Television inventions 03/07

20070070177 - Visual and aural perspective management for enhanced interactive video telepresence: A system and method to establish a sense of physical presence for group teleconferences. The system and method captures video signals of a first group of participants of a teleconference, processes the video signals to eliminate foreshortening and parallax effects, and displays the processed video signals to a second group... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070070183 - Control apparatus and method: A method of controlling an entertainment system and a communication system is disclosed, the entertainment system including at least one fixed audio and/or video output device and the communication system including a mobile telephone having storage means for storing audio and/or video data, the method including:- docking the mobile telephone... Agent: Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.

20070070181 - Method and apparatus for controlling image in wireless terminal: A method and apparatus for controlling an image in a wireless terminal transmitting/receiving a facial expression photograph in a message transmission/reception mode and a video call mode are provided. If a facial expression photograph attachment option is selected in a message transmission mode, facial expression types are displayed. A facial... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070179 - Method and system for a reconfigurable ofdm radio: Aspects of a method and system for a reconfigurable OFDM radio are presented. Aspects of the method may include reconfiguring a single OFDM chip to process a received DVB-H video broadcast signal and at least one of the following: a received IEEE 802.11 WLAN signal, and a received IEEE 802.16... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070070178 - Method and system for communicating in a wireless communications network: A system and method for wireless network communications with a portable communication instrument. The portable communication instrument can be a personal mobile phone. The communications can include voice, video or text information. The information is transmitted from a transmitter in the wireless network to the portable communication instrument over a... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070070180 - Method and system for communicating information in a wireless communication system: Methods and systems for communicating information in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein and may include determining at least a bit-error-rate (BER) for at least a DVB-H downlink communication path utilized for communicating multimedia content in a communication system. The communication system may include a plurality of downlink communication... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070070184 - Mobile communication device with enhanced image communication capability: The present invention discloses a mobile communication device that allows the user to easily perform simultaneous voice communication and image communication that allows the user to transmit high quality image information to another user and receive high quality image information from another user. The mobile communication device provides multiple cameras... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070070182 - Video call apparatus for mobile communication terminal and method thereof: A mobile communication terminal, including an input unit configured to receive multimedia data corresponding to an additional service other than an established video call, a controller configured to codec-process the received multimedia data, and a transceiver configured to transmit the multimedia data during the video call.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070186 - Interactive communication apparatus and connecting method: An interactive communication apparatus is disclosed which has a video signal obtained by an image pickup device performing an image pickup activity and which has the obtained video signal sent to another apparatus through a communication device while causing a display device to display an image based on a video... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070185 - System and method for remote display of security video images: A system and method for viewing video images from security systems on a remote handheld communications device like a cellular telephone. Video can be collected at a surveillance location, digitized and compressed, and streamed over a telephone line in a compressed form such as MPEG4 to a remote communications device.... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20070070187 - Television with built-in digital video recording device: A television with a built-in digital video recording device includes: an image receiving unit, receiving digital images from external cameras; an audio/video processing unit, processing the digital images and sound signals picked up by microphones, and outputting audio/video signals; a storage unit, storing the audio/video signals; a central processing unit,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070070188 - Method of audio-visual communication using a television and television using the same: A method of audio-visual communication using a television and a television using the same are provided, wherein the broadband network and television technologies are used to achieve services of audio-visual communication over a network, such that a user uses the television to conduct audio-visual communications.... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070070189 - Mobile terminal having camera: A mobile terminal having a camera including: a main body capable of controlling information and communication, and outputting image information; a camera device rotatably combined with the main body and having a speaker hole outwardly projecting a sound from a speaker; and a sound guiding device combined with the main... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070070190 - Video surveillance system with omni-directional camera: A method of operating a video surveillance system is provided. The video surveillance system including at least two sensing units. A first sensing unit having a substantially 360 degree field of view is used to detect an event of interest. Location information regarding a target is sent from the first... Agent: Venable LLP

20070070191 - Single channel stereoscopic monitor: A single channel stereoscopic monitor receives a stereoscopic TV image and an Internet stereoscopic image. Left and right eye images are simultaneously received to display the stereoscopic image by a monitor or a TV through a single channel, are polarized by polarizing plates having left and right deflection angles symmetrical... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070070192 - Entertainment system mountable in a vehicle seat and methods for mounting and displaying same: A media system for a vehicle having a seat comprises a housing mounted to the seat, and a media unit that is capable of being coupled to the housing, wherein the housing includes a receiving portion that pivots with respect to the housing and receives the media unit in the... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070070193 - Electronic endoscope system: An electronic endoscope system comprises an electronic endoscope and a processor. The electronic endoscope includes a parallel/serial converter which encodes a vertical synchronizing signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal to synchronization codes representing ON/OFF states thereof expressed by several maximum and minimum signal levels for representing the digital image signals,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070194 - Electronic endoscope system: In an electronic endoscope system, an individual channel of a frequency band is allocated to each of a plurality of electronic endoscopes. When a release switch of the electronic endoscope is operated to record an endoscopic image, a picture signal of the endoscopic image is modulated into a radio frequency... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070195 - Electronic endoscope system: In an electronic endoscope system, an RF signal is produced through quadrature modulation of a picture signal that is representative of an image taken through an electronic endoscope. When control signals are entered by an operator through a control section of the electronic endoscope, a data superimposing section superimposes the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070196 - Detecting video format information in a sequence of video pictures: Gradient analysis may be utilized to determine frame and field repeat patterns in input video data. Those frame and field repeat patterns may then be analyzed to match them with characteristic patterns associated with telecine 3:2 and 2:2 pulldown video data, for example. In addition, a progressive detector may use... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070070197 - Vehicle periphery video providing apparatus and method: A vehicle periphery video providing apparatus performs coordinate conversion for a video shot by a shooting device so that the same video as in a case where a vehicle outside is visible from an eye point position of a driver in such a manner that an installed area of a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070070198 - Monitoring camera system and method: A surveillance system includes a track system having a first track and a second track that allow for the translation of a camera carriage having a camera. The track system may be combined to lengthen or shorten the expanse of the surveillance system. A pulley system translates the camera carriage... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070070199 - Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting monitoring frames based on image variation: A method and an apparatus for automatically adjusting monitoring frames based on image variation are disclosed. According to the present invention, a changed block judgment device and a regional image output device are added to an image capturing device. When the image is moving or changing, the corresponding changed blocks... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070070200 - Video matting using camera arrays: A method and system for determining an alpha matte for a video is presented. A set of videos is acquired by an array of cameras. A centrally located camera in the array is designated as a reference camera and acquires a reference video. A foreground depth plane is selected from... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070070201 - Object tracking method and object tracking apparatus: An object tracking apparatus includes a buffer unit that is configured to store picture information, an object position detecting unit that detects positional information of an object from the picture information, an object region detecting unit that detects a region of the object in the picture information based on the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070070202 - Video signal determination device, a video display device, a video signal determination method, and a video display method for determining the type of a video signal that contains a synchronizing signal: A synchronization processing circuit separates synchronizing signals from an input video signal, provides the synchronizing signals to a detection circuit, and further provides the input video signal that has no synchronizing signal to a scaler circuit. The detection circuit detects the horizontal synchronization frequency, the vertical synchronization frequency, the synchronization... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070070203 - Integrated digital device and selecting method thereof: An integrated digital device and method for selecting functions are provided. A button is positioned adjacent to a display unit for selecting functions according to a mode change. Icons are displayed for the selected function via the display device. The integrated digital device includes a display unit for displaying multimedia... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070070207 - Image-capturing apparatus, image correction method and program: A digital camera includes a tri-axial acceleration sensor. The CPU determines a direction of the camera at a time of image capturing, on the basis of a gravitational direction which is detected by the tri-axial acceleration sensor, calculates a parameter for projection-correcting a captured image in a predetermined direction on... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070070204 - Multi-camera system and method: A system and method for realizing a multi-camera system having two optical paths with a single processing path for the two optical paths. Such a multi-camera system typically includes a first image-capture device associated with a first optical train wherein the first image-capture device is typically pointed in a first... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070070205 - Web cam: A web cam is provided, comprising: a body, having a receiving space for receiving a lens, and two supporting arms extending from the periphery of the body; a shell from which a pivot connecting part is extended; and a connecting element, passing through the holes of the supporting arms of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070070208 - Wireless audio transmission system, receiver, video camera and audio mixer: A wireless audio transmission system includes: a transmitter having a microphone and a modulator-transmitter transmitting a radio wave modulated by an audio signal from the microphone; a receiver having a receiver-demodulator demodulating the audio signal after receiving the radio wave transmitted from the transmitter, outputting the audio signal demodulated by... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070070206 - Wireless photographic communication system and method: An external wireless communication module for enabling a camera to communicate with a remote device. The wireless communication module includes one or more pressure connectors configured to directly connect to one or more external ports of the camera, each of the one or more external ports may provide access to... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20070070209 - Video production with selectable camera angles: An apparatus for viewing an event at an event site includes a plurality of cameras disposed about an event site, the cameras providing views of the event site from at least two different camera angles, and a viewer in communication with the plurality of cameras, the viewer enabling a user... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi

20070070210 - Video production with selectable camera angles: A method of viewing an event at an event site includes the steps of: providing an apparatus for viewing the event at the event site, the apparatus including a plurality of cameras disposed about the event site, the cameras providing views of the event site from at least two different... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi

20070070211 - Composite monitoring and video recording apparatus: A composite monitoring and video recording apparatus integrates a camera and a storage device to perform burglar-thwarting picture taking operation through a human body infrared sensor. The storage device can perform cyclic recording function to constantly store latest images. The lens of the apparatus can perform dynamic continuous video recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070212 - Frame rate converting apparatus and imaging apparatus: A frame rate converting apparatus for converting a frame rate of an input first image signal and outputting the image signal having the converted frame rate as a second image signal. The apparatus includes an input section into which the first image signal is input; a detecting section for detecting... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070070214 - Image processing apparatus for correcting an input image and image processing method therefor: An image processing apparatus includes a face detector and a gamma corrector. The face detector detects a subject area or areas out of image data output from an image sensor. A correction table is produced on the basis of luminance values of the subject area and a frequency distribution of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070213 - System for image analysis in a network that is structured with multiple layers and differentially weighted neurons: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating the usage of an online workforce to remotely monitor security-sensitive sites and report potential security breaches. In some embodiments, cameras are configured to monitor critical civilian infrastructure, such as water supplies and nuclear reactors. The cameras are operatively connected to a central... Agent: Walker Digital

20070070215 - Filter circuit, and image sensor, image sensor module, and image reading apparatus provided therewith: A filter circuit has: a first and a second current mirror circuit that are each built with a plurality of transistors and that respectively pass a first and a second mirror current according to a constant current; an input terminal via which an input pulse signal is fed in; a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070070216 - Imaging apparatus, and exposure control apparatus, method, and program: An imaging apparatus for capturing an image using a solid-state imaging device includes the following elements. One or more signal correction units correct an image signal obtained by capturing the image on a color component basis. A luminance detection unit detects luminance information from image signals obtained at locations prior... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070070217 - Image analysis apparatus and image analysis program storage medium: An object of the invention is to provide an image analysis apparatus and an image analysis program storage medium storing the image analysis program that analyze an image and automatically determine words relating to the image. There are provided an acquiring section which acquires an image; an element extracting section... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070218 - Storage system for retaining identification data to allow retrieval of media content: The invention relates to a data-storage system (100, 200) comprising a processor means (110, 260) for obtaining identifier data of media content existing in the system, the identifier data being used for identifying the media content, and a memory (120, 265) for retaining the identifier data after the media content... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070070219 - Video signal processing apparatus and digital camera: In a video signal processing apparatus for generating a video signal in a prescribed format by capturing output of a solid-state imaging element that is driven by corresponding to each timing of horizontal scanning and vertical scanning, a first signal processing circuit generates a first video signal by performing the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070070220 - Method and camera for image enhancement: The invention relates to a camera comprising local communications interface (22), means (24) of recognition and interrogation of local distribution data transmitters (12, 14, 16, 18, 19), using the interface, and memory (26) for recording images linked to data coming from local distribution transmitters. The camera can be used in... Agent: Patent Legal Staff

20070070221 - Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program that can very sharply display video images which are subjected to frame rate conversion by suppressing a decrease in the image quality (blurred images) caused by imaging blur. A high frame converter 11... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070070222 - Method of eliminating horizontal pattern noise: The present invention provides a method for eliminating horizontal pattern noise of an image signal captured by a digital camera, wherein the method comprises the steps of: obtaining the image signal; performing an optical black reset operation to the image signal after the short exposure time has substantially completed; waiting... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070070223 - Image pickup apparatus and image processing method: An image combined high sensitivity image and low sensitivity image is provided with well-adjusted white balance and broad dynamic range. The image is obtained by multiplying the combined data by total gain that depends on scene. A white balance is adjusted with gain value calculated from of high output image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070225 - Imaging device: Frequency characteristics of an optical low-pass filter (2) are set in such a way that a first false color passing rate indicative of the rate of frequency components passing through a frequency component region not lower than the Nyquist frequency fa for the lowest sampling frequency fs among the sampling... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070070224 - Wavelength component proportion detection apparatus and image-pickup apparatus: A wavelength component proportion detection apparatus is disclosed which is capable of detecting the proportions of the wavelength components under a light source including the visible and infrared wavelength components. The apparatus comprises a color filter, an image-pickup element, an extractor which extracts a color-difference signal from an image-pickup signal,... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070070226 - Matting using camera arrays: A method extracts an alpha matte from images acquired of a scene by cameras. A depth plane is selected for a foreground in the scene. A trimap is determined from a set of images acquired of the scene. An epipolar plane image is constructed from the set of images and... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070070227 - Complementary color detection device: The invention provides a complementary color detection device receiving a light source and outputting a complementary color reading thereof, comprising a filter extracting a red, green and blue light component from the light source; and a detector receiving the red green and blue light components and outputting a first, second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070228 - Camera module: A camera module (8) includes a lens module (10), a focus correction element (20) disposed along optical axis of the lens module (10), an electrical control unit (30), and a temperature sensor (40). The focus correction element includes a transparent flexible sheet (21), a transparent supporting plate (23), and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070070229 - Semiconductor device with improved design freedom of external terminal: A semiconductor device comprises: a semiconductor chip having a firstmain surface, asecondmain surface, and a plurality of side surfaces; an extension portion which contacts and surrounds the side surfaces of the semiconductor chip; a base, which is capable of conducting heat generated by the semiconductor chip; an insulating film which... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070070230 - Solid state image pickup device: A solid state image pickup device is provided which can reduce crosstalks between range finding photoelectric conversion elements (AF sensor) and photometry photoelectric conversion elements (AE sensor). The solid state image pickup device has an n-type epitaxial semiconductor region, a p-type first well region formed in the semiconductor region, a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070070231 - Radiation monitoring apparatus and method: A method of operating a radiation monitoring device is provided. The device has a plurality of photo-sites upon which when in use, electrical charges accumulate in response to received radiation, and a transport register comprising a plurality of register locations adapted to receive the accumulated charges from the photo-sites. Electrical... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070070232 - Solid-state imaging elment and solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging element includes: a plurality of light receiving elements provided within an imaging region on a semiconductor substrate; a color filter with a plurality of colors provided on the plurality of light receiving elements for filtering with a predetermined color; a vertical shift register disposed adjacent to the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070070233 - System and method for correlating captured images with their site locations on maps: A system and method for spatial representation of image capture zones associated with captured images, their site locations and imaging assemblies, which capture the intended image, on a corresponding map of the site location of an imaging assembly and the subjects of the captured images display. The imaging assembly includes... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20070070235 - Drive unit, optical controller, and image taking apparatus: An optical controller has a lens to be driven, a holding section which holds the lens and is movable in a driving direction of the lens, a polymer actuator which drives the holding section in the driving direction by expanding and contracting in response to application and release of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070234 - Image pick-up lens system: A image pick-up lens system includes: a first lens with positive diffractive power, a second lens with negative diffractive power, a third lens with positive diffractive power, and a fourth lens with negative diffractive power. The first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are aligned... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070070237 - Layout of the optical path in the image capturing system and the method of forming the same: The image-capturing system comprises a image-capturing module and a plurality of mirrors, wherein the image-capturing module has a lens and a charge-coupled device (CCD). The image-capturing module is located on about the center in the image-capturing system, and a plurality of mirrors are arranged in the peripheral region within the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070070236 - Optical element and image-pickup apparatus: An optical element is disclosed which has an excellent optical low-pass filter effect. The optical element has optical anisotropy and separates entering light into light rays having polarization directions perpendicular to each other. The optical element satisfies the following conditions: 0.1<|ne−no|, and θmax<θ. no and ne represent refractive indices for... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070070238 - Imaging device, automatic focusing method and recording medium on which a program is recorded: An imaging device that can shorten focus searching search times and enable correct focusing in accordance with shooting conditions. An autofocus function operates when a shutter button of a digital camera is half-pressed. At this time, a current shooting mode, which was selected in advance by a photographer operating a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070240 - Cradle apparatus, terminal apparatus, and camera control system and method therefor: Operation modes of a camera apparatus and a cradle apparatus are acquired, and an application to be executed on a terminal apparatus is automatically determined and launched according to the acquired operation modes.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070070239 - Image pickup apparatus having a movable grip portion: An image pickup apparatus comprises: an image pickup unit for picking up an object image; an image display unit for displaying an image; a grip portion to be grasped by an operator; a moving portion for allowing the grip portion to move between a first position in which the grip... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070070241 - Technique for bit-accurate film grain simulation: The simulation of film grain in an image makes use of parameters contained in a Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message that accompanies the image upon transmission. The SEI message specifies film grain simulation parameters such as the film simulation model, the blending mode, and color space.... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070070242 - Video player and playing method and play system utilizing the same: A video player provides a video signal to a display device. A selection unit outputs a first signal of an interlaced format or outputting a second signal of a progressive format according to a state of a selection signal. A frequency generator outputs a first frequency or a second frequency... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070070243 - Adaptive vertical temporal flitering method of de-interlacing: An adaptive vertical temporal filtering method of de-interlacing is disclosed, which is capable of interpolating a missing pixel of an interlaced video signal by a two-field VT filter while compensating the de-interlaced result adaptively with respect to the characteristics of edge defined by the vertical neighbors of the missing pixel.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070070244 - Method and system for reducing the appearance of jaggies when deinterlacing moving edges: A method and system for reducing the appearance of jaggies when deinterlacing moving edges in a video processing system are provided. The method may comprise detecting the direction of an angled edge in an interlaced video image to determine a filtering direction to be used for approximating absent pixels in... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070070245 - Burst noise canceling apparatus: The present invention provides a burst noise canceling apparatus which can remove burst noises even in a one-time data, without the need of a large amount of memory. The device according to the present invention incorporates an analog-to-digital converter for sampling a received MR signal to convert it to digital... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070070246 - Broadcasting data receiving apparatus: A broadcasting data receiving apparatus which can receive broadcasting data and update software by using software update data received as the broadcasting data includes a receiving portion operable to receive broadcasting data, a video/audio processing portion operable to process video data included in the received broadcasting data for video display... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070070247 - Image display apparatus and method, program and recording media: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus for displaying an image corresponding to a signal selected by a user from among a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of input signals. The apparatus includes: a selection outputter for outputting a signal selected from among the plurality of signals on... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070070248 - Pre-compensation of high frequency component in a video scaler: A video scaling process system, wherein the high frequency components of the input video sequence are compensated for, prior to video scaling. The video scaling system includes a pre-compensator for compensation of the high frequency components of the input video sequence, and a video scaler. The pre-compensator includes a high... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070070249 - Video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method: According to one embodiment, a video signal processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit to obtain the frequency of each luminance level from the input luminance signal worth of one frame, a frequency conversion unit that logarithmically converts the frequency of each luminance level obtained and adds a preset offset value,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070070251 - Method and apparatus for isolating iic bus noise from a tuner in a television receiver: A method and apparatus for isolating a noise intolerant device, e.g., a phase-lock loop of a tuner within a television receiver, from source of noise. In one embodiment, the apparatus isolates a phase-lock loop integrated circuit (IC) from the bus, by providing an isolation buffer that allows the receiver to... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070070250 - Methods for adaptive noise reduction based on global motion estimation: An improved temporal noise reduction method and system detects the global motion and adjusts the overall gain of the temporal filtering. Temporal noise reduction is applied to two video frames, wherein one video frame is the current input noisy frame, and the other video frame is a previous filtered frame... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070070252 - Vsb reception system with enhanced signal detection for procesing supplemental data: A VSB reception system includes a sequence generator for decoding a symbol corresponding to the supplemental data and generating a predefined sequence included in the supplemental data at VSB transmission system. The reception system also includes a modified legacy VSB receiver for processing the data received from the VSB transmission... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070070253 - Portable wireless audio-visual transmitting/receiving device: A portable wireless audio-visual transmitting/receiving device is designed for wirelessly receiving and showing (monitoring) audio-visual programs. The transmitting/receiving device comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a remote control, wherein the transmitting/receiving device can be integrated into the DVD player by wireless transmission. Besides, the image-showing function of LCD monitor can... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070070254 - Video standard determination: Various embodiments for determining a correct video standard for a display device (e.g., a television monitor) are described. In an embodiment, a test signal in accordance with a video standard is transmitted to the display device. One or more signals transmitted by the display device are analyzed to determine whether... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070070255 - Television system with controlled tuning: Television systems comprising tuners (1), controllers (2) for controlling tuners (1), and stages (3) for receiving tuned signals from tuners (1) and for supplying control signals to controllers (2), use time-consuming automatic fine tuning signals while high speed tuning. By using lock signals (53) from phase-locked-loops (31) in stages (3)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070070256 - Broadcast receiving device and broadcast receiving method: A broadcast receiving device includes a receiver configured to selectively receive two programs; an analyzer configured to analyze sound volume levels of the two programs for a certain time; and an adjuster configured to adjust the relative sound volume levels of the two programs, when the analysis indicates that there... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070070257 - Integrated optical assembly and method for projection displays: An assembly for use in a projection system includes a plurality of optical elements, such as one or more mirrors, a light engine, and a screen, and a monolith. The optical elements are coupled to the monolith to provide a central element of reference, thereby enabling alignment based on the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070070258 - Techniques to switch between video display modes: An apparatus which switches between video display modes, including a display panel having multiple display pixels formed in a matrix; a display controller coupled to the display panel and including a detector to detect a phase differential between received timing signals and output a synchronous determination signal, and a control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070070259 - Cover for a vehicle media device: A cover for a vehicle media device, wherein the media device comprises a console and a display attached to the console, comprises a first part having a first opening for receiving the console, and a second part coupled to the first part and covering a side of the display. The... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070064089 - Method of providing customer service with an a/v telecommunication device: A method of providing customer service using an ANV telecommunication device is performed by receiving a request from an A/V telecommunication device and establishing a two-way telecommunication connection between the A/V telecommunication device and a call center.... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20070064091 - User input method and device of mobile communication terminal: A user input method and device of a mobile communication terminal that includes displaying a menu screen comprising images associated with each key function and menu function necessary for terminal control, depending on a currently set operation mode; detecting a preset indicator from a video that is photographed by camera... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070064090 - Video relay system and method: A video relay system for allowing impaired individuals to communicate across a network includes a first device capable of sending and receiving audio and video signals where the first device is coupled to a network and includes an application. The application on the first device is configured to communicate with... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070064093 - Method for performing video communication service and mobile communication terminal employing the same: Disclosed is a method for performing a video communication service in a mobile communication terminal, including: presetting image data for substituting for video data transmitted from a transmission-side terminal; determining if the video data transmitted from the transmission-side terminal are abnormal data in video communication; and when the video data... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070064092 - Mobile video teleconferencing system and control method: A mobile video teleconferencing system comprising an audio-visual assembly atop a vertical support structure mounted to a powered, wheeled base. The device is controlled through a wireless Internet connection by a remote user, and is light enough to be carried with one hand.... Agent: Roy Sandberg Apt. # B

20070064095 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for synchronizing separate compressed video and text streams to provide closed captioning and instant messaging integration with video conferencing: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for synchronizing separate compressed video and text streams to provide lightweight closed captioning and instant messaging integration with video conferencing. A video encoder encodes a video stream and periodically generates a synchronization frame event. Each generated synchronization frame event has a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20070064096 - Roll over audio visual control center: A roll over audio visual control center (“roll over platform”) designed to be embedded for use within the top of a conference table to display, in an inverted position, a power or communications outlet for use on top of the conference table or to hide, in a regular position, the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070064094 - Spatially correlated audio in multipoint videoconferencing: The disclosed method provides audio location perception to an endpoint in a multipoint videoconference by providing a plurality of audio streams to the endpoint, wherein each of the audio streams corresponds to one of the loudspeakers at the endpoint. The audio streams are differentiated so as to emphasize broadcasting of... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070064097 - Method and system for auto configuration in a video phone system: A method and system for automatic camera configuration, upon establishment of a communication session is described. A number is entered into a video phone and a first segment of a communication session is established between the video phone and a service system. The service system retrieves and stores a current... Agent: Trask Britt

20070064098 - Systems and methods for 3d rendering: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing three-dimensional video conferencing by capturing one or more registration marks; capturing a plurality of views of a scene; transmitting each view in a separate data stream to a remote location; receiving each data stream at the remote location and generating a plurality of... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070064099 - Method of representing a sequence of pictures using 3d models, and corresponding devices and signals: The disclosure relates to a method of representing a sequence of pictures which are grouped into sets comprising at least two successive pictures, known as groups of pictures (GOP), whereby a textured, meshed three-dimensional model is associated with each of said GOPs. In an embodiment, the three-dimensional model associated with... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070064101 - Observation apparatus: An observation apparatus includes an illuminating unit that illuminates a sample; an imaging unit that captures an image of the sample to generate an observation image; a storage unit that stores the observation image in association with an illumination condition of the illuminating unit at generation of the observation image... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070064100 - Scanning electron microscope and image signal processing method: The SEM has a dynamic range reference value setting unit for setting dynamic range reference values, a dynamic range adjustment unit for receiving an observation image signal delivered out of a secondary electron detector, adjusting the dynamic range of the observation image signal on the basis of the dynamic range... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070064102 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus includes a display panel that displays individual images in a plurality of viewing directions on a common screen, a parallax barrier that makes the individual images respectively visible from the plurality of viewing directions, a light guide plate that guides a light to the display panel, a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070064103 - Measurement device: The invention relates to a device with a sensor element for sensing at least one property of its environment, which supplies a measurement signal, and of a processing unit which processes the sensed measurement signal. In order to make available a device, in particular a measurement device, which requires fewer... Agent: John F. Mcnulty At Paul & Paul

20070064105 - Indoor apparatus of intercom system and method for controlling indoor apparatus: An intercom apparatus of the present invention includes a display that displays an image captured by an outdoor apparatus having a camera; a database that stores an image of a person and history information of the person; an image authentication unit that compares the image captured by the outdoor apparatus... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070064107 - Method and apparatus for performing coordinated multi-ptz camera tracking: A system for tracking at least one object, comprising: a plurality of communicatively connected visual sensing units configured to capture visual data related to the at least one object; and a manager component communicatively connected to the plurality of visual sensing units, where the manager component is configured to assign... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070064106 - Refrigerator, monitoring system having refrigerator and control method thereof: A refrigerator for monitoring the status of another space by means of a display device mounted to the refrigerator, a monitoring system having the refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator includes a body which is formed with a storage chamber, a door for opening and closing the storage... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070064104 - Surveillance camera system, remote-controlled monitoring device, control method, and their control program: A surveillance camera system includes a surveillance camera having pan/tilt capability, a display for displaying images picked-up by the surveillance camera thereon, a pointing device for indicating the movement of the surveillance camera in a visual field direction, and a remote-controlled monitoring device including a control unit for displaying the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070064108 - Rear view mirror with integrated video system: A video system (10) integrated along with a rear view mirror (170) into a rear view mirror housing (20) of a vehicle. The system (10) includes at least one video camera (30) and a display monitor (40), with the monitor (40) being located substantially behind and viewable through the mirror... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070064109 - Wireless video surveillance system and method for self-configuring network: A mesh network surveillance system and method for providing communication between a base system having at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and other ICD(s), wherein the ICD(s) are operable to provide a self-configuring network with each other, including the steps of providing this base system; at least one... Agent: Martin A. Renkis

20070064110 - Single instrument/card for video applications: Video processing arrangement including a host computer having a monitor, a video asset coupled to the computer for generating video signals and an interface for connecting the video asset to the computer to enable the display of video signals on the monitor. The video asset includes various primary elements including... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070064111 - Digital camera and image information transmission method: At least one image file containing an image to be printed is selected from the image files recorded in a recording medium, for example, HDD by a user. Then a camera and a printer are connected. Responsive to a file information transmission request that requests the transmission of all image... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070064113 - Apparatus and method for remote control of an image forming device using wireless data communication: A remote control apparatus and method are provided for controlling an image forming device using wireless data communication by establishing a wireless connection with the image forming device. A wireless interface receives image data stored in a storage medium of an image forming device and transmits a signal requesting an... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070064112 - Video communications method and system: The invention provides a method and system wherein first video images are directly overlaid with remote video images to produce a combined video image which is then displayed to the user and/or stored as appropriate. Preferably at least one of the first and/or remote images is subject to an image... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070064114 - Image pickup apparatus: Based on a detection signal from a drop sensor, it is determined whether or not an apparatus is actually dropping. When the apparatus is determined to be dropping, access to a HDD for recording or reading is forbidden, while when the apparatus is determined not to be dropping, the access... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070064115 - Imaging method and imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes an image capturing section, a motion detecting section, a reliability determining section, a shaking compensating section, and a filtering section. The image capturing section captures a plurality of images which chronologically differ. The motion detecting section detects motion of the plurality... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070064116 - Imaging apparatus including a plurality of image pickup elements: An imaging apparatus comprising a spectroscopy section for splitting a beam of object light; a first image pickup element and a second image pickup element for converting one of the object light split by the spectroscopy section to image data; a moving picture imaging control section for imaging a moving... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070064118 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The image processing apparatus includes an RGB-YUV converter for converting a color image into a luminance signal and a color difference signal and a YUV false color remover for removing false color based on the luminance signal Y and the color difference signals U, V. The false color remover includes... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070064117 - Image signal processing circuit and imaging unit using the same: A first solid state imaging device (20a) captures a first picture of a subject to generate a first image signal Ya(t). A second solid state imaging device (20b) captures a second picture of the subject to generate a second image signal Yb(t). In synchronization with operation of the first and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070064119 - Photographing system: A photographing system for photographing a subject comprises color information detecting section for detecting color information of the subject, color image capturing section for capturing a color image of the subject, and color correcting section for performing color correction of a color image captured by the color image capturing section... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070064120 - Chroma-key event photography: The invention comprises an entertaining digital chroma-key video photography event (“photo event”) wherein at least one photo subject is placed in front of a green screen background. The participant is photographed while moving or speaking in response to verbal prompts or from viewing action in a simultaneously shown interactive composite... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20070064121 - Real-time recommendation of album templates for online photosharing: The present invention provides a system and method for recommending templates for electronic or online photo albums. In general, digital images are selected to form a photo album. The metadata associated with the digital images is analyzed to provide selection criteria. Using the selection criteria, one or more templates are... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20070064123 - Digital video camera and mode changing method: According to an embodiment of the invention, in a digital video camera using a non-tape recording medium, the user can select whether to save a moving image file in a divided form or as one file, when recording a moving image, by changing the function of a REC button. When... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070064122 - Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method and image storing apparatus: There is provided an image capturing apparatus hat enables a user to confirm already captured images on the image capturing apparatus even when the captured images have been transferred out of the image capturing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus has an image capturing section for capturing images, a large memory... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064124 - Media spooler system and methodology providing efficient transmission of media content from wireless devices: A media spooler system is described that provides a methodology for efficient transmission of media content from client devices, such transmission of digital images from wireless digital cameras. The media spooler or gateway addresses wireless transmission problems by acting as a protocol gateway between a thin-client device and a target... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070064125 - Chroma-key event photography: The invention comprises an entertaining digital chroma-key video photography event (“photo event”) wherein at least one photo subject is placed in front of a green screen background. The participant is photographed while moving or speaking in response to verbal prompts or from viewing action in a simultaneously shown interactive composite... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20070064126 - Chroma-key event photography: The invention comprises an entertaining digital chroma-key video photography event (“photo event”) wherein at least one photo subject is placed in front of a green screen background. The participant is photographed while moving or speaking in response to verbal prompts or from viewing action in a simultaneously shown interactive composite... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20070064127 - Method and apparatus for superimposing characters on video: A method and apparatus for superimposing a character on video for display on a video screen comprising providing a system capable of displaying a plurality of RGB pixel values on a video screen, designating a portion of the plurality of RGB pixel values to have special values, receiving video data... Agent: Paul T. Kashimba, Esq. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

20070064128 - System and method for a high dynamic range sensitive sensor element or array with gain control: A high dynamic range sensitive sensor element or array is provided which uses phase domain integration techniques to accurately capture high and low intensity images. The sensor element of the present invention is not limited by dynamic range characteristics exhibited by prior art solid-state pixel structures and is thus capable... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070064129 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device comprising pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction, wherein each of the pixels comprises: (i) a light receiving portion including photoelectric converting elements which are formed overlappingly in a depth direction of a semiconductor substrate, and which detect lights of different colors respectively,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070064130 - Link object to form field on surface: A method of submitting an object to a form application using a form printed on a surface, the surface having disposed therein or thereon coded data being at least partially indicative of an identity of the form and at least one interactive element, the at least one interactive element being... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070064131 - Solid-state element device and light-emitting apparatus using same: A solid-state element device having: a solid-state element; a power receiving/supplying portion for mounting thereto the solid-state element, and receiving/supplying a power from/to the solid-state element; and a wavelength converting portion having a phosphor layer formed inside a sealing glass having the same coefficient of thermal expansion as that of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070064132 - Storage device system and signal transmission method for storage device system: The storage device system comprises: a plurality of signal transmission paths connected respectively to a plurality of installed storage devices; a plurality of system side communications sections for transmitting and receiving signals respectively to and from the plurality of storage devices, via the plurality of signal transmission paths; and one... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070064133 - Mos image sensor: A MOS image sensor comprises: a semiconductor substrate that has a surface including an image area; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged on the image area; and lines formed over the image area in a manner avoiding the photoelectric conversion elements and connected to a signal-read circuit provided corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064135 - Apparatus for continuous clocking of tdi sensors: A method and apparatus for propagating charge through a sensor and implementation thereof is provided. The method and apparatus may be used to inspect specimens, the sensor operating to advance an accumulated charge between gates of the TDI sensor. The design implementation provides a set of values representing a plurality... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20070064139 - Solid state image pickup device and its manufacture: A first silicon oxide film is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate in an area of a vertical transfer channel and a read gate contiguous with each other, and a silicon nitride film is formed on the first silicon oxide film. The silicon nitride film is isotropically etched... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070064138 - Solid state imaging device, driving method for solid state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and image input apparatus: At a transfer electrode to which a normally low transfer pulse is applied, the time period in which the negative potential is applied is long, and an electric field is applied to a gate insulating film, such that the device reliability can decrease. To overcome this drawback, a negative side... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070064137 - Solid state imaging device, method of producing the same and camera relating to same: A solid state imaging device improving and stabilizing imaging characteristic by optimizing a location of a positive hole accumulation layer to an electrode at the periphery of a light receiving portion, and having light receiving portions formed on a substrate and electrodes formed on the substrate at the periphery of... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070064136 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus for compensating for deterioration of horizontal charge transfer efficiency: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor provided with an image sensing surface including a photosensitive zone for measurement and an optical black area adjoining an output circuit. Signal charges read out from the photosensitive zone for measurement and optical black area are used to calculate local horizontal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064134 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging apparatuses IS1 comprises a package P1, a CCD chip 11, chip resistor arrays 21, etc. In package P1, a mounting portion 2, for mounting CCD chip 11 and chip resistor arrays 21, is disposed so as to protrude into a hollow portion 1. Mounting portion 2 has... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070064141 - Digital camera: A digital camera comprises two photographing systems which are independent of and substantially identical to each other, and each of which includes a photographing optical system and an image pickup device. The photographing optical system is configured to include a photographing lens, a focusing lens and an aperture stop. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064142 - Digital camera: A digital camera comprises two photographing systems which are independent of and substantially identical to each other, and each of which includes a photographing optical system and an image pickup device. The photographing optical system is configured to include a photographing lens, a focusing lens and an aperture stop. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064140 - Electronics system: An electronics system includes an electronic appliance with a display, a video camera for photographing an operator, and a universal remote controller for remotely controlling the electronic appliance. The image of the operator photographed with the video camera is converted into a mirror image. The mirror image of the operator... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070064144 - Imaging device with blur reduction system: An imaging device having a lens focusing light from a selected scene within an optical footprint, and a substrate including a primary array and at least one navigation array which are positioned within the optical footprint. The primary array acquires a desired image of a portion of the selected scene... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070064143 - Method and system for capturing a wide-field image and a region of interest thereof: This system captures an image acquired by a simply connected wide-field optical system (1) providing a first optical channel, this image being captured by a first video camera. A sampling optical system inserted into this first channel captures on a second video camera a narrow field corresponding to a region... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070064145 - Autofocus control apparatus and method of controlling the same: When an imaging mode is set, a subject is imaged, and image data representing a subject image is obtained. Continuous AF is operated such that the subject image represented by the obtained image data is focused. Ranges ahead of and behind the focusing position of an imaging lens obtained in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070064146 - System and method for image sensor element or array with photometric and realtime reporting capabilities: A solid-state pixel structure or pixel array includes integrated exposure control provided within the pixel structure and/or pixel array. Including exposure control within the pixel structure and/or array allows optimal exposure to be achieved in real time. Optimal exposure is achieved by measuring the response of pixel structures to received... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070064147 - Multi-screen television receiver remote control system, remote controller and operation method, multi-screen television receiver and operation method, recording media, and program: A multi-screen television receiver remote control system includes a multi-screen television receiver including a plurality of television receivers, and a remote controller for controlling the multi-screen television receiver. In the multi-screen television receiver remote control system, the remote controller includes a determining section, a manipulating section, a remote control command... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070064148 - Methods and apparatus for correction of 2-3 field patterns: Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user to correct a discontinuous 2-3 field sequence within a disrupted video signal. A 2-3 field pattern fixer can be operated in a one-pass mode and/or a two-pass mode. In the one-pass mode, the disrupted video signal is analyzed to generate correction... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070064149 - Data recovery device and data recovery method for television signals: A data recovery device and a method thereof for processing a television signal having a plurality of horizontal scan signals are disclosed. The data recovery device includes a reference level processing unit and a data processing circuit. The method for data recovery is by means of the reference level processing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070064150 - Signal processing apparatus and method for detecting information in a television broadcast: The present invention relates to a signal processing apparatus, comprising a signal interface which receives a broadcasting signal comprising broadcasting data; a signal processor which generates a channel information guide (CIG) comprising channel information; and a controller which controls the signal processor to detect a state of the received broadcasting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064151 - System and implementation for if compensation for video decoders: Base band compensation for an IF stage in a television provides significant advantages over compensation applied to the composite signal. Each base band color difference signal is filtered to obtain cross-talk elements, which are then applied to the opposite channel to eliminate the cross-talk components from the color difference signal... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070064152 - Video synchronization signal detection circuit: A video synchronization signal detector for detecting occurrences of single and double frequency synchronization signal pulses present during a vertical synchronization interval.... Agent: National Semiconductor Corporation C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070064153 - Information processing apparatus capable of receiving broadcast program data, and method of controlling power savings which is applied to the apparatus: According to one embodiment, a receiving unit includes a tuner unit, an analog demodulation unit, a digital demodulation unit, an analog television processing unit, a digital television processing unit and a bus interface unit. A control unit sets a unit of the units included in the receiving unit, which is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070064154 - Video mode detection circuit: A video signal mode detector for automatically detecting and indicating the type of video signal being received in terms of its video signal characteristics, including horizontal line count and progressive or interlaced scanning.... Agent: National Semiconductor Corporation C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070064155 - Device and method for zooming images: A method for zooming images is provided. The method is suitable for altering the size of a source image frame in both horizontal and vertical directions to generate a destination image frame. The method for zooming images includes the following steps. First, the frequency of a horizontal sync signal is... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070064156 - System and method for removing co-channel interference: Methods and system removing co-channel interference from a digital signal. In this method, the digital signal interfered by an interference signal is received, wherein the interference signal comprises consecutive sections, each of which contains N symbols. An average signal is generated by calculating an average over the received digital signal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070064157 - Broadcast receiving system: When a main television is turned on, a power source A, a power source B, and a power source C operate. When the main television is turned off (stand-by state), the power source A and the power source B operate, if the sub-television is turned on, and only the power... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070064159 - Digital tv and control method thereof: A digital TV including a receiving part for receiving a broadcasting signal and broadcasting information, a video processing module and an audio processing module for reproducing video and audio corresponding to the broadcasting signal, respectively, a power source for supplying power, and a controller for determining whether a video signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070064158 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus including a display, a video processor to output an video signal to the display, a power supply to output a power signal to turn on/off the display, and a controller to control at least one of the power supply and the video processor to make a sequence... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070064160 - Method and apparatus for monitoring tv channel selecting status: To identify the channel being actually selected by a TV set having built therein a digital tuner, a meter, which forms a channel selecting status monitoring apparatus, is connected via a cable to a digital audio output terminal of the TV set that outputs a digital audio signal of the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070064161 - Image projector: An image projector comprises a light source, a first color wheel in which a first colorless light-transmitting portion and a first color filter are arranged at a first area ratio, a second color wheel in which a second colorless light-transmitting portion and a second color filter are arranged at a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070064162 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device includes a four-color conversion circuit with no chromatic changes in which the chromaticity and luminance of input image data are maintained, a four-color conversion circuit with chromatic changes in which the chromaticity and luminance of input image data are not necessarily maintained, and a selector... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058031 - Wireless communication device: A wireless communication device is connected to an external device such as a personal computer. If an image capture device such as a digital camera is wirelessly connected to the external device, the wireless communication device behaves as the image capture device. If the image capture device is wirelessly connected... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058032 - Virtual film providing method, server, and mobile terminal with camera: A concept of virtual film is introduced, thereby realizing a method for providing a novel, useful virtual film that allows the user to store photos without expending time and trouble and that reduces the post-processes so that the management at the server is easier. A mobile terminal with a camera... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070058033 - Multimedia apparatus and method for automated selection of preset audio/video settings in accordance with a selected signal source: A multimedia apparatus includes a memory unit for recording a plurality of preset audio/video configurations corresponding to a plurality of signal sources, a control module electrically connected to the memory unit for automatically selecting a desired configuration from the plurality of preset audio/video configurations according to a selected signal source,... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070058034 - Stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic display program, and stereoscopic display method: A stereoscopic image display device includes a stereoscopic image display unit that displays a stereoscopic image. The stereoscopic image display unit includes: an image display element that is arranged with a plurality of color pixels; and a beam direction limitation element that is provided on the image display element and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058035 - Apparatus for dental diagnosis and treatment: An apparatus for dental diagnosis and treatment includes: a dentist's chair disposed near a dental treatment table; an intraoral camera which can capture moving images in the patient's oral cavity and can be fixed near the patient's mouth; a first monitor installed at a position where the three parties comprising... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070058036 - Receiving apparatus: A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives an image signal, identification information on a transmitting apparatus, and color adjusting information that are radio transmitted from the transmitting apparatus; a lock controller that locks the color adjusting information when the receiving unit receives at least one of consecutively repeated... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070058037 - User interface for use in screening luggage, containers, parcels or people and apparatus for implementing same: An apparatus and method for implementing a user interface module for use in screening a receptacle to detect therein the presence of one or more prohibited objects is provided. An image signal associated with the receptacle conveying information related to the receptacle's contents and a detection signal conveying a presence... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070058038 - Gated imaging: An imaging system, including a transmission source providing pulse(s), and a gated sensor for receiving pulse reflections from objects located beyond a minimal range. The pulse and the gate timing are controlled for creating a sensitivity as a function of range, such that the amount of the energy received progressively... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070058039 - Combination monitoring and entertainment system for children: A dual functioning system for enabling a user to selectively monitor and entertain a subject comprises an entertainment system and a surveillance system. The entertainment system comprises a visual display, signal-delivering circuitry, signal-inputting hardware, and an extendable arm assembly. The arm assembly selectively positions the visual display for viewing by... Agent: Meroni + Meroni

20070058040 - Video surveillance using spatial-temporal motion analysis: Detection of an omitted process in an event having of a sequence of processes includes: receiving video of an action area; receiving transaction data regarding a transaction occurring at the action area; detecting at least two different actor motion states in the video; detecting an event based on the motion... Agent: Venable LLP

20070058041 - System and methods for enhancing the experience of spectators attending a live sporting event, with contextual information distribution capability: A handheld electronic device for use at a venue hosting a live sporting event, having a receiver for receiving a wireless RF transmission conveying a plurality of video streams derived from video cameras filming the live sporting event, a display and a user interface for selecting a video stream among... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070058042 - Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display: A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored and then gathered. These assets are then assembled into a template to form a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently output in a video transport stream... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070058043 - Real-time iptv channel health monitoring: Systems and methods for monitoring health of Internet Protocol television channels in real-time are described. In one implementation, a monitoring system discovers the distribution paths for multiple channels and proactively pings for component health and audio-visual (AV) quality at different segments of the paths. Health of components and AV quality... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070058044 - Systems and methods for measuring spatial and angular performance of a visual display: Systems and methods for measuring spatial and angular performance of a visual display are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, for example, a method for measuring spatial and angular performance of a flat panel visual display includes capturing a plurality of image measurements from a visual display at a plurality... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070058045 - Image capturing device: The image capturing device according to the present invention is configured so that only the lens barrel having the entrance window and the refractive optical system can be expanded and contracted. Therefore, the structure can be simplified. In addition, the entrance window is located at the in-use position where the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058046 - Image pickup apparatus: The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus for automatically tracking an object to pick up an image of the object, and the image apparatus comprises; a lens apparatus including a zoom lens and a focus lens, the lens apparatus picking up an image of the object; a camera device... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070058047 - Multi-directional remote control system and method: A multi-directional remote control system and method is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display such as a monitor or TV and having display functions employing a mouse type control. The remote controller may be conveniently held in one hand of a user and... Agent: David L. Henty

20070058048 - Photographing system for a moving apparatus: A photographing system having plural image pickup units for a moving apparatus with enhanced user's visibility of images for a driver of the apparatus. A system control part controls the image pickup units. Image pickup unit picks up images ahead of the moving apparatus. Image pickup unit picks up images... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070058049 - Image sensing apparatus and method of controlling the same: Disclosed is a method of controlling an image sensing apparatus for sensing a plurality of images at exposure period shorter than one vertical scanning period every vertical scanning period of a moving image, superimposing and synthesizing the plurality of images while shifting them relative to one another so as to... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070058050 - Reconstructing a full color image from an image encoded by a bayer pattern: A method and apparatus for reconstructing a full color image. The method may include receiving a signal pertaining to an encoded image, and reconstructing four color values for each pixel location in the image using a set of convolution masks.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070058051 - Replaceable imaging device and camera body capable of removably receiving same: Disclosed are a camera body and a replaceable imaging device to be removably received therein. An aligning section is provided to regulate the imaging element such that a light-receiving area thereof coincides with an imaging surface of an imaging optical system of the camera body in a state the replaceable... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070058053 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: An image capturing apparatus represented by digital camera 200 is capable of accessing at least two storage media. Each time one of the storage media becomes full, the image capturing apparatus switches the image data recording destination to the other storage medium. While one of the storage media is serving... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058054 - Observation apparatus: An observation apparatus includes an illumination unit that illuminates a specimen; an imaging unit that captures an image of the specimen to generate an observation image; and an imaging and display controller that controls the imaging unit so that an image of the specimen is preliminary captured to generate a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070058052 - Trigger tone of a camera: The invention relates to a digital camera comprising at least a memory unit for saving pictures and a control unit that is adapted to control the operation of the camera and to form a trigger tone on the basis of the state of the camera. The trigger tone indicates the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070058056 - Method and apparatus for real time identification and correction of pixel defects for image sensor arrays: An image processing system and method compares each pixel of an image obtained from an image sensor array with at least eight surrounding pixels of the same color in the filter array. If the signal of a given pixel is larger than the respective signals of all eight surrounding pixels... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070058055 - Solid-state imaging device, manufacturing method for solid-state imaging device, and camera using the same: A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of light-receiving units two-dimensionally arrayed in a semiconductor substrate, a filter unit operable to transmit incident lights of selected wavelengths to the plurality of light receiving units and a light shielding unit operable to shield incident light, the light shielding unit having a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070058061 - Image pickup apparatus, solid-state imaging device, and image generating method: In an image pickup apparatus of the present invention, a CCD 11 in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array, thereof the number of effective horizontal pixels is H and the number of effective vertical pixels is V ; a aspect switching operator 18 that sets... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070058058 - Method of reading pixel signals from a multiple staggered sensor: A method of reading pixel signals from a staggered sensor comprises providing the staggered sensor which comprises at least two linear image sensors, wherein a plurality of photocells of one linear image sensor are offset abutting with a plurality of photocells of the adjacent linear image sensor respectively. The pixel... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070058060 - Solid state imaging device and adjustment method thereof: A solid state imaging device includes: two or more output units, the output unit including a charge/voltage conversion unit adapted to convert signal charges into an electric signal and an output circuit unit adapted to output the electric signal converted by the charge/voltage conversion unit; and a variable capacitor connected... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070058057 - Solid state imaging device and operation method of the same: A solid state imaging device includes a floating diffusion layer, a reset drain, and an absorption drain formed in a semiconductor substrate. The solid state imaging device further includes a charge transfer section to transfer electric charge into the layer in response to a clock signal; a reset transistor to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070058059 - Solid-state element device: A solid-state element device having: a solid-state element having a pad electrode smaller than a contact electrode, the solid-state element being flip-mounted; a power receiving/supplying portion for receiving/supplying a power, the power receiving/supplying portion being bonded to the solid-state element such that an element mounting surface thereof is nearly flush... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070058062 - Solid-state image pickup device: There provided are a layout configuration in which fluctuation in pixel sensitivity characteristics is reduced and a solid-state image pickup device which attains high yield and high sensitivity. Respective sections included in pixels 2a and 2b, such as light receiving regions 20a and 20b of PDs 3a and 3ba, transfer... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070058063 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup element formed on a single semiconductor chip, the solid-state image pickup element including photoelectric conversion units arranged two-dimensionally, a plurality of CCDs for transferring charges generated by the photoelectric conversion units arranged two-dimensionally, each of the plurality of CCDs being arranged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058064 - Image processing apparatus and method, and program therefor: An image processing apparatus includes the following elements: a generator operable to generate, on the basis of a captured image, an image to be captured with a second setting different from a first setting serving as a present shooting setting; a display controller operable to display, together with the captured... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058065 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes: a camera having a lens barrel incorporating an imaging device and a photographic optical system for introducing a subject image to the imaging device; a bracket for supporting the camera; a guide member attached onto the camera, the guide member having a cylindrical surface extending about... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058066 - Module for increasing total track: The present invention is a module for increasing total track, especially an application to an optical capturing device, thus the module for increasing total track may change its total track without re-laying out reflection positions and space in said optical capturing device; there are plural kinds of modules to be... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070058067 - Monitoring system: A monitoring system is provided, for monitoring a room in all directions and capturing a high quality image of a subject when a change in the subject is detected. The monitoring system according to the present invention includes: an image capturing section; a convex mirror section for reflecting a whole... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070058068 - Solid state imaging device, manufacturing method of the same, and substrate for solid state imaging device: A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having photoelectric conversion devices, the method including: 1) forming a plurality of color filters differing in color from each other, 2) forming a transparent resin layer on the color filters, 3) forming an etching control layer on the transparent resin layer,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070058069 - Packaging structure of a light sensation module: A packaging structure of a light sensation module includes a substrate, a light sensation chip, a housing and a lens barrel. The light sensation chip is installed on the substrate and is electrically connected to the substrate. The lens barrel is movably installed to the housing, and the corresponding surfaces... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070058071 - System and methods for increasing fill-factor on pixelated sensor arrays: A system and methodology that facilitates increasing the fill-factor of digital sensor arrays at a reduced cost. In general, fill-factor relates to the active area of the sensor array with respect to the inactive area or space between pixels on the array. By increasing the fill-factor, transmitting maximum amount of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070058070 - Zoom camera: A zoom camera (100) includes a first lens barrel (10), at least one first lens (12) positioned in the first lens barrel, a second lens barrel (20), at least one second lens (22) positioned in the second barrel, an image pickup module (60) and an actuator (40). The first lens... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070058072 - Lens module for digital camera: A digital camera module (100) includes a barrel (1), an IR-cut filter (3) and at least one lens element (4). The IR-cut filter is fixed to the barrel. The at least one lens element is received in the barrel and is disposed behind the IR-cut filter so that incoming light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070058073 - Method of determining psf using multiple instances of a nominally scene: A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer regarding motion blur, and for reducing camera motion blur in an image captured by the apparatus. The digital processing component operates by comparing the image... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070058074 - Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor: A control method for an image sensing apparatus provided with an operation unit for receiving input from a user and a communication unit for communicating with an external processing device, and having a power saving mode for stopping supply of electrical power to at least a part of the image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070058075 - Camera system and power supply for optical recording devices: A camera system includes a video camera having a first mating mechanism defined on a bottom, planar surface of the video camera. A battery assembly contains an energy cell and a first surface of the battery assembly is releasably engageable with the mounting mechanism such that the battery assembly is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070058076 - Stage apparatus, and camera shake correction apparatus using the stage apparatus: A stage apparatus comprising: a stationary support board; a movable stage positioned to face the stationary support board to be movable relative to the stationary support board; at least three support members which are in contact with one surface of the movable stage which faces the stationary support board to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070058077 - Information processing equipment and method, provision system and method, and program: Disclosed are information processing equipment and an information processing method, a provision system and method, and a program that are intended to readily produce a content of higher quality, wherein, an acquisition unit acquires an interpolative content with which a main content is interpolated in a spatial or temporal direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058078 - System and method for clock replication using reference clock: Data encoded with a video clock is transmitted over a communication link in accordance with a communication reference signal, which in one embodiment is a wireless link. In one embodiment, the video clock is independent from the communication reference signal. The communication reference clock, which may be known to both... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070058079 - Stream generating apparatus and method of supplying frame sync signal used for stream generating apparatus: A stream generating apparatus includes an acquirer which acquires from an external source a reference signal synchronized with the video signal, a self-driven counter which has a first count mode in which the number of clocks in the frame period is counted in synchronization with a reference signal acquired by... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070058080 - Video processing apparatus and video processing method: A video processing apparatus including a display, first and second video processing units for processing a main video signal and a sub video signal, a path switching unit for switching paths of the main video signal and the sub video signal, and a controller for controlling the path switching unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058081 - Channel equalizer and digital television receiver using the same: Disclosed are a channel equalizer and digital television receiver using the same. The equalizer comprises a channel estimator, a channel distortion compensator and noise canceller. The channel estimator estimates an impulse response of a transmission channel from a received signal. The channel distortion compensator transforms and processes the received signal... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070058082 - Saturation correction for color pictures: The present invention is directed to a method of saturation correction. The method includes converting a luminance signal and at least one color difference signal into a color signal. Detecting if the color signal has a negative value. Inverting the color signal to produce a correction value. Further, adding the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070058083 - Broadcasting signal receiver and control method thereof: A broadcasting signal receiver and a method of controlling the broadcasting signal receiver having a user selection unit, the method including: determining whether a plurality of channels that correspond to a selected channel exist; determining whether the plurality of channels have the same contents if it is determined that the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070058084 - System and method for adaptive power supply to reduce power consumption: A system and method for adaptively providing a power supply voltage. The system includes an oscillator configured to receive an output voltage and generate a firs signal. The first signal is associated with a first frequency and a first period. Additionally, the system includes a frequency comparator configured to receive... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070058085 - Interactive remote control for toddlers: A child's remote control for use with a television (TV) or interactive-TV or cable or satellite box (converter) comprises enlarged keys and/or color-coding according to function group. The enlarged keys provide a wider top surface and area between the keys, making the present invention easy for the use of children... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070058086 - Color display device using bi-directional scanning method: A bi-directional scan type color display device is disclosed, comprising: a light source part emitting color lights according to a light source control signal; an optical modulator element modulating the color lights according to an optical modulator control signal, thereby generating diffracted lights; a scanner bi-directionally scanning and then projecting... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070058087 - Image display system and method: Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for processing an image. An image processing unit includes a processor unit and a control unit. The processor unit receives an incoming video signal. The control unit defines image frames from the video signal. The image frames have bit planes in a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070058088 - Image-projection system with imager provided with a color wheel having a plurality of sub- sets of colored segments, and corresponding projection appliance: System for the sequential illumination of an imager comprising a color wheel comprising at least two coplanar subsets of three colored segments The color wheel comprises at least one subset of segments of primary colors 61R, 61G and 61B, and one subset of segments of composite colors. The subset of... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070058090 - Projection system, information processing apparatus: A projection system includes an information processing apparatus; a projector; and a signal transmission unit that carries signals between the information processing apparatus and the projector. The information processing apparatus includes a shape conversion unit that generates shape-converted image data that is properly represented when projected from the projector; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070058089 - Projection type display device and method for controlling the same: A projection type display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed which are capable of preventing a reduction in the brightness of video caused by an ineffective region. The method includes the steps of determining effective and ineffective video regions of video based on a brightness of... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070058091 - Flat display frame: A flat display frame for a flat display of the present invention comprises four tube frames and a stander. Four tube frames which can construct a rectangle around the flat display; there is a 45 degrees bevel portion at each end of the tube frame. There is a contain portion... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070058092 - In-wall type multi-functional television set: An in-wall type multi-functional television set being embedded in the wall of home, accommodated and withdrawn from the wall. The in-wall type multi-functional television set includes a main body having an accommodating part provided at a front side of the main body, an input part with a plurality of input... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070058093 - Receiver apparatus and receiver system: A receiver apparatus 3 has a digital circuit portion 13 that converts a compressed digital signal outputted from a digital demodulating portion 12 into digital video and audio signals and a video/audio output circuit 14 that converts the digital video and audio signals outputted from the digital circuit portion 13... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070052793 - Circuit for use with multifunction handheld device with video functionality: A circuit for use by a multifunction handheld device is coupleable to an audio output device, the multifunction handheld device including a color video display device and a host interface that is coupleable to a host device. The circuit includes a processing module and a memory interface, operably coupled to... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070052792 - Circuit for use in cellular telephone with video functionality: A circuit for use by a cellular telephone is coupleable to an audio output device, the cellular telephone including cellphone functionality, a Bluetooth interface, and a color video display device. The circuit includes a processing module and a memory interface, operably coupled to the processing module and a memory that... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070052794 - 3d image processing apparatus and method: A three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and method are provided for use with a 3D, image divided into a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The apparatus includes a disparity estimation unit estimating disparities between the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a horizontal movement determination unit determining a horizontal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052795 - System and method for evaluating a machined surface of a cast metal component: A method and system are provided for non-contact evaluation of a machined surface of a cast-metal part, including a vision-based porosity inspection station. A digital image of the machined surface is acquired, oriented and scaled to an XY coordinate system, filtered, and inverted. A second image is generated with known... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070052796 - Photo-curable adhesive composition, optical pick-up device using the same and optical recording/reproducing drive including the optical pick-up device: A photo-curable adhesive composition including an oligourethane acrylate in a range of about 10 to about 30% by weight, a reactive monomer-diluent in a range of about 32 to about 46% by weight, a polymeric filler in a range of about 20 to about 30% by weight, a photoinitiator in... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.c.

20070052798 - Filmscanner: The invention relates to a film scanner for the optical scanning of a motion picture film and for the generation of corresponding scanned images. The film scanner has an infrared channel for the optical scanning of at least one perforation hole of the motion picture film in an infrared range... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070052797 - Method for controlling image-forming apparatus: Even in an image-forming apparatus including an optical deflection apparatus using a light source such as a high-power laser light source, a variation in temperature of an optical deflector due to modulation of deflected light based on drawing data is compensated to maintain a preferable oscillation state of the optical... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052799 - System and method for assisting speech development for the hearing-challenged: An image projection/display system (referred to generally herein as a “display system”) is provided to assist a pupil in speech development. The display system displays an image of a face viewed from the rear, as though the pupil were viewing a mask from behind. This “mask image” is projected in... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-rps)

20070052800 - Scintillation measuring method of display device and scintillation measuring device: A measuring method of scintillation appearing on a display image of a display device installed with a light source including: capturing the display image from a plurality of capturing positions respectively having different capturing angles relative to the display image to obtain a plurality of captured images; and acquiring scintillation... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070052801 - Remote camera platform system: A remote camera platform system 10 includes an image-capturing device 140 having an image-capturing unit; at least one remote camera platform 100 having a driving unit 130 that rotates the image-capturing device 140 in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; an operation device 200 that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052804 - Mobile video surveillance system and method: A mobile video surveillance system is provided having portable video units communicating in a wireless network. The individual portable video units have a wireless router coupled to a video camera that is held by a portable mounting device. The wireless routers coupled to the video cameras, at the deployed portable... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070052803 - Scanning camera-based video surveillance system: A video surveillance system may include at least one sensing unit capable of being operated in a scanning mode and a video processing unit coupled to the sensing unit, the video processing unit to receive and process image data from the sensing unit and to detect scene events and target... Agent: Venable LLP

20070052802 - Viewing surveillance system: A viewing surveillance system which make it possible to carry out the viewing surveillance independently from the broadcasting form like analog broadcasting or digital broadcasting. The viewing surveillance system also make it possible to carry out the viewing surveillance without any restriction set to viewers or any burden to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070052805 - Interior mirror: An interior mirror which enables surveillance of a vehicle driver even at night, in tunnels and the like, without obstructing a forward field of vision of the vehicle driver or subjecting the vehicle driver to psychological pressure due to the presence of a surveillance device. Light with wavelengths in the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070052806 - System and method for protection of aircraft: A system and method for protection of aircraft against surface-to-air missiles deploys sensors to provide coverage around an airport The use of a fixed (or slow moving) set of sensors around the airport allows detection of missile threats to all aircraft using the airport without requiring each individual aircraft to... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070052807 - System and method for user monitoring interface of 3-d video streams from multiple cameras: Embodiments of the present invention introduce a user navigation interface that allows a user to monitor/navigate video streams captured from multiple cameras. It integrates video streams from multiple cameras with the semantic layout into a 3-D immersive environment and renders the video streams in multiple displays on a user navigation... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070052808 - Rotatable camera: The invention relates to an electronic device (10), which includes-a case structure (23), -a display component (19) fitted in connection with the case structure, -camera devices that can be oriented, fitted inside the case structure, including an image sensor (12) fitted entirely inside and optics (20.1, 20.2, 20.2′), and-an aperture... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070052810 - Dual-mode camera: A dual camera system uses a single lens and no moving parts in the optical path. A single lens directs a desired scene to a partially reflective beamsplitting mirror, thence to a pair of image sensors. For day/night operation, one sensor may be optimized for nighttime sensitivity, while the other... Agent: Kirt S. O'neill Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.l.p.

20070052809 - Method and system for a programmable camera for configurable security and surveillance systems: A method and system for a programmable camera for a configurable security and surveillance system are provided. A programmable sensor agent for video surveillance may comprise a network interface, a processor, an image processor, and an image sensor. The image processor may comprise at least one configurable device. A device... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070052812 - Image processing method and device: In a method of processing digitized image data, first image data stored in a first area of a memory is subjected to a filtering process to produce second image data which has a peripheral portion of the first image data removed. The second image data and peripheral image data corresponding... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070052811 - Image sensing apparatus and its control method: A drive mode is switched after readout for one frame is completed, and the reset operation for the following frame is started. In this manner, the reset operation for the following frame will not be performed during the readout period for the preceding frame. Therefore, the accumulation period for the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070052813 - Method and apparatus for color interpolation: This invention is directed to imaging methods and systems for flexibly addressing and processing imaging pixel sensor elements. A novel architecture is described which allows for a highly integrated, low cost imager with high speed performance and good image quality. The imaging system provides on-the-fly color interpolation, color compensation (also... Agent: Saile Ackerman Llc

20070052814 - Method and apparatus for white-balancing an image: Method and apparatus for white-balancing an image of an object. Light reflected from the object illuminated with light having known spectral characteristics is collected, and the spectral reflectivity characteristics of the object is determined from the collected light. Light reflected from the object illuminated with light having unknown spectral characteristics... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070052815 - Image processing system and image processing method, image pickup device and method, and image display device and method: The present invention relates to an image processing system and an image processing method, an image pickup apparatus and an image pickup method, and an image display device and an image display method, which can faithfully pick up and display the colors of an object. Slit light of an optical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070052816 - Flicker reduction method, flicker reduction circuit and image pickup apparatus: It is now possible to correct flicker without the risk of correcting flicker by error if a moving subject exists in the scene by using values detected in the past in order to prevent degradation of image quality from taking place. The integral value obtained by integrating an input video... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070052817 - Method and apparatus for managing integration time of imagers: The integration time for an imager is adjusted to be an integer multiple of the light intensity received by the imager to reduce or eliminate flickering.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070052818 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: When a user instructs photographing by operating an operating unit, an image captured by an image sensor is stored as a photographed image in a memory. When a mode for performing color fading correction is set, the CPU instructs an image processing device to extract, from the photographed image, areas... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070052819 - Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An imaging apparatus, an image processing method and a computer program are provided. An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging part; and a data processing part which executes a process to create a RAW image file that stores RAW data acquired through the imaging part and a plurality of parameter sets... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070052820 - Imaging apparatus, control method for the imaging apparatus, and storage medium storing computer program which causes a computer to execute the control method for the imaging apparatus: A control method for an imaging apparatus includes photoelectrically converting a photographic subject image formed by an imaging optical system, repetitively detecting a photographic subject region based on a signal obtained from the photoelectric conversion applied to the photographic subject image, storing photographic subject information of the detected photographic subject... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070052821 - Image capturing apparatus and its control method: This invention has as its object to precisely detect the face of a person from a captured image even in a situation with an insufficient brightness (e.g., when an image of a person is to be photographed to have a nightscape as a background). To this end, an image capturing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070052822 - Smear correction in a digital camera: Methods and apparatus to measure small shifts and rotations of video images captured in short succession after a first reference video image is captured, and to add the sequence of captures while shifting or rotating back the shifted or rotated images, in order to improve the SNR in low light... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070052823 - Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and program: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit which converts an optical image of an object into an electrical signal, and an optical member arranged on the object side of the image capturing unit. The image capturing apparatus also includes an alien substance removing unit configured to execute an... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070052824 - Cutting method for fabricating a color wheel: A cutting method for fabricating a color wheel. The first step includes cutting a set of fan-shaped filter segments from different colored filter sheets, wherein the sum of the included angles of the set of fan-shaped filter segments is either greater or less than 360°. The second step includes bonding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052825 - Pixel optimization for color: A macro pixel is provided. The macro pixel includes at least two color pixel elements. Each color pixel element includes a photoreceptor that in response to receiving light, generates an output signal that is indicative of the quantity of light photons of a color are received. Each of the color... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070052826 - Apparatus and method for intermediate image-formation of information propagating as wave motion passing through open hole and for image pick-up: An opening is made in a surface intercepting a wave propagating through space. An image of an object is formed on an intermediate surface from the wave passing through this opening. After wave conversion, that is to say, after the entity of a wave is converted into a detectable wave... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070052827 - Coated wafer level camera modules and associated methods: Coated wafer level camera modules and associated methods are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a wafer level camera module that includes a die having multiple image sensor integrated circuits. The module can further include a coating covering at least a portion of the die. The coating... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070052828 - Solid-state image sensing device: When a signal output by a solid-state image sensing device is clamped to a predetermined reference potential, a high voltage generated in a transfer suspension period after the clamping as generally supplied to an A/D converter is generated. A sample/hold output Va is clamped to a clamp level Vref over... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20070052830 - Image pickup apparatus, characteristic variation correction apparatus and data processing method: An image pickup apparatus having an image pickup device structured by a plurality of pixels having different photoelectric conversion characteristics different from each other on each side of an inflection point, correcting an error of the photoelectric conversion characteristics, thereby contributing to realization of high image quality will be provided.... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070052829 - Matrix image recorder using cmos technology: The invention relates to matrix image sensors intended in particular for digital photography. The invention provides a driver in each pixel that allows exposure control common to the entire matrix. The driver comprises five transistors, a photodiode and, apart from a supply conductor and a ground, four control conductors, these... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070052831 - Signal readout structure for an image sensing apparatus: An image sensing apparatus includes a photoelectric converter having a plurality of pixels covered by a color filter composed of a plurality of colors, a plurality of common readout units adapted to sequentially output signals from the plurality of pixels, a time division multiplex (TDM) unit for time division multiplexing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, LLP

20070052832 - Digital image processing apparatus and method of displaying image: Provided are a digital image processing apparatus which can control the size of a display, and accordingly control a picture format, and a method of displaying an image. The digital image processing apparatus includes: a display on which a preview image of an object to be photographed or a reproduced... Agent: Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070052833 - Variable magnification optical system and image-taking apparatus: A variable magnification optical system includes: a plurality of lens groups for imaging a ray from the object side onto the light-receiving surface of an image sensor; and an optical prism for deflecting the optical path of the ray guided by these lens groups. The variable magnification optical system further... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070052835 - Camera apparatus having a plurality of image pickup elements: When the mode is set to a pan focus mode, the imaging apparatus according to the present invention displays types of a shooting scene in an image display section 15 (S1), judges whether or not the user has designated the shooting scene (S2), acquires two focus positions corresponding to the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070052836 - Image pickup apparatus and display control method: An image pickup apparatus using a solid image pickup device includes a manual focus adjusting unit configured to control the position of a focus lens in response to a user's input operation; an edge detecting unit configured to detect edge components of each pixel from an image signal obtained by... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070052834 - Image-taking apparatus, magnification variation control method, and lens unit: A digital still camera switches an image sensor between moving picture shooting and still picture shooting. The digital still camera includes a variable-magnification optical system having a plurality of lens groups of which four are movable. At least one of the movable lens groups travels different movement trails for magnification... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070052837 - Imaging apparatus with auto-focus function: An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup device that converts light from a subject to image data a drive section that drives the image pickup device, an auto-focus section that performs an auto-focus operation, and a focus control section that controls the auto-focus section to perform an auto-focus operation while... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20070052838 - Image sensing system and method of controlling same: Both a specific target and the background thereof in the image of a subject are caused to take on brightnesses that are relatively appropriate. Preliminary image sensing is performed to obtain a preliminary image of the subject. The image of a face is detected from within the preliminary image of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052840 - Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method: An image capturing apparatus keeping down an increase in the amount of processing at the time of exposure determination and at the same time enabling effective utilization of the improved photometry resolution for back light detection, having a luminance calculation unit dividing image data output from an image capturing device... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20070052839 - Method of exposure control for an imaging system: A method of exposure control for an imaging system. A predetermined number of images are captured by one or more imagers, wherein the images are defined by an image resolution matrix. The images are masked to establish a region of interest within the image resolution matrix and brightness of the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070052841 - Range and speed finder: A range/speed finder can be incorporated into a personal electronic device. In one example, a personal electronic device includes an automatic focus system adapted to focus an image of an object and a processor in communication with the automatic focus system adapted to detect a distance of the object using... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070052842 - Implementation of a dv video decoder with a vliw processor and a variable length decoding unit: A decoder for decoding a plurality of digital video data is described. In an embodiment, the decoder comprises a DV video decoder for decoding digital video data which is formatted according to the DV standard. The DV video decoder has a Very-Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor and a variable length... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070052844 - Information processing apparatus and computer program product: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus that generates a progressive video signal including frames from an interlace video signal including pieces of field information in time sequence. The information processing apparatus includes: a video adjustment processing section that performs video adjustment processing to each of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070052843 - Robust de-interlacing of video signals: The invention relates to a method for de-interlacing a video signal with interpolating (24) a first pixel sample from a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels, interpolating (26) a second pixel sample from said first set of pixels and a third set of pixels, calculating (28)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070052845 - Edge detection: A technique for deinterlacing an interlaced video stream is disclosed. A method according to the technique can involve calculating a gradient of image intensity and identifying an edge. A bin can be selected that encompasses the edge. An unknown pixel can be calculated by blending known pixel values along the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070052846 - Source-adaptive video deinterlacer: A method is described for deinterlacing an interlaced video stream. The method includes detecting an occurrence of groups of adjacent fields that are derived from a common original image frame source, and merging field pairs of the interlaced video stream to create a non-interlaced video stream output.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070052847 - Image display system, image display device, and image data output device: An image display system includes: an image data output device that multiplexes and outputs raster data and compressed moving picture data; and an image display device that is connected to the image data output device through a transmission line and displays an image on the basis of image data output... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070052848 - Color burst automatic detection device: A synchronization separation circuit extracts a synchronization timing signal from a video signal, and a burst gate pulse generator generates a timing pulse signal for gating a color burst signal period. In the color burst signal period restricted by the timing pulse signal, a first counter counts up cycles of... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070052849 - Automatic frequency compensation of video signals transmitted across cables: Systems and methods to provide automatic compensation for frequency attenuation of a video signal transmitted over a cable are provided. Frequency compensation is applied to a received video signal that was transmitted over the cable to thereby produce a compensated video signal. A shape of a horizontal sync portion of... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070052850 - Low overhead audio/video intercom system: An audio/video intercom system provides transmission of video and audio signals from a remote originating unit to a computer monitor and speaker for display and reproduction. The system includes an access point router coupled to the computer that receives the remotely originated video and audio signals. The access point router... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070052851 - Method and apparatus for sizing an image on a display: Methods and apparatuses are provided for sizing an image on a display screen. A user is provided the ability to display an image, display graphical objects, navigate, highlight, and activate one of the graphical objects on a display screen thereby sizing the image to the display screen.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070052852 - Motion picture display device: An address generating unit 102 generates a different write start address (w_adr) of a picture memory 105 depending on an aspect ratio and/or a display plane position of a motion picture to be displayed. A picture writing unit 104 writes data to the picture memory 105, starting at the calculated... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070052853 - Method and apparatus for instant replay of digital broadcast data: A method and an apparatus for instant replay of digital broadcast data are disclosed. The method provides a function to multiplex the code stream of the digital broadcast data is provided by using software. During playing a digital broadcast program, the digital broadcast data within the period of time from... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070052855 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a digital signal processing module which receives video information, audio information, or data information and restores a service based on the video information, the audio information or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052856 - Composite image selectivity: Exemplary embodiments provide a technique that processes captured images derived from selected targeted objects in a field of view. The captured images may be transferred via a communication link to a storage location for future availability. A possible aspect may provide a cross-reference association between saved multiple exposures having different... Agent: Searete Llc Suite 110

20070052857 - Display driver: A display driver includes a first interface controller, a signal selector, a driver logic unit and a second interface controller. The first interface controller processes a control command transferred through a first interface mode to provide a path control command and a panel control command. The signal selector receives the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20070052854 - Logo processing methods and circuits: A logo processing method includes: within a plurality of video frames sequentially received from a video source, comparing a base frame with at least a portion of the other video frames to generate a mask having at least one candidate region probably corresponding to at least one logo; performing post... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070052858 - System and method for analyzing and monitoring 3-d video streams from multiple cameras: Embodiments of the present invention introduce a novel technique to analyze and monitor video streams captured from multiple cameras. It highlights the foreground region of the video streams via local alpha blending and displays the videos in an immersive 3-D environment. The spatial arrangement of the displays can be generated... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070052859 - Method and decoder for composing a scene: The present invention relates to a method for composing a scene containing a plurality of objects, an object comprising chrominance and luminance components, a chrominance value being associated with a set of at least two luminance values, wherein said method comprises a step of blending a first object with a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070052860 - Cross color and dot disturbance elimination apparatus and method: According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an average calculation portion which performs a average calculating process between frames by use of an input signal and one-frame delay signal and acquires an output signal having cross color and dot disturbance components reduced, and an up-convert signal detecting portion which sets... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070052861 - Signal processing method, image display apparatus, and television apparatus: A signal processing method comprises the steps of: inputting three signals specifying a color of one pixel; and generating four signals from the input three signals, wherein each of said four signals represents intensities of four different colors to display a color of one pixel by mixing colors, wherein said... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070052862 - Sensor and method of producing sensor: The present invention provides a sensor capable of maintaining an electrical connection between the lead frame and an electrode terminal section of the detection element even when an inadequate external force is applied to a lead frame and a sensor production method capable of preventing the lead frame from buckling... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052863 - Method and device for processing a video signal aimed at compensating for the defects of display devices: The invention relates to a method and device for processing video images aimed at compensating for the defects of display devices. According to the invention, the method is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: correction of a video signal by a specific gamma law associated with a first... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070052864 - Original scan line detection: A technique for detecting original scan lines is disclosed. The technique involves receiving a deinterlaced signal with even scan lines and odd scan lines. After the deinterlaced signal is received, a determination is made as to whether the even scan lines or the odd scan lines are the original scan... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070052867 - Tuner circuit and digital broadcast receiver with low distortion performance and low power consumption: In a tuner circuit, an automatic gain control circuit generates an RF-AGC voltage for automatically controlling a gain of an RF-AGC amplifier in accordance with a level of a signal output from an IF amplifier. An emitter follower circuit includes a transistor for current amplification, and varies a drive current... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052865 - Tuning circuit for preventing a deterioration of q value: A tuning circuit comprises, at least, a first circuit K1 which serially connects a first variable capacitor element 21a and a second variable capacitor element 31a, an inductance element 23a which is parallely connected to the first circuit K1 and constitutes a resonance circuit with the first circuit K1; a... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070052866 - Video processing apparatus and video processing method: Disclosed are a video processing apparatus and method. The apparatus includes: a video processing unit; an information storage unit storing video information on a video signal and channel information on a plurality of channels corresponding to the video information; a signal evaluating unit evaluating receiving quality of the video signal;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052868 - Multimedia accessible universal input device: A multimedia access system has a remote unit coupled to a host computer system, which is used to control and access media files located on the host computer system. The remote unit comprises a plurality of controls, e.g. mouse, cursor, multimedia controls and a numerical keypad. The keypad is used... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20070052869 - Long-distance digital visual interface (dvi) apparatus: A cost-effective apparatus and method for equalizing signals (e.g., TMDS signals) is presented. The apparatus includes a housing and an input connector and an output connector on the housing. An equalizer chip inside the housing receives input pixel signals from the input connector and transmits output pixel signals through the... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070052870 - Method of performing convergence calibration for a display: A convergence calibration method for a display includes generating a test pattern of similar width with respect to a sensor and expanding the area of the test pattern from one side of the sensor until the whole sensor is illuminated. During the process of expanding the test pattern, the sensor... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070052871 - Selectively masking image data: Apparatus and methods for selectively masking image data and inhibiting projection of light corresponding to the masked image data. Projection devices include a light engine to project light onto a surface within an available field of projection and a processing unit configured to selectively mask image data in response to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070052872 - Mounted rotatable television unit: The present invention is a mounted rotatable television unit for installing a television in one of a wall and a cabinet wherein when installed therein the television is rotatable at least 180 degrees. The unit comprises an inner frame and an outer frame. The inner frame is adapted to receive... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20070052873 - Liquid crystal display apparatus detecting a freeze state: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a driver configured to drive the liquid crystal panel, a control circuit configured to control the driver in response to a display data signal and control signal supplied from an exterior, and a check circuit configured to detect a change... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070052874 - Display apparatus including sensor in pixel: In order to shorten a horizontal period while allowing operations of pre-charging a sensor in a pixel and outputting a signal from the sensor, separately from a signal line, this display apparatus includes a supply line through which pre-charge voltage is supplied. In a period to write a video signal,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070046774 - Method and apparatus for education and entertainment: The invention provides a method and apparatus for educating and entertaining people, such as children, in which the image and voice of a known person are incorporated into a stock medium such as a video or a doll. In the case of children such as toddlers, the known person may... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070046773 - Method for providing an output product service using a recyclable electronic capture device: A method for obtaining an output product/service by a user obtained from an electronic capture device. The method includes the steps of obtaining an electronic capture device by the user, obtaining digital data using the electronic capture device, communicating the captured digital data to a service provider over a communication... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070046775 - Systems and methods for enhancing teleconference collaboration: An advanced video teleconferencing (AVTC) system uniquely combines a number of features to promote a realistic “same room” experience for meeting participants. These features include an autodirector to select audio and video sources and to compose shots, a collaboration interface for each participant to communicate nonverbal information, directional LEDs to... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070046776 - Stereoscopic display device and control method therefor: For example, display image input units 131R, 131L detect additional information indicating left and right directionality from images for display. Then, in a stereoscopic display device having a display device for the right eye and a display device for the left eye, a switcher 132 capable of switching the connections... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070046777 - Three-dimensional display device: A three-dimensional display device includes an image display portion including sub-pixels corresponding to left eye images and right eye images and a light control portion facing the image display portion. The light control portion may include light interception portions and light transmission portions alternately and repeatedly arranged along a first... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070046778 - Optical imaging device: An optical imaging device of the present invention comprises: a light source device; a light guide and illumination lens, provided in an insertion section that can be inserted into a body cavity, for constituting an illumination light path for guiding an illumination light from the light source device to a... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070046779 - An installation for recording travel and/or traffic: The traffic situation may be recorded by way of at least two detection cameras (2, 3) which are to be arranged at a distance (15) to one another on a vehicle (1). Their detection regions (11, 12) overlap (13), by which means at least one reference point (R) of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20070046780 - Remote intercom operator with finder: A retaining-locking system for chain link fence slats includes specially notched fence slat elements having a pointed upper or lower end. The slat elements are sized and shaped to be interwoven between consecutive links of a chain link fence. A retaining-locking strip is formed of resilient material, and has an... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070046781 - Systems and methods for processing digital video data: Methods and systems for processing digital video data are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises capturing one or more video images and generating serial digital video signals of the one or more video images. The method further comprises filtering one or more of color, sound, and control symbols from... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070046782 - Method and system for determining the motion of an imaging apparatus: Multiple motion sensor devices are included in an imaging apparatus. One or more of the motion sensor devices captures images and at least a portion of the sensor images are then processed to determine one or more motion vectors for the processed sensor images. At least one motion vector representing... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070046783 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: An image pickup apparatus to pick up images by using a solid-state image pickup device includes an image signal reading unit configured to read image signals of a rectangular effective area in an image picked up by the solid-state image pickup device; an effective area setting unit configured to set... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070046784 - Tracking image pickup device, tracking control method, and control program: A tracking image pickup device which makes it possible to perform high-speed and high-accuracy drive and tilting drive without sacrificing the rigidity of the device. An image pickup section has a predetermined optical system and acquires an image pickup signal through the optical system. A tracking target-detecting section detects a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070046786 - Filter correction circuit for camera system: In a filter correction circuit for a camera system according to the present invention, a sample area information detector detects frequency band and fluctuation level of a video signal by a unit of sample area where a screen is divided into a plurality of areas. A filter area information detector... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070046785 - Imaging device and method for capturing image: An imaging device includes: a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates; a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit; a signal generation unit that generates a signal used for specifying a core frame that is to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046787 - Chrominance filter for white balance statistics: A chrominance filter for excluding certain pixels from being included in a white balance calculation. By comparing a target pixel to predetermined maximum values of blue, red, magenta and green, a chrominance filter can selectively include pixels in the white balance correction calculation.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070046788 - Image processing apparatus, image display and image processing method: There is provided an image processing apparatus, an image display and an image processing method which are capable of preventing an unnatural change in image quality due to image processing. A luminance distribution detecting circuit detects a luminance distribution as the histogram distribution of YUV signals. A gain limiter levels... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046789 - Exposure control method, exposure control apparatus and image pickup apparatus: A technique of acquiring a width obtaining an appropriate exposure with minimum restrictions, while accurately correcting flickering is provided. An exposure control method includes integrating a video signal obtained by shooting a subject by means of a CMOS imaging element as input video signal over not less than a horizontal... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20070046790 - Flicker detection device, flicker elimination device, image pickup device, and flicker detection method: A flicker detection device includes an accumulation section that divides a screen into a plurality of areas to perform accumulation of pixel levels, writing and reading of the accumulation result to and from a memory area allocated to every area, thereby accumulating the pixel levels in the area for every... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046791 - Method and system for deploying a software image: A method and system for efficiently deploying (also sometimes referred to as distributing and/or installing) a computer device's software image using a single portable image using an alternate partition for loading the image on the storage (hard drive) along with selected patches chosen for the configuration of the computer. The... Agent: Kenneth A. Seaman, Esq.

20070046792 - Image compositing: A method and apparatus for image compositing in an apparatus a device in which available memory is at a premium are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first memory that receives a video input signal, in multiple portions. The first memory has a storage capacity less than the entire video image.... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070046793 - Video-signal-processing device, imaging apparatus using the same, and method for processing video signal: A video-signal-processing device has luminance conversion section that performs level compression on three input primary-color signals of a color video signal at a same luminance adjustment compression ratio with a hue and a saturation of the color video signal being kept constant, thereby generating three compressed primary-color signals. The device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046794 - Color image sensor with tunable color filter: An apparatus (20) for recording a color image, comprises an image sensor (22) having a plurality of pixels (24) formed in a monolithic substrate. Each of the plurality of pixels (24) includes three floating gate semiconductor devices (80, 82, 84). A color tunable filter (30) is positioned between a photosensitive... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070046795 - Image pickup device and image pickup system: In an image pickup device with A/D converters at each column signal line, improvements in the A/D conversion speed and accuracy in image sensors having A/D converters are achieved. In an image pickup device wherein sensing elements are arranged in a matrix and A/D converters are arranged for each column... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070046796 - Method and apparatus providing a two-way shared storage gate on a four-way shared pixel: A pixel array includes a first photosensor for generating charge in response to applied light, a second photosensor for generating charge in response to applied light, and a first and second storage transistor having a common first storage gate respectively connected to said first and second photosensors for storing charge... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070046797 - Solid-state image-sensing device: An image signal, a noise signal, and an overflow signal outputted from a solid-state image-sensing device are sampled-and-held in capacitors C1, C2, and C3 in a sample-and-hold circuit 17. Thereafter, the image signal and the noise signal in the capacitors C1 and C2 are fed to a subtractor 50 in... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070046798 - Electronic endoscope system: An electronic endoscope system comprises a video-scope, an imaging device, and a black balance processor. The imaging device, which is provided on the video-scope, is exposed at a normal shutter speed so as to generate an image signal corresponding to an optical image that is formed thereon. The black balance... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070046799 - Method and apparatus providing pixel array having automatic light control pixels and image capture pixels: A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and captures an image. ALC pixels allow monitoring of multiple pixels of an array to obtain sample data indicating... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070046800 - Apparatus of high dynamic-range cmos image sensor and method thereof: The present invention discloses an apparatus of high dynamic-range CMOS image sensor and method thereof. The present invention utilize a pixel circuit outputting an output signal, wherein the pixel circuit has a photodiode and a plurality of transistors; and utilize a current source as a charge supplement unit to supply... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070046803 - Cmos image sensor having small size optical black area: A CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of active pixel rows and an optical black pixel row. The optical black pixel row is activated to generate a respective optical black signal upon activation of each of at least two of the active pixel rows. Such sharing of the optical black... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070046802 - Image sensor using auto-calibrated ramp signal for improved image quality and driving method thereof: An image sensor comprises an active pixel sensor (APS) array, a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a ramp signal generator. The APS array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the APS array generates a reset signal and an image signal for each selected column of... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070046801 - Xy address type solid-state imaging device: A plurality of pixels that are arranged two-dimensionally, a horizontal scanning circuit and a vertical scanning circuit that output a signal for reading out an accumulated charge in the pixel, and a multiplexer circuit that supplies a control signal to elements constituting each of the pixels based on the signal... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070046805 - Display apparatus, display control apparatus, and control method: When distortion correction table data held in a memory (140) are registered in table units (131, 132), the registered distortion correction table data are selected. When the distortion correction table data held in the memory are not registered, the distortion correction table data held in the memory (140) are selected,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070046804 - Image capturing apparatus and image display apparatus: An image-capturing apparatus has an optical system imparting distortion to an image of an object to be captured so that the distortion is imparted so that a central portion of the image is magnified and a peripheral portion is reduced; an image sensor having an image-capturing elements having a receiving... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070046806 - Optical viewfinder system of camera: An optical viewfinder system includes: a lens element group (22), a beam splitter (30) and a window (40). The beam splitter is disposed behind the lens group. The window located behind the beam splitter, the lens element group and the beam splitter being located on a line with the window.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070046808 - Camera device and monitor system: A camera device includes: an iris unit for varying exposure; a shutter control unit for varying a shutter speed of an imaging element; and a control unit for controlling the signal processing unit and the entire device. The camera device further includes: an exposure target calculation unit for calculating a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070046807 - Capturing images under varying lighting conditions: An image capture device using an image sensor having color and panchromatic pixels and structured to permit the capture of a color scene image under different lighting conditions.... Agent: Pamela R. Croker Patent Legal Staff

20070046809 - Image pickup device, multi-eye image pickup device and control program for multi-eye image pickup device: A stereoscopic image pickup device comprises first and second imaging units, a communication I/F and a CPU. The communication I/F performs communication with an external control device. The CPU controls the imaging units and the communication I/F. Each of the imaging units comprises a taking lens, a shutter mechanism and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046810 - Base for display units, for instance display units for food products: A base for display units that can be made as a product of the paper-transformation industry including a box-like body with a lateral wall that extends between a bottom part and a top part. The base also includes a wall on which rests a display unit selectively mobile between: a... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070046811 - Motion-adaptive non-interlace conversion apparatus and conversion method: According to one embodiment, a motion-adaptive non-interlace conversion apparatus includes an interference elimination process circuit which executes a cross-color & dot interference elimination process, an intra-field interpolation process circuit which generates an intra-field interpolation signal using a signal that is obtained by delaying a processed signal, which is subjected to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070046812 - Scanning-line interpolating circuit, scanning-line interpolating method to be used in same circuit, and image display device provided with same circuit: A scanning-line interpolating circuit is provided which is capable of reducing jaggies on slanting lines and of keeping smoothness of interpolating signals achieved by using slanting lines having multiple angles for interpolation and of suppressing failures in displaying caused by erroneous judgement. When it is judged that there is matching... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046813 - Frequency shift keying demodulator robust for frequency offset: A frequency shift keying demodulator robust for frequency offset is provided. The demodulator is used to enable the signal to be received correctly when the frequency offset occurs. A microprocessor of demodulator controls a frequency mixer and a phase difference generator according to the duty cycle of the preamble when... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc. Suite 250

20070046814 - Signal seperation circuit and signal transmission circuit: In a signal separation circuit for separating a plurality of pulse signals received via the same signal line, a PC-on signal detection circuit detects a PC-on signal with a first pulse width from a PC/TV-on signal received via the signal line and generates a first corresponding output signal. A TV-on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070046815 - Display apparatus and method of preventing image burn-in: A method of preventing image burn-in of a display apparatus to display an image includes detecting pixel data of a pixel of the image, calculating OSD data corresponding to the detected pixel data, generating the calculated OSD data, and merging the OSD data to the pixel data and displaying the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070046816 - Method of processing data broadcast application and television receiver using the same: A method of processing a data broadcast application and a television receiver using the same enables a user to execute a data broadcast application, at any time, as desired. The television receiver receives a stream of a data broadcast application and includes a storage medium for storing the received stream;... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070046817 - Processor, processing method and processing program: A processor in an integrated system aims to suppress the processing delay of a predetermined amount of cyclical processing that must executed. In a processor that executes processing by a round-robin method, a first processing cyclically executes a predetermined processing amount, and a second processing executes processing under a looser... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070046818 - Picture display device and picture display method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a picture display device has a detecting unit which detects a continuous movement of an entire picture or an identical object for a predetermined time period or more in a screen provided by a given video signal, a selecting unit which selects a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070046819 - Electronic apparatus and control method thereof using sample rate converter: An electronic apparatus reads a digital data stream including a video signal and/or an audio signal outputted from an external apparatus according to a transmission clock different from a clock for the data stream, and outputs the video signal and/or audio signal without causing any discontinuity. The electronic apparatus includes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070046820 - Video image processing with programmable scripting and remote diagnosis: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for receiving a local input video signal, processing the video signal, and providing a processed video signal to a local digital television display panel. A communications port includes an Ethernet or other communications network connector for allowing access to the video... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070046821 - Video image processing with remote diagnosis and programmable scripting: This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for receiving a local input video signal, processing the video signal, and providing a processed video signal to a local digital television display panel. A communications port includes an Ethernet or other communications network connector for allowing access to the video... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070046822 - Video processing device, video display device and method for adjustment of color in display: An embodiment of the invention, a color cursor is disposed to display a color to be obtained after a defined color is changed in a color map display to successively display the color to which the defined color is to be changed, and in a case where the changed color... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070046823 - Color multimedia message: The present invention provides a system and a method for providing one or more colors to a multimedia message. The system comprises a subscriber's database, a color selection module, a color linking module, and a sending module. The method comprises storing the subscription details of the sender, selecting one or... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070046824 - Apparatus for digitally filtering a video signal, and related method: A method for digitally filtering a video signal comprises: converting the video signal into a plurality of sampled values; determining whether distribution of at least one portion of the sampled values belongs to one of a plurality of specific types according to the sampled values; and generating a plurality of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070046825 - Video signal processing device and video signal processing method: A buffer delays an input luminance signal by a 1-frame period. A screen unit motion detection section determines whether an image indicated by the input luminance signal is a moving image or a static image by a screen unit, and outputs a gradual determination result from the static image to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070046826 - Managing the color temperature for a light source array: Providing color management includes receiving measurements of the intensity of colors. A light source generates light beams to yield the colors, where the light beams are generated in accordance to image data to create an image. A target color value is established. A duty cycle sequence operable to control the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070046827 - Image processing apparatus, image display and image processing method: There is provided an image processing apparatus, an image display and an image processing method which are capable of preventing an unnatural change in image quality to image processing. A luminance distribution detecting circuit detects a luminance distribution as the histogram distribution of YUV signals. A gain calculating circuit and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070046828 - Video signal processing apparatus and video signal processing method: According to one embodiment, a video signal processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit which obtains histogram data for each luminance level of one frame of a luminance signal, a frequency distribution unit which distributes a frequency of a histogram data among the obtained histogram data, the histogram data being greater... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070046829 - Apparatus and method for enhancing image contrast: An apparatus for enhancing image contrast includes a micro-processor which presets a plurality of thresholds, such as a black threshold and a white threshold. When determining the brightness of an image is lower than the black threshold, the micro-processor decreases the illumination level of a light source. When determining the... Agent: Douglas J. Christensen Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070046830 - Method and apparatus for capturing consecutive frames in digital video: A method and an apparatus for capturing consecutive frames in digital video are disclosed. Through adding a function of capturing consecutive frames in digital video to digital televisions or digital recording equipments, the continuous fantastic frames in digital video can be displayed on the screen for users to watch and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070046831 - Receiver apparatus and receiver system: A receiver apparatus 3 has a digital circuit portion 13 that converts a compressed digital signal outputted from a digital demodulating portion 12 into digital video and audio signals and a video/audio output circuit 14 that converts the digital video and audio signals outputted from the digital circuit portion 13... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070046833 - Television receiver having a plurality of standby power modes: A television receiver having a security module fixing part for descrambling digital broadcast comprises at least a standby power mode for supplying power only to hardware, such as a remote control receiver (full standby), a standby power mode for supplying power also to a security module other than the hardware... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046832 - Video apparatus and method of controlling the same: A video apparatus having a display module and a method of controlling the same are provided, whereby an electric field strength or automatic gain control (AGC) signal is recognized from a received broadcast signal and a power supply mode of the display module is controlled according to a level of... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070046834 - Balanced and unbalanced electronic circuit and television tuner: A television tuner includes an unbalanced output type VHF-side block, a balanced output type UHF-side block, and a mixing circuit that performs frequency conversion on the output from the VHF-side block or the UHF-side block. In the television tuner, in a first mode where the VHF-side block is connected to... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070046835 - Control method and system based on preset mode: Disclosed are control method and system based on a preset mode, and more particularly to a control method and system based on a preset mode, wherein key code values of a plurality of external input channels are selectively set for an image output device and an audio-output device so a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070046836 - Rof link apparatus for selecting if band to process service signals through mmf and method for selecting if band: Disclosed is an ROF link apparatus for selecting an IF band in order to process various service signals through an MMF, which including transmitters for receiving the service signals, performing IF modulation for the service signals, and transferring the modulated IF signals, a first controller for scanning frequency characteristics of... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070046837 - Method and apparatus for attaching display panels onto wall surface: A method for attaching a flat screen display device onto a flat surface using a surface mounted holder is disclosed. The holder includes a plurality of springy electrical contacts and a plurality of hooks each having a latch. The rear surface of the display device includes corresponding electrical contacts for... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070046840 - Lcd television: The present invention is intended to enable a body of an LCD television to stand upright even when a rear cabinet is removed, to enable the body alone to be used as a wall-hanging television without removing the rear cabinet, and to eliminate or reduce the screws for fixing a... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070046838 - Lcd tv structure: An LCD TV structure is composed of a casing, a liquid crystal panel module, a power supplier, a circuit board for signal processing, and connection wires, wherein all of the connection wires of the circuit board for signal processing inside the LCD TV are connected to one or a plurality... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070046839 - Lcd tv structure: An LCD TV structure includes a casing, a liquid crystal panel module, a power supplier, a circuit board for signal processing, and connection wires, wherein all of the connection wires of the circuit board for signal processing inside the LCD TV are connected to a plurality of adapters, such that... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070046841 - Frame assembly for flat screen television: A frame assembly (10) for a television (T) mounted on a wall (W) and extending a distance outwardly from the wall. A generally rectangular shaped frame (12) has a decoratively shaped outer contour. The frame has a rectangular shaped central opening (14) whose length and width correspond to that of... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070046842 - Television having the structure adapted to flexible space layout: The invention provides a TV structure which can arrange its outer components to fit the cabinets size accommodate the largest screen and maintain the best audio and visual quality and design by refitting the screen, loudspeakers, sound box and stand.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046843 - Television display cover: A television display cover for covering the screen of a plasma or LCD screen when the television is not in use. The cover can be converted from existing frames, framed art, or mirrors already contained in a users' home or wall or panel for attachment of the display cover. A... Agent: Crockett & Crockett