Television inventions 07/08

20080180518 - Apparatus, system and method for video communication: According to one embodiment, there is provide a video communication apparatus including a first communication unit which conducts communication of management information with an external device through a cable at a first communication speed, an encryption unit which encrypts a video signal, a second communication unit which transmits the video... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080180517 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display device which performs a video telephony is provided. The display device includes a photographing unit which photographs an image, a video telephony unit which performs a video telephony using an image photographed by the photographing unit, and a control unit which controls at least one of an operation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080180519 - Presentation control system: A communication system is disclosed that is under the control of a presenter for providing audio and visual information at a first site and a second remote site. Such system includes at least one image generation device for generating one or a plurality of images at the first site, a... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080180520 - System and method for variable-resolution image saving: A system and method for variable-resolution image saving includes an image capturing member, a data saving member, and an image data processor. A first panoramic image data is captured by the image capturing member in high resolution. The image data is then analyzed and divided into target area and background... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080180521 - Multi-view system: The present invention provides a multi-view system containing a means for retaining multi-view system on a user's head. A frame support is pivotally connected to the means for retaining multi-view system. At least one display device, such as an LCD, is hingedly connected to the frame support. The display device... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080180522 - Image processing method and apparatus: The present invention relates to an image processing method and apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit generating a plurality of images at different visual points and a three-dimensional image processing unit extracting depth information using the plurality of images.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080180523 - Simulation system implementing real-time machine data: A simulation and control system for a machine is disclosed. The simulation and control system may have a user interface configured to display a simulated environment. The machine simulation and control system may also have a controller in communication with the user interface and a remotely located machine. The controller... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080180525 - Network equipment, network system and surveillance camera system: Network equipment which is connected to other network equipment through a network is disclosed. The equipment includes: a detection unit processing picture data and detecting a moving object and a non-moving object; a metadata generation unit generating metadata including information indicating detection statuses of the detection unit and information concerning... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080180524 - Remote monitoring control method of network camera: A remote monitoring control method of a network camera is provided. The network camera is connected to an internal network host through a heterogeneous interface, and environmental parameters of the internal network host are automatically imported, so as to set the network camera. After the network camera is enabled, a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080180527 - Method for controlling the field view size of a video system, and a video system, for a motor vehicle: In the case of a method for controlling the field view size of a video system with a video camera in a motor vehicle, and in the case of a video system for a motor vehicle, the invention provides that the field view size be controlled as a function of... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080180528 - Preceding vehicle detection system: A preceding vehicle detection system includes an image capture module for capturing an image of surroundings of a subject vehicle, a preceding vehicle detection module for detecting a preceding vehicle from an image captured and a tail lamp detection module for detecting a pixel area having a luminance which is... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080180526 - Towing vehicle guidance for trailer hitch connection: Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080180529 - Video mirror system for a vehicle: A vehicular video mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector that is at least about 15 percent transmitting to visible light incident at the rear of the reflective element, A video display is disposed to the rear of the... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080180530 - Alternating light sources to reduce specular reflection: An interactive display in which alternating illuminators are used to reduce or cancel specular reflections. The interactive display includes multiple illuminators and at least one camera placed behind one or more display layers. The interactive display uses a phase management mechanism that controls alternation of phases of the interactive display.... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080180532 - Image manager and digital camera: An image manager includes a communicator that communicates with a server computer storing image data, a detector that detects a storage capacity of image data stored into the server computer by the communicator and a controller that controls download of image data stored into the server computer in response to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080180531 - Image recording system: An image recording system includes an image supply apparatus compatible with a first image recording service standard, an image recording apparatus compatible with a second image recording service standard, and a conversion apparatus connected, as a pseudo image recording apparatus compatible with the first standard, to the image supply apparatus... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080180533 - Systems and methods of customizing a color palette on a digital camera: Systems and methods are disclosed for customizing a color palette on a digital camera. An exemplary method of customizing a color palette on a digital camera may comprise identifying for a user a color from a scene the digital camera is focused on. The method may also comprise capturing the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080180534 - Imaging apparatus, image processing method and integrated circuit: Motion information about individual pixels is obtained. A semiconductor chip 13 provided with an XY address controlled image pickup device, and a semiconductor chip 16 provided with a motion detection circuit 17 for obtaining motion information about the individual pixels are stacked.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080180535 - Motion vector calculation method and hand-movement correction device, imaging device and moving picture generation device: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A motion vector calculation method includes: processing for calculating multi-resolution data up to a predetermined resolution level L from a plurality of inputted image data; and processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution executing a matching step for temporarily calculating motion vectors minimizing an energy function... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20080180536 - Camera having an image stabilizer: A camera having an image stabilizer includes a focus adjusting system which captures images at different positions along an optical axis of a focusing lens group of a photographing optical system via an image pickup device while performing a searching operation in which the focusing lens group detects an in-focus... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080180537 - Camera system and methods: A system and method for providing visible indications of an area of interest for assisting the visual orientation of a user using a digital camera is provided. The system includes a digital camera having a built in illumination projector. The illumination projector optical axis is related to the camera optical... Agent: Avner Divon

20080180540 - Cmos image sensor with on-chip digital signal processing: A CMOS image sensor includes digital signal processing on-chip within the CMOS image sensor before being transmitted to an ISP (image signal processor) within an image sensor system. An on-chip digital processing unit is formed on a same one integrated circuit die with a pixel array and performs the steps... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20080180542 - Electronic camera: An electronic camera includes an image sensor, and an object scene image is repetitively output from the image sensor. A CPU repetitively determines whether or not the object scene image output from the image sensor has a face image turned to the imaging surface prior to a half depression of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080180538 - Image anonymization: Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides a system that includes an imaging device operable to acquire an image of a subject. The system also includes an anonymizer circuit operable to generate an anonymized image that includes a decreased... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080180539 - Image anonymization: Embodiments include a system, a device an apparatus a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides a system that includes an imaging device operable to acquire an image of a subject. The system also includes an anonymizer circuit operable to generate an anonymized image that includes a decreased... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080180543 - Image taking device and control method for image taking: For each image data, face information indicating the number of faces of subjects included in an image is added. Further, the percentage of images in which there exist faces is calculated. When the percentage exceeds a face detecting flag threshold, the face detecting flag is set ON. When the percentage... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080180541 - Imaging apparatus and image signal generating apparatus: Disclosed is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element photo-electrically converting light from a subject to generate an electric signal, an output unit generating an image signal based on the electric signal output from the imaging element, a timing generator generating a clock for image signal processing to drive the... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080180544 - Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the light level of a white led: A method and an apparatus enabling use of a light source emitting a light of changing intensity and changing spectrum as a flash with a camera module having a white-balance routine and an exposure routine, wherein an initial value representative of a color spectrum emitted by the light source is... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080180545 - Method and apparatus for controlling a camera module to compensate for the color spectrum of a white led: A method and an apparatus enabling use of a light source emitting a spectrum of light not following characteristics of a blackbody source of light with a camera module programmed for use with light sources following characteristics of blackbody sources of light, wherein a white-balance patch is transmitted to the... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080180546 - Bi-polar signaling scheme for imaging system: An apparatus for providing amplified image data may include an image sensor including a number of pixel light sensing elements. Circuitry may output pixel exposure signals and a dark level signal. The differences between the pixel exposure signals and the dark level signal are uni-polar signals. A variable gain amplifier... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080180547 - Image pickup device, image pickup apparatus, control method, and program: An image pickup device which makes it possible to expand the dynamic range of photometry. The image pickup device comprises a pixel array, a pixel reader, a row selector, a column selector, a gain circuit, a gain selector. The pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080180548 - Image pickup apparatus: In an electronic image pickup apparatus, if a mode used and some of setting values of additional functions are changed, a camera control microprocessor computes the number of images that can be captured on the basis of a current consumption integrated value that has been computed by a current integrating... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080180549 - Multifunctional video apparatus and method of providing user interface thereof: A multifunctional video apparatus and a method of providing a user interface (UI) thereof. The multifunctional video apparatus has diverse functions such as image capturing, image reproduction, image editing, image input/output from/to an external device, etc., and provides a UI capable of performing the above-described functions more conveniently.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080180552 - Digital image storage system that switches digital camera to operative state without manual operation of camera power switch to transmit images: A digital image storage system includes a digital camera having a memory capable of storing digital images and an adapter on which the digital camera is to be laid down=for informing the adapter of the digital images in the memory. The digital image storage system further includes a data storage... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080180551 - Image pickup apparatus and control method for image pickup apparatus, image display apparatus and control method for image display apparatus, and recording medium: An image pickup apparatus operates in a normal power-consumption mode in the period after reception of an image-transfer request command from a digital television set until completion of an operation for transferring still image data in accordance with the image-transfer request command, and operates in a low power-consumption mode in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080180550 - Methods for capturing a sequence of images and related devices: A sequence of images is captured by an imaging device and stored in a digital format. After having captured and stored at least one image, a user is guided to move the device so that an image that can be stitched to the stored image can be captured. Positional information... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080180553 - Video-based sensing for daylighting controls: A video imager may be used to measure the natural and/or artificial light levels in a space. The lighting estimates may be passed to a controller via a communication network. The lighting estimates may be in the form of actual radiance values, brightness, or other forms. The controller may determine... Agent: Venable LLP

20080180554 - Method and imaging apparatus for correcting defective pixel of solid-state image sensor, and method for creating pixel information: In a solid-state image sensor in which a large number of pixel cells each comprised of a combination of a main photosensitive pixel having a relatively large area and a subsidiary photosensitive pixel having a relatively small area are arranged, if the subsidiary photosensitive pixel has a defect for any... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080180555 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging device: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit wherein a unit pixel group with a portion of elements of a unit pixel being shared with a plurality of unit pixels is arrayed in a matrix form, the unit pixel having a detecting unit, a pixel signal generating unit, a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080180556 - Solid-state image pickup device: A pixel section outputs R, G and B signals which are obtained by photoelectrically converting light incident on R, G and B pixels. An adding section determines a prescribed area in which a certain pixel is set as a central pixel, and adds the R, G and B signals from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080180557 - Solid-state image pickup device: In a pixel unit, W, R, G, and B pixels are arranged in rows and columns. The pixel unit output W, R, G, and B signals obtained by photoelectrically converting light incident on the W, R, G, and B pixels. An edge detection unit determines a specific area having a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080180558 - Amplification-type solid-state image capturing apparatus and electronic information device: An amplification-type solid-state image capturing apparatus according to the present invention, having a plurality of pixel sections each including a photoelectric conversion element for receiving light of a subject and performing a photoelectric conversion on the light of the subject and a transfer section capable of transferring signal charge from... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080180559 - Apparatus, methods and systems for amplifier: Various embodiments comprise apparatus, methods, and systems that include an amplification apparatus comprising a first input, a second input, and an output, a first plurality of series-connected transistors including a first transistor having a first channel ratio and a first gate coupled to the first input, and a second plurality... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080180560 - Solid-state imaging device, drive method of solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections disposed in a row direction and a column direction orthogonal to the row direction in the semiconductor substrate; vertical charge transfer sections that transfers signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion sections in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080180561 - Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device: A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which makes the driving unit start driving of the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization of the optical system by using an interrupt processing which is executed... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080180562 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus which permits reduction of the thickness of a mechanism for holding an optical filter component and prevents failure of the optical filter component. A CCD is configured to convert an object image having passed through the photographic lens into an electric signal. A CCD plate holds... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080180563 - Auto focus method: The present invention relates to an auto focus method. The peak value range is defined by a search step look-up table and several focusing parameters. By using the auto focus method, the search time and the number of the lens movement steps are largely reduced.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080180565 - Electronic equipment system with fuel cells: Provided is an electronic equipment system having fuel cells which enables simplification of the system and improvement of power generation efficiency. The electronic equipment system includes an electronic equipment body, a connection device connected to the electronic equipment body, independent power generation cells each disposed to the electronic equipment body... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080180564 - Information processing apparatus, startup method and computer program: An information processing apparatus pausing in one of pause states may include a suspension state and a hibernation state, includes a storage control unit for controlling storage of pause state information regarding one of the suspension state and the hibernation state in the case of transition thereto, a detecting unit... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080180567 - Image capture apparatus: An image capture apparatus includes a housing body, an image capture optical system, an image capture device, a connector, a cover, and an operation member. The display panel is provided to the housing body to be pivotable between a usage position where a display surface of the display panel is... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080180566 - Wafer level camera module and method of manufacture: A method includes forming optical lenses on an ICD at the wafer level, rather than attaching a separate lens assembly. The lenses may be formed as an array of individual lenses or as multiple, e.g., two, arrays of individual lenses. The array of lenses may be coupled to an array... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080180568 - Image capture apparatus: An image capture apparatus includes an outer housing, a capturing lens, a slide cover, and a grip projection portion. The capturing lens is disposed on a front face of the outer housing. The slide cover is slidable relative to the outer housing between a closed position covering the capturing lens... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080180569 - Device and method for controlling frame rate, recording apparatus and image pickup apparatus: A device for controlling frame rate of an image signal on a motion image is provided. The device contains a manipulation portion that a user manipulates to select a desired variation of the frame rate change over time from plural variations thereof, and a control portion that controls generation of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080180570 - System for detecting poor video editing: A system for detecting poor video editing detects a television (TV) image signal. When a TV image originates from a film signal rather than a video signal, a de-interlacing device performs a de-interlacing at a film signal mode to thereby increase a vertical resolution of a TV image signal. A... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080180571 - Method and related apparatus for hiding data inside video signals and transmitting the video signals to a display device: A method that hides data inside video signals and transmits the video signals to a display device, the method includes detecting whether a signature signal is attached to a window frame, picking the signature signal from the window frame when detecting the signature signal is attached to the window frame,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080180572 - Enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream: A system and method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream is disclosed. The technology includes a method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream. The method includes accessing device data associated with a broadcast stream receiver, wherein the device... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080180573 - Method, system, and program product for eliminating error contribution from production switchers with internal dves: Measurement of the relative timing between images and associated information, for example video and audio. Image mutual event characteristics are recognized in the images and associated mutual event characteristics are recognized in the associated information. The image mutual events and associated mutual events are compared to determine their occurrences, one... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20080180574 - Sub-frame video decoding: A video processing apparatus, for use in a video receiver, includes a decoder configured to decode encoded video information into decoded video information and to output the decoded information, and a configuration module coupled to the decoder and configured to a provide a control signal to the decoder indicative of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Amd

20080180575 - Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption thereof: A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080180576 - Arbitrary power function using logarithm lookup table: A display device performs the fractional part of gamma translation by using a logarithm lookup table. The logarithm of an image data value is found in a look-up table. The retrieved result is multiplied by the fractional portion of the power, and a search in the look up table for... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080180577 - Gamma correction circuit, gamma correction method, and image processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, a gamma correction circuit including a serial storage unit which serially stores first and second parameter information in a storage area, a first parallel storage unit which parallelly stores the first parameter information in the storage area, a second parallel storage unit, a gamma correction unit... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080180578 - Digital if modulator: A digital IF demodulator includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that receives an analog IF signal and converts it to a digital IF signal. A parallel multiplier then down-converts the digital IF signal to a baseband signal having a video component and an audio component. The frequency down-conversion uses a parallel... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080180579 - Techniques for improving harmonic and image rejection performance of an rf receiver mixing dac: A receiver (400) includes a mixing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) (410), a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) (402), a scrambler (404), a decoder (406), and a multiplexer (408). The DDFS (402) includes outputs configured to provide bits associated with a digital local oscillator (LO) signal to control inputs of the mixing... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080180581 - Combination display apparatus: A combination display is provided. The combination display includes a front projector and a direct-view screen having a shared video processing system.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080180580 - Rotate and slant projector for fast fully-3d iterative tomographic reconstruction: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a rotate-and-slant projector that takes advantage of symmetries in the geometry to compute truly volumetric projections to multiple oblique sinograms in a computationally efficient manner. It is based upon the 2D rotation-based projector using the fast three-pass method of shears, and it conserves the 2D... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080180582 - Thin type display device: In a thin type display device when driving is started by a swivel mechanism, voltage which is supplied from a power voltage supply circuit 14 to a motor driving IC 12 is switched and raised in stepwise. By this switching, operating voltage of a motor 13 by the motor driving... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080174656 - Videcoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants: An improved videoconferencing system and method are provided for connecting a host to a plurality of participants. Unlike other videoconferencing methods and systems, the videoconferencing system and method of these preferred embodiments allow each of the parties of a videoconference to benefit from the interaction between the host and the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080174657 - Apparatus and method for rejecting co-channel interference signal: Methods and television receivers for rejecting a co-channel interference signal from a first digital signal. A first digital signal is delayed to output a first delayed signal. In this method, an synthesized interference signal is generated based on the first digital signal. The synthesized interference signal is subtracted from the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080174658 - High speed photography system for producing 3d still pictures and movies: A system produces three dimensional pictures of a selected viewable face of at least one object. The system includes at least one high speed digital camera positioned to receive light traveling along a path generally parallel to the viewable face of the object; a plurality of mirrors each positioned at... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080174659 - Wide field of view display device and method: Head mounted displays with wide fields of view are desired. A method and device for creating suitable images for use in stereoscopic wide field of view displays is disclosed. The device and method enable the creation of pre-distorted images which appear correct to the viewer. The source imagery for the... Agent: Crockett + Crockett

20080174660 - Light frequency based system and method for creating moving images: A system and method for creating static images that give viewers the impression of movement when viewed under regulated changing light conditions. The system and method comprises of a two-dimensional artwork image generated using computerized or traditional means, which imparts a smooth calculus gradient of changing color, texture and pattern;... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080174661 - Fixed camera type optical reading equipment and methods for its installation and for the diagnostic of its alignment: A fixed optical equipment for acquiring optical information associated with at least an object placed on a supporting plane is described, comprising a camera (10) having an array of photosensing elements (11) for acquiring an image of an acquisition zone on the supporting plane, characterized by comprising aiming means (30)... Agent: Iplm Group, P.a.

20080174662 - System and method for digital type wireless monitoring: A digital type wireless monitoring system includes transmitters having cameras associated therewith; and a receiver displaying image signals on a screen, the image signals being captured with the cameras at the transmitters and received wirelessly while being installed within a specified distance from the transmitters. Each transmitter performs an MPEG-4... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080174663 - Electric hand-vibration correction method, electric hand-vibration correction device, electric hand-vibration correction program, and imaging apparatus: In an electric hand-vibration correction method of dividing each of frame images output from an effective pixel region of an imaging element in frame order into a plurality of segment images, calculating a movement vector of each segment image between the frame images, calculating a movement vector of each entire... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080174664 - Digital signal transmission apparatus and method, digital signal receiving apparatus and method, and digital signal transmission system: A digital signal transmission apparatus that transmits a digital signal to another apparatus via a coaxial cable connected therebetween includes a signal divider configured to divide a digital signal to be transmitted into a plurality of signal groups; a plurality of modulators configured to modulate each of the plurality of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080174665 - Audio source tracking arrangement: An audio source tracking arrangement, integrated in or connected to a video conference system, for determining a position of a source creating a sound, including: at least an audio signal processing module configured to determine the position of the source creating the sound based on a plurality of audio signals... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080174666 - Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image: In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image and a still image are displayed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174667 - Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image: In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image and a still image are displayed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174668 - Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image: In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image and a still image are displayed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174669 - Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image: In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image and a still image are displayed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174672 - Image capture device having amplification circuit for amplifying signal from photoelectric conversion portion: An image capture device includes a plurality of image capture elements for capturing an object image, a plurality of vertical output lines for reading signals out of the plurality of image capture elements, and a plurality of processing circuits. Each processing circuit includes a first capacitor element having a first... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080174671 - Phase adjusting device and digital camera: The timing adjustment unit gives a phase adjustment instruction of the pulse to the imaging device so as to converge to an optimum phase of the pulse set based on the calculation results of the luminance level detecting unit and the variance calculating unit. Furthermore, the timing adjustment unit controls... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080174670 - Simultaneous multiple field of view digital cameras: Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide digital cameras configured to simultaneously acquire image data via multiple channels having different fields of view. The digital cameras include multiple channels coupled to a processing component. Each channel includes an optics component and an array of sensors or photo-detectors integrated... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080174673 - Image processing apparatus and image processing apparatus control method: An image processing apparatus is provided in which all WB coefficient values are calculated rather than only WB coefficient values of a default light source, then a result thereof is associated with intermediate raw data and stored. Further still, when a user gives instruction for a change in a light... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080174674 - Image capture control method and apparatus thereof: An image capture control method and apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes capturing automatic exposure environmental data by an image capture unit, calculating initial shutter exposure period and initial sensitivity in accordance with the environmental data, and determining in accordance with the specific mode. Under the specific mode, capturing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080174675 - Image information management system and method: An imaging device detects an occurrence of a trigger event, stores images before and after the trigger event occurrence for a specified time and transmits them to an image management server. The image management server stores the image file and key information associated with the image file, the key information... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.c.

20080174677 - Graphics data generation device and graphics data generation method: When a memory card MC is inserted into a slot, a control circuit of a color printer acquires and analyzes graphics processing control information GC from the memory card MC. A CPU corrects standard values for image quality parameters indicating properties of graphics data, to reflect the graphics processing control... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080174676 - Producing enhanced photographic products from images captured at known events: A photographic system for producing an enhanced photographic product is provided. The system includes a database for storing custom content for a plurality of events. The system also includes a digital image capture device that stores a digital image and information defining the date/time and geographic location of the digital... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20080174681 - Digital camera for recording a still image while shooting a moving image: In a digital camera, when snapshot shooting is instructed during recording of a moving image, a shot still image is temporarily pushed aside in a memory area for use in pushing aside (7a) in a frame buffer (7). A currently shooting motion image and a still image are displayed in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080174678 - Digital imaging system: A system is disclosed for the automated correction of optical and digital aberrations in a digital imaging system. The system includes several main parts, including (a) digital filters, (b) hardware modifications, (c) digital system corrections, (d) digital system dynamics and (e) network aspects. The system solves numerous problems in still... Agent: Neal Solomon

20080174680 - Imaging device: An imaging device has an image compositing unit. The image compositing unit comprises: an edge extracting portion that extracts edges within an area containing a subject image in a captured image to generate edge information; an outline generating portion that generates an outline based on the edge information; an outline... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080174679 - Portable device: This portable device includes a photographic means which photographs an image with a lens, and a display means which displays this image upon a screen. Moreover, this portable device includes a storage means which stores map information in advance. Moreover, this portable device includes a position measurement means which measures... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080174682 - Intelligent mirror: An intelligent imaging system, includes an image generator that projects multiple angle views of a user, a plurality of cameras for capturing a plurality of images of the user, an image processing unit, a style advisor, and a control mechanism.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080174683 - Image processing apparatus, method, program, and recording medium: An image processing apparatus includes: imaging means for capturing an image of an object of shooting; defective-position storing means for storing a position of a defective pixel of the imaging means; arraying means for arraying a plurality of pixels in a certain range of the vicinity of a noticed pixel... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080174684 - Solid-state imaging device: The solid-state imaging device 10 of the present invention includes an elongated substrate (molded case 18), a metallic layer 16 exposed in a surface of the molded case 18 and extending along an elongating direction of the molded case 18, and an elongated solid-state image sensing element 20 mounted on... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080174685 - Image sensors with blooming reduction mechanisms: A CMOS image sensor having blooming reduction mechanisms is disclosed. The image sensor can include a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and a timing and control circuit in electrical communication with the plurality of pixels. The timing and control circuit includes a readout module configured for outputting a first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080174686 - Solid-state imaging device: A solid-state imaging device and a charge transfer method are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes light receiving portions arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, vertical transfer portions, and a horizontal transfer portion. The vertical transfer portions are formed for each column of the matrix of the light... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080174687 - Apparatus and method for photographing: An apparatus for photographing has a photographing processor that carries out a photographing process; a recording processor that records a photographic image; and a display processor that is capable of displaying a recorded photographic image. The display processor is also capable of displaying input information on an input information screen... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080174688 - Solid state image pickup device, method for producing the same, and image pickup system comprising the solid state image pickup device: The image pickup element 11 has a light receiving area 102 formed on a substrate 101, an insulation layer 104 deposited on a light receiving area 102, and a microlens 106 formed on the insulation layer 104 and collecting incident light onto the light receiving area 102. A pattern 103L... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080174689 - Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus: A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate on which multiple pixels are provided, each of the pixels having a photoelectric converting section; multiple insulating films stacked on the semiconductor substrate; a wiring film provided between the multiple insulating films; an intralayer lens provided for each of the photoelectric converting... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080174690 - Lens module with ramped lens and camera module with same: A lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens, an adjusting disk and at least one first elastic member. The first lens has at least three first sloping portions thereon each having a lower end and a higher end gradually sloping from the lower end. The first sloping portions... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080174691 - Strobed image acquisition guided by range sensor: Apparatus for sequentially imaging an object while maintaining focus includes a camera having a selectable image capture mode, an objective lens optically coupled to the camera, an optical range sensor operating through the objective lens, a strobe illuminator, and a controller coupled to the camera, the illuminator and the range... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080174692 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus may include a camera module having a camera body with an imaging optical system, an image sensing element, a signal processor, a substrate, and connection pieces formed on the substrate; and a socket on which the camera module is mounted. The socket may include an insulating... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080174693 - Method and apparatus for video format conversion: High-Definition Multimedia Interface Specification, Version 1.2, supports multiple video formats. Currently the HDMI sources and sinks support multiple formats through reconfiguration of the system. The present invention describes the use of a configurable ‘n’בn’ data pixel mapping matrix for video format conversion. This mapping matrix allows the mapping of any... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080174694 - Method and apparatus for video pixel interpolation: Video format transformation apparatus including a field/frame assessment module, for associating a field/frame value with a specific pixel. A first value is associated with the specific pixel based on a first function of a group of pixels in proximity to the specific pixel, the group of pixels being in a... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080174695 - Method and system for converting interleaved video fields to progressive video frames in spatial domain: A method for converting interleaved video frames to progressive video frames is disclosed. Each interleaved frame includes two interleaved fields and each interleaved field includes plural pixels. The method comprises fetching a previous interleaved field, a current interleaved field, a next interleaved field, and the second next interleaved field; determining... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20080174696 - Television display apparatus and video recording/reproducing apparatus: A television display apparatus and a video recording/reproducing apparatus are provided, which are improved in the usability thereof. The television display apparatus comprises a display portion (11), and a slot portion (14), into which a removable hard disk drive device (13). The hard disk drive device (13), which can be... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080174697 - Apparatus of processing image sections and control method thereof: An apparatus to process image sections and a control method thereof to include an image processing apparatus to divide an image frame into a plurality of image sections, and to transmit the divided image sections at different transmission rates. Additionally, the image processing apparatus receives the image sections at different... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080174698 - Signal detection method: A signal detection method is provided. The signal detection method for an electronic device having a plurality of terminals to receive signals from a plurality of sources corresponding to the terminals, includes the following steps: providing a sequence index for each terminal; providing a plurality of weighting numbers for the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, Pc

20080174699 - Image determination apparatus, image determination method, and program, and image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program: An image determination apparatus includes a frequency band signal detecting unit, an average value calculating unit, a relative value calculating unit, and an image determination unit. The frequency band signal detecting unit detects signals belonging to a plurality of frequency bands, from an image signal. The average value calculating calculates... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080174700 - Display device, contrast adjusting method and contrast adjusting program: A feature detecting circuit 4 detects an average luminance, a white area value and a black area value of a video signal, and a control circuit 5 controls a contrast adjusting circuit 2 such that a contrast gain of the video signal is more moderately increased than decreased according to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080174701 - Image-signal processing unit: An image-signal processing unit comprising a first and second luminance calculation block, a correction-value calculation block, and a subtraction block, is provided. The first luminance calculation block calculates a first luminance corresponding to the sum of a plurality of primary color light components. Each of them is multiplied by a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080174702 - Quasi analog knob control method and appartus using the same: A quasi analog knob control method for controlling a function status of a display device by imitating the rotation of an analog knob includes providing at least two reference points for generating light of a predetermined spectrum and defining a predetermined area; providing an image sensor to point inside the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080174703 - Sensing modulator: A sensing modulator is disclosed. The sensing modulator includes a light modulator array and a plurality of photosensors, each of the plurality of photosensors being adjacent to the light modulator array.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080174704 - View projection: one-touch setup of light displays on arbitrary surfaces: Light distortion due to light noise or light scattering object in the path of a light beam from a projector to a camera's image sensor in projector-camera systems are mitigated, or eliminated, by a simple modification to a light transport matrix T. For each row in light transport matrix T,... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080170116 - Image generating apparatus, communication system and communication method: An image generating apparatus includes: an image generating unit configured to generate and update an image to be displayed by a remote display terminal, the remote display terminal including a radio communication unit whose power state is switchable; an update detection unit configured to detect an update of the image... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080170117 - System for voice interception of video phone services in a multi-media network: A system for carrying out voice interception for Video Phone (VP) services in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network. The system receives an interception request to perform interception on a target and interception related information from a Law Enforcement Agency (LEA), processes communication traffic of the intercept target... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20080170118 - Assisting a vision-impaired user with navigation based on a 3d captured image stream: An object-enabled navigation system assists a vision-impaired user in navigating an environment. The system captures 3D movement of a moving object within the environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one image capture device aimed at the moving object. The system predicts a mobile path of the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080170119 - Vision enhancement system: A vision enhancement system providing an enhanced image of the user's field of view. The enhanced image is projected in the user's line of sight using a CMOS camera to image the field of view, a small programmable image processor chip and a high resolution display. The invention provides a... Agent: Trex Enterprises Corp.

20080170120 - Ambient presentation of surveillance data: A system and method for presentation of surveillance data includes a first environment including one or more sensors configured to monitor the first environment wherein data is collected by the one or more sensors. A second environment includes one or more information presentation devices configured to convey an event or... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080170121 - Vandal-proof rack structure for surveillance monitors: A vandal-proof rack structure for a surveillance monitor is disclosed, which comprises: a frame, having a first gear positioned at a specific location thereof and being used for receiving the surveillance monitor; a first axial seat, having a second gear and a third gear arranged thereat while enabling the second... Agent: Wpat, PC

20080170122 - Image processor, driving assistance system, and out-of-position detecting method: A driving assistance system that projects images imaged by multiple vehicle cameras onto a plane, and synthesizes projection images from images obtained at different times to accurately determine whether the vehicle cameras have moved out of their proper positions or imaging directions. The system includes: first and second in-vehicle cameras... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080170123 - Tracking a range of body movement based on 3d captured image streams of a user: A computer-implemented method, system, and program product includes a movement processing system for capturing a first three-dimensional movement of a user and capturing at least another three-dimensional movement of the user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at the at least one image capture device aimed at the body... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080170128 - Apparatus, method and medium preventing image degradation due to shaking of an image photographing device: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of preventing image degradation due to shaking of an image photographing device. An apparatus for preventing image degradation due to shaking of an image photographing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image acquiring unit to acquire a plurality... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080170129 - Digital photographing apparatus and method for controlling the same: A digital photographing apparatus capable of precisely and immediately performing autofocusing on a person being photographed, and a method of controlling the same are provided. The digital photographing apparatus comprises a face detecting unit that detects a face, a body detecting unit that detects a body, which may or may... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080170124 - Apparatus and method for blur detection, and apparatus and method for blur correction: A blur detection apparatus that detects blur contained in a first image acquired by shooting by an image sensor based on the output of the image sensor has a blur information creator adapted to create blur information reflecting the blur based on the first image and a second image shot... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20080170125 - Method to stabilize digital video motion: A method for calculating an estimated hand motion vector of a plurality of images includes selecting a current video frame and a previous video frame from a video stream, dividing the current video frame into a plurality of macroblocks, selecting a subset of macroblocks from the current video frame, comparing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080170126 - Method and system for image stabilization: A method of improving image quality of a digital image is provided. In particular, the motion blur in an image taken in a long exposure time is reduced by dividing the exposure time into several shorter periods and capturing a series of images in those shorter periods. Among the images,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080170127 - Blur correction mechanism and image capture apparatus: A blur correction mechanism includes: a first guide shaft extending in a first direction, the direction being a predetermined direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens groups; a base frame supporting the first guide shaft; a first correcting moving frame supported by the base frame so as to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080170130 - Point-of-view integrated video system having tagging and loop mode features: The present invention provides a point of view video system comprising: a camera for receiving an image and for generating a video signal; a portable video image recording module including: a display; one or more user activators; a communication interface for signally communicating with the camera that is remote from... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080170132 - Digital photographing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and a recording medium for storing a program to implement the method: A digital photographing apparatus which automatically determines a face, as chosen by a user, on which autofocusing is to be performed while not imposing an excessive computational load on the digital photographing apparatus. Also provided is a control method for the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080170131 - Display apparatus and video adjusting method thereof: A display apparatus, includes: a receiving unit which receives a video signal; a video processing unit which performs video processing on the video signal and generates a processed video signal; a display unit which displays a video based on the processed video signal; an image taking unit which takes an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080170133 - Video processing method and system for a virtual camera: A video processing system for a virtual camera is disclosed. A processing unit obtains a frame of a video source from a image capture device, determines the maximum frame size of the video stream and a first size and a second size of frames needed by a first application program... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080170134 - Image processing apparatus: When an acquired image file GF includes image processing control information GI, a CPU executes image quality adjustment of image data GD in an image processing mode GM specified by the image processing control information GI. When the acquired image file GF does not include the image processing control information... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080170135 - Image- recording system: An image-recording system having at least one camera, having a receiving device and having a signal connection between the camera and the receiving device. The receiving device generates a PWM-coded signal which is transmitted to the camera. A clock signal is obtained in the camera from the PWM-coded signal.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080170138 - Image pickup device and noise reduction method thereof: An image pickup device having an electron multiplying-charge coupled device includes a control unit for controlling an electron multiplication factor of the electron multiplying-charge coupled device; an obtaining unit for obtaining signals output from predetermined pixels of the electron multiplying-charge coupled device; and an averaging unit for performing an inter-line... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080170136 - Image sensor noise reduction: An imaging system is disclosed comprising a plurality of pixels; a pixel readout means for producing a plurality of first image frames; a image output means for producing a plurality of second image frames and operable to produce a second image frame from more than one of the first image... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080170137 - Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus: There is provided a solid-state imaging device, which includes: a comparator for sequentially comparing a predetermined level of an analog pixel signal obtained from a plurality of pixels with a reference signal which is gradually changed and used for converting the predetermined level into digital data; a counter for performing... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080170139 - Apparatus, method and computer-readable recording medium containing program for photographing: A photographing apparatus includes: a photographing unit having an image pickup device, the photographing unit carrying out first photographing for obtaining a first image with the image pickup device being set in an exposure state, and second photographing for obtaining a second image with the image pickup device being set... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080170140 - Video camera system using multiple image sensors: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for generating a reconstructed image generally includes a carrier substrate, a number of image sensors, and an image processing circuit. The image sensors are mounted on a surface of the carrier substrate. The image processing circuit is coupled to each... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20080170141 - Folded package camera module and method of manufacture: An image-capture-device/processor package includes a flexible circuit substrate, an image capture device mounted on the flexible circuit substrate, a second device (e.g., processor) mounted on the flexible substrate, and a stiffener for at least partially supporting the second device. The ICD and the second device may be flip-chip mounted to... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080170145 - Image sensor power supply: An image sensor may have a power supply voltage regulator controlled by a feedback loop. The feedback signal may be derived by applying the supply voltage at a point distant from the voltage regulator to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) which may be a spare channel of an ADC provided for... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080170144 - Image sensor systems having improved noise performance: A light-sensitive pixel array has an active area and an additional area of optically shielded pixels. A “noise figure” is derived as a measure of the prevalence of noise in the image signal without being affected by the presence of moving detail in the image. The noise figure is derived... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20080170142 - Solid state camera and sensor system and method: The disclosed subject matter is directed to solid state cameras and sensor systems that include a pickup surface thereof with both a distance detecting area for measuring a distance from a moving object and a movement detecting area for detecting the object's movement. The device can also include an optical... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080170143 - Solid-state imaging device and camera using the same: The object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device equipped with a color filter which is highly durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and adaptable to the scaling down of pixels, and a camera using the solid-state imaging device. The solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode, and a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080170146 - Missing pixel architecture: An active pixel sensor (APS) comprises a regular repeating pattern of geometrically similar pixel regions, active pixels of which have photodiodes formed therein. A remainder of the geometrically similar regions has electrical components shared amongst neighboring photodiodes, such as for collecting and amplifying signals from the photodiodes. A 4-way sharing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080170147 - Pinned photodiode cmos image sensor with a low supply voltage: A device for controlling an image sensor including at least one photosensitive cell including a photodiode capable of discharging into a sense node via a first MOS transistor, the sense node being connected to the gate of a second MOS transistor having its source connected to a processing system. The... Agent: Stmicroelectronics Inc. C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080170148 - Solid-state imaging element, method of controlling solid-state imaging element, and imaging device: To erase the afterimage. A solid-state imaging element includes an X decoder for generating the reset voltage for resetting the pixel cell, and supplying the reset voltage to every other pixel cells along at least one of the row direction or the column direction during the reset period. The solid-state... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080170149 - Solid-state imager and solid-state imaging device: There is provided a single-chip color solid-state imager of a backside illumination type having high sensitivity and low noise that facilitates the miniaturization of a pixel size. A pixel readout circuit is selectively disposed on a part of pixels of a readout block consisting of a plurality of pixels that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080170150 - Image pickup apparatus: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for generating an image signal from an optical subject image, a display having a display mode and a non-display mode, an electronic finder for displaying a preview image on the display, an optical finder for leading the subject image to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080170151 - Lens assembly: A lens assembly for an imaging device includes a lens for focusing external radiation towards an image sensor of the imaging device. A mounting member is between the lens and the image sensor so that the lens is spaced a set distance from the image sensor. An adjustment member varies... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080170152 - Image pickup system, image pickup apparatus, and interchangeable lens: An image pickup system includes an interchangeable lens and an image pickup apparatus on which the interchangeable lens is mounted. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit for generating image signals, a focus information obtaining unit for obtaining pieces of focus detection information generated on the basis of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080170153 - Image signal processor for use with a solid-state imaging device: A signal processor for reducing power consumption. The signal processor includes a signal processing circuit and a first regulator connected to the signal processing circuit. The first regulator receives an external regulated voltage from an external regulator connected to the signal processor and generates an internal regulated voltage that is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080170154 - Head removable camera: A head removable camera includes a signal input/output cable having a distal end, a housing including a rear end to which the signal input/output cable is connected and a front end formed with an opening, an image pickup device housed in the housing, a lens unit housed in the housing... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLC Koda/androlia

20080170155 - Buffer for playback of closed captioning from transmitted programs: A television may be equipped with a closed captioning (CC) buffer for storing CC data received from, for example, cable, satellite or terrestrial broadcasts. A user may operate a remote control to move forward and reverse through the CC buffer to display CC data that the user may have a... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080170156 - Digital broadcasting apparatus and method for providing service thereof: A digital broadcasting apparatus and a method for providing a service thereof are provided. In the digital broadcasting apparatus, a storage unit stores a designated target mode between a picture in picture (PIP) mode and an application mode running a downloaded application program, an embodiment unit provides a PIP function... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080170157 - Closed loop dac calibration: A video signal processing system including a digital signal processing (DSP) module, a digital offset module coupled to the DSP module, a gain module, and a digital to analog converter (DAC) coupled to the DSP module and to the gain module, wherein the DAC is configured to cause the gain... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Amd

20080170158 - Apparatus for and method of processing digital image: An apparatus for and method of processing a digital image are provided. The apparatus for processing a digital image includes: a detection unit which detects the direction or a magnitude of an edge of an input image signal; and an edge enhancement unit which determines the degree of enhancing the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080170159 - Video signal processing method, video signal processing apparatus, display apparatus: For achieving a video display of high picture quality, a video signal processing method comprises the following steps of: a step for produce a sub-field light-ON pattern signal for controlling light-ON or -OFF at a pixel, during said plural number of sub-field periods, depending a pixel value of the pixel... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080170160 - Automatic white balancing of a digital image: Automatic white balancing of a digital image. In one example embodiment, a method for automatic white balancing of a full-color input image includes several acts. First, pixels of the input image are selected according to one or more predetermined criteria. Next, global gain values for R and B components of... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080170161 - Image processing apparatus and image display apparatus provided with the same: A picture signal processing apparatus is provided with: a motion vector detecting unit for detecting information as to a motion vector of a picture from a plurality of frames contained in an input picture signal; an interpolation frame producing unit for producing an interpolation frame by employing the motion vector;... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080170162 - Dtv receiving system and method of processing dtv signal: A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes an information detector, a timing recovery unit, a carrier recovery unit, and a phase compensation unit. The information detector detects position information of a known data sequence periodically repeated in a DTV signal and estimates an initial frequency offset value. The timing recovery... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080170163 - Method and apparatus for selecting television channel: A method and an apparatus for selecting a television channel are disclosed. In the method, a receiving unit is used to scan analog television signals and digital television signals to obtain analog television channels and digital television channels. Then, these television channels are integrated into a set of channel list.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080170164 - Display device and method of controlling external devices: A display device includes: a display unit; a video processing unit which performs video processing to display a video signal on the display unit; a communication unit which communicates with an external device which provides the video signal according to a High Definition Multimedia Interface-Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) standard; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080170165 - Reception structure for mobile video and audio device: A reception structure for a video/audio device includes a machine box having a surface on which a display is mounted. The display has one side by which a CD-ROM having an end is mounted. The machine box is received within a reception box and the end of CD-ROM of the... Agent: Hdsl

20080165245 - Integration of audio conference bridge with video multipoint control unit: In one embodiment, a system includes a video multipoint control unit (MCU) and an audio conferencing bridge, the audio conferencing bridge being operable to receive audio streams from audio-only and video endpoints, and to negotiate video sessions between each of the video endpoints and the video MCU. In response to... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20080165246 - Method and apparatus for controlling intra-refreshing in a video telephony communication system: A method and apparatus for controlling intra-refreshing in a video telephone communication system are provided. A reception apparatus checks a sequence number and a CRC for received video packet data to detect presence of a packet loss, decodes the received video data to check frame type information, generates a control... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080165247 - Image processing apparatus and method: m

20080165248 - Methods to compensate manufacturing variations and design imperfections in a capsule camera: A method is provided for characterizing manufacturing variations in a camera and imperfections in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. In one embodiment, a method for characterizing a camera includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080165249 - Loop recording with book marking: A methods in which a camera can store discrete segments of imaged data, using a sensor in the camera to capture image data, using multiple portions of a memory as a loop in which to record the segments in approximately real time, and protecting the multiple portions from being overwritten... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080165251 - Camera systems and methods for capturing images in motor vehicles: Various embodiments of camera systems for capturing images in motor vehicles and methods related to such systems are disclosed. One embodiment, among others, comprises a camera system in a motor vehicle, comprising a camera configured to obtain an image of an occupant of the motor vehicle; a controller configured to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080165250 - Vehicle security surveillance system: This is a vehicle security surveillance system (VS3). The VS3 system can either use a color CCD camera or black/white CCD camera with a motion detector built in. The camera will have a micro hard drive attached to it. The miniature hard drive will have software programmed into it such... Agent: Jason Mcintyre

20080165252 - Monitoring system: A monitoring system is configured to include: a unit which performs image processing of picture images that are taken by one or more movable imaging devices, the one or more movable imaging devices being located around an object to be monitored; a unit which detects the occurrence of an abnormal... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080165254 - Camera device incorporating a print roll validation apparatus: A camera device includes an image sensor for capturing an image. A printer includes an ink ejection printhead and is configured to print the captured image. A replaceable print roll includes an ink reservoir section configured to supply ink to the printer for printing. A validation apparatus is configured to... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080165253 - Image sensing and printing device: An image sensing and printing device includes a housing. An area image sensor is positioned on the housing for sensing a viewed image to be printed on media and for generating pixel data representing the viewed image. A printing mechanism is arranged on the housing. The printing mechanism defines a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080165255 - Gestures for devices having one or more touch sensitive surfaces: Rolling gestures on a touch sensitive surface of a device can be used to control the device or to remotely control another device. The device detects a roll, determines a parameter of the roll and performs an operation relating to the device or the other device based on the determined... Agent: Apple C/o Morrison And Foerster ,llp Los Angeles

20080165256 - Image pickup device: When a key for directly transferring from the screen of a “video mode” of tape reproduction to the screen of memory stick reproduction is separately arranged, the ratio of an occupation area of the key on the screen is increased. Therefore, a setting operation is performed such that a stop... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080165257 - Configurable pixel array system and method: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an image sensor that may be used for digital photography. One embodiment of the present invention may include an image sensor comprising a substrate, a plurality of pixel cell arrays disposed on the substrate, a first array of the plurality of pixel cell... Agent: Michael G. Fletcher Fletcher Yoder

20080165258 - Method of controlling an image capturing system, image capturing system and digital camera: A method of controlling an image capturing system comprising an interface for receiving an external trigger to capture an image, and an image capturing device provided with a photosensitive area and an array of pixel cells, each pixel cell including a device for generating a signal indicative of the intensity... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080165259 - Mobile device with integrated camera operations: A mobile device with an integrated camera responsive to signals from a camera activator. The mobile device includes application programs capable of editing documents. The user triggers the device operating system to switch from an active application program in which the user is editing a document to a camera application... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080165260 - Image searching on digital cameras and extending applications: A digital camera device, aspects of the device comprising an image capturing component, and an image-processing component, wherein the identifier writing component is configured to generate an identifier and associate the identifier with a captured image. Further aspects of the device comprise a memory for the storage of captured images... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080165261 - Imaging apparatus adapted to implement electrical image restoration processing: The invention relates to an imaging apparatus that makes effective use of an image restoration processing method, thereby working favorably for size reductions while making sure zoom ratios and brightness, and ensuring good images. The imaging apparatus includes a zoom lens 1 comprising a plurality of lens groups G1 to... Agent: Richard M. Rosati, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080165262 - Method for capturing image data: A method for reducing smear effect in an image sensor is presented. Firstly, a first charge level value from a first set of covered elements and a second charge level value from a second set of covered elements are received. Secondly, the first and the second charge level values are... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080165263 - Pattern of color filter array: The present invention relates to a pattern of a color filter array. The pattern includes a plurality of pixel arrays, which has four color filters arranged in an array. The color of the neighboring color filters is distinct to each other. Moreover, the pattern of the color filter array has... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080165264 - Imaging device and exposure control method for imaging device: An imaging device includes a sensor that is color coded by using high-sensitivity pixels having higher sensitivity to incident lig