Television inventions 08/07

20070200916 - Apparatus and method of controlling access to user information through face recognition in video phone: In an apparatus and method for controlling access to user information in a videophone with a camera, when access to user information for performing an arbitrary function of the videophone is requested, the videophone photographs the face image of the user using the camera, compares the photographed face image of... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell Suite 300

20070200917 - Methods and systems for image transmission: An embodiment of a method for image transmission performed by a mobile electronic device is provided. The mobile electronic device sequentially transmits a plurality of live images captured by a camera module thereof to a computer host for further transmitting the live images to a remote electronic device. The method... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070200915 - Providing push to all (pta) service: A system and method of providing a Push To All (PTA) service enables a PTA service terminal having limited resources to efficiently perform a multi session, while performing a PTA service such as Push To Talk (PTT), Push To Video (PTV) or Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) with a second... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070200918 - Method for setting mute flags to improve compatibilities and the high definition multimedia interface system using the same method: The present invention relates to an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) system, and more particularly, to a method for setting mute flag in connection with transmission of audio data and auxiliary data transmitted through HDMI system, and an HDMI system using the same method.... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070200921 - Electronic conference system and method thereof and conference participant terminal device, computer data signal: There is provided an electronic conference system, including a presenter terminal device that displays on a screen of a presenter display in an electronic conference, a conference participant terminal device that receives a screen image displayed on the presenter display and displays the screen image on a screen, a receiving... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070200922 - Electronic conference system, electronic conference controller, information terminal device, and electronic conference support method: There is provided an electronic conference system, including a display controller that arranges and displays a marker for specifying a display position on a display screen of a display apparatus which placed in a conference room, a unit that obtains information concerning the display position of each marker included in... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070200924 - Method for setting up a conference call in telecommunications network using the sip protocol: e

20070200925 - Video conference system and method in a communication network: Image concealment video conference allows the user to conceal their image with an overlay image that will be shown in real-time to a peer during video conference. The real-time video concealment processes an image in a video stream, where the video stream is communicated from one video conference unit to... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070200927 - Vision measurement and training system and method of operation thereof: A binocular viewer, a method of measuring and training vision that uses a binocular viewer and a vision measurement and training system that employs a computer to control the binocular viewer. In one embodiment, the binocular viewer has left and right display elements and comprises: (1) a variable focal depth... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20070200912 - Method and device for enhancing accuracy of voice control with image characteristic: A method and device for enhancing the accuracy of voice control with checking a real-time image characteristics while it is captured from the scene. Such a method and device are much suitable for using in so-called digital camera, digital camcorder and also for camera mobile phone, to perform a remote... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070200913 - Method for entering, archiving, consulting, and transmitting a document to an addressee by means of a camera: The method according to the invention comprises the capture and storage of an image of a document by means of a camera optionally integrated into a communications terminal, with transfer of the image into the memory of the terminal, transmission of the image associated with complementary information by the terminal... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070200914 - System and methods for video surveillance in networks: A software-based application enables network communication devices in a wireless network to receive and display video from a plurality of network enabled cameras positioned in a plurality of select spaced apart geographic locations. Various types of network enabled cameras may be employed, including disparate cameras manufactured by different manufacturers. In... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070200920 - Digital communications adaptor: In some embodiments audio and video data is transmitted from audio/video devices to a home network, and audio and video data is received from the home network to display on audio/video devices to enhance a two-way videoconference, and an interface is provided to the home network to provide control of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070200919 - Method, system, and computer program product for displaying images of conference call participants: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for displaying images of conference call participants. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a call from a user to join a conference call, obtaining a phone number of the user, matching the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070200923 - System and method for videoconferencing using scalable video coding and compositing scalable video conferencing servers: Systems and methods for videoconferencing are provided. The systems use scalable video coding techniques and a compositing scalable video coding server (CSVCS) to composite input video signals from transmitting conferencing participants into one single output video signal forwarded to a receiving participant. The server is configured to composite the input... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070200926 - Apparatus and method for generating panorama images: An apparatus and method for automatically generating panorama images is provided to facilitate the user operation. The apparatus comprises: a camera for rotating to a plurality of directions to shoot a corresponding partial image, and generating a panorama image according to the partial images; and a rotator for rotating the... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070200928 - Method and apparatus for automated video surveillance: A surveillance system for an ATM utilizing multiple cameras aimed at the user, the card slot, and surrounding areas is disclosed. The cameras are powered and begin to record images after a sensor is activated. The system maintains a buffer of recorded imagery such that when the sensors are activated,... Agent: Brian L. Michaelis Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP

20070200929 - System and method for tracking events associated with an object: The present invention relates to a system and a method for tracking an object capable of being used at a sporting event. The object has a unique identifier that is capable of being read by a scanning device. The system provides recording devices and event tracking devices for recording and... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070200930 - Material for motion capture costumes and props: Capturing motion using motion capture cameras comprises: coupling a plurality of markers to an actor; allowing a material to be positioned between the actor and the motion capture cameras, wherein the material is selected to allow the motion capture cameras to capture motion of the plurality of markers while the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070200931 - Monitor apparatus: A monitor apparatus, includes a monitor main body in which an image is formed; an upper link rotationally coupled to the monitor main body; a lower link rotationally coupled to the upper link; and a base including a link accommodating part to which the lower link is rotationally coupled and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070200932 - Image tuning system and method using stored raw image signal: An image tuning system and method using a stored image signal, in which the image tuning system includes an image processing device and an external device. The image processing device outputs a third image signal by processing a first or second image signal according to a tuning parameter. The external... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070200933 - Image capturing system and image capturing method: An image capturing system includes a first camera, a second camera and a first rotating device. The first camera is configured to capture a first image. The second camera is configured to capture a second image whose scope is narrower than a scope of the first image. The first rotating... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20070200934 - Imagery processing: In one aspect, a method related to imagery processing. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070200935 - Image pickup method and apparatus, and image processing method and apparatus: In an image pickup apparatus, a level compensator compensates the level of an image xL (i, j) sensed by an image sensor by exposure for a long time on the basis of the exposure of the image to produce a compensated image xL′ (i, j), while another level compensator compensates... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070200936 - Apparatus, method, and program for controlling moving images: In order to enable playback of a moving image in a variable manner according to desired weight, a desired threshold value of weight is obtained for a moving image regarding which a distribution of the weight at each point on a time axis has been generated. A time range extraction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070200937 - Camera device and monitoring system: In a camera device having a function for converting an image formed by a lens and captured by an imaging element into image data and correcting distortion of the image data caused by distortion aberration of the lens, the camera device includes a first storage unit for storing first distortion... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070200938 - Image-taking system: An image-taking system includes an image-taking device which takes an image of a subject; a flashing device which emits a flash to the subject; an illumination device which has a surface positioned opposite the image-taking device and which illuminates the subject interposed between the image-taking device and the surface with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070200939 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus reproduces still image data recorded on a recording medium and designates an aspect ratio of moving image data to be generated using the still image data. The image processing apparatus converts an aspect ratio of the reproduced still image data according to the designated aspect ratio... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070200940 - Vertical tri-color sensor: A vertical tri-color sensor having vertically stacked blue, green, and red pixels detects at least blue and green components of incident light by converting the blue and green components to surface plasmons.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070200941 - Image pickup apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention is a portion of the image pickup portion 51 is exposed on a first surface of the casing. The apparatus includes: a holding frame 40 disposed on a second surface, which is the rear surface of the first surface of the casing,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070200943 - Cyclic camera: An apparatus including a camera which includes a plurality of light-sensitive pixels each capable of accumulating electronic data in response to an incident light signal. Each light-sensitive pixel is electrically coupled to two or more storage cells in the camera to define a coupled set of elements, where the elements... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070200942 - Delay management circuit for reading out large s/h arrays: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels for capturing an image; a sample and hold circuit array having a plurality of units for receiving signals from the plurality of pixels representing the captured image; a decoder for selecting each of the units of the sample and hold circuit array... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070200944 - Manufacturing method for a solid-state imaging apparatus, and the solid-state imaging apparatus: A light receiving region 21 and a floating diffusion region 22 are formed apart from each other in a semiconductor substrate 20 (S11), translucent adhesive 31 is applied to an area corresponding to the light receiving region 21 on the semiconductor substrate 20 (S22), and a translucent plate 30 is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070200945 - Image pickup apparatus having a help function, and method and program for controlling the same: An image pickup apparatus with a help function has a help mode in which a state or representation illustrating operating conditions is displayed on a display unit without actually applying a state or operating condition selected by operating an operating member to the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070200946 - Solid-state imaging device: Each pixel (pixel size of 2.2 μm square) in a solid-state imaging device includes a light-transmitting film with the first effective refractive index distribution and a light-transmitting film with the second effective refractive index distribution, a light-receiving element, a wiring, a wavelength selection filter, and a Si substrate. A pixel... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070200947 - Focus adjustment method and focus adjustment apparatus: A focus adjustment method and a focus adjustment apparatus suited to realize both higher precision and faster speed of focus adjustment are provided. More specifically, the focus adjustment method and apparatus of this invention determine a focus adjustment quantity based on a relation between a change in a focus position... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070200948 - Broadcasting system and method for providing multiple broadcasting service: Disclosed is a broadcasting system for providing a multiple broadcasting service, which includes a DMB transmission center for reducing image data in broadcasting data for each of one or more broadcasting channels to reduced image data with a preset size, generating a transport stream including a separate channel for multiple... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070200949 - Rapid tuning in multimedia applications: A wireless communications device configured to operate in a multimedia broadcast system is disclosed. The wireless communications device includes a receiver configured to receive a plurality of video streams each comprising intra-coded and inter-coded video frames. The wireless communications device also includes a video decoder, and a processing unit configured... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070200950 - Video image deinterlacing apparatus and methods of performing video image deinterlacing: A video image deinterlacing apparatus includes intrafield and interfield processors therein. The intrafield processor is responsive to field data (e.g., sequence of video image fields) depicting a time-varying video image. The intrafield processor is configured to determine edge and edge steepness characteristics for a plurality of omitted pixels within fields... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070200951 - Image processing method and device: The invention provides an image processing method and device to determine whether the timing signal is abnormal by detecting timing signal related to the image signal output to the display. When the timing signal is abnormal, the display receives no the timing signal related to the image signal. The horizontal... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070200952 - Television receiver: A television receiver comprising: a memory that stores messages including messages input through a remote control and messages received via a network interface; and a microcontroller that determines whether or not there is a message recorded in the memory. When a user presses a power button to power off the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070200953 - Method and device for displaying the content of a region of interest within a video image: A method and device for displaying content of a region of interest within a video image is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a video signal from a video source; decoding the video signal to generate a video data corresponding to the video image; receiving at least a user command to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070200954 - Apparatus and method for controlling the screen size of real-time video: An apparatus and a method are provided for controlling the screen size of a real-time video stream. The method including receiving via a digital channel a real-time video stream and content, determining whether there is overlap between the video stream and the content, converting the screen size of the video... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070200955 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus comprises a light source temperature controlling means for controlling the light source temperature so that the temperature remains within a predetermined temperature range; a light modulation device for displaying images by receiving light emitted from the light source, and modulating the light according to the image data;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070200956 - Multiple image artifact correction of images for a display having a partially-silvered surface: An apparatus, a method and a computer program product for correcting image data for the presence of a ghost image. The image data is for acceptance by a device that includes a partially-silvered finite-thickness reflector or similar element to provide a reflection of an image for display. The ghost image... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070200957 - Method and apparatus for improving transient characteristic of chrominance signal: A method and apparatus for improving the transition characteristic of a chrominance signal. The method and apparatus generate an edge-improved chrominance signal using a differential signal of a luminance signal and a differential signal of the chrominance signal and generate a transition-improved chrominance signal by removing an undershoot and overshoot... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070200958 - Adaptive color transient improvement: A superior Color Transient Improvement technique is adaptive to the local image features, so that more natural color edge transition improvement can be accomplished. A gain control function is provided that depends on the local image feature so that different regions of the image can be treated differently. Further, a... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070200959 - System and method for processing video signals: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system (100) that processes an analog video signal (502), the analog video signal (502) comprising luminance information (408), first chrominance information (410), and second chrominance information (410). An exemplary video system (100) comprises a first time-sampled analog filter (506) that extracts the luminance information... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20070200960 - Security integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit for the processing of conditional access television signals that includes an input interface for receiving encrypted television signals and an output interface for output of decrypted television signals. The semiconductor integrated circuit is provided with some functionality restricted in some way by preventing one or more... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070200961 - Panel-type image display device and liquid crystal television: A panel-type television whose colors and image qualities of OSD portions are kept intact and the qualities of images other than the OSD portions are adjusted is provided. The panel-type television includes an image quality adjustment circuit 30a that performs a specified image quality adjustment processing on input image signals;... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070200962 - Rotation apparatus of display: The present invention is to provide a rotation apparatus of a display preventing the damage of the deceleration gear and the rotor of the motor. In one aspect, the invention features a rotation apparatus of a display, which comprises a stand, a guide joined to the stand rotatably and configured... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070200963 - Display device: A display device that can transmit or receive radio signals is constructed with a display module including a display panel displaying images, and a case enclosing the display module. The case is constructed with an antenna base formed on a portion of the case and made from a dielectric material,... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070200964 - Method for processing data in a terminal with digital broadcasting receiver: Disclosed is a method for processing digital broadcasting data in a portable terminal having a digital broadcasting receiver. The method includes, when the digital broadcasting data is received, charging the received digital broadcasting data in a buffer, and outputting the charged digital broadcasting data at a first output speed, when... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070195161 - Image processing system, display device, program, and information storage medium: An image processing system for stereoscopic view using a parallax barrier method, includes an image information generation section that generates image information composed of the number of pixels corresponding to a lower resolution than an actual resolution for every viewpoint of a first through an nth (n is an integer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195163 - High resolution autostereoscopic display: A high resolution autostereoscopic display includes: a backlight; a display panel forming an image using the backlight light; a viewing zone separator separating viewing zones of right and left eye images of the display panel; a polarizer polarizing the light from the display panel into first polarized light; a polarization... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070195164 - Endoscope processor, computer program product, and endoscope system: An endoscope system comprising a signal receiver, a determination block, a correction signal generation block, and a black balance correction block, is provided. The signal receiver receives a pixel signal generated by a pixel. A plurality of the pixel arranged on a light receiving surface on an imaging device. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070195158 - Apparatus and methods for managing video calls on a wireless device: Apparatus, methods, computer readable media and processors operable on a wireless device may manage video calls on a wireless device. A video call management method may include a video call management application operable on the wireless device. The video call management application may be configured with a filtering parameter, which... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070195159 - Method and system for audio/video capturing, streaming, recording and playback: A system and method for audio/visual displaying, capturing, streaming, recording and playback is disclosed. The invention has many applications including distance learning and video capture of legal proceedings. The video deposition embodiment of the present invention facilitates paperless depositions by allowing the simultaneous, single channel recording and streaming of a... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20070195160 - Angled axis machine vision system and method: Angled axis machine vision system having a camera system angled with respect to an axis of coordinate system of environment. Eliminates problem of utilizing horizontal, vertical lines in environment for distance calculations when horizontal and vertical lines are parallel or close to parallel to axis lying between camera centers of... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070195162 - Single-lens aperture-coded camera for three dimensional imaging in small volumes: Determining instantaneously three-dimensional coordinates of large sets of points in space using apertures associated with cameras or camera parts. An embodiment associates information from the apertures with different portions of the imager, so that portions on the imager do not overlap.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070195165 - Image display apparatus: To reduce a display time of an image for which an observation is less required, and to effectively perform an observation of a series of images, the image display apparatus (1) includes an image processing controller (2a) that acquires an image from a storage unit (5), controls various image processes... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070195166 - Empty ampoule detector system and method: A system and method are provided for inspecting and verifying ampoule cards for the presence of composition or solution. An electronic circuit is added to a deflashing assembly which is used to compare the amount of light guided by liquid to that guided by air, and prevents deflashing of an... Agent: Allergan, Inc.

20070195167 - Image distribution system, image distribution server and image distribution method: An image distribution system includes an image storage device and an image distribution server. The image storage device includes a storage section which memorizes image data, and the image storage device switches into a mass storage mode when a switching signal is inputted. The image distribution server outputs the switching... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20070195168 - Web camera: A web camera includes an image sensor, which takes an external image; a sensor interface, which is connected to the mage sensor to receive and convert the image taken by the image sensor into digital image data; at least one compression module, which is connected to the sensor interface to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070195169 - Image forming apparatus and registration inspection method of image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming a print image, which is composed of a first color image and a second color image, on a print medium, including: a test pattern printing portion that prints a test pattern including the first color and the second color; an image pickup portion that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195170 - Imaging apparatus control unit and digital camera: An imaging apparatus control unit that controls an operation of an imaging apparatus, comprising a receiver, a timer, and an imaging device driving unit, is provided. The imaging apparatus comprises an imaging device. The receiver receives an input signal. The input signal is generated when a command is input. The... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070195171 - Face importance level determining apparatus and method, and image pickup apparatus: A face importance level determining apparatus for determining an importance level for a photographer with respect to a face of a person appearing in an image may include the following elements. A face information obtaining unit obtains face size information and position information that are detected from an input image... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070195172 - Imager-created image signal-distortion compensation method, imager-created image signal-distortion compensation apparatus, image taking method and image taking apparatus: Disclosed herein is a method of compensating an imager-created image for a distortion. The method includes: a movement-vector detection process of receiving data of the imager-created image and detecting a movement vector; an optical-zoom portion vector computation process of computing an optical-zoom portion vector corresponding to an image movement; an... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070195173 - Portable type information device: A portable type information device includes: a projector device that, with illumination light from a light source unit, projects a projection pattern which has been created upon an image pattern generation unit to an exterior of the portable type information device via a projection lens; and a power supply command... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195176 - Digital camera: In a digital camera including an electronic flash device using a light-emitting diode as a flash light source, white balance correction is performed by using a white balance correction value corresponding to a color temperature of light actually emitted from the electronic flash device.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070195175 - Image capture and processing integrated circuit for a camera: An image capture and processing (ICP) integrated circuit (IC) is provided for a camera. The ICP IC includes an imaging array which, in turn, includes image pixel capture sensors arranged in rows and columns. A row decoder extends along a first edge of the imaging array and is configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070195174 - System and a method for improving the captured images of digital still cameras: The present invention is a system and method which enable users achieve optimal results according to their preferences in digital still pictures. The preferred embodiments of the present invention, which may be installed on any apparatus which captures digital still images, such as digital cameras, cellular phones, PDA, allow users... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070195177 - Layout of the optical path in the image capturing system and the method for forming the same: The image-capturing system comprises a image-capturing module and a plurality of mirrors, wherein the image-capturing module has a lens and a charge-coupled device (CCD). The image-capturing module is located on about the center in the image-capturing system, and a plurality of mirrors are arranged in the peripheral region within the... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070195178 - Noise reduction apparatus, method and program for controlling same, image sensor and digital camera: Image data pixels indicative of the pixels in a noise-reduction target area having a size of 5×5 pixels is extracted from a plurality of types of CCD-RAW data having red, green and blue color components. A filter for reducing uncorrelated noise is calculated. Uncorrelated noise is removed by performing a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070195179 - Image sensor array leakage and dark current compensation: Apparatus, systems and methods for image sensor leakage and dark current compensation are disclosed. In one implementation, a system comprises an imaging device including imaging pixels and two or more dark pixels, processing logic coupled to the imaging device, and an antenna coupled to the processing logic through an input/output... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070195180 - Electronic blurring compensation device: The present invention provides an electronic blurring compensation device applied to a digital camera that includes an angular rate sensor for detecting blurring of an image, an solid-state image pickup element for shooting continuously over time a plurality of images, compensating mutual blurring of the plurality of shot images in... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070195181 - Electronic image pickup apparatus and electronic image pickup method: An electronic image pickup apparatus comprises a color image pickup element having a plurality of drive modes including at least the first drive mode and the second drive mode. The color-conversion parameter storage section of the apparatus stores the first color-conversion parameter. The color-conversion parameter computing section of the apparatus... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070195182 - Imaging apparatus for setting image areas having individual frame rates: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device for performing photoelectric conversion of light incident on a photodetective area thereof, and reading signals from the photodetective area so as to output the signals as image signals; a divided area setting device for setting a plurality of image areas on the photodetective... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070195183 - Method and circuit for determining the response curve knee point in active pixel image sensors with extended dynamic range: An apparatus and method for measuring the breakpoint of a response curve representing the voltage output of an image array having an extended dynamic range. By flooding a light-opaque pixel with a charge and then applying an intermediate reset voltage to the pixel, the signal is read from the pixel... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070195184 - Solid-state imaging element and solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging element includes an imaging element area, a first horizontal transfer register, a second horizontal transfer register, a first transfer channel, a second transfer channel, and a channel stop region.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070195186 - Digital camera: A digital camera provided with an image pickup unit having an image pickup device and an image processing unit that apply image processing to an image pickup signal outputted from the image pickup unit according to setting values of image quality adjustment parameters is disclosed. The digital camera includes: a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070195185 - Image capturing apparatus control method therefor, and program: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an object image, an optical element arranged nearer to an object than a light-receiving section of the image sensor, a foreign substance removing member which removes a foreign substance adhering to the surface of the optical element, and a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070195187 - Image pickup apparatus and image pickup unit: The image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device including a pixel region and an electrode; an electric board including the image pickup device arranged to cover an opening and a connection pattern arranged in the vicinity of an edge portion of the opening, in which a first adhesive is... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070195188 - Packaging structure and method of an image sensor module: This invention relates to a packaging structure and method of an image sensor module. The method comprises: providing a transparent substrate having a first patterned conductive layer; carrying an image sensor integrated circuit chip having a photosensitive active area and at least one passive chip on the transparent substrate, wherein... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070195190 - Apparatus and method for determining in-focus position: While driving means moves an imaging optical system from the near side to the far side, focus evaluation value calculation means calculates a focus evaluation value that changes with the movement, for causing maximum value detection means to detect a maximum value. At the same time, target detection means detects... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070195189 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus performs focus control by a contrast detection method during a continuous shooting interval. After the image pickup apparatus controls the movement of the focus lens and captures an image for recording in the continuous shooting mode, the image pickup apparatus controls the movement of the focus... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070195191 - Distance-measuring device installed in camera: The present invention provides a distance-measuring device has an AF area sensor that includes an image pick up element formed on a semiconductor substrate for receiving two images having a parallax therebetween, and a photo reception signal processing circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate for processing signals corresponding to light... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070195192 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is provided which includes an image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, an output unit configured to output a signal from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and a reading unit configured to read the signal from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units via the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070195193 - Digital camera: In a digital camera including an electronic flash device using a light-emitting diode as a flash light source, white balance correction is performed by using a white balance correction value corresponding to a color temperature of light actually emitted from the electronic flash device.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070195194 - Image format conversion: An image conversion unit (400,700) for converting an input image with an input aspect ratio into an output image with an output aspect ratio being different from the input aspect ratio, is disclosed. The image conversion unit (400,700) comprises segmentation means (402) for segmentation of the input image on basis... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070195195 - Smart remote control: A remote control unit for an entertainment system comprising a television or other display device, and a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the televisions. The remote control unit is adapted to send and receive information signals to and from the television and to the peripheral devices to control the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070195196 - Radar: A video display device comprising a display to display a primary image, originating from a first input signal, and a picture-in-picture (PIP) overlaying the primary image and originating from a second input signal. The display characteristics of the PIP are changed in response to information, preferably a file extension, relating... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070195197 - Method of providing user interface which implements screen conversion by channel change in three-dimensional effect, and apparatus thereof: A method and an apparatus for providing a user interface which implements screen conversion by channel change in a three-dimensional view, are provided. The method includes receiving a signal for converting a screen into a screen of a first channel, calculating the relationship according to a channel order between the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070195199 - Video noise reduction method using adaptive spatial and motion-compensation temporal filters: A method includes calculating a mean of a plurality of pixels of a motion window, calculating a pixel amount of pixels similar to a center pixel, calculating a variance of the pixels, determining whether a difference between the center pixel and the mean is greater than a first predetermined value,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070195198 - Method and apparatus for eliminating optical sensor flickering in video gaming systems: Synchronizing a shutter control signal of an optical sensor device of a video gaming system with a horizontal retrace signal generated by a game console of the system such that the frame rate of the optical sensor device is synchronized to the horizontal retrace signal. Synchronizing the frame rate to... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070195200 - Method of picture control and image processing apparatus thereof: A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring the picture control value to a previous value... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070195201 - Illuminance acquiring device, illuminance acquiring method, and illuminance acquiring program: There is provided an illuminance acquiring device which acquires light energy corresponding to an output value of an image pickup device every different exposure time by using a correspondence relation between the output value of the image pickup device for converting intensity of sensed light into electric energy and outputting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195202 - Method and apparatus for video mode judgement: A method and an apparatus for judging video modes are provided. The method compares the values of the corresponding pixels of two consecutive frames in a video data to obtain a difference value between the two frames and then all of the difference values between any two consecutive frames are... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070195203 - Multi-program viewing in a wireless apparatus: This disclosure describes a number of techniques for processing multimedia data that can improve multi-program “picture-in-picture” viewing, particularly in a wireless mobile apparatus setting. In one example, a method includes receiving multiple channels of the multimedia data, decoding frames associated with two or more of the channels, presenting first frames... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070195204 - Apparatus and method for improving channel change speed in digital broadcasting reception terminal: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for decreasing a channel change time in a digital broadcasting reception terminal. Starting time information of at least one non-reference channel is selected. When the user selects a non-reference channel, broadcast data thereof is received by using the collected starting time information. The... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070195205 - Remote control system and method: A remote control system and method comprising a television and a light pointing apparatus adapted, in a first embodiment, to transmit a first narrow beam having a first frequency corresponding to visible light, which is used to give an indication of where the pointer is pointed, and a second expanded... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070195207 - Projection apparatus and method for switching operation modes thereof: A projection apparatus includes a light source module, a first color wheel, a second color wheel and a control unit. The light source module provides an illuminating light beam. The first and the second color wheels are disposed on an optical path of the illuminating light beam. The first and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070195208 - Projection system, projector, image processing program and recording medium recording image processing program: A projection system includes an image processing apparatus for processing image data, an optical modulation element for modulating light beams irradiated from a light source device based on the image data to form an optical image, a projector having a projection optical apparatus for projecting the optical image on an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070195206 - Projection display with front and back jack panel access: A projection display is provided having visible surfaces and concealed surfaces during normal operation. The projection display comprises a jack panel having one or more connectors for making electrical connections to the projection display, and the jack panel is accessible from at least one visible surface and at least one... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070195209 - Color calibrating device and associated system and method: A color calibrating device and associated system and method are used with an image generating device and a projector. The projector projects a first image in response to a first display signal outputted by the image generating device. The color calibrating method includes steps of: capturing the first image; generating... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070195210 - Portable high definition audio visual projection system: A portable high-definition television and theater entertainment and audio visual system that includes a movable pod formed with at least one side wall cooperating with a generally horizontal top to define an interior component volume and with spaced apart alignment passageways therein, and at least one recessible door. A removable... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070188597 - Facial recognition for a videoconference: A facial recognition algorithm may be performed in order to identify a participant at a first endpoint in a videoconference. Participant information for the participant may be displayed together with an image of the participant on a display screen at a second endpoint in the videoconference. Displaying the participant information... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070188598 - Participant authentication for a videoconference: Methods for authenticating a person to participant in a videoconference based on facial imaging, fingerprint imaging, other biometric information, passwords, and physical mediums are described. Identity information for the potential participant may be received, and a recognition algorithm may be performed to determine whether the received identity information for the... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070188596 - Sharing participant information in a videoconference: A method for displaying information in a videoconference is disclosed. Video information from a first endpoint of the videoconference may be received. The video information may include an image of a participant at the first endpoint. Participant information for the participant (e.g., name, phone number, job title, etc.) may also... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070188599 - Speech to text conversion in a videoconference: Various embodiments of a method for automatically converting audio speech in a videoconference into text information are described. According to one embodiment of the method, a videoconferencing device at a first endpoint in the videoconference may receive a stream of video information and audio information from a videoconferencing device at... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070188594 - Communication system, communication terminal and communication method: the sender terminal comprises an operation identifying signal receiving unit which receives the operation identifying signal, and a sender operation unit which identifies the operation related to the video contents in the receiver terminal according to the operation identifying signal received by the operation identifying signal receiving unit and regards... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070188601 - Three-channel camera systems with non-collinear apertures: A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with three non-collinear apertures to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with an optical sensor.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070188606 - Vision-based position tracking system: The invention is directed to a tracking system for tracking the use of an object on a work piece within a predetermined work space comprising a target, at least one video imaging source and a computer. The target is attached to the object and calibrated to derive an “Object Tracking... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070188593 - Apparatus and method for managing content with category information in a mobile communication terminal: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing content, such as pictures, with category information. In the method, when there is a picture to be stored, category information to be entered to the picture is identified. An application header including the category information is created. The... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070188595 - Apparatus and method for presenting audio in a video teleconference: An advanced video teleconferencing (AVTC) system uniquely combines a number of features to promote a realistic “same room” experience for meeting participants. These features include an autodirector to select audio and video sources and to compose shots, a collaboration interface for each participant to communicate nonverbal information, directional LEDs to... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070188600 - Multi-stage media compression technique for power and storage efficiency: There is provided an apparatus for compressing media content in an electronic device having a video capture device for capturing the video content. The apparatus includes a real-time, Low Complexity (LC) video compressor for compressing the video content into an LC encoded bit stream in real-time. The apparatus further includes... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070188602 - Projection of stereoscopic images using linearly polarized light: A method and system for projecting linearly polarized stereoscopic images to a viewer that results in increased viewer head-tipping capabilities is provided. The design includes projecting linearly polarized light energy toward a screen and providing the viewer with a set of linearly polarized eyewear configured to receive the linearly polarized... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20070188603 - Stereoscopic display cart and system: A stereoscopic display cart and system providing a means of presenting stereoscopic images. Various embodiments are disclosed including an LCD and other monitor-based display means, as well as projector-based display means. A means of providing stereoscopic images can be a stereoscopic microscope or any other means providing stereoscopic images. Embodiments... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070188604 - Endoscope system: The endoscope system of the present invention includes: an endoscope that has an image pickup device that picks up an observation image of a test object; an image display unit that converts image pickup signals that have been sent from the image pickup device into images and then displays these... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070188605 - Irrigation remote sensing system: A data gathering device associated with an agricultural irrigation system including at least one camera movably connected to the irrigation system.... Agent: Deere & Company

20070188607 - Detection of moving interlaced text for film mode decision: A method for detecting moving interlaced text in a video sequence originating through telecine is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) checking a motion condition of a current block in a current field in the video sequence for motion both (i) from a previous field in the... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070188608 - Imaging apparatus and control method therefor: An imaging apparatus includes: an image creating section imaging a predetermined surveillance range and creating image data; an image processing section in which computing processing means having a predetermined processing ability performs first image processing of detecting an abnormality in the surveillance range in accordance with the image data and... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070188609 - Imaging apparatus and control method therefor: An imaging apparatus includes an image creating section imaging a predetermined surveillance range and creating image data, a storage processing section converting the image data to a predetermined storage format and creating storage data, a data storage section having a storage medium with a predetermined storage space and storing the... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070188610 - Synoptic broad-area remote-sensing via multiple telescopes: A synoptic, broad-area remote-sensing system using multiple sensors mounted on an airborne platform. Commercially available optical telescopes can be used as the sensors and can be mounted to the platform with fixed location and orientation to collectively view a wide strip of land. Each telescope views a generally linear coverage... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (boeing)

20070188611 - Method for providing multiple viewing opportunities of events at a venue: A method for providing multiple viewing opportunities of events transpiring at a venue includes simultaneously communicating video taken from each of a plurality of video cameras, positioned at various locations at the venue, for receipt by each of a plurality of wireless mobile viewing devices at the venue. The communicating... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070188612 - Video system for individually selecting and viewing events at a venue: A digital video system for individually selecting and viewing an event at a venue, comprising: a plurality of video cameras positioned at various locations at a venue, each video camera configured to transmit video therefrom; a plurality of wireless mobile viewing devices at the venue, each configured to, receive input... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070188613 - Image synthesizing apparatus and image synthesizing method: An image synthesizing apparatus which generates, from plural images with differing resolutions and lighting conditions, a synthesized image in which the resolution of the original image is improved and the lighting conditions match those of the original image. The image synthesizing apparatus includes: a camera which acquires an original image... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070188615 - Monitoring system, monitoring method, and monitoring program: In the monitoring system that used fixed camera and movement camera, the technique is provided in which facilitates the route making and the movement control of the mobile robot in the remote place. The mobile image-taking device and a monitoring device are connected to each other via a communication network.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070188617 - Apparatus and method for reducing image blur in a digital camera: A digital camera delays the capture of a digital image after image capture has been requested until the motion of the digital camera satisfies a motion criterion. The digital camera thereby reduces image blur that would otherwise occur due to camera motion.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070188616 - Camera recording system for water sports: A durable Closed Circuit Camera System for boats that follows any object towed behind the boat, such as a water-skier or wake boarder, while allowing the driver to both see and fully control the camera all as a protective exterior secures the DVR, keyboard and other items featured in the... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070188614 - Image taking system and a telephone, a mobile telephone and a telephone holder used by said system: d

20070188619 - Method for correcting distortion of captured image, device for correcting distortion of captured image, and imaging device: A method for correcting distortion of a captured image is provided. The method includes receiving a detection output from a sensor; optically correcting distortion of a captured image in image data from the element due to the positional change of the imaging element by controlling a control mechanism depending on... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070188618 - Anti-vibration apparatus for image pickup system and image pickup system having the same: An exemplary anti-vibration apparatus used in an image pickup system includes a first light-reflecting unit, a driving mechanism configured for driving the light-reflecting unit to rotate, a servo circuit, at least one sensor configured for detecting an angular velocity of the anti-vibration apparatus and sending such signal to the servo... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070188620 - Image stabilizer, lens device and imaging apparatus: An image stabilizer includes a driver having a coil and magnet, where a correcting lens on a moving frame is moved by the driver in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of a lens system and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and optical axis,... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070188621 - Image transmission apparatus, image transmission method, program, and storage medium: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image transmission apparatus connected to an image pickup apparatus and configured to transmit an image picked up by the image pickup apparatus to a plurality of client terminals via a network. The image transmission apparatus includes a setting unit configured to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188622 - Imaging appartus and control method thereof, storage medium and program: An imaging apparatus which can capture a still image while capturing a moving image, can capture images in consideration of the aspect ratio settings of the moving image and the still image. For example, in the case where a user instructs to capture the still image while capturing a moving... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188624 - Image capturing method and image-capturing device thereof: An image capturing method and an image-capturing device thereof are provided. Firstly, a dividing rule for dividing a first part and a second part is set, such that the positions and sizes of the first and the second parts are obtained accordingly. Next, a first resolution corresponding to the first... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070188627 - Video processing apparatus, method of adding time code, and methode of preparing editing list: A video processing apparatus is provided. The video processing apparatus includes: an inputter inputting video signals of a plurality of systems, and a processor generating processed video signals by performing switching on the video signals of two or more systems input into the inputter. Further, the video processing apparatus includes:... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070188625 - Method of shoot suppression and an image quality improvement apparatus: A method of shoot suppression when transition properties of an image signal are improved. The method includes improving transition properties of an original image signal and filtering a local overshoot and/or undershoot at edges of the transient-improved image signal. Accordingly, a transition time of the original image signal may be... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070188626 - Producing enhanced photographic products from images captured at known events: A photographic system for producing an enhanced photographic product is provided. The system includes a database for storing custom content for a plurality of events. The system also includes a digital image capture device for receiving a digital image and information defining the time and geographic location the digital image... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20070188623 - Visual processing device, visual processing method, visual processing program, intergrated circuit, display device, image-capturing device, and portable information terminal: The invention provides a visual processing device that has a hardware configuration that does not depend on the visual processing to be achieved. A visual processing device 1 is provided with a spatial processing portion 2 and a visual processing portion 3. The spatial processing portion 2 performs predetermined processing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070188628 - Image display controlling method, image display controlling apparatus and image display controlling program: An image display controlling apparatus comprises a memory means for storing an attention area information and a date and time information for each image data of a plurality of images to be displayed on an image display means, an evaluation means for evaluating the attention area information based on a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188629 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprises a photographing lens, a first imaging sensor for taking a subject image formed by the photographing lens, a second image sensor for taking a subject image formed by the photographing lens, an optical path switching section for selectively switching subject light that has passed through the... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070188630 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to photoelectrically convert an object image projected on an imaging region and to output a photoelectrically converted electrical signal starting with a selected one of a plurality of predetermined reading start positions; an electronic zooming processing unit configured to perform an electronic... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188631 - Zoom lens system, lens barrel, imaging device and camera: A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units is changed so that an optical image is formed with a continuously variable magnification, the zoom lens system comprises a first lens... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070188632 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor, a switching unit which switches between the first read mode in which pixel signals within the first range are read out by decreasing the number of pixel signals at the first reduction ratio, and the second read mode in which pixel signals... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070188634 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to image an object, a gain adjustment unit configured to adjust a gain for an image signal output from the imaging unit, a signal processing unit configured to process the image signal, the signal processing unit including a first noise reduction unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070188633 - Distortion correction of images using hybrid interpolation technique: The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for correcting a geometrical distortion of an image using a hybrid interpolation technique by a digital image processor. After calculating corrected coordinates of pixels in the image, the interpolation of color components of the pixels can be... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070188635 - Solid-state imaging device and camera: A solid-state imaging device 101 is composed of a transparent film 204, a color filter 205, a planarizing film 207, and a plurality of microlenses 208 that are sequentially formed on a semiconductor substrate 201. A photodiode 202 is formed in a surface of the semiconductor substrate 201 that is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070188638 - Buffer circuit, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus: Example embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a buffer circuit capable of suppressing the adverse influence of excessive voltage or current output from a photoelectric converting element on an analog signal processing circuit coupled to the photoelectric converting element, and an image reading apparatus or image forming apparatus... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070188637 - Drive circuit and driving method for charge transfer unit and charge transfer system: A drive circuit applying two or more drive voltages to a charge transfer unit includes at least one current mirror circuit that receives a reference current and outputs a predetermined current; at least one switch circuit that switches the current output from the at least one current mirror circuit to... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070188636 - Imaging devices operable with multiple aspect ratios: Imaging devices including a novel imaging system wherein a 2-dimensional pixel array has a diagonal dimension larger than the diameter measurement of the image circle, thereby being capable of handling rectangular images with multiple aspect ratios. These new imaging devices can be used in various electronic imaging apparatus with or... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070188639 - Apparatus and a method for low noise sensing: The invention provides a method and apparatus. The apparatus includes a pixel (10) adapted to receive light and to output a current representative of the received light; a feedback circuitry (20), connected to the pixel (10), adapted to receive said current and to receive a reference current (Iref) and to... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070188641 - Method and image sensor for compensating for reset signal levels of active pixels: Am image sensor includes an active pixel array, an optical black pixel array, and a reset level compensation unit. The active pixel array includes a plurality of active pixels. The optical black pixel array includes a plurality of optical black pixels. The reset level compensation unit compensates for the active... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070188642 - Method and apparatus for dark current and hot pixel reduction in active pixel image sensors: A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070188640 - Pixel analog-to-digital converter using a ramped transfer gate clock: An image sensor includes a photosensitive region that accumulates charge corresponding to received incident light; a transfer gate for transferring charge from the photosensitive region; a voltage supply having an increasing voltage over time; a floating diffusion for receiving the charge from the photosensitive region and converting the charge to... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070188645 - Image output apparatus, method and program thereof, and imaging apparatus: An image output apparatus in which an image output synchronization signal generation circuit conventionally shared for both video (TV) use and liquid-crystal display (LCD) use is divided into two image output synchronization signal generation circuits. The two image output synchronization signal generation circuits are synchronized, and the image format can... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070188643 - Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor: An image pickup apparatus which performs an image pickup of an object and records a pickup image includes a display unit which displays an operation item for execution of operation corresponding to the operation mode of the image pickup apparatus, a communication unit which connects a peripheral device so as... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070188644 - Photographing device: A photographing device for photographing an object in a photographing area has a detection processor, and first and second determination processors. The detection processor conducts repetitive detection processes for detecting a specific area where a specific object appears in the photographing area. The first determination processor determines the detected specific... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070188647 - Image pickup apparatus with display apparatus, and display control method for display apparatus: In an image pickup apparatus having a display unit that displays an image, an operation member to which a plurality of functions are assigned, and a detection unit that detects touching to the operation member, a display control for the display unit judges with use of the detection unit whether... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070188646 - Imaging device,image display method, and user interface: A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST1 that is a shooting mode. When a time dial 22 is rotated for one step in the counterclockwise direction, the currently captured image R is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070188649 - Image-taking apparatus: An image-taking apparatus which captures object light to take an image includes: an optical device through which the object light is transmitted; an image pickup device which generates an image signal representing an object image; and a cleaning section which is deformed by receiving a predetermined stimulus, the cleaning section... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070188648 - Switch devices of micro distance micrography for digital cameras: The innovation is a switch device of micro distance micrography, applying to digital cameras. The main body has a shell-shaped structure with an inner space and a hollow part, which can be penetrated by a lens of digital camera. On the other hand, the shell-shaped structure is jointed and fixed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070188650 - Image-capturing apparatus: A digital camera enables high-speed zooming operation without use of a zoom lens. Light originating from a fixed-focal-length lens is split into two beams by a beam splitter, to thus form respective images on a first image sensor and a second image sensor. The first image sensor and the second... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070188651 - Automatically capturing focused images obtained through unguided manual focus adjustment: In an image capture period, light from a scene is received through an optical system free of automatic focusing components. A sequence of focal values is produced from image data produced during the image capture period. One or more target focus criteria are determined from one or more of the... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070188652 - Image capturing apparatus, image composing method and storage medium: In a digital camera 1, when the halfway depression operation of the shutter button is detected, the lens position which is in focus for each capture area is detected and stored. On the other hand, when instruction to record is detected, intensity of light is sequentially read out at the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070188653 - Multi-lens array system and method: An image capture system comprises a plurality of cameras and a camera mount. The camera mount has a curved portion, and the plurality of cameras are secured to the curved portion. The cameras are oriented radially inward relative to the curved portion of the camera mount, such that the lines... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070188654 - Minutes taking system, minutes taking method, and program product therefor: A minutes taking system includes a change detection portion that detects a change of a displayed image for a description object out of displayed images that are a plurality of stream images serving as information displayed in a conference, a separation detection portion that detects a separation temporally separates a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070188655 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program used therewith: An information processing apparatus may include a channel list generating unit that performs primary selection of channels as primary candidate channels for switching candidate channels from channels in a predetermined order, secondary selection of channels as secondary candidate channels from the primary candidate channels, and generation of a channel list... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070188656 - Content reproducing device, broadcast content transmitting device, control data providing device, user attribute value providing device, broadcast system, content reproducing method, and broadcast content transmitting method: A content reproducing device according to the present invention is provided with (a) a broadcast wave receiving section for receiving a broadcast content together with a sync signal(s) multiplexed on the broadcast content, (b) a sync signal extracting section for reproducing the broadcast content immediately after the broadcast content is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070188657 - Synchronizing method and system: A synchronization system and method. Text data is received by a computing device. The text data is associated with audio/video data. The audio/video data is generated during a related performance. The audio/video data and the text data are discrete data. The text data is synchronized to correspond with the audio/video... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070188658 - Graphic display device: The invention provides at low cost a graphic display device which can display video with a video signal in a predetermined format and includes an external input portion capable of having a signal other than the video signal in the predetermined format inputted thereto, where the graphic display device can... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070188660 - Video processing device, video processing method, and video processing program: Frame memories for delaying an input video signal for one frame respectively are connected in series. A dot interference detecting device detects variation between the input video signal and the delayed signals delayed for different frames of a pixel at the same position on a screen. When a dot interference... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070188659 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: A DTV 10 generates a composite image by composing image data stored in a memory card 70 and displays this on a display unit 50 in a slideshow. When the DTV 10 receives a print instruction via a user interface unit 110 during the slideshow, the DTV 10 displays on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070188661 - Image processing method capable of adjusting hue and saturation of specific colors and related image processing apparatus thereof: An image processing method for adjusting image data of an image includes selecting a region according to a first parameter, adjusting the hue of at least one pixel of the image corresponding to the region according to a second parameter, and adjusting the saturation of the pixel corresponding to the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070188662 - Progressive video detection with aggregated block sads: A method for detecting progressive material in a video sequence is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating a plurality of block statistics for each of a plurality of blocks in a current field of the video sequence, (B) calculating a plurality of field statistics by summing... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070188663 - Image switching apparatus and method of controlling image processing unit thereof: A main operation unit (2) is connected to a control unit (4) which controls image processing units (5) to (9), the main control unit (2) includes a setting means for setting the image processing units (5) to (9) to which a sub operation means (3) is connected to the standard... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070188665 - Changing channels in a digital broadcast system: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing digital broadcast channels. In one implementation, upon receiving a request for switching to a new channel in a digital broadcast receiving device, the device switches from a power saving mode, in which the device processes time-slices only for the currently... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Sidley Austin LLP Attn: Dc Patent Docketing

20070188664 - Switching system for signal monitoring and switch-back control: Systems for switching a displayed signal for a display between a plurality of signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a microcontroller; a chooser for choosing a primary signal from a plurality of program-variable signals at the microcontroller; a monitor tuner coupled to the microcontroller for tuning the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070188666 - Color setting apparatus and method: A color setting apparatus and method for a system for reproducing multimedia data are provided. The apparatus includes a color setting controller for displaying a closed curve band divided into at least two equal-sized sections each containing a different color, and a setting band having at least two sections for... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070182811 - Exchange of voice and video between two cellular or wireless telephones: Use of class of service characters combined with the receiving terminal address sent by the originating terminal will allow the wireless carrier to process the call as a video to video call by accessing a “caller ID” table distinct from the normal voice “caller ID” table. The new originating “caller... Agent: Alfred G. Rockefeller

20070182814 - Defect inspection method, defect inspection system, and computer readable storage medium: In the present invention, an image of a substrate is picked up by an image pickup unit with the substrate being held by a transfer member. A drive unit for the transfer member is controlled by a driving signal from a first controller. A driving signal outputted to the first... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070182812 - Panoramic image-based virtual reality/telepresence audio-visual system and method: A panoramic system comprises means for obtaining a panoramic image, and means for displaying the panoramic image.... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070182813 - Stabilized camera platform system: A stabilized camera system has a roll frame formed as a parallelogram linkage and pivotably attached to a pan frame. A tilt frame is pivotably attached to the roll frame. Control circuits are provided to compensate for drift, to allow manual aiming of the camera during stabilized camera operation, and... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070182815 - Configurable flat panel image to film transfer method and apparatus: A method for a film recorder includes displaying a plurality of images on a modified liquid crystal display movably coupled to the film recorder, wherein the modified liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crystal display panel with only a single polarizing media layer, disposing a linearly polarizing filter in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP/pixar

20070182817 - Camera mounted at rear of vehicle: A vehicle vision system includes a vehicle having a body surface and a vehicle element generally at the body surface. The vehicle element has a normal distance dimension relative to the body surface of the vehicle. The vehicle vision system includes an imaging device having an exterior field of view... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070182816 - Method for determining windshield condition and an improved vehicle imaging system: An imaging system for use in a vehicle is disclosed wherein the imaging system images an object spaced apart from the vehicle in a first configuration and images an object supported by the vehicle in a second configuration. The imaging system may include a fluid lens. An imaging system for... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070182819 - Digital security multimedia sensor: A fully digital camera system provides high-resolution still image and streaming video signals via a network to a centralized, server supported security and surveillance system. The digital camera for collects an image from one or more image transducers, compressing the image and sending the compressed digital image signal to a... Agent: Moore Landrey

20070182818 - Object tracking and alerts: An integrated surveillance system combining video surveillance and data from other sensor-based security networks is used to identify activities that may require attention.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070182820 - Hitch-mounted safety detection system for automobiles: The present invention is directed to a sensor or camera system that can be readily mounted to the existing hitch socket of an automobile such as an SUV, minivan or RV. The system also can use the existing hitch wiring for its power source. The sensor or camera system can... Agent: Philip K. Yu

20070182823 - Camera: There is disclosed a camera which detects a face portion of a subject from a shot image to determine whether a shot image is a good shot candidate image from the features of the face portion and a face portion-related image portion. As examples, the features include, but not be... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070182821 - Apparatus for imaging using an array of lenses: An imaging system/camera consisting of multiple nano-sized optical elements arranged in an array format with more than one pixel per optical element will have a higher resolution than each element would be capable of individually, since each element being at a different point gathers slightly different overlapping information. Hence by... Agent: Levisohn, Berger & Langsam, LLP

20070182822 - Media composer: A mobile device for implementing a media composer is described herein. The mobile device includes an image capturing device and an audio capturing device. Image data is obtained via the image capturing device. Audio data is obtained via the audio capturing device. The image data is associated with the audio... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070182824 - Image stabilizer: An image stabilizer for counteracting image shake of an object image formed on an image pickup device includes an image-pickup-device holding member; a guide device which guides the image-pickup-device holding member so as to be allowed to move linearly in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis; a driving device... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070182825 - Image stabilizer: An image stabilizer includes an image pickup device; a guide device which guides the image pickup device in a manner to allow the image pickup device to move linearly in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, the guide device and the image pickup device being arranged at different positions... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070182827 - Camera apparatus: High-resolution image data and large-capacity data are transmitted as transmission data. A camera apparatus includes a fixing part and a moving part rotating about a rotary axis. The fixing part includes at least a first wireless section, a first signal processing section, and a power source section. The moving part... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070182826 - Data access, resolution, and delivery method through the use of multi-bit digital icons: A system and method for wirelessly retrieving information is disclosed. The system and method include a digital icon which is provided on a product or a printed publication or incorporated with printed or stenciled or other copy and which digitally encodes a captured image of the digital icon for transmission... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070182828 - Monitoring system for a photography unit, monitoring method, computer program, and storage medium: A coverage area picture imaging a maximum area is displayed on a coverage area picture display. A camera is moved within a predetermined range and a plurality of frames obtained as a result form a picture. The pixels of the picture is decimated in vertical and horizontal directions and form... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070182829 - Composite imaging method and system: In a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for forming a group image. In accordance with the method, a set of imaging information is obtained depicting a scene over a period of time. Elements in the set of imaging information are distinguished and attributes of the elements... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070182830 - Image sensing apparatus and image processing method: An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensing section for sensing an image of a subject; a detector for detecting a luminance of the subject; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the subject image; and a controller for controlling a compression characteristic to be used in compressing the... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070182831 - Image-pickup signal processor and method of detecting flicker: A plurality of flicker detection frames are formed by dividing an image into a plurality of frames. A flicker detection circuit performs detection of luminance data for each of the flicker detection frames. The differences between the luminance data of the preceding frame and the current frame, and between the... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070182832 - Memory card with function of video/audio data processing: A memory card with the function of video or audio data processing includes a card controller and a memory for storing encoded video/audio data. The card controller includes a card microprocessor, a buffer and a video/audio data processor. The card microprocessor controls internal and external data access. The buffer is... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070182833 - Image-capturing apparatus: A digital camera has a first optical system having a wide zoom lens and a second optical system for a telephotography zoom lens. In an initial state where power is active, a controller and timing-generator controls the wide zoom lens so as to be situated at a wide position and... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070182834 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing image, and recording medium storing the computer program: An image processing apparatus includes a non-linear smoother for smoothing input video data with an edge component thereof preserved, and outputting smoothed video data, a subtractor for subtracting the smoothed video data from the input video data and outputting high-frequency component video data not containing the edge component, an outline... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070182835 - Video information distribution and display system: In the case of displaying text information, a static image and a dynamic image on an image display device carried on a train or car in accordance with designated schedule, a blank period that can be visually recognized by human eyes occurs when displaying a compressed static image by switching... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070182836 - Method of calculating ratio of visible light component and image pickup apparatus using same: An image pickup apparatus in which color signals are generated and extracted from a picked-up image signal for a plurality of regions in a screen, a wavelength component ratio is detected and calculated based on the extracted color signals for each of the plurality of regions, one or more regions... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070182837 - Solid state imaging device: A solid state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions formed in a substrate in a matrix arrangement to convert light incident on light receiving portions into electricity; a plurality of vertical transfer registers for reading charges out of the photoelectric conversion portions and transferring the charges in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070182838 - Offset correction during correlated double sampling in cmos image sensor: For correlated double sampling in an image sensor, a comparator receives and compares a reset signal and a sensing signal from a pixel of the image sensor. Also, a controller adjusts a voltage at a controlled input of the comparator to compensate for offset of the comparator from feed-back of... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070182839 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a main body 1 incorporating an image pickup element, an operation part that is placed on the main body 1 and can be operated by a user, and a seventh surface 107 provided on the main body 1, on which, when... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070182840 - Dual-mode camera: A dual camera system uses a single lens and no moving parts in the optical path. A single lens directs a desired scene to a partially reflective beamsplitting mirror, thence to a pair of image sensors. For day/night operation, one sensor may be optimized for nighttime sensitivity, while the other... Agent: Moore Landrey

20070182843 - Solid-state imaging device and electronic endoscope using the same: A solid-state imaging device comprises: a solid-state imaging element comprising a solid-state imaging element body; a first substrate one end face of which is bonded to and integrated with one end face of a solid-state imaging element substrate of the solid-state imaging element, the first substrate comprising on its one... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070182842 - reusable miniature camera head: The invention is a reusable miniature camera head (10) that can be attached to and detached from an object. The camera head comprises: a housing (18), a lens system (12), a solid-state sensor (14), components of an electronic driver (16), and an internal electrical connector (20) located at the proximal... Agent: Kevin D Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber

20070182841 - Image sensing microelectronic device with glass tilt control features, and various methods of making same: Disclosed is an image sensing microelectronic device with glass tilt control features, and various methods of make same. In one illustrative embodiment, an image sensor die is disclosed which includes a substrate comprising an active area formed therein, a window positioned above the active area and a plurality of window... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070182844 - Optical system for producing differently focused images: A method and system for producing two differently focused /defocused images is disclosed in which one or more beam splitting means (16, 18) are used to split a beam (14) into a plurality of resultant beams (20, 26, 24) and a plurality of separate sensors (30, 34, 32) are used... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070182845 - Auto exposure for digital imagers: An apparatus and method for performing automatic exposure control based on current measured luminance of an image and dynamic/modifiable target luminance levels. Exposure adjustments and/or adjustments to the dynamic/modifiable target luminance windows are based on the measured luminance and threshold settings to improve image quality while avoiding oscillations and other... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070182846 - Portable image pickup device: The invention provides a portable image pickup device which is capable of solving the lengthening of an activation time caused in accordance with a structure of a file system. When an operating system is activated, unused cluster information corresponding to real data stored in a hard disc drive (105) is... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070182847 - Projection display apparatus: A projection display apparatus includes a plurality of display units. A control unit controls images generated by the plurality of display units. An optical filter can be inserted to and removed from an optical path. A storage unit stores plural kinds of correction data for each display unit so that... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070182848 - Method and system for improving the appearances of deinterlaced chroma formatted video: Herein described is a system and method for improving the appearance of video by generating an improved 4:2:2 chroma. The system comprises a 4:2:2 to 4:2:0 chroma regenerator that regenerates 4:2:0 chroma given a received 4:2:2 chroma, and a 4:2:0 to 4:2:2 chroma generator that weaves and interpolates the regenerated... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070182849 - Apparatus and method for interpolating a pixel from an intermediate line of a field: The invention relates to a method for interpolating a pixel from an intermediate line of a first field of a sequence of interlaced fields.... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070182850 - Apparatus for detecting synchronization: A synchronization detecting apparatus includes a counter, an error detector, and a line length generator. The counter counts to a predetermined counter value in response to a clock signal. The error detector generates an error, which is the difference between a current counter value received from the counter and a... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070182851 - Synchronization detector of video signal processor and synchronization selector including the synchronization detector: A synchronization detector of a video signal processor includes a line buffer, a parameter extraction unit and synchronization detection unit. The line buffer sequentially stores a digital video signal corresponding to an input analog video signal, line by line of the input analog video signal. The parameter extraction unit continuously... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070182852 - Apparatus and method for interlace scanning video signal frequency multiplication: A method and an apparatus for interlace scanning video signal frequency multiplication are provided. The method includes the following steps: first, removing a part of a first vertical synchronous signal (V-sync signal) which is asynchronous with a first horizontal synchronous signal (H-sync signal); next, capturing a first field and a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070182853 - Information processing apparatus and display controlling method applied to the same: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus including a built-in display device configured to display picture data on full screen, a display controller configured to generate a picture signal and output the generated picture signal to an external display device, picture signal processing unit for executing picture quality processing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070182854 - Drive circuit and method for screen horizontal scroll and an electronic device using the same: A drive circuit and method for screen horizontal scroll and an electronic device using the same are provided. Channel data is shifted between channels, such that the distance and the rate required for the screen horizontal scroll are achieved. The scrolled (shifted) channel data will be written back into a... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070182855 - System and method for parallel channel scanning: A system and method are disclosed for receiving a group of video channels at a client device, selecting a display set from the group of channels, and sending a communication to a display for displaying each channel in the display set in parallel wherein each one of the channels in... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20070182856 - Automatic clamping analog-to-digital converter: An automatic clamping analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter) is provided, which includes an A/D converter, a switch, a comparator, a bidirectional counter, and a digital-to-analog converter (D/A converter). Wherein, the A/D converter receives an analog signal from a node, and then converts the analog signal into a digital signal according to... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070182857 - System and method for video processing demonstration: Systems and methods for processing a video signal are disclosed and may include degrading a received video signal utilizing one or more of a plurality of video signal degrading methods. The degraded video signal may be processed to generate an improved video signal. At least a portion of the degraded... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070182858 - Video decoder for decreasing noise included in chrominance signal: A video decoder removes noise caused by a luminance signal component when separating a chrominance signal from a composite video baseband signal. The video decoder includes a first signal generator multiplying the composite video baseband signal by a cosine component having a predetermined frequency and low-pass-filtering the multiplied signal to... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070182859 - Signal-processing system: The invention relates to a signal processing system comprising first electronic means for storing an input signal, second means for a real-time processing of the input signal thus stored, and third electronic means for storing the signal thus processed. This system is according to the invention, characterized in that said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070182860 - Gain control circuit and method of controlling gain: A gain control circuit includes an automatic gain controller (AGC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a saturation field detecting block, a sync detector and a gain control block. The AGC controls amplitude of an analog image signal including a luminance signal, a color signal and a sync signal. The ADC converts... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070182861 - Analyzing camera captured video for key frames: A method of analyzing a digital video clip captured by a camera to determine candidate frames for subsequent key frame selection including providing a camera motion sensor in the camera so that information is provided during image capture regarding camera motion including translation of the scene or camera, or scaling... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070182863 - Noise quantity measuring apparatus: The present invention provides a noise quantity measuring apparatus adaptable to a video input signal subjected to automatic gain control. A luminance determination circuit compares luminance levels of respective pixels constituting a video input signal VIN and a predetermined threshold value for every arbitrary area Ai. If even one of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070182862 - Video display device, video encoder, noise level estimation module and methods for use therewith: A noise level estimation module includes a pixel block selection module for selecting a plurality of selected pixel blocks over a set of K fields of a video signal, each of the plurality of selected pixel blocks containing a plurality of pixels having corresponding pixel values. A difference calculation module... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070182864 - Broadcast control: A broadcast control apparatus for visual data includes a touch screen (32, 34) display panel operable to receive and display visual data simultaneously in real time from a plurality of visual sources. It also includes a touch screen graphical panel for the retrieval of control functions from a control function... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070182866 - Highly integrated television tuner on a single microcircuit: A broadband integrated receiver for receiving input signals and outputting composite video and audio signals is disclosed. The receiver employs an up-conversion mixer and a down-conversion mixer in series to produce an intermediate signal. An intermediate filter between the mixers performs coarse channel selection. The down-conversion mixer may be an... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20070182865 - Method and communication apparatus for reproducing a moving picture, and use in a videoconference system: The invention relates to a method for reproducing a moving picture composed of a succession of images and of monophonic sounds, comprising the steps of: determining spatial location of at least one zone in motion within said moving picture to be reproduced by analyzing successive images; identifying said zone in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070182867 - Multiple video source management: Systems and techniques for managing multiple video sources are described. Video data for a first channel may be displayed and buffered, while video data for a second channel that is not being displayed or recorded is also being buffered. The second channel may be a previous display channel and/or a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070182868 - Television signal processor having dual antennas: The present invention has two antennas to receive video/audio signals. The antennas tunes the frequency bands of the signals they receive in order to display two video/audio signals of two different bands. Or, if the antennas are tuned to receive video/audio signals of the same frequency band, the sensitivity on... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070182869 - Illumination optical system, projection video system using the same, and integral-type video display: An illumination optical system includes a light source for emitting a plurality of different colors of light, a plurality of rotating optical scanners, and a plurality of scanning lenses. Each of the optical scanners has a reflecting surface that is formed helically around a cylindrical body. The different colors of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070182870 - Signal processing device, liquid crystal display, system for testing liquid crystal display and method of driving the liquid crystal display: A signal processing device, a liquid crystal display, a system for testing the liquid crystal display and a method of driving the liquid crystal display are disclosed. The signal processing device includes an external signal provider providing an external clock signal and an external driving voltage and outputting a check... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070177010 - Endoscope apparatus: An endoscope apparatus, includes: an explosion-proof unit that has an image pickup device that outputs photographed video images as video image signals; and an A/D converter that converts the video image signals into digitalized image signals; a control unit that controls the explosion-proof unit; and an energy limiting circuit that... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070177003 - Data processing system and method, communication system and method, and charging apparatus and method: In a communication system for serving data corresponding to a request from the user and charging the user for the data served to the user, when the user designates a result of a desired one of a plurality of different operations, a usage management unit selects a one, corresponding to... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070177004 - Image creating method and imaging device: The invention relates to a method of creating an image file in an imaging device and an imaging device comprising at least two image capturing apparatus, each apparatus being arranged to produce an image. The apparatus is configured to utilize at least a portion of the images produced with different... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070177005 - Adaptive sampling along edges for surface rendering: High frequency signals cannot be reconstructed properly from sampled data if the sampling frequency lies below the Nyquist rate. The invention addresses this problem by choosing few additional sample points along a trajectory intersecting the region comprising the high frequency signals, such as an edge. Intermediate rendering data is used... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070177007 - Multiple mode display device: An apparatus comprising a selection device and a multiple mode display device is disclosed. The multiple mode display device comprises a lens sheet comprising a plurality of individual lenticules forming a lenticular surface, an electro-optical modulator positioned adjacent the lens sheet, and a display device comprising a display surface. Alternatively,... Agent: Smyrski Law Group, A Professional Corporation

20070177006 - Multiview display device: A multiview display device (600) for displaying multiple views, the multiple views having respective viewing angles related to an object to be displayed is disclosed. The display device comprises optical means (1108) for displaying multiple viewing cones, a first one of the multiple viewing cones having an angular distribution (630)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070177009 - Endoscope assembly with a polarizing filter: An endoscope includes an imaging device, a first polarizing filter disposed in front of the imaging device, a light source, and a second polarizing filter disposed in front of the light source. The planes of polarization of the first and second polarizing filters are at a substantially 90° angle.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070177008 - Endoscope with an imaging catheter assembly and method of configuring an endoscope: An endoscope includes an insertion tube having an end, and an imaging catheter assembly. The imaging catheter assembly includes a tubular body, an imaging device, and a shape memory link that connects the imaging device to the tubular body.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070177012 - Image display apparatus for mounting on vehicle: For an object for displaying output images of a plurality of imaging means equipped in a vehicle concurrently in a form in which the positional relation thereof can be comprehended easily, there are provided with projection means 30 for projecting output images of a plurality of imaging means; and a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070177011 - Movement control system: A three-dimensional camera (12) is located on the platform, say a car (102) and arranged to view (114) the environment around the platform. A processor (7) uses the three-dimensional information to create a model of the environment which is used to generate a movement control signal. Preferably the platform moves... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070177013 - Remote instruction system, remote instruction method, and program product for remote instruction: A remote instruction system includes a control portion. The control portion transmits a first image to a remote terminal and controls a projection portion to project a first annotation image onto a subject according to an instruction issued from the remote terminal on the basis of the first image, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177014 - Monitoring unit alongside an assistance system for motor vehicles: A monitoring unit for the exterior in the direction of travel of a motor vehicle includes at least one camera system with an image recording sensor. The sensor has color encoding in some regions and, otherwise, monochrome encoding. An assist system is also provided with such a monitoring unit, in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070177015 - Image data transfer processor and surveillance camera system: An image data processor converts an image signal into an image data. The multi-codec unit converts the image data into a transfer data. A communication unit receives a transfer request from an outside terminal device and transmits the transfer data to the outside terminal device. A time-sharing control unit controls... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177016 - Upright infrared camera with foldable monitor: An infrared camera system and a method thereof. The system includes a first housing and a handling component. The handling component includes a first end and a second end, and the first end is in contact with the first housing. Additionally, the system includes a second housing including a third... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070177018 - Image sensor coprocessor: An image sensor coprocessor includes an SMIA image sensor interface for accepting data from an SMIA image sensor, a device interface for transmitting and receiving instructions and data with respect to a device, and a protocol translation module. The protocol translation module enables instructions received at the device interface to... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070177019 - Method and device for the correction of the brightness of a raw image generated by a sensor matrix: The invention relates to a method for the correction of the brightness of a raw image generated by a sensor matrix, in which an intensity matching is carried out at picture elements defined by a line coordinate and a column coordinate and at least one intensity value. The intensity matching... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070177020 - Recycle method of a digital camera: A digital camera has a memory for recording function and environment of the camera upon every use thereof, or delivery of the camera to users. The memory is kept without deletion to be a history of the camera. The memory cannot be used by the user, but is take out... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070177017 - Stress detection device and methods of use thereof: Described herein are stress detection devices and methods of use thereof.... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070177022 - Composite media recording element and imaging system and method of use thereof: A composite media recording element is provided. An imaging system and method utilizing the composite media recording element is provided for tandem capture of visual information and positional information related to final images.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070177021 - Image anti-shake in digital cameras: A method and system for minimizing the effects of image motion in still cameras is provided. In one embodiment, a method of capturing an image in a digital camera is presented. The method includes calculating a sharpness value related to an image input. The method also includes evaluating the sharpness... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070177023 - System and method to provide an adaptive camera network: A system and method for providing an adaptive camera network is provided. The invention discloses a camera network comprising a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera in the network comprises a plurality of applications that include a first application for performing a primary function and a second application for changing... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070177024 - System for promoting physical activity employing impact position sensing and response: A system for promoting physical activity includes at least two cameras which capture images of an object and generate image signals indicative of the captured images. A processor in communication with the cameras receives the image signals from the cameras and determines, based at least on part upon the image... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070177030 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing image, and recording medium storing the computer program: An image processing apparatus includes an image quality correction circuit for correcting an image quality of input video data by enhancing the input video data and a control circuit for controlling the image quality correction circuit. The control circuit detects a signal level of a high-frequency component of the input... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070177029 - Color correction apparatus: An object is to carry out color correction in a highly accurate manner on images acquired by various digital cameras and scanners. A color correction apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not preprocessing for removing the effect of previously-performed color correction is required for a reference... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177026 - Image processor for performing predetermined image processing in accordance with color selection timing signal: The least significant bits of respective count values of an H counter and a V counter are combined, to generate a timing signal defining a 2×2-size repeat block. A timing register including four registers each storing data which determines a color of each location within the repeat block is provided... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177028 - Methods and apparatuses for processing signals: A signal processing method and apparatus are provided. A method of serializing signals output from an image sensor is provided which includes sampling a vertical synchronization signal, a horizontal synchronization signal, and parallel image data output from the image sensor, at a first edge of a clock signal, for n... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070177031 - Microscopic image pickup apparatus and microscopic image pickup method: There is disclosed a microscopic image pickup apparatus to be attached to a microscope device to which a plurality of specular methods are applicable, the apparatus being configured to set conversion coefficients for use in conversion of a color image into a monochromatic image so as to adapt the coefficients... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070177027 - Imaging system and process for rendering the resolution of images high: An optical system (101) forms an optical image on an imager (102), the image is made spatially discrete for transformation into a sampled image signal, and the image signal is separated at a band separation processing block (105) into a high-frequency component and a low-frequency component. At a super-resolution target... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070177025 - Method and apparatus minimizing die area and module size for a dual-camera mobile device: A mobile device including a first image sensor, an image processor coupled to and residing on the same integrated circuit as the first image sensor, and a second image sensor, wherein the image processor is configured to substantially and separately process images from the first and second image sensors.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070177032 - Automatic color calibration of an image sensor: In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided. The method, comprises (a) determining a white balance correction parameter for a white balance correction processing block for an image sensor, and including the white balance correction parameter in the white balance correction processing block; (b) determining a gamma correction... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20070177033 - Bayesian demosaicing using a two-color image: A Bayesian two-color image demosaicer and method for processing a digital color image to demosaic the image in such a way as to reduce image artifacts. The method and system are an improvement on and an enhancement to previous demosaicing techniques. A preliminary demosaicing pass is performed on the image... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070177034 - Image signal scan-converting function and scan-converting method thereof: An image signal scan-converting method and apparatus are disclosed. A progressive scan photographing unit receives an optical signal and outputs a progressive scan signal, converting the optical signal into an electrical signal. A first storing unit stores odd pixels of the progressive scan signal, a second storing unit stores even... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070177035 - Wide dynamic range image capturing apparatus: A memory control block performs in parallel a process of writing a current frame of image data captured by an image capturing device into a system shared memory, a process of reading out a previous frame of image data stored in the system shared memory, and a process of writing... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177036 - Apparatus for controlling display of detection of target image, and method of controlling same: If a user is to be notified of detection of a face image, it is so arranged that the user can be so notified without being given an odd impression. To achieve this, the image of a subject is obtained by sensing the image of the subject. The image of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070177038 - Image correction apparatus and method: When the image of a face is detected from within the image of a subject, the brightness of the face image is calculated. If it is determined that the face image is dark are requires a correction, a revised gamma correction curve is calculated in such a manner that both... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070177037 - Taken-image signal-distortion compensation method, taken-image signal-distortion compensation apparatus, image taking method and image-taking apparatus: Disclosed herein is a method of compensating a signal of an image of one screen for distortions in the horizontal and/or vertical directions of a screen of the image. The method includes the steps of: dividing one screen area of the image into a plurality of picture divisions; and detecting... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070177039 - Image pickup apparatus: A detection error of foreign substance due to the presence of a newly generated defective pixel can be considerably prevented. An image pickup apparatus includes a foreign substance detector detecting foreign substance adhering to an optical member arranged on a light axis for image capturing in accordance with an image... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070177040 - Imaging apparatus and method: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a light guide mechanism, and a signal processing unit. The imaging device converts light incident on a photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device into electric signals. The light guide mechanism, arranged adjacent to the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device, includes... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070177041 - Solid-state imaging apparatus and driving method thereof: Each unit pixel includes a photodiode, a reading selection transistor, a reading transistor, an amplifying transistor, a reset transistor, and a horizontal selection transistor, and thus a MOS image sensor of a dot-sequential reading 5-Tr type is formed. The reading selection transistor and the reading transistor are formed with a... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070177042 - Image sensor architecture employing one or more non-volatile memory cells: A circuit for use in an image sensor as well as an image sensing system using the circuit are set forth. The circuit comprises a memory device having a non-volatile memory cell, a control gate, a drain and a source. The circuit also employs a photosensitive semiconductor device that is... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070177043 - Paired differential active pixel sensor: An active pixel sensor includes a photosensitive device and a transistor that when paired with the transistor in an adjacent pixel will form a differential input pair of an operational amplifier, where the rest of the operational amplifier circuit is located off the active pixel sensor, and is shared by... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070177044 - Solid-state image pickup device: A solid-state image pickup device includes pixels diagonally arranged, each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a plurality of transistors and wiring extending in the vertical and horizontal directions which is diagonally arranged around the photoelectric conversion unit in each of the pixels so that at least one portion of... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070177045 - Optical apparatus and image-taking apparatus: An optical apparatus is disclosed which provides good usability and operability. The optical apparatus comprises a first memory storing a default setting data set for controlling functions of the apparatus and a second memory storing a user setting data set for controlling the functions. The default setting values included in... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070177047 - Taking apparatus: The present invention concerns an imaging apparatus which works for size reductions, power savings, the efficient attainment of the quantity of light sensed, and prevention of contrast decreases due to a diffraction phenomenon, is well fit for the taking and appreciation of common still pictures, and comprises a taking lens... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070177046 - Lens barrel assembly and image capturing apparatus: Second group position detecting means 34 is provided for generating positional data corresponding to the position of a second group lens 12. The angular displacement of a second group motor 2804 is controlled in order to equalize the position of the second group lens 12 along the optical axis to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070177048 - Long exposure images using electronic or rolling shutter: A method for generating a long exposure image is described. The method includes receiving image data for a plurality of images and adding the image data to a frame buffer. For each of the images, image data corresponding to a long exposure region is added to the frame buffer by... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070177049 - Rotary shutter assemblies for imaging photometers and methods for using such shutter assemblies: Rotary shutter assemblies for imaging photometers and methods for using such shutters are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a method for capturing an image with an imaging photometer can include positioning a rotary shutter having an aperture at a first position such that the shutter blocks light traveling... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070177050 - Exposure control apparatus and image pickup apparatus: An exposure control apparatus for controlling an exposure adjustment mechanism on the basis of a captured image signal includes the following elements. A face detecting unit detects a face of a person appearing in a captured image on the basis of the captured image signal. A histogram data determining unit... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070177051 - Multifunction camera assembly for a computer: A multifunction camera assembly for a computer is provided, which includes a computer video camera and a computer peripheral. The computer peripheral is pivotally connected to the computer video camera, which may be rotated to change its angle and position relative to the computer video camera. Thus the computer video... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070177052 - Image-pickup apparatus: An image-pickup apparatus is disclosed which has a small size while it is capable of driving its image-pickup optical system in at least one of tilting and panning directions. The image-pickup apparatus includes an image-pickup unit which houses an image-pickup optical system and an image-pickup element that photoelectrically coverts an... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070177053 - Pixel structure and methods for fabricating, detecting, and repairing the pixel structure: A pixel structure comprises at least two scan and data lines. The scan and data lines substantially intersects one another to form at least one region therein. The pixel structure further comprises at least one thin film transistor, at least one passivation layer, at least one defect detection pattern, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070177054 - Edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus and method thereof: An edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus and method are disclosed. The edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus includes a complexity detection module, a qualifier, a comparator and a mixer. The complexity detection module detects complexity associated with a target pixel. The qualifier is coupled to the complexity detection module for generating similarity of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070177055 - Edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus and method thereof: An edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus and method are disclosed. The edge adaptive de-interlacing apparatus includes a complexity detection module, a qualifier, a comparator and a mixer. The complexity detection module detects complexity associated with a target pixel. The qualifier is coupled to the complexity detection module for generating similarity of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070177056 - Deinterlacer using both low angle and high angle spatial interpolation: A display processor integrated circuit includes a display processor portion and an on-chip programmable logic portion. The programmable logic portion can be configured to implement custom video and/or image enhancement functions. The display processor portion performs block-based motion detection. If no motion is detected for a given block of pixels,... Agent: Imperium Patent Works

20070177057 - Horizontal and vertical synchronization signal generating circuit: Timing of internally generated horizontal synchronization signal and vertical synchronization signal is shifted. An internal clock is synchronized with a horizontal synchronization signal separated in a synchronization separation circuit 10, an H reset signal is generated based thereon in an H countdown circuit 14, and a horizontal synchronization signal is... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070177058 - Display device capable of reducing afterimage and afterimage reduction method thereof: A display device capable of reducing afterimage, and an afterimage reduction method used by the display device. One or more afterimage reduction patterns having one or more opaque areas, and/or one or more semi-transparent areas and one or more non-opaque areas are stored in a storage unit. A composition unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070177059 - Coring device, luminance processor using coring device, and methods thereof: A coring device provide with a signal receiving part which receives luminance signals, and a coring part which linearly outputs an output luminance signal by applying a coring slope corresponding to a preset critical luminance level to only an input luminance signal, which is the critical luminance level or more,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070177060 - Video signal processing apparatus and method, and edge enhancement apparatus and method: An input video signal is processed for edge enhancement. Video signal levels are detected at an N number of pixels located adjacent to one another in a specific scanning direction (N being an even number of four or larger). A difference between the levels is obtained and an absolute difference... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070177061 - Digital broadcast receiver: According to one embodiment, there is provided a digital broadcast receiver including: a tuner that receives an analog broadcast and a digital broadcast including time information; a clock section that measures a time; a select section that selects one of the analog broadcast and the digital broadcast to be output... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070177062 - Broadcast station selection method by language of program audio and electronic equipment including the same: To select broadcast stations for broadcasting in a language desired for viewing by a user as a list out of the broadcast stations for broadcasting with multiple audios. A channel scan is performed to airwaves over the entire frequency band, language information codes included in the airwaves transmitted from the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070177063 - Rear projection display apparatus: Disclosed herein is a rear projection display apparatus including, a screen, a projection mirror, a video apparatus for projecting a picture, an optical unit including a projection lens, a light source, a drive and control circuit, and a structure body for holding the screen, the structure body having, a frame... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070177064 - Antenna and supporting structure thereof: A supporting structure comprises a base, a moveable unit and a first fine-tuning unit. The base comprises a body, a shaft, a first pivoting portion and a first groove, wherein the first pivoting portion and the first groove are disposed on the body. The moveable unit comprises a second pivoting... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC