Television inventions 04/07

20070091166 - Method for video monitoring objects by means of a mobile communications systems.: The invention is directed to a method for video object monitoring with a mobile communication system, whereby a connection between a transmitter provided with a video camera and at least one receiver is established for transmitting video data over the mobile communication system. To ensure that the video data transmitted... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070091168 - Method to support simultaneous wireless connection of multiple media components: The wireless connectivity method in this invention achieves simultaneous wireless operation of a number of various individual media components. Here, a media component, or a media equipment, is defined as an electronic device that records, receives, transmits, and/or produces audio/visual information or data for various purposes such as but not... Agent: Hyun Lee

20070091167 - Mobile terminal, mouse application program, and method for utilizing mobile terminal as wireless mouse device: The present invention provides a mobile terminal having a camera unit that images a subject. The mobile terminal includes a movement determination unit determining the direction and distance in which the body of the mobile terminal moved on the basis of the shift between images sequentially captured through the camera... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070091169 - Videoconference system and a management method thereof: A videoconference system and a management method thereof are provided. The videoconference system includes: terminals; multipoint control units (MCUs), as the superior level for the terminals, for controlling the corresponding terminals; conference management systems, as the superior level for the MCUs, for performing dispatching and control for the local conference... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070091170 - Endoscope system: An endoscope system includes an image signal processor and external devices connectable to the image signal processor. The external devices include an image output device and a monitor. The image signal processor includes an external device identifier for identifying the external device connected to the image signal processor, a first... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070091171 - Shuttle pouch machine: A method and apparatus for making pouches is disclosed. It includes continuously moving the film through an intake section and then through a shuttle section. The film passes a plurality of successive sealing stations in the shuttle section, and while the film moves continuously, the film is at times generally... Agent: George R Corrigan

20070091172 - Image capture apparatus and method: A digital camera with navigation features comprises optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane, an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane, image control logic configured to process images captured by the image capture medium,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070091173 - Vehicular lane monitoring system utilizing front and rear cameras: A lane monitoring system deployed on a vehicle is provided for monitoring the position of the vehicle relative to a lane in which the vehicle is traveling. The system comprises a front camera for capturing front lane image data relating to an area substantially to the front of the vehicle... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070091175 - 3d vision on a chip: A 3D camera for determining distances to regions in a scene comprising: a photosurface having a plurality of pixels each of which comprises a circuit having a light sensitive element that provides a current responsive to light incident thereon, wherein the circuit comprises, at least one amplifier inside the pixel,... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070091174 - Projection device for three-dimensional measurement, and three-dimensional measurement system: The object of the invention is to improve the efficiency of and promote the automation of non-contact three-dimensional measurement over a wide area utilizing a projection device for projecting a target pattern. A projection device for three-dimensional measurement 80 according to the invention includes: a projection section 12 for projecting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070091176 - Method for executing data compression with surveillance hosts: A method for executing data compression is used with a first surveillance host and a second surveillance host communicated with each other via a network. The second surveillance includes a memory device. At first, the first surveillance host compresses video signals into first compressed video data according to a first... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070091177 - Remote unattended camera and computer integrated security system: A remote unattended camera and computer integrated security system that uses: a computer to process and archive alarm and photographic data; at least one media storage device; at least one network camera for storing and transmitting video and still pictures; a hardware virtual private network firewall for secure review data... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20070091178 - Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using a random pattern on capture surfaces: A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070091179 - Digital camera module and assembling method with same: A digital camera module (100) includes a barrel (10), a first lens element (14), a spacer (19) and a second lens element (18). The barrel defines a hole (102). The first lens element is received in the hole. The spacer is received in the hole and is pressed against the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070091180 - Method and apparatus for using graphic object recognition in mobile communication terminal: Provided are a method and an apparatus of configuring and executing a menu using graphic object recognition in a mobile communication terminal. An object setting method using a specific object of a background picture as an execution indicator for executing a specific function with a touch pad includes receiving, at... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070091182 - Apparatus and method of video transformation in video encoder: An adjusting apparatus for adjusting a sensed image from a first angle to a second angle is provided. The adjusting apparatus includes a first memory module, a first calculating module, an encoding module, and an output module. The first memory module is used for receiving and storing the sensed image.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20070091181 - Imaging apparatus having image blur suppression function: An imaging apparatus, including an image pick up device capable of moving in a transverse direction to a photographing optical axis, a drive circuit configured to prevent an image on the image pick up device from blurring or reduce the image blur by moving the image pick up device based... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070091183 - Method and apparatus for adapting the operation of a remote viewing device to correct optical misalignment: Methods and apparatus are provided for adapting the operation of a remote viewing device to compensate for at least one potentially misaligned optical lens by identifying, within a pixel matrix, one or more optical defects that are suggestive of one or more misaligned optical lenses and, in response, adjusting the... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070091185 - Method and apparatus for color temperature correction in a built-in camera of a portable terminal: A method and apparatus for auto white balance in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes analyzing a captured image with histograms of red, green, and blue channels and a histogram of a gray channel; determining whether the histogram of the RGB channels and the histogram of the gray... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070091184 - Method and apparatus for maintaining consistent white balance in successive digital images: Consistent white balance between successive similar digital images of a scene is provided by comparing the digital images and, if they are sufficiently similar, maintaining substantially the same white balance setting in a second digital image as in a first digital image. The method is applicable to, for example, mixed-illuminant... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091186 - Method for acquiring data by means of an image sensor: Method for acquiring data by means of an image sensor The invention relates to a method for acquiring data by means of an image sensor, in which a holographic storage medium that has binary information in the form of at least one two-dimensional data page is exposed by means of... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070091187 - Methods and devices for defective pixel detection: In a method of image signal processing, defective pixels are determined on-the-fly in a digital image representation based on a comparison of a pixel under evaluation with its surrounding pixels, with reference to a known resolving capability of a lens-sensor arrangement that captured the digital image representation. In response to... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070091188 - Adaptive classification scheme for cfa image interpolation: A first image is received and enlarged to create a second image. The second image includes a plurality of unknown pixel values, wherein each unknown pixel value has a plurality of neighboring known pixel values. The unknown pixel values are interpolated from the known pixel values in view of pixel... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070091190 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and camera: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of sensors that are formed on a substrate on a pixel basis and photoelectrically convert the light incident from a first surface side of the substrate, and a readout circuit that is formed on a second surface side of the substrate, which is... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070091189 - Solid-state imaging device and camera provided with the same: A solid-state imaging device, and a camera provided with this device, that can output high quality images at high speed are realized by preventing improper OB clamping in a solid-state imaging device that performs pixel mixing in the horizontal direction. Vertical final stages, which are the transfer stages closest to... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070091191 - Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit including unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels having a photoelectric conversion element that converts a light signal to a signal charge, an amplifying transistor that amplifies and outputs the signal charge as a signal voltage, and... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070091192 - Active pixel sensor array reset: The method and apparatus for resetting an Active Pixel Sensor (APS) array comprises a controller for sequentially pre-resetting groups of one or more sensors in the array and then simultaneously resetting all of the sensors. The groups may be formed from one or more adjacent or non-adjacent individual sensors, rows... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070091193 - Method for correcting eclipse or darkle: A CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged column and rows in an array; a column circuit for storing reset values and a value after integration; a correlated double sampler which derives an image signal from the reset and the value after integration; and an anti-eclipse circuit physically... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070091194 - Apparatus to provide a screen capturing function and a method of providing the screen capturing function: A portable apparatus to provide a screen capturing function, when a display unit of the apparatus displays moving pictures on a display panel thereof, includes a button signal input unit to receive a button signal inputted by a user; a picture capturing unit to capture individual pictures of the moving... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070091196 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus including: an optical system which has a distortion in which a compression rate becomes larger along a direction from a center portion to an edge portion; an imaging device which converts an optical image received via the optical system to an electrical signal and outputs image data... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070091195 - Imaging device: An imaging device includes imagers each having an imaging element. An NP point is located downstream of the imaging element, and all NP points are collectively located within a predetermined radius region centered on one of the NP points. A lens closest to the object is cut along a plane... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070091198 - Image pickup apparatus and method of manufacturing the same: To provide an image pickup apparatus with excellent optical characteristics as well as high reliability and a method of manufacturing the same, capable of efficiently manufacturing the image pickup apparatus in large quantities. The image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a support board 10, an image pickup device... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070091197 - Imaging device: There is provided an imaging device which is small in light loss, is operable to suppress an occurrence of a stray light, and is operable to provide an image with a high quality as far as a periphery thereof. The imaging device operable to output an image of an object... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070091200 - Image-taking lens unit: An image-taking lens unit includes: a variable magnification optical system for forming an optical image of an object with a variable magnification; and an image sensor for converting the optical image into an electrical signal. The image-taking lens unit changes the shape-thereof between a photographing state and a non-photographing state.... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070091199 - Lens driving apparatus: A lens driving apparatus 1 of the present invention includes a substantially cylindrical yoke 3; a base 5 to which the yoke 3 is attached; a carrier 7 having a lens; a coil 10; and a magnet 13, wherein the carrier 7 is moved in a direction of an optical... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070091201 - Displayed image capturing method and system: A method for capturing displayed images periodically renewed and displayed on a display device, by a global-shutter type capturing device. Prior to actual capturing of the displayed images, a predetermined image is displayed on the display device and captured N-times (N>2) by the capturing device with a predetermined capturing period,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070091202 - Image pickup device and computer-readable storage medium: An image pickup device designed to always ensure improved facility with which an object is recognized even in a manual exposure control mode. The image pickup device includes an exposure control device capable of being selectively set in one of an automatic mode and a manual mode, and an operating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070091203 - Method and system for segmenting videos using face detection: A method generates a summary of a video. Faces are detected in a plurality of frames of the video. The frames are classified according to a number of faces detected in each frame and the video is partitioned into segments according to the classifications to produce a summary of the... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070091204 - Image converting apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, camera system and image signal processing method: An image converting apparatus includes a memory which can store frame information of an image to be played, and an image processing section which can read frame information from the memory and convert the frame rate to a predetermined frame rate in response to a predetermined state and in accordance... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070091205 - Method and system for deinterlacing using polarity change count: A method for processing video information may include calculating a polarity change count (PCC) for a plurality of pixel pairs selected from a plurality of pixels from different fields utilizing a plurality of difference polarity values associated with the plurality of pixel pairs. At least a portion of the plurality... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070091206 - Methods, systems and computer program products for accessing downloadable content associated with received broadcast content: Methods of accessing downloadable content associated with a time scheduled broadcast media source include receiving the broadcast media source during its associated scheduled broadcast time. An identification of the downloadable content obtained, for example, by extracting the identification from the received broadcast media source. The downloadable content is accessed based... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070091207 - Determining a delay: Embodiments for determining a delay are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070091208 - Display apparatus and control method of the same: A control method of a display apparatus including processing a broadcasting signal of a currently tuned channel and displaying the broadcasting signal on a main picture; extracting broadcasting program information of other currently broadcasting channels if a caption indicating function of the broadcasting program information is selected; and creating the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070091209 - Apparatus to control the text of broadcasted data and a method of controlling the text of broadcasted data: An apparatus to allow for a control of texts of broadcasted data, including a display unit to display the texts when the broadcasted data is received, a button signal input unit to receive button signals inputted by a user, and a text size adjusting unit to adjust sizes of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070091210 - System and method of audio detection: A system and method for detecting a mode of an audio signal is disclosed. The system includes an integrated circuit with an input to receive a signal and an audio processor coupled to the input. The audio processor includes an audio standard detection module, wherein the audio standard detection module... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070091211 - Vsb reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing 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

20070091212 - Receiver without phase locked loop frequency synthesizer and receiving method using the same: A receiver implemented without using a phase locked loop frequency synthesizer and a receiving method of a receiver implemented without using a phase locked loop frequency synthesizer are provided. The receiver includes a radio frequency (RF) receiving unit; a band-selecting unit; an RF amplifier; a low oscillation (LO) signal generator;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070091213 - Luminance control method and luminance control apparatus for controlling a luminance, computer program and a computing system: In present television sets, user color saturated control is executed in a nonlinear signal domain due to the gamma conversion inherent of the camera. This results in the display of exaggerated colors when the saturated control is increased. The present invention provides a A luminance control method comprising the steps... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070091214 - Method and system for polarity change count: A method for comparing pixels may comprise determining at least one polarity difference for at least one pair of neighboring pixels selected from a plurality of adjacent pixels, which are from different fields. A number of subsequent polarity changes may be calculated for the pair of neighboring pixels based on... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070091215 - Fold-down monitoring apparatus: A display holding member 3 includes an insertion hole 3c which is made to face toward a vehicle's ceiling 1 when the display holding member 3 is placed in an accommodated position, the insertion hole 3c being formed in the vicinity of a housing 2 and an axis of rotation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085900 - Arrangement for transmitting video data to a mobile terminal traveling along a planned route: A management arrangement for transmitting video data from a content delivery server to a mobile communications terminal. The arrangement of the invention is characterized in that it has: a database of possible routes and of possible timetables; a portal for determining a route and a timetable from among the possible... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070085899 - User interface method for switching modes in combined terrestrial dmb terminal: Disclosed is a user interface method for switching modes in a combined terrestrial DMB terminal. When an event according to other mode (B) occurs, a user's key input is confirmed. It is checked if the key input aims at mode switching, and if so, a current service mode is switched... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070085901 - Vehicle drive assistant system: A vehicle drive assistant system which converts, into birds' eye images, images photographed by a plurality of image pickup devices loaded on a vehicle and for photographing the surrounding of the vehicle, generates a synthesized bird's-eye view by synthesizing each of the obtained bird's-eye images and displays a generated synthesized... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070085902 - System and method for displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for displaying stereoscopic digital motion picture images are provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the method includes receiving at a digital video projector one or more frames of left-eye data and one or more... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070085903 - 3-d stereoscopic image display system: This invention discloses a system and method for displaying 3-D stereoscopic images, in which stereoscopic image data are processed separately by two graphic processing channels. The operation of the two channels is synchronized, so that the processed stereoscopic images are outputted simultaneously to be displayed either by a polarization system... Agent: L. Howard Chen, Esq. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070085904 - In-situ component monitoring: By mounting a camera to rotate with a rotating component to be viewed it is possible to review the whole component illuminated by a light source. Generally the component will be specifically marked with target markings to highlight its profile to allow images produced by the camera to be compared... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070085905 - Method and apparatus for substrate imaging: The invention provides a substrate surface imaging method and apparatus that compensates for non-linear movement of the substrate surface during an imaging sequence. In one aspect of the invention, the imaging method and apparatus compensate for the non-linear substrate surface movement by adjusting the image receiver trigger points to correspond... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070085906 - Apparatus and method to evaluate an illuminated panel: An apparatus to evaluate an illuminated panel comprises a camera to acquire a real-time digital color image of the illuminated panel and a stored digital color image of a standard illuminated panel. A monitor is provided to alternately display the real-time image and the stored image to detect any differences... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070085907 - Video storage uplink system: A video storage uplink system includes a controller, a power input, an external input, a first and second memory partition, a switching interface, a communications unit and a data retrieval interface. The external camera input is configured to receive image data acquired by a plurality of video cameras mounted to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070085908 - A method and apparatus for enhancing the broadcast of a live event: Pan, tilt and zoom sensors are coupled to a broadcast camera in order to determine the field of view of the broadcast camera and to make a rough estimate of a target's location in the broadcast camera's field of view. Pattern recognition techniques can be used to determine the exact... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20070085909 - Image-data output device and digital camera: An image-data output device that outputs image data and a signal for an output control device to load the image data, the output control device taking control of outputting the image data to a device, is provided and includes: a first signal generating section that generates a vertical synchronizing signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085911 - Apparatus for color correction of subject-image data, and method of controlling same: A white balance adjustment that conforms to the color temperature of light at the time of imaging is applied to image data. Specifically, a face-image area is detected from the image of a subject. A skin-tone area is detected from the detected face-image area, and the color temperature of light... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085910 - Method and system for color correction of digital image data: What is proposed is a method for the color correction of digital image data generated by spectral absorption of white light in color filters of a first representation means. Color film material, in particular, is taken into consideration as the first representation means. For this purpose, firstly the primary color... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070085912 - Preventing flicker effects in video electronic devices: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for reducing flicker effects in electronic devices (e.g., a video camera, a camera-phone mobile device, a portable electronic device, etc.) by reducing an optical intensity of a video image received by the electronic device. It is determined by... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070085914 - Apparatus and method for photographing erect image in portable communication terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for photographing an erect image in a portable communication terminal. In the method, a rotational angle of the portable communication terminal is measured while a photograph is taken. A photographing direction of the portable communication terminal is determined according to the measured rotational angle.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070085913 - Digital camera with panorama or mosaic functionality: A digital camera has a memory and a scan-mode. In this mode, the camera takes a sequence of still pictures. A next one of the pictures in the sequence is selected for being stored in the memory based on an amount of overlap regarding a picture content with a previous... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070085915 - Imaging device and imaging method: An image pickup device has an image pickup element (20), a variable power lens (20) for changing image pickup magnification, a magnification converting lens (15) for converting the image pickup magnification into a predetermined multiple, a signal processing circuit (30) for outputting a signal from the image pickup element (20)... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070085917 - Image pickup apparatus for preventing linearity defect: In an image pickup apparatus for preventing linearity defect at the time of photographing in a high-sensitivity mode, when processing an image signal produced by a solid-state image pickup device under a predetermined condition, such as photographing in a super high-sensitivity mode, at a high temperature or with a long-time... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085916 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program: Input unit inputs RAW data. Print data generating unit generates print data from an image to be printed. The print data allows a print unit to print the image to be printed. Correct unit sets a color balance operation value or a luminance operation value based on the RAW data,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070085918 - Signal processing apparatus and method for reducing jaggedness on color image edge and image sensing apparatus having same: In a signal processing apparatus for processing an image signal, a hue difference between adjoining pixels is detected by a color image edge detector, and an aperture control main gain circuit amplifies a luminance signal using a gain determined on the basis of the hue difference detected by the color... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070085919 - Smear-correcting device: A smear-correcting device that corrects a smear of an image signal from a CCD having photoelectric conversion elements including a smear-correcting photoelectric conversion element, is provided and includes: a determining section determining whether a smear component is contained in an image signal from the photoelectric conversion elements other than the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085921 - Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged therein; driving means for performing a shutter operation for removing charge stored in the photoelectric conversion element and a read operation for reading the charge of an electric... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070085920 - System for programmable gate array with sensor array: The present invention provides providing a substrate, forming a sensor array on the substrate, forming a structured array of uncommitted logic surrounding the sensor array on the substrate, and providing electrical interconnects to the structured array of uncommitted logic, wherein the structured array of uncommitted logic forms functions that support... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070085922 - Imaging device: An imaging device of the present invention includes a solid-state image sensing device; a vertical transfer drive circuit for feeding a subpulse to the solid-state image sensing device; and a control circuit, and repeats a series of photographing operations in a cycle same as or longer than a period during... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070085924 - Control circuit for reading out signal charges from main and subsidiary pixels of a solid-state image sensor separately from each other in interlace scanning: In a control circuit for controlling a solid-state image pickup device, two sorts of image data are read out separately with differing sensitivities. A timing generator control in a digital camera controls a timing signal generator to the interlace scanning or to all-pixel scanning, and outputs a timing signal, consistent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085923 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and an image data generating section that generates image data from an image signal outputted from the solid-state imaging device. In an operation mode to successively outputting image signals from the solid-state imaging device and in a case performed a long-time... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070085925 - Digital camera apparatus: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital camera apparatus including an image sensor; a memory for a long-term storing of a still photograph and/or a video taken by means of the image sensor; a monitor screen for displaying a view taken by means of... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070085926 - Light emitting device, camera with light emitting device, and image pickup method: A camera comprises a lens and an LED array at its front. The LED array is composed of red, green and blue LEDs, which are individually turned on and off for light emitting purposes, as well as changeable in their quantities of red, green and blue lights to be emitted... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070085927 - Method and system for stabilizing video data: The invention relates to a method for stabilizing a video recording of a scene made by a video camera and represented by video data, said method comprising the steps of subdividing said video data into a plurality of successive frames themselves divided into a plurality of blocks, determining for each... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070085928 - Method of video image processing: A method of video image processing comprises receiving a video signal (5,6) carrying input information representing moving images occupying an area (12) of display, processing the received input information and generating an output video signal (10,11) carrying output information representing moving images occupying the area (12) of display. It is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070085929 - Vsb reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing 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

20070085930 - Method and apparatus for improving image quality: A method (and apparatus) of improving an image quality of a video signal which is supplied on a frame-by-frame basis, includes extracting high frequency components associated with a video signal of an n-th frame (where n is a natural number), and adding the extracted high frequency components to a video... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070085931 - Method and device for detecting transitions in a video sequence, method and device for coding, computer program products and corresponding storage means: Method and apparatus for detecting transitions in a video sequence, which include detecting an abrupt transition including, for each image It−2k included in said video sequence and with a processing time rank t=2k: calculating a first distance D(It−k), between an image It−k and a reference image for said image It−k,... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070085932 - Signal processing apparatus and method: A signal processing apparatus is disclosed, which includes signal processing means for applying predetermined processing to a signal to be supplied, parameter adjusting means for manually and continuously changing a parameter in processing the signals using the signal processing means, at least one operating means which has a function different... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070085933 - Receiving apparatus and television receiver: A television receiver having: an external input terminal to receive a non-RF signal from a first external device, the non-RF signal being a video and/or audio signal which is not modulated into a radio frequency signal; an RF input terminal to receive an RF signal from a second external device,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070085934 - Image output device: An image output device includes a light emission unit, a light reception unit, a decision unit, and an output unit, and outputs an image upon a display device that has a light reception surface for receiving a control signal. The light emission unit is for placement opposite the light reception... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070085935 - Trigger signal generator: A trigger signal generator for outputting a trigger signal having a lower frequency than that of an input signal, the trigger signal generator including: a frequency divider circuit for dividing a frequency of the input signal; and a synchronizing circuit including a synchronizer for synchronizing the frequency-divided signal with the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070085936 - Laser projection system: Laser projection system suitable for commercial motion picture theaters and other large screen venues, including home theater, uses optical fibers to project modulated laser beams for simultaneously raster scanning multiple lines on screen. Emitting ends of optical fibers are arranged in an array such that red, green and blue spots... Agent: Montgomery W. Smith

20070085937 - Internal light masking in projection systems: A system and method is provided for masking traditional grey bars which are produced by displaying wide screen images within a full screen native projector and visa versa. This method allows blocking of light for unused portions of the screen thereby producing higher contrast images. In an exemplary embodiment, a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20070081075 - Videoconferencing bandwidth management for a handheld computer system and method: Methods of establishing communication sessions from multiple mobile devices as well as managing available conferencing bandwidths is disclosed. One of the methods disclosed includes establishing a communication session between mobile devices and a group of conferencing servers. The method also includes checking the load of each server. Further, the method... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070081076 - Videophone housing assembly having a foldable display support: A videophone housing assembly includes a base section and an interconnect, the interconnect having a first end rotationally coupled about a first axis to the base section, and a display support coupled to a second end of the interconnect. In an illustrative embodiment, a swivel hinge connects the display support... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070081077 - Receiver for subject insertable device: A receiver is carried by a subject and receives a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter introduced into the subject. The receiver includes an acquiring unit that acquires specific identification information of the subject; a storage unit that stores the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a display... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070081078 - Synchronized video microscope: A video microscope for acquiring video images of a sample held within a sample holder comprises a stroboscopic illuminator for applying illumination to the sample when video images are to be acquired and a video camera arranged to acquire video images of the sample, the camera being movable within a... Agent: John H. Lynn

20070081079 - Method of capturing digital broadcast images in a digital broadcast receiving terminal: A method of capturing digital broadcast images in a digital broadcast terminal is provided. Upon request for output of digital broadcasting from a user, video frames of received digital broadcast frames are decoded. Upon request for a multi-capture function from the user, digital broadcast images of the decoded video frames... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070081080 - Presentation video control system: The present invention is a camera control system designed for video capture of a presentation made in a lecture hall or similar place. The system combines preset views triggered by presence-sensing devices at fixed locations with views tracking the motion of the presenter elsewhere. A tracking camera displays a preset... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20070081081 - Automated multi-frame image capture for panorama stitching using motion sensor: A method and apparatus for capturing a plurality of overlapping images using an imaging device are described. The method includes receiving input indicating a start of a multi-image capture, input indicating an end of a multi-image capture, and storing a current image. Each time an amount of rotation of the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070081082 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera of the present invention has a function for photographing combined images including plural continuously photographed images. A continuous photographing mode according to a moving subject is selected by a photographing mode selection unit. A continuous photographing interval, a maximum continuous photographing number, and a number of precaptured... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070081083 - Oscillator circuit and infrared receiver: An oscillator circuit includes: a charge and discharge circuit for charging or discharging a capacitor; and a signal generating circuit for generating a signal in which (i) an interval time period indicative of a cycle on which cycle a receiving device performs a periodical intermittent operation and (ii) a watch... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070081085 - Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An image processing apparatus includes a signal processor which generates moving image data by performing data conversion on still image data, and a controller which determines an aspect ratio of the moving image data generated in the data conversion performed by the signal processor. The controller determines the aspect ratio... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070081084 - Optical recording apparatus for wireless equipment: An optical recording apparatus for a wireless electronic equipment includes an infrared recording device configured to receive light in the infrared spectrum and record data according to the received infrared light, a color recording device configured to receive light in the visible spectrum and record data according to the received... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070081086 - Method and apparatus for a chopped two-chip cinematography camera: A method of capturing a color image includes steps of operating a first sensor of a camera to integrate a first charge over a first time interval, operating a second sensor of the camera to integrate a second charge over a second time interval and scanning the first and second... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070081087 - Solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same: A solid-state imaging device comprises, on a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of sensor sections for storing a signal charge commensurate with a quantity of reception light, a charge transfer section for transferring and outputting the signal charge of the sensor sections, and an output section for converting the signal charge... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

20070081088 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of pieces of information to be grouped, the pieces of information including time information as attribute information, and an arithmetic unit for grouping the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit so that a portion in which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070081089 - Electronic image pickup apparatus: In an electronic image pickup apparatus where an object light after passing through a taking lens unit having a plurality of lenses is photoelectrically converted at an image pickup device to be recorded, the taking lens unit is constructed as having a reflecting mirror located between the lenses so that... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070081090 - Method and system for associating user comments to a scene captured by a digital imaging device: A method for providing user comments relating to a scene captured by an image capture device and a digital imaging device configured to implement the method are described. In one aspect, a scene to be captured is displayed to a user through a display device of the image capture device.... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070081092 - Electronic image pickup apparatus: In an-electronic image pickup apparatus where an object light after passing through a taking lens unit having a plurality of lenses is photoelectrically converted at an image pickup device to be recorded, the taking lens unit is constructed as having a reflecting mirror located between the lenses so that a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070081091 - Image pickup device of multiple lens camera system for generating panoramic image: The present invention aims to simplify stitching algorithm which generates horizontal panoramic image. The image pickup device of the present invention comprises a plurality of lenses and positioning means. Said positioning means positions each lens so that the FOV (Field Of View) intersection points of all lenses are aligned in... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070081093 - Automatic focusing camera base: An automatic focusing camera base has a seat, a motor, a focusing device and a transmission device. The motor is mounted and horizontally lies on the seat and has a shaft. The focusing device is mounted on the seat and can move relative to the seat. The transmission device is... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070081094 - Image capture: A digital image capture system and method uses a display device to illuminate a target with light for improved image capture under poor lighting conditions. Various characteristics of the flash (e.g., brightness, color, duration, etc.) can be adjusted to improve image capture. Users are provided with feedback (e.g., live video... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070081095 - Psp video conversion device: The present invention is related to a PSP video conversion device, which uses a video capture camera (CMOS, CCD module) and convert and output the video on LCD screen through AV cable to a large video display like TV or computer screen. Besides, an audio line is used to capture... Agent: Troxell Law Office

20070081096 - Motion vector fields refinement to track small fast moving objects: A conversion unit (300) for converting a first motion vector field (MVF1) into a second motion vector field (MVF2) is disclosed. The first motion vector field being computed, on basis of a first image and a second image of a sequence of images, for a temporal position between the first... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070081097 - Video signal output device: When television screen setting is not set and thus a television screen setting completion flag is not set, and a terminals-connection judgment pin takes a low level, an i/p selection screen is initially displayed on a progressive display device. However, the i/p selection screen is not displayed on an interlaced... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070081098 - Digital tv and control method thereof: A digital TV for receiving broadcasting signals containing time information for respective channels, the digital TV including a tuner for tuning the broadcasting signals corresponding to the respective channels; and a controller for reading the time information contained in the tuned broadcasting signals for the respective channels and detecting an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070081099 - Display apparatus and method for controlling the same: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for controlling the display apparatus. The method for controlling a display apparatus including a user selection unit for operating an adjustment item having at least one main adjustment item and at least one sub adjustment item corresponding to the main adjustment item,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070081100 - Image processing apparatus: In an apparatus for composing image data of a main picture and image data of a sub-picture by a chroma key process, an attribute of an image contained in the sub-picture is detected, a partial area of the sub-picture is set as a chroma key mask area in accordance with... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070081102 - Apparatus and method for automatically adjusting white point during video display: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for automatically adjusting the white point of displayed images to account for changes in ambient light. In one embodiment, a display system includes a display device having sensors for recording the red (R), green (G) and blue (B) values for ambient light... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070081101 - Automatic display adaptation to lighting: A method for viewing images on a display (100, 110) is provided. The method includes producing a lighting effect to enhance the viewing of the images on the display and automatically adjusting one or more display settings of the display based on the produced lighting effect. The display can be... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070081103 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus includes a display unit; a signal processing unit which processes an image signal to be displayed on the display unit; a color transforming unit which adjusts a white balance of the image signal input from the signal processing unit within a color area defined by a set... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070081104 - Methods and apparatus for detecting movement in a composite television signal: Methods and apparatus for detecting movement in a composite television signal. A first difference signal is generated according to the difference between an Nth frame and an N−2th frame of a composite television signal. A second difference signal is generated by Y/C separation of an Nth frame and the N−1th... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070076089 - Systems and methods for 3-d imaging: The various embodiments generally describe systems and methods related to 3-dimensional (3-D) imaging. In one exemplary embodiment, an imaging system incorporates a 2-dimensional (2-D) image capture system that generates 2-D digital image information representing an object, a signal transmitter that transmits a ranging signal towards the object, and a signal... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070076090 - Device for generating three dimensional surface models of moving objects: A device and method for producing a model of the surface of one aspect of a three dimensional object. The model is produced by extracting a three dimensional mesh from a pattern projected on the object. The three dimensional object maybe in motion.... Agent: Manatt Phelps And Phillips Robert D. Becker

20070076091 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a video-scope with an image sensor, and a signal processor that generates digital component video signals from image-pixel signals that are read from the image sensor. The electronic endoscope has, further, a color-reverse detector that determines whether a color-reverse occurs in the digital component video signals,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070076092 - Display apparatus using optical modulator and display method thereof: A mobile display apparatus using an optical modulator is disclosed, comprising: a sensor sensing a light reflected from a side of a scanning device and then generating a scanning device reference signal specifying a position of the scanning device; and a driving signal control unit generating such scanning device control... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070076093 - Variable sensitivity imaging device, and imaging apparatus including the same: A variable sensitivity imaging device comprises: a substrate; a photosensitive layer which is stacked above the substrate, and which is interposed between a pixel electrode layer and an opposing electrode layer; a signal reading section, formed on said substrate, that reads a signal corresponding to photo-charges which are generated by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070076094 - Surveillance apparatus and method for wireless mesh network: Provided are video nodes for wireless networks and methods thereof that wirelessly extend a wired surveillance system. A wireless interface device services wireless communications between a wired video surveillance network and a wireless viewing node. According to another aspect, a wireless interface device transmits an alert over the wireless network... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070076095 - Video monitoring system incorporating cellular phone technology: A video monitoring system that incorporates mobile cellular telephone technology to provide images or live video in real time to a parent or business owner for safety, security and surveillance purposes includes a surveillance camera mounted in or adjacent the room or site to be monitored, a control unit for... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20070076096 - System and method for calibrating a set of imaging devices and calculating 3d coordinates of detected features in a laboratory coordinate system: A system and method are presented for calibrating a set of imaging devices for generating three dimensional surface models of moving objects and calculating three dimensional coordinates of detected features in a laboratory coordinate system, when the devices and objects are moving in the laboratory coordinate system. The approximate location... Agent: Manatt Phelps And Phillips Robert D. Becker

20070076097 - Camera: It is provided in the present invention a camera comprising a base section (170), and a grip section (180) which is provided in at least one lateral end (140, 150) of the camera, bending toward to a back of the camera and is disposed with a slip-proof section (121) adjacent... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070076098 - Anti-vibration device and camera apparatus using the same: An anti-vibration device and a camera apparatus using the same are provided. The anti-vibration device includes an actuator that supports one end portion of a cantilever support arm. A camera module, which is a support member, is suspended and supported by the other end portion of the support arm. The... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070076099 - Device and method for hybrid resolution video frames: A system and method of displaying a first part of a view captured by two or more image sensors in one or more first pixel resolutions, and a second part of a view captured by such image sensors in a second one or more pixel resolutions.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070076100 - Imaging device having multiple imaging elements: In through image display mode, a CPU drives two CCDs under control suitable for the through image display in such a way that image data captured by both CCDs are read out alternately (S1), and displays image data output alternately from one CCD and the other CCD on a display... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070076101 - Self-calibrating and/or self-testing camera module: Improved digital camera module incorporating circuitry for self-test and calibration. The digital camera module incorporates an image sensor, an image processor using volatile working memory and non-volatile memory containing correction data to produce corrected images during normal device operation. During test and calibration, a calibration processor takes image sensor data... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070076102 - Image control apparatus: Upon receiving an image file to be moved and designation of a movement destination of the image file, a movement designation receiver notifies a file mover and a slide show file identifier searcher of an image file identifier of the image file to be moved and the movement destination thereof.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070076103 - 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

20070076104 - Image signal processing apparatus, and image signal processing method: An image signal generated by a CCD image sensor is processed by the block-generating section 28 provided in an image-signal processing section 25. A class tap and a prediction tap are thereby extracted. The class tap is output to an ADRC process section 29, and the prediction tap is output... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070076105 - Image pickup device and image processing system: In a multilayer film filter formed of inorganic dielectric materials, a spacer layer has different thicknesses to form a plurality of color-transmissive filter elements having multiple different spectral characteristics on an image sensor.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070076107 - Digital camera for producing a frame of image formed by two areas with its seam compensated for: A digital camera includes an accumulator for accumulating, out of digital image signals representative of respective divided images, adjoining pixel data positioned at both sides of a seam between the divided images. The digital camera also includes a controller for calculating difference in characteristic between the divided images on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070076106 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method: In an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device configured by a plurality of pixels having different photoelectric conversion characteristics on each side of the inflection point of the photoelectric conversion characteristic, prior to the image picking-up for recording, resetting the image pickup device twice by using different voltages... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070076108 - Variable sensitivity imaging device, and imaging apparatus including the same: A variable sensitivity imaging device comprises: a substrate; a photosensitive layer which is stacked above the substrate, and which is interposed between a pixel electrode layer and an opposing electrode layer; a signal reading section, formed on the substrate, that reads a signal corresponding to photo-charges which are generated by... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070076109 - High speed cmos image sensor circuits with block memory readout: An image sensor circuit includes a pixel array, a plurality of column analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuits, and at least two memory blocks. Each column ADC circuit is connected to receive analog pixel signals provided from corresponding pixel circuits of the pixel array, and is configured to convert the received analog... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070076110 - Solid-state imaging device, method of driving same, and camera apparatus: A solid-state imaging device of a three-transistor pixel configuration having no selection transistor has a problem of a non-selection hot carrier white point, which is specific to this apparatus. A bias current during a non-reading period of pixels is made to flow to a pixel associated with an immediately previous... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070076111 - Haze reduction method and apparatus for use in retinal imaging: Driver current in digital retinal image transfer is significantly reduced for retinal cameras for reducing heat-induced dark current and resultant haze. In one embodiment line drivers are used whose current draw does not depend on data rate or frequency to eliminate the problem of high data rates creating high driver... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070076112 - Stereo image-pickup apparatus: A stereo image pickup apparatus having a plurality of image pickup units, an input selection unit for executing a selection processing of an input signal, a sensor driving signal generation unit for driving the image pickup units, and a camera signal processing unit for executing camera signal processing of output... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070076113 - 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

20070076114 - Digital camera module with a positon tracking device: A digital camera module (100) for a portable electronic device, includes a lens holder (20), a lens module (10) axially movably received in the lens holder and at least one position tracking device (30). Each position tracking device includes a resistor (33) secured to the holder, a probe (31) attached... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076115 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup unit for photographing an object and generating image data, and a frame forming an outline of the image pickup apparatus, wherein spaces are formed between the image pickup unit and the frame to allow an operator grasp inner planes of the frame.... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070076116 - Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the clock frequency of an imaging sensor in a digital imaging device: A digital imaging device such as a digital camera has an imaging-sensor clock that may be adjusted dynamically in accordance with lighting conditions measured through feedback from the imaging sensor. Selecting a relatively higher clock frequency under bright conditions provides shorter shutter delay, and selecting a relatively lower clock frequency... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070076117 - Electronic camera apparatus: An electronic camera device according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a battery which supplies a power supply, a detector which detects a state of the power supply of the loaded battery, a flash device configured to illuminate a subject, a charge controller which controls a charge... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070076118 - Portable electronic device with camera module: A portable electronic device (100) with camera module includes a main body (10), a cover (30), and a connecting mechanism (20). The main body has a receiving cavity (16) defined therein. The cover has a camera module disposed thereon and facing the main body. The camera module is received in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070076119 - Tv set with a parental guide mode: A TV set (20) with a parental guide mode is provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment. The TV set includes: a mode switching unit (204) for switching the TV set between a normal mode and the parental guide mode, under the normal mode the TV set being capable of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076120 - Nicam processing method: A NICAM processing method includes receiving and temporarily storing a current frame of A-channel and B-channel input data into a first memory at a first clock rate. Companded A-channel and B-channel data of a previous frame are read from a second memory at a second clock rate and in a... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070076121 - Nicam processor: A NICAM processor comprises a first memory for temporarily storing a current frame of A-channel and B-channel input data, wherein the current frame data is stored into the first memory at a first clock rate. A second memory temporarily stores companded A-channel and B-channel data of a previous frame in... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20070076122 - Digital/analog closed caption display system in a television signal receiver: A digital television signal receiver (20) processes a digital television signal and auxiliary information contained in the digital television signal regardless of whether the auxiliary information is analog auxiliary information (36) or digital auxiliary information (34) and produces a television display signal (44) suitable for displaying the processed auxiliary information.... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070076124 - Delay circuit and video signal processing circuit using the same: A delay circuit acquiring an output signal delayed from an input signal, comprising: a switched capacitor group that includes a plurality of switched capacitor units, wherein each of the plurality of switched capacitor units has a charging MOS transistor and a discharging MOS transistor, and a capacitive element which is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070076123 - Digital multi-source multi-destination video multiplexer and crossbar device: A Digital Multi-Source Multi-Destination Video Multiplexer and Crossbar Device and method which may be applied to a video imaging system, in which multiple input image sources including super-computer-generated digital image scenes, personal computer generated digital image scenes, or any machine with OC-48 fiber optically generated digital scenes are multiplexed, bit... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20070076125 - Vsb reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing 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

20070076126 - Vsb reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing 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

20070076127 - Image processing apparatus and an image processing program: The objective of the present invention is to offer an image processing apparatus, or an image processing program which can generate natural images. In the invention, a chroma saturation correction coefficient is determined according to the chroma saturation distribution properties of an input image, and the chroma saturation correction is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070076128 - Method for treating inter-frame motion in a composite video signal: A method for treating inter-frame motion in a series of consecutive signal frames of a composite video signal includes the steps of, for an evaluation pixel position in each frame of a test frame-set including three successive signal frames: (a) determining whether there is at least a predetermined difference in... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070076129 - Modular liquid crystal display: A modular liquid crystal display includes a front frame, a liquid crystal panel mounted to a rear side of the front frame, a module box mounted behind and electrically connected to the liquid crystal panel, and a back cover located behind the module box. The module box includes a case,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070076130 - Broadcast receiver and method of controlling the same: According to one embodiment, a control unit is provided which generates a video signal on the basis of an application corresponding to a receiving function. Then, the control unit outputs a predetermined video signal at the time of turning on of a power source thereof, starts up an application in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070076131 - Television set having automatic volume control function and method therefor: A television set having automatic volume control function and method therefore. The TV set includes: a communication interface for receiving an incoming call and a voltage change signal; a detecting unit for detecting the voltage change and output a corresponding volume control signal; and a volume control unit for adjusting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070076132 - [signal adjuster]: A signal adjuster is disclosed to include a first connector connected to a signal source through a high-frequency signal cable, a second connector connected to a video output device, a buffer connected between the first connector and the second connector, an adjustable equalizer connected between the buffer and the second... Agent: Sure-fire Electrical Corporation