Television inventions 09/07

20070222852 - Method for providing video communication service, and terminal and system therefor: Provided is a method for providing a video communication service of a dual mode mobile terminal in a system having a dual mode mobile terminal that can communicate with a first communication system and a second communication system enabling the video communication service. The method includes, upon receipt by the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070222853 - Electronic device for simulating the optical perspective of animals, reptiles, fish, insects, birds and other creatures: An electronic device simulates the optical perspective of animals, reptiles, fish, insects, birds and other creatures for a human viewer. The electronic device has an input sensor to collect optical images of the outside surrounding environment and convert the optical images to electronic images, an image processor to transform the... Agent: William Propp, Esq.

20070222854 - Image combining viewer: An image combining viewer transmits a daylight image directly through the viewer, while reflecting at least one wavelength other than visible light towards a sensor. A display for displaying the image received by the sensor in a visible wavelength is reflected by the back surface of the mirror back along... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070222855 - Detection of view mode: A unit for an method of analyzing received image data to determine whether the received image data corresponds to a single-view or to multiple views is disclosed. The method comprises: dividing the received image data (200) into a number of structures (1-9) of data elements (224-234); computing a correlation between... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070222856 - Portable device for viewing an image and associated production method: The invention relates to a portable device for viewing an image, in particular a stereo image, comprising a housing that is provided with an image, an optical unit and two viewing orifices. According to the invention, the image is generated by means of an electronically controllable display and the device... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070222857 - System and method for detecting obstacle: A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image from two cameras of three or more cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a transformed image, obtaining a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070222858 - Monitoring system, monitoring method and program therefor: A monitoring system being capable of monitoring the important monitoring region at a low cost is provided. The monitoring system according to the present invention includes: a first image-capturing section that captures a moving image in a first monitoring region; a second image-capturing section that captures a moving image in... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070222859 - Method for digital video/audio recording with backlight compensation using a touch screen control panel: Aspects of the present invention include method and apparatuses that may utilize a digital video recording device with a screen control panel, for example, a touch screen control panel, to record digital video data with adjusted light compensation based on a selected object within a scene. For example, a user,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070222860 - Display apparatus, burn-in correction system and burn-in correction method: A burn-in correction system including a display unit equipped with a display panel displaying an image according to input image data, and an imaging unit acquiring imaged image data by imaging the display panel from a viewing side, the system correcting burn-in on the display panel. The system further includes:... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070222861 - Process and program for improving moving picture quality of color display: An image signal corresponding to a moving area of a moving picture is obtained, a color B that has a predetermined relationship with (complementary to) R+G present in color breakup at an edge part of the moving picture corresponding to the obtained image signal is added so as to eliminate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070222862 - Image processing method and image processing system using the same: An image processing method is performed by an image supply device storing image data and an image output device performing image processing with respect to the image data, which are connected via a communication path through which the image data is communicated. A control information item including a script for... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070222863 - Digital broadcasting reception apparatus for simultaneously capturing camera image and digital broadcasting image and method for the same: Disclosed is a digital broadcasting reception apparatus for simultaneously capturing a camera image and a digital broadcasting image and a method thereof. The digital broadcasting reception apparatus includes a digital broadcasting reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting data, an image collection unit for collecting images under external control, a collected... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070222864 - Image processing apparatus: Multi-resolution images of a reference image and a target image are generated. Then, whole-range matching is performed on an image of a lower resolution to detect a two-dimensional displacement between the images. Block matching is performed on an image of a higher resolution to detect a displacement at each feature... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070222865 - Enhanced video/still image correlation: A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include various storage organization categories. A possible aspect may provide an identifier record to enable... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070222867 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device is provided in which sensitivity is prevented from lowering even when signals of pixels are mixed. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel units each of which has a photoelectric conversion element, and is capable of summing signals corresponding to respective outputs of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070222866 - Video signal processing device and image processing device: In accordance with a contour correction gain calculated based on a compression ratio detecting signal outputted from an image compressing unit 21, a contour correction unit 22 can carry out a contour correction on a compressed image. Accordingly, an NTSC/PAL encoder 24 can output a preferable video signal, which has... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070222868 - Color interpolation processing method: A scene is captured. A two-dimensional matrix comprising a plurality of image detection components is generated according to the captured scene. Each image detection component corresponds to one color component. A plurality of matrixes are generated according to the image detection components. One image detection component and a portion of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070222869 - Integrated station for recording and transmission of audio and video signals: An integrated station (1) for recording and sending audio and video signals, apt to have remote access to telecommunication networks for carrying out information services and pre-arranged for implementing camera set-ups and for transmitting broadcast-quality audio and video signals.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070222870 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus including: CCD image pickup device for converting object light into electrical signals; a light cutoff plate; an exposure controlling section for controlling the light cutoff plate and image pickup device to control exposure period of the image pickup device; a dark signal storage section for storing... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070222872 - Defective pixel correction method and semiconductor device: A defective pixel correction method selects, in place of a defective pixel within a pixel part of an image pickup device, a pixel which is of the same color as the defective pixel and is adjacent to the defective pixel, and realizes a pseudo redundancy of the pixels.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070222871 - Method and apparatus for processing bad pixels: A technique for processing at least one bad pixel occurring in an image sensing system is provided. Dynamic bad pixel detection is performed on a plurality of streaming pixels taking from at least one controlled image and value and coordinate information for each bad pixel is subsequently stored as stored... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070222873 - Signal compensation circuit and related method for correcting dc offsets in an analog manner: A signal compensation circuit for correcting DC offsets in an analog manner includes a storage unit, a multiplexer, and an arithmetic unit. The storage unit is used for storing a plurality of offset-correcting signals. The multiplexer includes at least two input ends coupled to the storage unit, each input end... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070222874 - Image signal processor: According to the present invention, an image signal processor, comprising a receiver, a mixing block, and an adjustment block, is provided. The receiver receives first, second, and third color pixel signals which an imaging device outputs. The mixing block generates first, second, and third color mixed pixel signals. The first,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070222877 - Image sensing apparatus, image sensing system, and image sensing method: There is provided an image sensing apparatus. The image sensing apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit constituted by a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements converting exposed light into charge and accumulating the charge therein, and an exposure time control function for controlling an exposure time of the photoelectric conversion elements,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070222875 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having an upper surface where an imaging area is formed; a transparent member separated from the semiconductor element by a designated distance and facing the semiconductor element; and a sealing member configured to seal an edge part of the semiconductor element and an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070222878 - Method of controlling camera system and camera system using the method: A method of controlling a camera system having a plurality of solid-state imaging devices is provided. The method includes supplying a horizontal addition control signal and a vertical addition control signal, phases of which are controlled, to the plurality of solid-state imaging devices; selecting pixel column(s) and row(s) of the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070222876 - Solid-state image pickup device and sampling circuit: To provide a solid-state image pickup device which prevents the generation of fixed pattern noise having a correlation in a column direction (or a row direction) caused by non-uniformity of a sampling circuit itself. The solid-state image pickup device includes a sampling circuit for sampling a signal from a photodiode.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070222879 - Sub-ranging pixel sample and hold: Apparatus, systems and methods for image sensor leakage and dark current compensation are disclosed. In one implementation, a method is disclosed including accumulating charge on a first hold capacitance of an imaging pixel, and accumulating charge on a second hold capacitance of the pixel in response to the first hold... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070222880 - Imager system: An imager system is disclosed comprising a image intensifier and a CMOS image sensor. The system provides fast capture speed and high sensitivity.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070222881 - Cmos image sensor with active reset and 4-transistor pixels: A CMOS image sensor implementing a low noise active reset operation uses control circuitry outside a pixel sensor array and transistors in a pixel sensor as parts of an amplifier that charges a photodiode node. In one configuration, a reference transistor in the control circuit controls a current mirrored to... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070222882 - Solid-state image pick-up apparatus capable of remarkably reducing dark current and a drive method therefor: A solid-state image pick-up device is configured for more effectively reducing dark current of an interlace scanning type of CCD so that electrodes connected to transfer shift gates are sequentially arranged on two adjacent vertical transfer paths and are driven such that signal charges are prevented from staying longer in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070222883 - Imaging apparatus and control method therefor: An imaging apparatus including a display device configured to display a shot image includes an external monitor output unit configured to output a signal to an external monitor, a switching unit configured to switch a content of a display on the display device, and a control unit configured to, when... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070222884 - Thumbnail generating apparatus and image shooting apparatus: Based on, for example, the image at the start of a movie, a thumbnail image is tentatively generated and is stored in a header file. If a predetermined triggering condition is fulfilled during movie shooting, a thumbnail image is generated from the frame image at the timing that the triggering... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070222885 - Solid-state image pickup device: In a solid-state image pickup device, it is difficult to match an optimum incidence angle corresponding to an image height of a pixel array region with light incidence characteristics of a camera lens, thereby causing image quality deterioration due to sensitivity shading. Respective microlenses are disposed in a two-dimensional manner,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070222886 - Drive controller: A drive controller is provided and controls the supply of driving pulses in such a way as to make an extension speed and a contraction speed along a direction of a piezoelectric element differ to cause the piezoelectric element to extend and contract, so as to move a lens, the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070222887 - Method and apparatus for reducing device and system power consumption levels: A method of managing power consumption in a device, such as a video image processing device for processing data from one or more pixels, includes forming a frame of an image. The method further includes determining one or more regions of interest in the image, identifying one or more pixels... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070222888 - Web cam with auto-adjusting angled image device: The present invention relates to a web cam coupled to a computer system, an in particular to a web cam with an automatic image angle adjustment device responsive to rotation of a housing of the camera. Once a user rotates the housing of the web cam, the web cam will... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070222889 - Dual stream structure digital television transmission and receiving method using hybrid of e-8vsb, e-4vsb and p2vsb: Provided are a Vestigial Side Band (VSB) Digital Television (DTV) transmitter and receiver based on the Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) A/53, and a method thereof. The present invention provides 8-VSB DTV transmitter and receiver that can improve reception performance of the receiver by transmitting and receiving robust data mixed... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070222890 - Picture processing circuit and picture processing method: According to one embodiment, an image processing circuit comprising first memory unit which stores image signal, equalizing circuit which, when there is no movement between two picture signals, outputs average signal between the both signals, second memory unit which stores the average signal, pull-down detecting circuit which outputs pull-down interpolation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070222891 - Systems and methods for video data conversion: Methods for video data conversion, performed by a converter, are provided. An embodiment of the video data conversion method comprises the following steps. Chroma data of a target line is acquired from a first portion of a video stream in a transmission format. Chroma data of a certain number of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070222892 - Operation screen controlling method, operation screen controlling program, and display device: A controlling method of an operation screen for operations of a remote control device, includes the steps of acquiring an attribute of a remote control device, and determining an operation form corresponding to the remote control device from among a plurality of operation forms previously stored based on the acquired... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070222893 - Video signal converting device: A video signal converting device is capable of converting an analog composite signal into a proper digital signal with a small delay even if the analog composite signal contains much jitter. The video signal converting device has a sampling clock output unit for outputting a sampling clock signal having a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070222894 - Enhanced video based surveillance system: The invention provides an enhanced video based surveillance system for use in the surveillance of a zone. The system firstly comprises the step of generating and storing an initial background image (14) of the zone wherein such image is composed of constant background features. Secondly the stored background image is... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070222895 - Subtitle detection apparatus, subtitle detection method and pull-down signal detection apparatus: An integration circuit divides a screen, which is composed of an input video signal, into regions, integrates absolute values of inter-field differences that are included the respective regions, and provides an intra-region integration value SDA. A dynamic range calculation circuit divides the screen into regions and calculates a dynamic range... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070222896 - Television receiver, image processing device, and high-quality image display system: A television receiver transmits channel information obtained based on a remote control signal from a television remote controller to an image processing device through an HDMI interface section. The image processing device receives the channel information through the HDMI interface section, subjects an image signal obtained from a television broadcasting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070222898 - Audio-video device: An audio/video device is provided. The audio/video device includes a first locking part, a first sound-transmitting unit, a second locking part, a second sound-transmitting unit and an amplifier. The first sound-transmitting unit outputs an audio signal. The second sound-transmitting unit and the first sound-transmitting unit output the same audio signal.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070222897 - Receiver apparatus and receiver system: According to the present invention, in a receiver apparatus that converts a radio-frequency signal received via an antenna into video and audio signals, there are arranged on a circuit board: a tuner circuit portion that converts the radio-frequency signal received via the antenna into an intermediate-frequency signal, which is to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070222899 - Television receiver: A television receiver includes a tuner stage, a selective filter stage connected to the tuner stage, and a intermediate-frequency stage connected to the selective filter stage. A field-strength-detection stage is also provided, which generates a field strength signal proportional to the field strength of the received signal. The selective filter... Agent: Patrick J. O'shea O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070222900 - Tv signal receiving apparatus and channel scanning method: According to one embodiment, a TV signal receiving apparatus includes a plurality of tuners which receive TV signals and an auto scan controller. The controller executes an auto scan function of scanning an entire range of a frequency band, which is receivable by said plurality of tuners, by scanning a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070222901 - Television receiving apparatus: A television capable of reporting a history of operation by an operator of an appliance is provided. The television is connected to an antenna. The television has main components including an external input unit, a light receiving unit, a user's operation unit, a CPU controlling operation of the television, a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070222902 - Plasma display device: A voice circuit is arranged on a chassis member. The voice circuit comprises a voice output amplifier and a high-frequency bypass unit. An output terminal of the voice output amplifier is connected to one end of a voice coil in a speaker through an interconnection, and is grounded through a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070222903 - Method and system for automated convergence and focus verification of projected images: A method and system that objectively measures the convergence and focus of a 2 or 3 spatial light modulator (SLM) projection display. The system uses five (5) CCD cameras and a frame grabber to store red, green, and blue (R-G-B) data from selected pixels located in the corners and center... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070222904 - Attachment system for holding a mirror in a projection display: A projection display with a cabinet having a back wall with an outside face and an inside face, two support arms supporting the cabinet extending vertically along the outside face of the back wall of the cabinet and spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of the mirror... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070222905 - Direct-type backlight device and liquid crystal television apparatus: Fluorescent tubes are arranged such that their arrangement spaces gradually become wider in central area than in edge areas, fluorescent tubes located in the vicinity of the central area of an arrangement direction are bent into chevron-shapes such that the central parts of the longitudinal directions of the fluorescent tubes... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a, Inc.

20070216766 - Image processing system, display apparatus and image processing method: An image processing system for stereoscopic view using a parallax barrier method includes an image information generating unit that generates image information of a lower resolution than an actual resolution for each of a first to an nth viewpoints. A receiving unit reconfigures the image information, which is stored in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070216759 - System for conducting videoconferening session over television network: A videoconferencing system includes a camera, a microphone, and an interface module. The module is coupled a modem connected to a television network and is coupled to a television set and a set-top box. The module decodes encoded audio video signals received from the modem that are part of a... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070216763 - Apparatus and method for increasing coding efficiency with an adaptive pre-filter: A method and apparatus for processing a digital image in a Mobile Equipment operating in a telecommunications network. The digital image includes a frame of data having a plurality of pixels with data. The data of each pixel has a luminance value and a chrominance value. The method begins by... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070216760 - Mobile terminal device: To provide a mobile terminal device which can perform an operation reflecting the intention of a user when an event, such as the arrival of an incoming phone call or an email, occurs while a television broadcast is being displayed, and which can also improve the operability. A mobile terminal... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070216761 - System and method for multimedia-to-video conversion to enhance real-time mobile video services: A communication system converting multimedia data of enhanced services into video stream for transmission to a user's handset communication device. The system includes a database storing therein users profile data; a mailbox system storing therein users mailboxes and capable of storing messages in audio and video formats; an application server... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070216762 - Video device: A video device having a screen for displaying an image thereon scales up and down the image by actions, such as the moving of the device or the moving of the face of a user to the device. An image storage unit stores the image to be displayed. A movement... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070216764 - Access authentication system and method using smart communicator: Disclosed is an intelligent access authentication system and method. The intelligent access authentication system includes a door lock that can be locked and released in a predetermined manner, a door phone for communicating with the visitor; a smart communicator which configures access approval levels of expected visitors and access authentication... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070216765 - Simple method for calculating camera defocus from an image scene: An imaging acquisition system that generates a picture depth from an auto focus curve generated from picture of a three dimensional spatial scene is described. The auto focus curve comprises a step edge. The system generates the depth based on the step edge and a reference auto focus normalization curve.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070216767 - Electron beam displacement measuring method, electron beam displacement measuring device, and electron beam recording apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to stably and correctly measure a changing amount of a beam position when a beam displacement is measured prior to a recording operation performed by an electron beam recording apparatus. A measuring device for measuring a displacement of... Agent: Dva/pec-ipd

20070216768 - Device and method for outwardly looking ir camera mounted inside vehicles particularly suited for pre-crash sensing and pedestrian detection: A system for mounting a camera 46 within a vehicle is illustrated. The camera 46 may be positioned behind an IR transmissible window 82 within the vehicle and within a housing 36 within the vehicle. The camera 46 is thus placed between the windshield 20 and the housing 36 so... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070216769 - Active 3d triangulation-based imaging method and device: Active 3D triangulation-based imaging comprises steps of: temporally modulating a radiant flux of a lighting unit beam by a binary modulation signal (ms); illuminating a scene (S), which is illuminated by an ambient lighting (AL), by said modulated lighting unit beam (mlub); splitting a ray (ir) imaging a scene point... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070216770 - License plate light having attached video camera: A license plate light comprises: a box; at least one light-emitting device mounted inside said box; a video camera mounted inside said box; and a transparent cover coupled with said box, whereby said at least one light-emitting device and said video camera integrate with each other and share a wiring... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070216771 - System and method for capturing an image of a vicinity at an end of a rail vehicle: An imaging system for generating landmark correlated images taken from a rail vehicle including a camera mounted proximate an end of a rail vehicle for imaging an environment in a vicinity proximate the end of the rail vehicle, the camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired, and a communication... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070216772 - Methods and systems for display color calibration using remote control: A method and corresponding systems for using remote control to realize standard colors on displays. Two examples of remote controls are provided, one with color sensors and the other with white LEDs. For each example a calibration pattern is displayed which allows a user to calibrate the display color conveniently.... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070216773 - System, apparatus, method, program and recording medium for processing image: An image processing system may include an imaging device for capturing an image and an image processing apparatus for processing the image. The imaging device may include an imaging unit for capturing the image, a first recording unit for recording information relating to the image, the information being associated with... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070216774 - Camera device within an information communication apparatus: A miniaturized camera device suitable for inclusion in another device is disclosed. The camera device enables a user to manually adjust a focal distance of a lens barrel. Therefore, it is possible to miniaturize the camera device by omitting an actuator of the camera device.... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070216776 - Color image reproduction: A method for absolute color image reproduction comprises an image capture device, wherein the image capture device captures scene image data and associated scene viewing environment data. The scene viewing environment data are transformed into color appearance model profile (CAMP) viewing parameters. The scene image data and the CAMP viewing... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070216775 - Digital camera system with means for restricting image acquisition: A digital camera comprising: an imaging unit operable to generate an image by photographing an object; a receiving unit operable to receive information relating to image processing from one or more transmission devices; a judging unit operable to judge whether the image is to be output or not, based on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070216778 - Front-end signal processing circuit and imaging device: A front-end signal processing circuit that stabilizes a black level of an output signal of an image sensor in a prescribed set level, without being influenced by a DC offset component of circuit elements making up a feedback loop, and an imaging device including such the front-end signal processing circuit,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070216777 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for exposure control: Embodiments include methods of image processing in which pixels of an image are classified according to color. An exposure control operation is performed according to the pixel classifications. In one example, the pixels are classified according to a predetermined segmentation of a color space, based on predicted sensor responses. In... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070216779 - Data mangement of a data stream: In one aspect, a method related to data management includes but is not limited to accepting input for designation of at least a portion of a data stream for retention at high resolution, wherein the data stream represents video and/or audio information. In addition, other method aspects are described in... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070216780 - Video data saving device and video data saving method: A video data transmitting device 30 manages storage areas 31a, 31b of a memory card 31 by equally segmenting these storage areas into partitions whose capacities are equal to each other. Image data forming video data is stored piece by piece in each partition in the sequence from a head... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070216782 - Method of processing and storing files in a digital camera: An improved method for processing and storing files in a digital camera is provided which processes multiple image formats and styles simultaneously or sequentially on the camera. The method enables the user to automatically process and store on the camera a small image file sized for sending electronically while simultaneously... Agent: I4e, LLC (attn: Paul L. Ratcliffe, Esq.)

20070216781 - Image pickup apparatus: An image-pickup apparatus includes: an image-pickup device for converting light into an electric signal and outputting a first image data; a transmitting unit for successively transmitting the first image data to an apparatus in the exterior of the image-pickup apparatus; and a storage unit for storing a second image data... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070216783 - Providing video of a venue activity to a hand held device through a cellular communications network: Systems and methods for providing video of a live venue event to a hand held device. A hand held device wirelessly receives data containing two or more video streams conveying live video venue event content, the venue event content including moving images of action occurring at the live venue event... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC Patent Attorneys

20070216784 - Imaging apparatus, picked-up image correcting method, and program product: When picking up an image including an object, an imaging apparatus displays the picked-up image on a display unit, and stores the image in a first storage unit. Then, the imaging apparatus performs such control as to extract the contour of an object image in the image stored in the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070216785 - Color filter array, imaging device, and image processing unit: A color filter array includes a plurality of filters, each having one of a plurality of types of spectral sensitivity and being disposed at the location of a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels. The filters of a predetermined type selected from among the plurality of types are arranged... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070216786 - Processing of sensor values in imaging systems: A digital image system identifies defective pixels of a digital image sensor based on sensor values of pixels positioned in at least two dimensions on the digital image sensor. The exemplary imaging system includes a buffer for receiving sensor values that are each associated with a pixel in the digital... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070216787 - Image unsharpness test method for a camera device: The present invention discloses an image unsharpness test method for a camera device, wherein firstly, during the focusing stage of an electronic camera device, the image with the highest sharpness is selected to be a contrast image; next, the contrast image is compared with a captured image to obtain the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070216788 - Cmos-based sensor apparatus with cells that comprise a redundancy facility that is selectively activatable for isolating a metal-to-metal short on the basis of externally applied control actuation: A CMOS-based sensor apparatus comprises an array of sensor cells that are interconnected by a first set of vertical driver lines to a selective driver facility and by a second set of horizontal sensing lines to a sensing facility for sensing respectively sensed amounts of radiation. In particular, the sensor... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070216790 - Matching free dynamic digital pixel sensor: An active pixel sensor includes a photosensitive device and a dynamic comparator that when coupled with a voltage ramp will form a digital pixel sensor with pulse width modulated digital output. A number of switches are included in the digital pixel sensor to configure the input of the dynamic comparator... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070216789 - System and apparatus for high dynamic range sensor: An embodiment generally relates to a method of operating a sensor array. The method includes adjusting the reverse bias voltage for the photodiode of at least one pixel in the sensor array based on previous output values of one or more pixels in the array, algorithms, and/or user inputs.... Agent: Kurt Luther, Esq. Honeywell International, Inc.

20070216791 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus with signal charge transfer adaptive to an image shooting condition: A solid-state image pickup apparatus may improve, depending on the shooting condition, image degradation such as white balance offset or color mixture. An output scheme determiner defines, depending on shooting conditions such as shooting and sensitivity modes, output schemes such as the number of operative output circuits in an image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070216792 - Solid-state imaging device and method of operating solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device has: a photo-detection unit; a charge transfer unit transferring charges generated by the photo-detection unit in response to a first and a second clock generated by a clock supply circuit. The charge transfer unit includes: a first charge transfer element; a second charge transfer element adjacent... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070216793 - Line sensor and image information reading apparatus: A line sensor, includes a plurality of pixels which is arranged linearly, the number of the plurality of pixels including the number depending on a resolution, a first pixel group which is provided to a center portion of the plurality of pixels arranged linearly and has a pixel pitch shorter... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070216794 - System and method for varying exposure time for different parts of a field of view while acquiring an image: A system and method for exposing different parts of a single field of view for various and differing lengths of time while capturing an image is provided. For astrophotography, unwanted light pollution or over-saturation bleeding from nearby or obtrusive stars may be greatly reduced or eliminated while still capturing the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070216795 - Automatic focus control apparatus and method, recording medium and program: The present invention makes it possible to enhance the automatic focusing response characteristic. An image pickup sensor performs light exposure ex11 and ex12 in synchronization with an image vertical synchronizing signal VP (waveform A in FIG. 7). A camera signal processing section reads out the image signal obtained by the... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070216796 - Focussing of a digital camera: A digital camera comprises an image sensor for capturing an image, a lens arrangement arranged to focus light onto the image sensor and providing a variable focus, and a memory for storing images captured by the image sensor. Focusing is achieved by a series of images having differing focus provided... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216797 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus illuminates and captures an image of an object using reflected light therefrom, with simplified distance measurement. A plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted around an image sensor, and a light guide member guides the light of the light-emitting devices to an image capturing region for illumination.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070216798 - Post processing of iris images to increase image quality: A rapid iris acquisition, tracking, and imaging system can be used at longer standoff distances and over larger capture volumes, without the active cooperation of subjects. Light illuminates the subjects' eyes and a high resolution camera captures images of the irises. The images of the irises are processed by a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070216799 - Camera module: A camera module having a macro switching function which can be switched between a normal photographing and a macro photographing is provided. The camera module includes a housing; a lens unit having at least one leans; a lens holder which houses the lens unit therein and is displaceable between a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070216800 - Memory system having a clock line and termination: A memory system includes a controller chip and a memory module coupled to the controller chip. A signal line carries a signal that traverses the signal line until reaching a termination at an end of the signal line. A clock line carries a clock signal that traverses the clock line... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070216801 - Image processing apparatus and method and program: An image processing apparatus includes an interlace-progressive converter converting an interlace input image into a progressive intermediate image, a motion-vector detector detecting motion vectors of the input image by using a distance shorter than the pixel interval of the intermediate image, a cyclic-coefficient setting unit setting, on the basis of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216802 - Image processing apparatus and method and program: An image processing apparatus includes a converter converting an interlace image including a first number of pixels into a first progressive image, an interpolator interpolating the first progressive image to generate a second progressive image including a second number of pixels, a classification unit classifying, in accordance with a feature... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070216803 - Aperture construction for a mobile camera: The invention relates in general to the field of digital cameras, especially small digital cameras. In particularly the invention relates for adjusting an aperture for mobile cameras. The adjustable aperture construction of the invention comprises two electrodes, and an electrical circuit for applying a voltage to the electrodes in order... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070216804 - Picture display apparatus: A picture display apparatus having a signal processing section which performs, when a video signal is inputted to an input terminal, signal processing on the video signal inputted to the input terminal in accordance with at least one of first and second signal processing schemes, thereby outputs the video signal... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070216807 - Broadcast receiver: A broadcast receiver includes a first video signal selector which outputs a video signal of a main-picture; a second video signal selector which outputs a video signal of a sub-picture; a first audio signal selector which outputs an audio signal of the main-picture; a second audio signal selector which outputs... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070216806 - Receiver apparatus and receiver system: In a receiver apparatus that converts a radio-frequency signal received by an antenna into video and audio signals, there are arranged on a single circuit board a tuner circuit portion that converts the radio-frequency signal received by the antenna into an intermediate-frequency signal, a digital demodulating portion that converts the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216805 - Multi-image display apparatus: A multi-image display apparatus of the present invention displays a sub-screen which displays information indicative of a current display mode in each of (i) a screen image (left screen image) when viewed from the left side of a display section and (ii) a screen image (right screen image) when viewed... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070216808 - System, method, and apparatus for scaling pictures: Presented herein are systems and methods for scaling. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for scaling. The method comprises receiving a top field and a bottom field, detecting whether the top field and bottom field correspond to the same time period, and generating a scaled field for display... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070216809 - Image artifact detection in video quality benchmarks: A method for performing a video quality measurement which includes performing a video quality test on a frame of a user observed video clip to provide a video quality score, generating a weighted error matrix for the frame, and updating the video quality score based upon the weighted error matrix... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070216810 - Image compositing method and apparatus: Image combining method and apparatus are disclosed. The Image combining method according to the present invention generates an update background image by changing a value of region classification bit in pixel data value of an original background image to a corresponding region classification value. Then, the update background image is... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070216811 - Apparatus and method for outputting image using a plurality of chroma-key colors: An apparatus which outputs an image using a plurality of chroma-key colors is provided. The apparatus includes a chroma-key-color-storage unit that stores multiple chroma-key colors; a microprocessor unit (MPU) that sets a block where the chroma-key color is applied using a pixel address of a foreground image; and a video... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070216812 - Color correction method, color correction device, and color correction program: A signal (YCC signal) of a luminance—color difference system is subjected to matrix conversion with a matrix conversion unit 10 and converted into a signal (RGB signal) of a display signal system. The adjustment amount relating to the signal of the display signal system is stored in a RGB color... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070216813 - Method and apparatus for adjusting a chrominance signal: A composite video signal has a chrominance signal (14) and a luminance signal (10). A method and apparatus are disclosed for adjusting the chrominance signal (14) to obtain an enhanced chrominance signal (15) in which at least some transitions in the enhanced chrominance signal (15) align more closely with edges... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070216814 - Receiver apparatus and receiver system: A receiver apparatus 3 has a digital circuit portion 13 that converts a compressed digital signal outputted from a digital demodulating portion 12 into digital video and audio signals and a video/audio output circuit 14 that converts the digital video and audio signals outputted from the digital circuit portion 13... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070216815 - Brightness signal processing apparatus and brightness signal processing method: [PROBLEMS]To improve accuracy of determining the average brightness level and maximum and minimum levels of the brightness signals for the entire screen. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS]There are included a differential operation circuit that detects and differentiates rise or breaking edges in horizontal and vertical synchronous signals of an input... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070216816 - Image displaying method, image displaying device, and contrast-adjusting circuit for use therewith: A system provides an image displaying technique that provides stable high contrast even in an area having high brightness. Based on information about an average brightness level of a digital luminance signal, black-correction processing which decreases a brightness level by offsetting the brightness level to the minus side, and increase... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070216817 - Method and computer readable media for scanning video sources: The present invention suggests a simplified and robust scanning method as a scenario for scanning video sources of a display device such as a TV or projector. The inventive method is attained by way of grouping the video sources and prioritizing the scanning priority for each video source group in... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070216818 - Tv and tv data transfer control method: A TV including: an interface section connected to an external device including a power supply section and a data storage section; and a main body storage section which stores TV data, wherein the main body storage section is set to a readable state by supplying power from the power supply... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070216819 - Method for efficient computation of image frames for dual modulation display systems using key frames: The invention provides methods and systems for processing image data made up of a series of frames for displaying on a dual modulation display system having a first modulator disposed to illuminate a second modulator, wherein a first modulation signal and a luminance map are not calculated for every frame.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070211139 - Video reproducing apparatus with telephone control functions: A video display apparatus connected to a network and a telephone set announces incoming telephone calls received from the network by displaying an on-screen text message superimposed on the video picture, and preferably by suppressing ringing of the telephone, so that a person watching the video display will not be... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070211138 - System and method for configuring devices to facilitate video telephony: A system and method for configuring devices to facilitate video telephony includes providing at least two devices that support video or audio communication. One of the devices is identified as a master device, and at least one of the devices is identified as a slave device. Media capabilities of the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070211140 - Teleconferencing device, and teleconference initiating method and program thereof: A teleconferencing device includes: a connecting unit fitted into an information processing device; and a storage unit storing: a teleconference application program which is automatically started by fitting the connecting unit into the information processing device; self-location information which is location information of the teleconferencing device; and destination location information... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070211141 - System and method for dynamically altering videoconference bit rates and layout based on participant activity: Systems and Methods to transmit and simultaneously display all video streams in a video conference by dynamically adapting video streams based on audio volume of the participants include allocating an amount of bandwidth to a participant in a videoconference; determining a level of activity exhibited by the participant during the... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070211142 - Communications system with baseband pilot injected carrier (bpic) modulation/demodulation and frame recovery and related methods: A communications system may include a transmitting device for transmitting a modulated signal therefrom based upon input data, and a receiving device for receiving the modulated signal from the transmitting device. The transmitting device may include a modulator, a baseband injected pilot carrier (BPIC) generator for generating BPIC data, and... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070211143 - Systems and methods for prompt picture location tagging: A picture location tagging system and method. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a processor, an image sensor, coupled to the processor, for recording the image, a location generator, coupled to the processor, for receiving location-determining signals from a location-determining system, and a memory, coupled to the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070211144 - Apparatus and method for analyzing road view: A road view analyzing apparatus and a road view analyzing method that can obtain an accurate analysis result on a road view in front of a vehicle are provided. The road view analyzing apparatus includes a camera that is mounted on the vehicle to photograph a view in front of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070211145 - Systems and methods for obtaining improved accuracy measurements of moving rolling stock components: Reference markers are attached to rails and/or other dynamically moving components of railroad tracks, and/or located at fixed and stationary positions adjacent to the track. When images of railway rolling stock are obtained, the reference marker(s) appear in the image. Accordingly, measurements of various aspects and parameters of various components... Agent: Lathrop & Clark LLP

20070211146 - Method and apparatus for measuring moving picture response curve: A picture is scrolled on a display 5 to be measured, and the scrolling moving picture is pursuit-captured by a color camera 3 so as to obtain a pursuit-captured moving picture image. A moving picture response curve using received light intensity data obtained based upon the pursuit-captured moving picture image... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070211147 - Image capture systems and methods: An image capture system capable of a plurality of image capture processes is equipped with a button on its surface and a storage device storing a predetermined folder. When the button is activated, the system determines the active window thereof and automatically performs one of the capture processes based on... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070211148 - System and method for providing added utility to a video camera: A system and method for providing added utility to at least one video camera. The system includes the camera, a device capable of communication and at least one processing device. The camera contains a memory device capable of storing captured video containing visually perceptible data. The device capable of communication... Agent: Christopher J. Mcdonald Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070211149 - 3d model presentation system with motion and transitions at each camera view point of interest (poi) with imageless jumps to each poi: An interactive 3D presentation system that utilizes a collection of shots or motion views where each shot can include a combination of a camera view and camera action. A visual transition, such as a fade, can be presented at the end and beginning of sequential shots. Between the end point... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070211150 - Image file recording method, image recording and playback method, image recording and playback system, image recording apparatus, and image playback apparatus: Clock time information displayable together with a corresponding image upon image playback display is recorded in a header field of an image file as EXIF data, and clock time information specific to a digital camera is recorded in a header field of the image file difference from the header field... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070211151 - Image managing apparatus and image display apparatus: An image managing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes image information storage means that stores image information corresponding to captured image data, and cluster managing means that manages the image information by hierarchical clusters that include a plurality of layers of clusters and whose structure is fixed from an uppermost... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070211152 - Digital camera: According to one embodiment, a medium controller controls communication between one, which is selected, of an HDD and an SD card and an MPEG Coder. A switch selects one of the HDD and the SD card, and connects the selected recording medium to the medium controller. A DSP controls connection... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070211153 - Imaging apparatus: An LCD driver starts reading a digital image signal of one frame from a VRAM in response to a reproduction timing signal. A driving timing signal generator generates a driving timing signal in response to a synchronizing signal, whose phase is shifted by a delay time from the reproduction timing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211154 - Lens vignetting correction algorithm in digital cameras: A lens vignetting correction method for use in imaging systems such as digital cameras employs a polynomial correction function F=ar2+br4+c, wherein r is a distance to a center of correction. A calibration image is obtained using the imaging system, then the correction function applied to the calibration image is least-squares... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070211155 - Imaging apparatus and method of controlling imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device provided with a plurality of arranged light-sensitive devices each having sensitivity to light in a range from a visible region to an infrared region; a first filter for transmitting light in the visible region to a first part... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070211156 - Image sensor with interleaved image output: An image sensor with a light reader circuit coupled to a pixel array. The light reader circuit retrieves a first image and a second image generated by the pixel array. The image sensor may also include a memory controller and/or data interface that transfers the first and second images to... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070211157 - Imaging system: The detector is, preferably, read out at maximum and minimum sensitivity levels at least half the field rate and, advantageously, at the field rate of a display. In a preferred embodiment, color is added to the normally provided gray scale output from the detector ranging from black for the coolest... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20070211158 - Program selection support device: When searching for programs similar to a program designated by a viewer, a program selection support device not only searches for similar programs based on program-related information such as program contents, but also determines an algorithm used for similarity judgment based on viewer-related information, such as a program viewing history... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070211160 - Image data reproducing apparatus, method of controlling same and control program therefor: It is so arranged that the user of a device such as a digital still camera can ascertain the transfer history of an image file that has been transferred to the camera. An image file is obtained by “Mr. A” shooting a subject using a digital still camera, whereupon information... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070211159 - Portable image communication system, transmitting and receiving units constructing said system, and methods of controlling said units: When image data is sent and received between cameras via communication, it is possible for the user to ascertain the images that are being communicated. Thumbnail image data for transfer purposes is transmitted from a transmit-side camera to a receive-side camera. Main (full-size) image data is thenceforth transmitted from the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070211161 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes an image sensor. The image sensor has an imaging surface for capturing an object scene, and repeatedly generates an object scene image. A CPU assigns a search area on the imaging surface, and repeatedly executes search processing for searching a facial image on the search area... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20070211162 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: This invention can more efficiently remove, at a more effective timing, a foreign substance such as dust adhering on an optical member inserted on the image capturing optical axis. An image capturing apparatus having an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an object image includes an optical element arranged on the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070211163 - Image sensor package and method for manufacturing the same: An image sensor package and a method for manufacturing the same are provided, wherein an image sensor chip facing downwards is assembled in a frame during the manufacture of the package so as to prevent the chip from being contaminated by falling dust and minute foreign objects.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070211164 - Imager module optical focus and assembly method: An imager apparatus and methods are described. An embodiment of an imager module includes a plurality of groups of optical lenses, a lens frame, and at least one associated lens barrel configured to position and hold the plurality of groups of optical lenses. At least one of the groups of... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070211166 - Imaging apparatus and exposure control method thereof: An imaging apparatus includes a CCD sensor to perform exposure and output a plurality of captured images in response to a control signal, an image composer to combine the plurality of captured images and produce a composite image, and an exposure controller to supply a SUB signal to the CCD... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070211165 - Imaging device, method for controlling imaging device, program of method for controlling imaging device, recording medium in which program of method for controlling imaging device is recorded: Disclosed herein is an imaging device which may include imaging means and control means for implementing exposure control based on an imaging result acquired by the imaging means. In the imaging device, the control means may include sorting means for sorting the imaging result into an achromatic region and a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070211167 - Digital video system and methods for providing same: A digital image enhancer includes a deinterlacing processor receptive to an interlaced video stream. The deinterlacing processor includes a first deinterlacer and a second deinterlacer and provides a deinterlaced video stream. The digital image enhancer also includes a video output processor receptive to the output of the deinterlaced video stream... Agent: Perkins Cole LLP

20070211168 - Method and apparatus for setting language in television receiver: A method and apparatus for setting a language in a television receiver enable one language setting operation performed in a first menu, corresponding to one of a plurality of language-specific functions, to automatically set a preferred language for one or more other functions. The method includes steps of setting a... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070211169 - Systems and methods for rendering text onto moving image content: A method for rendering text onto moving image content. The method comprises receiving a request to translate dialog associated with moving image content, transmitting an interface, transmitting a time-stamped transcription, and receiving a translation of the dialog.... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070211170 - Methods and apparatus to distinguish a signal originating from a local device from a broadcast signal: Methods and apparatus to distinguish a signal originating from a local device from a broadcast signal are disclosed. A disclosed system classifies a video component of an audio-video signal by analyzing a histogram of pixel data, analyzing a quality factor, and/or attempting to detect embedded data in the video component.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070211171 - Console lighting effects: New effects for controlling digital lights.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070211172 - Receiving device, control method for the device, program, and semiconductor device: A portable terminal device of the present invention comprising a TV receiving unit (101) and a TV processing unit (102) for receiving a television broadcast, and a control unit (109) for detecting the start and finish of channel changing, and notifying the user of a message (d5) that the channels... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070211173 - Image processing chip and related method thereof: The invention relates to an image processing chip and related method. The image processing chip includes a pin for receiving a composite signal; a synchronization signal detecting circuit, coupled to the pin, for extracting a synchronization signal from the composite signal; a clamping circuit, coupled to the pin, for adjusting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070211174 - Windows management in a television environment: Media content is received in a windows management application. The media content is from a set of content including zero or more television signal content and zero or more application content. The media content is incorporated into a television signal containing a window configuration. The television signal is then sent... Agent: John Stattler, Esq. Stattler Johansen & Adeli LLP

20070211175 - Apparatus and method for temporal noise reduction and motion enhancement: The present invention provides an apparatus and corresponding method for reducing temporal noise of a target frame and enhancing the motion of the target frame. The apparatus includes a storage device, a temporal noise reducing circuit, and a motion enhancing circuit. The storage device stores a first filtered signal of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070211176 - Apparatus and method for adjusting saturation image: A method for adjusting a degree of saturation of a target pixel is provided. In a first color space, the target pixel is represented by a brightness factor and a set of color factors. Based on the set of color factors, the method first generates an original saturation and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070211177 - Hue adjusting system and method thereof: The present invention provides a hue control system for adjusting a hue of a specified color. The system includes a hue determining circuit and a hue adjusting circuit. The hue determining circuit receives a plurality of color signals of the specified color and a plurality of hue adjusting values each... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070211178 - Systems and methods for automated channel installation: A method for automated channel installation comprises the following steps. In step (A), a frequency scanning operation is executed to lock on to a frequency. In step (B), it is determined whether the frequency scanning operation is complete, if so, the process proceeds to step (F), otherwise, to step (C).... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070211179 - Colour display device: A field sequential colour display device has a light source arrangement (16) for providing at least two outputs (R, G, B) in sequence of different colour spectrum. The light source output intensity is controlled independently for each output; in dependence on analysis of the data for an image to be... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070211180 - Optical engine apparatus and projection television using the same: A projection television including a light source emitting light; and color wheel including a plurality of color filters provided in front of the light source and transmitting the light from the light source, a driver rotatably driving the plurality of color filters, and a supporter having a first side coupled... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070211181 - Camouflaged display stand: A display stand is camouflaged as ordinary furniture, such as a dresser with mirror combination for the bedroom or as an armoire. The stand conceals another object, such as a television display, when one doesn't wish to observe that object, but otherwise exposes the object to view. Supported in a... Agent: Chan Law Group Lc

20070206088 - Method and apparatus for processing image: A destination storing unit stores therein application destination information that contains an application display name that is a display name of a destination of an application of an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus is connected to a network and is capable of executing the application and an operating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070206087 - Camera module and mobile phone using the same: A mobile phone equipped with a camera module comprises a phone body, a hinge and a lock element. The phone body defines a housing receiving space on one side thereof for receiving the camera module. The phone body further defines a side space and a hinge receiving hole both communicating... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070206086 - On-line expert provision system and method: A networked system of terminals and servers includes one or more customer terminals, one or more customer service expert terminals and communications links enabling communication between selected ones of the customer and expert terminals. Each of the customer and expert terminals supports two-way transmission of audio, video and other data.... Agent: Axios Law Group

20070206089 - Method and system for providing continuous presence video in a cascading conference: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing continuous presence video layout in a cascading video conference, i.e., a video conference that is conducted over more than one MCU. A cascading continuous presence composition controller (CCCC) selects which endpoints from among all of the endpoints participating in the conference should... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070206090 - Portable video system for two-way remote steadicam-operated interviewing: A portable steadicam-operated two-way interviewing system provides direct eye to eye contact between host and subject even while the subject is in motion and in a remote location. The interviewing system includes a portable remote host station and a portable interviewing station that communicate via two-way wireless video and audio... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070206091 - System and method for displaying participants in a videoconference between locations: A system and method for displaying participants in a videoconference between locations includes receiving a plurality of video signals from at least two cameras located at one or more remote sites. A display position is assigned for each video signal. The video signals are displayed on one or more displays.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070206092 - In-vivo imaging system device and method: A system, device and method for constructing an in-vivo image stream from in-vivo raw data base files. The in-vivo imaging system may include, for example an in-vivo imaging device, a receiver/recorder and a computing device such as a workstation a s portable device and/or a portable memory.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070206093 - Image processing apparatus, method for image processing, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An image processing apparatus including: plural detection units that detect an object from image data by detection processing of different types; inclination estimation unit that estimates inclination of the object to a reference position based on the difference between detection results of the object, the detection results being detected by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070206094 - Image monitoring system and image monitoring program: An image monitoring system includes: recording means for recording an image captured by a camera via a network; control means for controlling the system so as to display the present image captured by the camera or a past image recorded on the recording means on display means; and moving-object detecting... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070206095 - Picture quality monitoring apparatus: Picture having a band of 6 MHz is distributed to the set-top box (STB) 14 via the compression encoder 11, the distribution server 12, and the network 13. The low-pass filter 151 in the picture quality monitoring apparatus 15 removes high-frequency components of an inputted digital signal and inputs luminance... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070206096 - Image acquiring apparatus, image acquiring method, and image acquiring program: A semi-automatic mode according to which an operator makes a necessary confirmation when an image pickup condition for a micro image is set with reference to a macro image is provided in controlling the acquisition of the macro image, the setting of the image pickup condition, and the acquisition of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070206098 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. On a circuit substrate mounted an image sensor, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the peripheral positions of the image sensor. By means of a ring-shaped light... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070206097 - Image acquiring apparatus, image acquiring method, and image acquiring program: In acquisition of a micro image of a sample S by a micro image acquiring unit 30, when a plurality of image acquiring ranges are set for the sample S as an object of image acquisition, a plurality of corresponding focus information are set, and furthermore, when a plurality of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070206099 - Image capturing apparatus having distance measurement function: An image capturing apparatus illuminates an object and captures an image of the object using the reflected light from the object. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing an image of the object by receiving reflected light, distance-measuring light-emitting devices for irradiating the object with spot light,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070206100 - Video monitoring system and video monitoring program: A video monitoring system includes a camera connected to a network; a recording unit recording, via the network, video images captured by the camera; a display unit displaying video images captured by the camera; a control unit controlling display of video images on the display means; and a joystick controller... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070206101 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: An information processing apparatus may include the following elements: an image information obtaining unit which obtains image information having at least position information added thereto as additional information, a map information storage unit which stores map information, a template information storage unit which stores template information including a template of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070206102 - Image capturing apparatus and method thereof: An image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method. The apparatus captures and compresses a preview image, and judges an image complexity and determines a preview compressed setting value according to at least one of a set of factors consisting of a compressed setting, a resolution of the preview image... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070206104 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus is provided and includes a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; and a image data-generation unit that generates image data represented by a first luminance signal and a color-difference signal, based on signals from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements. The plurality... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070206103 - Systems, methods and devices for multispectral imaging and non-linear filtering of vector valued data: An apparatus and method for multispectral imaging comprising an array of filters in a mosaic pattern, a sensor array and an acquisition and processing module. The sensor array being disposed to receive an image that has been filtered by the array of filters. The acquisition and processing module processes the... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070206105 - Image acquiring apparatus, image acquiring method, and image acquiring program: An image acquiring apparatus is made up of a macro image acquiring unit 20 used to acquire a macro image of each of a plurality of samples S, and a control unit 60 including a macro image acquisition control unit used to control a macro image acquiring operation and an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070206106 - Image capturing unit: There is described an image capturing unit, which make it possible to prevent occurrence of noses, such as lateral stripes, etc., in the captured image, even if a vertical blanking period is introduced. The unit includes: an image sensor provided with pixels aligned in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, a first... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070206107 - Image capturing apparatus: Photoelectric conversion elements 1 and VCCDs 2 are formed in a light reception region. A region is used to obtain an image having the maximum size is defined as a maximum light reception region 3. An image capturing apparatus includes a CPU 15 that performs control of reading signals only... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070206108 - Picture displaying method, picture displaying apparatus, and imaging apparatus: A picture displaying method is disclosed. In the picture displaying method, a first picture is displayed. A luminance distribution chart which represents a distribution of luminance levels of the first picture is displayed. A first luminance level and a second luminance level are selected on the luminance distribution chart. The... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070206109 - Image sensor module with air escape hole and a method for manufacturing the same: An image sensor module with air escape hole includes a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface. A chip is mounted on the upper surface of the substrate. A plurality of wires are electrically connected the chip to the upper surface of the substrate. An adhered layer is... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070206110 - Solid state imaging device and image pickup apparatus: A solid state imaging device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged on the semiconductor substrate in a row direction and a column direction substantially perpendicular to the row direction, wherein said plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are divided to first and second groups, when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070206111 - Highlight suppression image pickup apparatus: A highlight suppression image pickup apparatus optically and electronically removes a highlight portion of an image before light reaches an imaging element, thereby obtaining a high-quality image. There are included a camera part (10) for acquiring a desired image; a highlight suppression signal producing part (22) for producing a non-binary... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070206112 - Method to evaluate contrast value for an image and applications thereof: An image contrast evaluation method is disclosed. First, focusing is performed based on the contrast value of an image rendered by a lens on optical sensors, wherein the calculation of the contrast value comprises: selecting an area of the image, calculating the absolute value of brightness difference between each neighboring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070206113 - Photosensor system and drive control method for optimal sensitivity: A photosensor system includes a photosensor array constituted by two dimensionally arraying a plurality of photosensors, an image reading section which reads a subject image at a predetermined image reading sensitivity by using the photosensor array, a sensitivity adjustment image reading section which reads a sensitivity adjustment subject image while... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070206114 - Image capturing apparatus: An image capturing apparatus illuminate and captures an image of an object using reflected light from the object. In the apparatus, a plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted in the periphery of an image sensor, and the light of the plurality of light-emitting devices is guided to an image capturing... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070206116 - Camera module: A camera module comprises a bracket, a housing, an image capture unit received in the housing, a hinge and a lock element. The bracket is mounted on a mobile phone and defines a housing receiving space and a side space. The housing defines a hinge hole. The hinge has a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070206115 - Container and retractable support frame structure arrangement: Disclosed is container and retractable support frame structure arrangement comprising a container, and a retractable support frame structure mounted in said container and adapted to hold a camera and to support said container above a floor surface, said retractable support frame structure comprising a plurality of sleeves arranged in parallel,... Agent: Seven Stars Electronics Taiwan Ltd.

20070206117 - Motion and apparatus for spatio-temporal deinterlacing aided by motion compensation for field-based video: The invention comprises devices and methods for processing multimedia data to generate progressive frame data from interlaced frame data. In one aspect, a method of processing multimedia data includes generating spatio-temporal information for a selected frame of interlaced multimedia data, generating motion information for the selected frame, and deinterlacing fields... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070206118 - Portable memory device and method: A portable memory device and method comprises a data storage component; and a wireless receiver operatively connected to the data storage component, wherein the wireless receiver is adapted to receive mobile TV signals. The portable memory device further comprises an interface component adapted to connect to a host computing device.... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070206119 - Video output apparatus, control method thereof, and video device: A video output apparatus including: a video output unit which outputs a video signal while switching the format of the video signal between a first format and a second format for expressing color differently; a mute signal generation unit which generates, as a muting video signal, a specialized video signal... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070206120 - Double screen television: A television view system that has a single base with two flat screens situated thereon. Each flat screen is operable independently of the other flat screen. Channel changing, volume control and picture control are independent to each flat screen, thereby allowing the viewing of more than one channel simultaneously. Strategically... Agent: Maurice Nottage

20070206121 - Apparatus and method for adjusting image: An apparatus and method for adjusting an image are provided, which enable to adjust an image quality easily so as to attain a desired image for a user when the image quality of the image displayed on a television and so on is to be adjusted. An adjustment image suited... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070206122 - Video switch: There is provided video switching circuitry for use in a KVM switch and similar devices. Video signal switching circuitry can supply video signals from a one of a plurality of video sources connected to the circuit to a display device connected to the circuit. The high data signalling rate signals... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070206123 - Liquid crystal television: A liquid crystal television includes a base unit, a rear cover, a support member, an audiovisual circuit unit, and an audiovisual output unit. The rear cover is coupled to and is disposed on top of the base unit, and has an inner cover surface that confines a cover space. The... Agent: Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine And Regenstreif

20070206124 - Projection display apparatus: A projection display apparatus includes a screen; an optical engine projecting an image beam to the screen; a driving unit having a first circuit part and a second circuit part driving the optical engine; an upper cabinet supporting the screen, and allowing the image beam to be projected; and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC