Television inventions 06/07

20070146477 - Cctv camera system and wireless non-video/video door phone systems all having ac/dc self-sustained power supply apparatus: The provided camera system includes an AC/DC self-sustained power supply apparatus, a camera coupled to the apparatus and receiving a first power supply and a video transmitting device coupled to the camera and transmitting a video signal generated by the camera to a monitor system. Furthermore, a wireless non-video door... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070146476 - Videophone system, self-support base station device, set top box, and videophone method: A videophone system includes: a mobile communication terminal having a function for transmitting/receiving an imaged moving picture to/from a radio communication base station and performing communication; and a monitor device for displaying a moving picture transmitted/received to/from a radio communication base station by using a communication protocol between the radio... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146475 - Wireless communications system: The present invention is a wireless communications system for simultaneously establishing a basic access network and a wireless access network using at least two kinds of wireless communication networks. In the basic access network, there are executed signaling communication for obtaining available network information based on the position information of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070146478 - Stereoscopic 3d rig calibration and viewing device: This invention uses image processing to process imagery from two cameras to display onto a single monitor in a multiple of modes. These image-processing functions are detailed here, as well as other processes to combine multiple functions in a single self-contained unit called the 3DRCV (3D Rig Calibrator and Viewer).... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070146479 - Integrated video control chipset: A control chipset for a video display apparatus is provided. The control chipset is coupled to a frame buffer and a display unit. The control chipset comprises: a scaler for receiving and processing an input video signal to generate a scaled video signal; a three-dimensional (3D) video enhancing unit for... Agent: J.c. Patents

20070146480 - Apparatus and method for inspecting areas surrounding nuclear boiling water reactor core and annulus regions: A remotely controlled apparatus (112) for inspecting the core (102) and annulus (104) areas of nuclear boiling water reactors (100) includes a circumferential drive mechanism for propelling the apparatus (112) on the steam dam (108) of the reactor (100). The inspection apparatus (112) uses a set of driver rollers (314)... Agent: Jenner & Block, LLP

20070146482 - Method of depth estimation from a single camera: The invention relates to an occupant monitoring system for an automobile. One embodiment of the invention includes a monitoring system configured to detect an occupant's head position when the occupant is seated in the automobile.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070146481 - Rear view mirror for a motor vehicle: A rearview mirror for a motor vehicle, in particular for a convertible, has a display that displays information by emitting light. A reflective-type linear polarization layer is disposed in front of the display layer, with reference to a defined viewing direction. There is no absorption-type polarization layer disposed in front... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070146484 - Automated video system for context-appropriate object tracking: A system and methods for generating an optimized video stream of a target that is moving within a predefined area uses an automated video system provided with a plurality of video cameras that are positioned about the predefined area by tracking the moving target and determining which of the video... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070146483 - Injection apparatus and injection method: A capturing unit captures an image of a designated position in a culture medium. A first creating unit creates a wide-field image by synthesizing a plurality of images of the designated position and a periphery of the designated position captured by the capturing unit. A second creating unit creates a... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070146485 - Video display apparatus and video display method: According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a video density change based on a given video signal, a processing unit which processes the video signal to change a position of a video based on the video signal on a screen at timing of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070146486 - Testing system for digital camera modules: A testing system (200) for digital camera modules (100) includes a first testing module (50), an assembling mechanism (60), a focusing module (62), a second testing module (70), a carrying mechanism (80), and a main processor (90). The carrying mechanism supports and transports subassemblies of the digital camera modules and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070146487 - Image processing apparatus and method, and computer program and storage medium: In a system including a plurality of process sections capable of image processing, when there is restriction on bit accuracy of a drawing interface of OS between the process sections, process sections where image processing is performed, are switched according to kinds of printing, such as normal printing and sample... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146490 - Variable focus lens: An achromatic electrowetting lens is provided. This is achieved by a particular choice of the parameters n, n2, V, and V2, wherein n is the refractive index and V is the Abbe number. By fulfilling the relations: Formula (I) an achromatization of the electrowetting lens is achieved.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070146488 - Image blurring correction apparatus: When the camera is performing the pan or tilt operation on performing image blurring correction, the image blurring correction is stopped and a vibration-proof lens is returned to a reference position at a speed that is changed according to a focal length of the zoom lens and is reduced if... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070146489 - Camera having image-stabilizing function: A camera having an image-stabilizing function includes an image-stabilizing mechanism which corrects image blur that occurs due to hand shake of the camera; a shutter-release operating member; and an image-stabilizer operating member which is operably movable between an image-stabilizer-activated position and an image-stabilizer-deactivated position, the image-stabilizer operating member being provided... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146492 - Camera module for communicating through i2c method: The camera module according to the present invention includes a first diode for interrupting overcurrent generated by electrostatic discharge and flowing from an image sensor unit to a serial clock line, a second diode for interrupting the overcurrent generated by the electrostatic discharge and flowing from the image sensor unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146491 - Human-machine-interface and method for manipulating data in a machine vision system: This invention provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that operates in connection with a machine vision detector or other machine vision system, which provides a highly intuitive and industrial machine-like appearance and layout. The GUI includes a centralized image frame window surrounded by panes having buttons and specific interface components... Agent: Cognex Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070146493 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus includes an image readout unit which reads an image from a recording medium, a display unit which displays the image, a user interface unit which turns on an jump mode, and a control unit which changes an image displayed on the display unit. If the jump... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146495 - Signal processing apparatus: A signal processing apparatus for carrying out signal processing on an input image signal and to output the result includes first correction processing means for carrying out correction processing dependent on pixels on the input image signal, second correction processing means for carrying out correction processing independent from pixels on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146497 - Imaging apparatus and image data correcting method: An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, plural types of color filters, an imaging device including a plurality of pixels each receiving a light incident to the imaging apparatus through a predetermined type of color filter and being operable to generate image data with the plurality of pixels from the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070146496 - Signal processor having a/d conversion unit and operation part: A signal processor formed on a single semiconductor chip having an A/D conversion unit for converting an analog signal to a digital signal, comprises an operation unit for performing calculation based on a plurality of digital signals converted by the A/D conversion unit, and a selection unit for selecting one... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146494 - Video telephony system and a method for use in the video telephony system for improving image quality: A method and apparatus are provided for determining lighting conditions in a video telephony environment, and for causing one or more tasks to be performed that will lead to an improvement in image quality. These tasks include, for example, (1) informing the user of the lighting conditions, (2) suggestion to... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070146498 - Method and apparatus for auto white controlling: An auto white controlling method and apparatus are provided. The method includes providing a plurality of feature points having color features of an image if the image includes an object having dominant chroma; detecting a first illuminant according to the feature points; calculating a mean chroma of data showing a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146499 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus such as a video camera has the capability of automatic white balance control whereby the white balance is quickly adjusted for any object even just after an operator has turned on a power supply. An image pickup element converts an optical image of an object into... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070146500 - Flicker detecting circuit and method in image sensor: A circuit includes a luminance average value output unit for extracting luminance values from pixel data of the first and the second frames to generate first luminance average values for pixel lines of the first frame and second luminance average values for pixel lines of the second frame, a flicker... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070146501 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus has a CMOS image pickup device. An image pickup area of the image pickup device includes a regular image pickup area and an environment detection area. A flicker detector of the image pickup apparatus detects a frequency component in an image signal provided by the environment... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070146502 - Image sensor and method for controlling image brightness distribution therein: Provided is an image sensor that can solve the limitation in expanding an output dynamic range, which is caused when a uniform gain contrast scheme is applied, and prevent the reduction of an input dynamic range, thereby stably adjusting the distribution of image brightness. The image sensor includes a contrast... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070146504 - Apparatus, method, and program for recording image: An image recording apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a recording unit configured to record one of still image data and video image data captured by the image capturing unit on a storage medium in the form of an image file, a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070146503 - Digital camera and data management method: A digital camera capable of compensating a portion of a captured image with another image without putting a squeeze on storage capacity. The digital camera has a plurality of image-capturing systems capable of essentially simultaneously capturing images of a single subject at mutually-different angles of view. Information about relevant image... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070146505 - Image processing device supporting variable data technologies: A method for processing image data using a digital camera includes providing a digital camera having a first transformation program as a default program, the first transformation program supporting a first transformation technology. A first communication link is formed between the digital camera and a first remote image processing device.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070146507 - Method of controlling an image forming system and an image forming system: A method of controlling an image forming system and an image forming system. The method includes: receiving a printing data according a command for interpolation printing for printing by interpolating an image; analyzing the received printing data and deciding an interpolation type; and interpolating the image according to the decided... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070146506 - Single-image vignetting correction: A system and process for determining the vignetting function of an image and using the function to correct for the vignetting is presented. The image can be any arbitrary image and no other images are required. The system and process is designed to handle both textured and untextured segments in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070146508 - Image sensing apparatus and correction method: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing device having a plurality of pixels, a smoothing unit that smoothes a first dark image signal acquired with the image sensing device shielded from light; a subtraction unit that subtracts a second dark image signal from the first dark image signal; an... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070146509 - Color display device: The invention relates to a color display device for display a color image and a method of operating such display. The color display device is provided with a plurality of picture elements, two selectable light sources having different predetermined radiance spectra, color selection means which in combination with the selectable... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070146510 - Image processing module, data processing module and methods for using the same: An image processing module substantially matches the representation of a display with the expectation of image data. The image processing module comprises a storage unit, a control unit, and an image processing unit. The storage unit stores calibration information with calibration values each corresponding to a physical area on the... Agent: Daniel R. Mcclure Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley LLP

20070146512 - Imaging apparatus provided with imaging device having sensitivity in visible and infrared regions: An imaging apparatus includes: a first pixel which receives both visible light and infrared light, and a second pixel which receives infrared light, both pixels being formed on an imaging device; an infrared light component estimation unit which estimates, based on spectral characteristics of light received by the first pixel... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146511 - Signal processing apparatus for solid-state imaging device, signal processing method, and imaging system: A signal processing apparatus corrects color mixture between pixel cells in a solid-state imaging device in which the pixel cells including photoelectric transducers are two-dimensionally arranged in an array and in which color filters having primary color components for generating luminance components and other color components are arranged over the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146513 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device has a semiconductor substrate with photodiodes formed thereon. Stacked on the semiconductor substrate are a light shielding layer having openings for the photodiodes, a concave microlens-forming layer having concave lens surfaces on its upper surface, a planarizing layer for covering the concave microlens-forming layer, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070146515 - Image processor: Pixel signals are sequentially output from an image sensor in a reverse order to an order in which light sensing cells are arranged with respect to one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. In an image processor, first, a data reading part transfers the pixel signals in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146514 - Method of acquiring physical information and physical information acquiring device: Disclosed is a method of acquiring physical information that acquires physical information by using a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes unit elements, each of which has a detecting unit and a unit signal generating unit. The method includes the steps of: providing an operation current supply unit supplying an... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070146516 - Solid-state imaging device and driving method thereof: An object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device and driving method thereof capable of suppressing image quality defect caused by a coupling which occurs when a readout transistor that controls signal charge readout from a photodiode. The solid-state imaging device is an amplifying solid-state imaging... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146518 - Array substrate and liquid crystal display device having the same: An array substrate comprises a first pixel part including a plurality of first effective pixels and a plurality of first dummy pixels, wherein the first effective pixels are disposed in a display area, and the first dummy pixels are disposed in a peripheral area, the peripheral area being formed around... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070146517 - Cmos image sensor: A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel including controlled by a high voltage; a reference high voltage generator for generating a reference high voltage; and a high voltage output unit for generating the high voltage by using the reference high voltage as an operating voltage to thereby output the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070146519 - Imaging device: Plural pixel cells generate electric charge signals through photoelectric conversion and then accumulate the electric charge signals therein. An adjustment pixel signal generating part generates differences between the first output voltages of the pixel cells where a prescribed voltage is applied and accumulated and the second output voltages of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146520 - Solid state image pickup apparatus and radiation image pickup apparatus: In a solid state image pickup apparatus with a photodetecting device and one or more thin film transistors connected to the photodetecting device formed in one pixel, a part of the photodetecting device is formed over at least a part of the thin film transistor, and the thin film transistor... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070146521 - Gain measurement structure: A CCD Device of the type for providing charge gain by impact ionisation has a multiplication register. Gain provided by a subset of the elements of the multiplication register are independently controllable from other elements in the register. This enables the register to be used in one setting with the... Agent: Venable LLP

20070146522 - Driving method for solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus: S/N ratio deterioration resulting from dark current generated in each light-receiving pixel is suppressed in a frame transfer CCD image sensor. A predetermined off-voltage VL2 is applied to a transfer electrode before an on-voltage VH is applied to the transfer electrode to form a potential well and to start the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146523 - Signal generator: There is provided a signal generator which includes a main memory which stores at least time data indicating timing when a state change of a timing pulse occurs and space data indicating a state of the timing pulse corresponding to the time data; a counter which counts a clock to... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070146524 - Signal reading apparatus and test apparatus: There is provided a signal reading apparatus that reads an output signal from a solid-state image sensing device. The apparatus includes a plurality of measuring means that respectively measures pixel data included in the output signal from the solid-state image sensing device and a timing generator that generates a clock... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070146527 - Electronic device, display method thereof, and storage medium storing program for executing the method: An electronic device for allowing a viewer to view still pictures according to the intention of a photographer or drafter of the still pictures when the still pictures are successively displayed, a display method thereof, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method. The electronic device includes... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070146526 - Image display apparatus and photographing apparatus: Provided is an image display apparatus whose display images can be viewed regardless of an orientation or an aspect ratio of a display image. When a user sets the orientation and the aspect ratio of a live view display, a background frame corresponding to the orientation and the aspect ratio... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070146528 - Image capturing apparatus with through image display function: A display screen of a liquid crystal display is divided into a main area and three sub-areas arranged vertically on the right thereof. A through image is displayed on the main area. On the respective sub-areas, composition images are displayed indicating different compositions and object regions different from each other.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070146529 - Image sensing apparatus and image sensing apparatus control method: An image sensing apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix-like layout and containing photoelectric conversion devices reads signals in units of one line or a plurality of lines and is provide with an image sensing device 14 adapted to read a signal from a given block area.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070146525 - Mobile communication device with camera and operation method thereof: A mobile communication device with camera comprises a mobile communication module, a camera module, a storage unit, a display unit, and a switching module. The mobile communication module has a first transmission interface, the camera module has a second transmission interface; image data processed that are outputted by means of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070146530 - Photographing apparatus, image display method, computer program and storage medium: A photographing apparatus comprises a plurality of optical image pickup units which converges object light and forming an optical image on a focus plane of an image pickup device and an image forming unit which forms a plurality of photographed images from optical images formed by the optical image pickup... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070146534 - Camera module package: The invention relates to a camera module package including a lens barrel having at least one lens therein and an IR filter installed at a lower end thereof. The package also includes a housing having the lens barrel disposed movable in an optical axis direction in an inner hole thereof.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070146533 - Cmos image sensor and method for manufacturing the same: Provided is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and method of manufacturing the same. The image sensor can include a plurality of photodiodes, an interlayer insulating layer, a color filter layer formed of a plurality of color filters, and a plurality of microlenses. The plurality of photodiodes can... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070146532 - Package for solid image pickup element and solid image pickup device: In a package including a base fixed with a solid image pickup element, a side wall rising up along the periphery of the base, and internal terminals arranged on a step of the side wall, a plurality of recesses are formed at certain intervals in a lower part of the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070146531 - Light-collecting device and solid-state imaging apparatus: Each unit pixel (2.8 μm square in size) is made up of a distributed index lens 1, a color filter 2 for green G, Al wirings 3, a signal transmitting unit 4, planarizing films 5, a light-receiving device (Si photodiodes) 6, and a Si substrate 7. The distributed index lens... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146535 - Fundus camera: A fundus camera having a photographing optical system for photographing a fundus of an eye to be examined, the camera providing, a first illumination optical system for illuminating the fundus of the eye with using infrared light, a second illumination optical system for illuminating the fundus of the eye with... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070146537 - Apparatus and method for controlling diaphragm of imaging apparatus: When a difference between a diaphragm target position and a detected state of a diaphragm is less than a neutral zone width, a driving control operation of the diaphragm is prohibited. The neutral zone width can be changed depending on the state of the diaphragm.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070146536 - Camera with light detection means: The invention relates to a device for detecting, at a given moment, a light difference between two light detection elements. The invention has application in the technical field of imaging, and more particularly in cameras comprising the invention device. The invention describes a device for detecting a light variation between... Agent: Kathleen Neuner Manne Eastman Kodak Company

20070146538 - Image pickup apparatus: A short-time exposure image data and a long-time exposure image data of the same object to be photographed are stored to SE memory and LE memory and then transferred to CPU, motion thereof being detected at a motion detecting section on the basis of the two image data; if no... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070146539 - Spatial information detecting device: A spatial information detecting device for accurately detecting information of a target space is provided. This device has photoelectric converters for receiving a reflection light from the space, in which a flashing light is being irradiated, a charge storage portion formed in each of the photoelectric converters by applying a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146540 - Image pickup apparatus, method for controlling the same, and computer program: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for picking up an image, a lens barrier for covering the front of a lens of the image pickup unit, a display for displaying image data recorded on a recording unit, and a controller for controlling mode switching of the image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070146541 - Video image processing apparatus, video image display apparatus, and video image processing method: According to one embodiment, there is provided a video image processing apparatus, including frame generator section which continuously generates at a predetermined frequency (cf. 60 Hz) a plurality of frame images (BF1, BF2, . . . ) on which one screen is represented by a plurality of horizontal lines based... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070146542 - Method and apparatus for using the host-pod interface of a digital television or other digital audio/video receiver for new services: To receive new services including audio or video content for presentation by a cable-compatible digital television or other digital audio/video receiver, a module may be connected to the HOST-POD interface of the digital television. The module has a receiver for receiving audio or video content in a first compression format,... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070146543 - Volume configurations in motion capture: Enlarging a capture volume, comprising: positioning a first motion capture volume offset from a second motion capture volume in a direction that requires minimal motion capture camera reconfigurations, wherein a first plurality of motion capture cameras is configured around the first motion capture volume and a second plurality of motion... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070146544 - Av apparatus for showing volume adjustment and method therefor: An AV apparatus for showing a volume adjustment and a method therefor are provided. When the AV apparatus enters a screen-off mode, the AV apparatus determines whether a volume is adjustable in response to a volume adjustment signal. If yes, the volume is controlled for adjustment and a first indicatory... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070146545 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus including: an image quality adjustment section to adjust an image quality of the image displayed on the screen according to an alternation of an image quality adjustment parameter value, and to display on the screen at least one reference image having the image quality adjustment parameter... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070146546 - Display control device and display control method: A display control selection section receives a plurality of display control requirements for screen display and selects and outputs to an input timing control section a display control requirement capable of being processed within a single screen non-display interval out of the received display control requirements. The input timing control... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070146547 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processing method mixing a first image and a second image, each formed of a plurality of pixels. The image processing method includes determining whether pixels forming the first image are transparent or not; selecting a pixels of the second image corresponding to a transparent pixels of the first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146548 - Tone conversion apparatus, image display apparatus using the same, and tone conversion method: In a tone conversion apparatus, a decision-processing section sequentially detects a signal level difference between pixels of an image in a predetermined direction thereof by using the image signal having a first number of bits, determines whether the signal level difference remains within a preset signal level difference, and determines... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070146549 - Apparatus for automatically generating video highlights and method thereof: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatically generating moving picture highlights for video stored in a digital video recorder that detects scene change of stored video, extracts information amount with respect to the relevant video interval on the basis of the scene change detection information, automatically generates... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070146550 - Receiving circuit, receiving apparatus, and receiving method: Provided is a receiving circuit which determines whether a PLL circuit is at a locked state or a unlocked state, and thereby realizing an AFT system that operates correctly. The receiving circuit is a video/audio signal processing circuit which demodulates the first signal and the second signal included in a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146552 - Apparatus for automatically changing channel and method thereof: A method of automatically changing a channel to enhance user convenience in an image processing device. If a channel changing event in which the broadcast signal is not normally received from the service channel occurs, an image processing device sets an automatic changing channel to automatically change a service channel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070146551 - Multimedia receiver having fast predictive channel tuning and method: A multimedia receiver includes two tuners capable of independently tuning digital channels to be listened to, or viewed. A channel to be tuned by a multi-media receiver is predicted, based on a subset of digits input by a user. While a current channel is tuned by one tuner, the predicted... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070146554 - Program restart and commercial ending notification method and system: A method and system are provided for allowing channel surfing during the presentation of a commercial broadcast by returning the viewer to the desired program channel after the commercial broadcast has concluded. When a commercial broadcast is received that interrupts the presentation of a viewer's desired programming, channel surfing is... Agent: Attention Of D. Kent Stier Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070146553 - Receiving circuit, receiving apparatus, and receiving method: A receiving circuit according to the present invention includes a phase-locked loop circuit which outputs an oscillation signal synchronized with a phase of a modulation signal modulated by a video signal, a video signal detector which synchronously detects the modulation signal using the oscillation signal, so as to output the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070146555 - Tuner unit, information processing apparatus including tuner unit, and method for detecting receive channel: A tuner unit includes a scan-candidate registration unit that registers candidate frequencies to be scanned, a scan-frequency selection unit that selects frequencies to be scanned, a first scan unit that performs scanning on the basis of the frequencies to be scanned, a reception determination unit that determines whether channel signals... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070146556 - Image display system, image display method, information processing apparatus, image display device, control program, and recording medium: An image display system includes an information processing apparatus that processes image information, an image display device that displays an image based on the image information processed by the information processing apparatus, and an information transmission device that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display device so as... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070146557 - Fixing mechanism: A fixing mechanism suitable for fixing a reflective mirror on a base plate of a rear projection TV is provided. The fixing mechanism comprises first fixing members, second fixing members and cushions. The first fixing members are arranged on the base plate to restrain the movement of the reflective mirror... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070146558 - Panel type television and liquid crystal television: The panel-type television includes a display panel which may be heated to a considerably high temperature when it is in use, a main substrate 20 arranged in the vicinity of the display panel, an electronic device 20a mounted on the main substrate 20, an exothermic device 20b mounted on the... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070146559 - Cathode-ray tube type-television device and resin-formed cabinet: The cabinet includes a chassis, a pair of first and second spaced apart guide members provided on the chassis so as to stand vertically from the chassis, and a third guide member provided on a portion of the chassis between the first and second guide members so as to stand... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070146560 - Mirror/display assembly: An integrated mirror/display assembly includes a flip down display integrated with a rearview mirror. The mirror may be mounted to the display and the mirror/display is movable on a pivot between a retracted non-viewing position during normal vehicle operation and an extended viewing position when the vehicle is not in... Agent: Andrew R. Basile, Jr Young, Basile, Hanlon,

20070139512 - Communication terminal and communication method: A communication terminal of the invention is a video telephone 1 having a communication function and installing a common function to a function that a video telephone 2 installs, and includes a display image generation section 13A for generating data to execute the function that the video telephone 1 installs... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070139515 - Lighting for video systems: A video system and method of operation are described that compensate for low-light conditions. The video system includes a light source that adjusts. In one example the light source is controlled to either shine more light upon the user's face or less dependent upon the ambient conditions. In another example,... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139514 - Television set-top video phone system: A system for initiating, receiving, and storing video telephony calls via a broadband television network. The system provides for the integration of all video telephony functions into the user-friendly platform of a residential set-top box which also provides standard cable television and digital video recorder functions.... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139513 - Video telephone soft client with a mobile phone interface: A videophone soft client running on an electronic device such as a personal computer or set top box includes an interface with a mobile phone having a built-in camera. The mobile phone serves as a multi-functional peripheral device to capture video and audio and provide wireless data network access to... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139516 - Mobile communication terminal and method of processing image in video communications using the same: A mobile communication terminal and method of displaying an icon using the same are displayed, by which icons can be displayed on screens of calling and called parties, respectively in the course of video communications. The present invention includes entering an icon input mode in performing the video communications with... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070139517 - Temporal video filtering: In various embodiments, temporal filtering may be used to reduce noise over time in a series of video frames. A temporal filter may use previous filtered frames to reduce the noise in a current frame. For example, a temporal filter may filter noise in still parts of an image more... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070139518 - Image-capturing and data-storing system with data-compressing function and related method to process image data: An image-capturing and data-storing system includes a plurality of image-capturing devices for capturing images and generating corresponding formatted data, a first network-attached storage (NAS) device coupled via a network to the image-capturing devices for storing the formatted data transferred through the network, and a second NAS device coupled via the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070139519 - Stereographic projection apparatus with passive eyewear utilizing a continuously variable polarizing element: An apparatus and method for stereoscopic 3D image projection and viewing using a single projection source, polarization modulation, and passive eyewear. This approach is applicable to frame sequential video created using existing 3D graphics APIs, as well as other video signal formats, and is compatible with existing digital light processor... Agent: Eugene I. Shkurko IBM Corporation - Ms P386

20070139520 - System for providing depth discrimination of source images encoded in a rendered composite image: A system for enabling depth perception of image content in a rendered composite image, wherein illuminant/colorant depth discrimination encoding provides encoding of first and second source images in a composite image, for the purposes of subsequent illuminant/colorant depth discrimination decoding. Composite image rendering allows for rendering the composite image in... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070139521 - Endoscope signal processor, endoscope apparatus and endoscope signal processing method: An endoscope signal processor to which an endoscope having an image pickup device is detachably connected has a phase-locked loop circuit in which a phase comparator compares a phase of a variable clock with that of a reference clock output from the image pickup device to generate a variable clock... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070139522 - Endoscope signal processing apparatus: An endoscope signal processing apparatus has a first video signal generating circuit and a second video signal generating circuit which respectively generate a first video signal and a second video signal offering different resolutions depending on a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device respectively which are... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070139523 - Photographing apparatus, image signal choosing apparatus, driving assisting apparatus and automobile: Considering the locations of a self-vehicle and other vehicles changing from moment to moment, an image signal is chosen in relation to the location, orientation, viewing angle, and moving speed of a camera mounted on each vehicle, and information on a region to be a driver's blind spot is provided... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070139524 - Method of determining the cause of an error state in an apparatus: A method is described for determining the cause of an error state for one or more components within an apparatus. The system for detecting the cause of an error state for, at least, one component within an apparatus comprises a plurality of video cameras, for placement at pre-determined locations within... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20070139526 - Digital camera providing image processing for an attachable printer: A digital imaging system is provided that includes a digital camera and a color printer. The digital camera comprises: a housing; an image sensor adapted to capture analog image data; an analog-to-digital converter adapted to convert the analog image data; an image processor adapted to perform first processing and compression... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070139525 - Producing a video signal: Video signals are produced from a scene lit at least partially by artificial light (404, 405). A video camera (401) captures video fields or frames of video at a capture rate such that a frame interval exists that relates exclusively to an individual field or frame. A camera includes a... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070139528 - Vibration reduction apparatus: A vibration reduction apparatus (30) for a camera module includes a compensative lens element (32), an elastic element (38), a clamping element (34) and a driving element (36). The compensative lens element is positioned in the elastic element. The clamping element receives the compensative lens element and the elastic element.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070139527 - Method and system for video noise reduction based on moving content detection: A method and a system for video noise reduction based on moving content detection are described. Aspects of a system for processing images may include circuitry within a chip that determines a motion metric that indicates an amount of motion between a current video picture and at least one of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139529 - Dual mode image capture technique: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include various storage organization categories. A possible aspect may provide an identifier record to enable... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070139530 - Auto-adatpvie frame rate for improved light sensitivity in a video system: A system, method and computer readable medium are described that improve the performance of video systems. Light is shown upon a multi-region image pickup device such as a CCD or CMOS sensor. Each region generates a portion of a full frame in response to each clock signal applied to each... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139531 - System and methods for dynamic range extension using variable length integration time sampling: A photo-detector generated signal is measured as a sample set comprising a long signal and a short signal. The short signal is scaled to the value of the long signal if the long signal exceeds a dynamic range associated with the photo detector. In one embodiment, the short signal is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070139532 - Digital camera, gain-computing device and method: To determine a more appropriate WB gain. A first image data, which is obtained by way of photographing essentially the same subject as that of a main image intended by a user without firing a strobe light for preliminary illumination, and a second image data, which is obtained by way... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070139533 - Electronic device and function assigning method: At step ST2, an assign key changing item is selected from menu items. At step ST3, an assign key to which a function is assigned is selected. At step ST4, a function to be assigned is selected. The selected function is assigned to the selected assign key. At step ST5,... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070139536 - Image pickup apparatus and reproducing apparatus: When a shooting mode is changed from a non-super-resolution mode to a super-resolution mode, an image pickup apparatus lowers a compression ratio in a compression unit. On the other hand, when the shooting mode is changed from the super-resolution mode to the non-super-resolution mode, the image pickup apparatus raises a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070139535 - Imaging device: An imaging device wherein a camera module is controlled based on a personality file for module (individual control data) which is retrieved from a camera module and is peculiar to the camera module and on a personality file for sensor (type-dependent control data) relating to the type of the camera... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070139534 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: An information processing apparatus has a plurality of recording media, and includes an imaging unit operable to capture an image of a subject, and a recording unit operable to record image data of the captured image onto the recording media such that the amounts of recorded image data differ between... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070139537 - Color interpolation methods for correcting outlying values: This invention of a color interpolation method for correcting color values of an image, comprising the steps of: constructing a color interpolation matrix having a plurality of points and a center point as an interpolation point, where each point being expressed by one known color and two unknown colors; correcting... Agent: Emil Chang Law Offices Of Emil Chang

20070139538 - Apparatus for processing a digital image signal and methods for processing a digital image signal: An apparatus for processing a digital image signal includes a pseudo-luminance generator configured to generate pseudo-luminance signals from the image signal. An edge detector detects an edge in the image signal using a part of an interpolated image signal as a luminance signal for a line of the image signal... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070139539 - Image data processing circuit and image data processing method: An object of the present invention is to provide an image data processing circuit and an image data processing method capable of determining a reference signal level corresponding to black in an image with high precision by suppressing occurrence of line dependency and the like in a dark current component... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070139540 - Image processing circuit and image processing method: An object is to provide an image processing circuit and an image processing method which can use various technologies for a bayer array CCD even when an RGB independent array CCD is used, and can accommodate for the bayer array CCD. A first matrix acquiring circuit 21G acquires an R... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070139541 - Imaging system and methodology: An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system contains a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium, and as defined with certain ratios. A... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070139542 - Solid state imaging device: In a conventional solid state imaging device, there is a room for improvement in sensitivity. In order to solve the problem, a solid state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate and a light receiving portion. The light receiving portion is provided adjacent to a surface layer on the surface (a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070139543 - Auto-adaptive frame rate for improved light sensitivity in a video system: A system, method and computer readable medium are described that improve the performance of video systems. Light is shown-upon an image pickup device such as a CCD. Frames are generated in response to a clock signal that is proportional to a frame rate. In low-light conditions the frame rate and... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139544 - Amplification-type cmos image sensor: Pixels are two-dimensionally arranged into rows and columns in an image sensing region of a solid-state image sensing device, and divided into a plurality of vertical blocks. A vertical signal line is connected to each pixel column. A voltage read out from a pixel is A/D-converted and held in a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139545 - Image sensor for still or video photography: An image sensor includes a plurality of vertical CCDs; first HCCD receiving charge packets from even numbered vertical CCDs; and a second HCCD receiving charge packets from odd numbered vertical CCDs; wherein four charge packets are summed together from the first HCCD, and four charge packets are summed together in... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070139546 - Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus: An image display apparatus includes: an image information storage that stores image information including locations where images are captured as information corresponding to captured image data; a cluster managing section that manages the image information with hierarchical clusters including a plurality of clusters configured in a plurality of layers; a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070139547 - Image pick-up device and record medium having recorded thereon computer readable program for controlling the image pick-up device: An image pick-up device for producing a synthesized image signal having a wide dynamic range by partially exchanging a plurality of image signals from a solid state image sensing element in an image synthesizing unit (41), said image signals being obtained by picking-up a subject moving on a bright background... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070139548 - Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer-readable medium storing program: An image capturing apparatus for acquiring images having high dynamic range. The image capturing apparatus includes CCD consisting of a first photo detector for detecting light from central area of a subject, a second photo detector for detecting light from marginal area of the subject, a photometry sensor for measuring... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139549 - Image processing apparatus: A control unit converts image information into differential signals to transmit to a controller. The control unit receives control signals (differential signals) for controlling a lens unit or an illumination unit, to control the lens unit or the illumination unit. Only a signal cable is used for being connected between... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070139550 - Method and device for controlling quantity of light from flash lamp externally attached to digital camera: A digital camera has an internally provided flash lamp and an externally attached flash lamp. The internally provided flash lamp is set to undergo a preliminary emission of light and thereafter a principal emission of light. The externally attached flash lamp is controlled to undergo a first emission of light... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070139551 - Video system, apparatus and method to set format of video signal: A video system and a video-signal-format-setting apparatus and method including a video display unit that transmits a predetermined video signal format to a video displaying device, a user input unit that receives from a user an input value for converting the transmitted video signal format, and a format-setting unit that... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070139552 - Unified approach to film mode detection: A method for inverse telecine. The method generally includes the steps of (A) checking if a current field of a plurality of fields in a video sequence repeats in the video sequence according to a pattern-based approach where the current field fits a telecine pattern, (B) checking if the current... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070139554 - Apparatus and method for checking for broadcasting schedule overlap in broadcasting system: A broadcasting system includes a broadcasting server which checks for overlap in a broadcasting schedule. The broadcasting server performs an operation on a first bit map corresponding to service time information of each program on each of at least one channel and a second bit map corresponding to service time... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070139553 - Remote monitoring system and method responsive to a signal reaching a threshold: An electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes at least one interface, a processor and a video processor. The interface receives a first audio signal and a first video signal. The processor receives either the first audio signal or the first video... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070139555 - Tv signal processor: A TV signal processor is disclosed to include a signal receiver for receiving an external TV signal, a signal processor that demodulates the TV signal received from the signal receiver, a decoder that decodes the demodulated TV signal into a digital multimedia file format or digital multimedia stream format, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070139556 - Method and apparatus for sharing control signals in a television apparatus supporting multi-window capabilities: A television apparatus according to the principles of the invention supports two or more display windows but accepts channel changing control signals for changing channels in all windows only from one set of keys from a remote control. The television apparatus includes at least two tuners with respective windows and... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070139557 - Personal computer motherboard with on-board video compression capability: A personal computer motherboard with on-board video compression capability and a method in a personal computer motherboard for compressing video information utilizing on-board video compression circuitry. Various aspects of the present invention provide a CPU and memory disposed on a PC motherboard. The PC motherboard may also comprise one or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139558 - Multifunctional appliance for audio/video signal processing: The present invention relates to an audio/video signal processing apparatus that integrates a plurality of standard consumer electronic apparatuses into one apparatus in a compact manner. The integration of the plurality of apparatuses or applications in a housing with common use of different storage media enables new possibilities for use... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070139559 - System and method for ordering of scaling and capturing in a video system: Various aspects of processing video information in a display controller may comprise calculating a decision value for a current field based on a video format of the current field and an output video format. The decision value may be compared to a threshold value. In instances where the decision value... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139561 - Reproducing apparatus: The invention provides a reproducing apparatus with which a user can confirm a selection situation about video output terminals before or in connection between an external video-displaying portion and the reproducing apparatus, and can suitably perform the connection between them. Before a reproducing apparatus (1) is connected to a TV... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070139560 - Method and system for non-linear blending in motion-based video processing: A method and system for non-linear blending in motion-based video processing is described. Aspects of a system for processing images may include circuitry within a chip that computes a blending factor, with a nonlinear relationship to a motion metric, that defines an amount of motion between a current video picture,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139562 - Color image display apparatus: A color image display apparatus to adjust a display color of a color image in accordance with a viewer is provided. A television as one embodiment of the color image display apparatus includes a camera that shoots an object and outputs an image signal, an image processing unit that extracts... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070139563 - Method and system for analog video noise reduction by blending fir and iir filtering: A method and system for analog video noise reduction by blending finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering are provided. A filtering mode may be selected to generate noise-reduced pixels using FIR, IIR, or a blend of FIR/IIR filtering. Blending a current pixel and an FlR-filtered current... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139564 - System and method for global indication of mpeg impairments in compressed digital video: A method of determining processing a coded video signal includes decoding the coded video signal; determining a global indicator value for a frame from the decoded video; and providing video processing to the decoded video of the frame based on the global indicator. Additionally, an apparatus for processing coded digital... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070139565 - Image velocity computer and method for computing image velocity: An image velocity computing device having a camera, a microcomputer, and a camera control is provided. The camera has a controllable exposure time, and is capable of capturing a plurality of images of objects. The microcomputer is coupled to the camera and is configured to determine an image flow of... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Walter J. Kawula, Jr.

20070139566 - Apparatus for automatically generating video highlights and method thereof: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for automatically generating moving picture highlights for video stored in a digital video recorderthat detects scene change of stored video, extracts information amount with respect to the relevant video interval on the basis of tile scene change detection information, automatically generates moving... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070139567 - Method and system for analog video noise detection: A method and system for analog video noise detection are provided. A motion metric (MM) value may be determined for pixels in a video image. The MM values may be collected and accumulated for a number of noise level intervals to determine average noise levels for each interval. An early-exit... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139568 - Method and system for content adaptive analog video noise detection: A method and system for content adaptive analog video noise detection are provided. A motion metric (MM) value, an edge detection value, and a content detection value may be determined for pixels in a video image. The MM values of pixels with edge detection values smaller than an edge threshold... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070139569 - Device control system, remote control device, and video display device: Disclosed herein is a device control system including a video display device and a remote control device. The remote control device includes: an operation section; a detection section that detects movement of the remote control device; and a transmission section that transmits a first signal for making notification of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070132835 - Portable phone with camera: A portable telephone with a camera is disclosed, in which a functionality of a camera being rotated to an object in any desired rotational angle without a main body turned around. The portable telephone comprises a main body having a control panel installed on a front face of the main... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070132836 - Security monitoring system with image comparison of monitored location: A security monitoring system has a monitoring location and a remote location with at least one monitoring device. A first image from one of the monitoring devices is recorded, and then compared with a second image from the same monitoring device. When the amount of change between the first and... Agent: Reena Kuyper, Esq. Byard Nilsson, Esq.

20070132834 - Speech disambiguation in a composite services enablement environment: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying and delivering composite services in an NGN network. In one embodiment, a composite service enabling data processing system can be provided. The system can include a visual channel servlet enabled to establish for a common... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070132837 - Sound effect-processing method and device for mobile telephone: A method for mixing effect sounds with a music data and storing/replaying the mixed music data using an auxiliary input device equipped at the mobile telephone is provided. The method includes extracting a direction and a displacement range of the auxiliary input device from an input signal, if the signal... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070132838 - Teleconference terminal apparatus, teleconference system, and teleconference method: The present invention provides a teleconference terminal apparatus for carrying out a teleconference by transmitting/receiving image and voice signals via a communications network. The teleconference terminal apparatus comprises: an image-capturing device which generates an image signal by capturing an image; an image processing section which converts the image signal to... Agent: Snider & Associates

20070132839 - Automatic endoscope recognition and selection of image processing and display settings: A control unit is connected to an endoscopic video camera, which is connected to an endoscope. Image data representing an image is received by the control unit from the video camera. Based on a characteristic of the received image which is indicative of a physical characteristic of the endoscope, the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070132840 - Endoscope device: An endoscope device including an insertion part including an observation optical system and a measuring optical system, wherein the endoscope device is provided with a characteristic value comparing circuit 85 which compares previous characteristic values and current characteristic values to identify previous characteristic values corresponding to the current characteristic values,... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070132841 - Portable video oculography system with integral calibration light: A goggle based light-weight VOG system includes an integral calibration laser and at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20070132842 - Video systems for hazardous material environment: A live video system provides live video monitoring of subject matter in a hazardous zone located in a poor radio frequency (RF) transmission area. A camera sealed against contamination captures video images of the subject matter in the hazardous zone. The camera sends the live video images over a camera... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20070132843 - Method and system for interferometric modulation in projection or peripheral devices: An Interferometric Modulator (IMod) is a microelectromechanical device for modulating light using interference. The colors of these devices may be determined in a spatial fashion, and their inherent color shift may be compensated for using several optical compensation mechanisms. Brightness, addressing, and driving of IMods may be accomplished in a... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20070132844 - Security monitoring system with combined video and graphics display: A remote location having at least one monitoring device is monitored via a temporary communication channel so that an image from the remote location is displayed at a monitoring location along with a graphic signal that depends on the source of the image. Scrutiny information is sent from the remote... Agent: Reena Kuyper, Esq. Byard Nilsson, Esq.

20070132846 - Adaptive network and method: A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity responses to transmit through the adaptive network control signals... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070132845 - System and method for video presentation of jewelry: A system and method are disclosed for providing a real-time remote video feed of an interactive jewelry showing. In an embodiment, a digital video camera captures a video stream of a jewelry item, such as a gem or, more particularly, a diamond, being manipulated by a gemologist. Using a combination... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070132847 - System of adult verification in mobile rfid environment and method thereof: A system for adult verification in a mobile RFID environment and a method thereof, more particularly, a system which strongly protects privacy and a method thereof are provided. The system comprising a RFID tag, a user terminal, an adult verification request processor, and a content provider (CP) includes: a rating... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070132848 - Photographic device: A photographic device including: a wide-angle lens; an image processing unit for processing light passed through the wide-angle lens to convert the light into a wide-field picture, directly cutting out a part of the wide-field picture, and for correcting distortion of the part cut out; and recording means capable of... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070132849 - System and method for image monitoring: An image monitoring system uses wireless communications to transmit images for security monitoring. The system includes a central controller (105) and a plurality of digital still camera units (110) operatively connected to the central controller (105). At least one of the camera units (110) includes an image sensor (215), a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070132850 - Integrated apparatus for testing image devices: An integrated apparatus for testing image devices is disclosed, in which a plurality of testing apparatuses needed when an image-related device is installed are integrated into one construction for thereby achieving a good portability as compared to a conventional art in which a plurality of testing apparatuses such as a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070132851 - Sync-threshold adjust: An apparatus, system, and method for determining an operational threshold level for distinguishing between video data and synchronization data in a video signal, are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070132854 - Configuring a digital camera for particular photo situations: A method for customizing a digital camera for at least one particular user is disclosed. The digital camera includes a reprogrammable memory for storing firmware which controls the operation of the digital camera and a camera graphical user interface responsive to the firmware stored in the reprogrammable memory. The method... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070132853 - Image pickup device: An image pickup device includes a display that displays one of image data including an operation menu or operation key image data representing operation keys; an external output section that outputs the image data including the operation menu to the outside; an output state detector that detects that the external... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070132852 - Image vibration-compensating apparatus and method thereof: An image vibration-compensating apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus and the method are applied in an image-capturing apparatus, such as a digital still camera (DSC) or digital video recorder (DVR), for compensating image vibration when capturing an image. The image vibration-compensating apparatus comprises an adaptive edge extractor,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070132856 - Image processing apparatus, image-pickup apparatus, and image processing method: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of obtaining good shake-corrected images in electronic image stablization irrespective of changes of image-taking conditions. An image processing apparatus comprising: a shake correcting part that performs coordinate transformation processing based on shake information to an input image that is generated by... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070132855 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus is disclosed which can prevent displacement of subject images due to an initializing operation of the image stabilizing unit from being seen by a photographer through a finder. The apparatus comprises an image-stabilizing unit which includes a movable unit movable for image stabilization and balls movable in... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070132857 - Multi-mega pixel resolution with small sensor: A camera device includes optics to produce a projected image, where the projected image has a projected image area. The camera device also includes a moveable sensor to move to a number of positions within the projected image area and capture a portion of the projected image, as an image... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070132859 - Image processing device: In short, the image processing device for obtaining a single image by using a plurality of image-pickup elements comprises a plurality of image-pickup signal processing circuits that are provided for each of the image-pickup elements, an image arrangement conversion circuit which converts the read-out order of the images corresponding to... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070132858 - Imaging apparatus and image processor: An imaging apparatus for imaging an image using a solid-state image pickup device includes a first linear matrix operation unit configured to perform matrix conversion upon a color component of an image signal obtained by imaging using coefficients capable of improving color reproducibility; a second linear matrix operation unit configured... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070132861 - Apparatus for acquiring focussing information and method of acquiring focusing information: A storage unit is configured to store beforehand a table that shows a relation between spread parameters and command values supplied to a control unit to acquire a focused image of an object, and information that designates a command value corresponding to an inflection point on an approximated curve showing... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070132860 - Method for customizing a digital camera using queries to determine the user's experience level: A method for customizing a digital camera for at least one particular user is disclosed. The digital camera includes a reprogrammable memory for storing firmware which controls the operation of the digital camera and a camera graphical user interface responsive to the firmware stored in the reprogrammable memory. The method... Agent: Pamela R. Croker Patent Legal Staff

20070132862 - Image pickup device, picked-up image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium: An operability in performing an image correction process on a picked-up image of an object shot at approximately the same shooting angle is improved and a process time is shortened. A CPU in a cellular phone extracts the contour of the object from one of a plurality of picked-up images... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070132863 - Image taking apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program: An image taking apparatus including a plurality of imaging units each including a lens with a variable focal distance and an image sensing device is provided. The plurality of imaging units are disposed such that their viewpoints are substantially coincident with each other and image areas partially overlap each other... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070132864 - Signal processing system and signal processing program: A signal processing system for performing noise reduction processing on signals from an image pickup device in front of which is arranged a color filter. The system includes extracting unit for extracting a local region formed by a target region which noise reduction processing is performed and at least one... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070132865 - Filtered noise reduction in digital images: A method of reducing noise in a digital image produced by a digital imaging device, includes producing a luminance and at least one chrominance channel from a full-color digital image with each channel having a plurality of pixels and each such pixel has a value; producing an edge value from... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070132866 - Image capture device and method, and recording medium storing program for performing the method: An image capture device and method for capturing an image with color distortion minimized based on a wide color gamut and an image having color properties appropriate to various standards, and a recording medium storing a program for performing the method. The image capture device includes a first conversion unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132867 - Multimode cmos image sensor: Methods and devices for a multi-mode CMOS image sensor are presented. In one respect, the methods can provide varying at least one of a plurality of control signals of a pixel of a CMOS image sensor, where the pixel is operable in a linear mode, logarithmic mode, and floating point... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070132870 - Circuit and method of detecting saturation level of image sensor and image sensor including saturation level detecting circuit: A circuit and method of detecting a saturation level of an image sensor including a photodiode using a black pixel circuit included in the image sensor. The saturation level detecting circuit includes a pixel unit, a reset node and a detection controller. The pixel unit includes a floating diffusion node... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070132869 - Method of obtaining an image using an image sensor with a broad dynamic range: A method of obtaining an image uses a broad dynamic range image sensor that includes a photosensitive cell formed of pixels. Each pixel includes a photodetector element, a first initialization transistor series connected to the photodetector element, storage means coupled to the photodetector element, a third initialization transistor series connected... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070132868 - Signal generator and method for generating signals for reducing noise in signals: A CMOS image sensor may include an active pixel sensor array and a noise canceller array corresponding to the active pixel sensor array. A method of operating such an CMOS image sensor may involve generating a varying reference signal that mirrors noise external to the active pixel sensor array, outputting... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070132871 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device includes an imaging part, a first horizontal charge-transfer part and a second horizontal charge-transfer part that transfer charges transferred from the imaging part in a horizontal direction, an inter-horizontal charge-transfer part transfer electrode that applies a voltage to a transfer channel area provided between the first... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070132872 - Electronic camera, information obtaining system and print order system: The camera comprises: an imaging device; a communicating device for transmitting and receiving information to and from a portable telephone capable of determining the communication area, and obtaining the images and maps of the imaging place and the information on the printing shops on the basis of information of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070132873 - Portable instrument and digital camera: A digital still camera includes plural input buttons operable externally. A function assignment table memory stores a function assigning data table of relationship data between an operation mode, and existence or lack of a function or function information of a function predetermined respectively with the input buttons. The operation mode... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132874 - Selecting quality images from multiple captured images: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for selecting quality images from multiple captured images. One embodiment is an image capturing system. The system includes hardware for capturing a plurality of consecutive images and a processor for determining a quality indication for the consecutive images and for selecting one of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070132875 - Optical lens system of mobile camera: An optical lens system of a mobile camera is provided. The lens optical system includes: an optical lens in which one pair of incident surfaces corresponding to the divided view angles are adjacently arranged at the center portion, optical beams incident at the divided view angles being transmitted through respective... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070132876 - Solid-state image pickup device, color separation image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus: A color separation image pickup optical system is which can spectralize light with low noise and can be formed in a minimized size. The color separation image pickup optical system includes a solid-state image pickup device which in turn includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements formed... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070132877 - Auto-focusing method using variable noise level and digital image processing apparatus using the same: An auto-focusing method and a digital image processing apparatus using the same are disclosed. The auto-focusing method includes: setting a reference noise level if an illuminance of a photographing area is larger than a predetermined reference value, and setting a variable noise level that varies according to the illuminance of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070132878 - Digital camera system: One of plural lens units is selectively attached to a camera body. An image signal output from a CCD is converted into CCD RAW data in an A/D converter, and then converted into YC data in a digital signal processing section. The YC data is sent to the camera body... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132879 - Image capturing apparatus, power controlling method and medium storing a program for executing the method: An image capturing apparatus includes a power source controller for controlling a power supply to the image capturing apparatus to be in one of: (i) an on state, and (ii) an off state. A detector detects when any one of a plurality of operation members of the image capturing apparatus... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070132880 - Stand for digital camera: In order that a recording medium can be attached to or detached from a main body of a digital camera in a state in which the digital camera is mounted on a stand for digital camera, there is provided the stand in which, a portion of a wall portion of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070132882 - Information signal processor, method for processing information signal, image signal processor and image display apparatus using the same, coefficient seed data production device used in the same, method for producing coefficient seed data set and informa: An information signal processor that is well suitable for use in conversion of an SD signal into an HD signal. The pixel data set corresponding to an objective position in the HD signal is extracted selectively from the SD signal. Class CL to which pixel data set of the objective... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070132881 - Video apparatus and video processing method: A video apparatus includes a processor for processing a video signal included in an input signal, a detector for detecting a vertical synchronizing interval of a synchronizing signal included in the input signal, a data saver for saving data for each vertical resolution of the video signal, the data being... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070132883 - On-screen display device and control method therefor: An OSD device is provided which allows a reduction in the capacity of a memory for storing OSD data and also allows the efficient use of a transfer frequency band in the transfer of the OSD data. A management information data set MD includes, for the display position of each... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070132884 - Vertical sync signal generator: When a vertical sync pulse detection circuit mistakenly detects a vertical sync pulse in an inputted video signal, a sync stability detection circuit detects whether a detection signal of the vertical sync pulse detection circuit and a timing signal generated from a count value of a first frame cycle counter... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070132885 - Tv signal processor with mini-pci interface: A TV signal processor is disclosed to include multiple signal receivers, a signal amplifier, a signal processor, signal decoder and a MINI-PCI interface. The TV signal processor further comprises a plurality of reserve pins arranged in a manner to meet a specification including the SVHS input signal pin, the CVBS... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070132886 - Image display apparatus and operating method thereof: Disclosed is a method of managing an image display apparatus of the present invention. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a first information on a predetermined output image format; (b) obtaining a second information on an input image format and a data broadcasting contents format; (c) comparing the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070132887 - On screen display for alpha-numeric input: An alpha wheel display, which is an image of a series of segmented concentric rings the segments of which indicate letters, is presented on a TV as a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be operated by a remote control point-and-click device for data input, e.g., to input a search... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070132888 - Mobile telephone device: A flash memory in a memory (9) connected to a baseband chip (3) stores related information on an image/sound in a telephone mode (contrast information, screen luminance information, and sound volume information in the telephone mode), and related information on an image/sound in a television-viewing mode (contrast information, screen luminance... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070132889 - Integrated digital television tuner: A highly integrated terrestrial and cable tuner for receiving digital television signals is disclosed. It achieves high performances in sensitivity, image rejection, dynamic range, channel selectivity and power consumption. The tuner first converts an RF input signal into a high-frequency first intermediate frequency (IF) using a single quadrature image rejection... Agent: Jianping Pan

20070132890 - Video and audio system capable of saving electric power: A power supply of a video and audio system is coupled to a first switch and a second switch. A power management unit is coupled between the first switch and at least one electronic device. An integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070132891 - Digital television: A digital television combination integrated circuit is employed which includes a video signal D/A converter which converts a digital video signal to an analog video signal, and an audio signal D/A converter which converts a digital audio signal to an analog audio signal; there are provided a level shift circuit... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070132892 - Digital planetarium picture-projecting apparatus: It is intended to provide a digital planetarium picture-projecting apparatus capable of recording and executing an operation procedure, facilitating recording of the operation procedure, editing the operation procedure, and executing an ad-lib representation when the operation procedure is executed. The digital planetarium picture projecting apparatus comprises an operating portion which... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070132893 - Projection system and projector: A projection system includes an information processing apparatus that processes image information, a projector including a light source, an optical modulation device that modulates light emitted from the light source based on the image information processed by the information processing apparatus and forms an optical image based on the modulated... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070132894 - Vehicle entertainment system including monitor for rear view enhancement: An automobile includes a video system mounted within a ceiling of the automobile. The video system is moveable between a use position and a storage position. The video system includes a rear facing surface from which a video monitor displays images for viewing by passengers of the automobile. The video... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20070126857 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing synchronization of memory card operation during dvb-h reception: A method, mobile terminal, embodied computer program, and device wirelessly receive at a mobile device a bursty communication that has receiving periods and non-receiving periods. Memory card operations within the mobile device are synchronized to the non-receiving periods. This is to prevent interference between read/write operations from/to the removable memory... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070126854 - Detection device: Detection devices (1) for controlling storage devices (20) for receiving and storing video signals for a plurality of subscribers are provided with memories (2, 3) for storing subscriber's profiles and detectors (4, 5) for detecting video signals comprising content according to the subscriber's profiles. Indication transmitters (6, 7) transmit indications... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070126855 - Intelligent switching system for voice and data: A teleconferencing system for voice and data provides interconnections among user sites via a central station. User stations at user sites each alternate operation between a data mode connecting a user computer and modem to a user telephone communication path and a voice mode connecting a telephony circuit to the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070126858 - Method and apparatus for controlling a conference call: Provided by the invention is a method for controlling a Video Multi-Conference Unit (MCU) using an endpoint device. In order to do this the MCU intercepts, interprets and acts upon commands sent across the communications network from the endpoint device. The commands may be sent using a user control device... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070126853 - Variable length codes for scalable video coding: A method for coding spatial and quality enhancement information in scalable video coding using variable length codes. Conventional systems have been capable of using variable length codes only with nonscalable video coding. In the present invention, the coded block pattern for each block of information, significance passes, and refinement passes... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070126856 - Videophone over cable networks: The present invention is directed to a videophone system implemented over a cable television network. The instant invention provides a videophone comprising a camera for capturing images associated with a videophone signal, a videophone unit and a set top terminal or cable modem connecting the videophone to a cable television... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070126861 - Apparatus and method for connecting video call in mobile terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for performing a video call connection in a mobile terminal with a video call function. The method includes receiving a video call connection request message from the mobile terminal and detecting the phone number of a called party for a video call from the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070126859 - Video telephony apparatus and method for mobile terminal: Provided is a video telephony apparatus and method for mobile terminals. The video telephony apparatus includes a controller, a display unit, a codec, and a content controller. The controller exchanges protocol signals for a video call with the other party terminal, and demultiplexes a moving image and a voice that... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070126860 - Wireless communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with public wireless network and wireless communication apparatus, and image communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with wireless communiction apparatus: The invention provides an image communication apparatus in which an image input unit for entering image and a portable communication unit capable of wireless connection with a public wireless network are constructed in separate manner and are rendered capable of mutual wireless communication.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070126862 - System and method for controlling one or more multipoint control units as one multipoint control unit: A system for controlling multiple multipoint control units (MCUs) with a single apparatus is disclosed. The system utilizes a Virtual MCU (VMCU) to communicate with a plurality of MCUs. A user initiates a reserve conference command with the VMCU. If sufficient resources are available, the reservation is made and connection... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070126863 - Stereoscopic wide field of view imaging system: A stereoscopic imaging system incorporates a plurality of imaging devices or cameras to generate a high resolution, wide field of view image database from which images can be combined in real time to provide wide field of view or panoramic or omni-directional still or video images.... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070126864 - Synthesizing three-dimensional surround visual field: A surround visual field that has a characteristic or characteristics which relate to an audio/visual presentation is described. In one embodiment, the surround visual field is displayed in an area partially surrounding or surrounding the video content being displayed. This surround visual field may be comprised of a plurality of... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070126865 - Camera for medical, particularly dental use: The medical, particularly dental imaging camera including an elongated housing (2) that can be held by a single hand of a user and provided, at its front end, with an imaging element, this housing (2) including a sensitive control element capable of freezing, on a display (5), an image selected... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070126866 - Microscope-use digital camera: A microscope-use digital camera equipped with a sleep function includes an image pickup unit for picking up an image and a control unit for controlling so as to shift to a sleep state, or not shift thereto, based on an image picked up by the image pickup unit.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070126867 - High resolution surveillance camera: A surveillance device makes use of a fixed point in space such as a stabilized blimp, and a downward-looking high-resolution scanning camera. One or more line scan devices are arranged in a radial fashion on a rotating disk, together with associated lenses, so as to repeatedly scan an area of... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20070126868 - Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and recording medium for programs therefor: An image processing apparatus connected to a monitoring camera and a display for processing an image input from the monitoring camera includes an image storage storing an image input from the monitoring camera, a characteristic parameter storage storing a characteristic parameter characterizing a specific image, a specific image extraction unit,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070126869 - System and method for automatic camera health monitoring: A system and method are provided for automatic camera health monitoring, such as for a camera in a video surveillance system. The system preferably provides substantially continuous monitoring and detection of camera malfunction, due to either external or internal conditions. Camera malfunction is detected when a computed camera health measurement... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070126872 - Modular surveillance camera system: A modular surveillance camera kit includes a group of camera heads each having a respective set of performance characteristics and common electrical and mechanical connectors. A group of system controllers each has a respective set of performance characteristics and common electrical and mechanical connectors. A group of communications modules each... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070126871 - Modular surveillance camera system with self-identification capability: A modular surveillance camera kit includes a group of camera heads each having a respective set of performance characteristics, a group of system controllers each having a respective set of performance characteristics, and a group of communications modules each having a respective set of performance characteristics. Each of the communications... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070126873 - Home security applications for television with digital video cameras: A system and method combine digital television together with a digital video camera and controller unit for using a digital video camera together with a digital television set as a home security system that allows stranger detection, fire detection, motion detection, etc. The detection results are used to make further... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070126874 - Image processing device, image processing method, and information storage medium: To control display on a screen using motion images of a plurality of users. The image processing device comprises an image acquiring section for acquiring images every predetermined period of time, each image being captured using each of the two or more cameras, an image displaying section for sequentially displaying... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070126875 - Multi-codec camera system and image acquisition program: A multi-codec camera system includes a multi-codec camera that acquires video in the form of multiple compression-rate image data and a determination module that selects image data from the multiple compression-rate image data acquired by the multi-codec camera according to a predetermined reference, wherein when a predetermined object is detected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126880 - Handheld device with image sensor and printer: A handheld electronic device that has an image sensor for sensing an image in a first color space having three color components such that an image is sensed as an array of pixels, each having three color component intensities captured as analogue values. The device also has an analogue to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070126876 - Locating digital image planar surfaces: A method of processing a digital image of a scene to locate a planar surface in the digital image, includes providing a range information including two or more range values indicating the distance of objects in the scene from a known reference frame; and using a planar model and the... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070126878 - Method of providing photo development service in digital tv and apparatus therefor: A method of providing a photo development service in a digital TV and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes, automatically displaying part or all of the photo images on the screen if an external storage medium storing photo images is connected to a digital TV, and transmitting an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070126877 - Multifunctional video apparatus and method of providing user interface thereof: A multifunctional video apparatus and a method of providing a user interface (UI) of the multifunctional video apparatus. The multifunctional video apparatus includes a CCD module to capture an image of an object and generating a corresponding video signal, a tuner module to receive a broadcasting signal provided through a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070126879 - Recording and reproducing apparatus, recording apparatus, and system including them: A recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing unit adapted to reproduce data recorded in a first recording medium, a storage unit adapted to store data recorded in the first recording medium, a recording unit adapted to record the data stored in the storage unit on a second recording medium,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070126881 - Signal processing device, method, and program: An image processing device and method, where the device includes an image data continuity detector configured to detect data continuity of first image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by light signals of a real world being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements each having spatio-temporal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126882 - Signal processing device, method, and program: An image processing device and method, where the device includes a data continuity detector configured to detect data continuity of a first image data made up of a plurality of pixels acquired by light signals of a real world being cast upon a plurality of detecting elements each having spatio-temporal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126883 - Remote shooting system and camera system: A remote shooting system includes an imaging unit, a main unit, and an imaging driving section. The main unit includes a position sensor that detects a vertical or horizontal position of the main unit. Based on an instruction signal transmitted from the main unit to the imaging driving section according... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070126884 - Personal settings, parental control, and energy saving control of television with digital video camera: A digital system is provided that combines a digital video camera with television displays, and controlled by a controller module to enhance television performance according to personal television settings, parental controls and energy saving functions, achieved by utilizing the camera and face detection/recognition methods implemented in the controller module.... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070126885 - Pixel interpolation method: Correlation values in the vertical direction, horizontal direction and two diagonal directions are obtained in a pixel signal of RGB Bayer pattern. The correlation values are calculated using G signals. Between a first pair of the vertical and horizontal directions and a second pair of the two diagonal directions, one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126886 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus: It is intended to obtain a high quality image which is not affected by the fluctuation of dark outputs, and pixels having a specifically large dark output, called defects, and has no lateral line etc. A solid-state image pickup apparatus including: an aperture pixel region which accumulates and outputs the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070126887 - Image processing method, image processing program, image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, imaging method, and imaging program: An image processing method includes changing white balance in a color temperature direction by using values such that each of first and second color signals is converted into a logarithm.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070126888 - Method of taking a picture when a memory of a digital camera is already full: A method of taking a picture when the memory of a digital camera is already full, includes: judging whether the memory of the digital camera is full; if yes, allowing the digital camera to continue to take a picture; next, storing the picture in an SDRAM or a DDR SDRAM... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070126889 - Method and apparatus of creating and displaying a thumbnail: A method of creating a thumbnail using luminance of a video sequence includes grouping the video sequence into predetermined frame groups and extracting basic frames of the groups; calculating a luminance difference between the extracted basic frames using the extracted basic frames; selecting motion prediction pixel frames using the calculated... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070126890 - Digital camcorder for recording video data on an optical disk: Provided is a digital camcorder, in which it is detected whether a disk is an unused disk or a used disk, and a timing for starting image taking is set for each of a case of the unused disk and a case of the used disk, respectively. The timing for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070126891 - Image processing apparatus and method: An image processor which forms a composite image of at least two images includes a storage unit which stores first and second image data, and a display unit which reads and displays the stored first and second image data in modes adapted to display forms of the first and second... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070126892 - Correcting an image captured through a lens: An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of correcting aberration or light intensity reduction of an image captured through a lens. A plurality of image correction data items is prepared for a plurality of shooting condition data sets. The image captured under a shooting condition is corrected... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070126893 - Method for detecting streaks in digital images: The present invention uses five regions of interest, 4 corners and 1 center to do Fourier Transform analysis to mark rough location of the streaks, if there is any. It sets the small window around the center in each Fourier Transform ROI to zero to mask the cluster of bright... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070126894 - Method for calculating color correction: A device and a method for color data correction during color data transmission from a pickup device to an output device. Raw data of the pickup device are converted to uncorrected interim color values with a smaller number of pixels than the pickup device, and the uncorrected interim color values... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070126895 - Flicker detection gain control circuit, digital imaging system, and method: A gain control circuit includes a light detector for generating an amount of current based on received light and a first switch for controlling the amount of current from the light detector delivered to a node. The gain control circuit also includes a charge storage element for providing an amount... Agent: Lisa K. Jorgenson, Esq. Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070126897 - Image signal processing device and method of image signal processing: A device, for processing each pixel signal output from a solid-state imaging device, has a determination processor and an interpolation processor. Each pixel is defined as a center pixel of a k×k matrix. The interpolation processor presumes which pixels have the same color as one another in the k×k matrix,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070126896 - Pixel signal processing apparatus and pixel signal processing method: A regression analysis is carried out (8) using pixel signals having a K-th spectral characteristic as the explanatory variable and pixel signals having an L-th spectral characteristic as the purpose variable in a plurality of pixel positions in an area neighboring a pixel of interest to obtain a pixel signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126899 - Image sensor module and camera module package having the same: An image sensor module comprises an image sensor including a pixel region picking up an image from light incident from the outside and a signal processing region having bumps formed in the outer portion of the image sensor so as to process an electrical signal with respect to the image... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070126898 - Thin camera and associated methods: A camera includes a first substrate having a convex refractive element, a second substrate having a concave refractive element, a separation between the first to second substrates, the separation including an air gap between convex refractive element and the concave refractive element, and a third substrate having a detector array... Agent: Digital Optics Corporation

20070126900 - Solid-state image-sensing device that compensates for brightness at edges of a display area and a driving method thereof: A solid-state image-sensing device that compensates for brightness at edges of a screen and a method of driving the device are provided. The solid-state image-sensing device comprises: an active pixel sensor (APS) array including pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel for outputting a photoelectrically converted image signal generated... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070126901 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of two-dimensionally disposed pixel cells each for effecting photoelectric conversion of an incident light, accumulating it as an electric charge, and converting it into an electrical signal; a plurality of lines each connected in common to a number of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070126902 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of two-dimensionally disposed pixel cells each for effecting photoelectric conversion of an incident light, accumulating it as an electric charge, and converting it into an electrical signal; a plurality of lines each connected in common to a number of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070126903 - Photosensor circuit and image sensor using the same: Photosensor circuit includes: a photoelectric conversion element; a first MOS transistor for converting a current signal into a voltage signal, a first capacitor element; a second capacitor element; a second MOS transistor for controlling charge transfer from the first capacitor element to the second capacitor element; and a control section... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070126904 - Semiconductor device and method of driving the same: To provide a semiconductor device and a driving method of the same that is capable of enlarging a signal amplitude value as well as increasing a range in which a linear input/output relationship operates while preventing a signal writing-in time from becoming long. The semiconductor device having an amplifying transistor... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070126905 - Solid state imaging apparatus and its driving method: A solid-state Imaging apparatus comprising a semiconductor substrate, a multiplicity of photo electric conversion elements, a vertical electric charge transfer device having a plurality of vertical electric charge transfer channels, reading out parts, each comprising a reading out electrode, wherein the reading out electrode and at least one of transfer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126906 - Solid-state image pickup device and camera including the same: Provided is a solid-state image pickup device capable of outputting fine quality image signals at high speed. Vertical transfer sections 40 and a distribution transfer section 20 have a common pattern of electrodes for each 2n+1 (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) and comprise driving electrodes... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070126910 - Camera: A camera, comprising: a camera main body; a first monitor which is openable and closable on the camera main body; and a second monitor which is openable and closable on the camera main body; wherein the first monitor and the second monitor are configured so that the second monitor is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070126907 - Electronic viewfinder device for photographic apparatus and film cameras: An electronic viewfinder device has two or more electronic displays that produce display images. The display images represent different areas of an image captured by the image sensor of a camera with which the electronic viewfinder is being employed. The display images are combined by optical means to form a... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070126908 - Image photographing apparatus and method: A photographic apparatus and method are disclosed in which a preview of an acquired image and at least one image quality variable image are displayed in a multiview image. The image quality variable image is an image wherein the acquired image is coded, compressed and decoded according to at least... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070126909 - Solid-state image-pickup device, method of driving solid-state image-pickup device and image-pickup apparatus: A solid-state image-pickup device includes a pixel array unit including pixels that include photoelectric transducer two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix and a driving unit for reading out pixel information corresponding to a number of pixels less than the number of pixels included in the pixel array unit as monitoring image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070126911 - Image capture apparatus and zoom lens: An image capture apparatus includes: a zoom lens arranged in a housing and including fixed lens groups, movable lens groups and at least three prisms; and an imager device arranged in the housing. The zoom lens includes: a fixed first lens group including a negative lens group having a first... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070126912 - Camera module and manufacturing method for such a camera module: The invention relates to a camera module (10) which comprises a semiconductor housing (1) that contains a solid-state image sensor (2) with a radiation-sensitive surface area (3), and an optical element (4) located above the solid-state sensor (2) and which forms a shield against laterally scattered radiation, comprising a disk-shaped... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070126915 - Digital camera module packaging method: An image sensor chip package method includes the following steps: firstly, a plurality of shaped conductors are provided. Secondly, plastics are injected to partially enclose the conductors, thereby forming a base. Some of the conductors are exposed outside of the base. Thirdly, a ring-like middle portion is further formed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070126913 - Image sensor and method for fabricating the same: Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of fabricating the same. In embodiments, the image sensor may include a semiconductor substrate having a photo detector, and a micro-lens array including lenses for guiding light incident from an exterior toward the photo detector, wherein the micro-lens array may include... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070126916 - Image sensor chip packaging method: An image sensor chip packaging method includes: first, providing a carrier (20). The carrier includes a base (21) and a lead frame (23). The base has a chamber (214) defined therein. The lead frame has a plurality of conduction pieces (233). The conduction pieces of the lead frame are embedded... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070126914 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging element including light receiving elements and microlenses is placed in a recess of a ceramic package. A black resin fills space between the ceramic package and the solid state imaging element.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070126920 - Cameras capable of focus adjusting: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore,... Agent: Chulhee Lee Dept. Electrical And Electronic Eng.

20070126919 - Cameras capable of providing multiple focus levels: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore,... Agent: Chulhee Lee Dept. Electrical And Electronic Eng.

20070126918 - Cameras with multiple sensors: Cameras that can provide improved images by combining several shots of a scene taken with different exposure and focus levels is provided. In addition, cameras are provided, which have pixel-wise exposure control means so that high quality images are obtained for a scene with a high level of contrast. Furthermore,... Agent: Chulhee Lee Dept. Electrical And Electronic Eng.

20070126917 - Optical apparatus: An optical apparatus is disclosed which achieves high focusing accuracy and favorable responsiveness in AF control. The apparatus includes a signal generator which extracts signals in a plurality of frequency bands from an output from an image-pickup part and generates focus signals from the extracted signals, and a controller which... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070126921 - Adjusting digital image exposure and tone scale: A method of adjusting exposure of a digital camera based on range information, including a digital camera capturing a first digital image at a selected exposure of a scene having objects; providing range information having two or more range values indicating the distance from the digital camera to objects in... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070126922 - Method and apparatus for exposure level setting in machine vision systems: In a solid state image sensor having a pixel array, a first frame is imaged using varying exposure times in a series of zones. The exposure time for a subsequent frame is selected from the results of the first frame, The exposure times are controlled in a rolling blade manner... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070126923 - Solid state imaging apparatus: A solid state imaging apparatus includes a solid state imaging element, an optical lens held by a frame, and a flexible printed circuit board having first and second surfaces. The solid state imaging element is mounted on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board and the frame is... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070126925 - Imaging apparatus: Within a video camera, comprising: a camera portion for taking in video information to be photographed; a recording portion for recording the video information taken in from said camera portion; and a high-speed photographing button provided for setting up the video camera into a high-speed photographing mode for staring the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070126924 - Portable device with integrated camera: A portable device with a detachable camera includes a case, a camera detachably received in the case, a wire interconnecting the case and the camera, and a self-winding reel assembly. The self-winding reel assembly includes a reel pivotably received in the case, which has a first end, an opposite second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070126926 - Hybrid-captioning system: A hybrid-captioning system for editing captions for spoken utterances within video includes an editor-type caption-editing subsystem, a line-based caption-editing subsystem, and a mechanism. The editor-type subsystem is that in which captions are edited for spoken utterances within the video on a groups-of-line basis without respect to particular lines of the... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20070126927 - Apparatus and method for transmitting synchronized the five senses with a/v data: Provided is a five sensory data synchronizing and transmitting apparatus and method, and an actual-feeling multimedia data providing system and method using the same. The five sensory data synchronizing and transmitting apparatus and method forms packets by describing vibration, an odor and a taste expressed in video/audio based on touch,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070126928 - Motion-compensated inverse filtering with band-pass filters for motion blur reduction: This invention relates to a method, a computer program, a computer program product, and a device for reducing motion blur of images of a video signal shown on a hold-type display (101), comprising estimating (1102) motion vectors of moving components in said images of said video signal; band-pass filtering (1100,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070126929 - Method and apparatus for testing lip-sync of digital television receiver: A lip synchronization test method for DTV receivers. The method includes the steps of: generating a digital audio stream having a frame index inserted therein and a video stream having a Transient Effect Area Test Signal (TATS) inserted therein; comparing the waveform of the time-indexed audio signal with that of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126930 - Method of determining input port status in television receiver and television receiver using the same: A method of determining the status of a plurality of input ports in a television receiver having a plurality of signal input ports, and including a main-screen signal processor and a sub-screen signal processor, automatically verifies the presence or absence of an input signal at each signal input port. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126931 - Method and video apparatus for auto-compensating weak signals: A video apparatus and method for auto-compensating weak signals are disclosed. The video apparatus includes a tuner, video decoder and controller. The turner receives an analog signal and accordingly outputs a video signal, and generates a gain control signal according to intensity of the analog signal. The video decoder decodes... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070126932 - Systems and methods for utilizing idle display area: A surround visual field that has a characteristic or characteristics which relate to an audio/visual presentation is described. In one embodiment, the surround visual field is displayed in an area partially surrounding or surrounding the video content being displayed. This surround visual field may be comprised of a plurality of... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070126933 - Apparatus for adjusting specific color attributes and method thereof: An apparatus for adjusting specific color attributes is provided. Wherein, the color space transforming unit receives a color input signal with R, G and B color attributes, and transforms it into a color middle signal with separated luminance (Y) and chrominance color attributes (Cb and Cr). The color controlling unit... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070126934 - White balance adjusting device and video display device: During adjustment of a white balance, images having different white balances are displayed respectively on a plurality of regions on the screen 201 of the display 200, based on the red video signal Rout, the green video signal Gout and the blue video signal Bout output from the gamma correction... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070126935 - Signal separation apparatus applied in image transmittion system and related method: A signal separation apparatus applied in an image transmission system for extracting a chrominance signal from an analog composite video signal and a related method are disclosed. The signal separation apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter for generating a digital composite video signal by sampling the analog composite video signal; a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070126936 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and receiving method: According to the invention, in digital television broadcasting by a hierarchical transmission method, even if the receiving condition deteriorates and gives rise to any uncorrectable transmission error in streams, the deterioration of the quality of video and audio signals can be restrained to the minimum. The digital broadcasting receiving apparatus,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070126937 - Methods and apparatus for implementing a receiver on a monolithic integrated circuit: A monolithic integrated circuit includes a tuner and a SAW filter function. The tuner receives a radio frequency (RF) television signal that has a range of fundamental frequencies from 55 mega hertz (Mhz) to 880 Mhz. The tuner down converts the RF television signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) television... Agent: Stattler Johansen & Adeli LLP

20070126938 - Immersive surround visual fields: A surround visual field that has a characteristic or characteristics that relate to an audio/visual presentation is described. In one embodiment, the surround visual field is projected on an area partially surrounding or surrounding video content being displayed on a device. This surround visual field may be comprised of a... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept