Television inventions 12/06

20060290775 - Program execution apparatus and execution method: A broadcast receiving apparatus which receives and reproduces broadcasts of plural broadcasting systems uses, in parallel, reproduction environments of the plural broadcasting systems, determines the broadcasting system to which a specified channel belongs at the time when a user selects the channel and switches the reproduction environment for reproducing the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060290776 - Data processing system having a plurality of processing elements, a method of controlling a data processing system having a plurality of processing elements: The invention relates to task management in a data processing system, having a plurality of processing elements (CPU, ProcA, ProcB, ProcC). Therefore a data processing system is provided, comprising at least a first processing element (CPU, ProcA, ProcB, ProcC) and a second processing element (CPU, ProcA, ProcB, ProcC) for processing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060290777 - Three-dimensional image display apparatus: Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a light source, a light modulation section modulates light from the light source by means of pixels to produce two-dimensional images and emits a spatial frequency of the produced two-dimensional images along diffraction angles corresponding to a plurality of diffraction orders... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060290778 - 3-dimensional video reproduction device and 3-dimensional video reproduction method: When three-dimensional images are displayed on various display apparatuses, the images are displayed in a state that allows for stereoscopic vision even if the size of the display apparatus is large or even if the resolution of the display apparatus is low. The apparatus includes: a decision means for deciding... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060290779 - Autonomous inspector mobile platform: An autonomous inspector mobile platform robot that is used to inspect a pipe or network of pipes. The robot includes a locomotion device that enables the device to autonomously progress through the pipe and accurately track its pose and odometry during movement. At the same time, image data is autonomously... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20060290780 - Method for modeling cast shadows in videos: A method models a scene. A video is acquired of the scene, and for each frame of the video, the method updates a set of background models for each pixel; a set of shadow models for each pixel; a set of shadow flow vectors for each color; and a background... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20060290781 - Image obtaining apparatus: The image obtaining apparatus realizes a function of detecting the distance, tilt, and/or attitude of an object, irrespective of the distance between the image obtaining apparatus and the object, while reducing the size and the cost of the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an image obtaining camera which obtains an image... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060290782 - Automobile rearview imaging system: An automobile rearview imaging system is provided herein, which mainly contains a number of image capturing devices and display devices, all connected to a control circuit. The image capturing devices are installed on the outside of an automobile at appropriate locations along the two sides and on the roof. The... Agent: Leong C Lei

20060290783 - Method for selecting a video test signal: A user can select an output desired video test signal of a desired video format for a video test signal generator by fewer operations. There are two modes; format priority mode and test signal priority mode. If the user starts the video test signal selection, lists of video test signals... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20060290784 - De-blurring in a digital image system: A camera system deblurrs an image by detecting a velocity of a camera as an image is captured by an image sensor. A processor interconnected to the image sensor and the velocity detection means processes the sensed image so as to deblurr the image and to output the deblurred image... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20060290785 - Image capturing apparatus with a remote controller: An image capturing apparatus includes a remote controller and an image capturing device. The remote controller is capable of controlling the image capturing device remotely to adjust a shoot angle of a lens so that a user is not required to walk up and down between a shoot location and... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060290786 - Remote instruction system and method thereof: A remote instruction system includes a controller that controls an image capturing portion to capture an image of a target and transmit a captured image to a remote terminal, and controls a projecting portion to project an annotation image onto the target according to an instruction on the captured image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060290787 - Imaging device, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium: Disclosed is an imaging device including: imaging means for capturing an image; moving image data generation means for generating moving image data as image data for a moving image from an image captured by the imaging means; still image data generation means for, when the moving image data generation means... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060290788 - Image capturing apparatus, control method and program therefor: An image capturing apparatus for setting the displaying order of a plurality of captured images with easier operation is provided. The image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing section for capturing a plurality of images; an image recording section for sequentially recording the plurality of images captured by the image... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060290789 - File naming with optical character recognition: Optical character recognition (OCR) is used in conjunction with digital images to recognize characters or text in the image for use in naming the file. An OCR module analyzes the digital image to identify characters. The characters so identified may be used in naming the file for storage in a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060290791 - Image control device with information-based image correcting capability, image control method and digital camera: A digital camera includes an image control processing section in which a memory controller controls a video memory, a bus arbitrator, a display sequencer, and a timing adjusting section. Image data are read out of the video memory and fed to a data corrector. The display sequencer adjusts a sampling... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060290790 - Imaging apparatus and control method thereof: An imaging apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register an ID tag, a detection unit configured to detect an ID tag within a detection area and a determination unit configured to determine if the ID tag detected by the detection unit is registered. The imaging apparatus further includes a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060290792 - Digital camera devices and methods for implementing digital zoom in digital camera devices and corresponding program products: An digital camera device is disclosed having a digital zoom function in order to form an output image, which device includes a sensor and optics to produce an primary image, a display in which the primary image is arranged to be cropped in connection with the digital zoom function in... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20060290793 - Apparatus and method for automatic conversion to digital zoom mode: Provided are an apparatus and method of automatic conversion to a digital zoom mode allowing a digital zoom to be executed by automatically converting to a highest resolution mode supporting the digital zoom when a digital zoom key is pushed, in a high-resolution mode that a wireless communication terminal does... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060290795 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus is constructed as including: a taking lens; CCD image pickup device for converting object light into electrical signals; AD converter for converting image pickup signals into digital signals; a defect detecting section for detecting defect pixels in the digital image pickup signals; a defect correcting section... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20060290794 - Imaging systems, articles of manufacture, and imaging methods: Imaging systems, articles of manufacture, and imaging methods are described according to aspects of the disclosure. According to one embodiment, an imaging system includes processing circuitry configured to access image data of a plurality of pixels of an image, to provide a plurality of representations of the image data, to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060290796 - Digital image processing: A method, module, device, and computer program product for digital imaging. Providing an image within an image sensor, selecting at least one first region within image for scaling with a first scaling rate, selecting at least one second region within the image for scaling with a second scaling rate, and... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060290797 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device detects the period of energy variation of discharge type illumination, and sets a total exposure time to match the detected period. The total exposure time is divided into alternating valid and invalid exposure times by a division ratio to make the sum of the valid... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060290798 - Image sensor architecture employing one or more floating gate devices: A circuit for use in an image sensor as well as an image sensing system using the circuit are set forth. The circuit comprises a floating gate semiconductor device having a floating gate, a control gate, a drain and a source. The circuit also employs a photosensitive semiconductor device that... Agent: Motorola Inc

20060290799 - Ccd type solid-state imaging apparatus and manufacturing method for the same: The invention provides CCD type solid-state imaging apparatus comprises: photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of first transfer paths extending in a first direction; and second transfer paths extending in a first direction; the first transfer paths and the second transfer paths respectively including a plurality of discretely formed first layer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060290801 - Digital camera module with improved image quality: A digital camera module (100) includes a lens holder (20), a lens mount (22), and an image pick-up module (24). The lens holder defining a central hollow, and has at least one lens (206[check number]) received therein. The lens mount defining a central hollow, and an inner diameter of the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060290800 - Lens actuating device and image pickup apparatus: Disclosed herein is a lens actuating device and an image pickup apparatus which are capable of actuating a lens to a proper lens position. Each one of the lens actuating device and the image pickup apparatus includes: a lens; an actuating unit for actuating the lens; a detecting unit for... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060290802 - Digital camera module with small sized image sensor chip package: A digital camera module (200) includes a lens holder (20), a lens module (30) received in the lens holder, and an image sensor chip package (40) mounted to the lens holder. The lens module includes a lens barrel (301) movably engaged in the lens holder and at least one lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060290803 - Image-pickup apparatus and its control method: An image-pickup apparatus which includes an imaging unit configured for obtaining object images, a notification unit configured to perform notification that images are being obtained by the imaging unit, a macro-mode setting unit configured to set the imaging unit in a macro mode, and a notification control unit configured to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060290804 - Image capturing apparatus, an image capturing method and a machine readable medium storing thereon a computer program for capturing an image: It is an object to provide an image of a desired composition in case the user is unsatisfied with the composition of an image already captured. An image capturing apparatus for capturing an image is provided, wherein the apparatus includes an image capturing designation range acquiring unit for acquiring an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060290805 - Auto focus method and electronic device using the same: An auto focus method. A step length for a driving motor and a track length are defined and a storage medium is provided. The driving motor is shifted to an initial position and the storage medium is cleaned. The driving motor sequentially shifts a focus lens to a plurality of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060290806 - System, method, and apparatus for interlaced to progressive conversion using weighted average of spatial interpolation and weaving: Presented herein are system(s), and method(s), for interlaced to progressive conversion using weighted average of spatial interpolation and weaving. In one embodiment, there is presented a deinterlacer for deinterlacing. The deinterlacer comprises a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit measures weave artifacts between an alternate field and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20060290807 - Apparatus and method for configuring an on-screen image in a mobile telecommunication handset upon connection of earphone: Apparatus and a method for configuring an on-screen image in a mobile telecommunications handset making it possible for a multimedia menu to be displayed when a connected earphone is recognized, thereby allowing a user to conveniently select a multimedia application without having to use a keypad for initiating an instruction... Agent: Jonathan Y. Kang, Esq. Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka, P.C.

20060290809 - Creation of image designating file and reproduction of image using same: A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060290808 - Play-out apparatus and method for switching a channel in a digital multimedia broadcasting receiver: A play-out apparatus and method for switching a channel in a digital multimedia broadcasting receiver are provided which can decrease a delay occurring in a channel switching time. A demultiplexer demultiplexes a signal received from a transmitter and outputs video data. A time stamp adapter changes a time stamp for... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060290810 - Delay matching in audio/video systems: An audio/video system comprises an audio signal processing path having an audio path delay and a video signal processing path having a video path delay. The audio path delay may be different from the video path delay. The audio path delay and/or the video path delay may change, for example... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20060290811 - Active pull up apparatus for a data bus: An active pull up configuration for data bus lines unaffected by integral pull up resistors within subsystems. The present application generally relates to digital systems comprising a plurality of power supply levels and data buses. More particularly, this invention relates to digital system comprising subsystems connected by common buses that... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20060290812 - All in one media center: An all-in-one multi-media center includes a media housing having a front side, a rear side, and a functional rim extended between a peripheral edge of the front side and a peripheral edge of the rear side to form a receiving compartment within the front side, the rear side and the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060290813 - Remote console unit and remote display apparatus: A remote console unit includes a signal processing apparatus that receives an image signal from a computer main body and also sends and receives various signals other than the image signal to and from the computer main body through a cable for general purpose. Data input and/or output can be... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060290814 - Audio receiver modular card and method thereof: A television and a method are provided. The television includes a display, a first network interface to a packet-based network, a first modular card receptacle coupled to the first network interface, and an audio receiver modular card coupled to the first modular card receptacle, the audio receiver modular card to... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20060290816 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes a synchronizing signal separation section, a counting section, a synchronizing signal determination section, and a video format determination processing section. The synchronizing signal separation section separates a horizontal synchronizing signal from a received broadcasting signal. The counting section counts the pulse number of the separated... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20060290815 - Video signal displaying system: An analog color video signal is inputted to a chip, which converts the analog signal into digital video signal. The digital color difference signals are then converted into three primary color format. Then a format detector detects the resolution and the scanning format. If the video signal is of interlaced... Agent: Hung Chang Lin

20060290817 - Multi-screen synthesis apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and program for controlling the apparatus: There is provided a multi-screen synthesis apparatus that can execute display of video data and update of an OSD image without causing a user to feel a visual sense of incongruity, and reduce system costs. Periodic video source data and aperiodic OSD image data are written into a unified memory... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20060290818 - Video signal processing circuit, video signal display apparatus, and video signal recording apparatus: A video signal processing circuit that uses a prescribed clock signal to process a digitized composite video signal. A clock generating means (2) generates the prescribed clock signal; a burst phase detecting means (3) detects color subcarrier phase information (p) in each line of the composite video signal; a phase... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060290819 - Communication device and communication method: A communication device used in a first communication system under a frequency sharing environment where the first communication system and a second communication system establish communications within the same frequency band is disclosed. The communication device comprises a detector for detecting an interfering signal from the second communication system; and... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060290820 - Brightness control device and method for crt display unit and crt display unit utilizing the same: A CRT display unit with a brightness control device is provided. The brightness control comprises a main control unit generating a brightness signal controlling brightness of the display unit and a first auto brightness limit (ABL) signal according to a brightness parameter; and an offset module receiving the brightness and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060290821 - Video processing system and method for automatic enhancement of digital video: The automated video enhancement system and method includes a system and method for automatically enhancing video. The automated video enhancement method uses frame-to-frame motion estimation as the basis of the video enhancement. Motion estimation includes the computation of global motion (such as camera motion) and the computation of local motion... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20060290822 - Electronic apparatus and method of detecting a channel: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus performs a first scanning process to detect available channels of one of analog and digital broadcast signals. The first scanning process including a process of analyzing an output of a band-pass filter while varying a filter bandwidth of the band-pass filter and a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060290823 - Remote-control system, remote controller, and display-control method: A remote-control system includes a video-reception device receiving a transmitted video signal and displaying the video image corresponding to the video signal, and a remote controller controlling the video-reception device. The remote controller includes a receive unit which receives the transmitted video signal, a display unit which displays a video... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060290824 - Display device and method thereof: Disclosed is a display device adapting a resolution improvement device capable of effectively improving a resolution in a projecting display device and a method thereof. A display device according to the present invention comprises: a light source; an image forming means for forming an image using a light emitted from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060290825 - Projection type video display apparatus: A projection type video display apparatus includes a projection lamp and a video signal processing circuit which performs video processing to an input video signal. The projection type video display apparatus includes means for performing an initializing process of the video signal processing circuit in a period until brightness of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060284969 - Method for authenticating user using camera module and mobile terminal therefor: A mobile terminal authenticates a user using a camera module included therein. If a particular locked function is selected by a user, a controller enables the camera module and receives a motion pattern from the user through the camera module. The controller compares the motion pattern received through the camera... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060284970 - Method for realizing user interface using camera and mobile communication terminal for the same: A method for realizing a user interface using a camera module and a mobile communication terminal for the same. If a user makes a predetermined motion in a state in which the camera module of the mobile communication terminal is activated, the mobile communication terminal performs a predetermined action according... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060284971 - Composite surveillance camera system: A method and apparatus acquires images of a scene with an omni-directional imager and a pan-tilt-zoom imager. A relationship between pixels in the input image and locations in the scene is expressed in terms of polar coordinates. An event is detected in the input images and the omni-directional pan-tilt-zoom camera... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20060284972 - Display panel and display apparatus: m

20060284973 - Stereoscopic viewing apparatus: An optical apparatus (10) for stereoscopic viewing has a first optical channel with a first display (12l) generating a first image and a first viewing lens assembly (22l) producing a virtual image, with at least one optical component of the first viewing lens assembly truncated (26l) along a first side.... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20060284974 - Autostereoscopic display with planar pass-through: A method and system for presenting both autostereoscopic images and planar images in a single display is disclosed. The design comprises processing the planar images received in the form of planar image data. The processing comprises at least one from a group comprising selectively employing bleed-through processing to enhance the... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20060284975 - Borehole imaging system for conductive and resistive drilling fluids: A borehole imaging tool for use in a wellbore penetrating an earth formation includes a pad hingedly connected to a collar, a sensor array carried by the pad, and an urging assembly in connection between the pad and the collar for extending the pad toward a wall of the wellbore.... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20060284976 - Methods and interfaces for visualizing activity across video frames in an action keyframe: Techniques for generating action keyframes for a fixed-position camera based on the identification of activity in the video, an assessment of the importance of the activity, object recognition in the video, and interaction techniques for seeing more details of the video are presented. In different embodiments of the invention, the... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20060284977 - System and method for secure digital video: A secure digital video system having a case made from hardened secure material, a router within the hardened case, the router capable of formatting secure data packets for transmitting video images across a secure network, and a camera securely connected to the router, wherein the camera is either built into... Agent: Docket Clerk

20060284979 - Activity recognition apparatus, method and program: There is provided an activity recognition apparatus for detecting an activity of a subject. The apparatus includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of linear motion sensors configured to detect linear motions and a plurality of rotational motion sensors, the linear motions being orthogonal to each other, the rotational motions... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060284978 - Method and system for analyzing fixed-camera video via the selection, visualization, and interaction with storyboard keyframes: Techniques for generating a storyboard are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the storyboard is comprised of videos from one or more cameras based on the identification of activity in the video. Various embodiments of the invention include an assessment of the importance of the activity, the creation of... Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP

20060284980 - Testing a vertical blanking interval signal: A vertical blanking interval (VBI) signal testing tool captures, isolates, and analyzes a VBI signal to determine the quality of the VBI signal or signal source. A digitized VBI signal is received and analyzed according to industry standards. The VBI signal is first examined using thresholds, threshold points, and other... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20060284981 - Information capture and recording system: Techniques for capturing and receiving digital information. The digital information may comprise information of one or more types including video information, audio information, images, documents, whiteboard information, notes information, and the like. Various actions may be performed based upon the digital information. The digital information may be captured by one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060284982 - Method for establishing a paired connection between media devices: A method for establishing a paired connection between first and second media devices across a network includes transmitting a first information message across the network including an identifier that includes a request to pair the first and second media devices. When a second information message is received from the second... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

20060284983 - Photography system: A photographic processing system is disclosed in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera.... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20060284984 - Image blur correction camera and method for controlling of image blur correction: A used viewfinder determination section determines whether an optical viewfinder is being used or if a liquid crystal monitor is being used, based upon signals from an eye approach detection section. A blur correction operation changing section changes a blur correction operation by a blur correction lens in accordance with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060284985 - Remote instruction system and method thereof: A remote instruction system includes a controller that controls an image capturing portion to continue capturing an image of a target to transmit a captured image to a remote terminal with the image of the target being captured, and controls a projecting portion to project onto the target an annotation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060284986 - Wireless terminal for reducing distortion of moving picture screen: A wireless terminal includes a camera for shooting an image when the wireless terminal is set to a camera mode, and outputting the shot image data in units of a frame. An image processor outputs video frames from the camera in a predetermined number per unit time, and generates and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060284987 - Pda compatible text scanner: An optical text scanning device compatible with a small handheld computer such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The scanning device allows for a clear view of the text that is scanned simultaneous to the scanning process so that the operator can continuously align the device to the text. The... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20060284988 - Image signal processor and imaging unit: An image signal processor comprising a first setting block and an adjustment block is provided. The setting block sets an exposure time. An optical image of an object is captured by an imaging device in order to generate an image signal during the exposure time. The adjustment block adjusts a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060284989 - Method and apparatus for interpolation of interlaced cmyg color format: A color interpolation apparatus includes: an area determination unit determining an area between a flat area and an edge area, to which a sampling unit formed with two pixels of the photoelectric device, vertically adjacent to each other, and to be interpolated belongs; a linear interpolation unit performing linear interpolation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060284990 - Method for taking a picture of a subject automatically in a digital camera: The present invention is to provide a method for taking a picture of a subject automatically in a digital camera including an image capturing unit, a CPU, a memory unit, a storage unit and a scanning program, comprising the steps of giving an image capturing instruction to the CPU for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060284991 - Image sensing apparatus and image processing method: An image sensing apparatus that senses objects and processes image signals obtained from such image sensing includes a white balance correction means that performs white balance correction of the image signals using white balance correction values calculated based on a face area and on other areas contained in the image... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060284992 - Image processing apparatus and image capture apparatus: An image processing apparatus for processing an image signal includes an integrator configured to acquire the image signal during each detection period having a length equal to or longer than one cycle of flicker occurring on an image under illumination of a fluorescent lamp, and to integrate the acquired image... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060284993 - Digital imaging device shutter calibration method and apparatus using multiple exposures of a single field: The shutter of a digital imaging device may be calibrated by comparing a characteristic of two separate exposures obtained from a single field of the device's imaging sensor during a single exposure cycle. Calibrating the shutter in this manner facilitates the accuracy of even very short exposure times.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060284994 - Method of controlling digital image processing apparatus having go to function: Provided is a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus which sequentially stores images in a recording medium after capturing the images in a photographing mode and sequentially displays the images stored in the recording medium by receiving direction signals input by a user in a play mode. A... Agent: Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20060284996 - Image capture device, image capture system, and synchronizing method: Image capture devices are synchronized without using a communication unit for an image capture device to perform communication with other image capture device. When an image capture device 10 is set to the main device mode, it outputs a reset signal to a timing generator 40 simultaneously with the time... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20060284995 - Image sensing device, process for driving such a device and electrical signal generated in such a device: An image sensing device has an image cell with a photo-sensitive element, a detection node and an output pin. Charges accumulated during a first period of time are transferred from the photo-sensitive element to the detection node, thereby obtaining a first voltage, and kept on the detection node which is... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20060284997 - Line driving circuit of semiconductor device: Disclosed is a line driving circuit which includes two NMOS transistors in series between a supply voltage and a ground voltage. The output of the line driving circuit is applied to an interior circuit through a transmission line, and a repeater is used when the transmission line is long.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20060284998 - Image pixel of cmos image sensor: An image pixel of a CMOS image sensor in which a dark diode serving as a dark current source is directly connected to a photo diode so that a dark current generated in an image pixel can be minimized. Further, since noise which can be generated by the dark current... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20060285001 - Image sensors with pixel reset: Techniques for use with image sensors include transferring a signal level from an active sensor pixel to a readout circuit, performing a flushed reset of the pixel, and isolating the pixel from the readout circuit during resetting of the pixel.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20060285000 - Semiconductor device, and control method and device for driving unit component of semiconductor device: A solid-state imaging device, such as a CMOS sensor, includes a unit pixel having a charge generation unit for generating signal charge, a floating diffusion for accumulating the signal charge generated by the charge generation unit, a transfer gate transistor for transferring the signal charge in the charge generation unit... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060284999 - Solid-state imaging device, analogue-digital converting method in solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: The present invention provides a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel array block; a row scanning device; and an analogue-digital conversion device, the analogue-digital conversion device including: a comparing device having a reset device; a counting device that counts a comparison period from initiation to completion of comparison performed by... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060285003 - Apparatus for increasing field of view of an optical system: An apparatus (200) for increasing field of view of optical system is provided. The optical system includes a lens module (20). The apparatus comprises a rotational mechanism (30) rotatably mounted in the optical system. The rotational mechanism includes a refraction means disposed on an optical axis of the lens module... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060285002 - End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems: A unified design strategy takes into account different subsystems within an overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, the design methodology predicts end-to-end imaging performance using a spatial model for the source and models for the optical subsystem, the detector subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem. The optical subsystem... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20060285004 - Camera system: A camera system capable of suitably displaying a through image is provided. A through image signal processing section is provided in a camera head. If signal processing cannot be performed by a digital signal processing section on a camera main body side, a through image is displayed based on a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285005 - Solid-state imaging device and camera: A solid-state imaging device is composed of a P-type semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulation film, a multilayer interference filter and condenser lenses which have been successively laminated on an N-type semiconductor layer. A photodiode, in which N-type impurities have been ion-implanted, is formed per pixel in the P-type semiconductor layer... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060285006 - Camera lens assembly for portable terminals: Disclosed is a camera lens assembly for a portable terminal. The camera lens assembly includes a guide plate having an image sensor on a surface thereof; a driving motor which is placed on the other surface of the guide plate; and a driving shaft which extends along an optical axis... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20060285007 - Image pick-up apparatus with a shake reducing function: When a hand shake reducing mode has been set for shooting a subject, an exposure is controlled in accordance with a program diagram (solid line) B for the shake reducing mode, which is different from a program diagram (broken line) A for a normal mode. In a state where a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060285008 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: An image pickup apparatus and an image pickup method allow the viewer to recognize the colors and the reflection characteristics of the picked up image and makes the picked up image satisfactory for monitoring purposes. Visible light is emitted to illuminate a shooting range and, when picking up an image... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060285009 - Illuminating assembly for image-taking device: An illuminating assembly includes a top case and a lower case which is connected to the top case. A board is connected to an inside of the top case and has a first hole for photographic sensing member engaged therewith, and a second hole for a Liquid Crystal Device engaged... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20060285010 - Systems and methods for deinterlacing video signals: A method for rendering an object on a display screen, comprising the steps of (A) buffering a plurality of pixels in a plurality of line buffers, (B) determining a boundary of the object based on the buffered pixels, (C) determining a direction of the boundary, (D) testing if a pixel... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20060285011 - Digital television signal, method of processing a digital television signal in a transmitter and a receiver, and receiver: A data structure, a digital television signal, a method of processing a digital television signal in a transmitter and a receiver, and a receiver are disclosed. A digital television signal for use in a digital television receiver for receiving program information from a broadcast transmitter, the digital television signal comprising... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20060285012 - Transmission method, transmission system, sending device and reception device: Digital audio data which have a predetermined packet structure are divided into units including a predetermined number of bits; each unit of the divided digital audio data is converted into specific data to be encoded; the encoded data are arranged in blanking intervals of video data; the digital audio data... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060285013 - Apparatus and method for providing qos of av streams: An apparatus and method for providing the QoS of AV streams is disclosed, in which a period for processing AV streams to provide the QoS of the AV streams is separately assigned at a predetermined time, and a plurality of AV streams are simultaneously processed. The apparatus includes a determination... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285014 - Digital broadcasting signal processing apparatus and control method thereof: A digital broadcasting signal processing apparatus having a direct channel change (DCC) function, including a signal processor; and a controller to control the signal processor to output first channel information if a first channel is changed into a second channel by the DCC function. Thus, a digital broadcasting signal processing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285015 - Multichannel video reception apparatus and method for digital broadcasting: Provided is a multichannel video reception apparatus of a mobile communication terminal for digital broadcasting. An RF processor receives a broadcast signal of a digital broadcast service via an antenna. A baseband processor processes the received broadcast signal in a baseband. A controller controls the RF processor and the baseband... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060285016 - Osd insert circuit: An On-Screen-Display (OSD) insert circuit includes an OSD signal generator for generating a switching signal and an analog additional image signal based on a first clock signal, an analog-to-digital converter for converting the generated additional image signal into a digital additional image signal based on a second clock signal as... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060285017 - System and method for regulating viewing of video entertainment: A regulator for controlling access to a home video entertainment device includes a signal multiplexer connected to the output of the home video entertainment device. A video signal generated by the regulator may be overlaid with a portion of the video output from the home video entertainment device. If a... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20060285018 - Video processing apparatus: A video processing apparatus including a signal input unit to receive one among a plurality of picture signals different in resolution; a first signal processor to process and output the picture signal; a noise filter to filter noise out of the picture signal; a second signal processor to process and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285019 - Digital filter configuration: A digital filter configuration for the filtration of a digital video signal, wherein the functions of a zoom filter, in the form of a low-pass filter, which is a polyphase filter, and of at least one peaking filter, in the form of a high-pass filter, are realized, wherein the functions... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060285020 - Spatio-temporal noise removal method using block classification and display device using the same: A spatio-temporal noise removal method using block classification that removes noise from a third field by using first, second, and third fields which are continuously inputted. The method includes generating first, second, and third motion-compensated fields; classifying blocks of the third field into a uniform region and a non-uniform region... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060285021 - Image displaying method and apparatus for television when powering on/off: An image displaying method for a television includes: selecting a portion of a plurality of display regions of a screen of the television to display a still or animated image when a power-on signal is received; and utilizing all the plurality of display regions to display images corresponding to a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060285023 - Broadcasting receiver: Discloses is a broadcasting receiver including: a receiver; a broadcast program output unit; a channel storage unit to store a physical channel correlated to a first virtual channel, the first virtual channel being composed of a first main channel number and a first sub-channel number; a virtual channel acquisition unit... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060285022 - Tuner circuit: A high frequency signal selected via a pre-filter is inputted to first and second frequency conversion circuits together with a local oscillation signal. The first and second frequency conversion circuits each output a difference frequency component between both input signals. An output signal of the first frequency conversion circuit is... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060285024 - Audio/video playback control system of liquid crystal display television: An audio/video playback control system of liquid crystal display television (LCD TV) is provided to control an audio signal system, an image display system and a backlight source system of an LCD TV, and the control system uses an audio/video control unit to maintain an activated status in normal conditions,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279627 - Imaging system and system control method: An imaging system includes plural portable terminals managed by a server; and the portable terminal to be imaged is notified that an imaging operation has been performed on a portable terminal which can communicate with a facility camera through a camera-terminal network. The notification is also provided to portable terminals... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060279630 - Method and apparatus for total situational awareness and monitoring: A sentient system combines detection, tracking, and immersive visualization of a cluttered and crowded environment, such as an office building, terminal, or other enclosed site using a network of stereo cameras. A guard monitors the site using a live 3D model, which is updated from different directions using the multiple... Agent: Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20060279629 - Remote video link speed enforcement: A method is disclosed for enforcing a speed limit in a zone of a roadway, such as a construction zone, where the ability of an officer to stop a speeding vehicle may be limited. A Doppler traffic radar unit and a video camera are set up at an off-road surveillance... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20060279628 - Streaming non-continuous video data: A method and apparatus for providing a plurality of sequential image data samples for display, is disclosed. A first one of the image data samples is accessed and then a second one of the image data samples is accessed. The first and second image data samples may then be provided... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060279631 - Concealed camera: A concealed camera comprising a housing, a subminiature camera and a peep hole of very small size through which the camera may perceive a large field of vision. With a high resolution camera and the tiny peep hole, the camera may be positioned or located in plain view as concealed... Agent: The Soni Law Firm

20060279632 - Method for fixed pattern noise reduction in infrared imaging cameras: Methods and systems for correcting fixed pattern noise (FPN) in infrared (IR) imaging cameras. The methods and systems include correcting IR sensor data different strength levels of FPN data and selecting the particular strength level that produces corrected data with the least amount of FPN. The correction may occur over... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20060279633 - Method of evaluating motion picture display performance, inspection screen and system for evaluating motion picture display performance: A test image is scrolled on a screen of a display device subject to evaluation. A plurality of sample images that are created using the same test image and each indicate different motion picture display performance index values are prepared. The plurality of the sample images are displayed as still... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060279634 - Method and device for displaying images of a video sequence: A method of displaying images of a video sequence during the spatial navigation in the video sequence in order to pass from a first to a second viewing mode, in which the video sequence comprises encoded images continuously transmitted from a server (23) to a client machine. The method comprises... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060279635 - Image forming apparatus to capture and print an image: An image forming apparatus with an image forming unit to print the image information on a printing paper includes a display unit, a digital image capture unit to capture an image of an object and to obtain captured image information corresponding to the captured image, a selective input unit to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20060279636 - Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor: According to this invention, an image sensing apparatus capable of directly communicating with a printing apparatus guarantees that a printing apparatus with a photo-direct printing function normally prints even for a sensed image file containing raw image data and encoded image data such as JPEG obtained in a versatile encoding... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060279637 - Method and apparatus for inspecting solid-state image pickup device: Apparatus for inspecting a solid-state image pickup device comprises: a memory for saving an image data from the solid-state image pickup device; an arithmetic operation part that performs predetermined image processing on the image data saved in the memory and outputting an evaluation value; and a controller that judges whether... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279639 - Method and system for deblurring an image based on motion tracking: A method and system for deblurring an image based on motion tracking. Light is recorded at an image sensor of an imaging device to capture an image. Motion of said image sensor is recorded at a motion sensor of the imaging device during the recording of the light at the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060279638 - Photographing apparatus: A first frame has a U-shaped cross section and includes first and second bent portions, and an X-axis actuator is mounted at a specified position of the outer surface of the first bent portion. A second frame has a U-shaped cross section and includes first and second bent portions, and... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20060279640 - Method and apparatus for detecting face orientation, and recording medium having recorded program for executing the method: In order to detect an orientation of a human face included in an image consisted of a plurality of pixels, a face region is determined within the image so as to include the human face. A plurality of detecting regions are set so as to be adjacent to the face... Agent: Albert S. Penilla Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20060279641 - Image capture device capable of flicker detection: The invention is an image capture device having an image capture element. The device further includes a flicker detection portion which extracts flicker component signals corresponding to periodic changes in brightness in an image capture environment from image signals for each frame supplied by the image capture element, performs correction... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060279642 - Electronic still camera: There is described an electronic still camera for converting captured optical images into electric image signals. The electronic still camera includes a memory to store an image data set of a captured image and a photographing data set including a date-and-time of either capturing the image or storing the image... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060279643 - Storage access technique for captured data: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include different storage organization categories. A possible aspect includes an identifier record to enable future... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20060279644 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: When charge collection processing for a predetermined image processing request via removable memory is performed in an image processing apparatus, from which the removable memory is detachable via a removable memory interface, a central processing unit causes the removable memory interface to shift to a disconnected state based on a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060279645 - Image-recording device: An image-recording device comprises a recording processor that records a common still image on a plurality of recording media, respectively, which are detachably mounted on the image-recording device. A common unique data is recorded together with the still image on the plurality of recording media in a photographing operation, respectively.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060279646 - Pixel defect detection method for solid-state image pickup device: A pixel defect detection method for a solid-state image pickup device that comprises photoelectric conversion devices and a charge transfer path so as to extract signal charges accumulated on the photoelectric conversion devices to the charge transfer path, the method comprising: imaging, under illumination light of a first light amount,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279647 - Multi-spectral image capturing apparatus and adapter lens: A multi-spectral image capturing apparatus having different spectral sensitivity characteristics of at least four bands comprises an imaging optical system, a camera section including single-panel color image capturing section, and a split optical system configured to split a light beam of an image from the imaging optical system into plural... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060279648 - Imaging device and digital camera: An imaging device includes an image sensor chip and a package for containing the image sensor chip. Formed in the package is a vent hole that is connected to an air pump. In a light receiving area of the image sensor chip, there are photodiodes and microlenses above them. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279651 - High resolution cmos circuit using a marched impedance output transmission line: Image sensor with CMOS output, an another circuit receiving input. The circuit operates like a transmission line, in current mode, with substantially zero voltage. The impedances are matched by setting bias currents.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20060279650 - Image pickup device and image pickup system: There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a source follower transistor for outputting a signal based on a voltage of the floating node to a signal line, and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060279649 - Reduced imager crosstalk and pixel noise using extended buried contacts: Methods and structures to reduce the occurrence of crosstalk and pixel noise in solid state imager arrays. In an exemplary embodiment, a section of a layer patterned to form polysilicon buried-contacts in the pixel structure is also patterned to be disposed over the active, photosensor portion of the pixel. The... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20060279652 - Display panel with camera function: A display panel with camera function has a camera module built in an extension area of a surface plate of the display panel. The circuit of the camera module is integrated with a circuit of a display module, and signals are transmitted through a single signal transmission unit. The appearance... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060279653 - Thin image-capturing device: An image-capturing device for forming an image of an uneven surface of an object includes a light-guiding plate that has a detection surface for contacting the uneven surface of the object, a pair of lateral surfaces, one of which receives incident light from a primary light source such that the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20060279654 - Display driving apparatus and method and medium for implementing the display driving method: A display driving apparatus and method using a display device, such as a liquid crystal display device, and a medium for implementing a method of display driving method are provided. The display driving apparatus includes: an encoding unit which compresses and encodes image data to be displayed by the display... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060279655 - User selectable image scaling: Disclosed are a system and method of processing image data for presentation of an image on a display. In particular, image data may be transformed and/or mapped for presentation on a display based, at least in part, on a user preference.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20060279656 - Radio communication apparatus and method: There is provided with an apparatus including: a receiving section which receives a frame including an error detection code from a network; an error detecting section which performs error detection on the frame received by the receiving section based on the error detection code; a data storage which stores data... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060279657 - Display control device and method and program: A display control device includes a display control unit which displays side by side a first program guide, the first program guide displaying information of programs to be broadcasted on respective channels in a predetermined time period, and a second program guide, the second program guide displaying information of programs... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20060279658 - Detection system and method for detecting received video signal type within video device: A detection system and method for detecting received video signal type within a video device. The video device comprises a plurality of signal receivers; the signal receiver is used for receiving a signal, wherein each of the signal receivers receives one type of the corresponding video signal. First, the video... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060279659 - Apparatuses and methods for resolving channel information inconsistencies: A host includes a controller configured to receive service information (SI) and retrieve defined channel map (DCM) information and virtual channel map (VCM) information from the SI information. The controller further configured to resolve inconsistencies between the DCM information and the VCM information, and create a resulting channel map that... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20060279660 - Enhancing sharpness in video images: A method of selectively sharpening video data may include, for at least some pixels in the video data, generating a sharpened value for a pixel value in an image. The sharpened value may be disregarded if a combination of the pixel value and the sharpened value is in a coring... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060279661 - Noise detection method, noise reduction method, noise detection device, and noise reduction device: In detection of noise by comparing a digital input image signal and an output image signal in one previous frame with each other, when the input image signal, the output image signal in one previous frame, and a predetermined reference value are represented by a, b, and x, respectively, and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060279662 - Projection system and method: An image projection system and method are presented to project an image on at least one of first and second projection planes. The system comprises a light source system including one or more light source assemblies operable to generate light of one or more predetermined wavelength range; a spatial light... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060279663 - Arrangement for and method of projecting a level image: A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for sweeping a composite laser beam as a pattern of scan lines on a planar projection surface and for causing selected pixels arranged along each scan line to be illuminated to produce... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20060279664 - Arrangement for and method of projecting an image with linear scan lines: A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for sweeping a composite laser beam as a pattern of linear scan lines on a planar projection surface and for causing selected pixels arranged along each linear scan line to be illuminated... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20060279665 - Anti-slip mounting alignment system: The system of the invention involves an anti-slip alignment plate used with a mounting bracket for mounting a device, such as a flat video screen having video mounting holes. The anti-slip plate is aligned with protrusions, or other means, with a plurality engagement members on the bracket which receives the... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20060279666 - Image display apparatus: A speaker mounting region looks smaller as viewed from the front side. An image display apparatus comprises a frame forming portion located at the lower part of a front frame, a rectangular sound emitting unit formed in a horizontal direction of the frame forming portion, first and second walls to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060274144 - Communications device with a visual ring signal and a method of generating a visual signal: A communications device that generates a visual ring signal as an indication of an incoming call and a method of generating a visual ring signal for a communications device. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a digital representation of an audio sequence and displaying a sequence of visual effects... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Agere Systems Inc.

20060274145 - Method and apparatus for automated quality assurance in medical imaging: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented quality assurance system, which includes the steps of retrieving quality assurance and supporting information from a database; receiving information on technical variables from monitoring of the patient, and on radiographic equipment in the performance of an imaging study; generating a quality assurance score... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060274146 - Image processing apparatus, method of the same, and program for the same: An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store sightseeing information in a storing unit, a detection unit configured to detect sightseeing information corresponding to a predetermined sightseeing site stored in the storing device, a display unit configured to display the sightseeing information detected by the detection means... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060274147 - Image display device and method: A device and method that allows any differences between the relative position of an obstacle as it appears in a bird's-eye view image and its actual relative position can be checked on the same screen. In order to display the vehicle surroundings to the driver, multiple direct images obtained from... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20060274148 - Video surveillance system: A method and system of controlling a video surveillance system comprising providing a distributed video surveillance system having a plurality of devices, building a script having a parameter that is filled in when an event occurs, storing the script, detecting the occurrence of an event, loading data related to a... Agent: Paul T. Kashimba, Esq. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

20060274149 - Apparatus and method for predicting collision: The present invention is a collision prediction apparatus that comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting an object in front of a vehicle by different mechanism and a control unit for selecting a sensor adequate for an input condition and predicting a collision between the vehicle and the object, based... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20060274150 - Monitoring system and method thereof: A monitoring system including N cameras, a digital video recorder (DVR), a monitor, a remote controller, a receiver and a host is provided. N is a positive integer. The N cameras successively shoot N sceneries, and output N successive images accordingly. The DVR receives and stores the N successive images.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060274151 - High performance ccd-based thermoreflectance imaging using stochastic resonance: The invention is directed to systems and methods of digital signal processing and in particular to systems and methods for measurements of thermoreflectance signals, even when they are smaller than the code width of a digital detector used for detection. For example, in some embodiments, the number of measurements done... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20060274154 - Data storage usage protocol: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include different storage organization categories. A possible aspect includes an identifier record to enable future... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20060274152 - Method and apparatus for determining the status of frame data transmission from an imaging device: A method and apparatus for determining the status of frame data transmission from an imaging device. According to one aspect of the invention, a graphics controller interfaces with a host and an imaging device, preferably a camera. A count value is specified, preferably by the host. Frame data received from... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20060274153 - Third party storage of captured data: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include different storage organization categories. A possible aspect includes an identifier record to enable future... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20060274155 - Method for changing operation mode in mobile terminal and mobile terminal implementing the same: A method and terminal for changing the operation mode in a mobile terminal in order to automatically offer an upright display of image data are provided, where a rotating direction of a folder of the mobile terminal is detected, when the folder is rotated in the camera mode, and a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060274156 - Image sequence stabilization method and camera having dual path image sequence stabilization: In an image sequence stabilization method and a camera, a sequence of input digital images are captured. The sequence of input digital images is replicated to provide a corresponding sequence of archival images and a corresponding sequence of display images. The archival image sequence is automatically stabilized to provide a... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20060274157 - Enhanced video/still image correlation: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include various storage organization categories. A possible aspect may provide an identifier record to enable... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20060274159 - Image coding apparatus and image coding method: There is provided an image coding apparatus for outputting an image stream in which random access and easy editing are possible without reducing encoding efficiency. The image coding apparatus sets, in the image stream, a picture in which the random access is possible based on camera control data or correlation... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20060274158 - Image still area determination device: In order to reduce the flicker and blur of a result obtained by, for example, converting an interlace scan image into a progressive scan image, an image still area determination device comprises a unit for calculating the average value of the values of the relevant pixel and pixels adjacent to... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060274160 - Automatic white balance correction method for image capturing apparatus: Disclosed is an automatic white balance method for image capturing apparatus. An image capturing apparatus captures a color image first and performs gray point searching in RGB color space or YUV color space. The color correction coefficient sets of red color, green color and blue color components of each gray... Agent: Morton J. Rosenberg Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060274162 - Image processing apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus, and color correction method: An image processing apparatus has: a frame memory storing a signal of a previous image in a previous one frame, and a correction processing unit configured to receive signals of the previous image and a current image, correct a signal level of the current image based on a difference of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060274161 - Method and apparatus to determine ambient light using a camera: A system includes a camera that may be used for multiple applications including an application to measure the ambient light. The camera may include an automatically set a gain or an aperture as well as a shutter speed. The shutter speed and the gain or aperture from the camera may... Agent: Intel Corporation

20060274163 - Saved-image management: Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a device includes a user-accessible digital storage medium, and a storage medium manager module. The storage manager module includes a storage manager module operable to save a digital image in a form in the user-accessible digital storage... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20060274164 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, image input apparatus, image input system and information exchange method: An information processing apparatus includes: an input device that inputs image data output from an electronic camera; a storage device that stores the input image data; and a control device that sets in advance save conditions under which the input image data are to be saved in the storage device... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060274165 - Conditional alteration of a saved image: Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a device includes a user-accessible digital storage medium, and a storage medium manager module. The storage manager module includes a storage manager module operable to save a digital image in a form in the user-accessible digital storage... Agent: Searete LLC Suite 110

20060274167 - Digital image processor for a digital camera: A digital image process for a digital camera contains a preprocessor and a postprocessor. The preprocessor can include, for example, a uniformity corrector, a sampling filter, a modulation transformer, and a ditherer. The postprocessor can include a color interpolator, an RGB reconstruction block, a digital compressor, and a color pattern... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd. C/o Klaas, Law, O'meara & Malkin, P.C.

20060274166 - Sensor activation of wireless microphone: A wireless microphone attached to a ruggedized, mobile digital video recording system may be used to record audio of events when activated. To conserve file space in a storage device, a sensor may be used to activate the microphone for audio recording, and to cause video recording to begin at... Agent: John L. Sotomayor

20060274168 - Electronic image pickup system: The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and, hence, an electronic image pickup system. The electronic image pickup system a zoom lens and an electronic... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274169 - Electronic image pickup system: The invention makes a suitable selection from zoom modes and lens elements so thin that the thickness of each lens group can reduced, thereby slimming down a zoom lens with great thoroughness and, hence, an electronic image pickup system. The electronic image pickup system a zoom lens and an electronic... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274170 - Image pickup device: An image pickup device may include an optical system having a distortion that captures a distortion-containing optical image, a conversion unit that converts the distortion-containing optical image into distortion-containing image data, a storage unit that stores the distortion-containing image data and additional data related to a distortion of the distortion-containing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20060274173 - Digital camera comprising smear removal function: A horizontal evaluation data generation section calculates an average value of pixel signals in a vertical optical black region based on given pixel data in the horizontal optical black region and outputs the calculated average value to an evaluation section. A vertical evaluation data generation section calculates an average value... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060274171 - Digital picture taking optical reader having hybrid monochrome and color image sensor array: A portable hand held optical reader having a specially constructed two-dimensional image sensor array is operational in a bar code decoding mode and in a picture taking mode. The specially constructed image sensor array, in one embodiment, is a hybrid monochrome and color image sensor pixel array, wherein a first... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20060274172 - Electro-optical device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines which are divided into blocks each composed of m data lines (m is an integer equal to or larger than 2); pixels which are provided at intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060274175 - System for controlling image data readout from an imaging device: An imaging apparatus, such as used in a digital camera or scanner, includes at least one photosensor chip. Each chip includes one line for conveying a signal causing an integration event of a selected subset of photosensors on the chip, the integration event being one of a starting or ending... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20060274174 - System for controlling integration times of photosensors in an imaging device: A photosensor chip, such as used in a hard-copy scanner, reads out image data in repeated cycles. With each cycle an on-board counter counts to a predetermined number and resets to zero. When the clock count reaches certain numbers, integration events are initiated with regard to different subsets of photosensors... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20060274176 - Cmos image sensor pixel with selectable binning and conversion gain: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, at least two pixels each having a photodetector; a charge-to-voltage conversion region; an input to an amplifier; and a switch for selectively connecting the charge-to-voltage conversion regions.... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20060274177 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus includes: an image pickup device that performs a resolution conversion imaging operation of performing imaging on all pixel areas with a resolution, which is lower than a resolution that the image pickup device has, and a partial imaging operation of performing imaging on a region limited... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060274178 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device including a plurality of photo diodes disposed in a matrix shape, a vertical transfer unit disposed along each vertical column of the photo diodes, and a horizontal transfer unit in which a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent vertical transfer units are used as... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060274180 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus for displaying acquired image data on a display part determines whether the acquired image data needs correcting, and when determining that some correction is necessary, causes the display part to show preset correction contents. When an operator selects one of the correction contents displayed, the image... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20060274181 - Image pickup system: The invention relates to an image pickup system comprising an electronic view finder suitable for achieving compactness and having a sufficient viewing angle of field and satisfactory optical performance. The image pickup system comprises an image pickup device, an image display device for displaying an image, a controller for converting... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274182 - Image pickup system: The invention relates to an image pickup system comprising an electronic view finder suitable for achieving compactness and having a sufficient viewing angle of field and satisfactory optical performance. The image pickup system comprises an image pickup device, an image display device for displaying an image, a controller for converting... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060274179 - Imaging device: An imaging apparatus having an imaging means for imaging an object is provided, when connected to an external device, the apparatus is capable of setting on a screen a function corresponding to the external device, and also capable of displaying a character or outputting sound, corresponding to an automatic power-off... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060274184 - Image pickup apparatus: Disclosed is an image pickup device includes a camera body and a display unit serving as a monitor, supported for turning on an upper surface of the camera body and capable of being folded in a horizontal position on the upper surface of the camera body and of being set... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060274183 - Mobile electric device: A mobile electric device includes a first body, a first touching element and a first sensing element. The first body has a hole passing through the body. The first touching element is disposed in the first body and located on a wall of the hole. The first sensing element located... A