing device (D) includes a plurality of non-coaxially aligned sensors (26 and 32) for sensing a scene (74). A processing element (P) combines electronic images into a single electronic image. A display (24) displaying the combined electronic image is adaptable for mounting in an optical axis (A1)...

20060221181 - Video ghost detection by outline: Video image ghost detection in a security/surveillance CCTV system for automated image analysis. At least one pass of a video frame produces a terrain map with video content-indicating parameters, by which are analyzed behavior of objects, e.g., people and vehicles, moving in a scene having a background and a foreground,...

20060221184 - Monitoring and presenting video surveillance data: A method of displaying video surveillance system information is disclosed. Video clips associated with events are represented by event cards. The event cards include frames selected from the video clips associated with the events. Event cards include metadata, and can be annotated. Display of overlapping event cards causes a compressed...

20060221182 - Security surveillance viewing and recording assembly: The invention relates to an assembly for installing and maintaining a camera at the entrance door of a house or at an interior door, and for monitoring and recording activity occurring outside of the location. The invention is a complete, easily installed security unit incorporating a miniature CMOS (complementary metal-oxide...

20060221183 - Security surveillance viewing and recording assembly with wireless transmission: The invention relates to an assembly for installing and maintaining a camera at the entrance door of a house or at an interior door, and for monitoring and recording activity occurring outside of the location. The invention is a complete, easily installed security unit incorporating a miniature CMOS (complementary metal-oxide...

20060221185 - Information processing system, information processing apparatus and information processing method, program, and recording medium: An information processing system, apparatus and method is disclosed wherein an image of a predetermined region and an image of moving bodies in the region can be picked up and any of images obtained by such image pickup which is desired by a user can be reproduced readily. Sensor images...

20060221186 - System for gracefully aging inactive areas of a video display: When a video display system displays an image having an aspect ratio that differs from the aspect ratio of the system's display monitor, the image spans only an “active” portion of the available display area on the monitor. The display system sets the luminance and/or chrominance of pixels in the...

20060221191 - Camera capable of data transmission: A camera according to the present invention can use a captured image of a communication target device to identify the communication target device when transmitting data to the outside. The camera includes a formatting section for converting transmission data to a format suitable for transmission to the communication target device...

20060221189 - Image photographing device and release device: An image photographing device (1), which converts an optical image of a subject into an electric signal by an image pick up device, and stores image data by the electric signal in an information recording medium (21), includes a communication interface (25), which communicates the image data, a determination device...

20060221188 - Method and apparatus for composing images during video communications: Disclosed is a method of composing images during video communications. The method includes receiving a first image, capturing a second image by an image capture device of a terminal, composing a third image using the first image and the second image, and storing the third image in the terminal....

20060221187 - Method of transmitting data representing the spatial position of a video camera and system implementing said method: The invention concerns a process and a system (1′) for acquiring and transmitting, in real time, data representing the position in space, in terms of spatial coordinates and inclination with respect to a reference point, of a video camera (10′), while the camera moves along a trajectory. The acquired data,...

20060221190 - Techniques for transmitting personal data and metadata among computing devices: Personal data services, such as a set of Web services, are enabled that allow a user to enter personal metadata information, e.g., about likely people and/or events to be targets of a camera capture event. Then, when a user's computing device acquires such metadata, e.g., via embedded Web services software,...

20060221192 - Digital camera: A digital camera capable of accurately detecting flicker even while a video image is displayed on a display device is provided. In a digital camera, a video image is displayed on a display device 40 serving as a viewfinder for photographing based on a display video signal supplied from a...

20060221193 - Visualizer and signal transmission method using low voltage differential signal technology: A visualizer is provided. The visualizer includes a camera lens capturing an image of an object; an image sensing element generating a signal in response to the image of the object; an analog-to-digital converter converting the signal into a digital signal; a transmitting terminal electrically connected to the analog-to-digital converter...

20060221194 - Camera sensor: A camera has a motion detector and a sensor with a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes shift transistors to shift charge between pixels as a function of motion sensed by the motion detector....

20060221195 - Interactive television system and method: A system and method for simulating a user's participation at an event. The system and method including providing a virtual queue or line for meeting and obtaining an autograph of a celebrity, attending a live event and/or for purchasing an item. The system and method include providing video and audio...

20060221196 - Stereography systems and methods: A method for implementing stereography includes: providing an image depicting a first plurality of object images along a first straight line and a second plurality of object images along a second straight line, wherein the distance between each pair of adjacent object images is substantially equal to the distance between...

20060221203 - Camera apparatus: An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the...

20060221199 - Digital camera and image processing method: A digital camera includes: a shooting unit that generates, in accordance with a shooting operation, raw data representing a tone level of one channel per pixel; a first generating unit that generates a first image from the raw data; and a second generating unit that generates a second image from...

20060221200 - Display device and portable imaging device: A display device having a display unit that is equipped with a display element having pixel arrangement conforming to delta arrangement and that is configured to indicate display data including non-image information and image information. The display device further includes a display controller configured to divide display data indicated by...

20060221197 - Image transformation estimator of an imaging device: A technique includes obtaining an operational capacity of an imaging device. The technique can also include estimating one or more operational resources to perform an image transformation that estimates whether the imaging device has adequate operational capacity to transform one or more images....

20060221202 - Method and apparatus for image processing: An image processing apparatus comprises a characteristic value generator for receiving image data, analyzing neighboring pixels of a to-be-processed pixel and calculating characteristic values comprising average illumination, illumination variability and histogram of illumination of a local image; a weighting generator for generating first and second weightings according to the characteristic...

20060221201 - Method and apparatus of image dynamic response re-mapping and digital camera using the same: A method and an apparatus of image dynamic response re-mapping and a digital camera using the same. The apparatus first transforms an original Bayer image data into new transformed image data on a new image coordinate system, and then performs dynamic response re-mapping for the new transformed image data to...

20060221198 - User established variable image sizes for a digital image capture device: Methods and apparatus for allowing a user to establish variable image sizes in a digital image capture device having an image sensor are described. Aspects of the present invention include allowing the user to specify a custom output size for an image about to be captured using the image capture...

20060221204 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus capable of shooting still images during moving image shooting generates an alternate frame image corresponding to a moving image frame dropped when acquiring a still image when performing still image shooting during moving image shooting, using the obtained still image. At this point, white balance control...

20060221205 - Digital camera and white balance adjustment method: A digital camera capable of performing more stable white balance adjustment is provided. In a digital camera for adjusting white balance of a video signal corresponding to an object and supplied from an image sensor, a white balance adjustment circuit 34 changes at least some of a plurality of light...

20060221206 - Web camera with dynamic light compensation control responsive to ambient light levels: A web camera has a light sensor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a driving circuit, and a light source. When the light sensor detects that the ambient illumination is lower than a predetermined amount, the DSP will command the driving circuit to power the light source to provide increased illumination....

20060221208 - File management device, printer, and file management method: When a user requests the process of saving files stored in a memory card in a storage medium, such as DVD-RW, in MPV format, the multifunction printer 10 selects a file available for printing based on file extensions from the plurality of files stored in the memory card (step S130),...

20060221207 - Image processing device: A cellular phone body 10 includes a memory 12, a CPU 18, a camera 15, and a display 17. The CPU 18 displays on the display 17 a pointer P in a manner to overlap an image of an photographic subject photographed by the camera 15, and judges whether or...

20060221209 - Apparatus and method for acquiring and combining images of a scene with multiple optical characteristics at multiple resolutions: A camera system acquires multiple optical characteristics at multiple resolutions of a scene. The camera system includes multiple optical elements arranged as a tree having a multiple of nodes connected by edges. the nodes represent optical elements sharing a single optical center, and the edges representing light paths between the...

20060221210 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium: This invention prevents quality deterioration and positional shift of OSD when an image and the OSD are to be together displayed by LB display. An image processing apparatus having a function of superposing a second image on a first image includes a converter (103) which converts the length-to-breadth ratio of...

20060221211 - Signal processing method and apparatus and recording medium: A signal processor 12 acquires a second signal obtained by detecting a first signal, as a signal of the real world, having a first dimension. The second signal is of a second dimension lower than the first dimension and has distortion relative to the first signal. The signal processor 12...

20060221212 - Electronic imaging apparatus: where fw is the focal length of the entire zoom optical system at a wide-angle position, y10 is a distance from the center of an effective imaging surface of the electronic image sensor to a point furthest from the center, y07 is an image height expressed by 0.7 y10, and...

20060221213 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus has the function of an optical zoom which optically converts the magnification of an image and the function of an electronic zoom which changes the size of an image by electrical signal processing. The function of the electronic zoom at least operates when the optical zoom is...

20060221214 - System and method for bad pixel replacement in image processing: A system and method is provided for processing a digital image. The system and method processes image data by replacing bad pixel data in the digital image. Specifically, the system and method replaces bad pixel data in the image data by comparing each pixel to selected neighboring pixels, including pixels...

20060221215 - Image pickup apparatus and motion vector deciding method: According to the apparatus and method of the present invention, the motion vector Vij is weighted by the weighting coefficient αij of the motion vector Vij decided based on the AF evaluation value Iij indicating the degree of sharpness of the subject image so as to decide the entire motion...

20060221216 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus can provide final image data with a good quality irrespective of overexposure or underexposure. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit capturing a subject image to produce image data, a conversion unit performing a gradation conversion on the image data, a modification unit determining the level of...

20060221217 - Image taking apparatus and digital camera: An image taking apparatus having a first sensor configured to photoelectrically convert a subject image for outputting an image data, a second sensor configured to photoelectrically convert the subject image formed on the first sensor for outputting a photoelectric conversion signal, said second sensor having at least two photoelectric conversion...

20060221218 - Image sensor with improved color filter: An image sensor assembly includes a solid-state image sensor, the sensor including a matrix of detector elements including respective first and second pluralities of the detector elements producing respective first and second signals and having different, respective first and second sensitivities. The sensor assembly includes a signal extraction circuit, including...

20060221220 - Output-compensated buffers with source-follower input structure and image capture devices using same: An output-compensated buffer includes a buffer circuit that receives an input signal and produces an output signal responsive thereto at an output terminal, the buffer circuit including an input source-follower circuit that receives the input signal. A feedback circuit is connected to the output terminal and to the input source...

20060221219 - Solid-state imaging device and manufacture therof: In a solid-state imaging device including a semiconductor substrate in which photoelectric conversion parts 11a, vertical CCDs 2, and a vertical bus line part 16 are provided, the vertical CCDs 2 are provided with transfer channels 2a, first vertical transfer electrodes 6, second vertical transfer electrodes 9, and shielding films...

20060221221 - Scanning circuit of image sensor: Is disclosed a scanning circuit of an image sensor using light sensor circuits each representing a unit pixel and producing a sensor signal corresponding to a current flowing in a photoelectric converting element, which is provided with a means for saturating pixel signals by previously turning on the light sensor...

20060221222 - Reproducing apparatus and display controlling method: Disclosed herein is a reproducing apparatus for reproducing picture data from a recording medium, the apparatus including: a reading device reading picture data from the recording medium on which the picture data is recorded; and a controlling device controlling a predetermined sequence display mode and a random sequence display mode...

20060221223 - Digital camera capable of continuous shooting and control method for the digital camera: According to the present invention, a digital camera capable of displaying a list of a plurality of images has a selection assist function for assisting an operator in selecting a desirable image from the images listed. As an example of the selection assist function, the digital camera can analyze plural...

20060221224 - Lens control system, lens controller, and operating apparatus: In relation to a lens control system where a control signal indicating a target zooming speed is delivered to a lens controller in accordance with operation of a zoom demand and where the lens controller subjects the control signal to non-linear processing to thus effect zoom control, thereby facilitating operation...

20060221225 - Optical device module, optical path fixin