Television inventions 05/08

20080122919 - Image capture apparatus with indicator: An integrated image capture apparatus for use in a two-way communication with a remote display, includes an image capture device for capturing still or video images including a system for sending the captured still or video images to the remote display and for receiving and displaying images from a remote... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080122920 - Web server and method for monitoring system: A web server for a monitoring system and a method thereof are provided. With a free website, users can watch monitoring images any where at any time by registering cameras on the website. The web sever provides such functions as camera management, monitoring image management, data storage, image edit, etc... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122921 - Method and apparatus of wireless video transceiving based on multi-carrier technique: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of wireless video transceiving based on a multi-carrier technique. The method comprises the following steps: image information in a video GOP are separated and a sequential relationship between individual image information is recorded; general image information and important image information are... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080122922 - Wide field-of-view reflector and method of designing and making same: A system and method for designing and using freeform reflectors to collect images of a wide angle field-of-view scene is provided. A freeform reflector may enable a wide angle field-of-view to be collected in an unwarpped and unwrapped manner such that computer processing may be eliminated. Furthermore, the use of... Agent: Joseph V. Colaianni Patton Boggs LLP

20080122923 - Imaging system for producing three-dimensional image: An imaging system for producing a three-dimensional image of an object is provided. The imaging system includes a holder, an optical member, first and second camera modules, and an image processor. The holder has a light incident opening. The optical member has a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080122924 - Technique image recording control system, technique image recording control method and operation system: According to the present invention, a system controller includes a serial I/F section, a system control section and a control trigger signal generating section. When the occurrence of an event for recording control that instructs to start/stop recording an image of a peripheral medical appliance is detected by the system... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080122925 - In vivo image pickup device and in vivo image pickup system: An in vivo image pickup device that is inserted in the body cavity and generates and sends an image signal of a subject, and includes an image pickup unit that has a plurality of pixels with arrays on a light receiving surface thereof and converts a subject image formed on... Agent: Joel S. Greenberg C/o Princeton Synergetics, Inc.

20080122929 - Automatic picture and text alerting camera, with inbuilt smoke and motion detectors: This invention is more particular to a camera that is fully equipped with an inbuilt motion and smoke detector and with a special remote control for operating the camera, furthermore the camera is specially design to be set by the user to capture any emergency condition detected by any of... Agent: Chukwu Ahamefula

20080122927 - Monitoring camera: A monitoring camera is provided. The monitoring camera includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject therein, the image capturing unit having an image capturing field angle adjustable by a zooming optical system; and a light source having a light emitting diode configured to emit... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080122928 - Stealth mounting system for video and sound surveillance equipment: A stealth-mounting system for video and sound surveillance equipment includes a stealth enclosure. Included within the stealth enclosure is a modularized camera assembly including a camera capable of being remotely positioned and/or a modularized microphone assembly including a microphone capable of being remotely positioned. Surveillance information obtained is provided to... Agent: Strasburger & Price, LLP

20080122926 - System and method for process segmentation using motion detection: Video recording technology is utilized to enable business process investigation in an unobtrusive manner. Several cameras are situated, each having a defined field of view. For each camera, a region of interest (ROI) within the field of view is defined, and a background image is determined for each ROI. Motion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080122930 - Image processor, intruder monitoring apparatus and intruder monitoring method: An intruder monitoring apparatus has at least a feature of correcting characteristic quantities by which an object to be monitored is specified, on the basis reference characteristic, when any change occurs in conditions of the video devices and environments. A further feature is provided which a plurality of scenes are... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080122931 - Wireless sports training device: A real time video image of a person performing a physical activity is provided to the person performing the activity without interfering with their ability to perform the activity or the location where the activity is performed.... Agent: Walter Simbirski

20080122932 - Remote video monitoring systems utilizing outbound limited communication protocols: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a computer based remote video monitoring system including a set of video input sources, a control module, and a client module. The video input sources are coupled to the control module via a local data transmission system such as a local area... Agent: Baker & Associates PLLC

20080122933 - Range image system for obtaining subject image of predetermined distance position: A solid-state imaging device has a single plate structure and is capable of imaging of visible light and infrared light. While imaging of the visible light and the infrared light is performed by the imaging device every one-frame scanning period, an IR pulse is emitted, every other one-frame scanning period,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080122934 - Audio/video messaging device and system: An audio/video messaging device allows a user to record, store and replay short audio/video messages. Key components of the present audio/video messaging device include a camera to capture video, a microphone to capture audio, memory, such as but not limited to flash memory, or a hard drive for storing the... Agent: Bowman & Associates

20080122935 - Digital image storage system: A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a battery and a memory capable of storing digital images. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage including an adapter on which the digital camera is to be laid down for transmitting the digital images of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122936 - System and method for imaging: A system provides a multi-axis translation and orientation capability for optical imaging. The system includes an optical imaging apparatus providing a signal representing a digitized image, and a mechanical frame. The frame includes a first set of articulations capable of independently translating the optical imaging apparatus in multiple linear directions.... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20080122937 - Auxiliary mechanism: An auxiliary mechanism to be attached to a portable electronic device when capturing image data of an image medium, the portable electronic device includes an image capture element, the auxiliary mechanism comprises a body, a fixer and a connecting element. The fixer is connected to the body, wherein the image... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080122944 - Apparatus, method and program for photography: A plurality of images are obtained in photography according to a plurality of photography methods, and photography result scores are calculated for the respective images. Judgment is made as to whether a highest score among the scores calculated for the respective images is equal to or larger than a predetermined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080122939 - Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor: This invention improves the operability of an apparatus when the user focuses on the target object to obtain an image with an appropriate image quality. An image capturing apparatus includes an object detection unit, which detects an object from an image based on a signal output from an image sensor,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080122940 - Image shooting apparatus and focus control method: An image shooting apparatus that calculates an AF evaluation value on the basis of an image signal of an AF evaluation area (focus evaluation area) provided in the frame image, and which performs an AF control by driving and controlling a focus lens so that the AF evaluation value can... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080122943 - Imaging device and method which performs face recognition during a timer delay: An apparatus and method for capturing images using a delay timer and face detection. After a command is given to begin a photographing process, a face detector determines the location of a face of a person being photographed. A timer counts down a predetermined delay time, for example, corresponding to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080122942 - Phase adjusting device, phase adjusting method, and digital camera: A temperature detecting unit detects a temperature of an imaging element for imaging an image signal. A storage unit stores phase change of a pulse, which is used by the imaging element when imaging the image signal, involved in temperature change of the imaging element in association with the temperature... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080122941 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes plural photoelectric conversion means arranged along light receiving surfaces, readout means for reading out signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion means, a voltage supply means for supplying various levels of voltages to respective units including the photoelectric conversion means and the readout means, a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080122938 - System for surveillance and a method for the application thereof: A method and a system (100) for transmission of a large amount of data over a first dedicated wireless link (A) at a first frequency, such as 2.4 GHz. If the signal strength is weak, the data is further compressed. If the signal strength is further weaker, a second wireless... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080122945 - Shutter key for mobile electronic device with image sensor: A mobile electronic device with an image sensor and a shutter key. The shutter key includes a touch sensor and a resilient switch. A processor in the device is configured to activate an automatic camera function, such as an autofocus function when a user touches the touch sensor. The processor... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080122946 - Apparatus and method of recovering high pixel image: An apparatus and method of recovering a high pixel image are provided. The apparatus includes a camera module including a plurality of lenses, and a plurality of sub image sensors corresponding to the plurality of lenses, the plurality of sub image sensors each including a color filter having a single... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080122949 - Method and apparatus for configuring parameter values for cameras: A method for configuring parameter values for a plurality of cameras (100a-100f) is disclosed. In the first step of the method, image data from the plurality of cameras (100a-100f) is acquired. Secondly, the image data from the plurality of cameras (100a-100f) is buffered. Thirdly, the buffered image data from the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080122950 - Method and apparatus for image capturing and system using the same: An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a first storage medium, a second storage medium, a first communication circuit, and a second communication circuit. The image capturing unit is configured to capture image data of an object and output the image data. The first storage medium is configured... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080122947 - Photographing apparatus having displays and method of displaying image: A photographing apparatus having a plurality of displays and a method of displaying an image. A photographing apparatus to photograph and record an image includes a lens unit, first and second photograph buttons to input commands to photograph the image, first and second zoom buttons to input zoom commands, a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080122948 - Web camera: A web camera suitable for capturing an image data and storing the image data in a portable storage device is provided. The web camera includes a photosensitive device, a processing chip, and a dynamic image processing chip. The photosensitive device is suitable for capturing the image data. The processing chip... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122951 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: This invention can appropriately control the relationship between the electronic zoom magnification and the resolution of a displayed image in electronic zoom. An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an image of an image sensing field formed by a photographing optical system, an extracting unit which... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080122952 - Electronic camara: An electronic camera includes an imager. The imager has an imaging surface to which an optical image of an object scene passing through an optical lens is irradiated. A detector detects a high-frequency component of a partial object scene image belonging to an adjustment area out of the object scene... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080122953 - Image processing device, image processing method, and image sensing apparatus: An image processing device includes: a frequency divider for performing a frequency division processing of dividing an input image into a plurality of frequency components each having a frequency band; a noise remover for performing a noise component removal processing of removing a noise component from a high frequency component... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080122954 - Method for compensating pixel values of defective pixels and image processing system using the same: A method for compensating pixel values of defective pixels in an image processing system is provided. First, a normal image is captured to obtain the pixel values of a plurality of pixels, and the pixel values of the defective pixels are then marked as a specific pixel value. When the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122955 - Inspection apparatus: An inspection apparatus for inspecting a microarray comprises an image sensor for imaging the microarray, a moving means for moving the image sensor relative to the microarray, a memory for memorizing the position of a defective picture element on the image sensor, and a controlling means which determines an overlap... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080122956 - Antiblooming imaging apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems and methods are described to assist in reducing dark current in an active pixel sensor. A potential barrier arrangement is configured to block the flow of charge carriers generated outside a photosensitive region. In various embodiments, a potential well-potential barrier arrangement is formed to direct charge carriers away... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080122957 - Automatic video gain control circuit and method thereof: Disclosed is an automatic video gain control circuit, which includes an analog to digital converter, an envelope detector and an extreme value detector. The analog to digital converter converts an analog video signal to a digital video signal. The envelope detector detects a baseband amplitude signal according to the digital... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080122958 - Method and system for automatically determining the camera field of view in a camera network: A system and method for automatically determining the camera field of view in a camera network. The system has a plurality of spatially separated cameras and direction sensors, carried on respective cameras, configured to measure the angle directions of the field of views of the cameras. Elevation sensors are operably... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Attorney, Intellectual Property

20080122959 - Method for edge matching in film and image processing: A method for edge mapping images for use in image processing. Edge mapping includes identifying base and non-base color components. A search window in the base color component is opened and the non-base color components are compared with the base component picture. The number of matched or unmatched edge points... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080122960 - Method of forming a uniform color filter array: A method of forming a uniform color filter array. In one embodiment, a first compensation layer is formed over a non-planar color filter array and is patterned to form material structures. A second compensation layer is blanket deposited over the first layer. A technique, such as etching or polishing, is... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080122961 - Image capture device and method of operating the same: A method for operating an image capture device having a sensor with an array of first and second pixels includes capturing an image a plurality of times with the second pixels to produce a corresponding second image signal, the second pixels being white pixels, capturing the image a single time... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20080122962 - Image sensors with output noise reduction mechanisms: An image sensor having readout noise reduction mechanisms is disclosed. The image sensor can include a first sampling transistor, a second sampling transistor connected to the first sampling transistor, an averaging transistor electrically connecting the first and second sampling transistors in series, a reset sampling transistor connected to the first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080122963 - Solid-state imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section where a plurality of unit pixels each having a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel are two-dimensionally arranged; an image forming control means for forming substantially the same object image on the first pixel and on the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080122964 - Solid-state imaging device and driving method thereof: A solid-state imaging device and a driving method thereof which are capable of reducing power consumption required for reading an image are provided. A horizontal transfer section 19 is constituted of a block A including a plurality of transfer electrodes 20a aligned in rows, and a block B including a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080122965 - Portable computer apparatus: A portable computer is disclosed, which includes a host, a display, an image capturing module and a biaxial rotating structure. The host is used for processing digital data. The display is used for displaying the result of processing digital data. The image capturing module is pivoted on a frame of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122966 - Camera module: A camera module (100) includes an image sensor (10), a lens module (14), and an aperture plate (16). The image senor includes a base (102) and a sensor area/region (104) located in the center of the base. The lens module (14) incorporates a plurality of lenses (140) and a container... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080122967 - Digital camera module and method for assembling the same: An exemplary digital camera module (200) includes a lens module (20), a chip package (30) and a focusing structure (40). The lens module includes a holder (24) and a barrel slidably received in the holder. At least one lens element (222) is fixed in the barrel. The holder has several... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080122968 - Camera apparatus, image server and image server system: An image server includes: a focus position control unit for determining a focus position based on a maximum value of focus evaluation detected by a picture signal level detection unit; and a focus lens driver for moving the focus lens in predetermined control volumes based on an instruction from the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080122969 - Determination of mechanical shutter exposure time: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for determining a mechanical shutter exposure time (e.g., an actual closing time) with a rolling readout of an image (e.g., complimentary metal oxide semiconductor) sensor using a predetermined calibration area of the image sensor in digital cameras or... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080122970 - Image capture device: The present invention provides an image capture device, capable of holding business cards and capturing images of business cards, comprises a base, having an image frame grabber provided thereon; a light-transmitting holder, disposed on the base; at least one extension unit, disposed between the base and the holder, having an... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080122971 - System and method for allocation of resources for processing video: System and method for efficient allocation of resources for processing video. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for processing video. The method includes providing a system for processing video. The system is characterized by a known quantity of processing power. The method also includes providing a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080122972 - Image transmission interface: An image transmission interface for transmitting image signals of various image formats is provided. The image transmission interface replaces the connectors of various interfaces in an electronic device, thereby reducing the number of connectors of the electronic device and reducing the manufacturing cost.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122973 - Detection method of generation sequence of interlace picture and interlace/progressive conversion method and device: A method for detecting a generation sequence of an interlace picture signal for interlace/progressive conversion includes a step for performing motion detection for each pixel by a two-field difference with respect to a picture signal of the n-th field (n is an integer), so as to obtain a two-time statistic... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080122974 - Interlace motion artifact detection using vertical frequency detection and analysis: An interlace motion artifact detector which identifies video image spatial frequencies characteristic of motion artifacts. The detected frequency is the maximum which can be represented by the vertical sampling rate of the video format (i.e., the Nyquist frequency). This frequency is detected by a pair of partial Discrete Fourier Transforms... Agent: Silicon Image, Inc.

20080122975 - Method and apparatus for video deinterlacing and format conversion: A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating a potential sample at a location interfaced with a first field of the picture by temporal filtering, (B) evaluating a protection condition in a current region around the location after inclusion of the... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080122976 - Video signal output device and method: A video signal output device and method are capable of easily displaying moving images while synchronizing transmission-side data and reception-side data even if video data is asynchronously transferred to the reception side from the transmission side. A video signal output device for receiving video data transmitted from a transmitter in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080122977 - Digital transmission system and clock reproducing device: Letting fp be the frequency of a pixel clock, fs be the audio sampling frequency, and fa be the frequency of an audio clock to be reproduced, fa=384 fs=(N/M)fp, where N and M are frequency dividing ratios between the pixel clock and the audio clock of a frequency corresponding to... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080122978 - System and method for tv frame capture and printing: The present invention provides a system and method for TV frame capture and printing. The system includes a tuner, a processor, a memory, an image compression engine, a display unit, a connecting interface, an interface controller, and a printer. The tuner receives TV signals, and the processor processes the TV... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080122979 - Universal, highly configurable video and graphic measurement device: An apparatus and method for processing a video signal includes means for receiving the video signal, means for analyzing the video signal based upon a user supplied set of instructions, means for processing the video signal in accordance with the analysis, and means for outputting the processed video signal.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080122980 - System and method for aligning chroma pixels: Presented herein are a system and method for sharpening edges in a region. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for sharpening edges. The method comprises measuring differences between at least a value associated with a first pixel and a value associated with a second pixel of a plurality... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080122981 - Video signal processing circuit: Normal operation is assured in a video signal processing circuit having an Y/C separator when a switch is made from a transmission mode in which the Y/C separator is bypassed to a separation mode in which Y/C separation is performed. When the controller (10) receives an instruction to switch from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122982 - Method and apparatus for reducing cross-luminance in an image display device: A method for reducing cross-luminance in an image display device includes receiving luminance signals of a plurality of frames in a composite video signal, determining a movement condition of a first frame of the plurality of frames according to the luminance signals, performing a filtering operation for the first frame... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080122983 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, electro-optical device and electronic device: An image processing apparatus includes a first frame image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of first frame images constituting a moving image, a second frame image insertion section that generates a second frame image and inserts the second frame image including a white image between successive ones of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122984 - Image processing method and apparatus: The invention provides an image processing method and apparatus thereof. The white component data is extracted from the input R, G, B color data which are the base components of the input image data. A maximum value is extracted from the R, G, B color data and a parameter is... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080122985 - System and method for processing videos and images to a determined quality level: System and method for processing videos and images to a determined quality level. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for enhancing video. The method includes providing a first video element that is uncompressed. The method also includes determining motion information associated with the video element. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080122986 - Method and system for live video production over a packeted network: A method (and system) for live video production upon video signals transported over a packeted network, includes a master clock providing a packeted time code signal to the packeted network, and a video source having a source clock that is synchronized to the master clock based upon the packeted time... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080122987 - Image displaying method and display using the same: A method of controlling a display device selectively displaying one of a first signal received from a first signal source and a second signal received from a second signal source is provided. The method includes the steps of: displaying the second signal; detecting whether the first signal is received; and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080122988 - Multi-tuner apparatus for providing an emergency alert function: An apparatus (20) such as a television signal receiver provides an emergency alert function that avoids interrupting a user's program viewing and/or listening activities when the emergency alert function is activated, but still allows the user to be informed regarding emergency events. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus (20)... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080122990 - Simplified user interface activated by secondary remote control: A television having both a simplified remote control and a full-sized remote control may be designed to allow the user a selection of a simplified user interface or a full user interface, respectively. The television may be manufactured as a single model, thereby obviating the need for multiple television models... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080122989 - Video/audio system: A video/audio system includes a video/audio output unit (head unit) 1 for outputting video information and audio information to a monitor 5 or an audio transmitter 6; a video/audio output unit (external player) 2 which is connected to the video/audio output unit 1 via a common signal line 3 and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080122991 - Portable information product having projection device with digital light processing: A portable information product, such as a cellular phone, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, having a DLP projection device, and further comprising a data processing device and a DLP projection device is proposed. The data processing device has a main circuit module for processing data thereof and forming... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080122992 - Sequential display with motion adaptive processing for a dmd projector: Within a sequential display system, an apparatus performs motion adaptive processing of a pixel signal that controls the illumination of a corresponding pixel. The apparatus determines from the pixel signal whether motion has occurred for at least a predetermined duration. If not, the apparatus processes the pixel signal to cause... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080122993 - Television image receiver: A television image receiver (1) includes: an internal pressure regulating valve (5) provided above a tightly sealed cabinet (2), for allowing ventilation inside and outside the cabinet (2); and moisture adjusters (7), each having a moisture absorbing function, fixed inside the cabinet (2). The internal pressure regulating valve (5) includes... Agent: Masuvalley & Partners

20080117283 - Mobile communication terminal and method for providing substitute images for video call: A mobile communication terminal and method for proving a substitute image are provided, which automatically searches a substitute image suitable to a video call and transmits the substitute image to the opposite party. A user's image is automatically recorded during a video call, and tagged with information related to the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080117284 - Multimedia network sound box: One multimedia network sound box, which combines network camera, speaker, microphone and sound box shell into one entity and applies one set of audio & video transmission facility to transmit signal to mainframe of PC so as to provide remote audio & video signal transmission of Internet for video conference... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080117285 - Image synthesizing device and method and computer readable medium: There is provided with an image synthesizing device, including: a connection unit configured to connect to another image synthesizing device; a layout storage configured to store the image layout information of one or more synthesized image where a plurality of input images input into the image synthesizing device and the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080117282 - Display apparatus having video call function, method thereof, and video call system: A display apparatus having a video call function, a control method for controlling the display apparatus, and a video call system that uses the display apparatus and control method are provided. The display apparatus includes: an external source connection unit to which an external source is connected; a camera connection... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117287 - Distributed video sensor panoramic imaging system: A panoramic imaging system includes a plurality of separated video cameras that may be distributed around an object. A series of images captured by at least one of the separated video cameras is stored in a predetermined file format. The panoramic system further includes a viewer module that may render... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080117288 - Distributed video sensor panoramic imaging system: A panoramic imaging system includes a plurality of separated video cameras that may be distributed around an object. A series of images captured by at least one of the separated video cameras is stored in a first file format. The panoramic system further includes a viewer module that may render... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080117286 - System for establishing references for multi-image stitching: An imaging system for generating multiple images includes a first imaging device and a second imaging device. The first imaging device includes a sensor and has a first optical path from an object to the sensor for generating a first object image. The second imaging device includes a sensor and... Agent: Kurt Luther Honeywell International Inc.

20080117289 - Variable fixation viewing distance scanned light displays: In addition to varying the luminance and chrominance levels of each voxel in an image, a viewing distance for objects within the image is varied to display a multi-focal, three-dimensional image. The focal distance of the voxels is determined by a depth map that indicates a fixation viewing depth of... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20080117290 - Apparatus, system and method for generating stereoscopic images and correcting for vertical parallax: A stereoscopic imaging system for generating stereoscopic images includes a pair of cameras juxtaposed with each other in a horizontal plane each capturing a stream of video images. A controller is provided for controlling motion of each camera, determining presence of a vertical parallax between the images from each camera... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080117291 - In vivo imaging device, display device, imaging and displaying system and intra-subject indwelling system using the same: An object of the present invention is to continuously display a series of images of the inside of the subject until the intra-body indwelling capsule is placed at the desired site in the subject, and to easily place the intra-body indwelling capsule endoscope at the desired site. The intra-subject indwelling... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080117292 - Image pickup module and image forming lens for the same: An image forming lens includes a lens element having a flange part that is integral with the lens element. When assembled with an image pickup element to form an image pickup module, an outside perimeter portion of the lens element having a flange part, at a region nearest an image... Agent: Arnold International

20080117293 - Systems and methods of transforming a film signal into a video signal: An exemplary system has circuitry that receives a first signal, the first signal being generated responsive to a user control for a play speed of a film. The system also includes circuitry that receives a second signal, the second signal being synchronized with a video camera that generates television signals.... Agent: Jerome D. Jackson (jackson Patent Law Office)

20080117295 - Efficient scrambling of regions of interest in an image or video to preserve privacy: A video surveillance system is disclosed which addresses the issue of privacy rights and scrambles regions of interest in a scene in a video scene to protect the privacy of human faces and objects captured by the system. The video surveillance system is configured to identify persons and or objects... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080117294 - High resolution surveillance system: A surveillance device makes use of a fixed point in space such as a stabilized blimp, and a downward-looking high-resolution scanning camera. One or more line scan devices are arranged in a radial fashion on a rotating disk, together with associated lenses, so as to repeatedly scan an area of... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20080117296 - Master-slave automated video-based surveillance system: A video surveillance system comprises a first sensing unit; a second sensing unit; and a communication medium connecting the first sensing unit and the second sensing unit. The first sensing unit provides information about a position of a target to the second sensing unit via the communication medium, and the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080117297 - Covert camera apparatus for a doorframe and method: The invention disclosed provides an apparatus and method for a doorframe mounted covert video surveillance system. The surveillance system can be implemented in any location where monitoring passage through a door is desired. The invention allows for the quick adjustment of camera angle or the removal of the camera frame... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.c., One Lincoln Centre

20080117298 - Covert camera apparatus for a doorframe and method: The invention disclosed provides an apparatus and method for a surveillance camera having various attributes which make it advantageous in security applications. The invention allows for the quick adjustment of camera angle or the removal of the camera frame assembly, supplies a solution for video distorting caused by ground looping,... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.c.

20080117299 - Communication and monitoring system: An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080117300 - Portable device and method for taking images therewith: Disclosed is a portable device adapted to enable its user to manually adjust the focus and photometry locations during photography and a method for taking images with the device. A GUI for indicating the focus or photometry location is provided on the screen so that the user can manually move... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080117301 - Method and apparatus for real time testing of dtv antenna transmitting systems in the time domain under full power: A real time apparatus for testing a DTV antenna transmitting system, wherein the DTV antenna transmitting system transmits an original signal from a DTV transmitter to a DTV transmitting antenna, is disclosed that includes a probe, wherein the probe is connected in series with the DTV antenna transmitting system, and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080117302 - Photographing apparatus having automatic mode setting function and automatic mode setting method thereof: An automatic mode setting method and a photographing apparatus using the same are disclosed. The automatic mode setting method of the photographing apparatus includes judging the type of recording medium, setting a recording mode by a recording mode corresponding to the type of recording medium, and converting a photographed image... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080117303 - Camera with shake detecting function: A camera has a shake detector, a main power source controller, and a photograph controller. The shake detector is capable of detecting a shake while a main power source is in the OFF state. The main power source controller turns the main power source on when a shake is detected... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080117304 - Camera: To provide a camera having improved efficiency. A camera is provided with a fitting portion to which a lens barrel is detachably fitted, and a first driving portion capable of driving an aperture portion included in the lens barrel. The first driving portion can be switched between an actuable state... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080117305 - System and method for camera metering based on flesh tone detection: A method of adjusting exposure settings for a digital camera includes searching at least a portion of the field of view of the camera for pixels having a flesh tone. The flesh tone pixels are analyzed to identify at least one flesh tone spot. Spot metering of the field of... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080117306 - Electronic camera with first and second instruction circuits: If an image quality 1 “RAW” at which image data are recorded without undergoing image processing is selected at an electronic camera which is already set for WB bracketing, the electronic camera clears the WB bracketing. In addition, the electronic camera prohibits an operation for setting and clearing the WB... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080117307 - Image capture apparatus, image display method, and program: An image capture apparatus capable of generating a mirror image of a captured image and superimposing character patterns on the mirror image. The image capture apparatus includes an image capture device and a display device. The display device is rotatably coupled to the image capture device such that the display... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080117308 - White detecting method and apparatus using the same: A white detecting method and apparatus using the same are disclosed, wherein the white detecting method includes steps for using a luminance division and/or using a window division for white detecting. The luminance division detects a white by using at least one color data information existing in a white area,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080117310 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: An image capturing apparatus includes an image input unit which photo-electrically converts an object image to generate an image signal, a status determination unit which determines an object status in an image generated by the image input unit, an automatic image capturing instruction unit which starts an automatic image capturing... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080117309 - System and method for inserting position information into image: A system and method for connecting a global positioning system (GPS) device with a digital image processing device and inserting position information stored in the GPS device into an image file taken by the digital image processing device are provided. The system includes: a digital image processing device that photographs... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080117311 - Swarm imaging: A method and apparatus is provided for collecting data and generating synthesized data from the collected data. In one example, the data may include data at a specific time or over a period of time such that a requestor may request data obtained or captured by data capture devices at... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080117312 - Digital camera and method of preventing image data from being erased from the digital camera: The present invention relates to a digital camera, which is designed such that a recording medium can be loaded thereon, the medium capable of recording photographed image data and prohibiting recorded image data from being erased. The digital camera includes an initialization instruction unit for instructing the loaded recording medium... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117314 - Device and method for controlling a camera module in a mobile terminal to reduce power consumption: A camera control device and a method for operating a mobile terminal having a single camera module in selected modes to reduce the power consumption of the mobile terminal is disclosed. The camera control device for a mobile terminal includes a camera module, a memory, and a control unit. The... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20080117313 - Distance camera having a memory module: A method is provided for displaying information from a distance on a monitor. By defining an image plane, the inventive system displays an area of focus of the plane on the monitor while storing the image in short-term memory. When the user selects a subsequent area of focus it is... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/ Ip Dept.

20080117316 - Multi-eye image pickup device: A multi-eye camera includes imaging units which are detachably attached to a camera main body. The camera main body has a concave container portion to which at most four imaging units in either vertical or horizontal orientation can be attached at the same time. A length between the optical axes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117315 - Zoom optical system and electronic imaging apparatus using the same: where y07 is expressed by y07=0.7y10 when y10 denotes a distance from the center to a point farthest from the center within an effective imaging surface of the electronic image sensor, ω07w is an angle made by a direction of an object point corresponding to an image point, connecting the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117317 - Dim row suppression system and method for active pixel sensor arrays: An active pixel sensor array includes an imaging sensor subarray, a first reference subarray positioned on a first side of the imaging sensor subarray. The first reference subarray includes a first reference column line. A second reference subarray is positioned on a second side of the imaging subarray. The second... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080117318 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: In an image processing apparatus, a defect detection unit detects a defective pixel and a defect level thereof by comparing a maximum pixel value detected at each pixel position of a plurality of images captured via an image taking operation performed a plurality of times by an image sensor with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080117319 - Imager device with anti-fuse pixels and recessed color filter array: An imager device having a recessed color filter array formed in a trench of a material layer above a pixel array. Light-sensitive pixels are formed in the center area of the array, while non-light-sensitive pixels are formed in a buffer region adjacent the light-sensitive pixels and beneath an area of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080117320 - Imaging apparatus that is connectable to and controlled by a separate apparatus: An imaging apparatus includes a connector that is directly connectable to a bus of an information processing apparatus that is separate from the imaging apparatus. This enables the set-up of the various parameters of the imaging apparatus to be performed rapidly while the imaging apparatus is directly electrically connected to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080117321 - Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and camera: A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixels each converting the amount of incident light into an electric signal and disposed in a plurality of columns to be deviated from the neighboring pixels in a row direction or in a column direction; a plurality of analog-to-digital converting units each... Agent: David R. Metzger Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080117322 - Image pickup device and imaging apparatus using the same: Disclosed are an image pickup device and an imaging apparatus using the image pickup device. The image pickup device a photodiode for converting incident light to electric charge and generate a signal charge corresponding to an intensity of the incident light, a CCD cell for accumulatively storing respective signal charges... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117323 - Electronic display device medium and screen display control method used for electronic display medium: When an electronic book 1 is activated, a video image obtaining section 2 starts taking face images of a user. Next, an analysis section 4 analyzes the face images of the user taken by the video image obtaining section 2, thereby inferring a physiological condition of a user. Then, a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080117324 - Optical device module and method for fabricating the same: A solid-state image sensor includes a first image sensing device, a first flexible substrate connected to the first image sensing device, a second solid-state image sensing device, and a second flexible substrate connected to the second solid-state image sensing device. The solid-state image sensing devices are disposed adjacently to each... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080117325 - Photosensor and focus detecting device: The arrangement of focus-detecting sensors for autofocus in multipoint range finding and the arrangement of light detection sensors for focus detecting regions are optimized. Further, the chip area and power consumption are reduced. Light detection sensors are provided on the sensor chip in a manner such as to be disposed... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080117326 - Optical device, imaging device, control method for optical device, and program: An optical device which allows size and cost reductions and enables simultaneous capture of images taken by a first optical system and images taken by a composite optical system composed of the first optical system and a second optical system. A first optical system is adapted to form a first... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080117327 - Electronic device and camera: The object of the present invention is to enable reliable supply of oxygen which is necessary for a fuel cell to generate electric power, to the fuel cell. In a bottom surface of a casing of a camera, a tripod socket for mounting a tripod is disposed in the vicinity... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080117328 - Retractable camera arm: An apparatus that aids in the taking of self-portraits comprising an imaging device such as a camera or video-camera, a retractable arm having a first end and a second end, an optional grip handle surrounding the first end of the retractable arm, a platform on the second end of the... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080117329 - Multi-mode video deinterlacer comprising a low delay mode: Herein described is at least a method and system for deinterlacing an interactive or non-interactive video. The method comprises receiving a control signal by a user that indicates whether the video is an interactive video or a non-interactive video. The method further comprises deinterlacing the video such that an amount... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080117330 - Method for video deinterlacing and format conversion: A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of primary scores by searching along a plurality of primary angles for an edge in the picture proximate a location interlaced with a field of the picture, (B) generating a plurality... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080117331 - Modulating operation interface and method thereof: A modulating operation interface and a method are applied for a display apparatus. The modulating operation interface comprises a display unit, a selection unit, a clock unit and a processor. A circle broadcast action of a plurality of operation diagrams is displayed by the display unit. One operation diagram from... Agent: Law Offices Of Lai And Associates, P.c.

20080117332 - Broadcast receiving device: A broadcast receiving device includes a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, a display control unit, an audio determination unit, a switching determination unit and a switching execution unit. The display control unit displays a first image corresponding to a first television broadcast received by the first receiving unit... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080117333 - Method, system and computer program product for video insertion: A method for video insertion including presenting a user with an image; allowing the user to define one or more inclusion regions of interest by selecting one or more portions in the image; allowing the user to define one or more exclusion regions of interest by selecting one or more... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Cantor Colburn LLP

20080117334 - Gain-determining method and apparatus for grayscale white balance of display apparatus: A gain-determining method for grayscale white balance of a display apparatus comprising a panel is provided. The method first displays a white, a red, a green, and a blue images on the panel respectively and measures the chromatic values and luminance of the images. Next, the chromatic values and luminance... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080117336 - System and method for fast digital channel changing: Methods and systems for fast channel changing and for auxiliary channel generating are disclosed. The system for fast channel changing includes: an auxiliary channel generating unit, configured to generate one or more auxiliary channels corresponding to target channel and send video data of the one or more auxiliary channels; a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080117335 - Tuner selection in digital broadcasting receiver having multiple tuners: A digital broadcasting receiver having multiple tuners and a method of selecting a tuner in the digital broadcasting receiver. An embodiment of the present invention attempts to tune each tuner with transponder data of a satellite being connected to a digital broadcasting receiver having multiple tuners and selects one tuner... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080117337 - Method of transmitting broadcast signal, method of processing broadcast signal and apparatus for the same: A method of processing a broadcast signal relevant to an emergency alert and a broadcast receiver for the same are disclosed, by which information on a channel for carrying an emergency alert broadcast can be prevented from being overlapped with information on other general channels. The present disclosure generating an... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080117338 - Method and apparatus of locating channels in a frequency band: A method for searching a frequency band to locate a channel. The method includes the steps of setting an initial frequency and a first frequency step; determining a frequency point based on the initial frequency and the first frequency step; determining whether the frequency point satisfies a first condition, which... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080117339 - Remote control based content control: Remote control based content control that allows one or more remote control users to control content or other materials being shown or displayed through a television or other display. The control may optionally include split screen display control and/or remote control/user based content control.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080117340 - Image display apparatus and method for providing xlet thereof: An image display apparatus and a method for providing an Xlet of the image display apparatus, are provided. The image display apparatus operated by a remote controller having a plurality of function keys, the image display apparatus comprises: an Xlet unit which performs Xlet included in a data broadcast signal;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080117341 - Traveling lens for video display: A video display includes a light signal generator that generates modulated light signals containing video information propagating along an optical guideway. A light-releasing mechanism releases light from the optical guideway in a timed relationship with the modulation of the light signals. A traveling lens propagates in communication with an optical... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080117342 - Thin-shaped television: Operating bars are provided for corner portions on both sides of the television main body in a longitudinal direction, bosses having a collar portion on the inside thereof are formed from the operating bar toward hole portion formed in the corner portions on both sides of the television main body... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080111880 - Method of providing video-call service using general voice-call terminal and private branch exchange for performing the method: In a method of providing video-call service using a general voice-call terminal and a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) for performing the method, the following steps or functions are performed: exchanging, at a PBX, video media information with a video-support adaptor for providing video-call service to a voice-call terminal; and exchanging,... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080111881 - Imaging system: An image acquisition system for capturing images of a scene is provided. The system includes a stationary image acquisition device that receives optical images. A light-directing device directs images toward the image acquisition device. The light-directing device pivots about a pivot axis over a scan range that is less than... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080111882 - Dynamically adjustable elements of an on-screen display: A system for generating an on-screen display (OSD) is described. The on-screen display, which has a semitransparent background area, is overlaid on top of an image. The data which make up this image are stored in a buffer. An accumulator, connected to the buffer, is used to examine this data,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080111883 - Portable terminal having video surveillance apparatus, video surveillance method using the portable terminal, and video surveillance system: Provided is an image surveillance method and apparatus. The image surveillance method includes photographing a predetermined place and generating an image signal corresponding to the predetermined place, detecting a change in the image signal by calculating a difference between a current frame and a previous frame of the generated image... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080111884 - Multipurpose unattended ground sensor node with relay capability: An unattended sensor is provided for use in a surveillance system. The sensor is generally comprised of: a detector; a signal processor; a radio transceiver; a power source; and a controller which configures the sensor in either a sensor mode or a relay mode. When configured in the sensor mode,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080111885 - Robust tactical unattended ground sensor networking: An unattended sensor is provided for use in a surveillance system. The sensor is generally comprised of: a detector that generates an electrical signal in response to a physical stimulus proximate to the sensor; a signal processor adapted to receive the electrical signal from the detector and operable to generate... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080111886 - Image display device and method thereof: An image display device capable of preventing screen burning or residual image phenomena is provided. The image display device includes a display which displays an image according to preset pixel output characteristics; a motion detection unit which detects motion of the displayed image; and an output controller which adjusts the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080111887 - Method, system, and program product for measuring audio video synchronization independent of speaker characteristics: Method, system, and program product for measuring audio video synchronization. This is done by first acquiring audio video information into an audio video synchronization system. The step of data acquisition is followed by analyzing the audio information, and analyzing the video information. Next, the audio information is analyzed to locate... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080111888 - System for programming a plurality of chips, such as photosensor chips or ink-jet chips, with operating parameters: An imaging system, such as having pixel-sized photosensors for recording images, or light emitters or ink-jet ejectors for creating images, comprises a plurality of chips. Each chip includes a shift register with a shift-register-in line; a set of imaging elements associated with the shift register; and a program line, for... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080111889 - Camera shake correction device, camera shake correction method and imaging device: Movement of an imaging device is detected using a camera shake detection sensor or a motion vector obtained from an image signal, and camera shake correction is performed by shifting an extraction frame (valid photographing region) within a photographable maximum region based on the motion detection result. When movement of... Agent: Mots Law, Pllc

20080111890 - Electromagnetic driving apparatus and optical apparatus: An electromagnetic driving apparatus includes a magnet member having a first face in which first and second magnetic poles are formed in a first direction and a second face in which the first and second magnetic poles are formed in a second direction, a first coil facing the first face,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080111891 - Remote-controlled platform system: When a shot reproduction command of a preset function is given from a platform controller 12 and a zoom position of a shot to be reproduced is closer to the wide side than a current position, CPU 42 of a platform main body 16 performs driving of the zoom prior... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080111892 - Image device and still image capturing method thereof: An image device and a still image capturing method thereof. The image device includes a first storage unit which stores a broadcast stream by a certain length; a capturer which, when a capture function is selected to output at least one of frames constituting the broadcast stream as a still... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080111893 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and computer readable medium: An image processing apparatus, a computer readable medium and the like in which a dither effect in a neighborhood of a highlight area can be obtained easily and certainly. For this purpose, an image processing apparatus includes an inputting unit which inputs a pixel signal group representing a field image,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080111894 - Imaging apparatus and image signal processing device: Infrared light emitted by a fluorescent material is weak. When an infrared image obtained by this fluorescent material is superposed and displayed on a visible-light image, the infrared image is made clear. A signal <IR> of an IR pixel having selective sensitivity to infrared light is subtracted from RGB pixel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080111896 - Automatic white balance system and automatic white balance control method: An automatic white balance system according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a color separation and synchronization unit which has a line memory for generating a white-balance-adjusted YUV signal, a color judgment unit which judges whether or not a white balance adjustment is needed, a white balance adjustment gain... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080111895 - Method of making digital photograph and digital photograph made by that method: A method of making a digital photograph composed of a moving water element and still element by applying a known computer image processing system, and a digital photograph made by this method, involves taking a basic photograph indicating a realistic image of still elements and photographs taken by applying a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080111898 - Driver and driving method for solid-state imaging device: According to one embodiment the amount of noise in the OB interval of a video signal when an electron-multiplying solid-state imaging device is driven with each of predetermined multiplication gains has been measured and stored in advance. The amount of noise in the OB interval of a video signal when... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080111897 - Encoding apparatus, video camera: An encoding apparatus includes a first encoder for encoding inputted picture information at a first rate or first resolution, and a second encoder for encoding the inputted picture information at a second rate lower than the first rate or at second resolution lower than the first resolution, in which when... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080111899 - Interchangeable lens and lens-data communication method: An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body when the interchangeable lens is detachably attached to the camera body to exchange data of the interchangeable lens, the interchangeable lens includes a logic IC via which the interchangeable lens communicates with the camera body; and a memory which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080111900 - Interchangeable lens and lens-data communication method: An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body, the interchangeable lens including an interface logic IC; and a memory connected to the interface logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens. Fixed data of the interchangeable lens is allocated to a predetermined number of bytes... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080111901 - Imaging apparatus and method of processing image: An imaging apparatus for capturing an image using a solid-state imaging device. The imaging apparatus includes: a noise-elimination processing section capable of performing noise elimination processing on the captured image data by applying an individual noise-elimination intensity for each pixel; an image coding processing section compression coding the image data... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080111902 - Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and program: This invention allows executing proper photometry within a short time even when a single-lens reflex type image capturing apparatus performs flash photography using an electronic viewfinder. When performing photography from a live view display state using a flash unit which illuminates an object, a shutter front curtain is closed, and... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080111903 - Imaging apparatus with function of shading compensation: A photographing unit photographs an object “n” times respectively with exposure times T1(1) to T1(n) to generate “n” sheets of images of the same object per an exposure time T1, where “n” is a whole number and the exposure times T1(1) to T1(n) are obtained by dividing the exposure time... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080111904 - Apparatus, system, and method for driver circuits: Some embodiments include an output driver having a first circuit to provide a plurality of first parallel circuit paths between an output node and a first supply node, a second circuit to provide a plurality of second parallel circuit paths between the output node and a second supply node, and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080111905 - Physical quantity distribution detecting apparatus and imaging apparatus: A physical quantity distribution detecting apparatus includes a sensor array in which a plurality of unit sensors for sensing physical quantity are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix; and an analog-to-digital conversion unit that includes a plurality of comparators for comparing an analog signal read from the unit sensor with a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080111906 - Pixel circuit of cmos image sensor for dual capture and structure thereof: Provided is a pixel circuit in a CMOS image sensor, a structure thereof, and a method of operating the same. The pixel includes: a photodiode; a floating diffusion node connected to the photodiode through a first switch; a source follower responsive to a voltage of the floating diffusion node. The... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080111907 - Imaging module and method of manufacturing imaging module: An imaging module includes a flexible printed circuit board which has a first area on which a first functional element is mounted, a second area on which a second functional element is mounted, and a third area which is formed between the first area and the second area, an electronic... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080111908 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus driven at a frequency adaptive to photographic sensitivity: A digital camera feeds information input on an operation panel to a system controller. The system controller generates a control signal in accordance with optical sensitivity selected and feeds it to a timing signal generator. The timing signal generator includes a signal generator, which generates a timing signal whose frequency... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080111909 - Zoom lens system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same: d

20080111911 - Autofocus device, method of controlling the same, and microscope system using the same: An autofocus device, comprises: a stage for mounting a sample; an objective lens; a focusing unit driving stage or the objective lens in an optical axis direction in order to control the position relative to each other of the stage and the objective lens; a lighting unit onto the sample;... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080111910 - Image caputure in auto-focus digital cameras: In an AF camera having a two-stage capture button or a three-stage capture button, a timing control module or algorithm is used to control the type of image a user can obtain after the user presses and releases the capture button. The timing control allows the user to capture an... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080111912 - Methods and apparatuses for generating information regarding spatial relationship between a lens and an image sensor of a digital imaging apparatus and related assembling methods: Methods and apparatuses for generating information regarding spatial relationship between a lens and an image sensor of a digital imaging apparatus are provided. One proposed method includes: providing uniform light; driving the image sensor to sense the uniform light via the lens to generate a corresponding image; and generating the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080111913 - Image taking device and method of controlling exposure: An aspect of the present invention provides an image taking device comprising an image pickup device which picks up an image in a field, a luminance measuring device which divides the image into the predetermined number of blocks to measure the luminance level of each block, a reference average luminance... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080111914 - Television lens apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, at least parts or all of the windows for tarry lamps are located in the outside of the front cover by constructing the front cover portion between the top face and left-hand side face of the front cover, and the front cover... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080111915 - De-interlacing method: An image de-interlacing method for estimating an interpolation luminance of an interpolated pixel, including: selecting a plurality of first and second candidate pixels respectively on upper and lower lines adjacent to the interpolated pixel, calculating a plurality of weighted directional differences respectively associated with one of the first candidate pixels... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080111916 - Image de-interlacing method: An image de-interlacing method for estimating an interpolation luminance of an interpolated pixel improving interpolation quality of oblique lines comprises selecting a plurality of candidate interpolation directions extending from one of a plurality of first candidate interpolation pixels to one of a plurality of second candidate interpolation pixels respectively on... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080111917 - Method and system for determining video deinterlacing strategy: A method and a system for determining a video deinterlacing strategy are disclosed. First, all the pixels of a (i+2)th field are subtracted from the corresponding pixels of the ith field to obtain a difference field. Next, a specific check-area is located according to the difference field. Next, the ith... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080111918 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image processing apparatus includes: a field forming unit configured to subject 3-2 pulldown materials to 3-2 pulldown to form field images in normal reproduction, and to add flag information to the field images, the flag information necessary to generate frame images from field images; and a generating unit configured... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080111919 - Multiplexed dvi and displayport transmitter: A semiconductor device that can be used to process and transmit data in two dissimilar formats. DVI or DisplayPort (DPortV1) standardized formats are disclosed. This integration, which can be operated in each mode as fully compliant circuit with the specific standard, allows the same video capture and analog circuits to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080111920 - Vertical frequency distinction circuit, video display apparatus, and vertical frequency distinction method: There is provided a vertical frequency distinction circuit and a vertical frequency distinction method capable of reducing a chip area, and a video display apparatus having the vertical frequency distinction circuit. A vertical control pulse generating section of the vertical frequency distinction circuit generates a noise eliminating signal for disabling... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080111921 - Receiving device for audio-video system: The invention relates to a receiving device for an audio-video system. The receiving device comprises a connector, a video processing unit, an audio processing module, and a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit detects a status of an inputted signal received by the connector and controls the operation of at lease... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080111922 - Mapping of presentation material: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a video output by combining a first video input and a second video input. A first input image is accessed from the first video input and a second input image is accessed from the second video input, wherein the... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080111923 - Processor for video data: A video processor according to the invention is dynamically configurable as to the attributes of the video data upon which the processor operates. Some embodiments dynamically configure the processor via a sequence of instructions, where the instructions include information on the attributes of the current video data. Some embodiments include... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.l.p.

20080111924 - Method and device for evaluating random noise in image sensor: A random noise evaluation method is comprised of: capturing and obtaining current image data; calculating a difference between the current image data and an average of previous image data; calculating a current difference square sum using a sum of the difference and a previous difference square sum; and calculating a... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080111925 - Signal processing circuit and method: A signal processing circuit includes: multiple digital-signal processing units operating in parallel each including a selecting unit for selecting one of multiple systems of input picture signals, a double-speed converting unit for writing the data equivalent to one field of the picture signal selected by the selecting unit in field... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080111926 - Projection system and adjusting method thereof: A projection system includes a first projection apparatus, a second projection apparatus, a sensing element, and a processing unit. The first projection apparatus is used for projecting a first frame on a screen. The second projection apparatus is used for projecting a second frame on the screen. The sensing element... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080111927 - Device and system for reflective digital light processing (dlp): Aspects of the present invention include a device and system for providing reflective electrochromic switching devices having an optically reflective layer with at least one electrochromic material, a substrate, and an excitation means and controller for transmitting received light in association with transmissivity of the reflective layer at a predetermined... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080111928 - Base for display screen: This display screen turning apparatus (base for a display screen) includes a platelike base member so formed as to receive the load of a display body applied to a display screen support mechanism on a partial region and to warp in a direction opposite to the direction of deflection resulting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080111929 - Display screen turning apparatus: This display screen turning apparatus includes a turntable mounted with a display body and rotatable in a horizontal plane, a base, rotatably holding the turntable, provided with a drawn projecting portion and a floating prevention member so mounted on the projecting portion of the base as to prevent the turntable... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080106591 - Two way communication system: A two-way communication system for viewers at first and second sites, including an integrated imaging apparatus at the first site for displaying second site images from the second site while capturing first site images from the first site and sending them over a channel to a second site; a structure... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106594 - System and method for tagging objects in a panoramic video and associating functions and indexing panoramic images with same: A system and process for attaching tags to panoramic video. Tags provide information when viewing panoramic images, serve as references to specific actions and serve as reference for outside systems into a panoramic image database. Objects in a video can be tagged. It defines tags through 4-D time-space curves, which... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080106593 - System and process for synthesizing location-referenced panoramic images and video: A system and process of morphing location-referenced panoramic images into views at nearby locations. When using panoramic images in an interactive tour, a user might desire to see the environment from viewpoints for which no panoramic images are available. This invention makes this possible. It enables a user to experience... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20080106595 - Display apparatus, frame member, and reflection suppressing member: A display apparatus, frame member, and reflection suppressing member that are capable of achieving an improvement in display quality and an improvement in visibility, are provided. In a case, a reflection suppressing portion that attenuates emitted display light is formed on an annular wall portion (frame portion). The reflection suppressing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106592 - Videophone apparatus: Between a display of a videophone apparatus and a cover thereof, there are disposed lenses 114, 116, 118 and a half mirror, having sufficiently small areas as compared to the surface areas of the display and the cover. The half mirror enables light from the display to transmit to the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080106596 - Device and system for in vivo imaging: The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining in vivo images. The system contains an imaging system and a transmitter for transmitting signals from a camera to a receiving system located outside a patient.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080106598 - Remote access memorial viewing system: A system for allowing remote viewing of a particularized item located within a plurality of items; such as a particular gravesite within a cemetery. In particular the present system includes at least one viewing device, which is operatively connected to a host control device. This combination of items is configured... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20080106597 - System and method for storing and remotely retrieving surveillance video images: A system and method for enabling real-time off-site video image storage is disclosed. An off-site storage site is coupled to camera servers at client sites via a private network. Each camera server is further coupled to one or more surveillance cameras. Video images captured by cameras located at the client... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080106599 - Object density estimation in video: A video camera may overlook a monitored area from any feasible position. An object flow estimation module monitor the moving direction of the objects in the monitored area. It may separate the consistently moving objects from the other objects. A object count estimation module may compute the object density (e.g.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080106600 - System and methods for delivering event-related multimedia content to wireless devices: A system for delivering to a wireless subscriber terminal multimedia content related to a spectator event comprises an event application server, a wireless network coupled to the event application server and a wireless subscriber terminal that interacts with the network. The event application server acquires, converts, and manages content related... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina LLC

20080106601 - Camera: This camera includes a display device that displays a photographic condition, and a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned. When some problem is detected by the detection means, notification thereof is provided via a specification display (a simple warning message)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106602 - On chip test mode implementation: An improved on chip test method for determining the photon transfer curve (PTC) and dark current in an image sensor is described. Cost and time savings is achieved by reducing the number of frames necessary for the measurements to three including two exposure frames and one frame for dark current... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080106603 - System and method for high-speed image-cued triggering: A high-speed digital camera system and method for processing high-speed image data is claimed. The method comprises generating images with at least 3×105 pixels at greater than 200 frames-per-second with an image sensor, downloading an image from the image sensor; defining an area of interest in the downloaded image comprising... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.c.

20080106604 - Image output device, image processing apparatus, image output and image processing system, and method therefore: A digital camera 40 transmits to a printer 20 a command for transmitting RAW format compatibility information which is information of a RAW file format directly printable by the printer 20. Upon receipt of the RAW format compatibility information from the printer 20, the digital camera 40 determines, on the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080106606 - Digital image capturing device with a slidable lcd: A digital image capturing device is disklosed. The digital image capturing device of the present invention comprises an LCD and a main body. The LCD has a first fastening element. The main body has a switching device a sliding shaft, a sliding shaft sleeve and a second fastening element. The... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080106607 - Photographing device for controlling image recording according to the state of a received image signal on image recording and an image recording method thereof: A photographing device and method are provided for controlling image recording according to the state of a received image signal on image recording. The photographing device includes a receiver which receives an image signal generated by capturing an image, a recorder which records the image signal on a recording medium,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080106605 - Secure sensor chip: A method and device for providing a secure sensor chip (1) for recording digital information regarding at least one physical parameter, wherein the recording later can be verified with respect to its authenticity, whether the at least one physical parameter was indeed recorded by the specified chip (1) or not,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080106609 - Method and apparatus for taking a moving picture: A method and apparatus for taking a moving picture that quickly and effectively reduces a processor load and stabilizes an image due to shaking of the apparatus. The apparatus and method perform operations for extracting feature points from a kth image captured by the apparatus, extracting feature points from a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080106608 - Systems, devices and methods for digital camera image stabilization: Disclosed are various systems, devices and methods for digital camera image stabilization. In one embodiment, a digital camera captures a plurality of digital images of a subject simultaneously or near-simultaneously and stores the captured images in memory as individual digital data sets. While the digital images are being captured simultaneously... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080106611 - Image signal processing circuit used in electronic product: An exemplary image signal processing circuit (20) includes an image sensor (22), a drive circuit (28), and a microprocessor (24). The drive circuit includes an image signal processor (25) and a data processor (26). The microprocessor is provided to send control signals to the image sensor, the image signal processor,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080106610 - Photographing apparatus having external cameras and method of switching modes thereof: A photographing apparatus having external cameras, and a method of switching modes thereof, are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing part for photographing an optical image being converged through a lens part, and converting the image into an electric signal, a video signal generating part for processing the electric... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080106612 - Automatic image quality adjustment according to brightness of subject: The image processing device performs image processing using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data where the image generation record information includes at least operating information about the image generating device at the time of generation of the image... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080106614 - Imaging device and imaging system: A recording support information (metadata) on a schedule of and a performer for an imaging operation, and the like, which are determined in advance is recorded in a first recording medium 16 by a program constitution input device 100. The first recording medium 16 is inserted in to an imaging... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080106613 - System for capturing and displaying digital images: A system for capturing and displaying images of subjects includes a digital camera and a slide show controller disposed in a common case. A subject can take is own picture using the digital camera. The resulting image is stored in an electronic folder with other images and all the images... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080106617 - Camera and file management method used therein: A recording medium has clusters assigned first cluster information pieces respectively. The clusters store a file or files of image data. When a received signal is a copying command indicative of a requested file, image data in the requested file is read from one or more clusters and is sent.... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20080106615 - Electronic device and method in an electronic device for processing image data: The invention relates to an electronic device for performing imaging, including a camera means for creating image data (ID) from an imaging target (IT), the imaging target (IT) including at least one primary image object (I1) and at least one secondary image object (I2), an image-processing chain arranged in connection... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080106618 - Method and apparatus for automatic recognition of the relative motion direction of an object relative to a multiline camera: A multi-line camera such as a two-line camera acquires image data of an object moving relative to the camera. An output of a first sensor line is connected through a first time-delay memory to a first comparator, and is connected directly to a second comparator. An output of a second... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20080106616 - Image taking device with removable optical unit: There is provided an image taking device with removable optical unit, with which it is possible to switch the operating mode of an image taking device body to playback mode without operating an image playback button or the like, and operation of the image taking device body is made easy.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080106619 - Imaging system and pixel defect correctin device: Disclosed herein is an imaging system including: an imaging device; light blocking means for blocking a light receiving section of the imaging device from light; a pixel defect correction section configured to detect and correct defective pixels of the imaging device; a signal processing section configured to process a pixel... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106620 - Method of generating range images and apparatus therefor: According to an aspect of the invention, since two range images (first and second range images) are individually generated by a first range image generating device and a second range image generating device by different methods, and one range image (a third range image) is generated on the basis of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106621 - Shared image device synchronization or designation: In certain aspects, designating an attribute of at least one shared image at least partially with a designating shared image device that can be utilized to capture an image with at least one capturing shared image device. In other aspects, synchronizing a capturing shared image device to a sharing session... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080106622 - Imaging device: An imaging device comprising an array of pixels fabricated using a microelectronic technology such as CMOS is disclosed. The imaging device provides information regarding rapid increases in incident radiation. The sensor is sensitive to a variable quantity to be imaged, such as visible or non-visible radiation, and a signal representative... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106624 - Method of using a camera module: An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window such that the window is exposed through the aperture.... Agent: Gunnison Mckay & Hodgson, LLP Garden West Office Plaza, Suite 220

20080106623 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: an imaging area including unit pixel row elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, each of the unit pixel row elements including a pixel row in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, a charge transfer path that transfers signal charges detected by... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106625 - Multi image storage on sensor: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels with each pixel having a photosensitive area that captures a sequence of at least two light exposures by accumulating photon-induced charge for each exposure; at least two charge storage areas each of which is associated respectively with one of the sequence of... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106627 - Imaging device, and control method for solid imaging element: An imaging device capable of suppressing the complexity of a constitution and reducing the dispersion of brightness sensitivities of individual solid imaging elements to the temperature includes a solid imaging elements a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature, and a temperature monitor for detecting the temperature of the solid imaging... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080106626 - Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus: A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate 11, a photoelectric-conversion sensor portion 13 formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 11, a pixel area including an effective pixel portion 31 and an optical black portion 32 and a low reflective film 21 with low reflectance of infrared... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080106629 - integrated display having multiple capture devices: An integrated imaging apparatus for displaying images while capturing images of a scene, including an electronic display having an array of display pixels which are used to display image content; a plurality of apertures are integrated within the display, wherein each of the apertures includes at least one partially transparent... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106630 - Camera system and camera: A camera system including a camera having an image displaying unit that displays various images and an external flash device that is connected to the camera when in use. To the camera is connectable either a first external flash device whose light emission amount is settable according to an operation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106628 - Integrated display and capture apparatus: An integrated imaging apparatus for displaying images while capturing images of a scene, including an electronic display having an array of display pixels which are used to display image content; at least one image capture device which captures an image, wherein the image capture device having at least an imaging... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20080106631 - Imaging unit: According to the present invention, an imaging unit, comprising an imaging device, an imaging device driver, and a signal-processing block, is provided. The imaging device has pixels which are arranged in a first direction. The pixels are alternately and repeatedly covered with N1 kinds of different color filters along the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080106632 - Camera device and method for making same: An exemplary camera device includes a holder, an image sensor, at least one optical element, and a barrel unit. The barrel unit includes a barrel and at least one lens received therein, and the barrel is threadedly coupled to the holder. The image sensor and the at least one optical... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080106633 - Electro-optic lens with integrated components for varying refractive properties: A lens system for dynamically collecting refractive error is disclosed, the lens system comprising: a lens having at least one electro-active element having a refractive property that is alterable, the lens being capable of being shaped to fit a housing without hindering performance of the electro-active element, a controller in... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080106634 - Multiple lens imaging apparatuses, and methods and programs for setting exposure of multiple lens imaging apparatuses: When an exposure value calculated according to a result of photometric measurement for predetermined main imaging units among a plurality of imaging units is used for setting exposure of the main imaging units and sub-imaging units other than the main imaging units, judgment is carried out as to whether an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106635 - Optical mouse and image capture chip thereof: An optical mouse and image capture chip thereof. The image capture chip comprises an image sensor, a calculating logic circuit, and a refreshing logic circuit. The image sensor has a plurality of sensor units, capturing an image according to an exposure parameter to provide a plurality of exposure values. The... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080106636 - Camera and method in a camera: The present invention relates to a method in a camera for determining a camera setting when using pulsed flash is provided. The camera comprises a source of light. The source of light is adapted to emit light to illuminate an object. The object is further illuminated by ambient light. The... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080106637 - Photographing apparatus and photographing method: A photographing apparatus including: an imaging unit for obtaining image data by imaging a subject; a light irradiation unit for irradiating light onto the subject when photographing; an eye detection unit for detecting a human or animal eye; and a light control unit for changing the irradiation condition of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080106638 - Internet media experience data compression scheme: A basic high-definition image is divided into tiles. Each of the tiles is analyzed to determine how it can be compressed. The tiles are both compressed and reduced in size according to the desired target, where the target is how many pixels are available on the screen of a device... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106639 - Video enhancement internet media experience in converting high definition formats to video formats: Image or video from a cell phone is processed to expand the image in a way to display it on a high definition video screen.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106640 - Method of multiple stream formatting in a multimedia system: A method of multiple stream formatting in a multimedia system. An input media signal is simultaneously converted to a plurality of different media formats selected from a menu, and the different media formats are stored on a storage device. The method then includes retrieving one or more desired different formats... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080106641 - Method for controlling display device: A method for controlling a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input video image having a plurality of active scan lines, controlling the display device to display a plurality of background scan lines on a first display area with a first scan line frequency, and controlling the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080106642 - Advanced deinterlacer for high-definition and standard-definition video: A motion adaptive video deinterlacer may process fields of video derived from frames of video. The deinterlacer may use multiple pixel motion engines to provide motion information about the pixels within each field. The output of the motion engines may be used to deinterlace the fields of video based on... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080106643 - Method and apparatus for video transmission over long distances using twisted pair cables: A system capable of transmitting and receiving high frequency video signals across various lengths of a twisted pair cable while maintaining video quality is presented. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver tandem coupled together over twisted pair cable. Each video component is mixed with a reference signal in... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20080106644 - Broadcast receiving apparatus, tv set, and control method of broadcast receiving apparatus: There is provided a broadcast receiving apparatus having a broadcast receiving unit. The apparatus includes: an instruction receiving unit which receives a broadcasting type selection instruction or a channel number selection instruction, and a control unit which, when the instruction receiving unit receives the broadcasting type selection instruction, controls the... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080106645 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. A system and a method for providing a plurality of screen configurations to provide at least one service on a physical display device. The method includes positioning a logic logical main screen in a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106646 - System, apparatus, method, and computer program product for generating an on-screen display: Video processing systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for generating an OSD according to an OSD data set and a plurality of available colors are provided. The video processing apparatus comprises a control unit and a memory. The control unit is configured to determine whether the OSD data set... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080106648 - Signal processing method and apparatus in digital broadcasting apparatus of wireless terminal: An apparatus and method for processing a digital broadcast signal are provided. The method includes cutting off a noise frequency of a received digital broadcast signal and low-noise amplifying the noise cut-off signal, limiting an amplitude of the low-noise amplified signal spectrum to an amplitude of the digital broadcast signal... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080106647 - Video-signal processing method, program of video-signal processing method, recording medium having recorded thereon program of video-signal processing method, and video-signal processing apparatus: A video-signal processing method for measuring a noise level of an input video signal includes the steps of detecting an intra-field or intra-frame feature for each region that, is set in the input video signal, the intra-field or intra-frame feature representing a noise level in the input video signal within... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080106649 - Burn-in control: A burn-in control method and video processor for executing the same. The video processor intelligently recognizes aspects of a video image that are likely to cause bum-in, and responsive to such recognition, modifies the video image to prevent uneven aging of the pixels. According to one aspect of the disclosure,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080106650 - Filter configuration for a receiver of multiple broadcast standard signals: A filter arrangement for a receiver for multiple broadcast signals includes a first filter for receiving a broadcast signal from a tuner, a second filter coupled to an output of said first filter, said second filter having a variable bandwidth response, said second filter providing an output for a demodulator;... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080106651 - Method and system for an integrated vsb/qam/ntsc/oob plug-and-play dtv receiver: Systems and methods for processing signals in a communication system are disclosed and may include demodulating a wirelessly received inband signal and a wirelessly received out-of-band signal via a DTV receiver. One or more TV channels may be generated based on the demodulation of the wirelessly received inband signal and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080106652 - High-performance bipolar tuner solution systems and methods: A system for processing signals comprises a tuner and an input/output (IO) bus bridge, wherein the tuner and the IO bus bridge are formed at least in part on same semiconductor chip, and wherein at least a portion of logic on the chip is implemented in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080106653 - spatial light modulator techniques for stage lighting: Spatial light modulator techniques for stage lighting. A first technique pieces together multiple spatial light modulator's or sectors within an existing spatial light modulator to form an overall area which is closer to being square. For example, to 16×9 spatial light modulators may be located next to one another to... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080106654 - Audience scanning light projector and associated methods: A scanning laser system has a scan position controller to control an X-Y beam translator and a beam power controller to control a light source. A processor has accessible a table having a matrix of elements representing regions having spatial coordinates in at least two dimensions. A plurality of regions... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080100692 - Call control system and method for mobile communication: A call control system and method for mobile video telephony that enables an automatic call setup between a mobile video telephony terminal and a mobile audio-dedicated terminal is disclosed. A call control method for communication between mobile terminals having different capabilities includes receiving, at a called party terminal, a call... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080100693 - Method, system, and graphical user interface for making conference calls: A user interface for handling multiple calls includes displaying an image associated with a first party on a first call and an image associated with a second party on a second call. When one call is active and the other call is on hold, the image associated with the party... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/ Apple Computer Inc.

20080100694 - Distributed caching for multimedia conference calls: Techniques to perform distributed caching for multimedia conference calls are described. An apparatus may comprise a conferencing server and a frame management module. The conferencing server may receive a sequence of video frames from a sending client terminal and send the sequence of video frames to multiple receiving client terminals.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080100696 - Dynamic picture layout for video conferencing based on properties derived from received conferencing signals: A method and apparatus for conferencing dynamically determines composite image layout based on properties of received conferencing signals that include video signals and control signals. Video signals received from connected sites are processed to provide a composite video signal according to the defined composite image layout and the composite video... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100697 - Methods and systems for producing seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images: A method for color blending seamless composite images without requiring overlap of source images is disclosed. A plurality of source images is acquired from a plurality of imagers and is combined to produce a seamless composite image. Moreover, a first reference location is selected in a first source image and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100700 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor that successively reads image-pixel signals from an image sensor at regular intervals, and a moving-image signal processor that generates video signals on the basis of the image-pixel signals read according to the pixel mixing method. Further, the electronic endoscope has a second... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100701 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor, a second signal-reading processor, and white-balance adjustment processor. The first signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor in accordance with a first signal-reading method that obtains a moving image. The second signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100702 - Electronic endoscope: An electronic endoscope has a first signal-reading processor, a second signal-reading processor, and a color-adjustment processor. The first signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from an image sensor in accordance with a first signal-reading method that obtains a moving image. The second signal-reading processor reads image-pixel signals from the image sensor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100699 - Endoscope system: An endoscope system, including a plurality of processor devices, each of which having a detachably attached endoscope, and a controller device, which is communicably connected with the plurality of processor devices, is provided. The controller device is capable of outputting at least one of an activating signal to activate at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080100698 - Imaging apparatus: The present invention relates to a compact imaging apparatus. A memory in which one-line data is temporarily stored is provided between an analog processing system and a digital processing system. The analog processing system performs a series of processing from obtaining a pixel signal with an image pickup element to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100703 - Microscope system, observation method and observation program: It is possible to provide a microscope system, capable of constructing a wide vision and high definition microscope image without requiring a work by a pathologist, of reducing a storage capacity for recording and storing after a pathologist observing and/or determining a diagnosis, and of forming and displaying a wide... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080100695 - Product demonstration system and method: Conducting a video conference as part of the operation or demonstration of an appliance.... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080100705 - Method and apparatus for notifying one or more networked surveillance cameras that another networked camera has begun recording: A method and apparatus for use in a surveillance system having a plurality of remotely located cameras that are in communication over a data network. The method includes the steps of: receiving a first message over the data network associated with a change in imaging status of a first camera;... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080100704 - Video surveillance system employing video primitives: A video surveillance system is set up, calibrated, tasked, and operated. The system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080100706 - Asset monitoring system using multiple imagers: Asset including an arrangement for monitoring objects in an interior of the asset includes at least first and second optical imagers for obtaining images of a common area of the interior and which are spaced apart from one another, and processing circuitry coupled to the first and second imagers and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080100708 - System and method for obtaining consumer information: A consumer research system and method integrates video and other forms of media recording or transmission to collect consumer information. Selected consumers are provided with instructions and video equipment. Instructions may be presented as video instructions or booklet instructions or a combination thereof. The instructions explain how the consumers should... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20080100707 - Temporary surveillance system: A transportable surveillance system comprises a base configured to maintain the transportable surveillance system in an upright freestanding position and to substantially prevent movement of the base by hand. A camera is positioned above the base at a height sufficient to put the camera substantially out of reach of a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080100709 - Target moving object tracking device: A target moving object tracking device takes a time series of picture images of a target moving object, and track a movement of the moving object in the picture images for displaying an enlarged view of the moving object. The device includes a template memory storing a template image which... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080100710 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: Print settings changed in a direct printing-capable image forming apparatus are treated as either temporary changes or permanent changes depending on the state of the image forming apparatus when the print settings are changed. Specifically, print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-executable state are... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100713 - Camera module of an electronic device: A camera module installed on an electronic device is described. A main body is rotatably connected with the electronic device. An image sensing unit is disposed on the main body for obtaining images. A magnetic sensor is disposed on the main body. A magnet is disposed on the electronic device.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080100712 - Camera with integrated wireless interface: In one or more embodiments taught herein, a camera comprises a camera body, a flip-out display member coupled to the camera body, and a wireless interface module and one or more associated antennas incorporated into the flip-out display member. The wireless interface module may be integrated within the flip-out display... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080100711 - Integrated multiple imaging device: In some embodiments, an imaging system can include a first imaging device and a second imaging device. The first imaging device can be configured to capture a first image from a first image path. The first imaging device can include a first optical element and a first housing. The second... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080100714 - Method and apparatus for processing images using black character substitution: An image correction section in an image processing section performs a resolution-enhancing process for an input R signal from a RED photodiode array 9R1, an input G signal from a GREEN photodiode array 9G1 and an input B signal from a BLUE photodiode array 9B1, using an input K signal... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080100715 - Image-stabilization driving device: Disclosed is an image-stabilization driving device including a first sliding member connected to an image sensor; a first piezoelectrical element for driving the first sliding member to move linearly along a first direction; a second sliding member connected to the first piezoelectrical element; and a second piezoelectrical element for driving... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080100716 - Estimating a point spread function of a blurred digital image using gyro data: Methods for estimating a point spread function of a blurred digital image. One example method includes capturing gyro data during an image exposure time, deriving gyro samples from the gyro data at predetermined gyro sampling times, calculating a motion vector field of the image at each gyro sampling time, approximating... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080100717 - Method and apparatus for taking a moving picture: A method and apparatus for taking a moving picture and stabilizing the image of the moving picture to reduce the effect caused by shaking of the apparatus. The method and apparatus perform the operations of extracting an edge image of a kth image that is input into the apparatus, extracting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080100718 - Wireless adapter for a digital camera: A wireless adapter for a digital camera enables communications between the digital camera and remote devices over a wireless network. The wireless adapter comprises a wireless interface for communicating with remote devices, a housing for enclosing said wireless interface, a mechanical connector on said housing to mechanically connect the wireless... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080100719 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a host, a microphone module, a first camera module, a second camera module, a driving module and a control module. The microphone module is connected to the host. The first camera module and the second camera module are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100720 - Cutout effect for digital photographs: Systems and methods are disclosed for applying cutout effects to digital images. An exemplary method of applying a photo effect to either a subject or a background in a digital image on a camera may comprise subtracting a first image of both the background and the subject from a second... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100721 - Method of detecting specific object region and digital camera: A digital still camera for photographing an image of an object is provided. A motion vector detector acquires a change of a position of the object in the image between a first picture frame and a previous picture frame recorded prior thereto. A normalizer normalizes the previous picture frame according... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100723 - White balance adjustment method for a digital image capturing device: A white balance adjustment method for a digital image capturing device is disclosed. The white balance adjustment method comprises the steps of: setting a color temperature estimation area; capturing an image with the digital image capturing device; choosing one or more analysis blocks from the image; determining whether values of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080100722 - White balance correction including indicative white color determination based on regions in a divided image: An entered image is divided into a plurality of blocks and it is determined, on a per-block basis, whether the image data within an applicable block is indicative of the color white, based upon a condition, from among a plurality of conditions, that conforms to the position of each block... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080100724 - Image processing device and imaging device: A gain adjustment processor generates first gain-adjusted image data by executing a first gain adjustment suitable for display processing to image data, and further generates second gain-adjusted image data by executing a second gain adjustment suitable for detection of a particular region in the image data to the image data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080100725 - Circuits for enhancing yield and performance of cmos imaging sensors: A system for replacing a defective pixels in a pixel array is presented. The system includes means for identifying a defective pixel in the pixel array, means for generating a code including information corresponding to the defective pixel row and column; means for decoding the information;, and means for generating... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100726 - Blemish repair tool for digital photographs in a camera: Systems and methods for implementing a blemish repair tool for digital photographs in a camera are disclosed. An exemplary method of repairing a blemish in a digital image on a camera may comprise selecting at least one candidate region including a blemish in the digital image. The method may also... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080100727 - Defect pixel, correction circuit, image processing system using the same, and defect pixel, correcting method: A defect pixel correction circuit that can easily determine a defect of an image sensor that has the defect that ranges to one direction and replace with the correcting pixel is provided. The defect pixel correction circuit 1 includes: a defect pixel determination unit 10 configured to determine whether a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080100728 - Image sensing apparatus and correction method: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor provided with a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric converter that receives light from an object and converts the received light to a signal, a semiconductor region to which the signal from the photoelectric converter is transferred, a transfer unit that... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100729 - Gamma-correction circuit for graphic signals: The present invention provides a gamma-correction circuit, which is capable to decrease the noise in graphic signal or make the noise not clearly sensible while carrying out gamma-correction on the graphic signals. In the circuit, a high-pass filter is used to decrease the noise in a graphic signal, a gamma-correction... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080100731 - System and method for producing and displaying images: A system for producing and displaying images of a person is described. The system includes sets of cameras for capturing camera information to form K images of the person from more than one perspective. The system also includes a multi-screen display system for showing images of the person from the... Agent: Mass Engineered Design Inc.

20080100730 - Imaging apparatus and control method thereof: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first image generating unit configured to generate a still image having one frame based on two field images obtained by light exposure at the same timing, a second image generating unit configured to generate a still image having one frame based on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080100732 - Optical device module, fabrication method thereof, optical device unit and fabrication method thereof: One end of a flexible substrate is connected to a solid-state image sensing device and the other end constitutes an external connection part in which external lead-out electrodes are provided. A plurality of electronic components are mounted on a mounting part of the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is bent... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080100733 - Imager apparatus, driving method, and camera: In an XY address type solid-state imager apparatus comprising a solid-state imager having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged, and horizontal and vertical scanning circuits to read signals of the pixels, the scanning circuits each have a progressive scanning circuit to progressively read pixel signals by a first scanning control... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080100734 - Imager apparatus, driving method, and camera: In an XY address type solid-state imager apparatus comprising a solid-state imager having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged, and horizontal and vertical scanning circuits to read signals of the pixels, the scanning circuits each have a progressive scanning circuit to progressively read pixel signals by a first scanning control... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080100735 - Image sensor, camera module having the same, and mobile terminal having the same: Provided is a mobile terminal comprises a camera module including an image sensor having a two-dimensional pixel array in which the number of pixels in a row direction is equal to the number of pixels in a column direction; an image processing unit that converts an electrical signal output from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080100736 - Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing unit that performs image sensing by converting incoming light into electrical signals, a control unit that controls driving of the image sensing unit so as to read out the electrical signals by each area of a plurality of areas of the image... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080100737 - Aberration compensation system for digital camera and method therefor: An aberration compensation system for digital camera and a method therefor are provided, wherein the system includes an optical lens, an axial moving mechanism, a photosensitive element, and an image unit. The photosensitive element is loaded on the axial moving mechanism, and generates a first and a second image at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100738 - Focus detection device and accumulation control method of focus detection device: A focus detection device having a pair of light receiving sections (a first and second light receiving sections) which receive subject images observed from different view fields having parallax to accumulate charges is disclosed. The accumulation of the charges in the pair of light receiving sections is ended selectably based... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080100739 - Display with disc player: A display has a housing with a front side having a display panel, and an opposing rear side including a recess. A disc player is received in the recess. Hooks and cooperating lips, together with fasteners, connect the disc player to the display. A sector-shaped window in the housing cooperates... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080100740 - Methods and apparatuses for adjusting digital video signals: Methods for adjusting digital video signals, performed by an image generating device of a portable media player, are disclosed. A first signal adjustment unit reduces a resolution of a video frame to generate a reduced video frame by alternately dropping half of the scan lines of the video frame, and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080100742 - Automatic format identification of analog video input signals: In a method of automatically identifying a format of a video signal, where the video signal includes HSync pulses, VSync pulses, and video display data, the video signal is received, information about timing and width characteristics of the HSync pulses and the VSync pulses is extracted from the video signal,... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20080100741 - Image processing device: An image processing device includes a car navigation processing unit 12 for processing a WQVGA signal, a TV receiving processing unit 15 for processing an NTSC signal, and an image resolution converting unit 17 which carries out an image resolution conversion of the NTSC signal from the TV receiving processing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100743 - Display device and method of improving flicker of image: A display device includes a scene conversion detecting module to detect whether a scene is converted in an input image, and a brightness compensating module to determine an image category of the input image when a scene conversion is generated in the input image, and compensating for the brightness of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080100744 - Method and apparatus for motion adaptive deinterlacing: A deinterlacing method and apparatus for converting an interlaced format into a progressive format are provided. The deinterlacing method includes receiving a plurality of interlaced video fields; extracting a previous video field having a same field identifier as a currently input video field from the interlaced video fields; detecting motion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100745 - Pull-down signal detecting apparatus, pull-down signal detecting method, and video-signal converting apparatus: An inter-field pull-down pattern detecting circuit determines whether an input video signal is a first pull-down signal or a second pull-down signal, on the basis of input plug information and a pattern of the consecutive inter-field correlation levels, obtained from an inter-field correlation determination circuit. A counter counts the number... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080100746 - Tv capture unit and information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, a TV capture unit includes a wiring board. a first device provided with a first TV tuner and a second device provided with a second TV tuner are mounted on the wiring board. The wiring board includes terminals which are provided in correspondence to pins of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080100747 - Voice-controlled tv set: A voice-controlled TV set comprises a storage device, a voice controller, and a processor. The storage device is used to store a plurality of application programs, which is utilized to execute the various functions of the TV set; the voice controller is used to receive the voice of the user,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100748 - Method and device for fast and effective noise reduction: The present invention relates to the field of noise reduction. The invention especially relates to a filter for temporal domain noise reduction and to a method, a device and a computer software for temporal domain noise reduction of image sequences. The filter for temporal domain noise reduction is operable to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100749 - Image processing device capable of performing retinex process at high speed: A storage portion stores, in association with first pixel values, table values including either gamma-corrected values obtained by performing gamma correction on the first pixel values using a predetermined reflectance component or second pixel values calculated based both on the gamma-corrected values and on the first pixel values. A pixel-value... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080100750 - Method for detecting interlaced material and field order: A (50) method and apparatus (110) for determining a scanning format of a frame of a video signal determines (52) if any interfield motion exists within the frame; and indicates (53) that the frame is interlaced scanned if interfield motion is detected and indicates (54) that the frame is progressive... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080100751 - Reception module, reception apparatus and television receiver: A reception apparatus (3) which can realize a compact size thereof includes: a tuner circuit portion (5); a digital demodulating portion (6) that converts a signal from the tuner circuit portion into a digital signal; and a digital circuit portion (7) that converts a digital signal from the digital demodulating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080100752 - Channel detecting method for digital broadcast and receiver using the same: A channel detecting method executes a process for instructing a broadcast wave scan start, a process for performing tuning control, a process for starting initialization/operation of an OFDM demodulation section and starting the counting of a synchronous establishment timer unit, a process for determining that broadcasting is being conducted, a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080100753 - Single down-conversion television tuner: A television tuner employs a single down-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer and a quadrature mixer. The harmonic rejection and quadrature mixer mixes a first-band signal with a reference signal to output a first... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100754 - Television tuner with double quadrature mixing architecture: A television tuner employs a double quadrature mixing architecture to frequency-translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. In the television tuner, a quadrature mixer converts the input television signal into a first in-phase signal and a first quadrature-phase signal according to a first reference signal, and a double... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100755 - Triple-conversion television tuner: A television tuner employs a triple-conversion architecture to translate VHF/UHF TV signals to various standard IF frequencies. The television tuner includes a harmonic rejection mixer, a first image rejection mixer and a second image rejection mixer. The television tuner receives a television signal. The harmonic rejection mixer up-converts the television... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080100756 - Method and system for producing full motion media to display on a spherical surface: A method and system for producing full motion media for display on a spherical surface is described. The method may include selecting a subject of full motion media for display on a spherical surface. The method may the include capturing the selected subject as full motion media (e.g., full motion... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080100757 - Liquid crystal television receiver and liquid crystal display device: The liquid crystal television receiver comprises an inverter circuit 28, transistors Q14, Q13, and a microcomputer 22. The inverter circuit 28 includes resistors R5, R6, R7, R8 determining the value of a tube current that is supplied to cold cathode fluorescent tubes of a backlight 26, and supplies to the... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.